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https://www.cracked.com/article_38231_patton-oswalt-has-three-words-for-grads-you-poor-bastards.htmlsometimes, DU can be full of the "these kids today ruined everything" or "they can't think without their cell phones." Here, a Gen X comedian says what we should remember.
It's been truly amazing to see how your generation has rebelled against every bad habit of mine and every generation that came before me, Oswalt continues. Everything that we let calcify, you have kicked against and demolished. Youve rejected that whole 24/7, no-days-off grind. Youve rejected apathy. Youve rejected ignoring your mental health because youve got to muscle through it no matter what. Youve rejected alienation and cruelty. Youve rejected not trying to include everyone. Youve rejected not looking out for each other. And those are hard things to reject because accepting them sometimes makes life way easier.
this Gen Xer concurs. Do not let people tear you down because you are not the reflection of the youth they THOUGHT they were; the real rebellion is to be yourselves. Remember that for all the sex drugs and rock and roll some take credit for, the truth was the older generation was handed the fruits and fat gained from Empire, and that for every Bob Dylan, there were many who became exactly what they promised they would never be. Gen X, I love Nihilism too, but some of my fellow xers are using that to support the Right wing, as if to tweak the Boomers. It is time to put away the Nirvana and Pearl Jam (let's face it, they were overrated anyway) and help the millennials and Z's pave over the trash., and at least help them as they wind up cleansing the mess of the 20th century's quest for empire.
To quote one of the more honest Baby Boomer musicans, Neil Young "keep on rocking in the free world."
rampartc
(5,835 posts)brush
(57,052 posts)There are jobs out there, but just when the get out of college AI rears up and threatens to take jobs.
Can't win 'em all.
ZonkerHarris
(25,171 posts)ShazzieB
(18,404 posts)Except, surprise, surprise - Neil Young is not a baby boomer! Born November 12, 1945 - he was just one year too early.
Contrary to the assumptions of many younger folks, "old" doesn't necessarily = baby boomer.
GoneOffShore
(17,578 posts)This needs more recs and more cowbell.
DonCoquixote
(13,665 posts)nice to know some people read it
betsuni
(27,255 posts)But Dylan has been accused of being a sell-out since he used electric guitars. Is that what you meant?
I remember clearly, was a little kid. My pseudo-hippie parents loved Dylan until the electric guitar incident. Uh oh, turns out Bob wanted to sell records and make money and be famous, but people thought he became exactly what he promised he would never be (did he ever promise, though?). BETRAYED. I was too young to know exactly why I thought my parents were being ridiculous, but remember thinking they were being ridiculous.
DonCoquixote
(13,665 posts)there are many who wrap[ themselves in Bob Dylan while they vote GOP, or at the very least get their daily regimen of lefty bashing.