Welcome to the Gen X Playground

I’d like to add one item to this Genx Playground list:

No water bottles.

Not a single water bottle could be found on any Gen X playground.

In fact, most convenience and grocery stores DID NOT SELL WATER IN BOTTLES when I was a kid, and no human being was walking around with a water bottle of any kind.

Other than expensive mineral waters in green glass bottles and celebrities toting bottles of Evian, the concept of water in a bottle did not exist for Generation X.

My generation grew up perpetually thirsty, drinking occasionally from questionable water fountains, hoses, and the tap, and we were just fine.

We also punched one another a hell of a lot more than kids today, often in the face, and repeatedly.

At least in my case.

Though this admittedly might not be quite so admirable as all that other stuff.