To the sibling to this, who presumably won't see it.

> So you don’t remember 9/11

Correct, I don't remember the actual event. Just observed the trauma and fear that it inflicted, as most people of voting age at the time rallied to work together and... decrease our rights and blow up brown people.

And the terror, on everyone's face when they talked about it.

The videos in school where we watched clips of it happen, again and again, each year.

So no, I don't remember it live, but that was in response to the "you've _lived_ through" portion of the above comment, or I would've skipped it anyways.

> and were being raised in a two parent household during the housing crash

Ha. I'm not going into detail here on that aspect of my life, but you're laughable here.

> while a “war” (actually an occupation of two countries) you were totally disconnected from went on overseas?

Legally still a war, resulting in perpetuation of PATRIOT et al.

> And you were going to school all through this after when school shootings actually shocked the nation?

"Haha, your generation and everyone else has become desensitized to the fact that every few months some lunatic shoots up a school/nightclub/party/$EVENT"

... yes, that's literally the point.

> And you still didn’t learn that it’s spelled Capitol?

That one's on me. Guess I shouldn't HN late at night after work/school.

> And you think that we’re closer to nuclear war now than we were in the 00s and 90s (sorry, that’s unfair: you don’t even remember the 90s)?

Based on my analysis of everyone's reactions around me? Yes. Based on the fact that there's a cancer-ridden egomaniac in charge of one of the worlds largest nuclear arsenals, and he seems determined to win at all costs? Yes.

If I'm wrong I'd love to be corrected, but the only evidence you've provided are ad hominem attacks.

> All while living in an era of expanded “human rights” from the very political establishments that you apparently now think are going to destroy society?

/me facepalms

That's the point. That's the freaking point. People made progress, and now there are people in positions of power actively trying to undo said progress.

I have listened to some of these talking heads call me a demon, ask "when do we start using the guns?", say I deserve to die.

And yet they keep getting more powerful.

> Sorry, but your generation has never known adversity until 2020 and you grew up in one of the most peaceful times in human history. You’re part of the touchscreen generation. You’re a Zoomer. Even your generation’s name is soft.

Ad hominem, [citation required], ad hominem, ad hominem.

> The “once in a lifetime” events you hear about are clickbait.

Tell me, was 9/11 not once in a lifetime? (again, remember that this was in response to events that people my age and older have lived through). Has Covid not been "reasonably" described as "once in a lifetime"? I know a lot of people described the 2008 recession as "once in a lifetime"? Was the mob on Jan 6 not "Once in a lifetime"? Would the Ukraine war not have qualified as "once in a lifetime" two decades ago? People have finally stopped using the term except as a "lol, yet another 'once in a lifetime' experience".

The point is as much when my generation is coming of age as when we're raised. Half of us see no possible way to improve our standard of living - self improvement is hard when you need two or three full time jobs to survive.