We were the last generation taught a proper work ethic and respecting others.
@DonTrump-sv1si
10 ай бұрын
aka the last white generation
@brindomicah1392
10 ай бұрын
@@DonTrump-sv1si what are you talking about?
@DonTrump-sv1si
10 ай бұрын
@@brindomicah1392 Are you f@cking retarded? You cant read or something? You ok?
@1Nida
5 ай бұрын
Some of us taught those things to our children.
@hittingthewall
3 жыл бұрын
We're not the lost middle child generation. We're the middle finger "Eff you" generation. We raised ourselves, raised our younger siblings, and created the information revolution We struggled, but goddammit, no one and nothing will ever take away our 80s music, big hair, ripped jeans and cynical attitude. We are all products our our time. And Gen X got the best of times.
@hjillumi880
2 жыл бұрын
the music he mentions are Boomer bands though. and many fans were and are Boomers. I don´t get it ?
@candygarfield1479
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Raised ourselves..
@candygarfield1479
2 жыл бұрын
@@hjillumi880 we are gen x, the " space between " generation.
@davidturczak7253
2 жыл бұрын
Genx is strength. Handed nothing, promised nothing. 💪
@karmasutra4774
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. We got to actually have fun in person playing outside with other kids before phones and computers came on the scene
@DimplesGenX
2 жыл бұрын
I concur - 1970 here! We did more with less, all while being overlooked the most and had to keep the peace between the boomers and the millennials. Boomers always want control, they never handed down to the next generation. Which is why we are the most laid-back, creative, thinking outside the box, and coolest generation 😎
@judy2624
Жыл бұрын
We were also the generation to do things without being told what to do.
@selenadiaz2665
3 жыл бұрын
Generation X is resilient, patient, self reliant, independent and think outside the box. We don't get help,, we learned to figure it out ourselves.. We are the generation of McGyvers. We rule. We had the best music, last generation of house parties...ragers. Last generation that knew what is was to be outdoors and free... Feel sorry for the rest. I'm still ROCKIN the FUCK OUT. Forever!!! We are still here, not conforming, flying under the radar...playing our music LOUD and feeling sorry for the poor schmucks coming up that dont get "it".
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
All of that!
@habituallinestepper8839
3 жыл бұрын
Same 😂
@razvandobos9759
2 жыл бұрын
Boomers were your mortal enemy!
@Redsaver
2 жыл бұрын
YES
@ruthlys
Жыл бұрын
The “i guess ill try CNTRL-Alt-Delete” x2 and see if that doesnt clear the error gendeation 😂. We figured it out. And when our kids asked a computer question 1-2 decades later, we told them “try CNTRL- Alt- Delete” and if that doesn’t work- figure it out for yourself” 😂😂😂😂😂 Survival of the fittest baby!
@melissamontiel7976
2 жыл бұрын
As a gen Xer I listened to many types of music. We socialize outside and are independent thinkers.
@SoulxRebel
10 ай бұрын
One thing people seem to forget is that a lot of us GenX we’re actually raised by the greatest generation. The WWII generation were honest and heavy handed. They were the ones that gave us the wisdom we needed to survive without daily parental guidance. Yeah, those folks did not like the long hair. Boomers seems to just be happy we were alive and the house wasn’t burned to the ground when they came home every other day. GenX folks are still some serious bad asses. I don’t think any generation adapts or will adapt to any situation like we do. Keep fighting the good fight, as we will be the generation that saves this country and the world.
@tylergirl1970
3 ай бұрын
I agree. I am Gen X 1970. My parents were not boomers. Parent to child most often skips a generation. My kids are Gen Z.
@jeffward6365
3 жыл бұрын
I think we are the “Teach Ourselves” generation. We watched/helped our dads swap a motor in a truck or build a house or barn and learned almost anything is possible with effort and a bit of knowledge. When the Internet showed up that became amplified. I see people from later generations posting to Reddit and other forums for very simple questions as their first recourse. I don’t post to a forum until I’ve exhausted every source of information I can find.
@axymyxa6021
3 жыл бұрын
then come millennial "do it for me" - I can say that I'm a millennial according to the calendar.. then the later born millennial/zoomer cusp "pay me"
@remconoordermeer7015
Жыл бұрын
5:32 “We made decisions because it was right.” Exactly this. The amount of discussions I got with colleagues or managers for simply taking responsibility and telling them the bitter truth surprises me. Sugarcoating something won’t make it better and will probably only soak up valuable time. Problem solving is quite simple, even with uncomfortable subjects: get your info, separate facts from fiction, form a plan, get it done.
@danielrnjom458
3 жыл бұрын
awesome video, this should be 2 mill views. I am a millennias myself, but Im fan of the generation x, you're the coolest generation, we have too much to learn from you, you're our big brothers. peace out broos. :-)
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@danielrnjom458
3 жыл бұрын
@@neillinds-rwndfit2898 :D
@eldridgeganey_flatpath
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, were the generation that could sniff out propaganda, could think and make decisions independently, walk to a gas station pay phone at 3 am while our car was broken down 5 miles back. A generation that was anti establishment, a generation of mall rats that would sneak pics of sheet music chords using our disposable cameras, then go back home and play them on guitar once we developed the picture. Ah man, so much we could do, so much that required energy and leg work. Things that brought anticipation and excitement to our lives. Satisfaction in knowing that the required extra push was 100% completely earned!
@fluxcapacitorproductions2064
3 жыл бұрын
I may be a zoomer, but I understand gen x more than any other generation, because at least gen x doesn’t complain about small things and they don’t start a fight with millennials and boomers, and honestly gen x is better than any generation I have seen
@axymyxa6021
3 жыл бұрын
Millennial here I have noticed more potential in zoomers than millenials. So fast track out of school be smart, and don't take advice from Joshua Fluke types. Your gen will be saving the world ....
@coimbralaw
2 жыл бұрын
Gen X is the greatest generation probably of all time
@ppas789
2 жыл бұрын
Them & the silent generation
@anikadiamond007
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Love Gen Z!
@Hi-iv6ih
Жыл бұрын
Awe thank you!
@Masqueesha
3 жыл бұрын
“We pegged our pants...” Yes, yes we did. 😂
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Can still do it as fast today as I could 35 yrs ago!
@tikazaeger6886
3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t. I wore lots of leather🤘😂👍💕
@HOWBAZARY
2 жыл бұрын
Born in 1980! Facts! Gen X invented not giving a shit, while still getting things done. The last generation to go outside and play!
@williamgraves6675
3 жыл бұрын
GEN X on the front of a tee shirt way cooler then a tee shirt that's says boomer !
@Iliparabo
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's a common trait of all GenXers but since a very early age I could see throug everybodys's bull shit.
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Gen X super power!
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
Skepticism.
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
@@neillinds-rwndfit2898 Could you do a video on seeing through people's bullshit as a Gen X'er? This video was just great.
@pennydavis2637
Жыл бұрын
You are correct, which is a gift, and curse!🤣🤣❤️
@jshearouse
2 жыл бұрын
My son (millineal) was raised on our music! He would turn and flip when I played VanHalen, AC/DC... He's been to more concerts than my husband and I.
@lilliputlittle
Жыл бұрын
I listened to remakes of hits from the 60s as a kid. Then my kids started listening to remakes of the 80s remakes... They always look at me agape when a "new" song came on the radio and their "old" mom (born in '68) knew every word...
@loang3991
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a millennial and have Gen X parents. I would have to agree that Gen X is the best generation.
@zeetalzee5582
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think we're absent in the conversation. I think we're heads down -- doing the deep work that needs doing right now. Many of us are raising kids, caring for elders, mentoring younger generations, doing a lot of hard graft in our work lives to continue to change culture and make it even more diverse and more accessible to a wider variety of people, and we're still activists and so on. And we are making content, we are adding to the culture -- but we're not marketing ourselves in the process. That's our "apathy" (part of the description of the generation in Copeland's book Gen X which is a great book where we basically got our name). We simply don't need to bring attention to what we're doing, and we don't like to -- often becuase we were told no, we were punished for it, so we did it anyway, but we did it more quietly. It's just part of what we do. We look like slackers, so no one will pay attention to the work we're really doing, the work that is really making tangible changes in our world.
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Great reply. Yes we are doing all of that. It's just a shame we aren't documenting it from our unique perspective. I fear that not doing so will cause the wisdom that we possess to become lost.
@zeetalzee5582
3 жыл бұрын
@@neillinds-rwndfit2898 I'm a bit more optimistic about it, but also just pragmatic. I don't create content that quickly because I'm literally too busy. There's the skill learning side of making content, then the content making side, then the marketing side. But, I do feel that I'm getting our perspective/wisdom out there -- even without having it be 'all that visible.'
@milivanili2603
2 жыл бұрын
The mullet is our icon
@cecilsalas8721
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👌
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
Gen X'er here (born 1979), and I just want to recommend that you make more videos about Generation X because it is not only entertaining but helpful to connect other Generation X'ers to the culture. If you do, please don't be a moron and not stick to the parameters of years (1965-1980) of Generation X because that is the entire foundation of the system of generations.
@pistachiosandpopcorn7146
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in 79 also and saw somewhere ..where they were saying Gen X ended in 77. I was so offended..I was "triggered"! lol
@btetschner
3 жыл бұрын
@@pistachiosandpopcorn7146 That would "trigger" me too! lol I was born on December 7th, which day were you born?
@thegiftedseer6764
3 жыл бұрын
@@pistachiosandpopcorn7146 I think 77-79 (like myself) are called xillennials, a cross between X and millennial, because we are born on a cusp but we're still technically Gen X!
@btetschner
2 жыл бұрын
@@thegiftedseer6764 Generation X members are those born between 1965 and 1980. Those are the parameters that Pew Research uses (allow with many other research groups), and they are the most credible source.
@veloraloves
Жыл бұрын
@@btetschner Hahahaha. A Gen Xer wouldn't be caught dead believing any sources (aside from themselves) are credible. Skepticism is in our DNA. In my experience, millennials who had older brothers and sisters who were Gen X tended to be more like them. Boomers who had younger X siblings influenced those Xers. I was the eldest in my fam, and all my youngers were also in the 70's.
@tomschonborg439
Жыл бұрын
Actually,and you really touched on this, we didn't believe something just because someone said it. When our parents told us something we would ask "why?' Give us the information and we'll decide for ourselves whether something is good bad or indifferent. Heck we were left alone all the time and had to make our own decisions all the time anyway. Also, our music was the best. Mostly because it was real, not this heavily marketed manufactured crap they spit out today.
@204Heavy
Жыл бұрын
Proud as hell to be a Gen Xer, 1969! Love being a part of gen x. We are independent, free thinkers, tough, resilient, resourceful, we stick together, a lot of us are friends for life, we were fighters, we’re fixers, we fix things. Dude you kinda lost me on a couple things. Music, metal was god, loved it, eat sleep breathe metal back then. The warnings labels on records was the craziest shit. The hair, mainly the mullet, short up top long in the back. Don’t remember it being a double fuck you. I sported one and had a lot of friends sportin them. Don’t remember the double fuck you conversation. The Mullet was already around when we came along. It had started getting popular here in the 70’s and peaked in the 80’s when we started seeing it on TV shows like Night Rider, yep David Hasselhoff. It was probably more popular in the 80’s but is was already here man. Hell that doo goes back to Cheltic warriors, Rome, and beyond. When you talked about homosexuality and music you lost me too. I didn’t listen to pop music like Depesch Mode (did I spell that right) or Boy George. I heard Boy Gorge sure, in passing or on somebodies radio, something like that but I never was like , I gotta hear me some Boy George now! That and the homosexuality, something I never gave much thought to, I can’t relate. Not a dig at homosexuality or Boy George so don’t hear me wrong, it was just never on my radar. And “catching the gay”? Way lost me there. I’ve never heard that before in my life, ever. Nobody ever told me I could catch the gay. Was never told it would make me a pervert or that I would do bad things to children or same/opposite sex , and no not animals. That’s pretty twisted! That blows my mind actually, I’m glad I missed that part, holy shit! And as far as gen x falling off the radar, that’s news to. Gen X is basically running the world man! Heads of major corporations, rich beyond belief, all of the social media companies are run by gen x excluding Facebook which is run by a millennial. Gen x is very prominent, Jeff Bezos-Amazon, Elon Musk-Tesla-Neuralink-SpaceX-Solar City-The BoringCo.-Zip2 (Compaq)-X.com(PayPal), Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Ev Williams, they were founders of Twitter, Tim Armstrong-AOL, Damon John-Fubu and Shark Tank, Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe-MySpace, Julian Assange-WikiLeaks, Mark Cuban-Dallas Mavericks Owner-2929 Entertainment CoOwner-Shark Tank, Keanu Reeves-Arch Motorcycle-Published Author-Company Films Production House. I’ll stop there before getting into Hollywood, Keanu is one of about 3 I have any respect for. But the list goes on, they are everywhere. Your right gen x is a great generation. Some of this stuff is out there for me especially “catching the gay”. Wow. Maybe we grew up in different parts of the country, maybe one of us was too stoned, maybe I missed the boat on some of this stuff. I don’t know. No disrespect meant, I just remember it differently.
@jlddark
Жыл бұрын
If America has any chance of being saved, then it will be my Gen X that comes to our country's rescue. Boomers are too old and Generations Y and Z are too soft and weak. We want to be left alone to heal, but if we're forced out of hiding it's not going to be pretty. We're bringing years of built up anger and frustration with us.
@collectivelyfearless2196
4 ай бұрын
If you're born between 78 and 80, you're not much different from Millennials. I want to also bet that my soft Millennial ass can win a fight against you!
@DyenamicFilms
Жыл бұрын
I call GenX the "Korean War Veterans" of generations. I'm older GenX and I never realized how small our generation is compared to the others.
@razvandobos9759
2 жыл бұрын
The shopping mall was your home away from home, the arcade your playroom. You guys didn’t come home until the streetlights came on. Kurt Cobain was your lord and saviour. You guys invented grunge! Boomers called you guys slackers. I’m 22 years old, wishing it was 1992 instead of 2021.
@karmasutra4774
Жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in 1992 and I really enjoyed the 90's
@judy2624
Жыл бұрын
We were the generation to be self-reliant and independent. Able to quickly resolve problems with effective solutions.
@JS-kq7rd
3 жыл бұрын
Gen X happens to be the most humble generation
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Burn!
@kiturselassie813
3 жыл бұрын
Middle child here
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
2 жыл бұрын
@@kiturselassie813 We are all middle children - of generations
@anikadiamond007
Жыл бұрын
We really are. We aren't loud. We created the 2nd wave of tech. Other tech giants, Gates as a Boomer and Zuch as a Mil. They made themselves celebrities. Who created Google, Yahoo, Napster, food delivery, online shopping, KZitem, ect? Exactly! We do things quietly.
@louisebarrett7366
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, all of it, yes. I dressed "new wave" that's what it was called in the 80's. I love that I am an Xer. My mom who is a boomer, taught me about diversity and all people are equal no matter color, ethnicity, religious/political affiliation or sexuality and to be accepting of all😁. But aldo not to take BS from anyone, love my came of age in the 60's mom. Lets go Xers, lets go.
@coimbralaw
2 жыл бұрын
Greatest generation in the history of the world.
@AlexWalshMusic
2 жыл бұрын
I once had a job interviewing and writing profiles on older musicians. The greatest generation people were always interesting because they lived through the 1920s 30s and ww2. The silent generation as well because they spoke about the Korean War and civil rights. The boomers were boooooring because they had everything handed to them and came across as completely entitled. Gen X and the silent generation match up pretty well in the way they’re compared in generational theory.
@pennydavis2637
Жыл бұрын
Have to agree with you, as GenX I related more to my tough as nails GREAT Grandmother the most, so there is a great deal of truth in your statement…
@williamgraves6675
3 жыл бұрын
I remember racing to the dictionary to look up Generation X saying to myself " PLEASE DON'T BE A BOOMER PLEASE DON'T BE A BOOMER ! 1965 joy of joys i was GenX I
@callumraza5046
2 жыл бұрын
Na boomer
@joshuabryant2530
2 жыл бұрын
Title reads wrong. It should say, "Gen-X IS the GREATEST generation!!"
@HOWBAZARY
2 жыл бұрын
We had the absolute best Cartoons of all time. We believed in "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". Cool was Cool. Gay meant stop being weird. The" Rainbow" belonged to Rainbow bright and the Care Bears. Legos didn't come pre-built, Board games and puzzles were fun activities. The "Monster Squad" best quote, "I just kicked wolf man in the nards", "Predator", " I don't have time to bleed"... People could take a joke, the world wasn't so "Woke". You had one phone for the whole house, 10 Channels if you were lucky, we rolled our car windows up and down, The Mall was the place to be. And last but not least, DUCK TALES!!!
@cecilsalas8721
Жыл бұрын
🤩🤩🤩👍
@seangalvin1605
7 ай бұрын
And, I might also add- it was a $5 entry fee to a punk show in Chicago. Man- those were the greatest times.
@dinakay330
Жыл бұрын
Am a gen x, and I started training at a new job during covid and while my coworkers were complaining about the inadicuate training, I came up with logical solutions and learned how to use the system to become in the top 5% preformers in 2 weeks, still Left in a heartbeat for better pay.
@Shabidoo1
Жыл бұрын
Our survival strategy is staying under the radar.
@musahaque2000
6 ай бұрын
I'm Gen Z and I love that we could still carry the aloof tough attitude of our parents but we're just not on their level, Gen X really was the greatest generation to take everythin' thrown at them, they sounded like warriors so I agree with you 100%, you guys had it the best
@admiralthunderbunny4520
2 жыл бұрын
The last time Gen-X created content, Zuk stole it and called it Facebook . . .
@usc3469117
2 жыл бұрын
Apathy, cynicism, and pessimism. Our greatest attributes.
@karmasutra4774
Жыл бұрын
Seems to be true
@hardybryan
Жыл бұрын
In fairness, the greatest generation grew up in the great depression, won the second world war and created the middle class. I'm proud that us Gen Xers raised ourselves into functional adults, but I'm not gonna claim we surpassed them. We're absent from the conversation because no one ever asked. We watched as kids as the whole world was catered to our parents because we were 'slackers' and then once we were grown everything became about helping the kids. Now they're warring with each other? Fuck 'em. I'm staying out of it.
@tobiasb9645
Жыл бұрын
Tyler durden speech 👍
@valeriejoseph4227
10 ай бұрын
I agree with you. I will NEVER disrespect The Greatest Generation. That was my Pop Pop's generation. But of those of us who are still alive, no one comes closest than us Xers.
@otorishingen8600
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone recorded music on tape from the tv ^^
@TheReddg71
4 ай бұрын
We were Rebellious, but I think we analyzed and processed things better. And we bridged the gap between analog and digital. During our Rebellious phase, we developed a work ethic. Hell! If we had younger siblings, we were playing parents as well! We got jobs because things weren't handed to us, and we learned how to lose. We learned how to win, but we learned how to handle losing. And go out and work harder for what we wanted and to reach our Dreams and Goals!
@mazgenx965
3 жыл бұрын
Hey you are a cool guy . Very positive . I am proud to be part of Gen X. Our generation was very independent. Played on street as children with our BMX bikes until late . It was easier to get a good job for our generation . Maybe less competition. This is my view anyway. I think our generation are very good with money too.We spend money much more wisely . I am 40. No mortgage. All paid off in 15 years. I made extra payments to quickly get rid of this.NO credit card bills or loans . I ONLY SPEND IF I HAVE THE MONEY .This is our big secret of our generation . Not to max out on credit cards. I only buy a cars in cash. NO finance on car. This how I was taught to live life . Now I enjoy life and buy what I want or go on holiday as I please . I have seen later generations not bothered about owning a property they want to live for today. It is all about disapline.
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
spot on!
@monsterhobbiesonlinestore
2 жыл бұрын
According to Pepsi at the time, we are Generation neXt!
@xtraflo
3 жыл бұрын
We entertained ourselves. When issues would arise, we knew how to Chill.
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Need to pass a little "chill" down to the next gen!
@user-pb8bp6sr2u
11 ай бұрын
I remember when i first heard the term "Generation X" applied to us, in the 90s, it was because we didn't give flying flip, and we were "lost punks" that nobody could figure out. So they basically looked at us like, "who ARE these people??" And then, per stereotype, we were forgotten AGAIN as our millenial children started being born and all the attention turned to them. Nobody else may know who the heck we are, but WE know, and we don't trust em anyway! It'll be interesting when we get a gen x as the president.
@jordanmartin248
Жыл бұрын
The best thing about GenX is we dont need validation from anyone, if we didnt like something we moved on we didn't throw a fit and demand attention. We handled shit ourselves
@anelablanchard7720
2 жыл бұрын
im not even gen x ,but every gen x person i meet and know are awesome people and it has nothing to do with their hair
@axymyxa6021
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone want to take over my Columbia House subscription
@jorgetoloza269
3 жыл бұрын
We also r the MTV gen, best music
@stevenhilderbrandt3463
2 жыл бұрын
grunge the movement so gen x pearl jam smashing pumpkins aic soundgarden stone temple pilots
@tamerajohnson7747
2 жыл бұрын
The number 1 thing I can say our generation had going for it was making it ok to get help. To ASK for help. From calling the police because our friend was beaten black and blue by a bad parent or babysitter to helping people get out of bad relationships. We were a generation of "NO MORE". And we did our best to make liars of all the so called professionals that stated that abused grow up to abuse.
@lemhanback9595
Ай бұрын
Definitely agree with you on the music part. Not so much the hairstyle thing. Always thought the mullet was worn by people who were unable to make a decision. However, you have many valid points about our generation. Probably the most misunderstood generation ever. Yet also the the freest.
@williamgraves6675
3 жыл бұрын
I had know clue what my generation until Mad tv did those GenX parodies I was so afraid I was a boomer I remember thumbing though the dictionary looking up Generation X muttering to myself "please don't be a boomer; please don't be a boomer Joy of Joy yes yes yes 1965 I'm genx baby It all comes down to fashion for me GenX would looks so much better on the front of my tee shirt the word BOOMER !
@beomgyusthighsofsteel6651
2 жыл бұрын
Gen X refused to whine and complain, so what they did do? ......THEY CHOSE TO BE CHAMPIONS IN LIFE.
@iwonthelottovac
2 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah we were!
@jenningsmills5398
3 жыл бұрын
I'm genx I'll tell you a genz story. I'm trying to teach my 18yo stepson how to change the oil on his car. Now mind you he's had two years of auto shop at H.S already. We're both under the car drip pan in place wrench on oil drain nut. I say to him "here grab the wrench & pull it towards you until the nut gets loose. He looks at me.....grabs the wrench... Takes the wrench off the oil drain nut & holds the wrench to his chest.
@ddave7026
2 жыл бұрын
50 year old here. Both my girls change oil, tires and listen to nothing but 70s and 80s and some 60s.both standiut with their ramones, Van Halen and Misfits shirts.. Especially at church 😂 Showin em how!
@monsterhobbiesonlinestore
2 жыл бұрын
The mullet - "Business in the front and the party in the back!" The great Satanic Panic...and don't forget Dungeons and Dragons! :D The anti-gay public service messages. Funny that these were all Boomers who were saying these things. Hey, you forgot that we were in multi-cultural integrated schools and we had friends from all races and places.
@gregkral4467
Ай бұрын
It was a really lucky time especially with the electronic advances. Today am just blown away, started out with 16 colour 8mhz 64kb 3.5 floppy....... wow.
@Karlfucious
2 жыл бұрын
As a gen Xer my self its pretty hard to say that we were better than the Greatest Generation. We were pretty close but those people basically are responsible for the modern world. They came from riding horses to flying airplanes. Unfortunately there aren't really any Greatest generation people left so we are the best generation alive right now. We accomplished a lot with the digital revolution but its really hard to deny the groundwork that the Greatest Generation set for us.
@KellySGoins
Ай бұрын
OMG! I was raised by hippies. I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, The Stones, Zepplin, Hendrix, CCR, ELVIS (for crying out loud) and then the 80’s gave us Madonna who, at the very first MTV Awards, wore a wedding dress and rolled around on the floor of the stage, doing some provocative things and OMG, The NT Times, Washington Post, Time magazine and even Rolling Stone magazine published articles saying that it was a career ending move and she was FINISHED. Gen X was like, “Naw…We gonna keep this one.” The 90’s? That brought out our FU attitude courtesy of Kurt Cobain. AIYAYAYA! AND Sound Garden! Stone Temple Pilots, REM, and now I can’t stop singing Personal Jesus! (Although, in my head a hear the Marilyn Manson version.) UGH! NOW I have The Dope Show stuck in my head WITH Personal Jesus! “Your own, We’re all stars now, Feeling alone when you’re all alone, in the Dope Show….maybe I’ll make a mix tape and become an internationally famous DJ. I mean, I’ve done whatever I’ve wanted to do since I was about 9, so don’t tell me I can’t just cuz I’m in my 50’s. Shit….we don’t age either. We’re the Benjamin Buttons of the world. The Boomers are too old to care, millennials will have gray hair by 35, Gen Z? Those poor kids have been lathered in anti-bacterial everything, never been scratched, cut, burnt, hit by another kid’s fist, make the team even if they suck and get participation trophy’s. If I had of had kids and one of them brought home a trophy for participating? I’d smash with a hammer, put in a bag, and send the kid to school with that bag to return it to the moron who gave it to my kid because participation does not and NEVER WILL warrant a trophy of any kind…unless it said, “I participated and sucked and so I was given this trophy” That one? I’d display it. Remind these cocky 20-something’s that life is fun, but sometimes it’s a shit show and sometimes it’s smooth sailing and sometimes it completely sucks ass. The sooner these younger kids realize that a) if you want to move out of mommy and daddy’s, you’re gonna have to get two jobs and three roommates and live in a one bedroom apartment for about 10 years before you’ll be able to afford something by yourself. You might have to do it in stages. Maybe go from three roommates to two and then just one roommate and then maybe five years later if that roommate is still speaking to you, y’all can get a two bedroom apartment that isn’t infested with roaches. I was lucky. I was a showgirl in my late teens and early 20’s. I had my own apartment on the beach. I had various “sponsors” (Much older, SUPER wealthy men who were alcoholics. (That was important! This was pre-viagra and a 65 year old drunk man isn’t gonna be able to get junior to perk up no matter what. So, all I had to do was be arm candy and that would pay my ret, my bills, car payments, etc. It was gig I worked ten years on. Then I went to college and faked my way into a law office, convincing them I knew everything about criminal law. It worked and I ended up a lawyer myself a mere three years later. I am s glad I didn’t grow up with a phone in my hand. Or anyone’s hands! I mean, I must have gotten on a bar and danced with an encore of a tit flash about 5,387. But, I’m SAFE! No pics of my girls all over the internet!
@The4thDensity
2 ай бұрын
I will die content, knowing I was fortunate to have be born a GenXer in '68. The absolute best time. Thank the Gods.
@baldmetalnerd
Жыл бұрын
I'm a late 70's born gen Xer so on the tail end this definitely resonated with me but a lot of millenial things do as well. I've been rocking out since 89 and I'll never stop.
@karmasutra4774
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 73 and feel I resonate with a lot of millennial things - kind of both equally
@wocookie2277
5 ай бұрын
I don’t know about other generation x people but I was greatly influenced by my grandparents. The generation that survived the depression telling me how easy I had it. We were the last generation to actually have freedom as children. We were influenced by the changes brought on by the prior generation and carried on. The problem with us is like you say, we don’t share it. But it is fun to watch reaction videos of young people to old songs you remember being new.
@Gunslinger_Disciple
2 жыл бұрын
As a Gen Xer, we weren't ALl that great. We had some good ones and, like me, some really fucked up, socially awkarded, loner outcasts. Gen Xer's had a LOT of cliques and shit
@seangalvin1605
7 ай бұрын
I showed up to this video after folding my 20 year old Nephew’s clothes from High School/ College…now I realize how poor I was growing up- shopped at the damn thrift store and still remember some of my “good purchases.” Man, we used to save our Taco Bell cups so we could get those free refills along w/ the 50 cent tacos!!!! LMAO.
@nlaubner
5 ай бұрын
For sure, analog digital generation. I was a paper boy when I was young. I remember when there wasn't coming computers everywhere but was young enough to adapt to it.
@jamesrickel3814
10 ай бұрын
The greatest generation were awesome grandparents
@Tracymom8
5 ай бұрын
I really thought you were going to hit on all our very cool entrepreneurial achievements once we came of age.
@LauraCordes
7 ай бұрын
Gen X was the first generation to feel the impacts of the Cold War and the reality of being the first generation to expect a lower standard of living than our parents, and we freaking coped like the stone cold, stoic kings and queens that we were and still are, by throwing our middle fingers up in the air, saying "whatever," and scattering the seeds of a new world instead of conforming to the world that we were given, take it or leave it, but it's going to be on our terms not yours, Boomers. Gen X, to me, is pure attitude, with a soft spot for anyone who truly cares and is authentic. You can't BS a Gen Xer. We're seen it all, and we know the difference between what's fake and what's real.
@dansmith9724
Жыл бұрын
I don't remember being told anything about catching being a pervert. Although in the 80s there was the big push for safe sex, it was during the peak of the HIV epidemic and there were no treatments, only prevention. There were condom vending machines in public toilets and night clubs everywhere.
@christophermonces6944
6 ай бұрын
Very true about not sharing anything, our business is our business, period. Our own self worth is all we really need. Although, I am considered a Xennial, a cusp between gen x and millennial, born in 1979. This is something that I will study l, but I still consider myself to be gen x.
@rosealexander9007
3 жыл бұрын
I forgot about that until you mentioned it just now. That people used to tell me that you can “ catch “ being gay. I thought that was stupid at the time I heard it and it’s still stupid.
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
Right? Stupid.
@xanderz161
9 ай бұрын
We have become the common sense generation.
@TomasCorvidea
Ай бұрын
A generation comes into power between the ages of 40-60, good time to be a Gen X.
@carpo719
3 ай бұрын
Amen brother, preach. We are the pioneers .... evem got ro play the Oregon Trail to prove it
@Redsaver
2 жыл бұрын
We were SEEDED on this Planet for a reason.
@ddave7026
2 жыл бұрын
We knew how to survive and get things done. Without screaming yelling destroying and whatnot. As far as entertainment we had the best music, movies and standards. Racial stuff wasn't even a thing at least around me and grew up Mexican barrio and whites. It was all good
@davidfarrell7560
Жыл бұрын
My dad and i went back and forth with my hair, i got it a little long, he had me cut it, i got it a little longer, he had me cut it, i got it down past my shoulders and he finally gave up.😂 I’m 53 now and still have my hair but never the mullet.
@vintuitive7627
Жыл бұрын
We WERE the best Gen??? You mean we ARE the best Gen! All gens after us are flawed or simply lost
@shannonb.1550
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gracious I love this guy already and this is the first video of his I have seen! And us know what? He is EXACTLY right 👍😍
@davidsmythe7645
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 The mullet LOL. 😂😂😂 Tipper Gore and the PMRC.
@zkaluf
8 ай бұрын
just ALWAYS remember that gay means happy 🥳
@sethfarrell9605
Жыл бұрын
Gen X is the 1st generation to grow up during a full blown cultural revolution. This is the thing that makes us different. Cultural and civil unrest is the action we identify with. I'd say we're more lucky than unique. I think we were less of a voice, and more of the action of rebellion. I think it's been a good influence. And, your welcome younger generations.
@mztweety1374
2 жыл бұрын
We did the best thing ever. We survived the Boomers. I should know I was raised by three of them ...oh wait nevermind grandma wasn't a boomer but yeah... they were constantly telling us how things were back in the day. And now I'm constantly telling my kids how things were back in the day😂 the circle never stops..
@karmasutra4774
Жыл бұрын
Agree the cycle doesn't end
@richardkautz2947
4 ай бұрын
Everything we had was the cheapest, ugliest and hardest to make enjoyable. Cars from the 70s-80s were not offering much (unless you had a fortune to put into it)! Music was our only affordable outlet and we took it to the Max ! ...
@afshinshawn6802
Жыл бұрын
❤in the infamous words of the great Dr. Dre,,, we started this Gangsta.......🎉 Long live the generation X..... The true and mighty people we are 😊
@joshsmith3401
6 ай бұрын
I think we gen x have gained the most wisdom of life and humanity.
@Z1ng1s
2 жыл бұрын
I salute Gen'xrs as Millenial. 😎😎
@camaro02girl
3 жыл бұрын
Proud gen x here
@ddave7026
2 жыл бұрын
Come ere' BIG HUG Anytime you need to borrow my Girbuad Jean and need a Cassette mixtape ⏭⏯⏮ I'm that dude. The last Great Generation
@urielmontoya8413
3 жыл бұрын
1968, being a teenager in the 80s Chicago I still have my long hair ,With the same hairstyle since 1978.My parents were against me having long hair my parents would tell me only gay Hippies had long hair ,I would answer by saying Jesus had long hair.My parents didn’t like my music choice they were saying it was evil devil music. It’s Ozzy Osbourne bark at the moon. I would blast the song from twisted sisters I want to Rock, When I start listening to slayer they started throwing holy water at me.Today my father is 93 years old my mother is 89 years old still alive. at 16 years old life was fun. I’m about to be 53 years old in 3 weeks an I am starting to feel it The muscular person I used to be in my 20s and 30s is gone.From the age of 38 it’s all downhill from there..My next haircut is going to be that 1980s long feather glamorous rockstar hairstyle.,I’m gonna show them the video from the salon guy
@danielrnjom458
3 жыл бұрын
dont be sad, big brother from generation x, you're the coolest generation. peace and harmony to you and God bless you man. best regards from silly little brother millennias,1987 here :-)
@Taiette
Жыл бұрын
We built the internet while no one was looking. As you mentioned we had the best gay music ever. We survived and are still surviving the the great rip off that left us poorer than our parents. And we are still punk af while we do it. They may have abandoned us but we haven't abandoned ourselves.
@AtoMicEyeScream
6 ай бұрын
Was? Were not done yet. Were just in the right place right now to really change the world. We are in the place right now to share what weve learned.we are stepping into elder roles now.
@archiedpatterson1292
11 ай бұрын
I miss the 90s
@heatherwade2373
Ай бұрын
Who remembers if it’s too loud, you’re too old! Ha haa
@cantbesure0714
3 жыл бұрын
The MUSIC!!!!
@neillinds-rwndfit2898
3 жыл бұрын
HELL yes!
@anncrosby6664
5 ай бұрын
I was born gen x, the music, I had freedom to roam.
@RR64434
11 ай бұрын
We were the greatest generation because we had one foot in the past and one foot in the future all while wearing our ray bans and our members only jackets.
@patdav6834
2 жыл бұрын
1975. every day after school and all weekend, I was at the park playing in the creek. it was time to go home when the sum started to go down. we gave our friends a hard time no matter what color or if you we're gay or straight. of we didn't like you it's because you were an ads hole. if we got in a fight, it was ok. no one died and no one called the cops. we snuck out and partied like rock stars. we were slackers but we started jobs and worked hard and moved and and were successful. boomers are too hard core and judgemental and millinials really hate no clue how the real world works. x didn't have a choice. we had to walk to a our friends house if we wanted to play. mowed lawns on the weekends a d threw newspapers. worked hard at and early age
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