All jokes aside, I feel lucky to be a generation that for all intents and purposes has flown under the radar.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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Gen X, the meh generation
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We had and still have our shit together and didn't fuck up anything so bad that fingers get pointed at us...unlike just about every other generation in history.
I think a significant portion of our generation had such prolific access to hard drugs that they're dead already if they didn't have their shit together at least a little.
Fared way better than the boomers, in that case
I see that as the cause. The boomers held on tight to power, shafting Gen X in many ways. They still got to ride the coat tails of wealth, but were often kept out of top leadership (see federal gov for the premier example). And I’m sure that had a pretty powerful impact on Gen X’s ability to flourish culturally. They were willing to stay in line with boomer culture because they got paid enough.
Millennials were effectively pushed out of the wealth, so they were/are willing to break norms because it never paid off to do everything “right” anyway. And now Gen Z knows everything’s fucked. Godspeed.
I feel like millennials tried to do things the "right" way and then got totally fucked over.
no matter what new music format came out, I listened to the same 10 bands on it
Ackshually, I don't listen to Faith No More anymore. So it's the same 9 bands.
Wow, this take came From Out of Nowhere
Blasphemy. You should take it Easy, because We Care a Lot, and need More!
What an Epic reply.
Meh
Culturally irrelevant or culturally apathetic?
I don't give two shits about being "relevant" I just get shit done.
Sounds like wishful thinking if you ask me.
Gen X didn't rebel - instead, rebellion was packaged and sold to us by our corporate overlords and we were far too ignorant to even realize it.
Do not fuck with us. We still know how to read a map, argue in real life, and find information in an encyclopedia.
When the world ends, we are your only hope of figuring anything out.
You know millennial were like teens and young adults when smart phones were invented right? We can mostly do that stuff too.
I'm not irrelevant - look at my irrelevant, trivially easy, by no means unique skills.
I guess those arguing in real life skills of yours don't translate to the Internet - putting disaffected grunts, performative disinterest, and over the top sarcasm into text is difficult.
I'll be the Joel to your Ellie.
None of these are genx specific.
GPS only became standard in the last 10 years, and millennial are in their 40s.
Encyclopedias have informational blurbs, but often lack nuance and aren't how you get subject matter expertise and real-life arguments happen every holiday.
These arguments are about as sensical as saying kids NEED to learn cursive more than they need to learn home key.
The chances of the internet going away are actually pretty slim. Being able to navigate the internet is more important than any of those things.
Like, whatever.
Why can't they eat tide pods or be out of touch. Gosh
Wait... Did all of you miss that this was satire?
Is it though?
It's not. It's real. Gen x are the new boomer.
Speaking of my small towns experience in New Hampshire.
I grew up next to bad people. lots of the Gen x from my town are dead or in prison or getting away with crimes and acting like they should still be able to have a voice in politics and voting.
A lot of them built their careers off of robbing, conning, and drug dealing. Now they are small business owners and people actually think they made it with clean money. So while all the honest kids suffered and got left behind the criminals "made it" and get respect from the older generation because the older generation is naive. I mean it's the same generation that raised these losers...
Morons shot guns directly outside my house to pressure/scare me because I didn't like his pro Jan 6th coup art.