Check yourself before you wreck yourself

[@primo1331]

Thank you sir! The fact these younger generations don't know what we do is a testament to the fact we carry our burdens with quiet rage.

[@joemammy6802]

❤❤❤

[@matthewschiavi7353]

Gen X is the last generation to grow up with real responsibilities. There does come a point when you just have to walk away, though.

[@niradnagrom2356]

I refuse to walk away, in fact, O reger to myself as 'the consequences you've avoided your whole life.'

[@timslack7568]

did she ever think that the reason she dont see us doing these things is because we dont feel the need to put our entire lives online nor need the constant reaffirmation from strangers? We do these things and so much more away from social media as God intended.

[@silverthorngoodtree5533]

We do what we need to , Enjoy life with friends, and not announce every little thing to the world. Why? Because we know everyone else is doing the same ole shit.

[@paulamcdonald6568]

100%

[@Lost_on_stage_again]

Yup, exactly. I've never used social media. There are no pictures of me on the internet. I do not exist, and aim to stay that way.

[@jay14110]

Gen X was the last generation that grew up without the internet. We are the last people that can actually teach you something about life and how to survive it

[@Lost_on_stage_again]

We are also the last generation that doesn't feel the need to show every person they've ever met what they are having for breakfast.

[@lorireed8046]

it's NOT our job to do it! That's ALL they need to know ... Back off and mind your own garden! We are older, we are tired and we AREN'T going to deal with YOUR life .

[@TedSpider2023]

​@@Lost_on_stage_againdamn right. We are out doing stuff, only occasionally filming it, and then generally only for family and friends.

[@wegotgame]

Bless her heart. We stay out of the limelight and don’t attend those event’s for the safety of other’s.

[@mattbrown5511]

Are you saying that my war-born PTSD comes with a healthy side plate of anger management issues?

[@stevelambert6404]

The one thing we are doing is minding our own business, try it sometime

[@tommyblake9057]

CLASSIC 😅

[@katl6426]

Best comeback ever

[@JDEhlert]

Disappeared into the abyss? Well yes. Who does the younger generations think is silently staring back--judging?

[@eowynsomers3689]

I love you. It is us. "And?"

[@TheMissPoovey]

😂😂😂

[@bundariau874]

When you stare into the abyss, gen X stares back.

[@yxcdeb]

Most millenials are so wrapped up in their heavilly curated safe space that the judgement doesnt get to them. You have been filtered out. Zoomers dont even know you exist as a generation. They call you boomer and move on. Gen alpha...well they dont have any attention span and cant read. They dont think at all, let alone think about you.

[@Crunch2327]

A certain phrase comes to mind for you kids when it comes to GenX "Leave well enough alone"

[@ericzajac5237]

We did everything by 25 and lots of it. Now we're just Rambo. Just passing through.

[@liwojenkins]

Exactly this. I ran out of extra time and money and want to run around partying and hosting and all of that anymore. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt store, my old family and friends still are nowhere to be found anymore, so what's the point again? I'm too busy taking care of myself, my 4 kids and my wife and much more satisfied doing it.

[@anadaneen70]

We are staying in our lanes, because we are returning to our "biting people" phase and some of us still have teeth!

[@mattbrown5511]

And guns, lots of guns. At least in the U.S.

[@ms.munchkin8264]

Gen X right here. Personally, I'm TIRED. Tired of taking care of other people's responsibilities, other people's kids, other people's bills. So, this year, I QUIT caring about your needs and wants. I'm taking care of myself. That's where I am.

[@lorireed8046]

SAME! THE backlash has been hilarious though!! Their answer? If you don't I'm disowning you! Or I'm going no contact and you'll NEVER see the grandchildren again! Hmm okay? Cool you do you? About time too

[@bwsimonson]

We're busy working, supporting ourselves, and our families. Avoiding $7 cups of coffee making it at home, avoiding door dash and cooking for the family. And doing that, well hot damn!!! lookie, we can afford to live just fine ya whiney shites!

[@mercuryshadow09]

No doubt, this generation complaing about not making 100k a year while living beyond their means. I'm a contractor and could easily afford Applebees everyday for lunch but I still pack my lunch.

[@m_d1905]

Like the Kraken, we haunt the abyssal deep, waiting...

[@robbubba8020]

We're doing what we've been doing for 40 to 50 years and not causing trouble

[@DefiantSix]

Or at least not getting caught at it...

[@waspbitch6014]

😁👍💖🤘​@@DefiantSix

[@mattfoltz7752]

​@@DefiantSixyup

[@TeresaTabitha]

@@DefiantSix Remember the 11th Commandment and keep it wholly! Thou shall not get caught.

[@DefiantSix]

@@TeresaTabitha: Get caught at what??

[@Birchwood1976]

Gen X is actually still doing all of those things, just on a smaller and more easily managed level, and the younger generation might actually notice that if they'd learn to put their phones down once in a while and just take a look at the real world around them with their own eyes.

[@dustyking8851]

OMG!! Such a pet peeve of mine. These chuckleheads walking around on their phones, 24/7, without any situational awareness. We sure as hell didn't have those things, I wasn't allowed to have a phone in my room. They wonder why they are such easy marks in the street, but have yet to understand they don't know where they are.

[@LucLightWolf121]

Ding ding ding!🎯💯

[@XpatJohn]

As one of the elderly boomers, I have to were doing awesome. I'm not sure, but you may see this geriatric on tictoc or such purely by accident. I was walking down the street when footloose started playing and well, I started channeling my inner Kevin Bacon and got footloose. Next thing I knew, there was a giggling tween recording me on their phone. I just smiled and did my best to dance out the rest of the song before my heart/knees gave out. :)

[@user-zt4nf6zk4u]

We're in the houses we're struggling to pay for minding our business

[@ryimscaith1593]

We GenX are having those BBQs, madam. We're just not inviting you. Mainly because you couldn't hang. Because, you see, there is no generation that parties like GenX. You can try to talk the talk with "raves" and all that nonsense, but we were having raves before they were called raves. We just called it getting together with our friends, or Friday Night.

[@ryanmohammed1547]

I went mostly to Caribbean slash hip hop clubs/ jams in Toronto in the 90s. Looking back, they were wild. The whole scene (grunge, hip hop, pop etc. was just raw). I think our generation set it off and set standards in sports and entertainment and the generations that come after have tried to live up to our standards. They are always trying to destroy and discredit those of the past. We on the other hand respected the past at every level. We never competed with them in a disrespectful manner. This generation is extra foolish because they are always trying to impress and one up people. We just were We grew up with street code and respect and the Godfather movies.

[@hillbillytrucker8347]

And Saturday night sometimes into Sunday morning depending on how the alcohol supply was from Friday night.

[@zmortis111]

Spent plenty of my youth in punk style mosh pits. Today's youth and their fear of "micro aggressions" wouldn't be able to hang with the macro aggressions of that era.

[@dustyking8851]

​@@ryanmohammed1547 100% . As an early Gex Xer I was a punk rocker before there was a real punk scene, we also went to great bars and danced our asses off.

[@ronr2807]

She is right , we are not doing it, now. We did it all before she was born and frankly, we are tired of doing it all for all the rest.

[@Nimbus1701]

Bless this man's heart. You can see and hear how fed up he is with dealing with dumb comments on social media by the Gen Z crowd. Those poor people are at that age where they think they are 10 feet tall and bulletproof, and not even realize it is likely because of some Gen X or older Millenial why they have at least some of what they have. As a fellow Gen X, who is in the process of caring for two elderly parents, let me say that we are still here; we just have zero interest in the spotlight and problems going on today. It is in everyones' best interest that we stay that out of the spotlight. Just let us be, and move along.

[@mattbrown5511]

I have buried my grandparents and my parents. I have a few years left with my granddaughter to finish turning her into a formidable, but humble, lady. Then I'm done with my responsibilities.

[@Hat_Uncle]

I was driving a 8 ton logging truck up and down dirt road switchbacks in Vermont at 14, wasn't legal, no one cared. I've had a job from then until now except the 2 years I was homeless and no one cared then also, so I don't care back. It really is that simple. You DO NOT want me "to care", that would end poorly. I'd have to say some mean words and maybe throw a few.

[@scherry9198]

Wouldn't want to hurt these "darlings" feelings. Well, maybe a little bit 😈😈

[@mercuryshadow09]

The good ol days, when we were still allowed to drive and drink beer. 😂

[@jeramiahcox6976]

Gen X is definitely working! We are seeking to be ready for the death of the Boomer Generations. Gen X will be a forgotten generation. We don't want the jobs our parents and grandparents have held on for far longer than any generation before them, and while we know deep in our hearts that the generation behind us, be that Millennial or Zoomer are no where near ready to take on adult responsibilities on a national level... the shear comedy of watching them try will have us rolling in the floor of our paid for homes when it happens. Be happy Gen Z, and others of this age... you don't actually WANT Gen X to give a damn... really... you don't.

[@dustyking8851]

Their ignorance astounds me. Their grasp of complex issues is non-existent.

[@HomeOfMacWoeffie]

Yall don't forget that Gen-X less and less giving a F***

[@KSai207]

Wolverines!!!

[@tommyblake9057]

AMEN 😅

[@tommyblake9057]

If they think they're abandoned , Lord , would I love to see them deal with Boomers. 😅

[@scherry9198]

No sh!t right?

[@mercuryshadow09]

😂😂😂

[@Unmutuall]

Me and and my Gen X wife are busy working, working out and taking care of our family.

[@Davest420]

I was born in 87 so I’m a millennial, but I was raised as a Gen X. If I wanted something I had to earn it. I knew of life before the Internet. Every weekend watched America’s most wanted and unsolved mysteries. I used a rotary phone for many years and I’ve worked just about every day since I was 15. Gen X are the real ones. Better put some respect in your voice when you bring them up.

[@mercuryshadow09]

Yall were there in the trenches with us, many of my friends younger siblings were millenials. 🍻

[@katherinemoore3059]

I was born in 1991 and I miss the days before the internet took over. Also can we please do away with cell phones.

[@gsdfan8455]

Gen Xer here ready to retire in 3 and a half years. Then the next generations can pay my salary.

[@michaelball760]

10 years left for me 😢

[@gsdfan8455]

@@michaelball760 take heart, it will go by quickly. Almost 27 years where I work and it just seems like yesterday I started.

[@campdunivan7921]

I was forced into retirement 3 years ago do to an accident at work. I had 5 years left before full retirement. I miss working, it was one of the things I really enjoyed in life. Now I don't know what to do with myself.

[@zmortis111]

Retired already at 56, and 57 now. It's about damn time for me. I spend the last few years counting off till I could retire.

[@gsdfan8455]

@@zmortis111 yeah, that’s what I’m doing

[@Bay-BGhost]

My husband and I watch our grand daughter every Monday and every Friday night.

[@ghostwriter3175]

Millennial don't rip your arms off when they're poked... Gen X is know to do that.

[@ghostwriter3175]

*wookie noises*

[@stephenjones6500]

​@@ghostwriter3175Funnily enough large numbers of us "X'ers"look like wookies ,some like ewoks either way..............

[@kimbykimbers3750]

Well said that man!😂

[@rosecityremodel2015]

We Gen-X are minding our damn! 😂

[@LazzarrusLong]

Big knowledge being dropped right here. Nice! Love this dude!

[@jackfrost3375]

I'm supposed to be a "millennial," but I was definitely raised as a Gen X middle child! Love your videos, man, and good luck in all your endeavors.

[@mercuryshadow09]

All the older millenials I know aren't much different than Gen X.

[@TheGenXTeacher]

Don't poke the Gen X bear with such a short stick madame. You won't like the result.

[@barbarakilman271]

We're STILL helping raise you!

[@Ann_Wall-Chiasson]

Gen X is just out there minding their own fucking business. Leave them alone.

[@2WOLFS]

No, we are very much here. We don't need to be having BBQs for all you kids, and your kids. We have done all the babysitting, hand out all the cookies and cook meals for you and yours at a BBQ. No we have BBQ but we have enough for us, with the sides we like and maybe have enough for not just Saturday but Sunday afternoon to. We just taking our time to enjoy the weekend and every other day we want to. Just go ahead and keep wondering we don't need a follow up visit. 😂

[@desmien679]

Also, remember we spent our whole childhood trying to avoid getting noticed by our parents, it's part of the reason why we stayed far away from the house a majority of the time and we avoided getting noticed so we could do all the crazy things we did as a kid. So not being noticed is what we prefer and spent our whole life perfecting it. There's also nothing scarier than a bear you don't see or hear until it's right behind you.

[@RoadToTheCup]

DadBod the Philosopher, well-done lad. a scholar indeed!

[@arealone9506]

She wouldn't fit in an abyss. Big worm's lil sister

[@cyndiberry1608]

Yahooie, Damn straight!! 💯%😅😂😉

[@michaeltriptow6877]

I am Gen X. God bless your souls.

[@ehole593]

Genius man.

[@staticinwonderland]

Yesssss gawdddd I'm so tired of it ...ready for relax now cuz damn it..maybe just leave us alone mmmm k pumpkins..before we literally rip someones shit off 😳 just ready to be left alone at this point. 😁

[@CT-nb5lm]

Here's what Gen X AKA FAAFO are doing= =When you see that OldBoomer w/ fitted hat backwards and oldschool skate shoes trying to fight 3 dudes at the store w/ Kool-Aid hair over them bullying people. That usually GenX.. 100% FAAFO..

[@scherry9198]

Effin' A dude!

[@belladonna305-tw6wv]

Damn right!

[@shawnadams1460]

I do not know who she knows that are Gen X, but I agree with the DBV when he said "Honestly, were quite tired of it." As a Gen X who is just now starting to see the rainbow at the end of this trip we call life, I can say I cannot WAIT to be where she thinks we actually are. I had FOUR generations in my house. Mom & Dad because our helathcare system is utter SHYT, and a daughter and grandson. The daughter at 25 has gotten engaged to a wonderful young man who loves my grandson as his own, and finally moved out, and I have about a year to get my parents situation straightened out, and I for one am looking forward to it just being me and my wife...in silence...unless I choose to have them over.

[@tt14life90]

This is my favorite one. ❤

[@kimberlykovach6236]

Well said Sir. Amen

[@Noonien96-nx6yj]

Glen Beck and Nick Freitas should get together for a buddy cop movie. They can call it "Dadbod Veteran."

[@roger7292]

Amen brother, well said!

[@jst.martin2180]

Damn effin’ right!

[@watchingthewheelsgoround260]

What was it like for my gen x family growing up in the north US? I’m from sw Florida and we lived in the country and the beaches were 45 minutes away. I have swam in a lot of fresh bodies of water, and the gulf, played in the pines and scrub palms, and the swamp, watched my folks and aunt and uncle raise animals for meat, and the process of getting it out. Never once was I freaked out or scared, I feel like we had a very different experience than a lot of others our age. I’m curious?!

[@scherry9198]

West coast here. Pretty much the same experience. It was a different time for sure.

[@watchingthewheelsgoround260]

@@scherry9198 but do you think we are just a smidge crazier? 😂 of course Louisiana is pretty nutty too. I am thankful for growing up around alligators, wild hogs, a lot of snakes and sharks instead of BEARS! 😳😂

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

I have lost all interest in social media. Thou I'm glad I found a few people that changed my life. Since I quite I've only heard from one friend. That's ok. I can do a thing or talk about it. Not both

[@Genxxxxx]

AMEN!!😊

[@donpegar2645]

I'm gen X , I have my grandkids all summer ( training them to be more gen X and less whatever the rest of you are ) .

[@scherry9198]

The "Fourth Turning". Your doing good work, prepare them for what is to come.

[@Pops-km8xt]

I get my grandkids every other weekend. Took them to the woods last time. It was warm out. Grandkids ended up playing in the creek, just like we did. I try to teach them they don't need their electronics to live life.

[@lostsol6757]

Disappeared into the abyss? Aw, sweetie, we Are the abyss.

[@Ticona2]

Gen-X made it this far, most of us in our fifties being very self sufficient. Your generation has to get there. Good luck.

[@toddarmstrong1909]

Well said sir...well said

[@icanseenowherefromhere8995]

Gen X is the middle child of the generations. We're accustomed to being ignored and we grew up before cellphones and the internet were everywhere. As a result we're not posting everything online seeking validation for the things we do and whining about the things we can't do, we're just out doing.

[@jlovelace486]

I'm at the rail end of the boomers. I'm taking care of my parents and my kids. The sandwich generation

[@scherry9198]

First year Gen Xer here. I can see you! Gotta take care of the oldies for a little bit longer, but boy, the kids are kinda messed up.

[@karlikim2953]

Actually, we're doing what the f*** what we want. 🎉

[@StrandedLifeform]

Well said, sir.

[@stephenfoster1257]

Gen X needs to do things. We don't need to be seen doing things. Big difference.

[@ShadowLenahan]

wanna know what Gen X is doing? Minding they're business

[@Tiewaz]

Maybe if ya'all looked away from your phones, you would see GenX and a lot of other people in the world. Other things! One of many things that finally moved me to kick my eldest Millennial bird from the nest was the eye-lock on the smart phone while I attempted verbal communication. Even after I politely requested eye contact with me while speaking...right back to the smart phone.

[@mikebowhunter6029]

💯 Facts

[@alecreents4159]

👍, as a kid of generation z, I am in full agreement

[@johnnystephenson6908]

I want to be voted into Gen X I was born in 85 but still hold all your values and have had a full time job since I was 12 years old I believe I would be valuable to Gen X

[@Pops-km8xt]

Gen X. We had mosh pits. Gen Z has safe spaces for hurt feelings. Need I say more.

[@patrickcarleton3924]

As a late Boomer I can tell you Gen X is very much like us. Responsible. That can't be said for the later generations. We handed the torch to Gen X but the others don't want the responsibility of that torch or the weight of the responsibility that comes with holding it. They want to whine and criticize and blame others for their total lack of responsibility.

[@mercuryshadow09]

We're out here maintining your infrastructure, making sure you have internet, lights and a roof over your head.

[@sandmtnirishred]

I had to file for Disability when I was 26 years old, and I'd already paid in enough I got SSDI, not SSI.

[@nett6]

Well, that about sums it up…. 😆

[@maddhatter3564]

all i heard was "waaaa, no one is doing for me..."

[@deepquake9]

Awesome

[@jennaferknight3850]

Thank you

[@InquisMalleus]

Gen X is still going about the business of life while being ignored and overlooked - the way we always have been. You don't see us because we are used to being invisible and silent, and going about our business without making a fuss. Of course, we are also used to the fact that when we are noticed, it is either because someone needs something or shit went wrong. In the either case, we can fix it - if motivated. Snacks do wonders for motivation. Or you can blame us, in which case, we have had enough if that shit, and you wont need to worry about funeral arrangements. Gen X takes care of business, leaves no evidence, and has no fucks to give about what happened to you. We were taught how to get rid of bloodstains, refuse, bodies of pets and neighbors, and decades of CSI, NCIS, Forensic Files and more help our earlier acquired skills. The FBI will believe Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy cooperated to do it. And we'll go back to our houses, keep our heads down, and know nothing about it.

[@user-fx5lb9jc9l]

Laughing Hysterically,

[@Wellthoughtout]

I would like to see a reaction to different sports from around the world particularly ruby and sports teams that are dominated in their respective sports.

[@zmortis111]

Some of us early Gen X are retired already. Mainly having worked since our teen years.

[@mikeheyjoebuenavistadreamin272]

we are too busy carrying everyone else

[@jeffd4056]

Amen

[@jenniferhanses]

To be fair, she didn't say we HAD to do anything. Just that we weren't doing stuff that maybe her boomer relatives had been sponsoring previously. At this point, I think they're largely going to notice us when we're gone. Because we were trained to quietly do all kinds of tasks that needed to be done at an age probably earlier than when those things should have been our responsibility. And so when those things became our responsibility, we just kept doing them. And maybe we don't know how to stop doing them. So when we're gone, there'll be a period as everyone figures out that we were doing stuff and has to reassign all those tasks that no one wanted to do.

[@karenfryerenjoylifeaustralia]

Best said

[@brat46]

Some of us late boomers are doing the same. We like to watch your videos but with no interest in making videos.

[@scherry9198]

As a first year gen Xer I can see where your coming from.

[@davedavenport8176]

Bravo

[@stubeeson8037]

We are here but we are also just waiting 😈😈😈😈

[@kendradorman6014]

Yep

[@kreiner1]

I wonder if she regrets that post now that they poked the bear one too many times

[@cecynor]

Why are these new generations suddenly poking the Gen X bear with so many videos asking where the Gen Xs are? Do they really want to know what the Gen X people are capable of? But... really? 🤣😂

[@lindaleelaw5277]

Enjoying life. Why do you care ?

[@Grizzly907LA]

The dislikes are from boomers, zoomers and millennials. We're quite used to being surrounded from all sides, and emerging victorious. We didn't disappear. We're doing our own thing, and wish to be left alone. We don't owe the jiffy pop head anything nor do we owe anyone else. Self sufficiency was hammered into us, early and often. We taught ourselves. We improvised, adapted and overcame. Zoomers and millennials need to learn how to do that. The GenX species are not warlike, however we will become very warlike when provoked. It would be very unwise to poke the GenX bear. We will maul you, and have a shit eating grin, while we do it.

[@scherry9198]

We aren't called the "Lost" generation for nothing. Go ahead, poke the bear.....

[@Grizzly907LA]

@@scherry9198 We're the lost and forgotten generation because we don't want to be bothered.

[@scherry9198]

@@Grizzly907LA We got used to it. Yeah, leave us alone!

[@chucksmith9280]

Xer here doing ALL of that, just don't post my life for you fools to watch and comment.

[@tonyahammond3865]

Girl, we’re doing the same thing we’ve always done. You don’t need to know all our business.

[@nmelkhunter1]

What, exactly, was that at the beginning of the video?

[@clairenilles1588]

I think good point of advice of for everyone is please just don't poke anyone else. It's just not very nice in general.

[@g.g.harrison5949]

Yupper!! Wait till she hits mid 40’s, gets laid off and cannot find a job! Thats when things REALLY suck!!

[@donnagaggos1002]

Your turn now! Good luck with it 🤣

[@vincentjones6744]

Wookee style.