Gen X facts from TikTok.

[@freebird8163]

I’m so proud to be Gen X. The movies…. The music…. The simple human interaction…

[@robertsalmen7189]

Born in 58 and don't see any major difference. At least from the later "Boomers". The music got a bit weird in the early 80s , but not all of it. Aerosmith , Zeppelin , The Who , Beatles etc ... All Boomers. Bands like INXS , R.E.M. , STP , Nirvana did carry on a solid rock tradition. Most other things mentioned?? Don't see a lot of difference.

[@PatricaKing]

The self reliance, the grit, oh yeah! We got it. I left home @ 13. And today, I still have a 20 and 18 yr olds living at home😁 Gen X is the real deal

[@alricaneshama]

YAASSS!!

[@brianherring8907]

Same here

[@herrklaus6888]

The humility..

[@vger9084]

Gen X was the TV remote! 😂😂😂

[@bunnybunch5782]

True😅

[@TheMichelex20]

Yes! Exactly.

[@hadmatter9240]

You should've emphasized "was".

[@c.u.c7938]

That is soo true. I lost count how many times my dad used to tell me to go and change the chanel

[@stephaniehowell1109]

Right?! Stepdad wanted channel changed, he said "get up & change it." And you better do it, or get an ass whooping.

[@marinhusky8863]

Not just driving, but driving a stick shift. It's pretty much a theft deterrent in cars these days.

[@johndoe-xy4xq]

And there is another level of manual shift. The 3 speed on the column. Even more anti theft in my opinion.

[@ATEC101]

Can you actually replace the clutch on your car, with your own tools and no manual? Also, how does a clutch actually work?

[@davidhooper259]

Throw in a foreign manual transmission car like a Saab and watch every generation lose their shit

[@ericaespinosa4030]

They should bring it back. Lol

[@davidvogel6359]

@Erica Espinosa that and bench seats among other things.

[@miguelgalindo7302]

My most cherished GenX talent: the ability to have a meaningful phone conversation! Cuz that’s. What. We. Had. Real conversations in real time with pauses, tone of voice, and “hold on a sec, someone’s at the door.”

[@impressiveprogressive7343]

one of my most cherished talents is I can still remember all my friends and my home phone numbers

[@uikmnhj4me]

Is that not normal? I’m on the border between Millennial and Gen Z, and I do this almost daily. It’s the best way to keep in touch with friends and family who don’t live nearby.

[@ObnoxiousNox]

One thing I recall about being a Gen Xer… recall the phrase, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” We Gen Xers were resourceful.

[@ct3po776]

In reality laziness is the mother of invention, cause if we're honest we spend hours working to make things that are supposed to make life easier! When I was a kid I tied a string around my light switch with a pulley type gadget so I could turn my light on and off without getting out of bed, and another such thing I made with an extension cord, and a wall switch attached for the TV, cause once it was turned on to channel 3 the VCR had an antenna attached, and a remote to change channels! Nope, being necessary has rarely been involved in why I made stuff, (once in awhile, of course) but because I was lazy, and didn't want to do more than I had to later on! 🤗 Many things "didn't" get created, cause I never got around to it!😚😁

[@robdog7915]

Yesssss!!¡

[@motherstation]

My favorite GenX thing is... we went from teaching our parents how to operate a VCR to teaching our kids how to operate a VCR

[@curtssallee9807]

im weak over here,,,omg RIGHT

[@lynpepler]

And a computer.

[@CAT42481]

lmao! I used to make money hooking up peoples VCR's

[@fsjgw]

They forget we don't give a ***k what they think, and it bothers them.

[@APBpa]

Gen X is like the forgotten middle child who left home to pursue their dreams out in the world, then came back home only to realize their older and younger brothers and sisters are still living at home.

[@68sunshine]

YES!!!!

[@Aprlmoore]

Ooh, this resonated!

[@jmgmarcus808]

FACTS.

[@thevegimeatatarian]

This is SO TRUE!!

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I never heard it stated like that before but very apropos.

[@filipasales9291]

There's one thing that should be mentioned with GenX. We were alone a lot, that meant we had to think and imagine much more. I believe that gave us survival skills that are hard to match. We can think outside the box because that's all we did. In a crisis we will always be very valuable. Hugs to my fellow Genxers!❤

[@XtraSparklesPls]

Who else had to break into their own home when they forgot the key 😂

[@filipasales9291]

@@XtraSparklesPls 🤣🤣🤣. I did that but as an adult.

[@trenamason3818]

❤

[@scholarbear]

​@@XtraSparklesPlsMultiple times. lol. Neighbors must've thought I was crazy squeezing thru the basement window.

[@forgoogletotrack7181]

It also made us extremely entrepreneurial.

[@cellcat]

I think Gen Xers were the last generation where it was common to repeatedly take apart their home appliances and put them back together just to know what was inside. 💪🏽😅

[@ubergeek1968]

I can still feel that ass-whoopin I got from my mother for taking apart her countertop mixer

[@Debbie-t8q]

My daughter used to take apart land-line telephones and an old box t.v. we had 😅

[@ubergeek1968]

I still do that, only I sell the metals for extra cash

[@timrankin8737]

Not to go off topic but I would take apart my Rubix cube not take the stickers off but the squares put it back like I solved it.

[@mycroft16]

Oh my mom hated leaving me home to go shopping because she knew she was coming back to something expensive having been meticulously taken apart screw by screw and laid out on the kitchen table. She was so mad when I did that to the VCR.

[@kibblenbits]

My son was born in 1970, grew up feral, much like I did in the 50's. Gen X kids learned how to work things out on their own, and made their own decisions, which they learned from, without the input of unknown weirdo's online trying to distort reality. They lived in the real world, and that's why they have more common sense than the generation's that came after them.

[@ShavinMcCrotch]

Me- “Mom, why does (fill in the blank)?" Mom- "You have encyclopedias. Look it up." They bought us encyclopedias so they wouldn’t have to be bothered with answering our questions. 😆

[@chriscoe2240]

Love your response… cause it’s true!! I wish my kids could have the freedom we had but life has changed dramatically and that amazing childhood we had will no longer be a reality. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere. 😊

[@ACO-Amy]

100%

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

Very true. I was born in the 60s and many of our parents experienced this wave of divorces in the 70s. Women's lib, sexual revolution, key parties, swinging, pot, and permissiveness may have all contributed to it, I dunno, I was too young for anyone to tell me anything. Like many, I became a latchkey kid by 9. After school we were all over the place on our bikes doing stuff with magnifying glasses and firecrackers. We had to look out for ourselves. Teenagers were scary in those days and could take advantage of pre-teens easily with little chance of consequences. During cold weather everyone just stayed in and watched TV. Mom was a teacher and generally got in by 5 so I had to be home by the time she got home

[@melissanoyb]

Beautifully said, Miss Fayanne.

[@JujiSmile]

Gen X and PROUD!

[@Modine.]

Fuck yeah! 👍

[@dalerushton1394]

@@Modine. yup ! 👍

[@rhondah.1478]

Proud Gen Xer here. We were the latch key generation, coming home every afternoon from school while the parents were still at work and doing chores and homework all before they got home. Eating cereal or a sandwich while watching Thundercats after said chores and homework were done. We knew not to answer the phone (landline)- that was usually located in the kitchen on the wall with a 30 foot cord or in the living room where the "good furniture" was- unless it was our parents, who would call at a certain time to check on us, and if you did answer the phone at any other time, you knew not to tell the person on the other end that you were home alone. We stayed outside all damn day during the summer and knew to have our butts inside when the street lights came on. We practically raised ourselves. Man, those were the days.

[@heatheranderson2869]

Oh I forgot about the don't answer the phone. Thanks for reminding me. I wasn't a latch key, so it didn't happen very often. Funny because I would still ride my bike all around town by myself.

[@MatronWisdom]

Nailed it!

[@heatheranderson2869]

I barely remember dairy products being delivered to Grandma and Grandpa's place when I was little. I also remember party lines for a while I don't remember the ring pattern for us This was probably between 73 and 76 at the latest. Does anyone else recall this?

[@lynnca1972]

​@@heatheranderson2869 Our city still does dairy delivery, but only because we have a large producer in the immediate area. In rural areas (around here), there were still party lines until at least 1980. I remember being horrified that people had to share a phone line with multiple households who could pick up and listen whenever they wanted.

[@heatheranderson2869]

@@lynnca1972 Thank you for the reply. I was wondering how common by the mud 70's it was that helped.

[@Can8ian.]

I'm Gen X, my crew of friends and I in the 80's pretty much treated Twisted Sister's "We're not gunna take it" like our generational anthem. Then we all grew up and took it. Nice to see fellow Gen X'ers now standing up to fulfill the next lyric... "anymore!"

[@andreabradley5837]

I saw them open for Iron Maiden. Still have tee and ticket stub.

[@kimberlymarkle3597]

I got to see Iron Maiden open for 38 Special!!!​@@andreabradley5837

[@Debbie-t8q]

So did my kids.

[@sitara68]

I saw them open for Scorpions and Iron Maiden.

[@malissahays1352]

Yes!

[@kvbstudios316]

GenX on SM all talk about the way we grew up, essentially raised ourselves, had paddles in schools, etc. What we rarely mention is how proud we were to live that life. You were cool if your folks let you be home alone. Even cooler if you made your own money, instead of waiting for an allowance. Scouts HAD to teach us CPR and First Aid because we were fearless and unsupervised often.

[@juliebeans5000]

GenX is also good at: Critical thinking (discerning right/wrong, assigning objective value), executive function (decision-making, negotiation, self-governance), and some love of open rebellion. Our screens were 4 channels of TV followed by Pong, Space Invaders, and Asteroids. 'Play dates' were 16-hour swarms of kids on bikes; eff helmets, eff pads, fall down, walk it off, pedal hard to catch up. We're tough, we're happy, which makes us the youngest old people you'll ever meet, and we led the greatest economic expansion not tied to a world war. Pretty good for a generation named for its 'chronic apathy.'

[@ericaespinosa4030]

We used to give and get rides on bikes as doubles on one bike. I remember having 3 on one bike. One on your back seat, one sitting on the front handle of the bike, and the main person peddling while semi standing up giving the ride. I miss these types of bike rides when one needs a ride. Nowadays if one tried to pull something like that, we wouldn't hear the end of it from certain folks and probably get a warning or ticket from the police. We had such great freedom as kids.

[@tanishahicks5798]

Speak on it! 👏🏽

[@shelleythompson-brock6412]

Well, to be fair....there is a reason that we are apathetic. We know about hard knocks, and pick ourselves up, again. We don't blame others for the shit we've been through, and we don't let them take credit for the work we've put in. We don't have the time nor inclination to listen to everyone's victim excuses rather than just taking responsibility for their decisions...good or bad. Because we know that ends up with us taking on the responsibility of their bad decisions, and none of the benefits of the good ones. We've 'been there...done that' and couldn't care less about the all the reasons someone can drum up to be a complete failure. Just shit or get off the pot. Lead, follow, or get the hell outta the way. Get glad in the same pair of britches you get mad in. Wish in one hand and shit in the other... and see which one fills up faster. Do it right or do it over. Pick your battles and the hill you're willing to die on, but don't roll down the other side of it. We have 'open minds', but no so open that our brains have fallen out. WE are the generation that understands that we're no more special than the next guy, nor they, us. We have no tolerance for those who think that they have some sort of entitlement, because they think the world revolves around them, because their FEELINGS are as fragile as their ability to write (cursive) a cogent, grammatically correct, sentence. Nor have they the ability to utilize any reading comprehension due to their lack of proper English skills. They are mentally, emotionally, and socially bereft of any skills necessary to evolve into adulthood, because they chose to not work hard to obtain the most rudimentary levels of education and self-sufficiency. They're uneducated dolts running around in adult body suits. We've worked for everything we have (and have even had to do it more than once/start over)...nothing was handed to us, nor did we have any unreasonable expectation that anyone 'owed' us, just because we were born. We know that we are ENTITLED, only, to what we own/worked for. We are the generation who has ZERO TOLERANCE for ZERO INTELLIGENCE, and we have no qualms about telling someone they're being stupid, and why. We are the generation that drove around with our rifles hanging from the rear window, and if we got into a fight, we never thought about just shooting or stabbing someone; we duked it out/worked it out, and moved on with our lives and our new-found respect for the other person...whom we probably ended up befriending...and they turn out to be the most loyal. We know that you can't give respect for others and what they've worked hard for, until you've done it for yourself. They have no concept of self-respect/esteem. We know who we can count on and who we can't, but we never expect to count on anyone but ourselves, and usually have back-up plans from A-Z, for if/when things go south, because we understand that at some point, it will. We're self-reliant, self-respecting, autonomous individuals who fiercely guard the upbringing and values that we've had because it made us the strong people that we are. We aren't afraid of being around people, we just choose not to, because the majority of them, are a sad state of selfishness and entitlement, that gets our 'grow up and get over it', dander going. We are the "FED UP with the bs" generation. We're the generation that raised ourselves and our younger siblings while parents worked. We took care of ourselves, the house, and had dinner ready when mom/dad got home. So, when it comes to everyone's excuses about why they can't do like we've done our whole lives...we are very apathetic, because we have more important things to do than to coddle the generations that follow. We know it can be done, because we've done it. It wasn't easy, but we didn't carry around excuses like a 'get of work and still get paid' can of snakes. I raised my kids, and not a one of them acts like these twits of late, do...because they were raised better. They had responsibilities, to themselves, each other, and the family as a whole, and there was never a viable excuse to denigrate that. Nowadays, we have 12 year olds who can't make a sandwich for themselves, nonetheless fix a lawn mower. Now, we have college kids who don't know where the capital of the nation is, or which countries border our own. Or anything of import. They have no loyalty to themselves, others, our country, or their civic and social responsibilities and duties. So, isn't it completely natural for us to disregard all the whining ne'er-do-well, wannabe's, who have nothing to offer but excuses for themselves and blame for every generation before them, that didn't 'entitle and endow' them with their every desire, because they think they deserve it? These are the people who think that they can jump into an empty pool without looking, and then sue the homeowner for not 'warning label' them that the pool has no water in it. They can take a real long walk off of a real short pier, and there would be no loss. However, those same generations also want to completely upend everything that we've worked for and built, and just hand it over to them. These are the generations that thinks their boomer and genX parents should raise their grandchildren, because 'its too hard'. We are the first generation to be forced to work well into our 70s before we can even try to claim all the social security that we've paid into. God forbid we should become disabled before then, as our monies are being stolen hand over foot. We are the generation caring for parents, children and grandchildren, in addition to caring for ourselves. And we make no excuses about how it can't be done or whine about how hard it is...we just 'get 'er done'. We are the generation that is expected and counted on, by both our elders and youngers to figure it out and get it done to fix it. WE are the generation that is still holding it all together, for everyone, while getting nothing but guff for it. But, we're also the generation that gives "Zero Fucks" about what others think. We know what we know, and we know when others don't know diddly squat. We are astutely observational and pay attention to details. We research the things we want to know more about, and don't rely on others' opinions (expert or not) when making decisions. We do it based upon the knowledge and experience that we've gained in our research and life, and it has served us well. Certainly, can't count on the younger generations to do anything about it, because all they care about is themselves, and how to blame the generations before them, for the very woes that we didn't create, but overcame. Hopefully, they'll eventually grow up and figure it out, but I hold little hope. Until then, they can fall on their faces, while they blame everyone else, because they'll eventually figure out that noone is going to pay for their actions/inaction, but themselves. Of course, there are outliers in every generation, but these younger ones seem to be exceptionally unexceptional. And they want us to just 'hand it over' to them, when they've shown no inherent ability to sustain their own lives, nonetheless take on the responsibility of 'the world'. But they insist that they can do better than we, and they insist that THEY should be allowed to demand and tell US how/what/when/where to do it. We are the last generation that can bring this country back to an even keel and hold firm to all that we hold dear as American citizens. And this nation is the last bastion of freedom in the world. If we fail or falter, the whole world will fall. We are the last generation of revolutionaries. The rest are just anarchists, socialist/communists who are deliberately trying to divide and destroy our country because they think it will bring them personal gain (again with the self-absorption), with no cares about any injury it may cause another. We are the last generation of HOPE to overcome the ills of today's world. But we're getting old and tired, with no confidence in handing over the baton to those who follow, because excuses don't keep the lights on at home. We don't give up or give in...we just get it done, and noone else seems to want to work for the very things we fought for, to begin with. I fear where our country is headed because of all the scarecrows running around crying about their imperfect world, instead of working to make it better. So, yeah...everyone wants to press on us, but can't understand why we're quiet. Because they don't know what we do: 1. Never sweat the petty things, and never pet the sweaty things. 2. Never let them know your next move. and 3. Just because we want peace, doesn't mean that we aren't cocked, locked, and ready to rock. Its pretty much a given, that GenX will 'fuck you up', and gladly hand you your Darwin Award. But it can't be said, that you weren't warned. Bwhahahahahha! Signed, GenX PUREBLOOD PATRIOT

[@APBpa]

@@shelleythompson-brock6412 We were the nerds who knew karate The janitors who should have been on American Idol The valet who should have been an engineer The artist who should have been a politician

[@badbrain7163]

Well said 🙌🏻

[@bhud1972]

I love how you closed it out. You’re exactly right. They’re green with envy because it was a bad ass time to grow up. Especially the 80s!

[@RazorRamonMachismo]

balkan kids laughing

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

Cool music, cool toys, cool tv shows, cool comics, cool cars, cool bands, cool clothes, cool pretty much most things... LOL

[@inlandempress4587]

straight up🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@andyman8630]

@@wernervanderwalt8541 cool everything except the haircuts!

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

@@andyman8630 Even some of the haircuts were not that bad. LOL. But yeah most male haircuts were pretty horrible. LOL

[@erincounts8209]

“Back in my day” you learned a lot about calling your boyfriends house and talking to his mom or family before even talking to him. And they, my goodness, they had to answer the phone and have no clue who was calling! Can you imagine the panic of the millennials and GenZ? We have lost the art of communication, boundaries , patience and general freedom to exist without being tracked. How did we lose that?

[@tchrisou812]

First of all, you're a beautiful girl. I remember those times too, the Mom's that I spoke to back then were always really nice to me, the Dad's short at best sometimes grumpy. Your comment reminds of that Cinderella song "Don't Know What You Got 'Till It's Gone". I remember stretching the cord as far away from my parents a possible to talk to girls. Now no one besides businesses answer their phone. I spent a lot of time wishing my kid grew up like I did, he didn't though.

[@genxer74]

@@tchrisou812 i hated how those long cords got twisted up into such an unmanageable mess! lol

[@tchrisou812]

@@genxer74 I remember being yelled at for unplugging the cord after some calls to untangle it b/c "what if someone calls" 😂😂I remember saying" it would still ring" and my Dad saying something like "well how would my pigeon know where to send a note?" then they laughed. Ahh Dad jokes, tbh I had a few "zingers" I'd pull out, I just hear myself saying them. I'll stop rambling.

[@aaronasmus8984]

We let baby boomers stay in power too long.

[@spencermalco3814]

Lol omg those days were tough 🤣

[@KardboardKenny]

best part? we're a feral bunch, itching for a fight. ANY fight.

[@raevj]

We were THE LATCHKEY KIDS who raised ourselves!

[@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846]

Gen X is the last Generation to have common sense. And growing up in Detroit we didn’t have Cable till the 90’s.

[@gabrielchovan-spence4215]

The most humble generation as well!

[@powerhouse884]

NO, No is not. The millennials grew up raised by Gen X and we did had common sense. GenZ has taken upon themselves to ignore common sense and complain Online instead of thinking and finding solutions.

[@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846]

@@powerhouse884 “and we did had common sense.” 😂😂😂 Thank you for proving my point.

[@powerhouse884]

@@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846 You don’t understand do you? Millennials are NOT the current generation anymore. You don’t seem very bright to grasp the context here.

[@certifiedbrickbattler]

@@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846 but I’m a gen alpha with common sense :(

[@markanderson2155]

60's, 70's and 80's were some of the best years ever!

[@ericaespinosa4030]

Definitely!

[@HomeEcSewing]

The "don't care" generation between the "one-up everything" and "I'm offended" generations. Love being Gen X.

[@jackrimbaud3826]

Well said

[@UnionAdvocate]

@@jackrimbaud3826Our boomer parents were def the keeping up with the Jonses generation. For me, I didn’t care that my Honda Civic had crank windows and my friends had power windows. That little car still lasted me 20 years.

[@Michaelajacksonfilms]

Three keys, one more for the trunk.

[@thevegimeatatarian]

I absolutely LOVE the GenXers who are pushing back. We are here; we exist! The world is more than Baby Boomers and Millennials. Keep doing what you do!!!

[@markfennell1167]

Gen X needs to rise and take control of the world. We are Luke Skywalker. It is Our Destiny to take action and defeat the dark empire.

[@trigfizzle6876]

Bruh, you do realize that millennials are 80's babies right? 🙄🤦🏽‍♂️ Gen x always been recognized and represented. It's millennials that are overlooked. Y'all seem to think we are in our 20's and under SMH. Furthermore, Elon musk is gen x and he's trying to play God and ruin the world sooooo 🤷🏽‍♂️🙄🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Patriotwoman1976]

Yes!!

[@irenenelson6994]

I think Gen Xers have been under represented. It's good to hear from them. Boomer.

[@michdoug1]

Baby Boomers will be gone soon……..

[@countrygirl7402]

I am Gen X. I was born in 1970. Our music is amazing. Nothing has ever been better. Ever. We also had to work, entertain ourselves, saw the normalization of people with color tv, saw home computers and home video game consoles, satellite tv, gas rationing, whining was met with "stop crying or ill give you something to cry about". I could go on for days and days. Millennials have no clue. None.

[@wpj1024]

Yes! Dad, can I have some money? "Sure, get a job" 1965 OG

[@Lisa-pw2he]

@@wpj1024 Hahaha! So true! I was trained so well from a very young age, that I knew better to even ask for money. 12 years old got a summer babysitting job 4 or 5 days a week a few hours each day. 13.5, got my first retail mall job. I never asked permission to take the mall job. I just announced that I had a job. It still amazes me that a business could hire me without parental permission. It was Mrs. Fields cookies.

[@andyman8630]

@@Lisa-pw2he paper-run for me! used to go to the local newsagency at sparrowfart-o-clock, fill a barrow full of newspapers and wheel it around a route blowing a referees whistle with specific tunes for each paper i had - when i ran out of a particular paper, i'd stop blowing that tune

[@Lisa-pw2he]

@@andyman8630 Wow! Where did you grow up and how old were you with the route? My brother was older than me and had a weekly paper route. He used his bike for delivery and worked like three days rolling and delivering. When I was 9 or 10 or so I used to help him roll the papers. Funny, he never paid me anything for the help. 😂 I just wanted him to succeed.

[@andyman8630]

@@Lisa-pw2he Sydney Australia - that would have been during the late 70's - i would have been all of 14 yrs edit: i sense a kindred spirit - a pleasure to connect with you

[@kathenavarro6850]

I loved seeing you starting Gen X at 1960. Because on most other places they say 1964 was the last year of Baby Boomers. But being born in 1964 I never quite felt I was a boomer. I felt more Gen X . So thank you for the inclusion!

[@PhilMcCrackin-f3n]

Gen X is 1960? That makes more sense.. I thought 64 was so arbitrary... I was born in 66, but my brother in law was born in 64, we are like peas in the pod.. not possible we were from different generations ;]

[@aph4778]

So basically, we can rock the radio, the computer and live without internet..

[@saturdaymorning329]

Born in 1980. Second to last year of Gen x. I fondly remember my dad saying , go turn the knob to channel 2... The news is on." We didnt get a tv with a remote till 95. We played till the street lights came on, if you weren't home by then you got your ass whooped.

[@hadmatter9240]

Ahhhhh, the good ole ass whoopin'. Mom was _very_ talented, as she could whoop two boys at the same time. Dad, however, was a master: hit it and quit it, if you get the drift.

[@frigidmonk]

You were the REMOTE control!😂

[@truthunfiltered314]

But you better not turn that channel knob too fast. And then you might have to adjust the antenna so the other channel would come in clear.

[@saturdaymorning329]

It was a bitch when you had to go to the UHF stations. You had to adjust the rabbit ears. My dad loved Wally George.

[@ericnichol6767]

​@saturdaymorning329 him and Texas Loosey's

[@jessepaynter3752]

Born in 98 here, had no internet till I was 23 no phone till I was 17 and still don't use cable. I'm grateful to be raised by old folks

[@R_A_3000]

Yeah I think this video is just showing how out of touch Gen X has become. Because I was born in 87. I had no internet until 2008. I had no cellphone until 2003. I still have a landline with a cordless phone. I learned how to get around on public transportation by getting lost. My first car was a 93 stick shift saturn and I got that in 2011

[@shaunaholmes6561]

You didn't listen to the video. I kept hearing him say "it may not have been in YOUR world, but it was in THE world."

[@kimleemoon]

Same here born in 73, didn’t get a cellphone until 2003. Had FB for a few years but only checked it 3-4 times a year. No Twitter, barely use IG. Life was good before all this toxic social media crap

[@lizzy-wx4rx]

@@R_A_3000 Sorry we're so "out of touch" with your personal experiences, but the video is about how THE WORLD has changed since we were kids. We're old!! It's changed a lot! (And btw, if you're saying you never used the internet before 2008, I'm calling bs.)

[@R_A_3000]

@@lizzy-wx4rx No you're out of touch with life. You thought you were something special but you're not. You're not the last generation to grow up without internet or cellphone. Also yes I didn't have internet in my home till 2008 but yes I went on the internet like 3 times before 2008. Why does that even matter? Oh I forgot you're the "I want people to know we're the best generation". No one cares about your generation for a reason. You have become worse than the boomer generation.

[@shewho333]

GenX. The last generation where a 16 year old girl could run barefoot on a nature trail by herself and not be too worried about being kidnapped. We also still had mental health institutions instead of revolving door prison and homelessness for mentally ill people. I’d never let my daughters do the things I did. That’s why our kids are inside on screens.

[@ShavinMcCrotch]

I have to wonder though, was it really that much safer, or were we just not as aware of incidents with nothing but newspapers and the evening news to report it? Now, with all the social media and news websites, you can’t steal a candy bar without all your friends and neighbors hearing about it 20min later.

[@Aprlmoore]

@@ShavinMcCrotch That's a valid question. I agree with that idea. More awareness of things happening elsewhere makes everyone more anxious where they live, even if it's far away. But I also think that more people moving to less populated areas ultimately also means more crime/more risk. When you have only 2000 people in your county (my experience growing up), most serious crimes were (mostly) committed by people passing through, and if something was committed by someone in-county, pretty much everyone knew about it.

[@yasmeen7875]

Plenty of girls went missing. I live in a part of Texas where 15 girls went missing in a 2 month period. Always children on the milk carton. Don't let nostalgia cloud the facts. Serial killers were the most prolific during the reign of GEN X.

[@NWPaul72]

Um, you were supposed to worry. Remember milk carton kids?

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill got going around the 1970s. Wasn't so bad at first, because they mostly went to SROs in the cities, and other affordable housing. In NYC we saw an uptick in eccentric but harmless panhandlers in the neighborhood. By the 80s many of the SROs found themselves overburdened by this population who often went off their meds and caused problems, so they began closing down and converting into high priced condos. Many mental patients found themselves on the streets as homeless, at first in big cities, like New York, and later spreading out to the rest of the country. By the 90s it was everywhere and growing. Now, psychotics are sent to psych wards for a few nights, medicated, then discharged to the streets with a few prescriptions. Back in the 60s a psycho might get treatment at a state hospital for maybe 2 years before gradually adjusting back to the community.

[@robn71]

The last gen to remember black and white TV pictures

[@Labyrnthdom]

GenX had enough brains to memorize our contacts phone numbers. We also stayed outside past sunset.

[@annie1875]

I remember Mtv coming out August 81. First video they ever showed was "Video Killed the Radio Star". Like every Gen X'r ... I was hooked! Mtv and arcades....my childhood 😊

[@txmetalhead82xk]

Aladdin’s Castle ❤️

[@annie1875]

Pac Man and Astroids 😁

[@dalerushton1394]

Space Invaders

[@aprilsmith3683]

Great song...🇿🇦

[@TheMsLourdes]

A When MTV played music... those were the days.

[@suesteig3025]

I remember trying to record a song off the radio, but the dj was always talking over the beginning or end of the song. Gen X 72.

[@the1doubledeuce]

We are the last generation to not receive a participation trophy just for playin'.

[@jodinarrowpath9998]

🏆 exactly

[@judy2624]

Damn straight!

[@Eldritch-1]

Also the generation that created participation trophys so you gotta do better than that.

[@kd6836]

@@Eldritch-1As an older gen X, that was the boomers. Nobody my age created those. Nice try.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

I can't tell you how many times since my late twenties I resisted owning a cell phone, a smart phone, and I even resisted creating an online bank account. Growing up overseas some of us Gen Xers didn't have cable TV or satellite dishes and decoders, so we used our imagination as kids, we read a lot, played outside, visited neighbors, etc.

[@SweaterWeatherPodcast]

I’m a proud Gen Xer and everything you say is 100% spot on. My oldest kids are Millennials and my youngest is Gen Z. The youngest loves to go on road trips and play mom’s music. She totally concedes we had the best music.

[@brendaokuda2158]

As someone who is considered a Boomer, but was born just before the start of GenX, I completely support this video. And as a Southern woman who raised children in California?.......I still used corporal punishment! I ain't raisin' no heathens! AND, my Millinial children all turned out to be more like GenX kids.....able to think for themselves & actually DO for themselves.

[@Blondie77128]

I’m Gen X but siblings are technically Millennials. They behave more like Gen X because of our upbringing

[@brendaokuda2158]

@@Blondie77128 Be sure to thank your parents. They seem to be a rare breed these days.....or so the media would try to make us believe. Hopefully, all that were raised right will continue to raise their children right also. 💖💖💖

[@franceslarsen4037]

I wish there was a group for those born right before gen x:). (born in 61, but identify with alot!)

[@annredding3091]

It’s funny I’m gen x but my brothers and sisters were all baby boomers. My parents were of the greatest generation.

[@katalinmigray2527]

The US census puts Gen X at starting in 1965, but it was actually 1960. We all knew it back then and Copeland (who wrote about his Gen X generation and popularized the term) was born around '62.

[@janedarc7731]

Preach, dude… you’re 100% right! Gen X’ers just have the misfortune (or, good fortune. Depending how you look at it;-)) of being sandwiched between two generations of me, me, ME, narcissists. Even though there’s so much we can add to your list, I’ll just add three more… 1). We were the first generation to do financially worse than our parent’s generation. 2). We were the first latchkey generation. We were basically raised under the premise… they’re fine, they’ll figure it out; it’s way more important that we boomers have the time to find ourselves🙄😂 3). And, because of #2 Gen X’ers are the least inclined to feel entitled to anything, making us far less obnoxious. With all that said, I wouldn’t change a thing about the way I was raised! It set me up for being fiercely independent with a strong ability to creative problem solve. And best of all, I never resisted or feared taking responsibility, because it was expected at a pretty early age. So, all in all, growing up Gen X was awesome!!

[@someguy782]

Nah, you're the most obnoxious, because you never shut up about how tough you think you are.

[@malbee280]

That is why GenX coined the phrase: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". Fits perfect when looking at boomers and millenials.............

[@joemomma3988]

GenX the Navy Seals of generations. Tell us what needs to be done and get the hell out of the way so we can do it. We don’t need no support or supervision. 😮😮😮😮

[@davehughesfarm7983]

And we will carry the other 5 generations while doing it.

[@queentinadoire6931]

Gen X here. We get things done. When stuff breaks down, we fix it.

[@6XXBANSHEEXX8]

I'm Gen X and I wouldn't be caught dead on tiktok

[@stacythomas9916]

I used to think that too. Now I am asking myself why don't we invade it? The boomers for sure aren't there, so maybe we could actually have a small voice

[@6XXBANSHEEXX8]

@@stacythomas9916 Take a look at their privacy policy. They invade Everything!

[@Emeritus75]

Or Instagram for that matter!

[@franceslarsen4037]

@@6XXBANSHEEXX8 Yes.

[@debs9962]

So true

[@dawnwernette9174]

Fellow Detroiter here. Born in '70. I feel like we are also the last generation who respects parents

[@Grace-xn2om]

Yes, as well as respecting elders, as well as other authority figures.

[@bluebird660]

‘68 here. We all learned how to fend for ourselves from a “very” young age. It created a generation of innovative, fearless go getters. Who couldn’t wait to get out on our own and make our mark on the world.

[@mycroft16]

Amd we did. We built the world that exists right now. We started all these companies. We pioneered much of the tech that people take for granted. We invented and built so much of this because we never felt constrained by rigid thinking. We were left free to dream and play for so much of our youth that it remains a part of our core self to this day. If the world ends... GenX will survive it just fine.

[@TheSoulreaver32582]

Born in 82 here....... up until i was 15 my friends and I were out and about till the street lights came on. When I was still in the single digits my parents would use an air horn to let us know it was time to come in. If we did not hear it, then we were too far away for their tastes and ended up grounded ALL WEEKEND. No one had a cell phone until my Jr. year of Senior High, and it was rare for a friend to have computer let alone the internet. I didnt see them go mainstream until the Compaq Presario with Windows ME or an iMac. My Generation is a micro-generation stuck between Gen X and Millennials.... and past 10 years the net has come up with the name "Xennials" (1977-1985). Basically we had an analog childhood with a digital adulthood. I had to use cursive in school. we still had wood/metal shop as well as home ec. My brother and I were latch-key kids and with that in context is how I learned how to cook and clean. I have NEVER owned an automatic vehicle and take great pride in that. Unless I was grounded my friends and I were always outdoors and doing stupid sh*t. Social Media did not exist in my childhood and Im so thankful for that.

[@beverlyh3822]

I was in the first computer class at my middle school. We were typing in line after line of code before Windows. After hours and hours, we would run the program and it would do something for ten seconds. I told a class this once and they said "Your school didn't have windows in the classrooms?" Our video games started with Pong. We had a cable box where you turned the nob from regular tv to HBO. That was it! We would have people over on Saturday night to watch the new HBO movie because not everyone had HBO yet.

[@flux_inverter4500]

I took typing my freshman year in HS. Manual typewriters. Learned how to cuss and spill the white out. Still pound a keyboard like I'm trying to get a key to strike paper.

[@radolfkalis4041]

My first computer class, we learned on what my instructor called Magic Windows. There was so little to teach, it was a half semester class

[@andyman8630]

i started repairing confusers in 1983! (Wang mainframes and minis, the mainframes used reel-to-reel tape drives the size of a fridge and the minis were desk sized, had no HDD and 8 inch single sided floppies with 80kb storage) and learned machine language, basic, fortran, cobol and C - gave up on the software side when Windows '95 was released and focussed on hardware

[@loufonolleras5544]

Loved Pong!

[@micam.9506]

Yes!!! In middle school, around 1988, I remember typing the lines of code, reading it straight from an instruction manual. After those hundreds of lines, we would get a kaleidoscope for like you said, 10 seconds or so. It was the coolest thing ever! We played Oregon Trail on floppy disks, and yes, we all died of dysentery lol! Also, we had a Commodore 64 hooked up to an old tv at home in the 80s. My brother and I had an Atari and Nintendo game console that we shared with our 3 cousins. That's right, only 2 people could play at a time, if it wasn't Tetris. The rest of us would go outside and play until it was our turn. I didn't officially log on to the "World Wide Web" until my freshman year in college, 1995, in the computer lab, because none of us could afford personal computers to have in our dorm rooms. I had a (drumroll) word processor! I thought I was the $hit because I didn't have to go to the computer lab to type my papers. How many of us remember getting the free AOL discs in the mail, to connect to dial up internet in the late 90s? If you remember the fax machine noise it made, you are freaking awesome! Thanks for the memories!

[@oshunbleu6511]

Great to see a fellow Gen X telling it like it is. Right on! 👍😊

[@tcg2ki]

I'm a GenXer and i was born 1967. Love the music and remember walking from one town to another and back and my parents had no clue where i was nor did they care.

[@trigfizzle6876]

You're not gen x LoL. A generation is ten years.

[@mycroft16]

​@@trigfizzle6876GenX is from 1965 to 1981 by mist accepted definitions. And no a generation is NOT 10 years unless you think 10 year Olds are having babies.

[@tabascofaith]

To have been a teen in the 80s was the most divine gift of my life!

[@notbextley6997]

We're not gonna take it. No! We ain't gonna take it. We're not gonna take it anymore. That's because we don't want to live like narcissists. That's enough of those kinds of questions when we speak. You're right.

[@WASPwarrior1982]

Horray!🥳 Another SMF!🤩😍 💖 🤘

[@RazorRamonMachismo]

We are gonna take it oh yes we are gonna take it we are gonna take it like a whore said dee snider when talked about covid lol

[@oshunbleu6511]

I saw Twisted Sister in concert in Reno Nevada 😂 they were Wild!

[@WASPwarrior1982]

@@oshunbleu6511 Dee sure did put on a hell of a show.👍💖🤘

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

All I can say is, YOU BETTER not be wearing a TWISTED SISTER PIN, on your UNIFORM!!! You are?!?! Well then listen little mister, you just better pick up your phone and CALL your cable provider and tell them, "I WANT MY MTV!!!"

[@c-bass413]

GenX hands down had the best music & we were also the 1st generation to have video game consoles & PCs in the house. Those games were awesome. We had the TRS-80 and C64.....we all learned to program in Basic. 70's & 80's were the absolute best time to grow up, the 90's w/ heavy metal was pretty awesome too.

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

Woah woah woah slow your roll a lot of generations before Gen X had real good music now don't go get over your head 😊

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

@@dkstudioart they are completely out of ideas I really do think and believe or at least they are out of ways to express themselves

[@_desertwalker_]

Good on ya C-Bass. I agree. Everyone else cant get f$@ked. I grew up in Western Australia in the 80's. Awesome. Had HQ, and HT and XB Panelvans in those times. Learned how to program Basic with punch cards, camped in the sand dunes for free at the best surf breaks. Played in a band around Perth in places like the Old Melbourne hotel . Also saw the Angels there,when I was underage. Remember my brother getting a commodore 64. Riding push bikes with out helmets. We also welded up motorbike shock absorbers on our push bikes to make them BMX, The only bummer there was we used normal stick welding and we had some horrific accidents when the forks broke or whatever else we welded. You could ride your dirt bike from Spearwood to the hills and back without getting caught by the Ranger. I remember when mining sites were not OHS psycho, where people would tie up ladders together to make them longer. When people used to roll maltesers and candy down the aisles at the movies, or throw bottles into peoples heads, Perth was pretty feral. Having said all that, I was a father later in life, and my Gen Z kids are just marvellous, as are a lot of young people. Maybe they are a little lazier, but then, maybe so were our ancestors. Why expend energy, when you need not have too. My kids do engineering ,game design, and artist. They are really switched on, as are a lot of young crew. The one demographic I cannot stand the most are Boomers. They are often self righteous pricks who own way more than they need, and look down on you if you do not have a home. The Boomers are the most miserable ass wipes on our street, and wouldn't even raise a smile on a sunny day to you if you are a renter (like myself). Gen Z may think they have their finger on the pulse, but Gen X also had 1999 in their sights. The media always prophesising the end of the world, and the Y2K bug constantly jammed down our throats. A lot of us felt there was no future. In West Australia, the 80's and 90's were boom and bust many times over. We were a basket case of Australia. Our claim to fame is digging big holes. The crash of tech stocks had an enormous impact on our psyche, as did the crash of 87 ( if my memory serves me correct). Anyways, I digress, this life has been awesome so far. Im 57 and stiil pllayin rockn roll, as probably a lot of you are who are musicians are as well. A lot has changed, but theere is still plenty to buzz about. Although AI does concern me a bit, and also how accepting of everything Gen Z is. It will be there demise as the trojan horse is wheeled in. Far out, what a rant!. That's what a litlle wine and herbs will do to you.

[@r2x262]

Ahhhhh.... I really want to still copying 60's music because it was literally a music Renaissance... Just ask a guy like Clive Davis... Who was the first act that he signed for Columbia records... Janis Joplin... This music was so great.. so original and so powerful... No wonder you had to turn to rap...

[@robdixson196]

It really was kind of a sweet spot in history to slide into. I have to admit the Zoomers who are bitter about the period they were handed do kind of have a point.

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

The 80s… Best decade ever. Video games. Computers. Rap/hip hop origins, roller rinks, arcades, big time pizza parlors, MUSIC, ATARI, just to name a few highlights.

[@mattbuccaro8323]

We are the last generation that had real teachers that taught us to think for ourselves instead of looking for approval and validation from social media.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

When I was in 3rd grade my teacher caught me drawing a very unflattering picture of President Nixon. She was furious, not because of her politics but just because she felt it totally unacceptable to be disrespectful about, "The President". I tried to explain that I'd heard "he was bad", she just threatened to show it to the Principal. Can you imagine that playing out now-a-days with Trump? One day our principal came on the PA system and announced that former President Johnson had died, and that we'd be given the next day off in memorial. Suddenly, this chorus of cheers erupted out of all the classrooms! The principal immediately yelled at us through the PA system to stop and "how dare you", etc. LOL!

[@kylesmoran]

And the you all showed up on January 6th. So you didn't think for yourselves at all

[@mamasplayinhookie3131]

@@kylesmoran 😂 Can you edit it that so it makes sense?

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

@@mamasplayinhookie3131 He talking about renting a u-haul truck. you know, to move a bunch of stuff. NOthing to do with the protests from 1-6

[@mamasplayinhookie3131]

@@RaptorFromWeegee

[@SemperGumbi0369]

Also, don't forget walking in the house and getting a beating for something you thought you got away with a week ago and already forgot about assuming it was for something ya pulled today.. lol There's that patience again!😉😂

[@acb9231]

Ah, good ole Gen X. This was during a time when parents struggled to get their kids to come in from playing outside. Nowadays, parents struggle to get their kids to go outside and play…thanks to video games.

[@mycroft16]

Oh, it's super easy actually. Do what our parents did. If you mess this house up you will clean it all by yourself. And if you're in my house on a day like this you will be doing chores.

[@allenjohnstone9945]

So, so true. Born in 68, growing up with TV only having 3 channels, remembering when we got a microwave in the 80's and my mum totally destroying sausages on her first attempt. Always having to set the vcr for my Dad as he never figured it out. Music was great but still preferred the 70's. And getting the cane at school was still a thing.

[@hadmatter9240]

The cane? If you mean, "getting the cane", then yes, but all my principles used wooden paddles, and one had even drilled holes in his, which stung even worse.

[@68sunshine]

❤

[@flux_inverter4500]

My Jr. High would delegate spanking duties to the gym teacher who was a body builder. Not joking. You could hear when someone got spank. Lean forward and hands on the wall so you don't hit your head. That echoed. The yelps sometimes did too.

[@ibtissamvanlerberg6825]

I remember when my dad brought us The Microwave and gave us a demonstration on how to use it 😊

[@EB1878]

And our generation x learned home economics in Jr high and high school, plus driver's Ed for bigger schools that could afford to do so. We were also the last generation to have cassette tapes, cassette players, and our devices didn't require constant charging chords. They usually took two AA batteries for Walkmans, Ghetto blasters/jam boxes/boom boxes ran on a AC plug and/or C batteries. We also had to pack quarters to call our folks from payphones. The good old days how I do miss the way things used to be. 🙂

[@prime-mate]

Payphones.. 😂

[@AvalonDreamz]

I'm really proud of our Generation X for not falling pray to teachers, professors, mainstream media, politicians to warp our views of one another like this newer generation has. They have allowed all of those to brainwash them pretty much and it's weird as hell. Also the fact that we didn't burden ourselves down with a shit ton of labels to the point where you only hang out with those that carry the same labels as you do like the youth of today. That shit is weird AF too! We rejected pretty much all labels that society threw at us. At the time, even the "Gen X" label. Now we see that at least we can be proud of cause compared, we just fucking rule.

[@MaryDunford]

Alas, some were lost. Dazzled by the tech I think. Sadly, the worst cases can only communicate in gif, meme, or emoji. Let us not forget our fallen comrades. 😔🗽

[@jenjeff316]

Agreed, in fact most annexes went out of their way to shun is many labels as possible. How we've gotten to a generation that can't get enough labels is beyond me.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

I rebelled and kicked like a damn mule against all establishment my whole life..

[@trigfizzle6876]

Y'all obviously did fall victim to that stuff because just like the people older than y'all, you think that millennials aren't pushing fu*king 40+ 🤦🏽‍♂️. This new world we live in really started to take after 2005, we were already grown dumba*s.

[@brianschryver8314]

Gen X is actually a pretty lucky generation overall. The bs of the Cold War was coming to an end, and you guys could just live. The paranoia and fear ever since 9/11 has just grown, with fears of things like SARS, the swine flu, and everything under the sun just elevating. Freedom was real still. I don’t think modern generations truly grasp what freedom is. Now there’s just this intense culture war that seems to be ramping up all the time. I’m a little jealous tbh.

[@markgirard647]

Generation X ; We aren't even close to done yet... but you keep thinking that.

[@Scorpio_with_butterfly_wings]

We’re the last generation to have the high beam foot switch in our cars. Rock on GEN X!!! lighters and ashtrays were a given.

[@victoriawilliams2786]

Its been two years since this upload and I have to say Thank-you for representing us!

[@BearcatJamboree]

Weren't we the first generation to have video games?

[@bunnybunch5782]

Yes we were!

[@philbuell6657]

Yes we are

[@lillieberger2883]

Pong!

[@C_mao]

Atari, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, Galaga, ..

[@deanvaillancourt2881]

Pong!

[@loufonolleras5544]

As a Boomer…let me say You nailed it! Good job.

[@jayonez137]

Born in 71 This is a true story! 80’s was the best decade!

[@kimberlycorliss9616]

I forgot about having to use 2 car keys. Great follow up video!

[@sophiacromwell8017]

GREAT VIDEO & REMINDER!!! I’m getting tired of seeing headlines/ articles that list “Boomers, Millennials & Gen Z” as if Gen X NEVER EXISTED! Really appreciate the walk down memory lane :) And yes.... the music!!

[@WASPwarrior1982]

YES! THE MUSIC! 🤩🥰😍 Decade Of Decadence, Rebel in The FDG (Fucking Decadent Generation). Decline of Western Civilization...The Metal 🤘 Years! 💖 🤘

[@detroit_dad238]

We are the forgotten generation.

[@WASPwarrior1982]

@@detroit_dad238 I haven't forgotten it! But then again I lived it!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy the rest of the weekend! 💖 🤘

[@truthunfiltered314]

Well, we often get mislabeled by Millennials and Gen Z. In their short-sighted, self-centered world, anyone older is automatically a "Boomer."

[@gregsmith5695]

I am ok with continuing to be ignored. F them all.

[@violetsabrewing7938]

I still have frustrating dreams about using the rotary phone. Haftway of dialing the numbers, my finger slipped and I had to start over. Omg, the dreadful dream 😂

[@remconoordermeer7015]

I really like the relaxed, no fecks given attitude you use to address the different talking points. It reinforces the self-own of anybody who was triggered by the other video. And yes, our music is simply epic.

[@she-wolfkira4927]

Lol... "No fecks given" attitude is the hallmark of Gen X. That and, FAFO. 😂

[@justj69]

Don't forget you could (were expected to) ride your bike miles to any store to buy your parents cigs.

[@fireawaysweets8114]

GenX. When you had to do a paper for class, you had to actually study a book and write it on 6 pages with an ink pen. We took typing classes only later on. We didn't have social media to check up on friends and family. We had to call and find out. We had more get togethers then this generation. Because we were always outside. We hitch hiked with no fear. We had house parties and bonfires at the river. We had scars on our knees and elbows from bmx racing around the block and wiping out, which we never went home and cried about. We just got back up on it and did another race. We learned to break dance. We did BMX tricks. We built skateboard ramps at home. We had ghetto blasters and walk-mans. I was a Tom-boy, which meant i liked playing hockey and sports and wore hand me down clothes from my older brother. Yep Gen X was killin it!

[@CareyHolzman]

Duran Duran forever fellow GenXer!!!! I feel very lucky to be GenX for all the same reasons you mentioned and more (also from Detroit!)

[@ericaespinosa4030]

Born in '74. Good video.😄👍I love watching Gen X stuff. There are not enough of us on KZbin or Tik Tok. I am getting tired of always watching Millennial stuff when I don't always relate

[@detroit_dad238]

I’m on both. 😁

[@user-bd5md5cm2j]

Erica, there's no way you were born in 74'.... Mabey 84'. Way to young looking. Great vid.

[@WASPwarrior1982]

Ditto!💖🤘

[@ericaespinosa4030]

@@user-bd5md5cm2j Aw thank you! People always say that to me. But that picture was taken 7 years ago. I am 48 now

[@user-bd5md5cm2j]

@@ericaespinosa4030 I'm 2 years older than you. Your just a kid.😄 Your doing something right 👍

[@dg-hughes]

At 14 my parents told me it was time to get a job. My uncle had a coin-op video game business we dragged them to a truck and dragged them into the arcade. We also had illegal video slot machines. My first job alone no help by this time I was 15 was to drive a manual transmission truck (never did it before) through the city to a bootlegger. Dump a $1,000 in quarters on a table there and roll the coins in flat wrappers. The owner even set a beer in front of me. edit: this was around 1985

[@davehughesfarm7983]

This Dave Hughes was hauling hogs in a grain truck 80 miles away at 15 years old..

[@curtssallee9807]

RIGHT...at 14

[@smcb2202]

“This will hurt me more than it hurts you”

[@Kris10Kay]

I remember the Sears truck delivering ‘The Microwave’. We all stood around as Dad unboxed it. All the chatter about what we’d heard it could do!

[@rasputjen]

love this...gen x is indestructable. we have always been hard workers- we come in- get the job done, are innovative and make sure jobs work for and serve us- but we give them our all...if they don't do us right, we move on...Millennials and their arrogance in thinking the world started with them is why the world is struggling rn, imo. i think since we're so stealth, it's time we stood up and seriously fixed it all and shut down the mistruths- FAST- before they get locked into the conciousness of young people as truths.. gen x rocks. we do need to save the world, though.

[@jenniferbryant2700]

A lot of gen X's were the remote control. Especially if you were playing in front of the t.v.

[@erincosta565]

Honey, half the world is mad and they don't know why, and then they see your video so they can find something to be mad at. I'm a Millenial. Honestly, I would love to go back to no cell phones and no streaming services everywhere. Roll in the mud, for Pete's sake! Climb a tree! I'm probably one of the rare few millennial who know how to do that.

[@jenjeff316]

Awesome to hear a millennial say something like that

[@officialnoonon]

That sounds like a long forgotten dream you're not alone with. Our generation and Gen Z are obsessed with everything moving on a 2D surface, so no wonder the problems in the world keep rising. If everyone touched grass every now and then, we'd generally be more happy. Personally, I love going for a walk and even hiking. It's so peaceful...

[@lancekeith7900]

You're really not that rare for a millennial lmao there are a lot that think that way.

[@trigfizzle6876]

Bruh, all millennials did that 🙄. We were already grown when kids stopped doing that dumba*s 🤦🏽‍♂️ you must not know what a millennial is.

[@trigfizzle6876]

​@@lancekeith7900 I wish y'all would quit acting like millennials aren't pushing 40+. Sh*ts annoying.

[@markfennell1167]

Our movie influences were Rocky Star Wars Karate Kid and Red Dawn We have morals. Character. Toughness. And the bad ass ability to be victorious over the bad guy.

[@detroit_dad238]

The greatest Hollywood influence on my life was John Hughes. 😅

[@lize-mtz753]

One thing, most parents didn't help you if you were bullied. Someone bullied me, and my mom was like, "Sorry, you're gonna have to fight her... I cant do anything about it, but let me know if anyone jumps in". Gee. Thanks.

[@mycroft16]

It was good for you. Toughen you up. Teachers didn't care. Parents didn't care. You either learned to take it or you punched them in the face. Which usually ended with the phrase "you wait till your father gets home." And that was the worst possible thing to hear.

[@furinteeth5845]

Thats the problem, all these younger Gens live on screens and don't see most of the world then when they do, they are clueless

[@ATEC101]

You didn't care enough to teach them properly then, did you?

[@furinteeth5845]

@@ATEC101 Umm I wasn't greedy or selfish enough to bring children into this world. LOL

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I was born in 1971 & I remember when I was a kid we didn’t have a microwave,a remote control,cable,wireless anything & punishment was having to stay inside not the other way around…..oh yeah nobody will make music as well as we did for quite some time

[@WASPwarrior1982]

Here here!💖🤘

[@liraelgreen1329]

I was born 1980. In Australia. Dont forget about those of us who experienced all those things, Australia was always considered only a few yrs behind America in terms of technology. We didnt get pay tv "cable" til the 90s but we had everything Americans had pretty much the same time and yes 1980 is gen X. Tail end. ✊️

[@norwegianblue2017]

Lots of Australian bands on MTV back in the day.

[@ginaforfsu]

I’m go to see Styx tomorrow night, saw Rick Springfield last summer. We are having fun aging, and our entertainers are still performing in their 70’s!

[@randywoodworth5990]

1970s-80s was the best decades of music

[@liberTvalance]

My 84 ford had a round key and a square key. One for the door and one for the ignition. I had forgot about that until this video.

[@hadmatter9240]

My how time flies.

[@Aprlmoore]

lol, me too! I had an 84 high axle Toyota 4X4 pickup. I had to turn a lever on the wheels to lock it in to 4wD. Stick, of course.

[@jack6539]

I just love introducing myself as having an IT degree obtained before stack overflow. Millennials and GenZers often ask what we did. Well, we had these things called manuals, which would stack higher than our chairs. Another thing, I encountered a demographer last year who referred to us as being the spitroast generation. Once you accept it as fact, life becomes a lot less stressful.

[@JRotten]

Spitroast? As in cooking meat? Or the sexual position? Either way, your getting a rod on both ends.....FUCK......

[@RealArcalian]

Millenials/Gen Z that I know don't even know we exist. They think we ARE Boomers.

[@detroit_dad238]

This is so prevalent on my TikTok.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

True. How many times have we seen the expression, "OK, Boomer" when we're not even boomers?

[@danielx555]

Would I liked about growing up in the '70s and '80s was that I could go anywhere and I could do anything I wanted to. Nobody yelled at parents if their kids were out doing stuff. We had a ton of freedom, most of us, and because there were no cell phones, there was no one tracking us or requiring check-ins.

[@cogent211814]

I went to school in Laramie Wyoming in 1979 and we had an internet computer. It was the size of a barn and was less efficient than the cell phone in my pocket. Corporal punishment - In my school the principal had a wooden paddle on the wall with signatures on it for those who suffered it's stinging wrath. My signature is on that paddle. My friend parents had a 14 ft aluminum satellite dish and when Mtv played "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles we were there. We were the last generation to witness man going to the moon. GenX Rocks!

[@bunnybunch5782]

GenX Beta, 8 tracks, cassette tape, vcr, cd, blue ray, floppy disk, hard disk, thmb drive, cloud. No TV, UHF, ham, public tv, cable tv, digital tv, vr. Operator connect, party lines, letter phone numbers, call waiting, dial the weather, extensions and yellow/white pages. Respect was earned and given but never taken. God was all week and twice on Sundays. Elders were our history and our future. ✝️❤👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤🇺🇸

[@skeezix8156]

Collect phone calls, phone booths, *69 to block, the 15 foot extension cord for the phone, getting yelled at for being on the phone too long, rotary dialing. What a different world when it comes to phones

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Hear hear1

[@cryswhipple8587]

We were the last generation to have to memorize phone numbers.

[@NotSure479]

The last generation to develop critical thinking and social skills

[@jaydee8469]

as a 1973 born i approve this message ;)

[@MatronWisdom]

Say it LOUDER📣, for the people in the back!!!

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

1969 born. Last Mohican. Lol.

[@awesomeness7117]

And who would that be, seems like every generation since ww2 has just done nothing but suck the world dry and destroy it

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

Yep. Trying to teach my kids social skills and it's like pulling teeth without anaesthesia. To fight against social media is almost impossible

[@younkinjames8571]

We were the last generation to fight with someone without the aid of a keyboard

[@davidowens1132]

Some school districts in Missouri still use corporal punishment and make parents sign an agreement to it before their children can go to public school in those counties.

[@tenzin682]

As silly as it sounds, my wife and I have been waiting for Gen X to start standing up for ourselves!! I think we got fucked over by pre-tech, boomers, and the industrial vortex that happened in the early 90's. Yeah, the music, movies, and all that was great(80's). But yeah, boomers pushed us aside and these kids and grandkids don't understand all the great times we had in the 70's, 80's and 90's! GEN X rules!! Thanks for the video!!

[@noOnionswithoutTears]

Boy are they gonna be pissed wen Gen X mass retires in our 50’s. Nah, we are done…we’ve had jobs since age 14.

[@cJjames7]

Duuuude! Nailed it. They always try to come for us!😂

[@juniejams3729]

Your experience on TikTok directly reflects our experience in the world. We get yelled at by boomers (parents) melinials (our children) and no one includes us in any "complaining " videos. Signed, latch key kid PS remember actual handwriting? Ya. 💥

[@AndieZ4U2]

Born 1966 👋 Graduated 1984 ... Facts all over the place. We saw it coming AND going. Speedbumps caught in the middle.