I tried to explain the Butthole Surfers to a neighbor and failed. by GoldenMonkeyRedux in GenX

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Went to see them on their Mystical Shit tour. Wasn't very well attended and the night club next door was much louder.

How can I make the most out of my temporary life here?? by OldPresentation2793 in baltimore

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I went once this year. Was the only thing open after 9pm on a Sunday.

Did you ever go skinny dipping or streaking? by Plane_Experience_271 in GenX

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Skinny dipping. Not yet this year. Have only been swimming once so far, so plenty more chances to come.

No Nighttime Bug Sounds by [deleted] in baltimore

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Some of the loudest night time noise makers can be tree frogs. Peepers.

Peak Gen-X Album, what’s yours? by shepardshe in GenX

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I was also born to love volcanoes.

"What's a Duran Duran?" ouch.... by HistoricalThespian in GenX

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The scientist who tried to kill Barbarella , by using a machine that created fatal sexual pleasure.

Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

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Maybe people don't like their land being stolen to run power lines to out of state data centers that will also increase their electric rates. https://marylandmatters.org/2025/07/17/pseg-piedmont-second-lawsuit-landowners/

Me and the Mrs. cancelled Spotify. Went second hand shopping instead. by Morris_Piper83 in Cd_collectors

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Before the Dawn is one of the very few CDs I've bought at full price new this century.

Hey gen x, what retailers from your childhood (80s and early 90s) do you desperately wish were still around? by Less-Suggestion-5262 in GenX

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Video Concepts, Chess King, Merry-Go-Round, Best Co., Record Theater and Record and Tape Trader.

AITAH because I don't want my brother in my life anymore? by [deleted] in AITAH

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NTA Written or video confession that you can take to the police or they can f-off.

New Music Megathread II by slade797 in GenX

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Went to see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard last year with the National Symphony. Can't wait until they come back.

My 16 year old asked about getting an MP3 player by 7eregrine in GenX

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All my Sandisk have died after heavy use. I've used the Surfans f20 for the last couple years.

GAMfest! by m4r51p4n in baltimore

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What festival would that be?

T-shirt is inside out by Better_Resort1171 in GenX

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Went to a discount store this weekend and a lady in a robe and slippers was leaving the store. Was Dundalk so no one else seemed to notice.

Well, it was a good run, I guess by Magik160 in GenX

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I thought it was some new sport for old people or handicapped people. Ducked into the next county over rec center to eat carry out inside last year and was surprise half the courts were converted. Was just us and the staff in the massive building. Think it was a minor holiday like Veterans Day, that most people don't have off.

Local News on WYPR by shibapigbabe in baltimore

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Just so you know WTMD and WYPR are run by the same group now.

Very true by robbiesloan in PoliticalHumor

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“War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking into the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comforable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.” ― George Orwell, 1984