Social media has become a platform for individuals who want to showcase their unique perspectives and share some experiences that others could relate to. The Gen X’ers are no exception. Born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X falls between the baby boomers and millennials. Despite being referred to as the “Forgotten Generation”, the representatives of this group prove that their experiences and perspectives are far from forgettable.

This time, we want to present you with a collection of the funniest Gen X references made by Twitter users who also happen to be Gen X’ers themselves. The social media platform has been taken by storm with their hilarious posts that perfectly capture the essence of their generation. People born back then are known for their independence and resourcefulness, which you can clearly deduct while reading their humorous posts. This is only a little taste of what you are about to discover about Gen X, while getting a glimpse into their own impressions and memories shared in these tweets.

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Sara Wilson
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gwen Stephani did the same thing! That's what made them go BIG

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    CD King
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They taught us it's ok to laugh while being mean to people.

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    Generation X is very often characterized by several unique traits and qualities. They grew up with minimal adult supervision, which as a result taught them the importance of independence and work-life balance. They are also known as resourceful and self-sufficient. All these independent factors influenced Gen Xers and enabled them to excel in their careers and come up with some unique ideas.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty much. “I’m going out” “ok, dinner is at 7”

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    The “Forgotten Generation” values work-life balance. It comes from their experience with the economic hardships they had to face in the '80s. They learned to put personal time first and follow their own ambitions and aspirations. Gen Xers are characterized by very good time management and impressive strategic thinking skills. Thanks to these traits they are able to perfectly balance both - personal and professional life.

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    Caro Caro
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gen X doesn't hate boomers or any younger generation.

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    Gen Xers are known for their flexibility and informality. They find it easy to adapt to changes if necessary. Also, whoever thought they have some difficulties keeping up with the technology, you could not be more wrong. Since they were growing up during the transition from analog to digital technology, they turn out to be technological adepts.

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    Sexual Harassment Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lived on 10 acres surrounded by state land in northern Idaho and would dissappear for the entire day. I could of got eaten by a bear. Parents didn't worry like that back then.

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    h8usernames
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sure he helped, he probably told him he was a coward for not jumping more people

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    These funny and relatable posts not only entertain their “main characters” but also give more insights into the unique qualities and experiences of Generation X. In the end, we are all different in a way, and it is nice to get a glimpse into other people's memories presenting particular generations and find out more about each other.

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    Ashtray
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to dinner with husband and was like look at all these old people out and then realize we were the same age as the "old people"

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    Brenda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have several tapes I can't find on DVD and some shows we taped for the kids

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    ewa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I apparently had some inborn burglar skills. I forgot my keys all the time but got in anyway ...

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    Jennifer Ness
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes please! I'd gladly go live the 80s and 90s again

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    shawn mckinney
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait. Wait! When did that change happen? I don't believe I've ever seen McD's under construction.

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our gym teacher made us play that with a basketball

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    CD King
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't need no stinking tetanus shot!

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    Rebekah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have them. It seems wrong to get rid of them.

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    CD King
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The freedom to knock yourself unconscious and never tell your mother.

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    Pauly Donahue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Followed by Christina Ricci as the teacher from Wednesday.

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    Heather Resatz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mash, the love boat, threes company, all in the family, golden girls ... all epic

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My knees are covered in scars from bashing them on assorted objects

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    Phoenix(or nix)they/them
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like Gen X is just here for the ride at this point. They gave up at age 6 and have been just chillin since

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    RedRose
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad gave us his lit cigarette to like the fireworks with

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We would have had to have existed to die.

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    DogsRunMyLife
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you bought a phone case for the belt loop

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    DogsRunMyLife
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s so much 80s in one photo

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    Ember Ardoni
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle did this to me. I almost drowned. Yeah . 👍

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    Rebekah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw this movie whilst on a HS band trip. Ergo: One time, in band camp, I saw Ally Sheedy.

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    Roginald
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If u had more than one box you could make a real kickass fort.

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    Mojavedog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, my grandparents did!! They were born around 1920

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    Linda Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but, do we really exist if our parents never noticed us?

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we will carry all 42 grocery bags into the house in one single trip too!

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    Jake B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m sure we can blame it on Marsha, Marsha, Marsha.

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    Miztre
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a millennial and there was no google when I was growing up.

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    Elizabeth Elliot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much apocalyps music; Dancing with Tears in our Eyes, 99 Red Balloons, Einstein-a-go-go, Future's so Bright..

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    Thee8thsense
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid, fresh out of the bath and wearing paper thin pajamas, I sat on a newspaper pile and it tattooed my butt in the same way as above.

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    Blackheart
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they should be tangled into one giant knot

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were some great sites for free themes, ringtones and games for Sony Ericsson phones. This was when the S700i was a thing.

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    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah... asked one once "Do... you even know what a boomer is?" and of course... the response was something like "Only a boomer thinks that's important" - yes, please, showcase your ignorance loudly ... then be all surprised and "What haaapppeennned???" when you're middle-aged and wondering why no one knows the definitions/spelling of anything.

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha ha ha ha ha! How to Get Murdered 101

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    Phoenix
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg, that was a high stress situation. Almost as stressful as running to the bathroom during a commercial break.

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    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle gave me a 2 Live Crew tape when I was almost a teen. When I was 13 I had to spend a couple of nights in hospital due to illness and my dad bought me a Viz comic. My mom was not happy with him at all.

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    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually had my oldest get burned on one (28 now), so maintenance painted it. Then it was colorful and hot

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The stuff i did as a kid would have my poor mother turning in her grave but no phones no proof, happy days

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    PeepPeep the duck
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never understood the massive fan base to idolise Tupac, (I’m a millennial) the guy wasn’t that great and to be involved in gangs and guns while promoting ‘gangsta life’ regardless of your fame is lame. Music is ok, he wasn’t like the 80s cab Calloway or anything

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    Rebekah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They came in boxes with clear plastic on top, so you could see the mask.

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people post about having a good time, while others of us actually had a good time.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back then MTV played music. MTV Europe was the best. MTV UK was garbage

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first I didn’t get it. Then it hit me. Now I’m sad.

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    Sawdust
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trend brand was the top of the line of scratch-n-sniffs.

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    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a fellow x er wants to be an idiot, doesn't mean we all f****n are like that. Trigger warnings are like wheelchair ramps etc except for your head and people have always had pronouns. People are just trying to help you know theirs so you don't have to guess anymore. I hate this sign

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that last night and I went to collect it so they could stamp my loyalty card. Next time I get 20% off my sushi order

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    Rheb
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1980 here. Also heard us referred to as the MTV Generation. I prefer and use xennial, personally. But there sure is no consensus!

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    Fish Fingers
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get people wearing band t-shirts if they don't know the music. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those 'Yeah? Name three songs!' people, I just mean that you don't know if the actual music might be racist or homophobic or something 🤷‍♂️

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    D. Pitbull
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, but if you were smart you'd always keep in your purse/backpack/locker a plain/generic shirt/sweater/whatever to throw on OVER those clothes.

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    Ronna Black
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hippy uncle? Nah , my mother. She made carob ice cream carob cake, muffins and made her own Grape-Nut cereal

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    RabidChild
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes but we ALSO knew we could block that with *67

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    Elizabeth Elliot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good job we had Skippy, Lassie and Flipper to tell the grownups!

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    Mary Lovill
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost one of my dad’s tools once and he was so mad, he told me he was a going to have a brain transplant, so that he could be rid of my mom and me, happily living in another body. Apparently, we were a pain in the a$$ lol.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a couple of the original Nintendo Game and Watch handsets

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    Brenda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was infinitely better! After I memorized it, I could play for hours on 1 quarter

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    R. W.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now we need to kill our smartphone.

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    Linda Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahahahaha. Oh, sorry. Did I laugh too loud?

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    Linda Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's your middle name? What street did you grow up on? Put them together and that is your porn star name.

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you are a real Gen X...any damn time you want!

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    Blackheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got some of my own teen Gen Z's in my house right now. Best I can tell, they think we are insane.

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    Chris D'Asta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Downvote for more asterisk misuse.

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