December 9, 2024 • 50 mins
The Revolution is YOU my Punks!
Have you ever felt trapped by the expectations of others and the world, yearning to break free and embrace your true authentic self?
Join me, your eccentric Auntie Robin, as I share my own journey of self-discovery and healing, offering you a roadmap to empowerment and self-love. Drawing from my experiences as a neurodivergent individual, I invite you to reconnect with your ancestors and spirit guides, as we unite to rebuild our communities in a world that often seeks to divide us.
In this episode, we explore the importance of understanding our emotions and liberating ourselves from the clutches of our own thoughts, and expectations from the world. We will be uncovering the generational traumas and triumphs that shaped the Greatest Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. From the Great Depression, WW1, WW2, to 9-11, these pivotal events left indelible marks on their identities and parenting styles. Looking at the Generations, and how they have echoed their disfunctions through time and molding a complex tapestry of cultural norms and beliefs that effect how we think and act. Join us as we reflect on these generational histories and cultural trends, offering fresh insights into our shared legacy and the path forward. So we can reclaim ourselves.
KEEP IT PUNK, My Younglings!
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Auntie Robin (00:02):
Welcome to the Kicked Can Generation Podcast.
My younglings, my little punks,come join your weirder older
Auntie Robin, along with hermagical bag of holding.
I'm the auntie that your familyhas warned you about.
I'm one of those weird,free-thinking individual people
who kind of walks to their ownbeat, the one in which all the
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cousins at the family reunionwill hang out with, because she
understands how much of anabsolute shitshow dumpster fire
this family really is and is abadass trauma survivor who has
learned how to cultivate her owndamn peace and who will protect
all of those that she loveswith absolute ferocity.
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Yeah, I'm that auntie.
Now my babies.
We just had a major electionhere in the US.
Did it go the way your auntiewas wanting?
Abso-fucking-lutely not.
It seems so ridiculous to meafter two episodes, having to
rebrand this, but what Ioriginally wanted to do with
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this podcast is now irrelevant.
So what does a wildly unashamedwoman do with that kind of
situation?
She pivots, she redirects.
She pivots, she redirects.
And you want to know what Ifind worthwhile?
You Helping you find your true,authentic self.
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Help you learn how to calm yourmind, your thoughts, and have
control over them again and helpyou stand in that power.
Help you learn how to deal withyour emotions in that power.
Help you learn how to deal withyour emotions, how to stop
people pleasing or caring orgiving a shit of what other
people think of you.
How to heal some of those trulytraumatic events that have
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happened in our lives and alsolearn how to take our ancestral
trauma and heal that as well.
The biggest one of all how tofucking love yourself
un-fucking-conditionally.
This is not an easy journey.
There will be times that youwill want to give up.
Joseph Campbell calls this thehero's journey, because you will
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be lost if you don't know whoyou are or what you stand for.
So this is what this podcast isgoing to be about now.
So, my little punks, are youready to be the main character
of your story?
Are you ready to step up andreparent yourself as the one who
would protected you as a kid?
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Are you ready to take on thedark nights of the soul and that
is plural.
There will be multiple trialsand tribulations that you will
have to endure on this journey.
You may have to part withfriends or family members as you
outgrow them, but only throughand I do literally mean through
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our pain and suffering will webe able to find true happiness
and joy, but only through and Ido literally mean through.
You already know what pain andsuffering feels like.
Instead, let us heal ourselves,and that way we can get to know
what happiness and joy feelslike and possibly even connect
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back into our communities.
Corporate America wants us tobe divided because they know
that if we come together, we'dput an end to a lot of this shit
.
I hear your questions, my littlepunks, but, auntie, why do we
need to do this now?
The world is falling apart andmy autistic, ADHD menopausal ass
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is going to respond back to youin song.
So please, my little punks,let's open up your Rage Against
the Machine hymnals and turn itto Guerrilla Radio.
"It has to start somewhere.
It has to start sometime.
What better place than here?
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What better time than now?
Oh hell can't stop us now.
Oh hell can't stop us now.
It really is the little thingsin life that amuse me Now.
I was, later in life, diagnosedwith autism and ADHD, a
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neurodivergent individual, ifyou will.
I often felt like Cassandra asa kid growing up from ancient
Greece, a prolific seer, butabsolutely no one believed me.
I remember once I got askedwhat do you think of our new
pastor and saying he's okay, butthere's something off about him
.
I just don't know what it is,only to find out a few years
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later.
He was actually diagnosed withAlzheimer's a few months before
he interviewed with our church.
And that is what I was pickingup on and could sense.
It's not something I canexplain how.
I just see things differently.
I can pick up on things othersdon't, and it has always been
that way for me.
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Yet as a kid, no one couldexplain to me why my senses were
heightened or explain what Iwas seeing or feeling or sensing
, because they didn't know thatother people could experience
the world in different ways andI was treated poorly for it.
People who have autism, adhd,empaths and members also of the
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LBGTQ plus communities havegifts.
They see the world in adifferent way.
Many Native and Indigenouscultures often consider these
people as healers, those whocommunicate with the ancestors.
Their senses are heightened toso many different things.
They honor what they call liketwo spirits.
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You may call them trans or dragqueens, but they find that they
possess two souls in the samebody, one that is both feminine
and masculine at the same time.
For the longest time I felt likemy ADHD and autism was a curse
and left me nothing but trauma.
But now in my 50s, I see themas gifts and during my healing
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process I have actually becomeeven more sensitive to the ebb
and flow of the universe and cancommunicate with my ancestors
and spirit guides very easily.
Now I cannot even begin to tellyou how much alone that has
healed me and made me feel lessalone in the world.
It's comforting to know that Ihave my own little personal
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cheer squad rooting for me.
After having a hard timefitting in over the years, I
found that I would just sit inthe corner observing the chaos
as it plays out before me.
But now I see I was justpicking up on repeated patterns.
Now that I have connected thedots, I just can't sit here
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anymore watching.
Now that I have connected thedots, I just can't sit here
anymore watching.
It's time for action.
My punks and one of the mostradical ideas that I have that
came up into my brain is helpingyou find yourself to help
foster and rebuild our localcommunities like we once had.
I always thought the governmentwould help or you had to be
super rich in order to make bigchanges, always thought the
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government would help or you hadto be super rich in order to
make big changes, but now I seeit's really the small ones that,
over time, added with othersmall changes equal into bigger
changes.
No one is going to save us, noone is going to help us, so
let's start with ourselves andthen work outwards.
This is where the revolutiontruly begins.
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My punks, now that being said,understand that that does not
mean that we ignore what isgoing on around us.
On the contrary, we need tokeep our eyes, ears and spidey
senses on full alert, and ifanyone is going to attempt to
hurt anyone, we need to standthe fuck up.
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So please recognize that,because this auntie does love to
start some shit.
First, I need to let you in on acouple of life's little secrets
.
Do you want to know what themain three purposes of life is?
It is simply to haveexperiences, good and bad.
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What lessons did you learn fromthose experiences?
And thirdly, to be your mostauthentic self.
And oftentimes, when we'refeeling stuck or hurting too
much, it's often because thereis something that doesn't align
with our core beliefs of who weare.
Sometimes it's our thoughts,it's a location, it's the people
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around us, or how we wereraised or what belief system we
were raised in.
One of the reasons why we havesuch a huge disconnect right now
is because each person on thisplanet was supposed to clear out
and let go of their emotionalbaggage from the things that we
have experienced, and we aretalking generations worth of
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trauma just getting passed ondown the line.
Some of these events have beenso huge it has changed us on a
cellular level in our DNA.
This podcast is called the KickCan Generations because, let's
face it, the previousgenerations have kicked the cans
down to us.
It's time to clear out thebullshit, kids.
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So let's start looking at thegenerations and some of their
trials and tribulations, theirdifferences, how they influenced
future generations, what theircore beliefs.
Look at the generations througha lens of observation.
If you will, I'm going to groupthem together, kind of three at
a time right now, with a littlebit of overlap, because there's
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going to be people who kind ofride the line in between the
generation gaps, if you will.
First up is the greatestgeneration, the silent
generation and the baby boomers.
Let's get started with thegreatest generation born between
1901 and 1927.
It is an estimated about100,000 still living in the US,
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according to the census data.
The historical events thathappened when they were kids,
between 1901 and 1927, includedthe assassination of President
McKinley, which led to PresidentRoosevelt taking over.
We had World War I, the RussianRevolution of 1905.
Plus, during the war womenentered into the workforce more
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than what they did before.
The radio was invented in 1901and TV was invented in 1927.
The jazz singer, the rise ofcomic books kind of happened
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during the Depression.
The 1920s kind of became agolden age of American sports.
Music was heavily influencedwith swing, jazz, blues, folk,
gospel music which was kind ofall the rage at the time.
This generation is known forbeing very patriotic, known for
their strong work ethic.
They were very frugal, modest,had integrity and a lot of
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self-sacrifice.
So the greatest generation gavebirth to the silent generation.
If they had kids when they wereyounger and if they had kids
later in life they would kind offall more into the baby boomer
category.
So this gives you an indicationof kind of who raised who, what
happened during that timeperiod, to give you a fair idea
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of the traumas that have beenpassed down to the other
generations, because all thisconnects together.
So let's think like a shrink onthis, look at the psychological
aspects as well.
Then you got to add on theother historical events from the
other generations that willneed to be taken into account as
well, because these are justthe events that happened during
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their childhood, which was 1901to 1927.
So let's add in the silentgeneration into the mix.
They were born between 1928 and1945, with an estimated about
19 million left in the US,according to the US census.
So the greatest generation arenow entering adulthood and the
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silent generation, as kids, sawthe following historical events
take place, saw the followinghistorical events take place
they had the Great Depression,which lasted from 1929 to 1941.
When World War II they also hadthe Holocaust and Pearl Harbor
kind of kicked off around thistime period.
Plus, in 1926, ephedrine wasapproved for commercial use and
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was used as a stimulant duringthe war and also a diet drug
later on, for both men and women, aka mommy's little helper.
Yeah, mommy needed to get shitdone is really what that
amounted to.
Now, during the war, more womenwere asked to fill positions in
the workforce.
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So the greatest generation grewup with extreme poverty as they
were coming of age and thenwere shipped off to war.
So remember that we also hadthe atom bomb, the New Deal,
which helped us get out of theGreat Depression and also kind
of created our current healthinsurance system, and also they
had the Immigration Act of 1924.
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So these two generations grew upin a time of war, also a time
of a lot of scarcity and lack.
The silent generation gavebirth to baby boomers for those
who had kids when they wereyoung and then the ones that had
kids later on in life gavebirth to Gen X.
So these two generations alonehad a lot of trauma.
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Today we would call it PTSD,but back then it was called
shell shock.
Due to the Great Depression,entire families lost everything
and never fully recovered, plusthe lack of food, shelter.
It was an unstable time.
So when things did start tobalance out, they still felt
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that lack and it never went awayand was passed down to the baby
boomers and beyond.
I remember hanging out with mygrandparents as a kid and I
always kind of laugh about itnow because it's like every time
I went over there I had to makesure I cleaned my plate.
If you put the food on yourplate you had to eat it.
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So you're really encouraged toonly take what you could eat.
Always go with less on this one, guys, because they were going
to make you eat all of it.
This is just one example ofgenerational trauma.
A huge one is the Holocaust inWorld War II.
It changed generations at a DNAlevel.
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It was so huge.
Plus, in 1937, it became legalfor women to divorce in America
with the Matrimonial Clause Act.
Culturally wise, during thistime period we're still in the
golden age of Hollywood.
Like in the 1930s, we had Gonewith the Wind, the Wizard of Oz,
steamboat Willie debuted in1928.
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Jazz was gaining popularitywith such acts as Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, BennyGoodman, Glenn Miller.
Also, radio shows like Amos andAndy and the Lone Ranger were
really popular at that timeperiod.
Television was just kind ofgetting started around here as
well.
So the Greatest Generation andthe Silent Generation are Gen
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X's grandparents generation andthe silent generation are Gen
X's grandparents, everyoneelse's great-grandparents to
great-great.
So they still have influenceover our beliefs today and how
we do things Now.
This does not include shittyracist, just hateful or
misogynistic behavior, mind you.
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But you do need to understandthe circumstances in which they
were raised in, because itreally does all connect to now.
Next up is the Baby Boomers Bornbetween 1946 and 1964, with
about an estimate 76 millionstill alive, according to the US
census data.
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Well, in 1949 was the peak ofthe baby boom, once the war
ended.
So the greatest generationstarted to become more
grandparents, slash parents,depending on the age.
The silent generation are justentering into adulthood.
Entering into adulthood, thebaby boomers as kids, during
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this period of 1946 through 1964kind of saw these following
historical events.
So we had the Korean War in1950 to 1953.
We also had the start of theVietnam War in 1961 to 1975.
So some of the boomers havebeen in war to 1975.
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So some of the boomers havebeen in war.
Okay, the Cold War with theSoviet Union kind of started
around this time period.
Nato was established.
We also had the race to space.
The Civil Rights Movementoccurred between 1954 and 1968.
As well as I found this oneinteresting the creation of
Israel as a Jewish state wasestablished during the time that
they were born.
Now, in 1948, the militaryended segregation.
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The suburbs were being bornduring 1948 to 1951.
President Kennedy was alsoassassinated during this time
period.
We also had the first parentingbook come out by Benjamin Spock
.
That came out in 1946.
Also during 1963, old VickiValium was introduced and
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prescribed to women who doctorsfelt were hysterical or anxious
or basically just questioningwhy do I need to do this shit?
So Valium and ephedrine bothbecame mommy's little helpers.
Yeah, women were basicallydrugged in order to have an
immaculate and clean house.
So seriously, don't ever beatyourself up because you can't
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keep up.
Housewives used ephedrine toget things done and when they
needed to relax or sleep theyhad old Vicki Valium to help the
old girl out.
Now, it was not widely known atthis time period that the
medications could affect fetusdevelopment, so you may need to
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remember that because that'sgoing to come up again when we
start talking about Gen X.
Health insurance at the timecould also kind of deny you
completely altogether because ofprevious health issues and just
flat out deny your treatmentaltogether.
Culturally wise.
We saw Barbie debut, theBeatles debuted on TV in 1964,
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the book the Feminine Mystiquehelped fuel the women's movement
, cassette tapes were invented,fiddler on the Roof, funny Girl,
mary Poppins, as well asmusical acts like Bob Dylan,
frank Sinatra, nat King Cole,joan Baez, led Zeppelin, beach
Boys and Frank Zappa.
And also in 1962, color TVstarted with shows like the
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Jetsons and the Flintstones, andalso in 1959, motown Records
started Ah, rock and roll.
So this generation was raisedas if a lack of something was
about to happen at any giventime and that they needed to
prepare for that.
They were shown how to repairthings, for their parents fixed
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things before buying somethingnew, but they were raised by
damaged parents at this point,having been through war and a
good decade of living in hardsurvival mode.
So let's play.
Connect the dots, my littlepunks.
These kind of things madeboomers a little resentful
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towards their parents.
Plus, this is kind of an erawhere a lot of conspiracy
theories started, especiallywith Kennedy being assassinated.
So can you see how some of thisconnects to Trump and QAnon
from back from the firstelection around, like 2015?
You also see how they haveopenly embraced Nazi and fascist
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ideologies because theirparents fought so fucking hard
against them.
Yes, you are literally watchinga bunch of grown-ass adults
fucking throwing a tempertantrum of their lives, and we
all have to endure it becausetheir parents didn't know how to
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deal with the after effects ofwar, which is one of the reasons
why we need to heal thisourselves, because this shit is
going to keep on building untilwe do.
They grew up with segregationand saw it end as well, which is
one of the reasons why I thinkthey lost their damn mind when
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Obama got elected and I'mlooking at Mitch McConnell yes,
you, mitch Hurdle, the attackturtle.
You did everything in yourpower to obstruct the government
, and now we have a governmentthat really doesn't work anymore
, and I wonder if that isn'tpart of the reason why Kamala
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didn't win this election.
Now, luckily, being prejudicedagainst a group of people is a
learned behavior and we canunlearn that, but this is
something I have never been ableto understand in my entire life
.
How can you hate someonebecause of the color of their
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skin?
It's not like they have controlover it.
It's not like it's somethingthat they can change.
Skin color is not a legit beefto have with someone.
There needs to be actions orwords to have a legit beef.
I think my favorite thing to dowhen someone makes a racist,
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sexist or wholly inappropriatecomment, I like to play dumb and
say I don't get it.
If I'm feeling especially saucy, I may ask them to explain it
to me and see if they'reactually going to explain their
shit-ass comment.
If anything, it's fun to watchthem squirm.
They know their comment wasshitty.
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When people tell you who theyare, I recommend that you
believe them.
But I digress.
So we're going to move on andthis is where we kind of start
having some overlap.
For the next group is babyboomers, gen X and millennials.
So the baby boomers gave birthto Gen X and those who had kids
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later in life gave birth tomillennials.
Now, Gen X was born between1965 and 1980.
There's about 64 million of usstill alive, according to the US
Census.
So we got great-great.
As well as grandparents fromthe greatest generation, as well
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as grandparents from thegreatest generation.
We have grandparents, slashparents from the silent
generation, with baby boomersjust entering adulthood, slash
parenting when Gen X were kidsat this point.
So Gen X kind of saw thehistorical events like the Civil
Rights Movement still going on,the Vietnam War was just
starting to end, the Cold Warwas just starting to begin,
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malcolm X was assassinated.
Also, in the 70s, there was ahuge energy and gas crisis.
But we also saw a huge increasein counterculture movements.
So like punks, hippies, goss,you know, sex, drugs and rock
and roll.
Which is why?
If I'm being honest with you, Idon't understand how any member
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of Gen X, or millennials forthat matter, have an issue with
trans or LBGTQ members.
Look at the music we listened towhen we grew up and the people
that we watched.
Come on, you know you listenedto Culture Club and Boy George.
And the people that we watchedCome on, you know you listened
to Culture Club and Boy Georgeand you fucking loved it.
If you listen to groups likePoison, Guns N' Roses, Motley
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Crue, those were some of themost feminine looking men on the
planet, acting like the firsttime you saw Bret Michaels and
didn't think he was the mostgorgeous woman you had ever seen
.
Or is that when the problemstarted for you Because we also
had Annie Lennox, who swung itin the other direction and oh,
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what a voice?
But if that is the case, thenwhy do you still listen to the
music but hate the people whofeel more comfortable dressing
that way for themselves?
And can I ask a question to thepoliticians out there?
This is something I've reallywanted to know.
With all these trans bills, Igot a serious question that I
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really genuinely do want to knowthe answer to.
Here it is why are you soobsessed with what is in
somebody's pants?
Do you know how absolutelyfucking creepy it is?
I know you think that DragQueen Story Hour is the villain
in your pedophilic storyscenario, but oddly, when I'm
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going through the news, I'veonly found religious leaders and
, oddly enough, republicanmembers who are getting charged
for child pornography or beingthe true pedophile story in the
news.
Temporary ADHD side questmission.
There you put a coin in.
You gotta go for the whole ride.
Also, don't forget, around thistime period, we had the
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Stonewall Riots in 1969 with theLBGTQ community.
We had Watergate.
The Berlin Wall was built atthis time.
We also had the LA riots andwomen finally had financial
freedom, being able to getcredit cards without another
person being attached to it.
And then in 1978, thegovernment started creating
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401ks.
Now you remember Mommy's LittleHelpers, ephedrine, which is a
stimulant that they stoppedusing in 2004, and Valium, which
is a depressant.
Now we're going to look at Gen Xkids.
They called us hyperactive.
Mostly it was with boys.
Only now that the girls aregoing through perimenopause and
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menopause are we realizing thatthey were affected as well.
This is now called ADHD or ADD,because my boomer parents do
have slight ADHD and autism, butit is so much stronger in this
generation than the previousones in this generation than the
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previous ones, and when Gen Xand millennials had kids, the
ADHD and autism progressedfurther in our kids than they
did in us.
It's like it's geneticallygetting stronger.
I wonder if it isn't acombination of these drugs a few
generations ago that they havemade more of an issue today,
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changing our DNA before we wereborn.
Now, I'm not a scientist or adoctor of any kind, but I would
like to read a study on that.
I would be interested to see ifthere is a connection between
these kind of drugs, thestimulants and also the
depressants, because, let's faceit, gen X is severely depressed
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, as well as overly excited andbouncing off the fucking walls.
Now, culturally wise, we kind ofhad the start of video games
and it was also the rise of popculture.
Music-wise, we went from likethe Carpenters, the Osmonds,
cher to 80s New Wave, to hairmetal and everything in between.
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Now, gen Xers gave birth toMillennials and those who had
kids later in life.
They gave birth to Gen Z, andremember that events get added
to other generations as we gofurther through it.
Events get added to othergenerations as we go further
through it.
So Gen X is very independentand also called latchkey kids
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and kind of raised themselves.
We're often left to our owndevices and always told to be
home before it was dark or forsupper, which led to a lot of
mother and father wounds thatneed to be healed in our
generation.
But if we're being reallyhonest, it started with the baby
boomer parents and I'm prettysure that this trend keeps
continuing if we kept goingfurther back.
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Maybe this is something that wecan finally put an end to by
reparenting ourselves.
Divorces during this time alsobecame more increasingly
significant.
Just to give you an example ofhow weird this time period was
our parents and how much ourparents cared at 10 pm the TV
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played a public serviceannouncement saying it's 10
o'clock, do you know where yourkids are?
Yeah, they had to be remindedthat they had kids.
There was also like a lot ofteenage pregnancy with Gen Xers.
So the Gen Xers, who had kidsyoung, or got married or either
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didn't finish college so theycould get married and have kids,
are a little bit closer to thebaby boomers mentality.
Remember, we're here forexperiences, which is why
parenting changed more tohelicopter parents and the
creation of overly safe spacesin regards to raising children.
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Because, let's face it, gen Xplayed hard and most of our
safety and warning labels arebasically because of us, and for
that I am truly sorry and, yes,my younger generations, I may
be the only old folk who mightapologize for old folks'
behavior.
So take the win when you get it.
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Babies, now baby boomers, didget involved in the Vietnam War,
so we are talking some PTSD aswell as some domestic violence
that has, you know, kind ofincreased for some families
around this time period, butmost either kind of became
hippies or yuppies and focusedeither on peace, love and
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understanding or the polaropposite of greed, wealth and
once again going against theirparents who survived poverty and
war.
Also, sadly, many of ourCongress people who are still in
office are from this timeperiod, like Chuck Grassley from
Iowa, who is now 91 and isstill in office from his first
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election in 1981.
That's 43 years in office.
This is not supposed to be alifelong career.
This is just to be of servicetemporarily to our country,
which has led us to our currentgovernment issues that we have,
because he's not the only one,Mitch McConnell.
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So my little punks, my Gen Xers,we need to work on some shit
here.
Are you starting to see some ofthe problems now?
So one we need to back the fuckoff of younger generations,
because the boomers started allthis shit and it has gotten
significantly worse over theyears, which is why we need to
focus on us, the individual,right now, so we can get back to
we united, stand against allthis shit together, because they
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aren't expecting that.
Trust me, if we fix ourselvesand come back together as a
group, we will be so muchstronger than they will ever
know.
Also, back off if they don'twant to have kids.
It is their decision, theirfree will to choose what is
right for them, and you know howhell of expensive this shit is
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to raise a kid.
So don't go acting entitled andshit and forcing things on them
when they clearly are not readyfor it, because ask yourself,
were you ready for it?
They have to make it work forthem.
You don't get a say so work onyour own personal growth and
development, my loves.
Okay, let's be better than ourprevious generations.
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There are more things like this, but first we need to discuss
millennials.
Millennials are born between1981 to 1996.
There's about an estimate 72million I think, according to US
census data.
So, as Gen Xers are enteringadulthood, slash parenting, you
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have the baby boomers, who arenow more career focused being
grandparents.
Slash parents.
You have the silent generationwhich is still working but kind
of reaching retirement soon andalso being great grandparents.
And then you've got thegreatest generation in
retirement at this point,enjoying being great great
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grandparents at that time ifthey're still alive and kicking
it.
Now.
The historical experiences askids growing up they had the
rise and fall of the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall fell down in1989.
We had the Tiananmen Squareprotests.
We had the Gulf War, the AIDScrisis.
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Our first recession was in 1981.
President Clinton signedseveral gun laws permanently
banning over like 50 types ofsemi-automatic assault weapons.
This is also the rise of themoral majority, or the Christian
evangelical movement started.
The Christian evangelicalmovement started.
Remember Frank Zappa from theBoomers music In 1986, he did an
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interview on Crossfire.
It was very fascinating becausehe was talking about how the
choices that they were makingback then, when Ronald Reagan
was in office, was running ustowards a fascist theocracy.
And here we are with Project2025 being put into office right
now.
We also had a fun littlesatanic panic thanks to Dungeons
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and Dragons back in the dayduring this time period, and
also heavy music and basicallyrock and roll, corrupting
today's youth.
You know, I also loved how ourparents kept telling us that the
music, the movies, the gamesthat we were playing are going
to rot our brains.
But in actuality it only tookFox News to destroy an entire
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generation's mental health.
So congratulations, fox News.
I knew you could do it.
You proved those boomers right.
Tv can rot your brain.
You got your wish boomers.
It just happened to you and notus.
Odd side note here.
But really the only thing thatcan truly rot your brain is when
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you stop learning, growing anddeveloping as a human being.
But I digress.
Charles and Diana firsttelevised royal wedding.
The Soviet Union dissolved in1991.
I'm still kind of secretly madabout this because I loved
learning geography and I justfelt really gypped because all
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of a sudden there were newcountries that came into being
and I just finished that class.
Maybe sometime I'll get aroundto learning those.
But we also had the rise of thepersonal computers, traveling
electronics, the creation of theinternet.
When you had to get online atfirst it sounded like you had to
murder like a thousand robotsjust to access information.
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But you had the creation of CDs, vhs tapes, laser discs, mtv
launched in 1981.
Also another point in which wewere going to have our brain
rotted out.
Music-wise, we had the 80s NewWave, hair metal, guns N' Roses,
motley Crue, grunge,electronica.
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There was also a weird coupleyears in which swing music was
really huge for a hot minute.
It's during this time periodthat the boomers started really
coming into their power, startedreally coming into their power.
This is also when they startedto close a lot of the
accessibility to certain thingsthat got them ahead.
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Health insurance could stillcompletely deny you for previous
health issues and just flat outdeny you for treatment
altogether.
All of a sudden, you kind ofneeded to have two jobs in order
to pay your bills and now Ithink we're up to about three,
almost four.
As a Gen Xer, I can tell youhonestly I am sick of the grind,
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baby.
I am sick of you.
Gotta work hard to make itbullshit that, my little punks,
is a lie to keep you working andstuck by corporate America.
This is also really the time inwhich corporate America was
rising to the surface.
401ks started to increase atthis time, which means that
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retirement for corporations gotto pay less and give themselves
more profits.
But by this time, gen X isfully entering the workforce and
, quite honestly, pensions werenon-existent.
So no wonder why, in 1994, weburned down Woodstock 2 Electric
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Boogaloo.
We burned that motherfucker tothe ground.
We realized that we had beenlied to.
And this is just the start ofsome really epic bullshit.
Now millennials gave birth toGen Z and those who had kids
later in life to Gen Alpha.
Now Gen Z has about 70 million,according to the US Census.
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According to the US Census.
And Gen Z was also born betweenlike 1997 to about 2010.
Now we've got millennialsentering adulthood, workforce
slash, parenting.
Gen X is now entering theparent and grandparent stage.
Baby boomers still working andnow entering the grandparent
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stage of life.
A silent generation is retiringand beginning to be
great-great-grandparents, andthe greatest generation is the
great-great-great-grandparents,if they're still kicking it.
Now, The historical events thattook place for these kids one of
the biggest would be 9-11 in2001, which also led to the Iraq
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war.
The Tea Party movement alsostarted in like 2009, which I
would say is kind of the startof the current Republican Party
because, trust me, the 1980sRepublican is way different than
the 2024 model, different thanthe 2024 model 2008,.
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We had the huge financialcrisis that fucked up a lot of
shit.
You also had, oddly enough, theHeaven's Gate cult suicide.
Princess Diana also passed awaythe first Harry Potter book
published, which leads me to alittle side note on cancel
culture.
To a little side note on cancelculture.
I'm not defending herstatements because it's bullshit
, but you need to learn, myfriends, how to separate the art
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from the artist.
You can still appreciate thework and what they created and
ignore the person who created it.
You're allowed to do that.
Just let them slide intoobscurity.
Now, at this time also, the eurobecame the currency of Europe,
the International Space Stationwas banned.
We had the Clinton-Lewinskyscandal at this time.
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Clinton's assault weapons banwas allowed to expire in 2004,
and our first school shootingwas Columbine in 1999, and I
think we need to agree it hasbeen a shitshow since.
Another very bizarre thing thathappened during this time
period was the Y2K bug Veryamusing.
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Y2k bug Very amusing.
The first iPod, the firstiPhone.
Culturally wise, we had Ocean'sEleven Monsters Inc.
Shrek Kelly Clarkson was thefirst American Idol in 2002.
The Human Genome Project wascompleted in 2003, which was
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amazing.
Hurricane Katrina happened atthis time, xbox 360 was released
, prince Charles marries Camilla, the internet meme kind of
started and also the start ofRickrolling, which that never
gets old.
Michael Jackson also passedaway around this time period and
then we also had a rise of kindof post-modernist and organic
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design that started to emerge atthis time and because of the
internet, which kind of led therise to graffiti, artists like
Banksy, shepard, fairey, thegrunge music and aesthetic was
taking off.
At this time kind of gives youthe basics of what's happening.
Time kind of gives you thebasics of what's happening.
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This is when boomers, as wellas some Gen Xers, get greedy as
fuck.
This started when the campaignfinance laws changed in 2002,
which leads to corporate Americabuying the politicians that are
supposed to represent.
You know, we the collectivepeople, not we the corporations,
but instead corporations,through financial donations to
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politicians, have made morepolicies that have hurt the
people of this country than ithas helped them.
Look at our food.
Have you noticed that aroundthis time the food now lasts
longer but has no real tasteanymore?
Aka, more preservatives thatare harmful to our bodies, but
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now we have more digestivecancers in young people.
Once again, not a scientist ora doctor here, but if someone
were to do a study, I would becurious if there's a correlation
to this.
Also, in 2006 is when companiesstarted to phase out pensions
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for 401ks instead so they couldincrease their profits.
Gun lobbies pushed Congress tosunset Clinton's gun ban.
Gunn lobbies pushed Congress tosunset Clinton's gun ban.
This is also when student loansstopped becoming about helping
people afford an education andbecoming more indebted until the
day they die.
Even though they had programsto release people of this debt
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through public service orincome-driven repayment plans,
only a few of these applicationsgot approved because there were
no clear guidelines put out bythe loan companies or the
federal government, and I domean very few got approved, and
it wasn't until the ConsumerFinancial Protection Bureau
discovered that, and Joe Biden,the Department of Education, has
been trying to fix these issues.
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It would have been a disastrousconsequence to Gen X and also
anyone who ever wanted to retire.
I would also like to note thatthe incoming Trump
administration wants toeliminate the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, whichprotects everyday people from
shady-ass banking practices.
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So keep your eyes on that one.
My little younglings.
Mostly, they denied theperson's application because
there was no clear guidelinesput out, so they kept making
them pay, especially especiallywith that compound interest Can
you say predatory loan.
Now, gen Alpha was born in 2010to 2024.
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There's an estimated 2 billionright now.
They are still kids at thispoint and the earliest of them
are only just going to begraduating high school this year
, but I can honestly tell youthat after the COVID pandemic,
these kids need to have sometherapy, right alongside the
adults here, and I'm pretty surethat their education during
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this time period has epicallysucked balls.
I think that's a fairassessment.
But besides that, the otherhistorical events that they had
was the Deepwater Horizon oilspill in 2010.
In 2011, we had the Fukushimanuclear power plant disaster
because of the tsunami and theearthquake.
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We also had Occupy Wall Street,the Arab Spring, black Lives
Matter, Haiti's earthquake,which I think has also kind of
led to some of their issuesright now.
We had Brexit, the BostonMarathon bombing, massive
amounts of just shootings allover the country, legalized gay
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marriage, the Me Too movement.
Cubs won the World Series after108 years.
That was it.
Damn you Cubbies.
Yeah, no, I doubt if it was theCubs winning the World Series.
That caused all this shit, butI digress, anyway.
Netflix also launched theirstreaming services, marvel
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started its movies, Hamilton wason Broadway and Stan Lee passes
away.
I'm not going to spend a lot oftime talking about Gen Alpha
because, quite frankly, they'reonly just now getting to know
who they are, and your oldergenerations.
Well, we're here to help you ifyou need it and want it, and if
you want to learn about who youare, then I recommend taking a
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listen and learn from yourelders by looking at the
generations and what they havebeen through.
Do you see where we are today?
I say let the boomers havetheir four-year pity party.
Oh, we're about to die.
We need to think of our legacy.
We need to know what we'releaving behind, which is ironic
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because they have never oncethought about the impact on the
future generations.
This is rich coming from them,which is why, from a
psychological standpoint, if youstand back and look at the
whole picture, it's kind offucked up, because the boomers,
as well as some of Gen X as well, are back in their teenage
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years, rebelling against theirparents, who have lived a long
time in survival mode, poor orjust getting by with only a few
of them to find wealth again.
Who fought Nazis.
Who wanted to eliminate entiregroups of people just because of
their religion, color of theirskin and who they loved.
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But these people fell victim toFox News brainwashing methods.
Who wanted no one to benefitfrom the programs that were made
available to them and alsodecided that everything had to
be an investment to make money,which is why real estate in this
country is obscene.
Europe and other countries donot consider housing a
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money-making investment, whichis why their prices have
remained fairly on par withtoday's incomes, unlike here in
America, and ours are overpricedpieces of shit.
Plus, they also have affordablehousing that's based largely on
the income you make.
It also seems that boomers havea lot of problem with women as
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well.
Not sure what their resentmentbecause their mom had to work
outside the home more.
Instead of looking inwardtowards themselves to fixing
these resentments they have, wedecided to project it outwards.
I'm pretty sure if they couldtake away any advantage that we
have fought for along the way,they would, which is why we need
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to be on alert, ready foranything to happen within the
next four years.
I also found it interestingwith the creation of Israel as a
Jewish nation, but especiallywith what's currently happening
there.
It saddens me that those inpower in Israel did not learn
from their past and they feelthat they need to do a racial
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cleansing.
For what Beachfront property?
Once again, we land somewherebetween colonizer behavior or it
was done to us, so we must doit to them, or we need to think
of our legacy.
This is what we're up against,my punks, so let's focus on us,
shall we?
I'm going to give you a littlehomework assignment over the
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christmas holidays.
Why not learn about yourfamily's history, see, see what
they've gone through, see whatyour ancestral issues are that
you have to face.
It's a little safer thanpolitics.
My loves Next podcast, we'regoing to be looking at our
belief system, so be ready for alot of questions that only you
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can answer.
We will see what beliefs youwere raised on, and we will also
be looking to see if they stillwork for you today, because you
want to know something they maynot or never did.
And if that's the case, did youknow you can change those
beliefs?
Well, you can.
So your weird auntie has talkedenough today, so I will see you
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next time.
My little punks.
Keep it real, keep it safe,keep it punk.
Good night.
Welcome to the Kicked Can Generation Podcast.
My younglings, my little punks,come join your weirder older
Auntie Robin, along with hermagical bag of holding.
I'm the auntie that your familyhas warned you about.
I'm one of those weird,free-thinking individual people
who kind of walks to their ownbeat, the one in which all the
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cousins at the family reunionwill hang out with, because she
understands how much of anabsolute shitshow dumpster fire
this family really is and is abadass trauma survivor who has
learned how to cultivate her owndamn peace and who will protect
all of those that she loveswith absolute ferocity.
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Yeah, I'm that auntie.
Now my babies.
We just had a major electionhere in the US.
Did it go the way your auntiewas wanting?
Abso-fucking-lutely not.
It seems so ridiculous to meafter two episodes, having to
rebrand this, but what Ioriginally wanted to do with
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this podcast is now irrelevant.
So what does a wildly unashamedwoman do with that kind of
situation?
She pivots, she redirects.
She pivots, she redirects.
And you want to know what Ifind worthwhile?
You Helping you find your true,authentic self.
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Help you learn how to calm yourmind, your thoughts, and have
control over them again and helpyou stand in that power.
Help you learn how to deal withyour emotions in that power.
Help you learn how to deal withyour emotions, how to stop
people pleasing or caring orgiving a shit of what other
people think of you.
How to heal some of those trulytraumatic events that have
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happened in our lives and alsolearn how to take our ancestral
trauma and heal that as well.
The biggest one of all how tofucking love yourself
un-fucking-conditionally.
This is not an easy journey.
There will be times that youwill want to give up.
Joseph Campbell calls this thehero's journey, because you will
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be lost if you don't know whoyou are or what you stand for.
So this is what this podcast isgoing to be about now.
So, my little punks, are youready to be the main character
of your story?
Are you ready to step up andreparent yourself as the one who
would protected you as a kid?
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Are you ready to take on thedark nights of the soul and that
is plural.
There will be multiple trialsand tribulations that you will
have to endure on this journey.
You may have to part withfriends or family members as you
outgrow them, but only throughand I do literally mean through
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our pain and suffering will webe able to find true happiness
and joy, but only through and Ido literally mean through.
You already know what pain andsuffering feels like.
Instead, let us heal ourselves,and that way we can get to know
what happiness and joy feelslike and possibly even connect
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back into our communities.
Corporate America wants us tobe divided because they know
that if we come together, we'dput an end to a lot of this shit
.
I hear your questions, my littlepunks, but, auntie, why do we
need to do this now?
The world is falling apart andmy autistic, ADHD menopausal ass
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is going to respond back to youin song.
So please, my little punks,let's open up your Rage Against
the Machine hymnals and turn itto Guerrilla Radio.
"It has to start somewhere.
It has to start sometime.
What better place than here?
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What better time than now?
Oh hell can't stop us now.
Oh hell can't stop us now.
It really is the little thingsin life that amuse me Now.
I was, later in life, diagnosedwith autism and ADHD, a
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neurodivergent individual, ifyou will.
I often felt like Cassandra asa kid growing up from ancient
Greece, a prolific seer, butabsolutely no one believed me.
I remember once I got askedwhat do you think of our new
pastor and saying he's okay, butthere's something off about him
.
I just don't know what it is,only to find out a few years
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later.
He was actually diagnosed withAlzheimer's a few months before
he interviewed with our church.
And that is what I was pickingup on and could sense.
It's not something I canexplain how.
I just see things differently.
I can pick up on things othersdon't, and it has always been
that way for me.
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Yet as a kid, no one couldexplain to me why my senses were
heightened or explain what Iwas seeing or feeling or sensing
, because they didn't know thatother people could experience
the world in different ways andI was treated poorly for it.
People who have autism, adhd,empaths and members also of the
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LBGTQ plus communities havegifts.
They see the world in adifferent way.
Many Native and Indigenouscultures often consider these
people as healers, those whocommunicate with the ancestors.
Their senses are heightened toso many different things.
They honor what they call liketwo spirits.
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You may call them trans or dragqueens, but they find that they
possess two souls in the samebody, one that is both feminine
and masculine at the same time.
For the longest time I felt likemy ADHD and autism was a curse
and left me nothing but trauma.
But now in my 50s, I see themas gifts and during my healing
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process I have actually becomeeven more sensitive to the ebb
and flow of the universe and cancommunicate with my ancestors
and spirit guides very easily.
Now I cannot even begin to tellyou how much alone that has
healed me and made me feel lessalone in the world.
It's comforting to know that Ihave my own little personal
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cheer squad rooting for me.
After having a hard timefitting in over the years, I
found that I would just sit inthe corner observing the chaos
as it plays out before me.
But now I see I was justpicking up on repeated patterns.
Now that I have connected thedots, I just can't sit here
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anymore watching.
Now that I have connected thedots, I just can't sit here
anymore watching.
It's time for action.
My punks and one of the mostradical ideas that I have that
came up into my brain is helpingyou find yourself to help
foster and rebuild our localcommunities like we once had.
I always thought the governmentwould help or you had to be
super rich in order to make bigchanges, always thought the
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government would help or you hadto be super rich in order to
make big changes, but now I seeit's really the small ones that,
over time, added with othersmall changes equal into bigger
changes.
No one is going to save us, noone is going to help us, so
let's start with ourselves andthen work outwards.
This is where the revolutiontruly begins.
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My punks, now that being said,understand that that does not
mean that we ignore what isgoing on around us.
On the contrary, we need tokeep our eyes, ears and spidey
senses on full alert, and ifanyone is going to attempt to
hurt anyone, we need to standthe fuck up.
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So please recognize that,because this auntie does love to
start some shit.
First, I need to let you in on acouple of life's little secrets
.
Do you want to know what themain three purposes of life is?
It is simply to haveexperiences, good and bad.
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What lessons did you learn fromthose experiences?
And thirdly, to be your mostauthentic self.
And oftentimes, when we'refeeling stuck or hurting too
much, it's often because thereis something that doesn't align
with our core beliefs of who weare.
Sometimes it's our thoughts,it's a location, it's the people
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around us, or how we wereraised or what belief system we
were raised in.
One of the reasons why we havesuch a huge disconnect right now
is because each person on thisplanet was supposed to clear out
and let go of their emotionalbaggage from the things that we
have experienced, and we aretalking generations worth of
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trauma just getting passed ondown the line.
Some of these events have beenso huge it has changed us on a
cellular level in our DNA.
This podcast is called the KickCan Generations because, let's
face it, the previousgenerations have kicked the cans
down to us.
It's time to clear out thebullshit, kids.
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So let's start looking at thegenerations and some of their
trials and tribulations, theirdifferences, how they influenced
future generations, what theircore beliefs.
Look at the generations througha lens of observation.
If you will, I'm going to groupthem together, kind of three at
a time right now, with a littlebit of overlap, because there's
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going to be people who kind ofride the line in between the
generation gaps, if you will.
First up is the greatestgeneration, the silent
generation and the baby boomers.
Let's get started with thegreatest generation born between
1901 and 1927.
It is an estimated about100,000 still living in the US,
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according to the census data.
The historical events thathappened when they were kids,
between 1901 and 1927, includedthe assassination of President
McKinley, which led to PresidentRoosevelt taking over.
We had World War I, the RussianRevolution of 1905.
Plus, during the war womenentered into the workforce more
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than what they did before.
The radio was invented in 1901and TV was invented in 1927.
The jazz singer, the rise ofcomic books kind of happened
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during the Depression.
The 1920s kind of became agolden age of American sports.
Music was heavily influencedwith swing, jazz, blues, folk,
gospel music which was kind ofall the rage at the time.
This generation is known forbeing very patriotic, known for
their strong work ethic.
They were very frugal, modest,had integrity and a lot of
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self-sacrifice.
So the greatest generation gavebirth to the silent generation.
If they had kids when they wereyounger and if they had kids
later in life they would kind offall more into the baby boomer
category.
So this gives you an indicationof kind of who raised who, what
happened during that timeperiod, to give you a fair idea
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of the traumas that have beenpassed down to the other
generations, because all thisconnects together.
So let's think like a shrink onthis, look at the psychological
aspects as well.
Then you got to add on theother historical events from the
other generations that willneed to be taken into account as
well, because these are justthe events that happened during
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their childhood, which was 1901to 1927.
So let's add in the silentgeneration into the mix.
They were born between 1928 and1945, with an estimated about
19 million left in the US,according to the US census.
So the greatest generation arenow entering adulthood and the
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silent generation, as kids, sawthe following historical events
take place, saw the followinghistorical events take place
they had the Great Depression,which lasted from 1929 to 1941.
When World War II they also hadthe Holocaust and Pearl Harbor
kind of kicked off around thistime period.
Plus, in 1926, ephedrine wasapproved for commercial use and
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was used as a stimulant duringthe war and also a diet drug
later on, for both men and women, aka mommy's little helper.
Yeah, mommy needed to get shitdone is really what that
amounted to.
Now, during the war, more womenwere asked to fill positions in
the workforce.
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So the greatest generation grewup with extreme poverty as they
were coming of age and thenwere shipped off to war.
So remember that we also hadthe atom bomb, the New Deal,
which helped us get out of theGreat Depression and also kind
of created our current healthinsurance system, and also they
had the Immigration Act of 1924.
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So these two generations grew upin a time of war, also a time
of a lot of scarcity and lack.
The silent generation gavebirth to baby boomers for those
who had kids when they wereyoung and then the ones that had
kids later on in life gavebirth to Gen X.
So these two generations alonehad a lot of trauma.
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Today we would call it PTSD,but back then it was called
shell shock.
Due to the Great Depression,entire families lost everything
and never fully recovered, plusthe lack of food, shelter.
It was an unstable time.
So when things did start tobalance out, they still felt
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that lack and it never went awayand was passed down to the baby
boomers and beyond.
I remember hanging out with mygrandparents as a kid and I
always kind of laugh about itnow because it's like every time
I went over there I had to makesure I cleaned my plate.
If you put the food on yourplate you had to eat it.
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So you're really encouraged toonly take what you could eat.
Always go with less on this one, guys, because they were going
to make you eat all of it.
This is just one example ofgenerational trauma.
A huge one is the Holocaust inWorld War II.
It changed generations at a DNAlevel.
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It was so huge.
Plus, in 1937, it became legalfor women to divorce in America
with the Matrimonial Clause Act.
Culturally wise, during thistime period we're still in the
golden age of Hollywood.
Like in the 1930s, we had Gonewith the Wind, the Wizard of Oz,
steamboat Willie debuted in1928.
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Jazz was gaining popularitywith such acts as Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, BennyGoodman, Glenn Miller.
Also, radio shows like Amos andAndy and the Lone Ranger were
really popular at that timeperiod.
Television was just kind ofgetting started around here as
well.
So the Greatest Generation andthe Silent Generation are Gen
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X's grandparents generation andthe silent generation are Gen
X's grandparents, everyoneelse's great-grandparents to
great-great.
So they still have influenceover our beliefs today and how
we do things Now.
This does not include shittyracist, just hateful or
misogynistic behavior, mind you.
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But you do need to understandthe circumstances in which they
were raised in, because itreally does all connect to now.
Next up is the Baby Boomers Bornbetween 1946 and 1964, with
about an estimate 76 millionstill alive, according to the US
census data.
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Well, in 1949 was the peak ofthe baby boom, once the war
ended.
So the greatest generationstarted to become more
grandparents, slash parents,depending on the age.
The silent generation are justentering into adulthood.
Entering into adulthood, thebaby boomers as kids, during
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this period of 1946 through 1964kind of saw these following
historical events.
So we had the Korean War in1950 to 1953.
We also had the start of theVietnam War in 1961 to 1975.
So some of the boomers havebeen in war to 1975.
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So some of the boomers havebeen in war.
Okay, the Cold War with theSoviet Union kind of started
around this time period.
Nato was established.
We also had the race to space.
The Civil Rights Movementoccurred between 1954 and 1968.
As well as I found this oneinteresting the creation of
Israel as a Jewish state wasestablished during the time that
they were born.
Now, in 1948, the militaryended segregation.
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The suburbs were being bornduring 1948 to 1951.
President Kennedy was alsoassassinated during this time
period.
We also had the first parentingbook come out by Benjamin Spock
.
That came out in 1946.
Also during 1963, old VickiValium was introduced and
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prescribed to women who doctorsfelt were hysterical or anxious
or basically just questioningwhy do I need to do this shit?
So Valium and ephedrine bothbecame mommy's little helpers.
Yeah, women were basicallydrugged in order to have an
immaculate and clean house.
So seriously, don't ever beatyourself up because you can't
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keep up.
Housewives used ephedrine toget things done and when they
needed to relax or sleep theyhad old Vicki Valium to help the
old girl out.
Now, it was not widely known atthis time period that the
medications could affect fetusdevelopment, so you may need to
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remember that because that'sgoing to come up again when we
start talking about Gen X.
Health insurance at the timecould also kind of deny you
completely altogether because ofprevious health issues and just
flat out deny your treatmentaltogether.
Culturally wise.
We saw Barbie debut, theBeatles debuted on TV in 1964,
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the book the Feminine Mystiquehelped fuel the women's movement
, cassette tapes were invented,fiddler on the Roof, funny Girl,
mary Poppins, as well asmusical acts like Bob Dylan,
frank Sinatra, nat King Cole,joan Baez, led Zeppelin, beach
Boys and Frank Zappa.
And also in 1962, color TVstarted with shows like the
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Jetsons and the Flintstones, andalso in 1959, motown Records
started Ah, rock and roll.
So this generation was raisedas if a lack of something was
about to happen at any giventime and that they needed to
prepare for that.
They were shown how to repairthings, for their parents fixed
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things before buying somethingnew, but they were raised by
damaged parents at this point,having been through war and a
good decade of living in hardsurvival mode.
So let's play.
Connect the dots, my littlepunks.
These kind of things madeboomers a little resentful
(20:30):
towards their parents.
Plus, this is kind of an erawhere a lot of conspiracy
theories started, especiallywith Kennedy being assassinated.
So can you see how some of thisconnects to Trump and QAnon
from back from the firstelection around, like 2015?
You also see how they haveopenly embraced Nazi and fascist
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ideologies because theirparents fought so fucking hard
against them.
Yes, you are literally watchinga bunch of grown-ass adults
fucking throwing a tempertantrum of their lives, and we
all have to endure it becausetheir parents didn't know how to
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deal with the after effects ofwar, which is one of the reasons
why we need to heal thisourselves, because this shit is
going to keep on building untilwe do.
They grew up with segregationand saw it end as well, which is
one of the reasons why I thinkthey lost their damn mind when
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Obama got elected and I'mlooking at Mitch McConnell yes,
you, mitch Hurdle, the attackturtle.
You did everything in yourpower to obstruct the government
, and now we have a governmentthat really doesn't work anymore
, and I wonder if that isn'tpart of the reason why Kamala
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didn't win this election.
Now, luckily, being prejudicedagainst a group of people is a
learned behavior and we canunlearn that, but this is
something I have never been ableto understand in my entire life
.
How can you hate someonebecause of the color of their
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skin?
It's not like they have controlover it.
It's not like it's somethingthat they can change.
Skin color is not a legit beefto have with someone.
There needs to be actions orwords to have a legit beef.
I think my favorite thing to dowhen someone makes a racist,
(22:40):
sexist or wholly inappropriatecomment, I like to play dumb and
say I don't get it.
If I'm feeling especially saucy, I may ask them to explain it
to me and see if they'reactually going to explain their
shit-ass comment.
If anything, it's fun to watchthem squirm.
They know their comment wasshitty.
(23:01):
When people tell you who theyare, I recommend that you
believe them.
But I digress.
So we're going to move on andthis is where we kind of start
having some overlap.
For the next group is babyboomers, gen X and millennials.
So the baby boomers gave birthto Gen X and those who had kids
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later in life gave birth tomillennials.
Now, Gen X was born between1965 and 1980.
There's about 64 million of usstill alive, according to the US
Census.
So we got great-great.
As well as grandparents fromthe greatest generation, as well
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as grandparents from thegreatest generation.
We have grandparents, slashparents from the silent
generation, with baby boomersjust entering adulthood, slash
parenting when Gen X were kidsat this point.
So Gen X kind of saw thehistorical events like the Civil
Rights Movement still going on,the Vietnam War was just
starting to end, the Cold Warwas just starting to begin,
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malcolm X was assassinated.
Also, in the 70s, there was ahuge energy and gas crisis.
But we also saw a huge increasein counterculture movements.
So like punks, hippies, goss,you know, sex, drugs and rock
and roll.
Which is why?
If I'm being honest with you, Idon't understand how any member
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of Gen X, or millennials forthat matter, have an issue with
trans or LBGTQ members.
Look at the music we listened towhen we grew up and the people
that we watched.
Come on, you know you listenedto Culture Club and Boy George.
And the people that we watchedCome on, you know you listened
to Culture Club and Boy Georgeand you fucking loved it.
If you listen to groups likePoison, Guns N' Roses, Motley
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Crue, those were some of themost feminine looking men on the
planet, acting like the firsttime you saw Bret Michaels and
didn't think he was the mostgorgeous woman you had ever seen
.
Or is that when the problemstarted for you Because we also
had Annie Lennox, who swung itin the other direction and oh,
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what a voice?
But if that is the case, thenwhy do you still listen to the
music but hate the people whofeel more comfortable dressing
that way for themselves?
And can I ask a question to thepoliticians out there?
This is something I've reallywanted to know.
With all these trans bills, Igot a serious question that I
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really genuinely do want to knowthe answer to.
Here it is why are you soobsessed with what is in
somebody's pants?
Do you know how absolutelyfucking creepy it is?
I know you think that DragQueen Story Hour is the villain
in your pedophilic storyscenario, but oddly, when I'm
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going through the news, I'veonly found religious leaders and
, oddly enough, republicanmembers who are getting charged
for child pornography or beingthe true pedophile story in the
news.
Temporary ADHD side questmission.
There you put a coin in.
You gotta go for the whole ride.
Also, don't forget, around thistime period, we had the
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Stonewall Riots in 1969 with theLBGTQ community.
We had Watergate.
The Berlin Wall was built atthis time.
We also had the LA riots andwomen finally had financial
freedom, being able to getcredit cards without another
person being attached to it.
And then in 1978, thegovernment started creating
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401ks.
Now you remember Mommy's LittleHelpers, ephedrine, which is a
stimulant that they stoppedusing in 2004, and Valium, which
is a depressant.
Now we're going to look at Gen Xkids.
They called us hyperactive.
Mostly it was with boys.
Only now that the girls aregoing through perimenopause and
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menopause are we realizing thatthey were affected as well.
This is now called ADHD or ADD,because my boomer parents do
have slight ADHD and autism, butit is so much stronger in this
generation than the previousones in this generation than the
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previous ones, and when Gen Xand millennials had kids, the
ADHD and autism progressedfurther in our kids than they
did in us.
It's like it's geneticallygetting stronger.
I wonder if it isn't acombination of these drugs a few
generations ago that they havemade more of an issue today,
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changing our DNA before we wereborn.
Now, I'm not a scientist or adoctor of any kind, but I would
like to read a study on that.
I would be interested to see ifthere is a connection between
these kind of drugs, thestimulants and also the
depressants, because, let's faceit, gen X is severely depressed
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, as well as overly excited andbouncing off the fucking walls.
Now, culturally wise, we kind ofhad the start of video games
and it was also the rise of popculture.
Music-wise, we went from likethe Carpenters, the Osmonds,
cher to 80s New Wave, to hairmetal and everything in between.
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Now, gen Xers gave birth toMillennials and those who had
kids later in life.
They gave birth to Gen Z, andremember that events get added
to other generations as we gofurther through it.
Events get added to othergenerations as we go further
through it.
So Gen X is very independentand also called latchkey kids
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and kind of raised themselves.
We're often left to our owndevices and always told to be
home before it was dark or forsupper, which led to a lot of
mother and father wounds thatneed to be healed in our
generation.
But if we're being reallyhonest, it started with the baby
boomer parents and I'm prettysure that this trend keeps
continuing if we kept goingfurther back.
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Maybe this is something that wecan finally put an end to by
reparenting ourselves.
Divorces during this time alsobecame more increasingly
significant.
Just to give you an example ofhow weird this time period was
our parents and how much ourparents cared at 10 pm the TV
(29:39):
played a public serviceannouncement saying it's 10
o'clock, do you know where yourkids are?
Yeah, they had to be remindedthat they had kids.
There was also like a lot ofteenage pregnancy with Gen Xers.
So the Gen Xers, who had kidsyoung, or got married or either
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didn't finish college so theycould get married and have kids,
are a little bit closer to thebaby boomers mentality.
Remember, we're here forexperiences, which is why
parenting changed more tohelicopter parents and the
creation of overly safe spacesin regards to raising children.
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Because, let's face it, gen Xplayed hard and most of our
safety and warning labels arebasically because of us, and for
that I am truly sorry and, yes,my younger generations, I may
be the only old folk who mightapologize for old folks'
behavior.
So take the win when you get it.
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Babies, now baby boomers, didget involved in the Vietnam War,
so we are talking some PTSD aswell as some domestic violence
that has, you know, kind ofincreased for some families
around this time period, butmost either kind of became
hippies or yuppies and focusedeither on peace, love and
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understanding or the polaropposite of greed, wealth and
once again going against theirparents who survived poverty and
war.
Also, sadly, many of ourCongress people who are still in
office are from this timeperiod, like Chuck Grassley from
Iowa, who is now 91 and isstill in office from his first
(31:33):
election in 1981.
That's 43 years in office.
This is not supposed to be alifelong career.
This is just to be of servicetemporarily to our country,
which has led us to our currentgovernment issues that we have,
because he's not the only one,Mitch McConnell.
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So my little punks, my Gen Xers,we need to work on some shit
here.
Are you starting to see some ofthe problems now?
So one we need to back the fuckoff of younger generations,
because the boomers started allthis shit and it has gotten
significantly worse over theyears, which is why we need to
focus on us, the individual,right now, so we can get back to
we united, stand against allthis shit together, because they
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aren't expecting that.
Trust me, if we fix ourselvesand come back together as a
group, we will be so muchstronger than they will ever
know.
Also, back off if they don'twant to have kids.
It is their decision, theirfree will to choose what is
right for them, and you know howhell of expensive this shit is
(33:00):
to raise a kid.
So don't go acting entitled andshit and forcing things on them
when they clearly are not readyfor it, because ask yourself,
were you ready for it?
They have to make it work forthem.
You don't get a say so work onyour own personal growth and
development, my loves.
Okay, let's be better than ourprevious generations.
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There are more things like this, but first we need to discuss
millennials.
Millennials are born between1981 to 1996.
There's about an estimate 72million I think, according to US
census data.
So, as Gen Xers are enteringadulthood, slash parenting, you
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have the baby boomers, who arenow more career focused being
grandparents.
Slash parents.
You have the silent generationwhich is still working but kind
of reaching retirement soon andalso being great grandparents.
And then you've got thegreatest generation in
retirement at this point,enjoying being great great
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grandparents at that time ifthey're still alive and kicking
it.
Now.
The historical experiences askids growing up they had the
rise and fall of the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall fell down in1989.
We had the Tiananmen Squareprotests.
We had the Gulf War, the AIDScrisis.
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Our first recession was in 1981.
President Clinton signedseveral gun laws permanently
banning over like 50 types ofsemi-automatic assault weapons.
This is also the rise of themoral majority, or the Christian
evangelical movement started.
The Christian evangelicalmovement started.
Remember Frank Zappa from theBoomers music In 1986, he did an
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interview on Crossfire.
It was very fascinating becausehe was talking about how the
choices that they were makingback then, when Ronald Reagan
was in office, was running ustowards a fascist theocracy.
And here we are with Project2025 being put into office right
now.
We also had a fun littlesatanic panic thanks to Dungeons
(35:16):
and Dragons back in the dayduring this time period, and
also heavy music and basicallyrock and roll, corrupting
today's youth.
You know, I also loved how ourparents kept telling us that the
music, the movies, the gamesthat we were playing are going
to rot our brains.
But in actuality it only tookFox News to destroy an entire
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generation's mental health.
So congratulations, fox News.
I knew you could do it.
You proved those boomers right.
Tv can rot your brain.
You got your wish boomers.
It just happened to you and notus.
Odd side note here.
But really the only thing thatcan truly rot your brain is when
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you stop learning, growing anddeveloping as a human being.
But I digress.
Charles and Diana firsttelevised royal wedding.
The Soviet Union dissolved in1991.
I'm still kind of secretly madabout this because I loved
learning geography and I justfelt really gypped because all
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of a sudden there were newcountries that came into being
and I just finished that class.
Maybe sometime I'll get aroundto learning those.
But we also had the rise of thepersonal computers, traveling
electronics, the creation of theinternet.
When you had to get online atfirst it sounded like you had to
murder like a thousand robotsjust to access information.
(36:46):
But you had the creation of CDs, vhs tapes, laser discs, mtv
launched in 1981.
Also another point in which wewere going to have our brain
rotted out.
Music-wise, we had the 80s NewWave, hair metal, guns N' Roses,
motley Crue, grunge,electronica.
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There was also a weird coupleyears in which swing music was
really huge for a hot minute.
It's during this time periodthat the boomers started really
coming into their power, startedreally coming into their power.
This is also when they startedto close a lot of the
accessibility to certain thingsthat got them ahead.
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Health insurance could stillcompletely deny you for previous
health issues and just flat outdeny you for treatment
altogether.
All of a sudden, you kind ofneeded to have two jobs in order
to pay your bills and now Ithink we're up to about three,
almost four.
As a Gen Xer, I can tell youhonestly I am sick of the grind,
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baby.
I am sick of you.
Gotta work hard to make itbullshit that, my little punks,
is a lie to keep you working andstuck by corporate America.
This is also really the time inwhich corporate America was
rising to the surface.
401ks started to increase atthis time, which means that
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retirement for corporations gotto pay less and give themselves
more profits.
But by this time, gen X isfully entering the workforce and
, quite honestly, pensions werenon-existent.
So no wonder why, in 1994, weburned down Woodstock 2 Electric
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Boogaloo.
We burned that motherfucker tothe ground.
We realized that we had beenlied to.
And this is just the start ofsome really epic bullshit.
Now millennials gave birth toGen Z and those who had kids
later in life to Gen Alpha.
Now Gen Z has about 70 million,according to the US Census.
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According to the US Census.
And Gen Z was also born betweenlike 1997 to about 2010.
Now we've got millennialsentering adulthood, workforce
slash, parenting.
Gen X is now entering theparent and grandparent stage.
Baby boomers still working andnow entering the grandparent
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stage of life.
A silent generation is retiringand beginning to be
great-great-grandparents, andthe greatest generation is the
great-great-great-grandparents,if they're still kicking it.
Now, The historical events thattook place for these kids one of
the biggest would be 9-11 in2001, which also led to the Iraq
(39:45):
war.
The Tea Party movement alsostarted in like 2009, which I
would say is kind of the startof the current Republican Party
because, trust me, the 1980sRepublican is way different than
the 2024 model, different thanthe 2024 model 2008,.
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We had the huge financialcrisis that fucked up a lot of
shit.
You also had, oddly enough, theHeaven's Gate cult suicide.
Princess Diana also passed awaythe first Harry Potter book
published, which leads me to alittle side note on cancel
culture.
To a little side note on cancelculture.
I'm not defending herstatements because it's bullshit
, but you need to learn, myfriends, how to separate the art
(40:38):
from the artist.
You can still appreciate thework and what they created and
ignore the person who created it.
You're allowed to do that.
Just let them slide intoobscurity.
Now, at this time also, the eurobecame the currency of Europe,
the International Space Stationwas banned.
We had the Clinton-Lewinskyscandal at this time.
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Clinton's assault weapons banwas allowed to expire in 2004,
and our first school shootingwas Columbine in 1999, and I
think we need to agree it hasbeen a shitshow since.
Another very bizarre thing thathappened during this time
period was the Y2K bug Veryamusing.
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Y2k bug Very amusing.
The first iPod, the firstiPhone.
Culturally wise, we had Ocean'sEleven Monsters Inc.
Shrek Kelly Clarkson was thefirst American Idol in 2002.
The Human Genome Project wascompleted in 2003, which was
(41:41):
amazing.
Hurricane Katrina happened atthis time, xbox 360 was released
, prince Charles marries Camilla, the internet meme kind of
started and also the start ofRickrolling, which that never
gets old.
Michael Jackson also passedaway around this time period and
then we also had a rise of kindof post-modernist and organic
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design that started to emerge atthis time and because of the
internet, which kind of led therise to graffiti, artists like
Banksy, shepard, fairey, thegrunge music and aesthetic was
taking off.
At this time kind of gives youthe basics of what's happening.
Time kind of gives you thebasics of what's happening.
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This is when boomers, as wellas some Gen Xers, get greedy as
fuck.
This started when the campaignfinance laws changed in 2002,
which leads to corporate Americabuying the politicians that are
supposed to represent.
You know, we the collectivepeople, not we the corporations,
but instead corporations,through financial donations to
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politicians, have made morepolicies that have hurt the
people of this country than ithas helped them.
Look at our food.
Have you noticed that aroundthis time the food now lasts
longer but has no real tasteanymore?
Aka, more preservatives thatare harmful to our bodies, but
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now we have more digestivecancers in young people.
Once again, not a scientist ora doctor here, but if someone
were to do a study, I would becurious if there's a correlation
to this.
Also, in 2006 is when companiesstarted to phase out pensions
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for 401ks instead so they couldincrease their profits.
Gun lobbies pushed Congress tosunset Clinton's gun ban.
Gunn lobbies pushed Congress tosunset Clinton's gun ban.
This is also when student loansstopped becoming about helping
people afford an education andbecoming more indebted until the
day they die.
Even though they had programsto release people of this debt
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through public service orincome-driven repayment plans,
only a few of these applicationsgot approved because there were
no clear guidelines put out bythe loan companies or the
federal government, and I domean very few got approved, and
it wasn't until the ConsumerFinancial Protection Bureau
discovered that, and Joe Biden,the Department of Education, has
been trying to fix these issues.
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It would have been a disastrousconsequence to Gen X and also
anyone who ever wanted to retire.
I would also like to note thatthe incoming Trump
administration wants toeliminate the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, whichprotects everyday people from
shady-ass banking practices.
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So keep your eyes on that one.
My little younglings.
Mostly, they denied theperson's application because
there was no clear guidelinesput out, so they kept making
them pay, especially especiallywith that compound interest Can
you say predatory loan.
Now, gen Alpha was born in 2010to 2024.
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There's an estimated 2 billionright now.
They are still kids at thispoint and the earliest of them
are only just going to begraduating high school this year
, but I can honestly tell youthat after the COVID pandemic,
these kids need to have sometherapy, right alongside the
adults here, and I'm pretty surethat their education during
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this time period has epicallysucked balls.
I think that's a fairassessment.
But besides that, the otherhistorical events that they had
was the Deepwater Horizon oilspill in 2010.
In 2011, we had the Fukushimanuclear power plant disaster
because of the tsunami and theearthquake.
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We also had Occupy Wall Street,the Arab Spring, black Lives
Matter, Haiti's earthquake,which I think has also kind of
led to some of their issuesright now.
We had Brexit, the BostonMarathon bombing, massive
amounts of just shootings allover the country, legalized gay
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marriage, the Me Too movement.
Cubs won the World Series after108 years.
That was it.
Damn you Cubbies.
Yeah, no, I doubt if it was theCubs winning the World Series.
That caused all this shit, butI digress, anyway.
Netflix also launched theirstreaming services, marvel
(46:38):
started its movies, Hamilton wason Broadway and Stan Lee passes
away.
I'm not going to spend a lot oftime talking about Gen Alpha
because, quite frankly, they'reonly just now getting to know
who they are, and your oldergenerations.
Well, we're here to help you ifyou need it and want it, and if
you want to learn about who youare, then I recommend taking a
(47:01):
listen and learn from yourelders by looking at the
generations and what they havebeen through.
Do you see where we are today?
I say let the boomers havetheir four-year pity party.
Oh, we're about to die.
We need to think of our legacy.
We need to know what we'releaving behind, which is ironic
(47:23):
because they have never oncethought about the impact on the
future generations.
This is rich coming from them,which is why, from a
psychological standpoint, if youstand back and look at the
whole picture, it's kind offucked up, because the boomers,
as well as some of Gen X as well, are back in their teenage
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years, rebelling against theirparents, who have lived a long
time in survival mode, poor orjust getting by with only a few
of them to find wealth again.
Who fought Nazis.
Who wanted to eliminate entiregroups of people just because of
their religion, color of theirskin and who they loved.
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But these people fell victim toFox News brainwashing methods.
Who wanted no one to benefitfrom the programs that were made
available to them and alsodecided that everything had to
be an investment to make money,which is why real estate in this
country is obscene.
Europe and other countries donot consider housing a
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money-making investment, whichis why their prices have
remained fairly on par withtoday's incomes, unlike here in
America, and ours are overpricedpieces of shit.
Plus, they also have affordablehousing that's based largely on
the income you make.
It also seems that boomers havea lot of problem with women as
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well.
Not sure what their resentmentbecause their mom had to work
outside the home more.
Instead of looking inwardtowards themselves to fixing
these resentments they have, wedecided to project it outwards.
I'm pretty sure if they couldtake away any advantage that we
have fought for along the way,they would, which is why we need
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to be on alert, ready foranything to happen within the
next four years.
I also found it interestingwith the creation of Israel as a
Jewish nation, but especiallywith what's currently happening
there.
It saddens me that those inpower in Israel did not learn
from their past and they feelthat they need to do a racial
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cleansing.
For what Beachfront property?
Once again, we land somewherebetween colonizer behavior or it
was done to us, so we must doit to them, or we need to think
of our legacy.
This is what we're up against,my punks, so let's focus on us,
shall we?
I'm going to give you a littlehomework assignment over the
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christmas holidays.
Why not learn about yourfamily's history, see, see what
they've gone through, see whatyour ancestral issues are that
you have to face.
It's a little safer thanpolitics.
My loves Next podcast, we'regoing to be looking at our
belief system, so be ready for alot of questions that only you
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can answer.
We will see what beliefs youwere raised on, and we will also
be looking to see if they stillwork for you today, because you
want to know something they maynot or never did.
And if that's the case, did youknow you can change those
beliefs?
Well, you can.
So your weird auntie has talkedenough today, so I will see you
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next time.
My little punks.
Keep it real, keep it safe,keep it punk.
Good night.
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