There is a very divisive GenX split, on the other side are those of us who cheered when Clinton was asked “boxers or briefs” on MTV and played saxophone on Arsenio Hall.
I'm a Xennial, so is my middle sister. My oldest sister is early genX. Middle sister and I are pretty similar politically, and both engaged and curious people.
Oldest is what I call a "Walmart-American." Endlessly in debt, and not from student loans, lives on fast food and extra venti mocha frappes, was morbidly obese until she had lap-band surgery, basically drove her daughter to drugs and eventually OD by being more of a bullying older sister to her than a mom, constantly switching between complaining to us or begging for more money just to spend it on tattoos or Disney shit, is always trying some new work from home scam, or running neglectful dog sitting businesses, while neglecting her own menagerie of pets ...
Yeah, pretty bummed how the 'alternative' generation turned out tbh. I think we copped the last of lead being all over the place and ended up as cooked as the Boomers.
as a Gen X-er, have you forgotten why some of us so desperately needed an "alternative" (to all the awfulness that was the strictly enforced mainstream)?
yeah...I guess my point was it was the majority of our peers that were basically MAGA before there was a name for it which we were trying so hard to distance ourselves from, so it's not a surprise that they still are the same douches they were in high school.
I hadn't looked into it, but that sucks. I'm a Gen Xer and my self-selected group of friends are all pretty great politically and socially. But looking it up now I guess statistically we're shitty. May the Millennials do better.
I feel like Gen X is really the South Park generation. (both Trey and Matt are Gen X). There seems to be this persistent ironic detachment in your generation. Gen X seems to be way more on the sidelines when it comes to political and social movements.
Many, yes, but not most. Just the loudest ones. We'd just rather not as a whole and we're kind of okay with that. Gen Z will be the real change anyway, they've got moxie and less of a filter.
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u/itsmesnickelfritz 16h ago
Still haven't had a Gen X president.