Xennial Memes
A white subway-tile wall with a wooden-framed panel lit by lamps and draped with green ivy above. Black capital letters read: "BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SUCK AT SOMETHING NEW." A sidewalk curb and dark street run below.

Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New

A street-art style sign urges you to be brave enough to suck at something new, a pep talk for Xennials trying new skills in midlife after an analog youth.

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A white subway-tile wall with a wooden-framed panel lit by lamps and draped with green ivy above. Black capital letters read: "BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SUCK AT SOMETHING NEW." A sidewalk curb and dark street run below.

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A weathered paper poster pasted on a gritty wall above a black stenciled typewriter. Typewriter-font text reads: "Everyone here is either so wrapped up in creating their own success story or so damaged from their failure that resentment is often all we have in common." Signed WRDSMITH. Photo of a mountain road that has collapsed into a huge gap, with a raised broken slab of asphalt on the far side. A yellow diamond road sign reads "JUST SPEED UP A BIT". A smaller yellow sign below it reads "YOU GOT THIS". Evergreen forest in the background. Black and white hand-lettered illustration. Inside a white oval wreath of leafy fronds on a scratchy black background, text reads: "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now. Love mercy now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it." The word "now" is underlined each time. Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, a yellow cartoon dog with wide eyes and raised hands, against a blue sunburst background. Top text: "SUCKING AT SOMETHING". Bottom text: "IS THE FIRST STEP TO BECOMING SORTA GOOD AT SOMETHING". Black-and-white photo of an old dictionary page printed over with large bold gray capital letters reading: "IF IT CAN BE DESTROYED BY THE TRUTH IT DESERVES TO BE DESTROYED BY THE TRUTH" and below it, "CARL SAGAN". Black-and-white photo of a street riot: an overturned burning car, smoke, and several young men standing in a debris-strewn street. Torn paper strips are pasted over it. The top strip reads "i like to stay up late on the computer". The bottom strip reads "and look for answers."

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