Gen X we now know why.

[Dunc]

Link to tweet

?s=46

[SheltieLover]

1. Likely not a coincidence!

[Dunc]

2. I agree.

And yet I’m a 1966 baby and never voted for a repig.

[SheltieLover]

5. Well, Dunc, you are not a gullible fool!

[AZJonnie]

22. Right there with ya!

1966 was an amazing year too, like if you look back on all that happened, it's pretty crazy. Very important one in US history. And not just because of us coming along, although of course that was huge

[chowder66]

29. 66'er here too and also never voted for one and never will.

[Jbraybarten]

3. No. WTF. I hate general bashing bullshit and as a Gen Xer, seeing this crap is insulting and cheap.

[Dunc]

8. Also Gen X.

And I find it amusing.

[Jbraybarten]

15. hmm

[Irish_Dem]

4. Americans no longer have the IQ, education, morality to have a functional democracy.

Or to be the leaders of the free world.

It is the end of an era.

[Orrex]

7. I wonder if we ever did

Or if we simply had the resources and the good fortune not to have had the shit bombed out of us in WWII?

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes we talked a good game and had a lot of luck.

And the right timing.

[Orrex]

6. This same conclusion was drawn about boomers in a similar study posted on DU years ago

Back then, lead paint and leaded gasoline were tagged as the culprits.

Now that the profitable demographic has changed, I guess it's time to start picking on GenX.

[ABC123Easy]

9. 1974 baby here

On the back end of Gen X. From my experience, EVERY generation in the last 100+ years has been less intelligent that the one preceding it. I've seen numerous studies along those lines but not in the mood to find them right this second.

My experience shows me that Gen Y is by far less intelligent than Gen X. The Gen Y people I interact with are rocket scientists compared to the Gen Z people I've seen.

Teachers I know, say that the new Gen A's are going to be even worse.

We're living in the movie Idiocracy.

[Arthur_Frain]

14. Rocks me every time somebody else points this out.

1963 here. Had chemistry, biology, and foreign languages in JUNIOR high school.

It was definitely a minority of kids that took advantage and did well in those classes, but the fact that they were available at all 50 years ago and they aren’t now kills me.

Today’s kids can’t even properly use English.

[ABC123Easy]

23. Whoa!

Are those classes not taught anymore in junior high????? I don't have kids in school

OMG

No way

😲

[Mariana]

25. Their elders have failed to teach them.

[OC375]

11. We are the actual FAFO generation.

You don’t want us to get into this generational blame game circle jerk. We’re feral and we don’t do safe spaces.

[Dunc]

17. Exactly.

Our parents still do not know where we are at.

[flvegan]

24. Preach. n/t

[LeftInTX]

27. I don't know what you mean about that...seriously...

[OC375]

30. High independence, low supervision, with direct and immediate consequences and sole ownership of them.

[mountain grammy]

12. my sons were born in 1968 and 1971

Happy to say this proud mama didn't raise trumpers, but they sure know plenty of people their ages who are...ugh!

[Dunc]

16. 1966 here.

I found the tweet humorous and you’re awesome in raising two fine humans.

If we lived close I’d invite you for ground beef and cabbage today with tomato sauce. I woke up thinking of my grandma cabbage rolls this morning.
And peanut butter cake and Reese’s peanut butter ice cream.

[mountain grammy]

18. I love cabbage rolls! Enjoy!

and peanut butter cake too Can't get any better!

[Dunc]

20. I'm going full 100% half ass on this one mountain grammy.

Cabbage rolls are above my skill set. https://www.food.com/recipe/ground-beef-and-cabbage-casserole-391323

[mountain grammy]

21. Thank you Dunc!

Going in my recipe book. Looks like a good one!

[LeftInTX]

28. Make a casserole instead of rolling. It tastes the same.

[tulipsandroses]

13. I can't take that seriously. I blame trump's rise on racism, bigotry, selfishness and stupidity.

No matter the generation - They fall in one of those categories.
See all the " regretful" trump supporters who never thought " it" would happen to them. Whatever that " it" is.
They were perfectly fine with " it" happening to others based on racism, bigotry or selfishness.

[Renew Deal]

19. This entire post is a stretch

With a lunch of uncited claims. And of course, correlation is not causation. The claim about Trump support is disputable at best and disprovable depending on how you frame it. And you can make any claim about Gen X childhood for or against anything. For example, Gen X elected the first black president because of the anti-racism insisted on by the generation which broke from their more racist older and younger peers. Is it true? Who knows but it sounds right.

[LeftInTX]

26. I don't believe the lead thing. One thing about Gen X: They spent their formative years under Reagan and Bush.

People tend to be nostalgic and think of those times as "good". I remember the founder of Red State saying that.
Look at Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio etc.

I'm a boomer. Reagan was a culture shock. We had all these social programs and poof, this guy came in and destroyed it. However, someone born in 1970 probably doesn't remember most of those programs. They see Reagan as the clean cut guy who gave an address when baby Jessica fell in the well and all that other nice stuff...

Also I don't think all of Gen X feels that way about Reagan. It's just a reason that a Gen X could naturally be more conservative than a boomer. Also Gen X is all grown up and saw what Bush did with the Iraq War and they're been exposed to the Trump disaster.


I think older generations had more lead exposure.