Generation X? What is it?

[Villavic]

Tonight finally they’ll show the Friends finale in WB LatinAmerica (though I already know how it ends).
Yesterday they showed a Friends special at A&E. A columnist said that this show was the favorite of the Generation X. They were caught by this because it showed everything they thought, felt, etc.

I’m not sure. First of all, since I’m a guy from the 80s (I’m 38 so I don’t think I belong to the generation x) , when the 90s arrived, it came with a bunch of boring things.

The 80s were very cool. Kind of commercial, yes, maybe full of material girl, Duran Duran, Culture Club and Ronald Reagan, but cool anyway. I guess in the 90s they tried to deny the superficial things (ok, that was good) and go back to more deep stuff (hard to me to describe in english what I want to say, but I’ll try my best). :sorry:

So then (early 90s) I started to hear about that Generation X. To me, this was expressed in two movies and alternative music. When they say alternative music, I immediately think in Counting Crows. Some cool songs, but I can’t listen a whole album. It’s too boring.

And the two movies: SINGLES, a very cool movie. Maybe because the main characters also missed the 80s. And REALITY BITES. So boring!!! Actually in SouthAmerica it was translated as Generación X. So everytime I listen about the generation X, I remember Reality Bites and Counting Crows.

And... Friends has little common with Reality Bites and Counting Crows.!! :confused: I my opinion the generation X didn’t have sense of humor, so Friends couldn’t be their symbol.

It’s my feeling. Maybe the generation x is far more than that. But it’s what I just kew about it.

[dissention]

The 80s were very cool. Kind of commercial, yes, maybe full of material girl, Duran Duran, Culture Club and Ronald Reagan, but cool anyway.

Yeah, we all know how cool it was for Reagan to allow the AIDs crisis to become an epidemic and how cool it was to illegaly sell arms to foreign countries. :laugh:

[mylittledemon]

I always thought Generation X was my generation. Kids born between about 1975-1985 or so. The "Reagan" babies as some people refer to it.

[estranged4life]

I have to say I hate the show Friends. I know it's not gonna win me any, well, friends, but I always thought it was lousy. I'm thrilled it's over. Sorry. :shocked:

best friend...I never liked that show either, So don't feel yer the only one who is glad it is gone!

[darklinensuit]

I know when I was in retail/management the articles all said that Generation X was a difficult market, with little loyalty to products & little consciousness of themselves as a collective group (the way the Baby Boomers are).
I was born in 1970, so I barely made it into Generation X. Whoo-hoo.

- Jake

[sara1998]

My understanding is that Gen X'ers were born in the 70's.
:shrug:

Maria

[golddustwoman77]

If you were born from 1946 to 1964, you are considered a Baby Boomer.

Generation X are people who were born from 1965 to 1976. That would be me! :thumbsup:

People who were born from 1977 to 1994 are considered The Millennials. :)

Personally, everyone tells me I was born at the wrong time; that I should have been a baby boomer/flower child. :p

[chiliD]

best friend...I never liked that show either, So don't feel yer the only one who is glad it is gone!

It's not "gone" :shrug: ...in fact, now that it is in syndication, you'll be seeing it aired about 20x's more often. And, what's worse, you'll see the same episodes over...and over....and over...and over...and over...


:laugh:

(I loved the show, btw)

[wondergirl9847]

I wish I had been born earlier, as I feel like I'm sort of an old soul anyways. I wish I had been a teenager in the 80's, instead of a younger child. But ah well, whattayagannado?

Generation X is supposed to be the lazy a$$ group, right? :laugh: That would describe me well. :rolleyes:

[Villavic]

Yeah, we all know how cool it was for Reagan to allow the AIDs crisis to become an epidemic and how cool it was to illegaly sell arms to foreign countries. :laugh:


Well I didn't mean about politics. the "Reagan era" I mean was something very material (full expressed in the Material Girl song), full of fashion and MTV, where people were interested more in business, business, and business, and the ideals were a bit behind.

I didn't saya Reagan was cool. I said that in spite of some things, the 80s were cool.

[darklinensuit]

I wish I had been born earlier, as I feel like I'm sort of an old soul anyways. I wish I had been a teenager in the 80's, instead of a younger child. But ah well, whattayagannado?

Generation X is supposed to be the lazy a$$ group, right? :laugh: That would describe me well. :rolleyes:

No. Feneration X is supposedly a cynical group that over-analyzes everything to death (case in point) and is disgruntled that most of them will never be as financially/professionally successful or stable as their parents are (unlike previous generations).

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

If you were born from 1946 to 1964, you are considered a Baby Boomer.

Generation X are people who were born from 1965 to 1976. That would be me! :thumbsup:

Are you sure? I had read that I would be one of the youngest in Gen-X.
But i never read the book. Did you?

- Jake

[golddustwoman77]

Are you sure? I had read that I would be one of the youngest in Gen-X.
But i never read the book. Did you?

- Jake

No, I just made that up. :rolleyes: I'm just a lowly idiot.:lol:

Anyway, I got my information from an economics textbook. This is a highly debated topic. Therefore, just about anywhere you look, you will find different years with different information. These are the years that I have seen repeated most often---in the above textbook and on some sites on the internet. :shrug:

[Villavic]

Generation X are people who were born from 1965 to 1976. That would be me! :thumbsup:

. :p

It hought Gen-x people were the teens at the 90s, but not the guys at her mid to late 20s. So since I was born in 1966, I'm a gen-x!!! :eek:

Well, I don't feel like belonging to that. My point was that gen-x people were very 90s, and I consider myself 80s. And 80s were very fun. I did enjoyed the 90s (oh those nights drinking in the beach, and lot of travels, lot of fun), but the charm was lost, 80s had lot of enchant. (BTW, th mac almost dissapeared until 1997)

[The Tower]

If you were born from 1946 to 1964, you are considered a Baby Boomer.

Generation X are people who were born from 1965 to 1976. That would be me! :thumbsup:

People who were born from 1977 to 1994 are considered The Millennials.

I heard a report on NPR about this sometime ago. It seems that baby boomers are supposedly only those born from 1946 to 1958. Generation X picks up at 1966 to 1975. Then there's Generation Y, which is 1979 to 1986.

The NPR report was talking about how those born between the baby boomers and Generation X are being labeled "Generation Jones"- a reference to those who grew up in the early 70's and were influenced by the likes of Cheech and Chong and others.

[amber]

Tonight finally they’ll show the Friends finale in WB LatinAmerica (though I already know how it ends).
Yesterday they showed a Friends special at A&E. A columnist said that this show was the favorite of the Generation X. They were caught by this because it showed everything they thought, felt, etc.

I’m not sure. First of all, since I’m a guy from the 80s (I’m 38 so I don’t think I belong to the generation x) , when the 90s arrived, it came with a bunch of boring things.

The 80s were very cool. Kind of commercial, yes, maybe full of material girl, Duran Duran, Culture Club and Ronald Reagan, but cool anyway. I guess in the 90s they tried to deny the superficial things (ok, that was good) and go back to more deep stuff (hard to me to describe in english what I want to say, but I’ll try my best). :sorry:

So then (early 90s) I started to hear about that Generation X. To me, this was expressed in two movies and alternative music. When they say alternative music, I immediately think in Counting Crows. Some cool songs, but I can’t listen a whole album. It’s too boring.

And the two movies: SINGLES, a very cool movie. Maybe because the main characters also missed the 80s. And REALITY BITES. So boring!!! Actually in SouthAmerica it was translated as Generación X. So everytime I listen about the generation X, I remember Reality Bites and Counting Crows.

And... Friends has little common with Reality Bites and Counting Crows.!! :confused: I my opinion the generation X didn’t have sense of humor, so Friends couldn’t be their symbol.

It’s my feeling. Maybe the generation x is far more than that. But it’s what I just kew about it.
Actually, many people here thought Reality Bites was pretty da** funny, myself included. And the people in it are about the same age group as the "Friends" and I think most people here think of Nirvana and grunge kind of ushering in the supposed Gen X attitude of ennui and cynicism. And - the nineties were boring. Luckily i turned 21 in 1995 and was able to spend the rest of the decade going out, getting drunk, looking fab, and swimming whenever possible. Also picked up a smoking habit when 21 to fight the boredom. :D
Amber

[golddustwoman77]

I heard a report on NPR about this sometime ago. It seems that baby boomers are supposedly only those born from 1946 to 1958. Generation X picks up at 1966 to 1975. Then there's Generation Y, which is 1979 to 1986.

Well, that leaves out people though. What do we call people who were born from 1959 to 1965 then? :shrug:

[Tango]

Well, that leaves out people though. What do we call people who were born from 1959 to 1965 then? :shrug:

Old? :lol:

NOT!

[The Tower]

Well, that leaves out people though. What do we call people who were born from 1959 to 1965 then? :shrug:

"Generation Jones" was the suggestion. It's in my post...

The NPR report was talking about how those born between the baby boomers and Generation X are being labeled "Generation Jones"- a reference to those who grew up in the early 70's and were influenced by the likes of Cheech and Chong and others.

The whole idea of naming generations really isn't sequential. Society gives generations names because of certain universal aspects to those born during that time- or a relationship name, such as Generation Y being named that only because they came after Generation X.