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CanSocDem

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36. Therein lies the problem...

Fri May 19, 2017, 09:05 AM

May 2017

..."hearing" about Watergate and Woodstock and Lee Harvey Oswald is much different than being there.

Your generation is always quick to 'remember' the big events, but slow to appreciate those who precipitated the 'big events'.

Up thread you take credit for cannabis...'liberalization' without acknowledging the boomers who sacrificed much in making pot accessible to everybody. As I remember it, it was your generation who decided to put a price tag on grass, throw in some stocks and seeds and proclaim it a consumer product. MY generation was giving it away.

We threw open the gates at Woodstock- your generation is still trying to make money from it.

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On Chris Cornell killing himself, and generation X [View all] DonCoquixote May 2017 OP

I've been listening to Temple of The Dog all night... Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #1

RIP Chris from a Gen X'er Tom67 May 2017 #2

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CC was on the very front edge of GenX... as am i... Rhythm May 2017 #13

Why do we only get 11 years when everyone else gets like 20? OhioBlue May 2017 #17

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"Oregon Trailers" I love that Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #49

I never understood the way generations are sliced up into years. Exilednight May 2017 #72

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I can't even follow this any more Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #48

I don't think there is a clear dividing line between these waves of people. GreenEyedLefty May 2017 #59

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EXACTLY Warren. I didn't know you were a fellow Gen Xer! anneboleyn May 2017 #9

Yep. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #11

I remember my cousin making a joke OriginalGeek May 2017 #22

I used to make Watergate cake and had no idea why it had that name LeftInTX May 2017 #23

Lol yeah OriginalGeek May 2017 #38

Therein lies the problem... CanSocDem May 2017 #36

Yes, I'm a late Boomer and I have lots of Gen X friends... LisaM May 2017 #53

Look, generational generalizations are generally for shit. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #62

Presumably the millenials with the (correctly) high approval of same-sex marriage LisaM May 2017 #63

Maybe, but that doesn't explain why the boomers themselves Warren DeMontague May 2017 #64

Because of what their own parents told them. LisaM May 2017 #65

People are responsible for themselves and their own views, full stop. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #67

But I think it's because a lot of Boomers changed. LisaM May 2017 #68

I know, I went to a Lesbian wedding in the mid-90s. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #70

A more realistic argument is that Gen Xers, and an even greater part Exilednight May 2017 #73

Fine, whatever. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #57

Gen X here, too Dorian Gray May 2017 #25

Yeah, there were a whole bunch of undercurrents that were going on before the media and culture Warren DeMontague May 2017 #26

We had similar experiences.... Dorian Gray May 2017 #27

Ah, too bad you didnt make it to the right show. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #30

Nicely said, from another blue-haired slacker. politicat May 2017 #44

As a Gen Xer this is some bullshit, right here. Spider Jerusalem May 2017 #5

I'm a Gen Xer, and I agree with you. This was just not something I agree with -- Cornell was NEVER anneboleyn May 2017 #8

Correct Cosmocat May 2017 #28

No one ever cared about us. No one ever will. AngryAmish May 2017 #6

Oh yeah, how much has anybody ever heard marybourg May 2017 #7

Your characterization of Cobain is uninformed and frankly, ludicrous. BannonsLiver May 2017 #10

RIP eShirl May 2017 #12

Rofl. n/t miyazaki May 2017 #14

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Gen Z is used crazycatlady May 2017 #54

Cry me a river... GulfCoast66 May 2017 #16

thank you Skittles May 2017 #19

Yeah GulfCoast66 May 2017 #20

I have to say Skittles May 2017 #60

Totally agree. hamsterjill May 2017 #51

you know it hamsterjill Skittles May 2017 #61

Me too, Skittles. hamsterjill May 2017 #66

whenever I hear about "retirement communities" Skittles May 2017 #71

Thank you. NT enough May 2017 #31

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this is about Mental health and depression. it has nothing to do with gen x v boomers or whatever JI7 May 2017 #21

well it does, G_j May 2017 #24

Gen X not defined by music Buckeyeblue May 2017 #29

Right on the fucking money!!!!! moda253 May 2017 #46

Agree, I was born in 66 KatyMan May 2017 #74

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I don't think we X'd ourselves out JustAnotherGen May 2017 #34

Mostly disagree - a couple thoughts Cosmocat May 2017 #35

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A long time ago, post-Cobain on a music forum I posted something like this Tarc May 2017 #41

This comes across as completely contrary to so many Gen X examination articles Blue_Adept May 2017 #42

You know the millenials are gonna blame you, right? Iggo May 2017 #45

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Boomer here, and Chris will always be my hero emulatorloo May 2017 #52

I think the gen x tag should have covered another 5-10 years Kentonio May 2017 #55

I was born in 80 crazycatlady May 2017 #58

Here's a little hole in your theory... kysrsoze May 2017 #56

Oh, FFS! This is not a Gen X issue. All generations have had these issues.... madinmaryland May 2017 #69