Many #GenX & #Boomer men are Republicans & some are anti-vaxxers, but a few women boomers are largely responsible for spreading #misinformation:
A small group of committed “supersharers,” predominately older R women, were responsible for the vast majority of the #fakenews in the period looked at. They promoted & shared links to vaccine hesitancy & politics-flavored fake news. 2,107 reg. US voters accounted for spreading 80% of it during the 2020 election.
My next #LEGO set arrived. I've been enjoying X-Men '97. I read much of the comics the original series drew on. It's been fun watching this season that's after I stopped reading the comics. #GenX
Generation X has been the alpha tester for the 401(k) retirement system, and the gloomy results are rolling in.
Nearly half of Gen Xers say their retirement savings are behind schedule.
"Many Gen Xers got a late start transitioning to 401(k) plans and struggled to catch up," Chris Ceder, a senior retirement strategist with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, told Yahoo Finance.
That’s significant as the oldest in this cohort will turn 60 next year.
@paul
Yeah, my family went there a lot! Here's one of their TV / radio jingles (from memory, so it may be off a bit):
Kmart is your savings store,
Where your dollar buys you more,
They give your dreams a helping hand,
at Kmart stores they understand.
Kmart is the saving <pause> place!
EDIT: Found this older recording. It doesn't have the middle lines. My memory is probably from an ad played in the 70s or early 80s.
Back in my day (class of 96), you kinda had to choose. Most kids liked them all but was your favorite band Nirvana, Soundgarden or Pearl Jam? I wouldn't have said it then but Nirvana wanted you to think they were cool. Edgy. Soundgarden just wanted to make good music. Pearl Jam was about community and purpose. Fuck Ticketmaster. #GenX https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4977330/live-nation-ticketmaster-sued
yes I do. pretty wide taste but what was interesting about the 90s imo was that the mainstream opened up, before the internet made access easier. I think it also got better because it basically became more democratic. less payola.
but I still care about what most people are listening to. I want that to be higher quality, just like I want the journalism most people consume to be better. it matters if we have to live with each other.
Watching #TheMatrix with my daughter. The 90s were the peak of our civilization. #GenX
edit: I get that the kung-fu bullet time scenes are fun but before they go back in to save Morpheus, I thought we were supposed to care about the other people living their lives (even as cops, not agents).
Don't know why after a day of meetings I'm thinking about this now but did anybody else have WordPerfect on their Atari ST in 1991? 💪 🤓 :mycomputer: :atari: