Are You Gen X....The Last Great Generation?

[progressive hunter]

Your big govt. Im not speaking of you directly. Your apparent age group.
And yall still do. Our dollar lost 11% in the first half of last year.
Again, people wouldnt be asking for that much if the dollar wasnt almost worthless. A candy bar is 2 dollars now. When my dad was a kid, they were 5 cents.
One household could afford to live comfortably off 9 dollars an hour(probably much less) from one income. Now? LMAO

if it happened last yr would mean its genz or millennials who are at fault for demanding such a high wage,,

sure sounds like the luckiest generation in human history are just whiny little bitches,,

when they throw out all the things we created that make their lives so easy we can talk about blame on one generation,

until then each generation has added a little bit to the avalanche,,

 

[Mr Natural]

People wouldnt be asking for 25 dollars an hour if you guys didnt destroy the dollar.

Twenty-five dollars is the new $1.25.

 

[Darkwind]

You know you've lived too long when you hear your children complain about how worthless their children are ...

Even worse for Me. My Great-granddaughter was born last summer.

 

[MisterBeale]

We can't understand the spoiled brats that makes up Gen Z and those that follow.

Generation Z is the Most Conservative Generation in Decades: Poll - TPUSA

We play offense with a sense of urgency to win America's culture war

tpusa.com

 

[Winston]

Boomer here. Late Boomer, but when I did, I was awesome... Ummm.. what?

Oh. Yeah, the GenXer's are the generation after me. Although I was raised by the "Silent" generation, rough bunch of bastards they were, We boomers sort of raised our kids the same way.

Make your own way in life
Make them prove it to you.
You want to eat, you effin work for it.
You want to be warm, you effin work for it.
You want to save some shoe leather with a car? You guessed it, you effin worked for it.

We taught them the same we were taught.

Learn to plan.
Make your plans realistic.
Set realistic goals.
Set a timeline and effin stick to it.

If you depend upon someone, they own you.
Government is NOT your friend.

... and so much more.

Nice rant, absolutely delusional. I am a late Boomer too, 1962. I am like the youngest child that realizes all his older siblings are spoiled ass little brats. Meanwhile, I feel like flippin Cinderella.

I mean from the getgo, no generation had the opportunities of the Boomers, NONE. What people don't realize is that, when the Boomers were in school, well the government devoted at least twice, now, probably three or four times as much, to the young people as a percentage of government spending as they do now. It is not like you get the bulk of the spending now, you got the bulk of the spending then too. I mean when you look at real numbers, from in-state college tuition to a new car, back then, when the Boomers were growing up, you got more for your buck.

I mean it is damn crazy. Long haired hippies, dropping acid and smoking weed, covering Upstate New York in shit for a damn musical festival screaming hell no, we won't go. Now, fatass dickheads sucking off disability ripping and roaring to send their grandkids off to fight some foreign war. I mean look at yourselves.

And I get the whole discipline thing, raising kids, yada, yada. But the parents of Boomers, they SUCKED. They were all about protecting their kids, from everything, and the results speak for themselves. And sure, we see that now. Helicopter parents, they are everywhere. But they are not all that way.

My two oldest, daughters. Their parenting styles, night and day different. One, a damn hard ass. Oldest will graduate next year. If he joins the military and runs into a drill sergeant, it will be a break. She is a damn beast. The other, the oldest, she is about as chill as it gets. Yeah, maybe kind of got that hippy thing going on. The jury is still out on which one works best, or even if it makes a damn difference.

 

[ReinyDays]

Even worse for Me. My Great-granddaughter was born last summer.

It's true for every generation ... society advances one funeral at a time ...

 

[Darkwind]

Nice rant, absolutely delusional. I am a late Boomer too, 1962. I am like the youngest child that realizes all his older siblings are spoiled ass little brats. Meanwhile, I feel like flippin Cinderella.

I mean from the getgo, no generation had the opportunities of the Boomers, NONE. What people don't realize is that, when the Boomers were in school, well the government devoted at least twice, now, probably three or four times as much, to the young people as a percentage of government spending as they do now. It is not like you get the bulk of the spending now, you got the bulk of the spending then too. I mean when you look at real numbers, from in-state college tuition to a new car, back then, when the Boomers were growing up, you got more for your buck.

I mean it is damn crazy. Long haired hippies, dropping acid and smoking weed, covering Upstate New York in shit for a damn musical festival screaming hell no, we won't go. Now, fatass dickheads sucking off disability ripping and roaring to send their grandkids off to fight some foreign war. I mean look at yourselves.

And I get the whole discipline thing, raising kids, yada, yada. But the parents of Boomers, they SUCKED. They were all about protecting their kids, from everything, and the results speak for themselves. And sure, we see that now. Helicopter parents, they are everywhere. But they are not all that way.

My two oldest, daughters. Their parenting styles, night and day different. One, a damn hard ass. Oldest will graduate next year. If he joins the military and runs into a drill sergeant, it will be a break. She is a damn beast. The other, the oldest, she is about as chill as it gets. Yeah, maybe kind of got that hippy thing going on. The jury is still out on which one works best, or even if it makes a damn difference.

Holy ****!

I was born in 1960 you retard. None of what you just spouted was a part of the equation back then. Why? Because were were living it, not analyzing history.

Like I said. Holy ****.

You are absolutely delusional.

 

[Mr Natural]

You youngsters might want to put your hatred on hold for a moment and thank us Boomers for getting rid of the draft aka slavery.

You’re welcome!

 

[marvin martian]

You youngsters might want to put your hatred on hold for a moment and thank us Boomers for getting rid of the draft aka slavery.

You’re welcome!

Slavery is your illegal maids, cooks, construction workers, and gardeners you refuse to let go of.

 

[Mr Natural]

Slavery is your illegal maids, cooks, construction workers, and gardeners you refuse to let go of.

They come here willingly get paid for their work.

 

[evenflow1969]

Your big govt. Im not speaking of you directly. Your apparent age group.
And yall still do. Our dollar lost 11% in the first half of last year.
Again, people wouldnt be asking for that much if the dollar wasnt almost worthless. A candy bar is 2 dollars now. When my dad was a kid, they were 5 cents.
One household could afford to live comfortably off 9 dollars an hour(probably much less) from one income. Now? LMA

Yep when I was a kid I could gorge on candy for 25 cents. Especially if ya bought the penny candy.

 

[JohnDB]

Gen X grew up with mullets and leg warmers...
Zero job opportunities but yet told "get a job if you want anything ". Both parents worked 40hrs/wk plus had side hussles to try and "get ahead".

I remember lines of 200+ people wanting to fill out an application for an advertised job of dishwasher at a restaurant for $3.35/hr....everyone wanting an interview too.

If you wanted a job with a career path....good freaking luck. Most career path jobs resulted in lost careers. Industrialization and manufacturing was heading overseas and service careers completely gutted by taxes on tips. Nice restaurant and fast food jobs now paid the same as hair cutters and etc. NOTHING....because taxes cut all profits and wages from the service work. (Tip O'Neil congress)

Unless you could code computers and were ok with constant travel to various cities there was zero chance of a long term career that paid.

That was IF you survived the drug culture of cocaine, heroine, LSD, crack, Marijuana, ICE, and Meth.
Gunfire and drive by shootings were nonstop....so were teenage pregnancies. And a girl naming you as the daddy was good enough to stick you with child support. (no DNA testing yet).

Then, leukemia was a big deal....no cure back then only a hope of remission for a while. Your chances of survival was a coin flip. The chemical contamination that caused most of it was created by Boomers.

BUT

We had music that has survived and is listened to by today's youth.

Fonzi was cool until he jumped the shark.
Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy were brand new and young.
The ONLY transvestites we knew of was Klinger from MASH and Flip Wlson....and they were never serious about it. They protected kids and didn't sexualize them.

The Boomers had Sex, Drugs, and Rock&Roll....
But
It completely shifted into crack, masturbation, and Madonna. (Because Aids would kill).

So....
If Gen X seems a bit grumpy and insensitive....it's because we have a form of PTSD that never goes away and there is no therapy for any of it. We lost friends and family to all sorts of things while trying to stave off homelessness in a dead end career....

 

[mudwhistle]

While that was funny, the issue isnt funny.
Our currency is fucked. Our govt bleeds corruption and fraud. Everything is ridiculously expensive. The world hates us.
I could go on.

Yep....communism sucks ass.

 

[martybegan]

Not much difference between late-boomers and Gen X.

We all were raised that way during the 60s.
I was 4 when the 60s began.

People on the cusps do tend to blur the lines. my sister was born in the early 80's but because she had two brothers born in the 70's she ID's more with Gen X than millennials,

 

[martybegan]

I was born in the early 60's and I have a lot more in common with people born in 1965 than I do with people born in 1945. My parents divorced when I was 10 and I was a latch key kid throughout the early 70's.

One reason why Boomers are so numerous is because the demographers stacked the deck. Boomers get a 20 year range, 1945-1965. And the Millennials also get a score of years, 1980-2000. Only Gen X gets the short shrift of 15 years.

I think of myself as a Gen-X'er.

People born between 1980 and 1983 or so often get the term Xennial applied.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Lol, you old ***** are why we are in the position we are in now.
Yall ruined everything. The American Dream is basically a nightmare now.

You are confusing Gen X and the Boomer generation.

 

[TNHarley]

You are confusing Gen X and the Boomer generation.

Nope. I meant both of them.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Nope. I meant both of them.

Then you are what we call wrong.

 

[TNHarley]

Then you are what we call wrong.

I said "old people"
Sorry if you cant fathom someone thinks gen x are old. I cant help you

 

[Zincwarrior]

I said "old people"
Sorry if you cant fathom someone thinks gen x are old. I cant help you

Gen X has none of the things the Boomers had. We doubt we'll even have Social Security.