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The Age of MacGyver
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The Age of MacGyver

Whether one is looking for comfort in an 80’s kid trope, or seeking an era-appropriate philosophical archetype, I think it might be useful to do a rewatch of MacGyver (though I’m scared it might be far cheesier than I choose to remember). We seem to be smack-dab in the middle of an age of cartoonish action series bad guys, of hidden dangers and desperate situations.

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Man, I Feel Like A Gen X.
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Man, I Feel Like A Gen X.

I’m comfortable living out this stereotype, and I feel like, with everything that’s going on right now, it may be time to put it to good use. If you need me, I’ll be over here, a willing mind and extra set of hands, drinking from the hose and waiting.

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