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HithereJimHerald
Oh boy. Been a few hours since I last saw this reposted
skelitor120
Sounds like someone really has an issue with conservatives and the moral majority and is disguising it as a gap in generations.
Lastdarkninja
As a millennial,this is just bitching with same damn repost everyday. Everyone wants someone to blame.
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The next generation will blame millennials, etc etc etc
ThisIsYourConscienceSpeaking
Ok... this was so off track on ideologies. Who was he trying to describe? It made absolutely no sense.
Drankrur
Typical millenials, can't even get their complaints right.
SankingDragon
The fuck dude? The second half was just dumb.
Weelildragon
To be fair Quagmire is as much a dumb asshole as Brian is. So makes sence.
MuslimWithAMasters
Sense* dumbass
Clouddrivekid
Your points are hollow. Youre just blaming them for things that were out of their control. Also science hasnt grown steadily, its grown
Clouddrivekid
exponentially. If they knew what we know now, things would be different. Don't use imgur as a platform for this kind of stuff if you're not
Clouddrivekid
going to be right about it. Your "opinion" means nothing.
thebetterJFK
This was every bit as annoying as the first time it was posted
artintel
Agree; gross over-generalizations are not effective arguments.
PresidentK
I'm not sure how I feel about your username...
thebetterJFK
Looks like we're gonna have to throw hands...
coffeemadness
Well ... THAT was preachy!
HostileNumber17
Rife with inaccuracies
GraphicsInterchangeFormat
I find it funny that Quagmire is labeled millennials. Quagmire...
racl101
Agreed. But I can just imagine the thought process: "Hurr Durr! It's my beliefs wrapped in a family guy reference so it must be true!"
JayEnfield
And a repost too.
Drapetomanius
Congratulations on checking every box on the progressive millenial edition of the 3x5 card of allowable opinion. You're a good person now.
BelarusianPotatoFarmer
And us gen x'ers are sitting here like "can I just work and help others and buy stuff I want without be guilted by anyone?"
Khaotix11
Fuck it sucks being between two influential generations. Us x'ers are like 'well life was good I guess till like 2011 or so'.
callmethelizardqueen
We were once very influential and our gen changed a lot of the country.
AreThoseMyPants
I've always seen X'ers as the diplomats between Millenials and Boomers.
StrawberryAlarmClock
Man, you must really have something against Christians
terminalboot
That was cringeworthy as fuck.
IdiotMcNoobtard
You actually went through the trouble of reading all of it?
TimberWolf141
Not one mention of us being forced to pay for everyone's retirement even before the healthcare? So many lost topics....
SteveTypeRs
I don't like paying taxes. Especially when it's used to get me to pay more money for other things.
Imightbetrolling
I like how taxes pay for education, because without it we have a bunch of ignorant people like yourself running around.
dumbledoresdimwits
"Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." http://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
TimberWolf141
I like paying taxes for services I use, its fair. Forced/coerced participation isn't.
JustASlightJingleOfPocketChangePulsing
The point is to spread the cost out and that you can use it if needed. Should your insurance money not help treat cancer if you dont have it
JustASlightJingleOfPocketChangePulsing
Only paying taxes for what you use is the same as just buying it and not paying taxes and would make everything more $ for those needed it
TimberWolf141
You kind of dodged the whole point of NOT paying for everyone else. Their responsibility is theirs, not mine.
JustASlightJingleOfPocketChangePulsing
Some stuff is everyone's. Like gas taxes going to road creation and upkeep makes total sense but some stuff everyone should be chipping in.
Piusium
I see your point, but ultimately I would like paying taxes instead of being crippled by an unforseen injury or student loans.
LionPride28
Just the tip of the iceberg, my friend. Could have mentioned the student loans, rate of inflation and so on and so forth.
dumbledoresdimwits
Eh, I think you mean: "free college/college affordability, federal reserve interest rates, and so on." Inflation isn't necessarily bad.
TimberWolf141
Fuck it, go for broke. Flatten em with the weight of the truth behind the bullshit.
JCSmoove
Space was also the previous generation. Well, the preceding German generation.
JarJarDrinks
Crybaby millennials are almost as boring as crossfitters who vape.
Felchbelcher
That's actually a good one. Gen X here, fed up with BOTH Sanders and Kennedy venerated as saints.
cleverbeans
Thankfully the opinions of GenX are entirely irrelevant and easily ignored. It was a silly generation after all.
Felchbelcher
Didn't win your last vaping tournament, huh?
SomeDetroitGuy
As a GenXer, this is full of a TON of misinformation.
cleverbeans
Well as a GenXer you should also know your generations opinions don't count.
SomeDetroitGuy
Facts, not opinions.
cleverbeans
Facts also don't care about GenXers. For example that's why you didn't know this fact.
SomeCrazyNerd
This is a littke too preachy.
PolarBears91
Dammit people I come to imgur to laugh!
PeregrinFalconPunch
Just want to point out that the people who protested the war in Vietnam are probably not the same people with a "conservative agenda"
DemonicGothBinx
Yeah, I was with it up until the hypocrite bit. It's just dealing with too many people to tar with the same brush.
itsthevoiceman
They often are, now: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Acim7zjiamU
TinyRiickkkk
My friend's dad was a protester during Vietnam, full hippie, drugs, sexual exploration, whole nine yards. He's now a hard-line conservative.
neoritter
Also, the silent majority was a thing. The hippies may be the poster child for the boomers, bit most boomers were not hippies.
NorwayNarwhal
I believe he argued that the baby boomers on the whole supported the war
johnvictor
They only protested the war because it was the cool thing to do at the time. It was a movement with no direction or leadership. (Allusion)
Orionsdick
It's almost like generational stereotypes don't work the other way either
ProfessorFlora
honestly, there are plenty of folks who think they're progressive and accepting and w/e... but still manage to be asshats. see: my parents
ProfessorFlora
like they're the sort who will be like 'wow i love my gay family member so much!' but turn around and say 'not everything has to be gay'etc
MyraCooley
My uncle protested until his number came up and was drafted. Now he listens to old rock and roll and throws garbage at HRC supporters.
IAmDaBadMan
You mean he listens to Freedom Rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGWW8KOQio
RepostSadistic
Throwing garbage at garbage is pretty pointless.
newsguycraigevans
I know people that hated the Vietnam War, hated Nixon, protested all of it, but happily voted for W. Bush twice.
EarCheese
I'm an Aussie travelling in Vietnam at the moment. Visiting the war museum: that messes you up majorly.
Rc58
I dunno, my whole life boomers have been telling me that you grow out of liberalism and idealism, and turn to Republicanism and realism
aflarge
No! Everything but my group is monolithic!
ZtZebaztian
There's a LOT of generalizations and misrepresentations of conservatism :/
fish1552
But that is how it happens any more. Especially when you are the polar opposite of what you are hating on.
somewealthyamerican
Everyone has stopped listening to each other.
Koshunae
Polarization is how most things work now. Either you're for us or against us, no in between. You see it a lot in politics nowadays.
neoritter
We can blame generation x for that one.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
Yeah, my parents are baby boomers and they're total hippies and super liberal.
spookyactionatadistance
I dont know your parents but I know a lot of those Boomers who consider themselves super liberal but are in fact leaning a bit to the left.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
My parents don't just consider themselves to be very liberal, they are. But I do get what you're saying,.
callmethelizardqueen
A bit to the left? Most of the boomers started the move to the far left.
AlexStylin
Did you mean to say right? Genuinely unsure
AllYourPeppermintAreBelongToMe
Agreed. My uncle was among those spit on, upon coming home from Vietnam. Positive note: he met his wife, a stewardess, on the flight home.
totalwiener
Always wondered: a lot of those who fought were drafted against their will right? So why hate them? They had no choice!
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I, in no way condone this line of thinking, but they thought that these men were lazy and did a bad job, and were responsible for us losing.
DefinetlyNotObsessed
Like wise my grandpa was treated pretty awfully when he got back, but I highly doubt those were the people pushing God's love
JoshyFreddy
My Grandpa was drafted and then came back and everyone hated him. Fucking brutal man.
elreddy
Stewardess, now that's an odd sounding vietnamese name
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AllYourPeppermintAreBelongToMe
It was only once, but someone did spit on him at least. He would be among "the few".
somethingtomakemeseemwittyandsmart
My dad was spit on, called a baby killer, and had dog shit thrown at him when he got home from Vietnam.
ArcaneConjecture
Where and when did this happen?
somethingtomakemeseemwittyandsmart
I asked him and he did not want to talk about it. I have no reason to doubt him.
Burke616
You'd be surprised. A lot of people's views can change in thirty years.
ThatTransformersDude
Life is funny that way. Perception truly changes gradually not from one minute to the next, it's the thing nobody realizes until much later.
Stephie0020
Try 50 years. 30 years was 86.
RepostSadistic
Lot, not all.
Burke616
I didn't say all.
Rheios
I just fastforwarded to the end, being fairly conservative myself. Any further's going to require some delusions I don't look forward to(1)
Rheios
forming.(2)
Burke616
I'm not sure it's fair to say the progression can only be one-way. I've known people who started off liberal, gradually became conservative,
Burke616
and then shifted back toward a liberal view. At different points in our lives, sometimes different things seem right. And that's okay.
ThatTransformersDude
I think staying open to change itself keeps us balanced and in check of being too in the extreme.
DavidAndrews
I am the child of baby boomers. Most of my parents friend's who were hippies dissolved those views the second they started earning money.
IdeaOfLove
I haven't known anyone that has changed that much. Not one person i know has even switched political parties.
Burke616
Not every opinion is tied to a political party, and what the parties themselves represent has changed over the decades. Time was when 1/x
Burke616
Republicanism was the party of change, and Democrats trumpeted their fiscal responsibility. Somehow, Reagan spent so much money that 2/x
Burke616
Republicans after him either adopted fiscal responsibility or maybe got a rep for it. Maybe it's the tax cuts, which would be antithetical 3
dannishadow
I know a bunch, whether if they changed parties, or think they're the same party even with completely different ideals.
IdeaOfLove
Your anecdotal evidence vs mine, I guess. I know it's possible, just saying it's a rarity as far as I'm concerned.
dannishadow
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound like I was trying to disprove you with my own experience.
Lemonsandwichs
This is such an old post.
Bobeez
Funny, but it mixes up a lot of stuff together, like the same people who protested Vietnam also push a conservative agenda?
Thekingofbeans
I know plenty of conservative millennials. "Businesses somehow do better without restraints?!"No shit. That's why they're called restraints.
revcleo
I for one enjoy a lack of workplace safety, and doctoring of products. Everyone could do with more iron filings in their cocoa.
Thekingofbeans
I'm not saying business restraints aren't a good thing. Just that they don't benefit the businesses themselves.
revcleo
Businesses shouldn't have their aims as to maximise profits, but instead provide a great service.
Thekingofbeans
Oh yes, let's get everyone to stop wanting more money.
RighteousIndigJason
Didn't you know that Woodstock was really an evangelical revival? The more you know.
MotherofMrFace
Yeah. There are a lot of generalizations in this. Some truth, but a lot of generalizations.
irwinjr
That's the hypocrisy... Start out fighting the establishment only to rely and empower it as time goes on.
spiffylookingnerfherder
Socially and fiscally conservative, not necessarily 'conservative' in the sense of lockstep with the Republican party agenda.
SAWhowhatnow
Do you believe that people's views never change? Seriously?
glassweaver
70% of people end up just like their parents, even though most people go through a stage of rebellion into their 20s/
Teas
When talking about a generation, rather than the individuals in it.
Bobeez
But maybe that highlights the problem with trying to generalize an entire "generation" -there's a lot of very different people in that group
Maniacal1
Yes, those same people are now what I call Hippiecrits and there are a lot of them
Jesterbomb
I think (please double check) that during Vietnam, there was more support for the war from the under 30's than there was from the over 30's.
callmethelizardqueen
I think a lot of people don't realize Boomers have 2 different subsets. The older ones are more conservative than the younger ones.
Raziel420
my grandmother protested Vietnam, she's voting for trump
Luvvie
Same with my mom.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
How far they have fallen
Tychodin
Yes they are the same people in many cases. They never really cared very much about the war, just all the free sex at the rallies.
jojiluis
Look up the Silent Majority.
PigsCanJump
You mean when dead people vote? Because that's what that is.
jojiluis
Groups that would have acted and voted differently, unlike the person I am responding to said. 2/2
jojiluis
Erm, no. People think hippies were the majority but they were a small group, the majority of America was conservative at the time. 2 dif 1/2
AnjHans
Hizoran
Blah blah blah, try harder.
therealdrummer
so am i doing it all wrong if im a conservative christian millennial joining the corporate workforce as an accountant? xD
kaptnsolo
... that actually describes me perfectly...
itsybitsyspider
Apparently conservative Christians are all homophobic, racist, hypocrites.
ATimeTravellingRobotFromTheFuture
What's funny is that, thanks to the system no one is trying to change, the next generation will be having exactly the same rant at us.
itsnotyouitsmeme
Not really, but I see your point.
Weelildragon
Good chance they will also bitch at the boomers. The millennials skipped gen-x
PamelaSplooshPoovey
Hey, we make posts on our Facebook feed bitching about the political climate! If that doesn't mean change, I don't know what does.
zaraztroe
Not if we learn from the mistakes of the boomers
amw666
I kinda tired of reading this argument every week. It's the same message, just a different delivery. Stop making memes and posts and go do1/
bunnycupcakee
Omg! You are so right!
amw666
Something about it if you care so much.
PaleJr
Funnily enough, I hear far, far more bitching about baby boomers than I do baby boomers criticizing younger generations.
PamelaSplooshPoovey
Way way way more.
SlowClapLikeYouMeanIt
Go on Facebook comments section of a post whinging about millenniums... That's were they live.
ZRod
I see anti Millennial hashtqgs trending on Facebook a lot too. Its all older folks blaming Millennials for problems boomers created.
WaterblightGanon
almost like the media platforms you go on don't have a lot of baby boomers. weird.
PaleJr
Touché :D
MyHighestRatedCommentsDissappearedSince5YearsAgo
I'm on the border of gen X and millennial and my parents are boomers but not shitty like that. This both speaks to me and doesn't.
srslydude
My dad is late baby boomer and my mother is on the edge of boomer and gen x. They're okay, but their Facebook friends are awful sometimes.
alcide
The inherent problem with broad generalizations.
StressedOut
Same here.
RudeSpectre
Comparing generations is a waste of time. We can look back in hindsight and say "we should have done this" all day, but nothing changes.
The1stBellicose
Look at countries like Norway, Iceland, or Canada. Things change, but only by the power of the people. Americans are to lazy and complacent
Shohanna
Sorry, no, they are too brainwashed, and propagandized. SAY it right!
The1stBellicose
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0e/cd/2c/0ecd2ca091c2b92cc743344bc304605f.jpg
IdiotMcNoobtard
To say nothing of broad generalisations
Blrp0
Ultimately each generation is just the same old human nature reacting to the circumstances of the times.
ziggaz
Every generation has claimed they were cleaning up after the previous one, and disgraced by the one following them. In the broad context..
ziggaz
It's just human nature. With clever wordplay, we can make any generation we want sound supreme. In reality, each has it's pros/cons
Blrp0
The good ol' classic is "look at how they treated their women back then", or "over there" for that matter. Been said since forever.
Skornish
That's why time travel is such a popular fantasy.
jcod
Baby boomers were doing a circle jerk about how much better they are than Millenials at a dinner party I was at. I so wanted to pull this up
FoxySpirit
Yeah, but those guys look back, "well, we were just awesome, this new generation is a disaster".Like my dad who never saw what he did.Still.
xrufus7x
I find Nostalgia to be a problem with ever generation.
wxrld
In what way? Hindsight is useful in comparing poor decision making to current decision making. This way we can see where we have gone wrong.
MajicReno3
Learn from history or you are doomed to repeat it.
HuevosConCarnage
I see a Mr. Meeseeks cascade of "Well, he roped me into this!" playing out after I read this.
Honeybadger2198
1 You missed the point entirely. Here they aren't talking about what they should have done better. They are using their failures in the past
Honeybadger2198
to justify and prove the accusations of their current flaws. It's not about what they did. It's about how that changes who they are now.
IWishIWereNotAllergicToCats
"hindsight" ... The comic is addressed to people who are still alive today, and is with regards to their current attitudes.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
NO thats the dumbest point. The whole point of history is learning from it.
Bossdogs
Things certainly change. It's called history. We can use our hindsight to decide how to tackle future problems. It's called intelligence.
JustASlightJingleOfPocketChangePulsing
If someone is condemning you, it is utterly fair to compare what they did at a similar circumstance in their life.
jetzullo
Agreed
MrMugg
But who is condemning you honestly? This era is so divided over perceived slights it's ridiculous.
MADchemEE
Speak for yourself buddy. Some of us have time machines we can use occasionally...
swaptrick
Point the finger at others while touting your own egocentric opinion of yourself. Sound like anyone familiar?
LeSethX
Generations arent good constructs anyway. a 20 year span where everyone is the same, but different from the previous and next 20 years?
LeSethX
Im 31, and tech moves too fast for that. My ex at 4-5 years older grew up in a different way than I and than a friend at 5 years younger
LeSethX
Yet we can, by some definitions, all be considered Millennials
FrigginCornflakes
I can't wait for this op's grandkids to blame him for not stopping the Syrian civil war and allowing the Brexit to happen.
ImHereToTellYouThatsWrong
It's almost like boomers are *still* in charge of everything huh?
VenderTrashImgur
So there's a video I'll see if I can find online about how they thought the police were corrupt in their gen but then when they came in 1/?
VenderTrashImgur
Power they rebranded the police as a new generation of none corrupt officers that's why there was a rise in buddy cop movies framing 2/?
VenderTrashImgur
This new generation as a different force when in actuality nothing really changed. It was pretty interesting. 3/3
glassweaver
That makes it even further ironic that *some* baby boomers hold a nostalgic, elitist view of themselves, and criticize millennials.
boomslander
Also, the US govt and ruling corps have an incredible propaganda system set up. They fooled the baby boomers, and they are still fooling 1/
boomslander
a lot of millennials. We are fortunate enough to be able to look back at this propaganda and (hopefully) learn from it. Also, baby 2/
boomslander
boomers didn't push for war, just like millenials aren't going to push for whatever war we'll get in next. That's purely up the the powerful
ragazzasporca
But the mills seem all about big government. I don't get it
boomslander
Big govt has been with us since WWII. Mills would rather see the govt assist We the People (poor) than the corporations (rich).
joshyjosh
agreed, it is a waste of time. but when its those before us comparing us to them and how much "better" their generation is. its kinda bull.
LionPride28
Fair point, I'll admit.
cheeseguy3412
True, but so many aspects of it are just so obvious. Many times in history class, I read the first two sentences of a chapter and went 1/2
cheeseguy3412
Well THAT can't end well, what about x? Turns out, it was indeed a terrible idea. I'd never heard of it before, just... obviousness. 2/2
mmurrbles
You do realize we are better off than we were? By almost all metrics crime, education, poverty, etc. Do some research.
TachyonCode
2) And the country isn't everything, either. Internationally and globally, we as a species are worse off now than ever.
YamatoIouko
...how? You're using no metric and making broad statements. BACK THAT ASS UP...that assertion, that is. With data.
TachyonCode
Did you fail to notice the impending apocalypse?
TachyonCode
"We" meaning the country, but our culture of short-sighted individualism has made personal success less attainable on the whole.
YamatoIouko
"Short-sighted individualism". Our individuality is what makes us unique. You'd rather be the Borg?
TachyonCode
Only Sith deal in absolutes.
TachyonCode
4) But we can sure as hell demand that, now that we *can* be better informed, more people should try to be.
OtherErinFromTheOffice
Okay so the only reason i downvoted to of your comments was to try and keep them in order numerically. No hard feelings.
TachyonCode
3) So yes, we can't put all the blame on other generations - especially once we consider how many of them lacked situational information...
WeekendMashSomeTatoes
OP just wants a scapegoat
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kkus
The problem is baby boomers blame us. Like imagine a club runs out of beer and the customers storm out and blame the people standing outside
LionPride28
I have no problem admitting my own mistakes. Perhaps many of the Baby Boomers that are that selfish and childish can try it sometime. (2/2)
twozerooz
Your mistake was an inane generalization of an entire generation. Which is ironic, because you seem to understand how generalizations
LionPride28
No, OP is just sick of Baby Boomers blaming all of their own problems on his generation instead of looking at themselves in the mirror (1/2)
iupvotebadcomments
None of the people who should see this will see it. So basically preaching to the choir here.
glassweaver
"Circle jerk - ENGAGE!"
johnson21
Welcome to imgur.
LadyWidebottom
Considering how many times it's been reposted and shared around, I'm sure at least some of them have seen it.
Leoncroi
Memorize the key points then tell the one Baby Boomer in your life when he/she bitches again? We all have at least one in mind. I know I do.
BarfTittiesGalore
Hey, young people, "preaching to the choir" means your speaking your word to your own people, just saying.
Skywatcher16
hey old guy, we know what the fuck it means. just saying.
BarfTittiesGalore
I'm glad to hear that! Thanks for checking in*
Arteryn
I can't tell if you're being ironic or pedantic...
GuruOfReason
BarfTittiesGalore
Totes pedantic. Some wouldn't get it without the brief explanation
jetzullo
Good one. I like listening to baby boomers talk like they built the country. I'm a gen x guy.
theyar
Yeah I agree with all of it up until it got all about a liberal economic agenda.
motittiesmoproblems
why is that? (genuinely curious, not trying to troll or anything)
theyar
It's a complicated issue... it was still a valid point but it started getting really one-sided on issues that are multi-faceted.
NotInClass
Lost me a bit near the end but generally good. Taxes suck, religion shouldn't be in govt, and everyone sucks.
DreadPierateRoberts
Most things i read starting about 1982 give or take. Which means i barley in.
johnson21
What? Generations are BS.
Lowlsqwid
#GenZ #IGen
Kjasi
I'm in the group between Gen X and Millennials. I've gotten the worst of both generations...
theyar
The group between are the badass 80s generation that grew up with computers and video games.
Kjasi
Can't argue with that...
callmethelizardqueen
I'm Gen X and grew up with computers and videos games.
theyar
Yeah me too, that's the point. You're tail-end of Gen X. There isn't really an "in-between."
callmethelizardqueen
I was born in 75, not Tail end.
MrPredator
Gen Y here and feel like I'm pretty screwed. I can't be in school for the rest of my life, chasing a degree/job that'll never come.
DeMeNtEdDeNt
Gen Y = Millennial
needanamedammit
People keep saying that, and we keep telling them no we aren't.
BitterExChristian
I feel like Gen Y are the millennials who did in fact grow up without the internet for a brief point there. We did get rebranded though.
MrPredator
Grew up in the early 80's, and I didn't really start with computers till the late 80's.
needanamedammit
I was maybe 14 when I first used the internet, and 17 when my family got our first computer.
Damnedoldlady
I think Gen X is screwed the worst. At least Millenials have time to fix things. I'm already almost 50. The clock is ticking.
Rocktrash
We blew it. We had a chance and we blew it.
RedroverRedrover
Yeah, we also had a recession in the 90s just as many of us were starting work. Then got hit again with the dot com bust. Then again with /1
RedroverRedrover
the 2008 crash. School was cheaper for us at least, but we certainly haven't had it easy career-wise.
WillTheFifth
Yea, but at least you had the opportunity to go to school to get careers. Bachelors are beyond expensive and treated as HS diplomas.
RedroverRedrover
I agree that the price of education is fucked. That wasn't our call though. We paid a lot too, just not quite as much. And we needed the /1
samspancakes
It's hard to fix things when all of these asshole are still alive and well to vote.
CaptSheffield
Well maybe we can find a way to make them die faster.
samspancakes
Cancer
charonsfee
I donno. I'm 30 and all I want is a job. I've stopped caring about fixing things or any other values. Just want to eat and pay rent.
Littleman88
Kind of why there's a problem. It's getting harder and harder to cover basic needs, much less worry about the greater good.
florismrfart
Gen X wasn't fun. Everything tech was gonna be great... in the future. And sex=HIV.
OliverClothesoff70
I'm 46. I'm planning to be dead before the bad stuff really hits the US economy.
OBEYTHEWAFFLEHOUSE
As a millenial, I hope we can get our shit together in enough time..... :/
Jusmar
What we need was a real war to happen in Europe, or south America or something. Country vs country, not these wars of attrition.
NinjaCongo
Yes absolutely, what is needed is hundreds of thousands of people dying agonising deaths. Would be swell for the economy. But a REAL war.
Jusmar
To the victor go the spoils. WW2 was how modern America came to be.
NinjaCongo
Those war films about how regular people turn into beasts? That when they're over everyone is just silent? They're about you.
Abandonedusername
War is propaganda to funnel money to spend on things we don't even know about , and that they try to keep us from knowing.
Rockageddon
Being gen-X means:Your city/town economically went under before years before the news talked about it.The bar for you was sent 1/+
callmethelizardqueen
Damn that was depressing.. and really wrong. At least for me and those I know.
Rockageddon
The difference between me and mine and you and yours, is that we were born in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Just luck and life
Rockageddon
set* unobtainably high.You were expected to go to college with no means of support. You were reminded constantly of the failure you 2/+
Rockageddon
would become were you not to succeed immediately after high school. And the only jobs available to you because of lack of experience 3/+
Rockageddon
were all military. You watched your city crumble and TV get more extravagant, and realized somewhere along the way the shift in wealth 4/+
Rockageddon
spiked to a point of no return. But it's too late for you, you scraped by with blood, sweat, and tears. And now you hope to raise the 5/+
NoDiceDoomguy
Kind of an unrelated question: would a 1986 birth year fall in Gen-X or Millennial?
Felchbelcher
You're more GenY..
FartyMcDumpstein
I'm '85. We're millennials that don't identify as millennials. We grew up without social media, but still a strong exposure to the interwebs
NoDiceDoomguy
Back when the only meme sites were eBaumsWorld and SomethingAwful lol.
HighQualityH2O
Don't forget YTMND!
Ibclyde
1980 is the Offical Start of Millenials. Because of the Mini-Baby Boom of 1980.
theyar
If your high school graduation year starts with a 2, you're a millennial. It's the same thing as Gen Y.
hopefulwriter
But mine is 2000
theyar
Which starts with a 2.
DukeFlipside
'88 here, I believe we're the blurred line between "Gen-Y" and "Millennial"...with "Gen-Y" itself the blurred tail-end of "Gen-X" :/
DukeFlipside
But seeing as I work in the space industry, I just identify as a "1980's Space Guy"...
snotrocketscience
Hi five '80s space guy buddy.
lolsy
Born in 81 and I've been called Gen X, Gen Y, MTV Generation, Generation Next, Internet Generation, and a Millennial. I dunno wat
Sinia
I think up until 85 is Gen X . I was born in 84 and feel like a Gen Xer.
NotYourLady
I was born in 84 and identify more with Millennials. Granted I feel like an older Millennial but I definitely don't feel like a Gen Xer.
zentradipriminister
I've heard the betweeners referenced as Gen -Y, for whatever thats worth
VeyaVictaous
Generation Y Millenials are born post 1990
TZies
Millennials are commonly split into two groups. Gen Y (86-94 ish) and Gen Z aka the iGeneration (95+). It is partially due to the rapid
TZies
development of technology in the 90s and the impact it had.
Zoroasterisk
It would wind up as evidence that generational distinctions are fucking stupid. https://youtu.be/-HFwok9SlQQ (nsfw-pic of Janet's nipple)
ThelostWorldofAtlantis
Millennial, apparently.
Knapaholic
Gen Y. Supposedly it began in 1980. That's what Wikipedia told me, at least. As I was born in '75, I guess I'm Gen X.
BarfTittiesGalore
Cool, thanks! I had a feeling Y (entrepreneur??)
reux
'76, we're considered "late gen x". Usually considered to be between 1965 - 1979, but I've also seen '61 - '81
Shohanna
yeah 71, gen X.. Don't feel like it. :/
RedroverRedrover
Gen Y are the Millenials. That's what they were initially called before someone came up with the term Millenials.
VeyaVictaous
No they are not Millinials are th next generation
RedroverRedrover
Nope, look it up. It goes Gen X, Gen Y/Millenials, Gen Z. And Gen Z will probably get a new name as they grow up.
BarfTittiesGalore
Huh! Thanks!
TachyonCode
'86 here. (All y'all other responders need to learn to use apostrophes.) Apparently we're Millenials? *I* didn't vote for that name...
svenelven
Millenials was the name that baby boomers came up with that stuck... It was meant to be derogatory as well, that face seems lost...
NoDiceDoomguy
Getting stuck with something we didn't vote for. Seems to be a common theme as of late...
TachyonCode
Well, there's historical precedent for it, once you depart from the founding.
jenlovesmemes
Generation Y are those born in the 80's and 90's according to Google. Millennial are those born from 2000 to now
theyar
Never heard that before. Pretty sure it's wrong, because if the oldest millennials are only turning 16, we wouldn't be talking about them.
jenlovesmemes
Oh guess Google is wrong then. I was born 1990, so what does that make me?
theyar
If you graduated from high school in a year beginning with a 2, you're a millennial.
theyar
Millennials *graduated* after 2000.
BarfTittiesGalore
Def millennial. I'm 80 and it seems I'm on the cusp.
Aelinsaar
'80 here too...
MotherofMrFace
79 here. We're either Gen X or Gen Y depending on what you read/ who you talk to.
BarfTittiesGalore
Right? I haven't gotten down to what "I AM" but you know I'm busy trying to fix this fuckhole.
BarfTittiesGalore
Well, not 80 years old, born in
blkdjn
Same boat here. Once called boomers 'pathological narcissists' in front of a psych PhD. She made me back up the claim. I could. Go me.
MediaMuerte
I must know
blarglebrle
@blkdjn please enlighten us. What did you say? We will bestow even more upvotes for your nuggets of knowledge on this topic.
blkdjn
It was mostly about the fact that from the time they were small, their world was about /them/ so they never fully developed the ability 1/x
blkdjn
to empathize with others. Even the better sort has difficulty relating to the experience of those who grew up in their shadow. 2/x
blkdjn
Since they were old enough to talk, the entire culture of the US is about their experience. In the 50s, it was about being a kid and 3/x
glassweaver
Seriously, I'd love to see a post on what you said. Or a PM of it if you have it written out. I'm assuming it's even better than this.
callmethelizardqueen
I dont need to see it. Gen X and know exactly what you mean.
ThrowdaFischbach
Bet you can't back it up.
WithoutAnyHope25
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maybemaeb
Let's see it :)
Yiffer5000
What'd you say? I must know!
DarthCreep
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blkdjn
It's under another sub-comment. I did my best to deliver. It's long because, 140c limit.
Airra
I place a dot upon this comment so I may later rediscover it in hopes of learning what was said. .
Zalkaholic
Ooooh I'm going to get some wine for this
IWasToldThereWouldBePie
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TalonCorps
VoidofStatic
Yup, there will be no update and we'll wait like suckers.
Neveryet
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Therealeggontoast
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MaestroLagunero
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WithoutAnyHope25
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AlmostNorwegianDr
I give unto you this . in hopes of appeasing you and being granted your wonderful tale.
dduncan55330
Wait! I'm making popcorn, don't start yet!
DarkTowerRose
Are you done making popcorn yet?! He's been waiting 6 hours for you!
johnvictor
I'd imagine it'd be about how there's an entire industry to "anti-aging" snake oil. Were the root of sexual performance industry. /1
blkdjn
The argument is a bit broader than that, but those are all supporting points for it.
johnvictor
After reading it certainly makes sense. I read elsewhere as well their parents may have been withdrawn just because of their experiences.
johnvictor
Look at any government expense that isn't toward them, like education, a waste of tax payer's dollars. Having more stuff, bigger house /2
johnvictor
newer car with nothing but name brand goods. Happily offshoring high earning jobs just for cheap shit that breaks sooner. And talk /3
johnvictor
about touching Social Security for the betterment of everyone in the future. "I'm entitled to that because of X!"
Kircala
@blkdjn I copy/pasted your comments into an image for easy viewing
VenerableInheritance
blkdjn
Many thanks!
AnalAnger
We're the forgotten generation in all this.
BarfTittiesGalore
Gen X, you mean? Yes.
AnalAnger
Yes. Gen X.
Lonecoon
Yeah, Gen X and Gen Y are going to have to do what every other middle child in history has done: Clean up everyone else mess.
BarfTittiesGalore
For real. I would usually have the African-American bailiff from Judge Judy nodding with arms crossed in this situation
jetzullo
I'm not cleaning shit. 40k a year household my hobby is treading water.
Shohanna
I would love to have a job! I haven't had one since G.W Bush crashed the economy and it never fucking recovered my job, went over seas!
jetzullo
I lost 50k a year in that. Started over. Sorry. It sucks
DickCheneytheDefilerBanned
Gen x got to benefit the tale end of the strong post war economy and the social diversity/acceptance. They have little to bitch about
jetzullo
Yes. My goal is to have gen x to not belly ache about how tough they got it versus the younger indentured generation.
Shohanna
You say that to a woman in a man's profession in the south. FO or GTFO please.
DickCheneytheDefilerBanned
From the south, lots of successful women from Gen X. Some professions were very difficult for women, but not all.
Shohanna
No, not all, just mine and a few others. Enough that I have to have college to get something different, and I can't afford it.
BarfTittiesGalore
Heh? Like, super serious, the fuck you mean?
HoriOri
I was born in 1985 into a middle upper class family. I'm 31, drive a $500 car, half of my pay goes to rent and I'll never own a house. 1/2
HoriOri
Yet I earn US$53k a year. Only one of my friends has a house and he got his because his parents gave him $100k. Where are my benefits? 2/2
DickCheneytheDefilerBanned
Well, being born in 85 puts you in the in millennials... Millennials are defined by people who came to adulthood around 2000 and after
ragazzasporca
Are you considered Gen X? I was under the impression the cut off was 81. You may be a milly
JohnnyCashedOut
That's correct. I'm 1981. Last of the Gen Xers
davehaze
BUT I'm certainly not a Millennial, I identify as a Gen Y but distinct from Millennials.
davehaze
I don't buy this 1981 crap, I'm '80 I am not Gen X. Gen X appeared in TIME when I was in elementary school as those entering the work force.