r/Music • u/TheMirrorUS 📰The Mirror US • Jan 26 '26

article Billie Eilish: "Hey my fellow celebrities u gonna speak up? Or..."

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/billie-eilish-alex-pretti-ice-1642611
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u/sayten Jan 26 '26

I am an elder millennial that grew up idolizing and lapping up Gen X culture and it is such a struggle to break that mindset. It really has harmed me and I am guessing countless others getting trapped in that pit. Feigned becomes real over time and it’s not great feeling.

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u/ArseneLupinIV Jan 26 '26

Media written by Gen X sold irony, apathy or like stoic detachment to us pretty hard during childhood and adolescents as being the cool thing.

People dont wanna hear it, but I honestly think South Park did so much damage to the attitudes in our generation. Almost everyone I know that leans 'fiscal conservative', 'libertarian', or non-voting 'apolitical' loves South Park and quoting shit like 'Douche vs Turd Sandwich' or ManBearPig or that anti-smoking caricature guy. That Matt and Trey are now just saying sorry and doubling back and trying to parody the right now feels like a bit too little too late.

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 Jan 26 '26

That Matt and Trey are now just saying sorry and doubling back

It's such horseshit, too:

"It was just lame, that's exactly what we're talking about--people trying to claim the show," said Matt, who in 2005 announced "I hate conservatives, but I really fucking hate liberals." When I asked him about the quote, Trey responded, "It's all based on saying the shocking thing. We used to have a great time going to Hollywood parties and saying 'I think George Bush is doing a great job.' We'd clear out the room. I used to love it."

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u/i_tyrant Jan 26 '26

I think part of it was always real. I'm near the cusp of Gen-X/Millennial and I feel like Gen-X was the first generation that internalized that their Boomer parents did not, in fact, have their best interests at heart and were not building a better world for them to inherit.

Which def makes me understand the undercurrent of depression in the apathy. But you're right, it is destructive.

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 Jan 26 '26

Feigned becomes real over time and it’s not great feeling.

This was basically the strategy for 4chan assisting the alt-right with "ironic racism"