122
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
122 points (94.2% liked)
Gen X, the meh generation
813 readers
1 users here now
A community for Gen X, those born between 1965 and 1980. Boomers, Millennials, and Gen Z are welcome as long as the topic is Gen X or related. Abusive, racist or anti-LGBTQIA+ commentary/users will be removed.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
All jokes aside, I feel lucky to be a generation that for all intents and purposes has flown under the radar.
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.
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.