I actually just sent a thumbs up to a message from my daughter's ex when he said "give her my best." I meant the thumbs up literally, but if he thought I was being sarcastic (or couldn't tell) I now feel like a subversive genius! My Gen X powers will defeat you!
Hahahah, I’m 65. I used to text (still do) in CAPS. Or not. It didn’t matter to me. If the caps lock key was engaged, the CAPS it was. I wasn’t about to go back and replace the CAPS with lower case.
stop shouting, my sons would text back. What? Who is shouting? I was commenting about the baseball game. caps mean shouting. it’s agro WHAT? THAT’S dumb … damn fool kids these days
My nickname is now CAPS amongst my sons and their friends …
Regarding GenX not making phone calls, I’m a 74 year old Boomer and I have never liked to make phone calls. Never as a kid, never as a teen, never in my business career. I even took a job that involved phone sales to try to get over my phobia, but I didn’t last long doing it. (I’d have been fired by Alec Baldwin first thing!) Unless it’s close friends or family, I much prefer to text (iMessenger or WhatsApp) or, god forbid, email! :shudder:
Oh, I don’t fight two spaces after a period. It was drummed into me by fMiss Farnsworth the typing teacher 60 odd years ago and I ain’t changing now!
Made my day! I’m a boomer with a gen—Z son and I can relate to each and every anecdote you made. Thing is, I’m the one that knows how the internet works, how to setup a router and WiFi, etc., and best of all, how to start the lawn mower.
I’m in your age range, just a little older. But I had kids young. Way too young. It was a challenge. Now they are all out of the house and I have some grandchildren around the age of your children. What used to be so annoying as a parent is now uproariously funny watching my kids have to deal with this mess. There’s lots of quotes that begin with “The best revenge is…” but none of them compare with watching your own kids having to go through the pure hell they put you through. The look of bafflement warms the cockles of my soul.
We tell our kids, as far as we are concerned, the grandkids are perfect and we will not abide any defamatory remarks about them. That way we get to see our adult kids give us the same disgusted looks we got when they were teens. All good fun.
I make my kids talk to the cashier and place their own orders when we get fast food. They get so nervous even with me standing there. And I’ll keep doing until they’re confident.
Hilarious! I admit, I got pissed off at her "aggressive much" response. What people have never understood about GenX is that we generally are laid back until you cross us. Because at that point, we will pull up the mental catalog of the things that get under your skin the most and retaliate mercilessly. It's our superpower.
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Fun read and great info! Thanks
I actually just sent a thumbs up to a message from my daughter's ex when he said "give her my best." I meant the thumbs up literally, but if he thought I was being sarcastic (or couldn't tell) I now feel like a subversive genius! My Gen X powers will defeat you!
Hahahah, I’m 65. I used to text (still do) in CAPS. Or not. It didn’t matter to me. If the caps lock key was engaged, the CAPS it was. I wasn’t about to go back and replace the CAPS with lower case.
stop shouting, my sons would text back. What? Who is shouting? I was commenting about the baseball game. caps mean shouting. it’s agro WHAT? THAT’S dumb … damn fool kids these days
My nickname is now CAPS amongst my sons and their friends …
Hysterical! Caps! Love it.
Boomer here, and I hate ordering Pizza’s!😆
This is fascinating!
This really scares me. We are building a Tower of Babel to separate the genrations
Truly.
Regarding GenX not making phone calls, I’m a 74 year old Boomer and I have never liked to make phone calls. Never as a kid, never as a teen, never in my business career. I even took a job that involved phone sales to try to get over my phobia, but I didn’t last long doing it. (I’d have been fired by Alec Baldwin first thing!) Unless it’s close friends or family, I much prefer to text (iMessenger or WhatsApp) or, god forbid, email! :shudder:
Oh, I don’t fight two spaces after a period. It was drummed into me by fMiss Farnsworth the typing teacher 60 odd years ago and I ain’t changing now!
“Two pieces of punctuation”
three. comma. apostrophe. period. not counting the quotation marks since they probably weren’t in the original text.
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Awesome attention to detail. Thanks!
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And, you even added punctuation to Agressive Much?! That'll really show them! :-)
Made my day! I’m a boomer with a gen—Z son and I can relate to each and every anecdote you made. Thing is, I’m the one that knows how the internet works, how to setup a router and WiFi, etc., and best of all, how to start the lawn mower.
I’m in your age range, just a little older. But I had kids young. Way too young. It was a challenge. Now they are all out of the house and I have some grandchildren around the age of your children. What used to be so annoying as a parent is now uproariously funny watching my kids have to deal with this mess. There’s lots of quotes that begin with “The best revenge is…” but none of them compare with watching your own kids having to go through the pure hell they put you through. The look of bafflement warms the cockles of my soul.
I will cherish every moment! (And try to babysit in small doses)
We tell our kids, as far as we are concerned, the grandkids are perfect and we will not abide any defamatory remarks about them. That way we get to see our adult kids give us the same disgusted looks we got when they were teens. All good fun.
Please, God, reward my restraint with grandkids in a decade!
And...for the love of everything holy...CLEAR YOUR EFFING VOICEMAIL!
I want to leave you a message on principle.
YESSSSS!!!!
I'm right on the line between GenX and Millennial and I once reacted to an acquaintance's text with a thumbs up. I'm still traumatized by the fallout.
YIKES!! 😳
I purposely text in complete sentences using all the SAT words I can in Jane Austen sentence structure, using semi-colons, periods, and commas.
Rebel with a [dependent] clause.
I make my kids talk to the cashier and place their own orders when we get fast food. They get so nervous even with me standing there. And I’ll keep doing until they’re confident.
Hilarious! I admit, I got pissed off at her "aggressive much" response. What people have never understood about GenX is that we generally are laid back until you cross us. Because at that point, we will pull up the mental catalog of the things that get under your skin the most and retaliate mercilessly. It's our superpower.
It really is. We’re feral!