What's the most irritating generation? Obviously boomers, but after that?

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Anonymous wrote:For GenX and probably millennials there is a much larger cultural gap between college educated white collar and uneducated blue collar workers. GenX did not follow the boomer footsteps and become more conservative. They are pretty much centrists if they are educated. Obviously not if they are from the south, religious weirdos, or white supremists..those of course are the Republican Party.

GenX is in an odd financial position of either being the last group to catch the tail of prosperity and enjoy windfalls or totally screwed on all ends. Some will inherit the hoard of wealth from their boomer parents. Others will be crushed by financially destitute boomers. Some are set for future retirement, others are seeing retirement slip away as something that will happen anytime soon.

In terms of understanding other generations, it’s a mix. My GenZ kids were mentioning how their generation will never be able to afford houses. DH a GenXer started a boomer monologue on how we didn’t buy a house until our mid thirties and it was just something you saved up for over time. I later pointed out to him that we would not have been able to afford our big house if I didn’t have several hundred thousands in equity in my condo plus savings and investments. In fact my savings and investments, paid off his 50K in student loans and bought our new car which at the time involved paying off his car loan. He had spent his twenties and thirties getting a PhD and renting. I went to grad school while working full time. I also pointed out that his rent back then was $500 a month, the same building charges over 2 K for the same size unit. I insisted on saving a lot for college because I knew the trend. Our kids will be debt free from college. If we had gone with his plan, they would be in debt for thousands of dollars.

I'm not going to read anything that long, just say which gen you think is most irritating!

Probably whatever your attention span strained generation is.

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Anonymous wrote:Millennials have been annoying since their childhood.
-Younger Gen X

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Millennials bc they act entitled.

they're like young Boomers

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Anonymous wrote:For GenX and probably millennials there is a much larger cultural gap between college educated white collar and uneducated blue collar workers. GenX did not follow the boomer footsteps and become more conservative. They are pretty much centrists if they are educated. Obviously not if they are from the south, religious weirdos, or white supremists..those of course are the Republican Party.

GenX is in an odd financial position of either being the last group to catch the tail of prosperity and enjoy windfalls or totally screwed on all ends. Some will inherit the hoard of wealth from their boomer parents. Others will be crushed by financially destitute boomers. Some are set for future retirement, others are seeing retirement slip away as something that will happen anytime soon.

In terms of understanding other generations, it’s a mix. My GenZ kids were mentioning how their generation will never be able to afford houses. DH a GenXer started a boomer monologue on how we didn’t buy a house until our mid thirties and it was just something you saved up for over time. I later pointed out to him that we would not have been able to afford our big house if I didn’t have several hundred thousands in equity in my condo plus savings and investments. In fact my savings and investments, paid off his 50K in student loans and bought our new car which at the time involved paying off his car loan. He had spent his twenties and thirties getting a PhD and renting. I went to grad school while working full time. I also pointed out that his rent back then was $500 a month, the same building charges over 2 K for the same size unit. I insisted on saving a lot for college because I knew the trend. Our kids will be debt free from college. If we had gone with his plan, they would be in debt for thousands of dollars.

WTAF

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Anonymous wrote:Friggin Silent Generation

Well, they're definitely pretty silent now since they're mostly dead.

Gen X is such a small generation stuck between Boomers and Millennials. They had a moment in time in the 90s - and I'd argue that was the best time culturally for America. But 9/11 killed that time. And that was followed by so many Millennials combined with the rise of tech that Gen X ended up not being an impactful generation. Which very much fits Gen X sensibilities.

In my lived experience, Boomers take the cake for worst generation ever. But Millennials aren't really distinguishing themselves. It's a blah generation, and too many have the worst character traits of all - which is a deep stupidity about the world combined with extreme arrogance and their embrace of everything that is dehumanizing about tech. I have a lot of hope for Gen Z though. I think they are an empathetic generation. But I know gnats with better social skills than Gen Z. So I fear they may lose themselves behind their screens. Otherwise, my family has some toddlers - that's a good fun generation so far. Will update when they turn 5.

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Anonymous wrote:Friggin Silent Generation

Well, they're definitely pretty silent now since they're mostly dead.

Gen X is such a small generation stuck between Boomers and Millennials. They had a moment in time in the 90s - and I'd argue that was the best time culturally for America. But 9/11 killed that time. And that was followed by so many Millennials combined with the rise of tech that Gen X ended up not being an impactful generation. Which very much fits Gen X sensibilities.

In my lived experience, Boomers take the cake for worst generation ever. But Millennials aren't really distinguishing themselves. It's a blah generation, and too many have the worst character traits of all - which is a deep stupidity about the world combined with extreme arrogance and their embrace of everything that is dehumanizing about tech. I have a lot of hope for Gen Z though. I think they are an empathetic generation. But I know gnats with better social skills than Gen Z. So I fear they may lose themselves behind their screens. Otherwise, my family has some toddlers - that's a good fun generation so far. Will update when they turn 5.

Which generation are you?

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Boomer here. GEN X has always been insufferable. TV show should be called Thitynothings.
Z are just weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Friggin Silent Generation

Well, they're definitely pretty silent now since they're mostly dead.

Gen X is such a small generation stuck between Boomers and Millennials. They had a moment in time in the 90s - and I'd argue that was the best time culturally for America. But 9/11 killed that time. And that was followed by so many Millennials combined with the rise of tech that Gen X ended up not being an impactful generation. Which very much fits Gen X sensibilities.

In my lived experience, Boomers take the cake for worst generation ever. But Millennials aren't really distinguishing themselves. It's a blah generation, and too many have the worst character traits of all - which is a deep stupidity about the world combined with extreme arrogance and their embrace of everything that is dehumanizing about tech. I have a lot of hope for Gen Z though. I think they are an empathetic generation. But I know gnats with better social skills than Gen Z. So I fear they may lose themselves behind their screens. Otherwise, my family has some toddlers - that's a good fun generation so far. Will update when they turn 5.

Which generation are you?

They used the term “lived experience”, $100 they’re a millennial.

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Anonymous wrote:Boomer here. GEN X has always been insufferable. TV show should be called Thitynothings.
Z are just weird.

Boomers both me because they can't use technology. wtf is a thitynothing?

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Anonymous wrote:GenXer here to defend my generation. What did we do this time?

elected Donald Trump?

Actually wasn’t GenX the one generation that primarily voted against him?

No, Gen X leaned Trump. Race and gender had more impact on the election than age, but Gen X are definitely turning into their parents.

Um. No.

I would say most of the folks that I know from my cohort 1973 Ish are very anti-Trump.

But we are the Next up for older generation, so I’m sure we’ll get blamed for plenty soon enough.

You should look at actual election stats and not just people you know. I’m also blaming you for being middle aged and still clueless on how this works.

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Anonymous wrote:Gen X because they’re the ones who start threads like this one and seem to have a vested interest in pitting the larger gens against each other. They have small dick energy about being less numerous but also losing their cool. They were supposed to be the chill "Dazed and Confused " so called "slacker generation" that was going to change the world, but they largely fell in line and are middle management corporate drones who vote for Trump.

No one ever looked to GenX to change the world. You’re conflating different generations.

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Anonymous wrote:I am Gen X, and do not think Boomers are annoying! They were/are not complainers, put their heads down and worked hard, made lots of strides for women’s rights and opportunities.

I’d vote Millenials x 100.

Whaaaat? All they do is complain! They are so self-entitled, and the whole point is THEY didn't put their heads down and work—their parents did and handed it all to them.

Nobody handed boomers anything, you must be thinking of millennials.

You have absolutely no self awareness.

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Anonymous wrote:Gen X because they’re the ones who start threads like this one and seem to have a vested interest in pitting the larger gens against each other. They have small dick energy about being less numerous but also losing their cool. They were supposed to be the chill "Dazed and Confused " so called "slacker generation" that was going to change the world, but they largely fell in line and are middle management corporate drones who vote for Trump.

No one ever looked to GenX to change the world. You’re conflating different generations.

He thinks Dazed and confused is about Gen xers... He's a donut.

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Anonymous wrote:I am Gen X, and do not think Boomers are annoying! They were/are not complainers, put their heads down and worked hard, made lots of strides for women’s rights and opportunities.

I’d vote Millenials x 100.

Whaaaat? All they do is complain! They are so self-entitled, and the whole point is THEY didn't put their heads down and work—their parents did and handed it all to them.

Nobody handed boomers anything, you must be thinking of millennials.

LOL all the boomers I know who have benefitted and or survived on passive wealth transferred to them from the silent generation to the climb in real estate to the stock market climb along with cheap college, pensions, and cheap necessities thinks they earned it and were so brilliant. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

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Boomers are so terrible they cover "the worst generation in history" by multiple fold and then some. There's no point in discussing anything else. They gave us Bush x3 and Trump x2. Horrific generation.