Gen Xer here. I feel we not only dealt with so much abuse but we also witnessed alot of Domestic violence between our parents or whomever our mother was involved with at the time. From what i witnessed alot the women would put their men before their children it was more important for a man to be in the house no matter what he was doing or not doing.
@denisse37921
6 ай бұрын
I would like to point out that although I agree w/ what u are saying, I think the cultural norm was to believe that a woman, who was pushed by the generation before her, needed to be dependent of a male counterpart. Add to that the bad economy, drugs taken in the earlier age, sexism (which is still around, just in another shape), education level, capitalism & definitely religion. Women were trying to be as independent as possible by only shacking up because that's all they cld get whilst dreaming of wedding dresses and rings yet still trying to be the best 'wives' they cld be when they didnt really have that title.
@dukey19941
6 ай бұрын
Ugh that is still happening. I never witnessed any of that. Not sure where you grew up though.
@thealchemist333
4 ай бұрын
As a GenXer We witnessed a lot of domestic violence at home from the father enacted on the mother. My mother included, as well as a few of her married friends. And yes, the Boomer generation women put her husband first, just like the crybaby men from these generations are wanting these women to do, trying to change the clock back. The men say it is absolutely necessary for a man to be in the house, but women today are tired of their unchecked emotions and abuse The men today want their wives to put them before the children. We already know how all that played out as GenX children. Women heavily dependent on a man for a living makes them and their children susceptible to control, manipulation and abuse by whoever they are dependent on. That is why many women went on to become independent and again the men are crying about it now Unfortunately for some women, they were unable to reprogram themselves and continued to depend on men and still suffered along with the children It would be nice if people would push for men to keep their hands to themselves instead of bytching about how badly women performed as mothers under physical abuse Men are even checking women, because the women are turning violent towards them and they don't like it. Noone likes abuse At what point do men see their physical abuse has badly affected many generations?
@joan-mariacbrooks
4 ай бұрын
Boomer here: that occurred with Boomer generation also. I couldn't wait to get away from her and have been married for 50 years to the same guy. She hated him and couldn't manipulate him because I warned him ahead of time what my family was like. My hubby was very encouraging that I should hold a job and made sure we both had good careers. I still work in the computer industry, going into web dev now but he let we should be equal in what we do and able to carry on successfully if the other died. His mother and mine were the opposite and both did what they could to destroy our marriage. Both were survivors and implementors of domestic violence in the home.
@guerillagardener2237
Жыл бұрын
Genx here, too. I can confirm I raised myself. I was independent from an early age.
@mbadtoknow6908
Жыл бұрын
What blows me away is an entire generation of parents made their children play survivor every summer, they all kept us out of the house. It's like a playbook was followed.
@AshleySpeaks4U
10 ай бұрын
I think that was always the case though. Gen X was the last. Things have become more and more dangerous out there.😢
@marylitwin6402
8 ай бұрын
And we are badass because of it
@kahinaNS
7 ай бұрын
@@AshleySpeaks4U I don't think it's become more dangerous. I think our technology and the ability to be more informed has just brought it more to light. Granted, school shootings didn't become a thing until they removed gun safety from schools and changed the approach to mental health.
@k.stacey7389
6 ай бұрын
@@AshleySpeaks4Uthings are not more dangerous, that’s absurd. Just because you let your teevee feed your fear with a constant stream of every crime that happenes in every town around the country doesn’t change the fact that it’s actually safer than ever.
@matthewatwood8641
6 ай бұрын
The goal of feminism has always been to break down the American family and remake society the way they want it.
@phillychick4196
Жыл бұрын
1970 here. SATURATED. TRUE Xer!!!!!! We did EVERYTHING!!! And our music??????? Untouchable❤
@annmarieknapp
10 ай бұрын
A 69' baby here. Our music was epic.
@tobiasb9645
4 ай бұрын
if you have a older co- worker with scars in their face gen - x.dont mess with them
@kevinrice1085
2 жыл бұрын
The one that said that the grandparents were the only ones that show love is true. Thank God for the GI generation.
@seththomas9105
9 ай бұрын
My maternal grandparents were Greatest Gen. (1914-1918) and they were definately the adults in the room.
@g.w.hampton5525
7 ай бұрын
A grandparent and a grandchild have perfect love because they have an enemy in common.
@GenXfrom75
6 ай бұрын
Yep. 😢
@GenXfrom75
6 ай бұрын
@@seththomas9105my maternals were both born in 1911. Lost papa in 08 at age 97…Gimma passed 3 weeks before her 107th birthday in 2018…. And part of me died with her. It’s a lonely feeling when your last grandparent dies 💔💔💔
@seththomas9105
6 ай бұрын
@@GenXfrom75 Yes it is. Grandma passed in Jan. of 2008 2 weeks before her 90th and Grandpa passed in June of 2010 at 95 yrs. 6 months to the day. RIP. We ALL still miss them.
@b.t.1632
Жыл бұрын
Symbols for each generation GI Generation: The Flag Baby Boomers: The peace sign Gen X: The middle finger Millennials: The selfie Gen Z: The iPad
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
God that's brilliant and brutally accurate;.
@annmarieknapp
10 ай бұрын
Excellent!!!
@justin2morton1
6 ай бұрын
💯
@Yammyalexis91113
6 ай бұрын
😮
@Yammyalexis91113
6 ай бұрын
I think we cursed a lot as teens and young adults
@msell2682
5 ай бұрын
I always say I'm a grandparents' child! They were the ones that cared and my grandmother used to tell my mother that she was making me grow up too fast! I got to stay with my grandmother and I cried when I had to go back with my mother. My grandmother cooked and did homework with you when you got out of school. She offered me love and structure!
@azmodanpc
3 жыл бұрын
Gen Xers: The left behind generation, divorced parents, left alone to fend for themselves and ignored or harassed by their parents (at least in my case).
@simon_reacts1236
3 жыл бұрын
I’m gen z and I know from my experience that my gen x parents died too early when my parents were in their late 20s so that may be the case
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
"left alone to fend for themselves and ignored or harassed by their parents" - That is my experience
@azmodanpc
2 жыл бұрын
@@btetschner Unlike Millennials or Zers we were "left alone" and our parents did not escort us to after school activities or provide us with much. Some of us made it and did not sink into depression and self loathing, many of us now have to take care of these dipsh*t entitled parents, since they were so utterly incompetent as to fail in their careers and complain for their misfortunes accusing us of being in the way.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
@@azmodanpc Isn't that ridiculous how they sometimes blame their children for getting in the way of their dreams? Ha! As far as I know, no one put a gun to their head and said they had to have children. As a Gen X'er, I know that I certainly have done much more for my parents than they ever did for me.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
@@azmodanpc The Silent Generation is almost completely out of the social sphere (Joe Biden is the last), and the Boomers are being pushed out more each day. I can't wait until the day when the older generations get out of the way, they ruin everything.
@shellymartin4115
Жыл бұрын
OMG! In the past 4 years I've been dealing with Figuring out that My mother didn't want me My entire life Suddenly made sense Listening to you guys Talk about your parents I do not feel alone!! Thanks 🤘🖤🖤🤘 Shelly
@alayothomas6295
Жыл бұрын
I'm a Gen Xer and we all had the same life. Everything they said I lived 😂
@stuckinchaselandia6427
10 ай бұрын
One day when all of us Xers are gone, I think people will look back at Gen X as the most important generation. We are the link between the pre-technology world and today's world.
@coimbralaw
2 жыл бұрын
Greatest generation in the history of the world
@MrBobDobolina
2 жыл бұрын
26:13 I'm glad they talked about the greatest generation. In my mind, having people from that generation around was just a universal part of growing up. When they started dying off and I realized that today's kids wouldn't have their presence or influence in their lives it made me really sad. Like the guy in the video says, they were like demi-gods. I miss those old guys.
@Martino2156
Жыл бұрын
My grandma was my guardian angel and saved my life in more ways than one. I am a 54 yr old grown man now and still instantly start to cry when I think about her. I miss her so much
@daviddevault8700
Жыл бұрын
I remember my Grandfather, WWII and Korean War Marine. Kind man, he believed in sticking up for what was right. I wounder what he would have thought of me reenlisting after 911
@Adams4000
Жыл бұрын
I don't think they became the greatest Generation until well after WWII. Remember there was still ALOT of racism and segregation before/during/after that time period. I think maybe that war made a lot of people look at themselves and questions some of the beliefs they held. This is what really kick started the changes that came later, people slowly coming to realize that we weren't that different from the Nazis we were fighting.
@nolalove8909
Жыл бұрын
My grandparents were the best part of my childhood. I don't understand how such a wonderful generation of people can raise such horrible parents
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
@@Martino2156I love you! Thank you that is so relatable I am crying now thinking about my own. I had her til 2013 when she was 94 and my dad was two years longer than that and he died right after he turned 93 and I turned 40 these were some people that are unforgettable. My mom was 1941 I think about seeing them again and I don't worry about dying like I might have before. I'm sure our grandmas prayers keep us safe and they will be waiting to welcome us home when we leave here. I've smelled my grandma's wonderful kitchen before when I had a close call with leaving earth and I feel she will be waiting for me. Just something I know in my bones. Energy cannot be created or destroyed... We're a form of energy, love uses our energy and we take it with us when we leave and return it to those we shared it with being "grief is the price we pay for Love;" (Queen Victoria's personal physician) but there's more than this world this one is only practice or training perhaps but there are beliefs in many cultures that refuse to accept otherwise. Some Inuit and native indigenous believe the stars are actually windows our loved ones are peering out from heaven at us till we can be reunited and I love this image especially now that science and physics in particular has declared we are all made of stardust. Which sounds so beautiful in Italian or Spanish it ought to be sung that way as a hymn! ❤
@DirkCaswall
3 жыл бұрын
Gen X benefitted and suffered from the fallout of boomer youth culture. If younger generations need a cynical calming of angsty existence, Gen X probably has some wisdom to share.
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
The older generations ruined everything.
@Mario-fg6tq
Жыл бұрын
GenX’79 here…wow!! Great talk.
@elisetesdal2371
9 ай бұрын
As a GenXer, who never got to have children; i find it very interesting that no one blames them for the children they raised🫤
@cindyski4413
3 жыл бұрын
Gen X here! Raised myself, too. My friends and I took care of each other. Parents weren’t really there. I messed up my life but got it together when By the time I was 21 or 22. Met my husband and had our first child. We started our conservative lives from then on. We were the young and free when we met. We were risk takers. Luck was on our side I guess. We sure did a turn ourselves around. Our kids are completely opposite. Universities and top of their class. They are career oriented and wise. Husband and I made sure they grew up with morals & values. I guess because we didn’t really have any when we were young.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
My friends and I took care of each other also (with also my two younger siblings).
@apsarasangreal84
Жыл бұрын
We pooled lunch money and stuff sent from home. We shared everything only bc our parents really didn't exist
@lorettathomas3994
Жыл бұрын
I'm one of the prototypes of Gen X. Love Star Wars, Alf and the mod squad. But I am a hardcore heavy metal baby, Ozzy is king! Gen X are independent, innovative and can think on their feet, we need to!
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
Punky Brewster?
@Genextra70
2 жыл бұрын
I just introduced my kids to heathers and she loved it. A couple weeks later I caught her in her room watching on a watch party with some pals. Parenting Win
@blaznfattyz
2 жыл бұрын
born 71. genx had cliques from as early as elementary school thru high school. there was hip hopers, stoners, surfers, punk rockers, new wavers, heavy metalers, new romantics, soul/r&b, skaters, bmx'ers, gamers, athletes, etc.
@MountainGirlwIPA
Жыл бұрын
I remember all those groups. 71, San Diego skater chic. Oops I can't say that anymore. 🤔
@MathisChronicles
Ай бұрын
Like the Breakfast Club portrayed 👍
@uncledave6804
3 жыл бұрын
How is this not getting more love. So many things were touched on that kinda define who we are as a generation. Sewer pipes, I can totally relate.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
I hope they make another video, this one was great.
@ZZStudd1978
2 жыл бұрын
Wow memory lane!! Born in 78, grew up with influences from brother and sister born in 71 and 73. Favorite shows as a kid was Robotech and Cheers, once I realized there was a laugh button being used on the 80s shows I stopped watching TV. MTV was the best back then, no reality shows, just interviews with the artist and music videos. Through my teens and young adult years, worked on Hot Rods, Surf, and bar hopping on my Harley! Good times!!
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
The laugh button is eerie and cringe especially because now those people laughing are probably all dead now but they still use the same loop reels for sitcoms today!
@starkovichforster
3 жыл бұрын
My experience with our Gen X upbringing was different than what many of these are speaking of. We had groups in my school, but we were all friends outside of the activities. I see us as the transition from segregation from race, patriotism, and class. We were the first to grow up fully integrated, while having parents and grandparents who were less comfortable with our openness to integrate or explore the different.
@sandbar3000
3 жыл бұрын
How does one even KNOW about peer groups if you were a kid in the 80s and grew up with depression?
@r6854
3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious how big was the town/city you grew up in? As a Gen Xer myself I have noticed that the size of the community you grew up in has shaped some of my peers experience differently.
@starkovichforster
3 жыл бұрын
@@r6854 I grew up in a small town of 1300 outside Tupelo, Mississippi, population around 35k.
@r6854
3 жыл бұрын
@@starkovichforster I grew up in a small community as well, where everyone was friends, because you basically knew everyone since 2nd grade, and if you were going to have baseball teams, soccer teams, band and school activities you were going to have to find a way to get along because there was so much crossover. Some of my friends that were from big cities like San Diego or Atlanta had a different experience that was much for tribal.
@starkovichforster
3 жыл бұрын
@@r6854 I didn't fit into the culture around me. I had many challenges growing up in that environment, and only recently came to truly come to understand my journey. I am grateful for the time we came into the world because I believe we are the foundations of what is now known as servant-leadership, especially those of us who are from the middle X-ers' years of the late, late 60s into the early 70s.
@kahinaNS
9 ай бұрын
I am so glad I found this video. I'm a 72 Gen Xer. We were so self sufficient. I read here that Gen X never asked for anything and figured it out on their own. We did. If we ever have a societal break down, it'll be the Gen Xers that will be able to survive. We learned that from childhood. We're hated on right now but there will come a day we'll be seen as the true feral children that got stuff done without help from technology.
@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1ch
7 ай бұрын
We're the preppers...
@kahinaNS
7 ай бұрын
@@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1ch you're right. We are the preppers but mostly because we know how to do without technology and most of us has skills that has become lost in society.
@AF_1892
Ай бұрын
I understand the technology. I understand physics and electronics. Computers. Chemistry. I was the star athlete girl who had top notch grades. I probably wasted time dating an older bad boy in high school . Real easy to cheat on me before cell phones/pagers. Mom's and bosses would cover for his *ss. My parents are still married by the way. I was my HighSchool party DJ. Sometimes a boy with more power than me would show up, and he took over. It was okay.
@MathisChronicles
Ай бұрын
Im 1968 Gen X, my parents were rare having a good marriage and happy. I was however very independent as I think that was the culture. My parents were always going out on dates, flea markets on weekends and spending a lot of time together. As long as we weren't bleeding or had our hands around each other's throats we were free to do what we wanted and came and went out the door with no questions, like see ya and we'd be back when it got dark. Me and 4 year older brother walked to school and were not codled or hovered over which made our generation more self sufficient. We were allowed to make mistakes, fight etc and learn things the hard way. Our feelings were taken into consideration but as if an adult. I remember throwing a temper tantrum and my mother just laughed at me, which in hindsight was the best reaction possible to not create a spoiled brat. Today parents are afraid of their kids and have the power which is why these generations are fundamentally flawed.
@Which-Craft
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoying this chat. As a *very* late 1964, I can relate to all of this. I'm probably the original latchkey kid. Let it be known, tho, that the 90s music is much more me than 80s. Sure, I loved U2 and Depeche Mode, but I was only in my 20s with NIN and Soundgarden. But hey, I'm also a die-hard Zeppelin fan, so go figure.
@annmarieknapp
10 ай бұрын
Nineties are our decade too. I was in my 20's in 90's and loved it. Didn't marry and have a kid till 99 and 2000 so my life was for me while I graduate school.
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
I really wish you would make another video with the same Generation X people. These videos are much more valuable than you probably are aware of.
@coimbralaw
2 жыл бұрын
Relax. He’s aware of it.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
@@coimbralaw You know you are being unreasonable. You need to find something of value to do so you don't act so worthless all the time.
@mjanie2276
3 жыл бұрын
Gen x in thier 40s look so young like in thier 30s right now....sometimes late 20s
@felicitydeikos5250
6 ай бұрын
45 here, but thank you.
@tobiasb9645
4 ай бұрын
Adam Sandler is a gen. X so is stonecold austin and they vibe game over
@AF_1892
Ай бұрын
I was that 40+ yr old girl who went home with the DJ. Next morning I found out he was 25.
@stormeart
2 жыл бұрын
Born in ‘73 to late Boomer teen parents. I remember being a latch key by 5 yrs old & raising younger siblings a few years after that. Had scattered friends in varying cliques, but mostly found the restrictive organization bothersome. I guess I was an “arts chick”, kept good grades, was a deep thinker, wrote poetry, drew away hours/days of my life, studied French, played some sports only per parental requirements, loved school dances, & enjoyed being a bit of a rebel in my rural town. Had friends here & there in all groups & ages, but spent the vast majority of my free time alone. If I wanted something, I worked to make it happen, like selling dozens of boxes of candy bars to pay my way to France at age 16. Worked in high school & the college that I completed. I enjoyed the 90’s to excess, having graduated in ‘91 & finally free from parental & hometown constraints. I raise my Gen Z teen on my own now, and he has my full love, devotion, guidance, support, & attention. It’s vastly differing from my own upbringing. I enjoyed this vid, thanks.
@patricewhite175
Жыл бұрын
I would have LOVED to have been a part of this discourse!
@keyratcane66
3 жыл бұрын
I remember being 13 and riding the public bus like if nothing. Watched Scarface at the movie theater, zero adult supervision.
@Violet-qf8dr
3 жыл бұрын
We really had very little parental supervision.
@bikeyclown4669
Жыл бұрын
That discussion about going into drainage/sewer tunnels was familiar. We did that more than once. I remember coming up on a drainage grait when I was about 12 or 13 and hearing, "Hello!," from a familiar voice followed by several other familiar voices. It was some of the neighborhood kids I knew. They were lost in the drainage pipes and one wanted me to call the fire department, so they could get them out. I asked, if he really wanted me to do that considering how much trouble he was going to get into. One in the group said he remembered how to get out, so they decided to find their way out instead. I worried about them and asked my brother, who knew them better, to see, if they made it out okay. They did. I went by the entrance to the drainage pipe I knew they went into a few years ago and it was still there, but it had been blocked off by some bars that were too narrowly spaced to allow a human to get through.
@Truthseeker1515
3 жыл бұрын
1973 bang on. Economically, no one really gets how terrible the early 90s recession was for us....
@fluttergirl75
2 жыл бұрын
The UK in the 80s scared the hell out of me. That was a recession.
@hopelovelle
Жыл бұрын
1973 here, Yup, me and my two older sisters (1968, 1970) grew up in a divorced family. Mom had three jobs, dad had new girlfriend and was nowhere to be found so oldest sister became mom substitute. Sister resented mom for leaning on her to raise us, still has issues with mom to this day but what was mom supposed to do. Latch key to the tee. watched anything we wanted but we did know not to watch anything to bad. Loved Knots Landing, John Hughes movies and 80" music. Stayed out until the streetlights came on. Yup, we raised ourselves. we were responsible enough to get our homework done because teachers were scary. Full blown 80's kid with a touch of 90"s. Until I saw this panel, I had no idea we were the norm.
@keithwollenberg5237
Жыл бұрын
For me, the more relevant aspect of being GenX is the economy into which we graduated.
@mendyviola
Жыл бұрын
Raised myself and my sister after my parents divorced until I couldn’t anymore and bailed. It took decades to recover from that, kinda, never really did. That experience is why I never had kids. Didn’t want to be a mom after being forced into that role at the age of 13. To this day I despise having to cater to someone else’s needs and put my own life on the back burner (again).
@AshleySpeaks4U
10 ай бұрын
My big sister was 14 when she became mom's free babysitter. We both only had one child.
@sagambi
Жыл бұрын
Really good conversation. Even being from the UK, most of the topics and perspectives I resonated with. Well chaired also.
@stevebarrera7513
4 жыл бұрын
Great talk. Definitely agree on the cliques - a TV show that captured that well was Freaks and Geeks (which has late-wave Xers playing early wave Xers and Millennials playing core Xers).
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
Tired of waiting for more Gen X videos? Then go to these other Gen X channels! (Note: I am not affiliated with any of these, I just like Gen X culture)-----: 1.) Gen X Grown Up 2.) When Gen X Ruled The Cinema 3.) Our 80's Life I go to these channels almost daily. They are really high quality.
@starkovichforster
3 жыл бұрын
I think Gen-X conversations like this fail to clearly define the influences on us, such as the 80s culture versus us being the voice to the culture in 90s. Cobain, Tupac, NWA, etc. were Gen-X, whereas Jackson, Houston, Palmer, New Wave, etc., were all the Boomers influence on us.
@jla2462
3 жыл бұрын
I loved "Thundercats" does it makes me X.. what do you think..
@briggs5534
Жыл бұрын
as an original boomer ('48), i would have enjoyed being in on this conversation. i was a feral, free-ranging, latch-key kid before it was the norm of your generation. i ranged my big urban city on my bicycle, and then my little Honda (licensed at 15). made my own decisions, fed myself, straight A and perfect attendance at school, science nerd-ish. no bullying or mean cliques at any school level from primary through high. more or less made my own income from paper route through dishwasher through after school jobs. in this kinda conversation with younger freinds, i generally refer to myself as having grown myself up. and enjoyed every damn minute of it.
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
I was born in 75 my brother Bobby was a year before you and he was kind of brilliant and feral from what I heard before he died in 97 not all boomers were turds! You certainly weren't! 😅
@ranvirkanwar4777
4 жыл бұрын
'Back to the Future' was my generation - I already had the same trainers, so core X-rer and 'Beverley Hills Cop' with the cool, synth music in my teens. Eddie Murphy is 1961 so early X-er. 'The Matrix' and 'Crow' are the Gen X movies of my 20s. In terms of TV I remember the Gulf War, Friends and Sex and the City (something girls would talk about so I needed to be kinda aware of. I remember hype about Harry Potter a GenX author writing about GenX kids - Hermione is 1979 and Harry 1980.
@mr.northman9762
3 жыл бұрын
The Baby Boom 1946-1964. Accordingly, the term “Baby boom” was used to describe a block of time (1946-1964) where an extraordinary birth rate post WWII occurred; not returning to pre-War level until 1965 was observed in the United States. Consequently, or perhaps because of the passage of time since the phenomenon, there has been much ado over the naming as well as, what years comprise this or subsequent generations i.e., Gen X 1965-1980, or Millennials 1981-1996 . As a result, there has been a departure (by some) from the original reasoning behind the “Boomer“ descriptor. Seemingly, in an effort to reorganize the various generations according to subjective experiential and sociologically driven desire, to categorize and redefine cohort groups into something neater and tidier according to them. Fortunately, everyone has the right to their own opinion concerning these somewhat petty items. However, it could be argued that if it were not for the original Baby Boom observation and subsequent naming of that phenomenon, it is entirely likely that conversations concerning these matters would be very different, maybe even dry and inconsequential. www.statista.com/statistics/296974/us-population-share-by-generation/ www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FT_19.01.17_generations_2019.png www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/defining-the-generations
@Big_Blue_Monkey
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid we would just disappear all day and my parents wouldn't know where we were. We did some stupidly crazy stuff, like skateboard luge, this got even crazier when we added elements like being able to push other participants off their skateboards. We would use a hill road near where we lived.
@an0therdimensi0n99
11 ай бұрын
we took every matress in the house, piled them OUTSIDE next to the wall, and would leap out the 2nd story window trying flips. none of us had the heart to try the 3rd story window.
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
@@an0therdimensi0n99we took the mattress off my little brother's crib (4 of us born 71 74 75 and 78) and rode it down the stairs several times. I'm the only girl second youngest and I have a scar on my forehead from the time we upped the ante and decided to try the rocking chair down the stairs... I have the rocking chair that did it too. Don't have much else from my childhood but I guess I'm sentimental and I rocked my kids in this chair and my mom sang to her pregnant belly in the chair before we arrived.
@MarkHerndon
2 жыл бұрын
Gen Xer born 1969 ended up in a fire and brimestone preacher man foster home about age 5. Was tortured and tormented by that family until my father got me back at age 11. I don't blame my boomer parents they had Vietnam and the "free love" movement going in their 20's School was an endless torture chamber for me after being messed up by the preacher man wife drugging me all the time. Finally got out of the hell of the public education system in June 1987 and joined the US Submarine service. That also turned into hell because I was face to face with high school jackasses all the time for 11 years. Got out in 1998 started trucking and still do ; ) Duran Duran, The Fixx, Pat Benatar, and Depeche Mode was my music loved watching the European type music on US MTV. My anime at the time was Battle of the Planets and my TV show was Airwolf. I always did like the adult stuff from a very young age and started out reading hard core adult science fiction. 3 main things I hate about today are cancel culture, cell phones, and how heavy handed the police are getting.
@tiffanygrever8092
10 ай бұрын
My ex bf was heavily into anime as well oh my goddess and what not,he joined the Marines in 1996 and spent the next 10 years of his life in the military.
@annmarieknapp
10 ай бұрын
Also a 69' baby here. I'm sorry. That experience with the religious hypocrite fanatic family sounds awful. Glad you got out and are doing better. Your music tastes are great. My fav are grunge 90s. Late 80's rocked too.
@TheAngiepangie424
3 жыл бұрын
I’m terrified of Thriller too! My whole life! My best friend loves to tease me about it. I can’t even hear that song. I was afraid he was gonna come outta my closet and get me!!
@kevinholeman8123
3 жыл бұрын
Sheri make a great point about 8 minutes in. As an early GenX I recall my youth as Vietnam on TV, the Energy Shortage, Watergate, Divorce on the rise, the Cold War, the threat of Nukes and a little later Jonestown, Challenger disaster and Black Monday market crash so I dont think it is a surprise that many of us tend to question things, question authority. As some has said here we know the past and how things were done but we ask why and how can it be better. The "left to ourselves" conversation and influence of TV reeeeally hit home with me
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
My surreal childhood memorial... My third birthday party was going on when the adults were watching the footage of the Jones town and I wasn't allowed to drink sodas or eat chocolate for some reason so I used the distraction as an opportunity to get away with it but I outed myself when I choked on the carbonation of the pop I think Pepsi so I guess we are the Pepsi generation even though nowadays I prefer coke not the New Coke for the record... Lol
@steveaust5047
Жыл бұрын
I agree with the comments about individuality and the conformity of today's kids. My daughter goes to an art school, and you would expect ample self-expression and people creating their own self-identity. But, it's a high school full of Swifties like your average suburban school.
@melissamontiel7976
2 жыл бұрын
My Uncle (Baby Boomer) said that we ( Gen X) made them uncool. Actually we saved them from a lot of damage.
@Eniral441
26 күн бұрын
My son was one of those outsiders on the fringes. He was heavily bullied (which a lot that we did should've been called bullying at that time, but that's not what I'm referring to here). The bullying was so much worse for my son, but by high school those or networking tendricals started pulling him back into the fold. The bullying is very different today. I never saw anything as bad as I do today when it gets bad. I taught in a district then my kid (elder Gen Z) was in high school. The bullying problem had led to a successful scuicide in each secondary school each year (sometimes each semester). That didn't count unsuccessful attempts. It gave me this new perspective of Columbine, of which I just lived an hr and half away from at the time it happened.
@silverdye7424
Жыл бұрын
I was never part of any clique, but, I had friends in every clique. I was and remain a MISFIT lol
@LJSR07
Жыл бұрын
Here is something none of these video mention. I was born I'm 1969, so I am gen x, and here is what these videos don't tell you, gen x asks for nothing. We do it and get it for ourselves, no help unless there is no other way and even then we won't ask.
@retrolofiradio66
Жыл бұрын
So true 😊 I still prefer living alone and being as independent as possible.
@packrat-y7j
2 жыл бұрын
I think the mashed up part started after 91 - "The Year Punk Broke" - like that was when Grunge/alt whatever became kind of a catch all? Like it was totally cool to be listening to Nirvana then Run DMC. If you got it, you got it. That was when I really noticed the lines starting to blur.
@Genextra70
2 жыл бұрын
Once Hot Topic was the nail in the coffin
@MrEliasdl
3 ай бұрын
Gen X was big on authenticity. Posers were deeply frowned upon.
@stephaniejordan9066
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a Generation X i think I'm the best we can handle a lot of situations better.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
Gen X Rules
@GenXwarrior
6 ай бұрын
1965 gen x My early memories were we were extremely competitive and judgmental on each other Now that we're grown up we're acting like we're united
@thisoldgoat3927
2 ай бұрын
1966 here. You are correct. During my growing-up years, there was no getting along with each other. Everybody was looking out for No. 1. This was especially evident in the 80s.
@amehayami934
2 жыл бұрын
Now I'm just speaking for myself but I'm sure most of you could relate. But I think we are the way we are because most of the time we was alone, and we had to figure ourselves out and that's why we became clicky because we just wanted to find someplace where we belong, think that's why we could relate to the breakfast club so much. Besides from what I remember we lived under the constant threat of Russia shooting missiles at that time, the space shuttle blowing up, and not really being shielded from anything. I mean we where the first pirates. Remember putting our boombox up to the radio and pushing play and record at the same time and making our own play list? Lol And burning CDs, most of the time we was rebelling against everything, and most of the time I didn't even have a reason other then just to rebel lol. And on top of all of that think most of us grew up suppressing our emotions, and having to deal with our own mental health and our own problems on our own. And because mental health wasn't really "the in thing" Guess that's why we have a IDGAF attitude about things. Kinda nice to be part of a generation that is practically invisible. I can just sit back and watch everyone else fight and I eat my popcorn laughing with my friend's 😂 And from what I know most of our activism that we did was on the down low. Basically raising our kids to have an open mind and try to give them a better life then we have...sometimes I think we did that part a little to well. Heard someone say on TikTok. Gen is is like taking the best parts of Boomers and the best parts of Millennials, putting them together, give them a key, a bottle water, and a butterfly knife and we'll end up building a game stop. 😂 And I love being Gen X we doing get old lol. looking at at everyone in the video and everyone looks under 40. I'm? 48?...I think idk I stop having birthday's after 21. Someone asked me how do I look so young I said I'm Asian we have good skin, plus I stay young by not GAF! Lol
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
I'm your age I just remembered how the original copies of bananaramas cruel summer and Cyndi lauper Time after time that I listened to were taped off the radio! Thank you for reminding me! I went on to make music myself and actually covered both those songs! But my first copy is the second half of cruel summer and when it ends there's a commercial from a Mazda dealership in Cleveland that faded in as the song faded out! "Qua Mazda in Cleveland"
@robosullivan704
2 жыл бұрын
Because I said so and Don't do as I do, do as I say!!
@denisewhite4792
Жыл бұрын
Proud Gen Xer born 1967
@davidsouza8548
9 ай бұрын
After reading many of the comments, my theory about why Gen X are who they are, have been reinforced. It’s because of our greatest generation grandparents. My Mother’s Dad was a WWII vet. He was in the Pacific with the 6th infantry. My Father’s Mom was an orphan during the Great Depression. They taught me all I needed to know about how tough life can be, but most of all they taught me, by example, how you get through it and come out on top!
@creeksidegarage852
7 ай бұрын
Interesting my mother's father was also in the 6th infantry...look up their story if you haven't already it's a good read.
@shismith10
3 жыл бұрын
I cannot relate to anything shared on this platform. I am Generation Xer. I remember MTV, Atari and Pacman, desegregation of school and society at large. I also remember 1984-Big Brother is watching you. I remember being academically focused and using a typewriter in school but a motorola IV at works, years later.
@user-qq3tk2ui2u
7 ай бұрын
Born in 1968....march 31...I watched my first movie called pipi Longstocking....it really left a mark on my life. I was 5.
@user-bk9em4nq6s
6 ай бұрын
I introduced my daughter to pippi long stocking absolutely a win she's 17😂
@mikecook4025
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for this really cool and fun walk down memory lane, I was born in 65 my folks were from the silent generation, they split up in 76 had to go with my mom which was a nightmare, finally in 78 my dad got custody, and I moved to a different state and got a stepmother and four step siblings.
@justin2morton1
6 ай бұрын
Gen X. 1980. I got my first job at rams horn at 13. I rode a moped to work. My dad bought it for 200 bucks. I had to pay him back.I bought my first car myself at 14 because my parents got tired of taking me to the mall. Bought my first house in 2000.. i grew up extremely fast.
@Allishaalr
7 ай бұрын
My experience is i wasn’t raised with my grandparents around. But was left to my a devices as a child. Both parents worked. In the summer i would leave in the morning and come home before the street lights came on.
@starkovichforster
3 жыл бұрын
My wife and I had very different upbringings too. My parents were late Silent Gens, and her parents were Middle Boomers.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
My parents are middle Boomers, and they fit the stereotype perfectly. Just incredible how irresponsible they were as parents.
@KattMurr
2 жыл бұрын
My parents were part of the Silent Generation too. My siblings are Boomers, with the age gaps being 13, 11 and 10 years. Very unusual upbringing. I was born in 1972. Latchkey kid. Parents divorced before I turned 3. Dad was a womanizing alcoholic. Unfortunately my childhood was not a happy one because of everything. Always surrounded by adults, although very infrequently, I could not relate to other kids very well. It wasn't until high school that I had more than one or two friends. I partied, hung at the mall and did basically whatever I wanted. I wasn't out of control or anything. Never got in trouble. Just had all the freedom I wanted. Definitely happy as hell to have grown up when I did because the way everything has changed so drastically is unreal....glad I never had kids....
@sasapetroski981
Жыл бұрын
Millenial here but can say Gen X is cool generation 👍👍👍
@grantrodgers2470
10 ай бұрын
Thanks
@robosullivan704
2 жыл бұрын
Nightmare on elm Street! I couldn't see it until I was 13! We rented it!!
@richardcook5270
3 ай бұрын
Born 71 my father served in the navy and step dad served in the marines been up north and down south lived in 5 different states cause of my mother ,started working when I was 12 or 13 ,and my mother had native American Indian and my mom, mother was Cherokee and little German
@CorvusAlyse
3 ай бұрын
It’s a different world now than it was when we were kids.
@stevenhilderbrandt3463
2 жыл бұрын
Also remember. You had fans of 80s hair bands They hated grunge music alternative rock music 90s. Me personally I cannot stand winger. Posion. Motley Crue. All that cockrock. My music is Pearl Jam nirvana sound garden. Aic. Smashing pumpkins. Nin. Stone temple Pilots part of my gen x. Still love my 90s alternative rock grunge music
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
That was a fantastic video! I am going to check out if you have the other one. Very, very entertaining.
@packrat-y7j
2 жыл бұрын
I still roll with the Strauss & Howe definition of X w/it ending in 81. My experience growing up was far more like the panel here, and not like the MCs. *shakes head* Example: I STILL have a working Coleco, Saturday mornings were as described, late 80s alternative/grunge was where I came of age musically, my music was collections of mixtapes recorded from radio, and I used to chain my damn keys to me cuz I always would forget them. (Also figured out how to break into my own house at age 10) lol.
@deshawnthomas8129
Жыл бұрын
"Hey Brother" How everything going? Thank you my brother creating KZitem Podcast group. Everyone from Two different era Gen-X to Millennium. "Nice meet you my name Deshawn from the Gen-X. The late 70s from 1965 to 1980 in full affect the best. Everything i have noticed change after Millennium to Gen-Y..Gen-Z..Gen Alpha. Today i still represent my old school era nothing for me. Didn't change still dress fly rock Namebrand clothing? Haven't forgotten where i had came from still carry mature Gen-X mindset reach my 40s.
@uswee
3 жыл бұрын
1969 baby! I'm sure you are all fine people but. Cliques are forming. Our greatest asset is independence.
@GenXfrom75
6 ай бұрын
Gen X in Charleston, South Carolina here 🎉
@la_rebel6595
Жыл бұрын
My music in high school was ozzy, kiss hard rock all the way my high school years were 80 to 84 now that I'm 57 years old I listen to 80's rock still and early country music like hank Sr to 80's and some 90's
@privateprivate5302
5 ай бұрын
1977...I'm a Star Wars baby too I always say that!!!
@karenrandall6725
Жыл бұрын
Coming from a boomer who has a Gen X brother, it explains sooooo much
@Eniral441
26 күн бұрын
One thing not mentioned in here was that many of us had Vietnam Veteran fathers and how that somethimes severely impacted out upbringing too.
@druth72
Жыл бұрын
GEN X here🤪 My 1st school shooting i experience was when 5 Asian kindergartens was killed at recess in California 1989😢
@robosullivan704
2 жыл бұрын
My kids didn't understand how THRILLER was a Thing/an event!!
@j348011
4 ай бұрын
I'm a Gen X, 1971. I know I'm very late to this party, but you all are not talking about a lot of shows that we watched in the 70s. The Benny Hill show, Carol Burnett, show, good Times, Jefferson's, the love boat and I loved that show, $6 million man, Gilligans, the Hulk, island, fantasy, Island, get smart, Hawaii Five-0, all in the family - it's very racist, but I remember watching it, wonder woman, Charlie's Angels, American bandstand, soul, train, Solid Gold, different strokes, one day at a time, that's some more TV shows as for Cartoons, Road Runner, Archie's, the Jetsons, the Flintstones, woody, woodpecker, Yogi, Bear, popeye, tom and Jerry, heckle and Jekyll, School house,rock, zoom, sesame street, the Muppets that is a few more, but there are more I can't think of off the top of my head. In our family, we were allowed to watch the adult TV shows with her parents. Also, my father used to take us to movies that he wanted to see lol when he had to take care of all of us kids. So he would take us to the movies. I saw Jaw's when I was like 4, I also saw Smokey and the bandit, any, which way, but loose, the love bug, cannonball run, animal house, the blues brothers, there's a whole list of movies in the 70s and 80s that were inappropriate for little kids but I saw them all! My siblings, and I still laugh about it to this day. We also watched Saturday night live.
@Eniral441
26 күн бұрын
We were very divided by titles like Punk, Metal Heads, Preppies, Band Geek, etc, but we had friends in those other categories too. So I definitely see the the blending. Maybe more than older Gen X? Also, being a nerd was just starting to be less unpopular. Many of the Jocks and preppy students were also brilliant academically and didn't hide it by any means. They were also musicians and sometimes into punk rock or heavy metal. So many people were many different things. And I think that blending also made us more accepting, thus adpting a 'you do you' attitude. Just my experience.
@MountainGirlwIPA
Жыл бұрын
All I can say is that I want my MTV
@sarn9044
10 ай бұрын
I definitely raised my son in a way that was a hybrid of latchkey from Gen-X and helicopter parenting from Millennials. He was a child of a divorced family from 5 on, and I was the Wednesday/alternate-weekend dad. He knows he has a devoted father anywhere/anytime, but he also has the drive to figure hos shit out on his own as best he possibly can. Unfortunately he is a severe introvert, because he is fiercely part of his father's tribe and is skeptical of all except those who earn his love and respect.
@HisbeautifulTruth-nl1ch
7 ай бұрын
I definitely did the same. Born in '67 so hardcore X but homeschooled my own children while assuming they'll "figure it out". I missed a lot of cues and opportunities😢.
@kevinholeman8123
3 жыл бұрын
I think if you are going to mention John Hughes movies, which I love, as Gen X you should also add Spike Lee
@joshclancy8440
8 ай бұрын
If these discussions continue, I'd be willing to bring my experiences to the crew!
@thequietrevolution3404
5 ай бұрын
Truth be told, it really doesn't matter which Generation one is from. One can still relate and/or appreciate each generation's contributions. If you're a fan of Bebop (1940's), you can still enjoy the genre thanks to KZitem and recordings. Generations are reacting to everything from "Casablanca" to "12 Angry Men" to "A Fistful of Dollars" to "The Godfather" and enjoying the ride. Thus, no one feels as though they missed the "lightning in a bottle". The experiences have been captured for every generation.
@Eniral441
26 күн бұрын
I feel we made a lot of changes to how we raised kids. I taught my kids to do their own laundry when they were 5, but I still sort of supervised and helped when they needed. I think I started leaving them home alone in stages and older than I was. They didnt become latchkey kids until they were 14, 11, and 8 (2011). Before that it was gradual instead of throwing them in the deep end like our parents did. There was more childcare options for our kids than there were for us too. Also, I only let them go a certain distance from the house and I always knew where they were and the parents of their friends. This was not my parents. We did our backs everywhere... even 10 miles away. I too was a sewer park kid who played in a creek.
@stevebarrera7513
4 жыл бұрын
A-ha "Take On me"
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
Two people from 1979 in here (I am too). There are also two from Charleston, South Carolina (I lived there for 8-9 months).
@deoncrowe2015
2 жыл бұрын
my people, where's 1967?
@CorvusAlyse
3 ай бұрын
Remember the TV messages that said “it’s 10 PM Do you know where your kids are?”
@tiffanygrever8092
10 ай бұрын
I'm a gen xer born 1975 when I was growing up my mom was always home so I didn't haft to worry much about being alone,my favorite cartoons were smurfs, Muppet babys and bugs bunny.i also very much miss the WW2 generation they were very wise and loving. I kinda have a love and hate feeling for the baby boomers they were coming of the high of 60s and 70s and I think they were trying to turn us into there next gen of hippies. Our kids are I think kinda like the Borg in à way a lot of them including my own son are gamers and have online worlds to hang out in. I also wanted to make a comment that this was very well done no arguments everyone was able to share and be jovial .
@ladyhawk6999
3 жыл бұрын
I'am a 67 model! I was a latch key kid and an only child! I had it great! Lived in Mesa AZ in the seventies and eighties and moved back to ND in the nineties! MTV was totally the in thing! I remember the first video played on MTV and of course who didn't watch the infamous THRILLER debut! AS an only child / / latch key /farm kid I was usually alone so being independent , a critical thinker , self -made success was something I learned early on. I work as hard as I party! Life is all about balance!
@bizyizziaz4831
2 жыл бұрын
farm kid ? that must have been interesting
@privateprivate5302
5 ай бұрын
We had cliques but we also were accepting and adaptable Cliques gave each other mutual respect
@katalinmigray2527
3 жыл бұрын
Gen X was coined by Copeland who was born 1961. That's when Gen X starts. other people go by the Census which was wrong. And YES, we could watch anything we wanted. Who was there to say 'no'? Also, I think Gen X was the first generation where the males and females could be jut friends and all hang out together.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
"Gen X was coined by Copeland who was born 1961." - That is 100% false. Copeland did not coin the term, he just popularized it.
@katalinmigray2527
2 жыл бұрын
@@btetschner I disagree. He coined it for his generation. Either way, he was born in '61 and used it to describe his generation.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
@@katalinmigray2527 You're busted. You're so worthless.
@katalinmigray2527
2 жыл бұрын
@@btetschner Okay. But just because you say so, and you're such a highly regarded person.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
@@katalinmigray2527 If you weren't such a fraud and a worthless person, you would thank research engines like Pew Research for the research they did.
@timothyblazer1749
3 жыл бұрын
The cliques were absolutely toxic!! At least in my area they were. The lines between them were very solid as well. You could not belong to multiple cliques. We had stoners, preppies, nerds, and then the uber clique of jocks and cheerleaders. Of those, the stoners are the most chill, obviously. Basically, the Jock preppies ran things.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
The cliques that you were around are like straight out of a high school drama film.
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
Jocks are generally the top class of the high school hierarchy (for the high schools who have a hierarchy). They are almost certainly more physically fit, and if someone crosses them there is always the chance of a bad physical beating. When I was in high school and junior high, people were beat up fairly often, and I went to a small school.
@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper
10 ай бұрын
Are you from Ohio, too?
@timothyblazer1749
10 ай бұрын
@@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper nope. Midwest though :-)
@poolkennedy7611
2 жыл бұрын
Generation Jones was born in between 1955 to 1964
@Jefff72
Жыл бұрын
We were independent. My GoFundMe campaign was mowing & raking neighbors yards along with so E babysitting. I used that to fix up my BMX. I rode that bike 4miles to the bike shop when I was 11.
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