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Warren DeMontague

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90. Nah, I mean, so much of where I come from, how I see things, is rooted in Boomer stuff

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 02:59 AM

Dec 2013

even if I came of age later.

Some of that may come from being on the younger end of an older family. Certainly the cultural and political stuff from the Vietnam war was still reverberating loud throughout my childhood.

Plus I mean, I'm a Deadhead, duh.. and, for me it was never a question of doubting the cultural primacy of assorted Boomer touchstones, like the guitar work of Jimi Hendrix or the lyrics of Bob Dylan.

Whereas I think a lot of Millennials are like, "Bob who?"

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Fellow GenXers, ever feel invisible? ....... [View all] marmar Dec 2013 OP

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

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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