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I am so fucking tired of this generational tribalism shit.
Yeah. Have all the hate you want for it. When you realize that shit you had to go through as a kid, nobody else will ever have to experience.... You'll be the same.
Fact is, younger generations have different challenges than older generations.
When I was growing up, there were no cellphones and caller ID wasn't really a thing either. That's how old I am. We had to look up numbers in a book and call people's houses blindly, then ask if the person we were looking to speak with was even there. Now, anyone can chat, text, directly call (no party lines), or otherwise connect with almost anyone and everyone at any time for any reason. I'm not saying that's entirely a benefit, because it's not, there's definite downsides to that as well, but the challenge was different.
You'll never experience having to do what I did, just to speak to and plan to meet up with your friends. That part will be easier.
What you don't know now, that you will realize later is that these memes are a way for the older generations to cope with the fact that we are indeed, getting older. It's a form of nostalgia, to remind us of the activities of our youth and the things we had no other option than to do, that younger people may never have to do.
IMO, it's not intended to be tribalism, it's intended to invoke a sense of community and nostalgia in those that experienced it. I'm sorry that you feel like you're being attacked or left out or segregated by tribalism because of our incessant need to have some measure of solace in our rapidly deteriorating bodies by having a moment of nostalgia in the form of a funny, ha ha, meme.
The thing I find amusing about these specific memes - regarding drinking from a garden hose - is that I'm an elder millennial, my sibling is gen X, we grew up on a farm, and neither of us EVER drank from a garden hose, it just tastes fucking disgusting. I've drank from countless sketchy-ass sources, and still will never drink from a garden hose. like, why would you even do that? just unscrew the hose from the spigot at least and use that FFS
the fuck are you people doing with your garden hoses that they get dirty inside??
Even if you buy a brand new garden hose, it's not clean; they're made from materials that leach chemicals into the water. Once you get them out into the yard, they might be left partially empty with one or both ends open, allowing bacteria and mould to grow, letting insects in, etc.
If you go to a hardware store, you will find there are potable water hoses, they're usually white with a blue stripe. They are made from food-safe materials and meant to transport potable water. Care still needs to be taken to not allow bacteria growth, but not really any more than a re-usable straw.