Generation X? What is it?

[amber]

Originally Posted by 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).

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.!! 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.
Amber

[golddustwoman77]

Originally Posted by The Tower

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?

[Tango]

Originally Posted by golddustwoman77

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

Old?

NOT!

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by golddustwoman77

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

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

Originally Posted by The Tower

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.