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[–] 45 points 2 months ago (6 children)

E.T. came out in 1982. The oldest millennials would have been 2 years old. It’s a Gen-X movie. The rest of the text holds up tho.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Back in my day, kids watched movies that weren't brand new.

    Signed, a millennial who watched ET as a kid.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    We got em years later on cassette at Blockbuster, and we would re-rent and re-watch our favorites sometimes.

    There also weren't as many movies to choose from, nor was it all available at our fingertips all the time.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Sure, but I have to imagine it was written with currently-alive kids in mind, not the not-yet-conceived. Now get off my lawn.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Still. It didn't even get released on VHS until 1988. It's one of the most famous movies of all time. Guaranteed many if not most millenials saw it as a kid.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Saw it, yeah. But it never really hit with me as something I identify with. I saw tons of things made before I was born, but things that came out after I was completely conscious of storytelling resonate differently.

    ET doesn't do anything for me in this meme. It might as well be Elmer Fudd.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    lol, funny enough I'd also identify with an Elmer Fudd reference. I grew up watching a ton of Looney Tunes in the early 90s.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    While I will definitely get an Elmer Fudd reference, I won't really identify with it. It was already an outdated culture while I was growing up. It was the cartoon I watched when I didn't have other cartoons to watch.

    Basically, my father would make jokes about being "vewy vewy quiet" because we were hunting "wabbits". I knew what he was talking about, and appreciated the humor, but it wasn't my humor.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Gen X: the forgotten generation

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I mean, the music snobbery of acting like we weren't cool if we didn't listen to the right bands, and the slacker attitude that eventually grew into "got mine" Boomer Juniors... yeah, fuck em, worth forgetting.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Too much ibuprofen use can lead to ulcers, please limit use to the worst days.

    Source: have cancer, can't take acetaminophen or naproxen, they conflict with my meds, I can only take ibuprofen.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Also severe acute liver damage.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Generally kidney not liver for ibuprofen.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    “Worst days” may be a bit extreme, but if you find yourself needed to take pain meds very frequently, talk to your doctor about which one(s) would be best to use regularly, given any other meds or medical problems you may have. They can also often prescribe longer-acting anti-inflammatories that only need to be taken once a day instead of 2-4 times a day.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Don’t forget the original.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Bullshit ET, naproxen sodium > ibuprofen and everybody knows it!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago*

    I was a kid when it was out, and it's the first time I found a film unctuous, and I started noting product placement and so on. It ruined my childhood; this was before internet and it was advertised everywhere 24-7, signs, products, advertisements, on the news and night time shows and morning shows.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    His diction has improved immeasurably

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    would an alien still have the same moral standards that we have? if so, why?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Probably not the same but there would probably be a fair bit of overlap. Crossing huge distances to come to Earth would require a high degree of intelligence and cooperation which implies a social species. Likely that means they would have evolved to have empathy and social behaviours just like we did.

    That's my guess anyway, it's a fun question to think about.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Uhhhh. I have four hernias in my spine...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Some of you don't have bad backs?

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago

    Fuck Putin

    Why not "Fuck Russia"?

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago

    Resist to what ?

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Epstein class

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  • [+] -8 points 2 months ago

    I cannot believe this gay shit has 289 upvotes, Lemmy really might be the biggest echo chamber I've ever seen

    Fuck Israel, Fuck Donald Trump, UPVOTES PLS

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  • [+] -18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck Putin? You mean fuck Ukraine, fuck NATO, and fuck imperialism

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