Tab Tastes Like Baby Aspirin: Why the 70s Aesthetic is a Graphic Design Crime

Is your life a well-managed masterpiece or a jerky spin of the MegaWheel? In this episode of The Gen-X-istentialists, Bunny and Scot dive into the "sins" of their youth, the death of Crystal Pepsi, and why the rise of home computing was the ultimate life-changer for the latchkey generation.They tackle the big questions: Can a "Lawful Good" paladin survive receiving stolen starting-lineup figures? And why does a friendship between a sports-loving Rush fan and a Moog-loving B-movie connoisseur actually work? It’s a conversation about invisible threads, magnetic tape, and why you need a little "Zorba the Greek" madness to keep from becoming a caveman.Inside the conversation:The Meaning of Life: Why time management is the secret sauce to loving yourself, and why "working to live" beats "living to work" every single time.Confessions of a Cutpurse: Bunny admits to his 19-year-old crime in Pittsburgh, while Scot recounts a friend who mastered the art of walking out of a store with a tennis racket down his pants.The Soda Graveyard: An elegy for Jolt Cola, the chemical tang of Tab, and the short-lived glory of Crystal Pepsi.The Era of Magnetic Tape: A look back at the VIC-20, the Commodore 64, and the grueling patience of saving programs on cassette tapes.Gygaxian Friendships: Scot is outed as a "Lawful Good" Paladin, and Bunny explains why friendships are like Legos—we don't have to be the same shape or color to fit together perfectly.The Scars of Ephemerality: Why Gen-X understands that things are finite, from missing a TV broadcast to losing a day's worth of code in a power outage.Whether you're sipping a Mellow Yellow Zero or just trying to navigate the "invisible threads" of your oldest friendships, this episode is a raw, non-PC reminder to give your best friend a call and embrace the madness.