This is as far as freedom went in the ’80s.

I'm in my 50s, and riding in the wayback of a station wagon, sans seat belts, still feels like the best way to travel.

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Adulthood can be such a pain in the... well, you know.

Happy birthday to David Bowie, who would have been 79 years old today. Celebrate accordingly.

Oh my god, the fan theories were right!

This is unequivocally true.

Some brilliant bastard rebuilt old-school MTV as a free streaming site with 27,000 music videos playing 24/7 across seven decades. You just drop in and watch whatever's on, exactly like we did back when we still had attention spans. wantmymtv.vercel.app

What's playing on Lloyd Dobler's Transformers Autobot Blaster?

Give a big fake smile and wave to the camera if you’re pretending to be happy to be back at work again.

How about dry first weekend of January?

Please just make it stop.

Anybody see the Chevy Chase doc? I can’t decide whether to watch it. It’ll either remind me that he’s a smug a**hole and I can’t believe I ever liked him, or it’ll remind me he’s a smug a**hole and that kinda explains why he was so beloved by Gen-Xers. Any thoughts?

Our healthcare plan was to sit on the curb, catch your breath, and then rejoin society.

Nobody makes commercial jingles like they used to. These things moved into your brain rent-free and never left.

If you make only one positive change to your life in 2026, make it getting into more rap battles.

Here's hoping we all manage to stay fit, keep sharp, and make good decisions in 2026.

If it's "weird" that I watched the countdown to the final seconds of the '80s last night rather than the 2026 countdown, because I'd rather imagine that we're heading into the '90s again rather than this hellscape, then sure, I guess that makes me weird.

My plans for New Year's Eve have changed dramatically in recent years.

Made my resolutions for 2026.

Tried to say the name of my prescription and unlocked a side quest.

I don't think I've ever heard a more Gen-X response to dealing with cold

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Turns out the real Upside Down was her taste in music.

Your adolescence now requires climate control, a security guard, and a small paragraph of context.

They say keep moving as you get older. The ice heard that and took it personally.

Sometimes I like my cojones to feel luxurious.

It hasn’t been an easy year, or decade. Let’s face it, this whole century has been kind of a bust so far.

This is why Gen-Xers don't trust AI. We’ve already seen how this ends.

My Spotify Wrapped was a shoulder injury and a broken latch.

Back when errands required horsepower.

Three generations, three coping mechanisms.

Anybody else ready for this year to be over?

Pretty much everything from this 1977 NFL intro would be a penalty today.

Oh look, it's somebody's grandma in tube socks, skates and short-shorts.

I'm a big fan of "Those Darn Amigos" and "Amigos! Amigos! Amigos!" But I've never seen this one. Anybody recommend it?

Every Gen-X dad today after drinking Bloody Marys all morning and walking around with a trash bag picking up wrapping paper.

Merry Gen-X Christmas. May it feel slightly feral, mildly unsupervised, and end with someone falling asleep on the couch while the TV plays something you’ve seen 40 times and refuse to turn off.

Here's hoping you get to celebrate Christmas Eve the way it was intended: Pantless, with a banjo,

Gonna tell my kids this is Santa.

That face you make when you don't yet realize that life will never be this good again.

To be honest, not everything in the Epstein files was a complete shock.

The world we grew up in no longer exists.

Alright alright alright… I guess I’ll just wrap the tracking number.

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Every December, the Christmas special commercials would hit and our Gen X brains would dump endorphins like it was a federally funded program: “Tonight! One night only!” And suddenly we’re sprinting home like the TV was about to evaporate.

As Wu-Tang Clan taught us, protect ya neck. And also your Cantina Adventure Set.

Happy 82nd birthday to Keith Richards, the man who taught us that the body is not a temple. It’s a rental car. Drive it hard, return it late, and act surprised when it’s still running.

Have I finished Christmas shopping yet? Not even close. And unless it involves time traveling back to an 80s mall, where the soundtrack is awesome and the hair is heroic, I can’t say I’m interested.

Don't forget to spread a little holiday cheer this season!