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Yeah I didn't bother to get into that thread gollygee Dec 2013 #1
No, I don't care quinnox Dec 2013 #2
It's ok to feel invisible. It means they're blaming each other, and not us. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #3
It's the middle child syndrome for GenXers brush Dec 2013 #56
LOL!! darkangel218 Dec 2013 #4
I was thinking of posting the exact same thing in that particular thread. phleshdef Dec 2013 #5
Well, yes, but what can I say nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #6
I'm wearing flannel, sipping coffee, & listening to Pearl Jam NightWatcher Dec 2013 #7
Im having a beer. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #8
I'm having a glass of Pinot JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #26
heh I was looking for some relevant media criticism to start a thread. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #9
Yes! I want to shout "I WILL NOT BE IGNORED!" Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #10
Boil a bunny. That'll get our attention! 11 Bravo Dec 2013 #97
can't see the OP??? is there something here? Demonaut Dec 2013 #11
Yep! JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #12
LOL (nt) jeff47 Dec 2013 #13
You think you're ignored -- What about us Generation Jonesers? htuttle Dec 2013 #14
That just shows how dumb it is to label a 20-year cohort, but give it hard dates at the outside cemaphonic Dec 2013 #17
I think that the concept of cultural cohorts can be moderately useful htuttle Dec 2013 #76
Same here. Although my parents aren't even boomers. They were little kids during WWII FSogol Dec 2013 #33
I believe we've been folded into Gen-X. As you say, we're the kids of Boomers so can't be Boomers Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #71
You're right about living through somebody else's hangover htuttle Dec 2013 #77
Our whole life, "Oh look at them doing what we'll never get to do. Looks like fun". n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #98
The very term 'gen x' insinuates anonymity. Wait Wut Dec 2013 #15
I related best JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #29
Better to fly under the radar anyway abelenkpe Dec 2013 #16
Absolutely tcfrogs Dec 2013 #18
I like being invisible - TBF Dec 2013 #19
Yeah- we knew Nirvana before they were big. myrna minx Dec 2013 #20
you want I should kick some GenX ass, marmar? Skittles Dec 2013 #21
LOL. marmar Dec 2013 #23
I get so darned confused. I don't know what the heck I am. OneGrassRoot Dec 2013 #22
It's alright, OneGrassRoot. I can be as wise as Yoda...... marmar Dec 2013 #24
word OneGrassRoot Dec 2013 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #28
Welcome, yogini 1221! OneGrassRoot Dec 2013 #39
We're on the cusp BainsBane Dec 2013 #36
No wonder I stay lost... OneGrassRoot Dec 2013 #38
I think if yr parents were baby boomers, you'd be Gen X... Violet_Crumble Dec 2013 #91
Yeah, my parents are boomers BainsBane Dec 2013 #92
LOL. I know that feeling! Violet_Crumble Dec 2013 #94
+1 Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #48
We're Cuban Missle Crisis babies htuttle Dec 2013 #78
And also "I Have a Dream" babies. OneGrassRoot Dec 2013 #80
Isn't there a gap between GenX and millenials? NoOneMan Dec 2013 #27
You're generation Y. Warpy Dec 2013 #31
Just looked it up. I'm both! Im twice as ignored. NoOneMan Dec 2013 #34
Gen Y. TDale313 Dec 2013 #35
No. Gen Y ARE the Millennials. Xithras Dec 2013 #58
That's because a lot of Xers were suckers for Reaganism Warpy Dec 2013 #30
True loyalsister Dec 2013 #40
I was surprised to discover abelenkpe Dec 2013 #53
I have a Rand Paul lover in my family loyalsister Dec 2013 #81
It is changing, although not as quickly as you or I would like. Warpy Dec 2013 #54
We were kids when Reagan was president n/t kcr Dec 2013 #41
That's why so many were suckers for his fairy tale economic ideas Warpy Dec 2013 #51
Bull. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #64
"Plus, We listened to ted nugent and the Amboy Dukes... while you had that Michael Stipe crap!" Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #65
LOL kcr Dec 2013 #74
Baloney. Gen X starts, by most reads, in 1964. That means at best only the VERY oldest Gen X'ers Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #62
RTFP Warpy Dec 2013 #66
RCMP Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #67
I'm one of the dreaded baby boomers, Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #82
I would totally agree with all of that. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #83
I understand. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #84
I don't know. I was pretty politically engaged in my 20s, and I still am, now. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #86
I think maybe all of us get caught up in raising our families Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #88
Nah, I mean, so much of where I come from, how I see things, is rooted in Boomer stuff Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #90
Historically lower numbers of GenXer's were born in this Country than say Boomers or Mills... Tikki Dec 2013 #32
I gave up being tired hearing baby boomers talk about themselves d_r Dec 2013 #37
We GenXers do get ignored...that stupid 60 Minutes story about how "millenials" are too anneboleyn Dec 2013 #42
yeah we were always d_r Dec 2013 #44
I read an article a while ago that said GenX has similarities to the Silent Generation. tammywammy Dec 2013 #75
I am timeless MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #43
Sometimes I feel like a number Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #45
No news is good news. n/t leeroysphitz Dec 2013 #46
Up until this moment I did not know I was a generation x member. Born in 1978. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #47
we actually are a pretty small group arely staircase Dec 2013 #49
X and Y are unknowns. Language is important. Choose a memorable name. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #50
"Baby Boomer" sounds like it describes a fart smothered in a diaper. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #59
Fine, you don't like it. But you remember it. No offense. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #85
See, man, that's what you Boomers and Millenials don't understand about Gen X. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #87
Yes. But I was a wild child at partying, so I like it. nt slor Dec 2013 #52
I am quintessential Gex X MadrasT Dec 2013 #55
Seems to me very few Millenials or Boomers quite grasp the importance of R.E.M.'s album Murmur Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #57
+1000 JCMach1 Dec 2013 #79
Born in '72 gen-X'er, checkin in mike dub Dec 2013 #60
I get lost Paulie Dec 2013 #61
Sorry to inform you but the Boomers were into flannel shirts flamingdem Dec 2013 #63
Go really old school when you get to coffee house mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #68
You know no one gives a damn about you when you don't even merit blame. TheKentuckian Dec 2013 #69
hey, better to fly under the radar and avoid the bullshit... while listening dionysus Dec 2013 #70
I know. We're assholes too. We deserve some blame for Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2013 #72
Did you guys know that... jkirch Dec 2013 #73
I'm worse at what I do best / And for this gift I feel blessed / Our little group has always been... devils chaplain Dec 2013 #89
That's what the X means, yeah? Recursion Dec 2013 #93
Bumping...nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #95
Bumping again cause ya'll at work gotta pay for the Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #96
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