• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      It is not unfair to clock the first bit. But you can’t count hypothetical WW3s. That’s like Boomers saying they lived through Hypothetical Nuclear Winter.

      Also, if we’re counting recessions as millennials, you can’t neglect the '87 crash and the '01 dot-com bubble. If we’re counting plagues, you can’t leave out AIDS.

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        6 months ago

        Not hypothetical as much as possible, near misses

        • Up to end of Soviet Union '91

        • US-North Korea-China

        • NATO-Ukraine-Russia

        • US-China-Taiwan (upcoming)

        • US-Israel-Iran (upcoming)

        Not hypothetical as much as very real possibilities

        Definitely can’t leave out AIDS or drug epidemics, mass shootings, living under threat of terrorism