Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:27     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think boomers got a label because there was something unique about the time period they were born in whereas not so much with gen x, so they were labeled later as an afterthought when other generations got labels. Not sure why it's even necessary.


The boomers did the labeling. It’s how they are wired. They did not think of the genX’ers because why would they? Everything they did was so cool and nothing can compare.


This is just silly.

I am on the cusp between these arbitrary generational Categories and literally know no one who lollygags about basking in the unearned glories of being a boomer … if anything, people are focussed on changing health needs according to specific age/ decade.

The generational categories are designed for broad brush painting to help social scientists and historians break down complex reality -/ and not for shaping meaningful identity.

That said, the title “Gen X” presents a messaging problem - Gen X sounds like a test tube placeholder.


How about
Gen Xenon (gaseous element)
Gen Xerox (photocopy on xerographic copier)
Gen Xylyl (univalent radical)
Gen Xysti (a roofed area where athletes trained in Ancient Greece)
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 10:44     Subject: GenX
“We can’t drive drunk anymore and now life sucks”
Is a hot take!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 08:05     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:Gen X got a taste of actual work and fun in college. Before it got ruined.

The real declined stared with MADD - mothers against drunk driving, raising drinking age and AIDS.

All college fun started to end at the end of the 1970s and was completely ruined by 2001. Due to above reasons

I started college in 1980 and drinking age was 18 I went to Stonybrook which still was very hippie like. We had like 10 bars on campus and two clubs, hall parties every Thursday through Saturday. Beer, jungle Juice vodka at hall parties were FREE as paid out of student activity fee. Our on campus Bars stayed open till 4 am. No one dated as we all hook up.

But that all started to end around 1982. Raising drinking age to 21 and tough DWI laws really overnight killed a lot of fun. Plus computers then tech ruined a lot.

Imagine today if my Hall threw our 1980 Jungle/Juice Lude Toga Party. Yes we have huge garbage cans full of koolaid and vodka and everyone got a quelude. And smoking legal too so smoking pot all mixed in. I recall I was DJ ing rappers delight with Mike at one point. And some girl tripping on LSD. Yet at Stonybrook 1980 parties like that were common.

My nephew went to stony Brook 40 years later and I rather be in a Soviet prison camp


You sound as if you never grew up.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 08:04     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:Gen X got a taste of actual work and fun in college. Before it got ruined.

The real declined stared with MADD - mothers against drunk driving, raising drinking age and AIDS.

All college fun started to end at the end of the 1970s and was completely ruined by 2001. Due to above reasons

I started college in 1980 and drinking age was 18 I went to Stonybrook which still was very hippie like. We had like 10 bars on campus and two clubs, hall parties every Thursday through Saturday. Beer, jungle Juice vodka at hall parties were FREE as paid out of student activity fee. Our on campus Bars stayed open till 4 am. No one dated as we all hook up.

But that all started to end around 1982. Raising drinking age to 21 and tough DWI laws really overnight killed a lot of fun. Plus computers then tech ruined a lot.

Imagine today if my Hall threw our 1980 Jungle/Juice Lude Toga Party. Yes we have huge garbage cans full of koolaid and vodka and everyone got a quelude. And smoking legal too so smoking pot all mixed in. I recall I was DJ ing rappers delight with Mike at one point. And some girl tripping on LSD. Yet at Stonybrook 1980 parties like that were common.

My nephew went to stony Brook 40 years later and I rather be in a Soviet prison camp


You can't be Gen-X. I am and I was 6 when you started college.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 07:53     Subject: GenX
Gen X got a taste of actual work and fun in college. Before it got ruined.

The real declined stared with MADD - mothers against drunk driving, raising drinking age and AIDS.

All college fun started to end at the end of the 1970s and was completely ruined by 2001. Due to above reasons

I started college in 1980 and drinking age was 18 I went to Stonybrook which still was very hippie like. We had like 10 bars on campus and two clubs, hall parties every Thursday through Saturday. Beer, jungle Juice vodka at hall parties were FREE as paid out of student activity fee. Our on campus Bars stayed open till 4 am. No one dated as we all hook up.

But that all started to end around 1982. Raising drinking age to 21 and tough DWI laws really overnight killed a lot of fun. Plus computers then tech ruined a lot.

Imagine today if my Hall threw our 1980 Jungle/Juice Lude Toga Party. Yes we have huge garbage cans full of koolaid and vodka and everyone got a quelude. And smoking legal too so smoking pot all mixed in. I recall I was DJ ing rappers delight with Mike at one point. And some girl tripping on LSD. Yet at Stonybrook 1980 parties like that were common.

My nephew went to stony Brook 40 years later and I rather be in a Soviet prison camp
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 07:05     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think boomers got a label because there was something unique about the time period they were born in whereas not so much with gen x, so they were labeled later as an afterthought when other generations got labels. Not sure why it's even necessary.


The boomers did the labeling. It’s how they are wired. They did not think of the genX’ers because why would they? Everything they did was so cool and nothing can compare.


This is just silly.

I am on the cusp between these arbitrary generational Categories and literally know no one who lollygags about basking in the unearned glories of being a boomer … if anything, people are focussed on changing health needs according to specific age/ decade.

The generational categories are designed for broad brush painting to help social scientists and historians break down complex reality -/ and not for shaping meaningful identity.

That said, the title “Gen X” presents a messaging problem - Gen X sounds like a test tube placeholder.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 05:21     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They didn’t build or create anything of note. Why would anyone assign undue relevance to them?

Boomers had major contributions to the world, some good and far more bad.

Millennials will end up literally SAVING the world.


X’rs didn’t do anything. So they never get mentioned.


Aren't Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kurt Cobain all Gen X?


Obama could go either way, Gen X or Boomer. The rest are solidly Gen X. Sorry about Elon Musk, what does he smell like?


Obama cannot go either way. He's 1961- that's a straight Boomer.


"Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their 1991 book Generations, define the social generation of boomers as that cohort born from 1943 to 1960"


Most sources define Baby Boomers as the cohort born from 1946 to 1964.


Whch is why I said it could go either way. It depends on which definition of Boomer Generation you use. Is it really necessary to be this tediously explicit?
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 23:10     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think boomers got a label because there was something unique about the time period they were born in whereas not so much with gen x, so they were labeled later as an afterthought when other generations got labels. Not sure why it's even necessary.


The boomers did the labeling. It’s how they are wired. They did not think of the genX’ers because why would they? Everything they did was so cool and nothing can compare.


Gen X will be the new greatest. Boomers won't be around to be like, "no, those are just our kids"
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 23:08     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:I think boomers got a label because there was something unique about the time period they were born in whereas not so much with gen x, so they were labeled later as an afterthought when other generations got labels. Not sure why it's even necessary.


The boomers did the labeling. It’s how they are wired. They did not think of the genX’ers because why would they? Everything they did was so cool and nothing can compare.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 22:59     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They didn’t build or create anything of note. Why would anyone assign undue relevance to them?

Boomers had major contributions to the world, some good and far more bad.

Millennials will end up literally SAVING the world.


X’rs didn’t do anything. So they never get mentioned.


Aren't Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kurt Cobain all Gen X?


Obama could go either way, Gen X or Boomer. The rest are solidly Gen X. Sorry about Elon Musk, what does he smell like?




Obama cannot go either way. He's 1961- that's a straight Boomer.


"Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their 1991 book Generations, define the social generation of boomers as that cohort born from 1943 to 1960"


Yep the cut off line is about 1965. Before that you are part of the boomer gen- the beatles, disco, etc. After 1965 turn away from from what the baby boomers tell you is great and find your own thing.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 22:55     Subject: Re:GenX
Anonymous wrote:I'm an Oregon Trail Millennial (41 y/o) and am so jealous that I missed the boat on a lot of the GenX music scene. Missed all the best Nine Inch Nails and Lords of Acid concerts that my Gen X friends bragged about and the DC area Gen Xers literally won't shut up about their first Fugazi concert if you get them talking about it. Not sure if this is universal but Gen X at my undergrad got to enjoy $0.05 drafts at dive bars but then developers and inflation swooped in just as my class started our freshman year then suddenly you were carded at the door and even Bud Ice was $2. It's like Gen X was allowed to have legit fun before helicopter parenting and excessive boomer money came in to ruin it all.


Haha!! You made me spit out my drink. I am 48. At college, it took exactly $5 to get a pack of cigs and an entry to all-you-can-drink shows. I lived in Baltimore with friends for $200 for my room in a 3-share, mid-90s. I moved to DC and spent $1000 for a few months on a very spacious Adams Morgan 1-bedroom with an extra sunroom, approx 9/11/2001. Decided that was too $$$, and got a group house that was incredible for $1500 split by 3 (the rest of my 20s). I remember $2 beer specials at the time (I want my two dollars!!) AND i saw NIN and Lords of Acid. You shoulda been born earlier, but you also have taste that is 10-20 years too old for ya. Cheers and love. I have a lot of sympathy/empathy for millennials, for real. I hope your day comes. Gen X suffers too, but we had our perks for sure.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 22:47     Subject: GenX
I think boomers got a label because there was something unique about the time period they were born in whereas not so much with gen x, so they were labeled later as an afterthought when other generations got labels. Not sure why it's even necessary.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 22:32     Subject: Re:GenX
I'm an Oregon Trail Millennial (41 y/o) and am so jealous that I missed the boat on a lot of the GenX music scene. Missed all the best Nine Inch Nails and Lords of Acid concerts that my Gen X friends bragged about and the DC area Gen Xers literally won't shut up about their first Fugazi concert if you get them talking about it. Not sure if this is universal but Gen X at my undergrad got to enjoy $0.05 drafts at dive bars but then developers and inflation swooped in just as my class started our freshman year then suddenly you were carded at the door and even Bud Ice was $2. It's like Gen X was allowed to have legit fun before helicopter parenting and excessive boomer money came in to ruin it all.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 22:14     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They didn’t build or create anything of note. Why would anyone assign undue relevance to them?

Boomers had major contributions to the world, some good and far more bad.

Millennials will end up literally SAVING the world.


X’rs didn’t do anything. So they never get mentioned.


Aren't Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kurt Cobain all Gen X?


Obama could go either way, Gen X or Boomer. The rest are solidly Gen X. Sorry about Elon Musk, what does he smell like?


Obama cannot go either way. He's 1961- that's a straight Boomer.


"Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their 1991 book Generations, define the social generation of boomers as that cohort born from 1943 to 1960"


Most sources define Baby Boomers as the cohort born from 1946 to 1964.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 21:25     Subject: GenX
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They didn’t build or create anything of note. Why would anyone assign undue relevance to them?

Boomers had major contributions to the world, some good and far more bad.

Millennials will end up literally SAVING the world.


X’rs didn’t do anything. So they never get mentioned.


Aren't Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kurt Cobain all Gen X?


Obama could go either way, Gen X or Boomer. The rest are solidly Gen X. Sorry about Elon Musk, what does he smell like?


Obama cannot go either way. He's 1961- that's a straight Boomer.


"Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their 1991 book Generations, define the social generation of boomers as that cohort born from 1943 to 1960"