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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

9/11 is for zoomers is what JFK's assassination is for millenials and gen X, in terms of dark jokes/gallows humour. The vast majority of zoomers weren't even born yet when 9/11 happened. I wonder what big US centric historical catastrophe the boomers used for gallows humour, I genuinely don't know

[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago
[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Spanish Flu maybe?

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Probably black lynchings

I wonder what big US centric historical catastrophe the boomers used for gallows humour, I genuinely don’t know

Vietnam

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