Don't you....forget about us: An ode to my fellow GenXers

[marmar]

20 facts about Generation X
Gen X may be the rarest demographic cohort, but they've got some pretty bangin' traits that make them one of a kind

By JAKE ROSSEN
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 5, 2022 2:59PM


After Baby Boomers but before Millennials is Generation X, the people born between the period of 1965 and 1980 and with an age range of 41 to 56 who were the first to get hip to the internet, wore parachute pants, and who may have worried Y2K was going to ruin the world.

But there's more to this category of humans than '90s references. Check out some things you may not have realized about the inarguably dopest social construct.

1. Generation X was named after a book

The Baby Boomers were the first named generation, after the kids who arrived — a literal baby boom — when their parents began to settle down after World War II. Generation X didn't have a war that sparked it. Instead, it was words: Author Douglas Coupland's 1991 book "Generation X: Tales for An Accelerated Culture". The novel about disenfranchised post-Boomers struck a nerve and the name stuck.

2. Generation X also had something to do with Billy Idol

Even though Coupland popularized the term for a social group, he wasn't the first to coin the phrase. A book named "Generation X" by Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett was published in 1964 and examined British youth culture — at the time, people who were under 25. The tome found its way into the hands of a young Billy Idol, who went on to form his first band. He named it Generation X.

3. Generation X is also known as "the forgotten generation"

It's because Baby Boomers and Millennials tend to get all the romanticized media attention, leaving Generation X comparatively ignored. ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2022/02/05/20-facts-about-generation-x_partner/

[genxlib]

1. Checking in..

With a screen name to prove my street cred.

[cinematicdiversions]

2. I am perfectly happy to be forgotten

As for the other generations?

[WillUSAF]

3. Gen X here checkin in

[Aristus]

4. Gen X here - 1968.

The year of my birth, and one of the worst years in American history.

I'm sure that's just a coincidence...

[NightWatcher]

5. I identify with everything in that article.

But no one cares, so whatevs.

[Skittles]

8. is "whatevs" the latest fad word

seen it a few times lately

[Wingus Dingus]

6. Apparently we eat a lot of prepared/convenience foods.

We were the kids who came home from school and had a bowl of cereal in front of the ABC Afterschool specials until mom got home. So this makes sense. Compared to younger people, we aren't the foodie generation.

[imaginary girl]

7. I'm a middle child ...

So it's only fitting that my generation is ignored as well! Thanks for posting!

[Harker]

9. What about Generations IX and XI?

[AwakeAtLast]

10. 1970