Don’t forget the original.
That’s one hell of a reference!
E.T. came out in 1982. The oldest millennials would have been 2 years old. It’s a Gen-X movie. The rest of the text holds up tho.
Back in my day, kids watched movies that weren’t brand new.
Signed, a millennial who watched ET as a kid.
We got em years later on cassette at Blockbuster, and we would re-rent and re-watch our favorites sometimes.
There also weren’t as many movies to choose from, nor was it all available at our fingertips all the time.
And after that it would be on TV. If memory serves me right it was kind of a big deal the first time that happened.
Yep, and if I recall correctly, it usually hit cable TV first (usually HBO, I think), and then edited-for-broadcast-TV versions later.
Sure, but I have to imagine it was written with currently-alive kids in mind, not the not-yet-conceived. Now get off my lawn.
Still. It didn’t even get released on VHS until 1988. It’s one of the most famous movies of all time. Guaranteed many if not most millenials saw it as a kid.
Saw it, yeah. But it never really hit with me as something I identify with. I saw tons of things made before I was born, but things that came out after I was completely conscious of storytelling resonate differently.
ET doesn’t do anything for me in this meme. It might as well be Elmer Fudd.
lol, funny enough I’d also identify with an Elmer Fudd reference. I grew up watching a ton of Looney Tunes in the early 90s.
Gen X: the forgotten generation
I mean, the music snobbery of acting like we weren’t cool if we didn’t listen to the right bands, and the slacker attitude that eventually grew into “got mine” Boomer Juniors… yeah, fuck em, worth forgetting.
oh no, snot doesn’t approve of generation X, the horror, the heavy burden
Pffffft. Speak for yourself.
It’s my knees, not my back…
Came out after 80, it’s ours! ~a millennial
lol you were born in the 80s. As a Gen X, I was in school in the 80s. There’s a difference but I hear you.
Video rentals and cable TV, my dude
ACKSHUALLY, 1980 is the end of Gen X and 1981 is the beginning of millennials, the oldest of which would have been 18 in 1999.
So the oldest millennials would have been having their first birthday.
Uhhhh. I have four hernias in my spine…
I was a kid when it was out, and it’s the first time I found a film unctuous, and I started noting product placement and so on. It ruined my childhood; this was before internet and it was advertised everywhere 24-7, signs, products, advertisements, on the news and night time shows and morning shows.
Too much ibuprofen use can lead to ulcers, please limit use to the worst days.
Source: have cancer, can’t take acetaminophen or naproxen, they conflict with my meds, I can only take ibuprofen.
“Worst days” may be a bit extreme, but if you find yourself needed to take pain meds very frequently, talk to your doctor about which one(s) would be best to use regularly, given any other meds or medical problems you may have. They can also often prescribe longer-acting anti-inflammatories that only need to be taken once a day instead of 2-4 times a day.
Also severe acute liver damage.
Generally kidney not liver for ibuprofen.
Oh right I was thinking of acetaminophen.
Bullshit ET, naproxen sodium > ibuprofen and everybody knows it!
Celebrex ftw
would an alien still have the same moral standards that we have? if so, why?
Probably not the same but there would probably be a fair bit of overlap. Crossing huge distances to come to Earth would require a high degree of intelligence and cooperation which implies a social species. Likely that means they would have evolved to have empathy and social behaviours just like we did.
That’s my guess anyway, it’s a fun question to think about.
Thanks, ET
His diction has improved immeasurably
Fuck Putin? You mean fuck Ukraine, fuck NATO, and fuck imperialism
Fuck Putin
Why not “Fuck Russia”?
Fuck Israel
Fuck Putin
What does it supposed to mean
Resist to what ?
