Hell yeah!

Damn right!

True!! Through all the pessimism and downs we became self-reliant and independent.

Can2274 Self reliant to the core

I move that as Generation Y became dubbed The Millenials, Z is being called Zoomers, our generation be dubbed The Awesome Generation. All in favor?

Only child and latchkey kid. You just described most of my evenings. 😂

I was also born in 71. However, I at least had 2 other siblings to share chores. The boomer father of mine got lazy and we kids had to do the chores before our "boss" mother came home.

Genx'er born in 1969. I agree. We were left to our own devices....as long as you were home when the street lights came on! LOL! Do your chores. Mow the lawn. Do your homework, then go outside and PLAY. Street football. Kick the Can. Soccer in the yard (we had a big yard). Stick ball in the street. We were left to our own devices. Stuff parents these days would get arrested for! LOL!

Same.

‘71…..same👀

This is true. This time-line is skewed. He talks about the "Early 60's". He's off by about 10 years. I was born in '69. I'm a straight-up Gen'xer. Early 60's weren't. In 1979, I was 10. By 1989, I was 20. I GREW UP in the 80's. If you were EARLY 60's, you GREW UP in the 70's. That's a HUGE difference, culturally.

Excellent points.

Really good point. I almost forgot this was the case about corporations wanting your life without returning loyalty.

Yes, I didn't start college until '82....and I was still in high school until '83 (graduated at age 17). Born in '65.

@@betsysingh-anand3228 That's similar to what I did--born in '65, graduated a semester early at 17 and went to college in Jan. of '83, then went back to my high school graduation that same year just for the heck of it :)

I'm an OG Xer myself ('64). Agree with all you said. However, our end of the cohort also was able to enjoy the last of the sexual revolution, pre-AIDS, and are the last to remember black & white photos and TV, rotary phones, and pre-cable television, while still being the original adopters and adapters of computing technology. Sort of a unique slot in history.

Sounds like a bunch of boomers

@@RC-fm6bj to the untrained, poorly educated, perhaps. Good luck on learning how to grow as a human. Something tells me you're going to need copius amounts of it.

@@RC-fm6bj sounds like you didn't watch the vid. Maybe you can't do math either...

Boomers would be the people that had Generation X if you knew anything but then again you grew up never having to try for anything Society failed you by making life way too easy and so you're a little cry whining baby you probably don't even know what a woman is and that's just sad because reality is reality no matter how many of your delusional friends tell you it's not

You wrote my life. Xr of 67 here. I was cooking my own meals before I was tall enough to reach the stove! I stood in a chair! Did my laundry, AND my parents! All I was to them was a servant, nothing more. I did ALL the housework inside and out. I was driving at 13, and fixing my own brakes! Lied about my age, to get a job at 14. Neglect was my only constant in life. The list is long! It's why I don't trust anyone anymore, and never will again.

I think it swings both ways in our generation. Some of us decided we don’t give bleep what people think, but others became perfectionists and people pleasers.

@@stillwatersfarm8499 very true! I would know 🫠

Social media is just for the faceplants.

@@Seeker0fTruth 🤚🏻recovering 😬

So very true! I'm from 1973 too.

I couldn't be friends with them either. I'm an Xer born in 67. I find these kids to be whiney little bitches.

I recall having a paper route and helped with my parents cleaning business at 9yrs. Would get home 3 times a week at 11 p.m. and had to go to school the next day. Home economics and wood shop class was vital to teach us to do laundry, wash dishes, sew, wood shop has given me the skills that helped my start up my own business. We were creative, resilient and self-reliant and got things done.

Born in 65. When my kids were born, and they are on my video page and will tell you, I rarely let my kids out of my sight. I derovve them to school, there was always someone home when they got home, I barely let them go to the corner store. Oh no...I was on them like white on rice. See...I never had that when I was a kid. I went places, I look back and I am surprised I'm still alive. But that was any given Tuesdy....and it was a fun time. And it sucked too.

Born 73. By fifth grade I was in charge of taking the CTA bus with my two younger brothers to school. I did it with no problems. My mom and dad depended on me helping them out. I was the oldest. I didn’t feel any resentment about it at the time. I still don’t. I felt it was my duty. My school mates were doing the same. Taking care of siblings and helping their parents. I joke around that they baby me now at 50 and not when I was 11. 😂 I had a great childhood.

so true.....you were allowed to make mistakes, own them and learn from them

No better teacher than pain.

Same. Had an apartment at 17. Worked full time since. Enjoy plenty of vacations and outdoor activities. My life is good. I did basically raise myself since 13. Both parents worked full time.

Me too! Moved out when I was 17. I worked fulltime while finished high school.

I'm a gen x and my mom kicked me out at 16

Did you raise your children the way you were raised?

"We have to adapt and overcome" you just summed up our entire childhood.

✌😎🤘

Yep, we knew it would be ugly and we embraced that disdain and became creatively resilient. 😎

'67 here - anyone that doesn't realize their workplace doesn't give a crap about them is a fool. They will absolutely have no loyalty to you while asking it from you in spades.

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We were born into a world that had gone mad, you could see it right there on the TV screen in full color every night. Hasn't gotten any saner either

I wear the term "cynical" like a badge of honor.

Pie in the Sky had the BEST calzones…I wonder if they’re still around…??

@@matthewatwood8641 yes, today the world is crazier. So our "cynicism" and common-sense come in handy. But we also have our values too. We are tolerant but know when to draw the line in the sand.

Cynicism is a safeguard and a constant reality check. @@georgekoros6823

OMG...that is so me...I am always lauded for my performance and told that I have a bad attitude...

This is how I am so its hard for me to understand why boomers seem to need help all the time when they were so unhelpful as parents.

@@ericstandefer9138 gen Xer here…my dad never praised me for graduating. Seven years of higher education…not one “congratulations”.

As another GenXer i relate to never being celebrated either it was painful at the time but i’m so glad we’re not the angry woke generation

@@overcomerbtbojesus Yeah the difference is that we made a positive out of that negative , unlike these angry, younger gens.

Sounds normal. My parents sat us down at 15. Get a job year round in HS. Oh ya. We refuse to help pay for college. You have to get out at 18. When I got married at 32. My parents could not make an exception and stay up late. They left at 9pm to get their precious sleep. It’s always about them

@Don Comer I've noticed that with many people my age. Growing up, in the early 2000s, my dad lost his job, and in 2008 (housing market crash), we nearly lost everything including our house. In a way, I was exposed to the dangers of money already, so I know to stretch my dollar far.

@@knaida9883 Your father's generation (myself included) believe failure and struggle builds character. A great example- the struggles you father went through. *You* learned from that... I personally raised my kids with the mindset that they're not ENTITLED to a damn thing. They're not special..to me they are ..but to society they're just another useless face in the crowd..If they want it go out and earn it. When times get hard put those big boy/girl pants on and man up..handle that s###.. Look a person in the eye when you speak..Respect is earned , not given . Be respectful BUT do not take crap from anyone.. stand your ground. FINALLY QUESTION EVERYTHING Your an individual not some blind sheep just following the herd

Thats awesome! I'm Gex X, my kids were born in '97, '98, '99. I was born in '76. I raised them with actual life skills

You're very lucky to have had GenX parents. Your grandparents were horrific to your parents but they didn't do the same to you.

I was born in '76 and had my son in '95.... he worked straight out of high school, putting himself through college, purchased his own vehicles, that he works on himself. He works hard and hes finally about to get into nursing school. Like every gen, there is its cancer.....I never related to the majority of my peers and found that the "misfits" of my gen were more attuned to reality. I beleive a lot of the millennials were the product of neglectful boomers that had late-life children. They couldn't be bothered with children and alienated the X children, they planned as baby sitters. It is obvious that these kids have been neglected, while allowing the internet to raise and babysit them, on top of the brainwashing of the school system. Materialism and fast food, in place of a loving parent. It is no wonder a lot of them are angry and emotionally stunted.

And I LIKED it!🤪☺️

I'm a boomer. I was raised by parents who only cared about how they were viewed by society, not about what was best for their children. We were expected to go to college, but when we graduated, there were no jobs because of way too many boomers hitting the job market all at once. We took what we could get as we struggled through the long years of hyper-inflation just to survive, not to mention the Vietnam war. Generation X is little different in their experiences than boomers' experiences or any other generations' experiences.

@@virginiamoss7045Not true. Xers were raised by Boomers, who were far more mentally unstable and narcissistic than previous generations. And they LOVED divorce. Boomers were the most horrible parents in American history. They went from "Devil Worship" to "Prosperity Gospel Christians" and then back to Buddhism like it was no tomorrow. Most were coke and weed addicts on top of this. Ever fellow Xer I know had Boomer parents like this. They were absolutely in love with themselves and their disco bullsh*t while they left us home alone without babysitters to figure out life on our own. No, you have no clue what we went through because like most other Boomers, you have no empathy and just want to brush everything off because it's always been about you.

@@virginiamoss7045PS- Because we are Xers and are old enough, we see through the Boomer BS you get away with telling Millennials. Boomers grew up in much better times. Yes, there was high inflation in the 70s, but it was a breeze compared today's situation. I know because I was there and remember it. Even with that inflation, everything was much cheaper in relationship to what you earned compared to today. It's why so many working class Boomers made a mint because property and homes were insanely cheap then compared to today even with the stagflation of the 70s. Property ownership is everything when it comes to building wealth and maintaining it. And as far as jobs go, I remember all of my Boomer aunts and uncles who came of age during the 70s had absolutely no problems getting civilian and govt jobs right out of high school. And they all bought nice homes with a plot of land that were super affordable. But when Boomers took over in the 80s and 90s, they raped the United States by buying EVERY rental property, boat dock, apt building, RV park, Mobile Home park, parking lot, etc and then jacked the rent or fees up 3-4 times higher than the Greatest Generation from whom they bought it from. By doing this, they set America on a course for the evils of Communism, because by making everything unaffordable, they made Communism attractive to Millennials and Gen Zs, because Communists promise housing stability to them. Meanwhile, Gen Xers have had to sit back and watch Boomers destroy the greatest country in history because of their immorality and greed.

I was out at 17 and joined the military as soon as I was able to do it without a parent signature.

We can be by ourselves cause we always were.

A favorite quote of mine is “that which you tolerate will become yours”…so if you tolerated working overtime, weekends, etc…of course your employer would continue subjecting you to that. Why wouldn’t they if you never complained or left for a different job?

@SwissChalet Not only tolerated, but expected. If a person they are used to working two extra hours per day, leaves on time for some reason, they act like you are "cheating" the company.

This is fair. Like you said, each has their pros and cons.

Your so full of shit it ain't funny. I'm 52 and will work . I can't believe ur saying this when ur working in a accounting department. Lol go work construction once see who's working. No many gen x accountants. We got skills that nolonger taught. I got skills I could do almost anything I want.

Fuck employers that want extra work without extra pay Find another sucker, it won't be me

That's the way it should be!👍

I think gen Xers use technology alot too, but.. we are more grounded in the really world too.

Pamela Lafferty that’s more accurate. We had to adjust and adapt to a lot of changes. We can use and enjoy the technology but we can live without if need be. 🤷🏼‍♀️. Adaptability works well!

Yup. As we should. I catch a lot of shit because of this....especially when I am not home....I leave the phone at home, tethered to the wall, plugged in.....just as it was when I, a member of Generation X, was a kid.....before cellphones existed.....all phones were tethered to the wall by a phone cord. You youngsters call it a land line. Land lines were the way it was for us growing up. So, yeah, we aren't addicted to mobile devices because we were born and raised before they existed.

ACEDIAMOND666 exactly. We can take them or leave them. As the most adaptable generation, think of all the things that we adapted to that the boomers either ignored or the younger ones than us were born with. I love being GenX

Yes! I always say I am fine with a range of personalities if their work is done properly. And I accept what I don't agree with even more if they perform even more. Lol. Not to the extend of violating any policy of course, I just don't need to be surrounded by Yes Men or walk on eggshells. Dissent can lead to improvements.

I totally hear you on that TV thing. I've noticed when families with young kids go out to eat at a fast food restaurant, each kid orders what they want. Our parents would order FOR us. We didn't get a choice. And we were still happy. It's just so weird to see how the tables have turned. (1978).

Dad also got us toys he would play with himself, via Erector sets, and electric train sets..loved every bit of it!! love you dad, and I was honored to be in this generation R.I.P

Also born in 76'. I had a similar experience growing up.

My milennial brother and sister had a lot more growing up

Those kids parents are Gen Xers

I was writing machine language programs in 1982, so... yeah. I remember a time before cell phones and the Internet, when music was released on vinyl or tape. And it was disco!

Usually the guy who is the best "crisis manager" is the idiot who causes serial crises.

So the saying goes; if you want to find the most efficient way to get a job done, assign it to the laziest person.

@@8180634 Exactly what I was going to say!

Gen Z couldn’t kick snow off a rope 😂

Alejandro Rios we are most adaptable of all

I'm a child to a Gen X parent....basically I'm victim of the things that he is speaking about.

@Edgar Foerster Well said Edgar, some call us X'rs cynical, I see it as being realistic with an abhorrence for the naivety, helplessness, and false optimism so many boomers/millennial display..

D F yep

We had to our thoughtless self absorbed decadent parents we too into their own personal lives to care.

Hail, fellow '73er! I've often told my parents and kids both that we were born in the perfect year. It was a fun time to grow up. I also worked at 14 and 15 doing odd jobs and had to go get a work permit. My kids, if they were even interested in working at that age (and they weren't) would have expected me to tell them how to go about getting a permit and then driving them everywhere and leading them through the steps to get it, and drive them to work as well. Me? I was expected to figure it out myself (pre-internet of course, for younger readers) and bike wherever I needed to go myself, regardless of weather. Also, I continue to be amazed at the number of teenagers who don't know their local street and city names well, don't know their multiplication tables, don't remember when most holidays are, basically all these gadgets that remember things for them have caused their brains to turn off.

Ben Vasilinda i was born in 76 . Hell i remember driving our old K-5 blazer to the bus stop. And we would fight on who would get to drive it home after school. Had manual locking hubs. We would lock em in and kick donuts in the fields around our house I remember learning how to drive. My old man tossed me the keys to an old toyota car. With a stick and told me to have at it lol Man life was awesome

Latch-key kid from 1975 here. Started mowing lawns @12. Learned to drive in an old MG standard the same summer. Bought first car cash @ 15...miss the days before smartphones. People don't even look around or make eye contact anymore.

I am a gen-xer. I got a couple of driving lessons when I was 10 on a stick shift (when my mom was trying to learn to drive) and that was it, then when I was 17 I moved to live with my dad and one day he felt like he had a little too much to drink and just tossed me the car keys to his stick shift car and I drove us home and I have been driving ever since then.

Born in '74 and have a 16 yo son. He has to have 50 hrs of driving with his parents and take drivers ed to get a provisional license. I learned how to drive on my own. My parents taught me to stop go reverse and turn in about 10 minutes, then set me free. They just said dont hit anything and dont get pulled over bc I didnt have a license for 2 more years. They also went on trips for weeks, leaving me alone with younger siblings. We were to go to school every day and not draw attention to our house in any way.

Same. I have zero trust in my employer, and have zero qualms moving on if a better offer comes along, whether it's monetary, better hours, better environment, etc or all of the above. We have to look out for ourselves, because no one else is looking out for us. Employers these days couldn’t care less about our success... they're all about that almighty dollar... and will let you go in a heartbeat if they can find someone to do your job for less.

My employer (a hospital) tried to force inject poison into me a couple years ago…I told the to “f” off.

Yep, I raised my kids the same way and they’re late Gen Y “survivors”. I dunno who raised these fragile Gen Y&Z kids?? Somebody really dropped the ball.

In other words I've got mine, you go get yours. Mentoring the young? Forget it. That's for me to know and to find out. Screw u kids.

@@endigosun Boomers. Boomers who saw how bad they were at raising us and then overcompensated and became helicopter parents.

That's another difference: My dad was a Vietnam Vet. My grandfathers were WW2 Vets. My parents were "Depression Era" kids. They were TOUGH because they HAD TO BE! Gen'xer's we're raised with that level of toughness. We have thicker skin. You kids are weak. And it's our fault for raising a generation of you. It's a little embarrassing.

You said it. Thank you.

Gen-X here who grew up with 3 Greatest Gen grandparents. They were really special. They grew up in extremely challenging conditions, but never once did they complain about it.

68 year. Great time in America

You're way off on your years, millennial. I started working officially in 1984.

@@PorkyHontas no he's not he just saying you guys weren't complaining at that time .i was working in 94 as a gen x n you guys weren't psychotic like you are now POWER n Control selfishness do that to a person

@Kevin Michaud I realize that but garin said Xers entered the work force in the 90s.

@@PorkyHontas a large portion of gen x entered the workforce in the 90s. Like the ones born in the 70s

@@joeposteraros I'm not denying that, but one of the writers hinted most all of Gen X started in the 90s, which isn't correct. Many Gen Xers were born in the mid sixties and early seventies and entered the workforce in the 80s. I for one got my first family supporting job in 87 whereas I got my first on-the-books job in 83. Don't forget, Gen X is a shorter timespan than most generations. Some say it started in 61 or 62 to around 64, and ending around 79-ish or 80.

“Special angst” and “lonely cynicism” of my younger self. This is so spot on! I thought it was just me, but all of these comments, and especially this one, make me realize we (GenX) were all going through the same stuff.

I love looking back at the music I listened to where I could feel strong negative emotions and then leave it there in the bathroom mirror or bedroom.

This. No other generation like us in this aspect.

I'm a bit older Gen Xer, and yeah, I'd say someone born in 1977 and younger would have this experience of "life before tech." Up until 1983-84 or so, even though MTV was raging, there was a still a lot of the "1970s" culture and old school ways that hung on until that time period. You can see it in shows like Fantasy Island that started in 1977 and ended in 1984. Most of the styles of dress and people's personalities were the same throughout the show until it ended. "The Return of the Jedi" in 1983 was also very much like Star Wars in 1977. It was around 1985-1986 that things started really changing and the "old world" was pretty much washed away with the new world of higher technology, shallow boy bands, the Crack epidemic, etc came in and would eventually become 90s culture. Anyone who did not remember or was not old enough to experience life before 1984 just could NOT be a Gen X to me because growing up during that older time was hugely influential on one's personality and cultural references. I base this on the fact that scientifically, normal memory does not stabilize and become adult-like until 5-6 years old. This means that generally speaking, 1977 is generally the dividing line for most people to remember "the old world" before 1984. Yeah, I can see that some people born up until 1979 might have still experienced this, and if they do, I would still consider them Gen X based solely on their experience remembering the old world. But it's rare and why 1977 and earlier is more accurate.

You have to realize that the overly regulated kids are the Millennials and not the kids of Gen-X'ers. Keep in mind that many Gen-X'ers had kids, who grew up to be Generation Z. These kids might have been regulated, but they still had personal freedom. The difference between Gen-X and Gen-Z is that they have smart devices instead of analog devices.

Yea, watching Clockwork Orange because your Boomer babysitters were freethinkers during the 70's wuz indeed eye-opening. lol

Omg yes! My son is coddling my grandson so bad it’s hard to watch! 🤦🏼‍♀️

My parents were not boomers and I'm a younger Gen x

Yes I agree me and my friends so many times getting into bad situations even dangerous but managing to get out of them every time.

Same age also saw The Fly in the movies😂.

Not just a you thing. I do it myself. I work with my hands with teams of men, and if there's something I *know* a guy under me is better at, I put him in charge of it-- he may be a poor manager, but that thing? Oh, he'll manage the HECK out of it and do a fantastic job. If one of my guys comes to me with a better way to do a thing, I actually listen to him-- he may save us all kinds of grief and trouble and extra time on a site with his 'wacky idea'. If I know it won't work the way he hopes, it's because we tried it before, and I tell him WHY I won't let him do it that way in plain language. And I know how to say "Thank you" and how to say "Good job!". Every day. It makes all the difference. Edit: ah, and... if a guy comes to me with the solution to a problem, one of those above 'hairbrain schemes'? HE gets the credit, 100%.

I’m 1979 and I’m exactly the same

Ben Dover LMFAO good one

Really?

I'm perfectly fine with loyalty, but it's also a two way street.

Troll With A Purpose there is no loyalty anymore if people are ugly to one another, it’s a simple fact, perhaps the millennials get the credit but Gen X was not afraid to say take this job and shove it.

@@raquelalhaqab5994 There is, but be prepared for small businesses with less pay. Startups can show some loyalty but that's only if it remains a small-medium business, all bets are off if they get corporate interest.

Exactly! Duh

Yep. Like we had a choice. We came home alone. Feed and took care of any younger siblings. Cleaned. Did homework and even started supper. And, got it if it wasn't done right. FTS!

rudimentary computer!! thats a commodore with a state of art tape drive!

Good times. My folks would say, "just be home before the street lights come on."

OH STOP YOU SOUND LIKE A BOOMER!!.

@@watchulla The irony of your statement is friggin' delicious.

@@nattymo7835 Lots of times it seems Gen M is Boomer 2.0, which is fine considering Gen Z is kind of panning out to be Gen X 2.0.

Very well said

Mohaine thank you! No one understands. I also hate combining words like Brexit. Are we that lazy??

Tbh I always use the phrase to be honest but didn't know what tbh meant till today, not gonna lie. Other times I look at inet acronyms and like a lot of sh., I feel like I'm guessing. Or pulling sh out my ass but I'm actually pretty accurate. I've noticed this w/ ppl who are 10(+)yrs younger than me. They'll be like oh shit, she's gonna teach me something... & I'll feel all offended like look, don't pretend your made up sh equates to intelligence. And how the f did they not pick up on that?bc all I had to do was pull it out my ass 🤷🏻‍♀️. How was I supposed to know that's really what it meant

Yea, that got an eye-role from me.

what is ROWE?

And so many of them are so awkward. In high school we used to imagine gadgets and companies that would make the worst acronyms. And sometime me managed to sneak it into an essay or something. Like a new app for the woke SJW: The Personal Environmental and Non-binary Integrated System. - A collection of resources that will help you navigate the pit-falls of exploring your personal place on the gender-spectrum, without neglecting your environmental conscious lifestyle. Incl. vegan, fruitarism and raw food.

I'm a genXer who didn't have kids. My question is how did the kids of Gen Xers become so weak? One would think Gen Z would be better able to handle life having Gen X parents, but it seems all that self reliant attitude we grew up with didn't reflect in parenting? Can't figure that one out.

​@@virginiav1704because Gen X parents tried to follow the same pattern of hands off and divorce as they were raised, so media personalities, politicians, and public schools took over the raising.

​@virginiav1704 No, a lot of us didn't want to subject our kids to the same childhoods we had so we wildly overcompensated. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Same here but dad had money because he worked hard in sales, grandpa was a sheet mill worker, grandma a beautician, mom's dad had been in the navy and was an electrician. Mom stayed home, and we lived as kids out and about in the world playing learning growing. Disciplined household, family meetings, chores, consequences. All the kids I knew across the US had it the same way as far as chores and discipline.( We moved often and lived in many states,) Our dad was generous, and we often discussed at our dinner parties, the issue of morals, decency, who to hang out with, and how life works. My parents did not have a good marriage so it took its toll on us kids. But learned many good traits that are still part of my life decades later. Common sense being one of them. I thank God for that. Learned good habits young, they're still with me.

Atheists don't generally believe that you can take it with you either. When you die there's nowhere to go, and no one to go there. It gives us a reason to appreciate the life we have.

The guys who wrote the book “Gen X” chose 1960-1980. They also wrote THE FOURTH TURNING, which is very good.

65 through 80 in my opinion.

I think maybe boomers don't realize they can and do age.

You’re right, there was a slip up in there, I heard it too. I’m an x er, I started college in 1992, not the 70’s as he stated. That was my dad lol

1964 was really the first year of Gen X....no technology, punk rock and freedom.....

WL Kreiner Yeah!

🤣😂 I was too young to go to a Nirvana concert. However, I do remember Courtney acting crazy when Madonna was trying to do an interview. Yes, I actually remember this sh. I don't randomly search these things. And if I did? I'd prob hafta have a memory for it. For kicks, I do think of random sh. But w/ technology, I'm able to confirm the sh I pull out my ass -82

According to this video, Gen X started in the early 1960s - people who hardly know what Nirvana is.

(1964-1979) Gen X

@@markswanson1752 If you were born in the mid sixties, you would be in your late 20's when Nirvana broke big. Hardly a disconnected age from pop culture. Especially when that is the extremely earliest Xers.

We also forget that are parents generation was coming of a great high from Vietnam and the hole free love experience that's how a lot of us came to be.

I agree. I have some Millennial friends tell me that I'm secretly scarred because of my rough childhood. That I need to work out problems that I don't even know I have. I keep thinking, I'm so much more content and stable than they are that even if they're right about trauma I'm covering up, what's the point of delving into it. I'll cry when I feel like it. But I don't think that's the case. I think I dealt with it. It seems like Millennials want to understand their trauma more than have a content life, while I'd rather have a good life.

​@@DavidAWAI understand this perfectly. My younger friends seem to think everything needs to be talked about, while I'd much rather just move on. Bottling up your trauma is only a problem if the bottle breaks.

@@PaulGuy absolutely. We deal with it. We had to. Our parents certainly weren’t going to help us. “talk about our feelings” and shit like that. Definitely made us stronger.

Some of us are very broken, because we did not get that guidance and seemed to keep choosing the wrong direction. As a kid i was made to feel like i was never good enough, so i went through life feeling like i was not good enough and made choices that seemed to be the right thing at that moment and it always was the wrong choice. Life has felt like one fight after another to just get by.

Born in 1962. Started taking college classes in 1977. At 15. Summers, evening classes and weekend classes on top of high school. Not into sports or extra curricular bs. Just wanted to LEARN!

If the first boomers were born in 1946, it's fair to say people born in 1961 and after are of a different generation. Someone born in '61 wouldn't even remember the Kennedy assassination.

I graduated in 1982. I entered the USMC in 1982 INSTEAD OF college. If I need to "KNOW" something, I just went to a Library. NOW, I just use the computer to answer my question! In the early 1970's, I learned to type on a typewriter simply to learn how to use this machine. Mrs. Henry, a baby boomer, did not understand why a football player whose position was the NOSE GUARD, was taking a "female class." Segregation was not just black/white, male and female segregation was also coming to an end.

it was the late 80s early to mid 90s

Gen X started in 1965.

Gen Z ain't exactly a promised Generation either

CM Hughes nailed it!!!!

@@colonelyungblonsk7730 true, but they have gen-x to fall back on. We get it and get you, I have gen-z team members and love it. In fact I can pretty much sit back and just guide and let them run the show. They are more than ready for it and really do a great job, I might be in charge but without them where would I be?

Yes, working with Millennials takes me (a Gen Xer) back to my days as a camp counselor (emphasis on counselor). 😃

I feel I should point out that Millennials are that way due to the way us Gen Xers raised them, just as we are the way we are due to the way Baby Boomers raised us.I'm just glad it's the Millennials who are responsible for Gen Z.

Being an engineer (born in the early 70's), my entire job is figuring things out, and it frustrates me when people come with questions on whatever, but haven't spent any time trying to figure it out. On the flip side, I'm eager to help people who have tried but got stuck or are trying and could use a little boost.

Interesting. I personally had so much incredible work training, it amazes me there isn't work training anymore. Born in 68. It was the best when I was coming up. So much talent development. It made a big difference

@@happy777abc The company I work for is global. We have offices all around the world. Training varies by local society norms. In some places it's expected that people use their own personal time to learn new skills and in some places it's expected that if the employer thinks skills are important, training will be provided during work hours.

Yep. Shortly after I entered the work world they put a PC on my desk. I thought it was Christmas. Never had one day of training. Then they "downsized" and told us to "work smarter". Next came globalization and offshoring, the internet and the Web. We just kept rolling with it.

Those jobs have been mostly gone since Reaganomics destroyed them.

@@MrJojamiejo 😁

The big move of outsourcing manufacturing as well as for under the table pay to illegals to destabilize the middle class was a big part of that. It stalled the economy starting in the 70’s. Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise”...

Loaf of Butter, Stick of Milk, Container of Bread

I still recite that too! Loved that cartoon.

Endless possibilities!

What a memory-thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! Where was that? Sesame Street? The Electric Company?

@@m.onthephone8032 "Sesame Street"

Perhaps you did. Gen Z seems nothing like X.

@@seapeajones I notice that too. I think a lot of us latchkey kids wanted to have more of that family vibe. I wanted to be there for my kids as much as possible, and I'm super close to my kids (they are adults now), but I raised mine to be pretty independent and to think for themselves.

You do not find because of social media and all the babied kids out there your kids claim they were neglected? I thought i actually spoiled my kids, they had way more than i ever did, Ad i gave them more freedom. Was not as strict as my step dad was. When my parents were home i was terrified of the man and his belt. But that is now called neglect.

Weston P. W c h m news Hayes So am I.

Me too.

Amen

*_I'M AN X-ER & I COULDN'T CARE LESS. IN MY NAKED EYES, WE WHO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR BEING BORN A CERTAIN YEAR HAVE TO LEARN SOME HUMILITY. In the end, EVERYONE is a natural-born sinner. X-ers are no holier than millennials. NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT_*

ditto

Except for that generation that sacrificed their lives to save the rest of us from the Nazis. Those are some pretty big shoes to fill, and so far no other generation has risen to that level. There are many heroes among us who have made that same level of sacrifice, but when speaking of generations as a whole, the WW-I and WW-II generations were special.

@@8180634 Lol, *we* were never at risk, try again.

By what metric?

The first generation when kicking a paedo in the nuts and scarpering on your BMX was a real option.

Which is to say the Millennials who were born in the early 1980s.

Thats right...We farm hundreds of acres still with 45 year old tractors...Proud independent..

MontanaMountainMen it’s because we don’t give a damn and we will never get old. Gen X forever ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

Me too my wife and I are both gen Xers and have accomplished alot

To this day I still prefer to work on my own at my own pace but the job is done on time.

djpioneer937 LOL For a guy obsessed with years and ages and where they fit together, he sure blew that one. A 1965 birth wouldn't enter college until 1983!

I wondered the same thing? Born in '63, I didnt enter college until '81. I wish they'd figure out what the bracket is. Usually, boomers are considered 1946-64.

xr7fan Gen X didn’t start in 1960 though

xr7fan He’s grossly wrong, everyone in the thread knows this, yet you’re still debating. Even for the generally accepted generation x age range, 1960 is still incorrect.

xr7fan If the sky is orange, by his definition, you’ll accept that as well? His definition is wrong, therefore his math is, simple and plain.

I chop down mountains with the edge of my hand.....

I was hauling hogs 80 miles to St.Joe Missouri when I was 15... Could drive straight grain truck like a top..

GenXer82 on some charts I'm the tail end of gen x, AND the beginning of millenials, 1983 for me.

GenXer82 I was born in Jan 84 and in no way consider myself a millenial. Just my 2 cents.

GenXer82 can you blame them? most gen X babies have been a aborted. fiddling with the figures to make up for them now.

Gen X was a 15 year period 1965-1980

yeah i know i'm from Gen X and i'm in my mid 40's !!! We are the MTV generation!!!