As Millennials age into making nostalgia content, one thing I really, really hate is when GenX childhood experiences are erased from existence because millennials just found out about a thing in the 90s, and they start the timeline of existence for that thing at their own childhoods. When hello, that thing existed for 80s or 70s children as well.

I do try to be patient and mostly curious with "incorrect" perspectives of younger generations, because I know I've got those wrt times before me...I generally find it annoying at worst, and interesting at best, because forgetting is the haunting existential problem we're all caught up in...

But like, what the hell. Yes, I, too sold magazines/gift wrap door to door to get points for cheap-ass rewards. Yes, in the early 80s. No, that isn't just YOUR memory.

If you're making a 36min video about it, you must have done your research, so would it kill you call it "The wild world of 70s-2000s fundraisers"? (Or earlier if it started earlier.)

Likewise with Scholastic Book Fairs. The other day someone claimed their Millennial experience of learning to love to read at the book fair was unique to their generation, and like NO SONNY. *shakes cane*

Remembering is important, and if it's important for you, then it's important for us, and like, hello, here we are. 👋🏻

#GenX #millenial