The Forgotten Generation: Memes and Tweets Depicting the Life of Gen X

Who remembers the good old days? We’re talking about when your dad would throw you head-first into the family pool before you’ve even learned how to swim. Yeah, totally awesome! Who needs swimming lessons and floaties when you have true grit, a little determination, and a whole lot of fear?

Plenty of Gen Xers can probably identify with this hilarious meme. Unsurprisingly, a lot of kids were thrown into the swimming pool over and over again until they learned how to swim out of necessity. Some might call it traumatizing, others might call it tough love. Your attitude probably depends on whether you learned how to swim or not.