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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:56 AM Original message |
Interesting NBC reports on Generation X from the 1990's. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. 1994, the year I graduated high school. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. We already have impacted EVERYTHING. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. True. I needed a pep talk. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes, we are difficult to define, I think. However, our identity is culturally-based, |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. You think this wiki is fairly correct? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Interesting. |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I was born in '75 as well... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. And there were a million girls named Jennifer that year. |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
67. I was born in '72--I was in a math class where we had integers. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
121. '75 here as well |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I kind of like Queen |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You mean you didn't love Fat Bottomed Girls? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. When I first saw "Queen" on MTV in the early 80's they kind of scared me |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Radio Ga Ga. I know, it was kind of weird at the time. |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. This is a timely conversation for me. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. They have good taste. |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Be careful now... |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. I didn't really appreciate how talented he was |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I'm going to go find 'Barcelona' tonight. Thanks. n/t |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. You're welcome. Here's a you-tube video... |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #81 |
119. That is so good. Thanks! |
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gvstn (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
92. Yes, I liked Queen but never thought about Freddie |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. ????? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. Yes, their much-touted grasp of irony seems to be a bit exaggerated, doesn't it? |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
91. +1 and i was born in 1972. n/t |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
111. Which is why a large portion of Gen X were repubs. Look at your president back then. Clinton was a |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
83. to say that the net and music (+Obama?) are "everything" is incredibly shallow and naive |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. When I say "from" something to another "something," |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. so you meant a whole lot of significant things that slipped yur mind or were too lazy to list? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Wow. There was absolutely no reason for the personal attacks. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. not personal, but you did say you were think of cooler stuff just didn't list it? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. she didn't say those three things *are* everything |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. i didn;t expect her name everything- just ANYTHING special -sorry but they were three lame examples |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. the list is fine |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #96 |
113. so what was she claiming them? i pretty much quoted her, but please clarify |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. um, she was claiming that Generation X has impacted everything |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. so her post (her list) was pointless + random, she said nothing of any import. I agree. thanks! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #117 |
118. well, if you think the only thing of import is putting other generations down, you're probably right |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There's a lot of clean up from the Boomers to do... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:08 PM Original message |
Yuh-oh |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Baby Boomers brought us the selfish 80s and Reaganism! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. No shit...I was like 6 or 7 when Nancy Reagun scared the shit out of me |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Woulda made a helluva an abstinence program back then, though... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yup, she was a Stepford Wife type. Remember the "Just Say No" campaign |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
77. The 1980 election |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
97. I believe it was our parents who brought you Reagan. Polls showed the boomers did not vote for him |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, I really didn't want this to crop up. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Well, I love my parents and their music. I think they did some good things |
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mindfulNJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Oh jeez...here we go again. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yeah, it would be nice if we could just talk about Gen X identity without having... |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Born in 64 |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. You're definitely an Xer. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. 61. couple nights ago hubby says i am a boomer, he a gen X. lol |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. I think it has more to do with cultural attitudes than what year bracket you fall into. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. How much popcorn should I make? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. Just back up that dump truck full of corn |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Sigh... yeah. And this Baby Boomer is not proud of that. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. Yep. The Boomer mindset is "Party like there is tommorow, screw the future!" |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. You're going to get my thread locked, man. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Well, it's the truth. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. It's also inflammatory, so it's pretty uncool. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. Let's do this again: it's CLASS warfare, not generational |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #70 |
98. Absolutely incorrect. The younger boomers did not vote for Reagan, at all |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #70 |
115. Not Every Boomer Voted for Reagan |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
79. can we stop the generational fighting? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
66. we're actually bigger than the boomers |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder what my generation will bring to the table. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
78. you are very cool! |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. My parents are from the silent generation |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Mine, too. They were both born in 1940. |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Creepy. |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. Mine too |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'd love to see some of these people reinterviewed, see what happened to them. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Three Years Later, Generation X Would Bring About The Internet and Telecom Revolution |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Generalizations about "generations" are folly. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It's about identity. It's not all socially-constructed. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. It's the never ending need to assure oneself we aren't like our parents. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. The older I get the smarter my grandparents become |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. agreed |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. Huge difference between early boomers such as myself |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. thanks for posting this. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Does anyone else who is aging find this boomer bashing |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I wish it would go away, too. n/t |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I think this guy is part of the root cause |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I wonder what a GenX Show would be like... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. It would have to have Wynona Rider. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The essence of maturity is leaving behind a need to blame mommy & daddy. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. There is. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Yes you have all the resources |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
107. We do? I guess I've just forgotten where I put them. nt |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Your generation drank deeply of the well |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. We poisoned the well?? |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. "We got off OUR young, firm asses and took to the streets to end war and injustice" |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Shooo, kid. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
105. +1 nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Uh-oh, the Boomers are gonna come after you for criticizing their Narcissism Complex. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. They are VERY sensitive about critiques of their generation but |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #74 |
103. Still confusing us with our parents, I see. nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
106. Boomer bashing is getting quite old, too. Blatant ageism and nothing more. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Boomers projecting by calling us Millennials Narcissists is getting old. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. I never said that but this ageism is disgusting. nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
102. And you all did, exactly, what? nt |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #102 |
120. I shouldn't have to explain simple concepts to someone who is 50+ |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
75. X 1000 |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
101. Considering that our working lives were spent in companies without pensions |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
80. I'm a Gen Xer and completely agree |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
99. The agenda driving it is ageism and it is as disgusting as any other form of bigotry. nt |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. X-er here thanks for the video |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. I have had more then 6 jobs since I graduated college in 1999. Layoffs |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
104. That differs not at all from the path of my career (except for the part about being able to stay |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. The waiting for your parents to retire generation now nt. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. Generation X broke up in 1981 |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. What I like about my generation is: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. hey... on this one it says 61 to 81. they keep throwing me into the different groups |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. The sociological generation starts in '61 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
112. ah ha ha. that is funny. havent even heard that one. boomer doesnt work |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #112 |
116. I suggest the book "The Fourth Turning" by social historians Bill Strauss and Neil Howe. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
76. I'm the class of 71, so my question to your generation is... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
87. Born in 1973, graduated in 1991 |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
95. I was born in 68. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Gen X'er here (born in 1970). I remember when I graduated college in |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
108. Damn I'm a millenial. wish I was a gen. Xer |
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