• Sundray@lemmus.org
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    7 hours ago

    Does anyone else think the “Greatest Generation” had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol?

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      You mean the generation that grew up in the wake of WW1 then went from hobo to doing hard labor in government construction work to fighting in one of the bloodiest wars in history had a substance abuse problem? Yeah a lot of them tried to drink the trauma away.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        “We’re the greatest generation! We told our parents to shut the fuck up and stay silent, while we kick hitler’s ass. Our cups runneth over with booze, our cocks swing freely, and our children are booming! Like I said. We’re the greatest generation.”

        • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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          5 hours ago

          sounds pretty good to me. better than the shithole we’re stuck in now.

          then again… we’re stuck in this shithole because of their kids so they couldn’t have been that great.