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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by NONE_dc to c/[email protected]
 

All I hear about is "boomers" this, "Millennials" that, "Gen Z" that, etc.

Why no one talk about Gen X? What happened to them? They just vanished like in Infinity War? Or are we mistaken Gen Z by Boomers?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

hear about

Something is only talked about if talking about it accomplishes something. Gen X doesn't raise any strong feelings with anyone, so they're not talked about. They're still there obviously.

The reason why is complex, and I'm no expert myself. However, from what I gathered about recent history, what seems most likely to me is that the time gen x'ers grew up in was very stable in the sense that economy was good, no major wars were happening, the cold war was "ending". So the only thing gen x'ers had to worry about was themselves. So they did. And you don't really need to talk about someone that just keeps to themself. They cause you no issues.

Another theory of mine is very simple: humanity changes over time. The larger the time, the larger the change. Differences between humans breeds conflict as their interests collide. Since boomers are the current oldest larger impactful generation, and gen z are the youngest, the difference between them are greatest. Thus the conflict between them is highest, thus there are a lot of people talking about those problems. I've been hearing less about millennials as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That is tbh a very US centric perspective. The decade Gen X grown up - youth in the 80ties and young adulthood in 90ties - is known for the break up of the Sovjetbloc. If that isn’t a big shake in life, I don’t know what else might have such an impact on lifestyle, thoughts, ownerships and behaviors.

The longtail effects had disruptions to other regions in the world with unrest and uprisings for independence.

And sure there have been conflicts as well. E.g. the North Ireland conflict with bombing in the UK. And there was the first nuclear disaster of Tschernobyl in 1986 causing angst in Europe.

But at all, Iβ€˜d say these days were characterized by a positive mood and the feeling that people can change things.

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[–] Proprietary_Blend 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We're here, frantically paddling to keep up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

but you fuckers still got a boat though, even if it is leaking a little...

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[–] Pumafred9 7 points 2 days ago

Probably still outside drinking water from the garden hose.

[–] Marthirial 5 points 2 days ago

Never upgraded; decided to stay Gen-Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

These whole rather arbitrary ages used are quite silly. Do you really think someone who is, for example, 45 will have a very different outlook than a 42 year old just because of the year they were born? There are decent people and wankers in every generation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Proper zodiac it is

[–] random_character_a 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Asshats who use the term "Boomer" don't seem to understand that it means people born about 10 years after WWII and use it for anyone older than they are, so MTV term "genX" gets swamped.

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