What was it about us Gen-X'ers...being programmed for nihilism and self-destruction?

[Taverner]

That seems to be everyone from my generation...including myself.

The best of us have self imploded

The worst of us are imploding now

Monica Goodling? Yeah, sorry to say, she's one of us

Kurt Cobain? one of us...and post implosion

I have a t-shirt that reads "we're doomed"

It's fucking true

Back to your regularly scheduled program....

[Breeze54]

1. Just proves you're all human.

;)

Same shit, different generation.

Isn't Gen X ages 16 to 25? :shrug:

[Taverner]

3. Nope - Gen X is the Baby Bust

The lowest birthrate. Our parents were the Korean War vets who waited and the Boomers who started early.

[Breeze54]

9. Generation X, Y and Next! -- It's getting sooo confusing!

:rofl:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation-next/index.html

About the Initiative

Generation Next is about the 42 million 16-to-25 year olds who watched the Twin Towers collapse,
who saw two high school students slaughter their peers in Colorado, who grew up online and who
are better educated than any other generation in history.

The aim of the Generation Next initiative is to unravel a generation that is hooked to technology,
generally supportive of gay rights and racial differences, yet also partial to postponing adulthood
and swamped in debt.

As part of our documentary reports and this Web site, we consider what makes Generation Next distinct
from its predecessors. We will look at the beliefs, strengths, weaknesses and concerns that galvanize
this generation.

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff guides us across the United States as we gauge -- and document
-- the views of 16-to-25 year olds: America's emerging decision-makers and leaders.

Four Generation Next segments aired on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer .

The hour-long documentary debuted in January 2007 on PBS. Check here to find the air dates
on your local PBS station.

To produce these reports, we traveled across the country asking myriad people an array of questions.
But more importantly, we are listening to what they have to say. To learn more about the production,
including where we traveled and the people we talked to, click here.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation-next/about/index.html

More....

[XemaSab]

2. You sound like Tipper Gore

:eyes:

[Connonym]

4. yeah, my Gen-X life leaves something to be desired

[asthmaticeog]

5. Generational identity is bullshit.

It was invented by the baby boom. Theyu obviously wanted it for themselves, so let them keep it. They can be the first and the last.

[Fenris]

7. Generation Y salutes you!

:patriot:

Fuck this hippy shit.

[asthmaticeog]

8. My recent favorite example is the whole "Greatest Generation" lie.

Sure, Gen X & Y's grandfathers were soldiers in WWII, but to praise them as the generation that won the war? Preposterous. FDR, Churchill and the Generals were a generation or two older than the average soldier. So which generation won the war? Which of the two or three generations in adulthood at the time rebuilt Europe and made America a superpower? Fucking all of them, duh.

Thankfully, only one Generation can lay claim to inventing hippiedom, so in that one case, scorn CAN be laid flatly at one gen's feet. :patriot:

[Fenris]

12. Doesn't "Greatest Generation" imply that subsequent generations

Are kind of shitty and are responsible for the decline of the US?

I mean, we are, technically, but should we really be so self-hating?

Generations X & Y - We Didn't Do It. :patriot:

[Breeze54]

10. ah, no it wasn't.

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Bingo!!

C'est la verite.

:patriot:

[idgiehkt]

6. I think the Reagan era was very trying

growing up under the shadow of the nuclear war countdown clock, and then here comes AIDS.

[Deja Q]

13. I blame 80s heavy metal. "Poison", "Megadeth", you get the idea...

:evilgrin: