Squirming: Discomfort Inflicted On Young People By Old People Who See No Irony In Their Gesture

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Squirming:
Discomfort inflicted on young people by old people who see no
irony in their gestures: Karen died a thousand deaths as her father
made a big show of tasting a recently manufactured bottle of wine
before allowing it to be poured as the family sat in Steak Hut.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X

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