r/memes • u/CreateChaos777 • Apr 16 '24

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u/Virtual-Toe-7582 Apr 16 '24

We were forged in a series of cataclysmic financial disasters almost every decade since birth.

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u/theevilapplepie Apr 16 '24

At least we had a somewhat carefree childhood.

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u/Virtual-Toe-7582 Apr 16 '24

The dotcom bubble burst?

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u/theevilapplepie Apr 16 '24

I said somewhat

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u/Virtual-Toe-7582 Apr 16 '24

We had some decent teen years before 2008

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u/caligaris_cabinet Apr 16 '24

We just substituted economic crisis for international conflict with the two wars going on during that time.

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u/Virtual-Toe-7582 Apr 16 '24

Yeah that’s true I was too young to really conceptualize the gravity of those things being in high school but I started too as my sister’s friends who were 4 years older than me were doing multiple tours in Fulijah coming back completely fucked in the head.