My Comments
Oh for goodness' sake. The way you define it, at least, I'm a member of Gen X, though I've seen definitions that put me with the Millenials as well (born in 78). But your article seemed out of line to me, even though I can see the frustration.
But don't take it out on Gen Y - what really sucked for Gen X (and maybe it might help Millenials to understand this) was living in the shadow of the Boomers, who pretty much insisted on taking over all the cultural space in the country and never allowing any of it to pass on to younger people. It took ages for them to admit that they weren't The Youth anymore. In fact, their finally admitting this (grudgingly, because they were actually starting to retire) may be what marks the transition between Gen X and Millenials.
But if being drowned out by the Boomers was so unfair, shouldn't you/we (depending on how you define the generations, I guess) be happy for those who didn't have to go through that? Do you really want to imitate how the Boomers acted/act about Vietnam, and use a generational trauma as source of resentment and an excuse for condescending towards those younger than you?
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Oh for goodness' sake. The way you define it, at least, I'm a member of Gen X, though I've seen definitions that put me with the Millenials as well (born in 78). But your article seemed out of line to me, even though I can see the frustration.
But don't take it out on Gen Y - what really sucked for Gen X (and maybe it might help Millenials to understand this) was living in the shadow of the Boomers, who pretty much insisted on taking over all the cultural space in the country and never allowing any of it to pass on to younger people. It took ages for them to admit that they weren't The Youth anymore. In fact, their finally admitting this (grudgingly, because they were actually starting to retire) may be what marks the transition between Gen X and Millenials.
But if being drowned out by the Boomers was so unfair, shouldn't you/we (depending on how you define the generations, I guess) be happy for those who didn't have to go through that? Do you really want to imitate how the Boomers acted/act about Vietnam, and use a generational trauma as source of resentment and an excuse for condescending towards those younger than you?