Mom wasn't big on movies and just grabbed the movie she kinda remembered me asking for lol

Remember when there was a price to pay for selling out?

Hey everyone! Let’s kick off the week with something fun and fresh. New Music Mondays—a space to share and discover music that’s new to you or just plain new.

Whether it’s a track that takes you back to the GenX vibes we love, something modern that hits those nostalgic notes, or even an up-and-coming artist you think our crew would dig—post it here! 🎤🎸🎧

Here are a some ideas to get started:
➡️ A new artist who channels the spirit of the '70s, ‘80s or ‘90s.
➡️ A fresh remix of an old-school classic.
➡️ A band or song you’ve just stumbled upon that screams GenX feels.
➡️ Or just something cool you think we’d love.

Feel free to drop a YouTube link, Spotify playlist, or even just name the artist and song in this thread. Let’s make Mondays less blah and more badass—can’t wait to hear what’s on your playlist! 👏🔥

This song has been CHANGED since the original film and it BUGS me to no end. It's when she's just getting ready, hair wet, looking in the mirror, and she picks up the phone to tell her friend that she doesn't look any different, it's just like any other day. What is the original song in that scene???

I was born in 82 as the youngest in my family. Technically they say I'm a millennial or even a xennial. But those subs are full of babies complaining about everything. I definitely feel more like a gen x and relate to y'all so please don't hate.

I drank from the hose all summer and know to wait 10 seconds on a hot day

I played Atari with a disk drive and we had a sega master system. Womderboy was my favorite.

Married with Children was not allowed but I watched it anyway. We made NO-MAAM t shirts in high school art class.

I remember loving Mr Belvedere, Whose the Boss, MASH, 21 Jump Street and silver spoons.

Would ride my bike all over town and my parents never had a clue where we were. My mom would be pissed and embarrassed because she called all over the neighborhood before she could find me.

I went toilet papering all the time in the summer.

My first car was a manual transmission and I used a tape attachment to connect to my portable cd player. I wish they still made manual cars.

Karate Kid, Rocky, Back the Future, breakfast club and better off dead are all time classics.

Life was good growing up. I'm feeling older now and am essentially right in the likely middle of life. Kids are growing up a bit and I'm kinda chubby now with a serious dad bod.

Thanks for hopefully the warm welcome. Not sure anyone will even read this but it's a bit cathartic to write.

So my kid just said they should make something to turn on and off lights by clapping. I had to show her the commercial for the Clapper from back in the day. It's apparently still a thing! Didn't even think it would be with all the smart home technology 😂

I'm 51, and recall seeing on Facebook an image of Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (yay!) with her eyes halfway open, as if she was tired or just had enough, and the caption was about GenX and how we made "Whatever" a statement. Do other GenXers feel that way?

Background: I got bullied, picked on, excluded, molested, no friends in High School (the kind that invite you out or call up to heck in on you). I was raised by my Catholic parts to always treat others as I want myself to be treated, to always put others ahead and I'll go far in life (thanks for nothing, Dad), and to turn the other cheek. I was a latch key kid for a while and learned street smarts and key smarts. All those factors have made me feel useless. I have written some helpful computer eBooks on Amazon for non-computer people to understand tech better and have done a lot of volunteer tech writing on the net, yet I feel unfulfilled compared to others I would see on Facebook. I left Facebook last year as I felt myself only contributing to make other people laugh with my humor, but it never got me in anyone's inner circle or expanded my social circle. I left my ex of 10 years last year when I was falling for a coworker who turned out to be a mean girl while I was still settling things with the ex (as I was contributing to her mortgage as I cosigned). When I had to call the cops on my ex coworker, I shut down mentally and emotionally. I felt like I was simply existing. I know people who have been through worse, but part of me doesn't care if I get better.

The ex and I have been rekindling things to where we're basically a couple again, and I have been doing TeleHealth sessions; but part of me doesn't care if I die tomorrow. I don't care that the US is going to shit. Disconnecting from the few handful of people that knew of me and care for me on Facebook, I feel liberated that I can get a passport and just escape (but I would miss my gf). I've tried and can't get to the same level as others my age (which is another reason why I removed myself from Facebook, so I don't have to live in envy of others, and it's helped).

Are other GenXers the same way in that they've experienced enough to take the brunt of the rest of life? I take meds, but a part of me doesn't want to go to the doctor and find out if I'll need new meds. I still haven't gotten the colonoscopy that I'll need because of my age. I don't want to face bad news, so I'd rather just see how long I'll last.

My parents caved and took my brother and I to see Aliens in the theater and I still recall being on the edge of my seat and being absolutely rocked by the seismic magnitude of it. The experience still rates up there in my memory as being as big as my first plane flight, theme park trip, first rock concert, etc. I remember thinking it was the first thing to really resonate with me since Star Wars and it was just loaded with iconic designs, scenes, and lines.

Weaver, Paxton, Biehn, Reiser, Henriksen… amazing.

This was a BIG deal because my parents were usually strict about our entertainment exposure.

I knew the plot and premise of Alien, but hadn’t seen it yet. Thankfully, Cameron’s contribution required little gap-fill and what context was required was provided tastefully during the first few minutes of the movie. “Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?” 😆

Apologies if this is repost. (I did search the sub and flair)

Look at my Gerber sister plot against me with my cousin

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I pretty much believed that only my family did this until I googled today.

I've been going through a lot of stress and depression over the past month or so as I recently lost my wife. The only thing I can control with all the craziness going on in the world is how I feel and what I can do about it. Immersive films and great music helps me as much as medication. So, I've been wanting a nice surround sound system for years, but we've always put it off because there was always something more practical to spend the money on. The stark reality is that we don't live forever and life is short - even if one makes it to 100. Maybe this is my mid-life crisis purchase, but I'm at a point where I no longer want to put off some of the things that make me a little happier. I can say the tariffs would have just made what I wanted out of reach financially, but the fact is I probably would have made the purchase anyway. It's not some audiophile's top-line choice, but it's a very competent set of speakers. Maybe it's my way of dulling the pain, but she probably would have surprised me with something similar someday. That's all I have to say right now.

When I was about 15, I used allowance that I had saved up for what seemed like forever to buy a small color TV set. Sometimes I used rabbit ears to watch over-the-air TV in my room. (The living room had cable.) But mostly I used it to play Nintendo games in my room. The Nintendo system had been a Christmas gift the year before, but there was always a lot of contention over using it in the living room as people wanted to watch TV, not me playing The Legend of Zelda for hours on end (go figure).

If I’m not the first person to list this as a formative movie, let me know. Otherwise, I’m surprised that I am the first.

Amazing film, and brings up many issues about our current society. As many of Philip K Dicks‘s stories did.

This movie is still hilarious but even more the first time cuz you know…the tripping. 😂🤣😂🤣

My parents had a real problem with Three's Company. Not sure if it was the dude living with two women or the pretend gay things or what, but that show was verboten. MTV in general was also not allowed.

Anyone have forbidden TV shows, and if so, how do they rank against today's television in terms of risque themes and such?

Like Idiocracy, this movie was ahead of it’s time