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It is not unfair to clock the first bit. But you can't count hypothetical WW3s. That's like Boomers saying they lived through Hypothetical Nuclear Winter.
Also, if we're counting recessions as millennials, you can't neglect the '87 crash and the '01 dot-com bubble. If we're counting plagues, you can't leave out AIDS.
But that was so early in our lives that they where just how the world was. I do not remember the AIDs crisis when it started my school just kind of taught it as just another thing that will kill you.
Don't forget the savings and loans crisis in the early 90s.
2008 housing crash...
Not hypothetical as much as possible, near misses
Up to end of Soviet Union '91
US-North Korea-China
NATO-Ukraine-Russia
US-China-Taiwan (upcoming)
US-Israel-Iran (upcoming)
Not hypothetical as much as very real possibilities
Definitely can't leave out AIDS or drug epidemics, mass shootings, living under threat of terrorism
Remember the AIDS PSAs we watched as kids?
“Billy has aids. You cannot get AIDS from being in the room with Billy. The only way to get AIDS from Billy is to come into contact with his blood or other bodily fluids. If you see someone bleeding on the playground, don’t approach them. Get a teacher as quickly as possible. Safety equipment like gloves will prevent an HIV infection.”
I'm GenX and I still remember when they called it GRID and the American Government was like "Shrug. It's just killing the gays. No worries."
Reagan thought it was a blessing from his god.
I’m behind you there. I’ve never even heard the term “GRID”. I was born in 1985 though.
What a bummer that people can be so ugly. :(
Edit:
Just looked it up. Man. What a way to put stigma on everything all around. Jesus.
Or a platypus.
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