This is how Gen X became what they became. The Silent generation was just backhanding them left and right. Now I know why they keep trying to prove some shit about lawn darts and drinking contaminated water. They just lookin for validation instead of face slaps.
Oh Gen X I used to love it when these commercials came on as annoying as they were as it would make other Gen X'ers leave the room possibly cussing and so I would then watch whatever I wanted instead of having to fight over the TV lol. This happened many times even at school the commercial came on in the middle of some tape recording of a school house rock. That teacher was grading papers and could not get to the VCR fast enough lol, so we saw commercials, everyone was annoyed and I laughed it up.
Hmmm...on the one hand, I am sure glad that my parents hugged me constantly...even until the day that my dear mother went to be with the Lord and my dad still does to this day...but by the same token, the opening scene kind of reminds me of the "Child's Play 2" movie. Not to be too morbid, but please at least think about it. Thanks.
OMG- this is classic! I remembered practically EVERY word! LOL (Not sure if this video was a sign of the times - never had this in our household... Grew up in N KY)
I'm kinda glad my parents weren't all lovey dovey, because it's made it easier to accept my loneliness as an adult. I don't even remember the last time I had physical contact with another human being.
@The rest of Gen-Z: Anybody else feel the urge to go back home and hug their Gen-X parents every time you see this? And then have a good, long talk with a grandparent who you can't stop being angry with?
Since YT auto-cens0red my next comment, I'll repost in pieces and hope it gets through. If that sounded har$h, just wait until some of the Gen-X people you know start talking about the physica1 a-buse, and the narci$$istic power playing that did so much to sabotage their early careers, and to create the world in which we so often ended up going to bed hungry, each night, growing up.
Finding that I'm not terribly curious about late 20th century culture, any more. As an old saying goes, the truest measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. Who is more defenseless than a child?
I can tell you that most parents don't think they did a good job raising their kids and they regret some of the things they have done. Very few parents are deliberately mean to their kids. Children should know that they can be aggravating sometimes and parents should know that their kids are not doing it on purpose. They are just being kids and they think like kids not like adults. Be patient with your children and before you judge other parents let the parent who has not sinned cast the first stone.
Tim Dillon is right, the Boomers really were the most selfish and self centred generation in history, and the first generation to do better than their kids because of their rampant greed.
Cause a lot of us have a fair bit of unresolved trauma. It wasn't fun to never be allowed inside the house unless you were sleeping or being yelled at/hit. It was actually pretty awful to realise your childhood was riddled with neglect and abuse.
Remember folks the boomers were raised by a generation that came back from WW2 in tatters. PTSD was rampant but nobody talked about it. Boomers grew up with abusive alcoholic parents (mostly dads) and moms who had to pretend life was perfect. The result? Boomers who had no clue how to be parents and instead dove into careers, tasks and hobbies to deal with their lack of empathy. Work was their primary focus of their lives because after all, working until 2:00 AM to get ahead and show devotion to the company. Ever wonder why boomers worked until they die and somehow equate this with heroism? Here ya go. Meanwhile GenX had to rebuild our country while working for tyrannically bad bosses. So, here we are. Looking at a throwback PSA to when GenX was at home alone (latchkey kids) watching cartoons and this ad came up and the parents weren’t even home. Can you tell I’m a bit upset? Hah.
My mom's mom has never been affectionate. (I refuse to refer to her as grandma) I contributed it to her lack of empathy and social skills due to being born deaf. But this does make sense. My maternal side has so much generational trauma it's not even funny. My mom ended up turning to meth as a way to self medicate. Her father touched her, her mother failed to protect her. She became a troubled teen lost in the system. She literally got thrown in juvie and forgotten about. It all messed her up in the head. And then my sisters and I came. She lost custody of my older sister and went on to have me and ran away from that county. She was not a good mother, although she thought she was. I'm trying to break the cycle with my boys now but man is it hard.
