Generation X - Funny Forgotten Middle Child

Stacy Pederson, Funny Female Corporate Speaker, on Generation X- The Forgotten Middle Child. Because nobody cares about Generation X... StacyPederson.com
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[@Oranguice]

I'm Gen X. We used to look at pictures of dead children on milk cartons and then venture out into the world alone.

[@StacyPederson]

LOL!

[@poki7179]

Oranguice omg so true

[@smilingontime]

Omg totally need to quote you... So funny Ha ha.

[@red66chevy]

Sure did, come home when street lights come on

[@williamjones3534]

LOLZ

[@aliceingraham7637]

clowns to the left of us, jokers to the right...here we are stuck in the middle

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Alice Ingraham maybe that should be our theme song along with its time to start things over by Alice in chains.

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

I just thought of that song a couple of days ago when thinking about being stuck between the two lol.

[@Revivethefallen]

That's perfect!

[@lemhanback9595]

😂😂😂 We had the largest variety in music, too. Before American Idol, not to mention the best of MTV when they were nothing but music videos. None of the so called "reality TV" junk.😂😂😂😂

[@annmarieknapp2480]

Perfect post. Nailed it.

[@ladyhawk6999]

Well as Generation X , we are the last generation who can think for ourselves.

[@crypter27]

You got that right!

[@Revivethefallen]

Amen!

[@Aryaba]

Good thing as no one else bothers to think of us.

[@redwillow79schippers94]

I have sadly found this to be true

[@genxlife]

I get the impression that Gen X is the last generation to know history. Millennials and Zs seem to think history began when they were born.

[@e4t662]

Me at 17.. "I'm hitchhiking to a Depeche Mode concert, i'll be home in 3 days" My parents: "Good, take out the trash on your way"..

[@alexandrebeaudry8377]

hahahahhahaha

[@dishappywithlife2556]

totally!! lol

[@ReganMarcelis]

The most under populated GEN... Did not stand a chance.......

[@monicasojka2738]

Went to my first concert at 14 with my best friend!!

[@TerrapinFlyer2010]

Born in 1966 and at age 18, I found myself hitchhiking from one Grateful Dead show to the next. I think I must've crisscrossed the country (during the 80's) at least several times. I'm now 52 years old. Lmao

[@jnauttube]

As a member of Gen X, I'm kind of proud of my generation. We started out with all the annoying aspects of a young generation, but as we've grown up, we've shut the hell up and gotten on with our lives.

[@frankprit3320]

my biggest complaint about being a Gen-Xr, was when i got into the work force it was, " Sorry junior, all the good jobs have been taken by baby-boomers and the rest were sent to China, so you'll have to support you family working at McDonald's, you got a problem with that? what do you mean you can't support your family on $7/hr. Be a man, SUCK IT UP.

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

And don't tell us what we can or can't do, we thrive on that shit. We were told we were slackers and wouldn't amount to anything. We absolutely love proving people wrong. Tell a millennial they're a slacker and won't amount to anything... therapy and antidepressants for life.

[@tindingo4535]

@@demetriuscooksey7147 your comment has literally been my mantra since the late 80’s and I owe all my accomplishments in life to that and the years of unsupervised childhood.

[@annmarieknapp2480]

That's probably why no one remembers us. We just do our jobs and move on. The showy brash look-at-me generation are grating on the nerves. Who cares if you are eating a sandwich and want a picture of it to post. Who gives a flip!!!

[@101skysthelimit]

Gen X here. My favorite quote from my Mom when I'm at home alone: Entertain yourself.

[@jeffreyes1568]

Lmao My dads = take your asses outside and play

[@continuouswave34]

Inside or outside.. pick one Don’t come home until the street lights come on Did they all read the same parenting book or something?

[@patrickbrennan1317]

101skysthelimit ha😀😂🤣

[@kainshannarra2451]

@@continuouswave34 No street lights where I lived. I learned early on out of sight, out of mind- My dad was great at making up chores lol Also, as long as there was no school the next day, I could ride to a friend's place and just tell them- "Going to Butch's, be home when I'm home" Miss that bike, put a LOT of miles on it...

[@Pduarte79]

In memory of alot of gen X kids that were forgotten in shopping centers, market places, cars, school and etc, by their parents. Millennials they will never know that joy,lol. Gen X are the Macgyvers generation, millenials are the Kardashians generation. Basically we rock ;P

[@sherilea01]

Fearless Paladin lol yep.

[@kerriecobain4807]

I forget my kids occasionally on purpose.

[@jeffreyes1568]

@@kerriecobain4807 oh yeah... me too.. OOPS

[@sambradley2975]

I used to get lost in the hospitals, supermarkets. I'm totally Gen X.

[@sambradley2975]

We were the last Cold War generation (or original Cold War ) generation, unlike most of the millenials, we knew Communism was bad, our parents & teachers told us how terrible it was in the Soviet Union & other red countries,most of us didn't fall for the phony lure of Socialism. We were the last generation to have the spectre of the bomb hang over our heads, & we saw the fall of the Berlin Wall , & the disintegration of the USSR, this generation elects Socialists & their sympathizers, attracted to dangerous ideas, most, not all of us, knew better.

[@spacetrucker2952]

I can remember as far back as I can being left at home alone trying to find a pair of pliers to change the tv channel on our 900 pound wood grain tv. Yup, I'm a 70s kid.

[@mclovin2209]

SPACE TRUCKER and that damn thing would shock the living hell out of you Lmao I remember those days

[@spacetrucker2952]

Yup.

[@gaphil100]

Your comment is awesome, remember doing that same the thing . I too am a 70s kid and I salute you.

[@superbeast4287]

Got your back....not sure where i fit...dont care...was born in 63. Seen alot. We used the little brother to change the five channels we had on our t.v. .first we had to show him how to use the pilers tho.

[@nickb2208]

Dam I was born in 95 and had that same TV, believe it or not my Meme and Mom hooked up the N64 and ps1 too that old tinder box lol I remember staring at for hours 5 inches away feeling the static tingle my eyeball and nose. We had Ares in the kitchen I remember playing it on 911 watching my mom and gma bugging not knowing wtf was happening or even be able to understand what was going on that was day I'll never forget people thought the world was gonna she didn't even send us to school she didnt even let us go outside she was no stay in the kitchen playing games with your brother and sister and we lived in CT.

[@conduit242]

Gen X is the most educated and entrepreneurial generation precisely because we had to be self-sufficient. We are the tough, eye rolling backbone of America 🙌

[@xtravert2012]

In true Gen X fashion, I eye rolled at this comment and said "whatever". Now I gotta go warm up a frozen TV dinner and play some Galaga before I go to the Billy Squire concert. *one more eyeroll and "dork" grimace bf I leave

[@Sassysickchick]

Couldn’t have said this any better! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@saysHotdogs]

Millennials are the most educated generation.

[@Miniver765]

​@@saysHotdogsYeah, at navel gazing. Everything you need to know in life isn't online, despite what you've been told. Wisdom doesn't come from a Google search.

[@karinaramirez-rattan4140]

BOOM💣💥

[@sambradley2975]

I'm a Gen-x'er, I know where you're coming from. We are the lost generation. No one made noise when the 1st Gen-Xer turned 50

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

waahhhh I cried when I turned 30... hehe Millenial checking in. Guess I am doing my job 😂😂😪😪

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

I’m so glad to hear you say ‘lost generation’ because I always use that phrase to describe us. It’s so spot on. A generation lost to the cares and fancies of two major neighboring generational cohorts.

[@davemiller6055]

Society: Everybody celebrate the boomers latest milestone! Society: Wow, those millenials sure are special. They are going to do great things! Society: Generation who?

[@texasturner2313]

Born in 1974, latch key kid, stayed home by myself while mom worked, parents divorced, hold many of the same values as boomers yet, more up to speed with technology, ate mostly microwaved food, for the most part very responsible, sought technical school over some liberal arts college. Generation Xer.

[@LianaSeini]

Texas Turner - me too! Home watching soaps after school I could wag school and no one would know ...... Wrote my own notes etc - played more had a great time!! But when I look back I think , I was left alone a lot when mum had to go to work

[@FlashSilverEagle]

Very similar. Late baby boomer born 1961 mama become widow when I was 11 sick most of the time made it to the streets, us three older ones of seven to help bring food in the house cutting grass to shoveling snow raking leaves to washing windows, to babysitting… Whatever we can get our hands on working the streets hands-on. Lost generation Jones can relate to the Gen X in more ways than one.

[@FlashSilverEagle]

Даниил Данилов Two words. ..Generation Jones.

[@FlashSilverEagle]

Даниил Данилов There is partial truth to it. The baby boomers year Span is too long though. “They” put 1946/1964 because it was literal post World War II baby boom. It’s culturally Inaccurate As the length of the boomer generation doesn’t match the culture being born past the 1946, to the late 50’s.. then the difference becomes obvious. The boomers we’re listening to the 50s and 60s, us generation Jones/early to mid Gen Xers we’re listening to the 70s and 80s.

[@FlashSilverEagle]

Case in point, my wife was an “early” Gen Xr July 1968) short of the later 70’s born “ latch key” Gen Xrs . ..Don’t get me wrong, I see their point, but I see our point too. She was at the cusp Of late Gen Jones, as I was so-called late boomer. The baby boomers were protesting the Vietnam War /Woodstock etc watching Ozzie and Harriet and leave it to beaver. We were watching the Brady Bunch to the partridge family. As a matter of fact July 20, 1969 some were going off to Vietnam The Kennedy Johnson administration got us into, While others were protesting the war in various ways burning draft cards Parading the streets of Woodstock.. while I was mesmerized by the TV screen at eight years old one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.. 50 years and one day ago now. “ they don’t tell you the nuances” but I will... Yes, the generation Jones and the early to mid Gen Xrs are the forgotten “middle child” etc..your welcome. 👍

[@blafonovision4342]

Nobody cares about Gen X. Which is fine, because we don't care about anyone or anything.

[@orthoorange4266]

I want to care but I just dont

[@rosealexander9007]

I'm generation X and I don't trust people. I have serious trust issues with people.

[@FlashSilverEagle]

Perhaps you don’t, but most every Gen X I’ve ever met care about people.

[@johnadams2833]

Look how most people didn't overanalyze the OP's comment and didn't post up on his comment with some virtue signal trolling and unsolicited advice... and look how no ufcks were given for the one or sashats that did. lofl

[@FlashSilverEagle]

You might be a minority of the Gen Xers. To the contrary, as a “Jen Jones” I can relate to you Jen Xrs ..The most caring and resourceful like my generation close to you had to be. I suppose there are exceptions but most Jen Xers are resilient and reliable folks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ-TZIGea952fdE

[@defenstrator4660]

Born in 74. To me a Gen Xer is someone who saw Star Wars in the theatre.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Defenstrator good standard so many people want to be us. Born 1970 there you go.

[@cynthiacrawford6147]

71 here

[@samhain1388]

I saw return of the Jedi in the theatre

[@lv67890]

I have to agree. The original. Not just empire or Jedi. (And it’s not that hard because movies played in theaters for years back then.)

[@zhukie]

My Mum too me to see Star Wars in the city cinema when I was 10. Was sl blown away I demanded that she buy me the book in the foyer and I read it all the way home on the train lol

[@revolution6269]

I'm proud to b X because we knew how to be creative and innovative !

[@jimcyr7380]

Joe Grant no shit , if we didnt have it we made it or obtained it somhow

[@charjl96]

knew?

[@astateplayer1]

We were all alone, and it's not like we had internet for entertainment back then. We had no choice but to use our imaginations.....Thanks Mr. Rogers!

[@carlh429]

Gen X, the tough, self reliant generation. We rule.

[@charjl96]

@Alexander Appea of course we did. We still do

[@OffRoad-jh1do]

You must admit... We had the best music, movies, sports players and activities!! 80's and 90's were the best times ever!!

[@davidsmythe2223]

ball boy jones YES WE DID!

[@raidenmcmahon8016]

ball boy jones agreed!!!

[@purplepill-roc2922]

ball boy jones I tell my children that all the time...

[@jaworskij]

We had Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors in tennis. Jack Nicholaus in golf. Winnipeg Jets had Carlisle, and others. Blue Bombers had Dieter Brock. Movies we had Goonies, Stand By Me, ET, Ghostbusters. Best family movies EVER.

[@brettg82au]

No no, we didn't have the best athletes, performance wise. But yeah we had the best shit alright

[@barrydowdy6348]

I'd take the 80's over any decade. Go generation X ! And guess what we're not done yet. 1969 baby here

[@annmarieknapp]

69 Baby here too. Hate being sandwhiched between two narcissistic generations.

[@ec1628]

1968 here. We came of age at the best time. End of analog and the beginning of digital.

[@AshGreen359]

I hated the 80's the 90 's was when I had my fun

[@lynneufeld3175]

1963 baby here :)

[@thanto575]

Riding a banana seat bike to a highs or 7 eleven ten miles away alone at age 9 to buy a slurpee. Home in time to watch the 6 million dollar man.

[@sarahs5340]

I'm dying! 🤣 LOL, so true. Raised with no parents, parents were to busy working on themselves. Thank you so, so much! No one even talks about us.

[@TheKa89]

Sarah S Seriously! I really do remember being told to 'lock the damn door, I might be off work by 8pm, don't talk to anyone who comes to the door, and just go read a book or something... don't forget your little brother either, feed him.' When people ask me if I ever did after school or joined a sports team or some other thing that required my parents to take me there or shell out cash for, I always have to tell them no because they were busy working. We didn't have that time or cash, so we kids had to find our own means

[@t.johnson2966]

TheKa89 Dad died in 73. Our house was literally the Pippi Longstocking house with no horse in the yard.

[@Pduarte79]

I never knew my parents, lol. I call the TV papa and Nanny that treat me since a baby, because my parents, were like yours were busy working, my Nanny is my mama. My parents and siblings, I gave the same fuck about them, the same fuck they gave to me. None.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Sarah S was not a latchkey but was friends of several. You can learn from them when it comes to survival.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Tracey Johnson hi my dad passed in 1973 I am grateful to have had a grandfather and some good friends to hang with but I miss him every day even though I was too young to really know him

[@linksrechts7614]

Love the way you ended this.... "Whatever". I think that perfectly encapsulates and describes the experience and resignation of Gen-Xers. Thank you. Made me smile. I'm an early Gen-Xer ('67) - exactly the same age as Kurt Cobain had he lived - born to "silent generation" parents - caught up with the early Space stuff, Apollo missions etc.- talk about food that had no nutritional value... we drank "Tang" ! because "they" told us that the astronauts drank it in space. LoL. We are the generation that really did drink Koolaid and ate Jello. There was nothing natural in Tang, or Cheese Whiz, Whip Cream in a can, Franken Weanies, Koolaid (at least until we all saw pictures of the Jonestown massacre, and then it didn't taste as good) or Jello. When I pass on, I fully expect not to decompose for about a year or two with all the unnatural stuff in my system. I love being part of the Skeptic generation. We're cool. And oh, by the way, we're not slackers, never were and the majority of Baby Boomers were and continue to be a bunch of attention-needy, phallocentric, selfish assholes, who, it's clear, have a lot to answer for.

[@johncasey1020]

@cmtmj2006 As if, dude. ;)

[@cmhughes8057]

I think the reason so much of us look younger than our age is because all the food we grew up with had so may preservatives in it, lol. Heck I look younger than some of the millennials I work with, and get mistaken for 20 something all the time. News flash I am way cooler than that. :)

[@colossusforbin5484]

I was born in 67 too. Don't forget the 'sweet' cereals we ate as kids in the 70's proudly displayed the word 'sugar' in the name.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Nancy V yep they brag about Woodstock but they won't admit to the deaths and rapes that took place there.

[@MontagZoso]

Well said from another 1967 Xer. 👍😎

[@klaws32]

I loved our generation, we did whatever the hell we wanted, no parental supervision whatsoever. I look back at it and laugh. I was born in 68, and my kids were born in 89 and 92. I got divorced when they were 7 and 4, and raised them myself. I gave them a very long leash, stay out of trouble and do decent in school, and you can do what you want. I raised my millenial kids Gen X style, and they thank me for it today.

[@Arylwren1]

Gen X. the last generation that played all day outside without supervision, were home lone for lunch and were home alone often after school. PB sandwiches, instant mac and cheese, pizza pops.

[@markdemell3717]

Reading these comments makes me wonder ,where are peoples hearts ,cold ,cold people .Stop with the B.S. Help your fellow man instead of bashing him and her ! Gen X-ERS are much softer than their grandparents ,get a clue folks.

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@@markdemell3717 WTF are you even talking about?

[@user-pb8bp6sr2u]

We didn't have instant Mac n cheese....it was stovetop.

[@Arylwren1]

@@user-pb8bp6sr2u instant mac and cheese was a thing starting in the late 80s and early 90s.

[@user-pb8bp6sr2u]

@@Arylwren1 I see. It must not have reached my corner of the country til like the late 90s

[@frankmoe5578]

Proud to be an X, love all my X brothers and sisters in this big beautiful blue planet we live in, 👍🇺🇸🇵🇷

[@robertgvojic5077]

So true. Me Gen X ❤❤❤

[@charjl96]

I'm happy to be a part of the last generation to do things like go outside for fun

[@PS-qn4oz]

Right, rather than just going outside to take pics to post on social media and talk about how outdoorsy you are.

[@revolution6269]

Yes X generation is definitely smarter because we had to be !

[@barbaraxxx615]

Of course!! the baby boomers are the worst generation! The X generation are definitely a superior generation!!

[@poodtang1]

Yeah Boomers fucked up everything they touched. Boomers before you go clean up your damn mess.

[@mclovin2209]

Joe Grant street smart at that

[@Pduarte79]

Millennials are basically baby boomers 2.0 .

[@droneguy69]

Joe Grant I got tired of being smart ugh lol jk.

[@DWilliam1]

I’m GenX and I had zero supervision, no car seats, no bike helmets, no peanut allergies, no whining about student debt. Parents basically threw me out of the house and said get home before sundown or when I got older just get home eventually. Played HS sports and no one ever came to a game, started working at about 11 and still call my 83 year old fathers friends Mr. and Mrs. That said, it taught me about hard work and self reliance and the importance of a good friend. The only weird thing is that this generation has produced those helicopter parents. Go figure. Wouldn’t want to have been part of any other generation. Except I’m getting mad old now and wish I was a bit younger.

[@davidbell1619]

Welcome to life. The others haven't found out about it yet. They are to busy whining and puffing themselves up.

[@brandalynnmarie]

I love how self sufficient and independent living in my generation made me, but playing devil's advocate here I also get how it produced the helicopter parents. Because we came from broken homes, never had anyone around, and had to be our own parents we never want our children to feel that pang of disappointment when you look out at the stands and your parents ain't there. We want our children to know they can come to us when they need and we will always be there, some just went way to far in the extreme and produced entitled kids

[@lisaahmari7199]

The reason our generation became helicopter parents is because it felt like shit to be forgotten and ignored. We all romanticize our youth. Yes, it was great to have a lot of freedom....on the other hand many of my friends were raped by teachers, priests, the fathers of their best friends. When they tried to report these, they were told it was their fault. Many kids I knew were permanently maimed, or killed in biking accidents, surfing accidents, being thrown from cars in car accidents. You make it sound all rosy and happy.....and a lot of it was.....but there were plenty of bad, very preventable things that happened. And the parents of my age group wanted to be sure their kids were spared that pain. They went overboard, for sure. But they did it for a reason. Maybe your experience was not like this but enough of us WANTED our parents to make some time for us, to protect us at least a little, that it caused a cultural backlash.

[@DWilliam1]

@@lisaahmari7199 I’m sorry things were so bad for you and your friends. My friends and I experienced none of that. We all grew up relatively unscathed and became responsible adults. In terms of some of the horrors that you mentioned, many of these things were happening in the 1950’s and 1960’s well before Gen X and during an era of the stay at home mom. Do I think that more supervision could have prevented some of what you state, well maybe, but there is no guarantee… I truly wish you and your friends the best and hope you get any help that will assist you to work through all those horrors.

[@DWilliam1]

@@brandalynnmarie Well said.

[@67cuda38]

Hell, if we wanted something, we either worked for it, or built it !!! We learned by doing. Self taught .

[@zhukie]

Or we went without. One of my Mum's favourite sayings: 'Well you can't have everything, so stop whining!' lol

[@lisalentile177]

we had the best music

[@makegeorgeorwellfictionaga9268]

Yup better then the boomers and millennials

[@efogg3]

\m/

[@annmarieknapp]

True!!! Kids today have shit for music. We have the 80's and the 90's. Nirvana was our spokesperson!

[@JOnTHeMOnSoon]

Kid Rock. Enough said 😂

[@peterbelanger4094]

If it wasn't for the 80's, all that rap the kids love wouldn't exist. The electronic music scene... got started in the 80's . Metal... the 80's was the metal decade. No matter want genre you are into, X-gen DID have the best music.

[@monsterhobbiesonlinestore]

Great video my Gen X sister! - Here's how I think we were raised....raised in a mechanical, analog society which was replaced with a digital society the moment after we graduated. We walked into a work force with outdated educations. We are the screwed generation for sure!

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

We're not screwed...we had to adapt and now we make the rules!

[@jeffc5974]

Generation X, so overlooked that we didn't even get a real name.

[@jeffc5974]

More like "renovation undefined". We were actually given several names, but none of them stuck because none of them fit enough of the group at large.

[@jmpolock5211]

No the X is for "X-d out" worthless or nothing.... that's respect for ya

[@jaggin7561]

Your generation was named after a book title by some guy I forgot who but thats why youre called generation x

[@johncasey1020]

That is worth mentioning. That is a Boomer conspiracy right there.

[@greywolf6876]

I respectfully disagree because at least here in the UK we are known as " Thatcher's Children. " But we did raise ourselves.We learned to cook , clean , shop, and manage our money before we turned eighteen. We did part time jobs and paid our own way as soon as we could as a matter of pride.We learned to stand on our own two feet and take responsibility .We learned that life wasn't fair and if you wanted a job doing you did it yourself.Born in ' 68, and Gen X through and through.

[@cuetlaxcoatl2]

everybody talking about millenials... Gen X is the real deal!

[@willowb1527]

Dang Skippy.

[@courte28]

We are the best generation when it comes down to music 1964 to 1996.

[@FlashSilverEagle]

The generation Jones and Xers had the hardest but the greatest movies to music. ..WOW

[@DWilliam1]

Rick millennials. Born in ‘66 and me and a couple of my buddy’s of the same age went to go see one of their daughters sing at a club on the LES(it’s gentrified now) and a few millennials about 4 or 5 inches taller than us started heckling. We walked over there and told them to STFU or we would do it for them. They didn’t know what to do and began to stutter then left the bar quickly, long beards and all.

[@annmarieknapp]

@@courte28 Damn straight! Best music ever!

[@colossusforbin5484]

When I was a kid in the 70's and 80's, we had Sugar Frosted Flakes, Super Sugar Crisp, Sugar Smacks and Sugar Pops. That's right, cereal companies back then were proud of the sugar they put in their cereals.

[@meeksde]

Colossus Forbin and we liked it, we loved it.

[@kainshannarra2451]

@@meeksde and we didn't get fat because of it, since we burned it all off running and riding all over LOL

[@ladyowl8732]

I love my generation x childhood for the most part, but I would hate my kids to grow up with that feeling that their needs were a nuisance. Sometimes gen x talks about how great it was to get independence from the lack of parental guidence, but honestly there were times I needed it.

[@vincentfabiano561]

And us Gen Xers drank water out of garden hoses on hot summer days..lol. Maybe kids still do that, but it is probably from a internet controled free range hose that spouts organic gmo free water.. lol 😂

[@monicasojka2738]

Exactly! We lived! We took risk! It's part of life!

[@andrewniles1]

I remember playing on dangerous outdated playgrounds. God I miss them!

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Andrew Little rocket slides

[@SearchIndex]

Patrick Brennan ...or the triangle slide of death m.volumeone.org/news/1/posts/2013/09/30/5377_the_triangle_slide_was_real

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

Our heads are still spinning from being in the generation with the fastest technological growth! Finally, people who get my frustration about these other self-absorbed generations! The millennials think that everything from our generation came to be in theirs as if we don’t exist!

[@lisalentile177]

I loved MTV now it sucks I was born in 72

[@CraftyZanTub]

That's the story of television.

[@peterbelanger4094]

I had a huge crush on Martha Quinn back in the day.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Lisa Lentile waste of air nothing but asinine talk shows/reality shows that glorify stupid or destructive behavior that would have got us committed not kidding.

[@nickb2208]

I was born in 95 we had show's like Jackass Viva la Bam and wild boy's, then Jersey shore and teen mom and people wonder why my generation is Fucked.

[@TheGuyMullins]

YOU TUBE is great for tripping videos... WHITE STRIPES .... it a shame most of the bands in the early 80's were BABY BOOMERS!

[@johntracy72]

That is why Generation X is so cynical.

[@markflierl1624]

That's definitely true for me. I hope the whole system collapses soon.

[@markdemell3717]

I consider myself only semi-cynical.

[@joebalser9515]

we weren't always this way, it's the last few generations that have ruined the world in our eyes. If we had known what our kids and grand kids would be like, we'd have used a LOT more birth control.

[@markdemell3717]

@@joebalser9515 OOh ,that's cold ,real cold .

[@joebalser9515]

@@markdemell3717 maybe cold, but VERY true ! Most of our grandkids should be recycled

[@buckeyes71077]

We Generation Xers were around when cable TV came to be, we still used rotary phones and casette tapes

[@firstname7594]

Love your speech just turned 42 this year. Spot on 😂

[@psalmistshanny]

Made my own instant grits or oatmeal for breakfast then walked to school by myself cleaned the house and mowed the grass and cleaned others houses before I was 13.

[@sheem.2450]

My goodness!! Lol

[@davemiller6055]

I repainted the house and insulated the attic at 14. My mom drank a lot.

[@FuKYuClown]

Remember all the end of the world movies from the 70’s & 80’s. We pretty much thought we were going to be in a Global Nuclear War at any time living in the aftermath if we survived at all!

[@mikehancock6103]

At least our music had words with real meaning and the music itself.......wow damn we really do know how to rock!! WE COULD ALWAYS FORM OUR OWN PARTY!! GEN.X 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️👍👍👍👍 we are still here ..not going away and we are one big proud of it family.1960, 70 and 80!

[@kainshannarra2451]

I think that's a big part of why we're so mentally tough, we all knew we could be vaporized at any time, so why worry- just power through whatever life throws at you and keep on keeping on.

[@cathy1775]

The best! Airport (1970), 4:54 inferno, poisiden adventure with gene Hackman. I know the dialogue 😂

[@kellit6756]

Yes! I'm a gen x middle child. 3rd of 4 children. My parents goal for me was to graduate from high school and get out of the house.

[@mylife2022]

I used to get home at 4pm, eat copious amounts of cereal, watch TV , do a little homework, cook dinner for mum, my dad passed away years before. Never answer any knock at the door , for fear of 'stranger danger', wait until mum got home around 6.30 pm , heat up meal and hang out with mum for the evening. I learnt to be self sufficient, entertained myself without devices and the constant need for the approval of others as a way of feeling good about myself, God damn it gen x is strong and resilient.

[@MasonCorey123]

Great video.. just now stumbled across it. I love being GenX. Except that now I have to take care of my Baby Boomer parents, AND my Millennial children. I love that we invented things like social media and Google, yet have to tell young workers to get off their phones and get back to work. I love it that I have to teach new employees basic math and how to "fix" Excel programs when the wizards dont work right.

[@TIMMY512002]

“Here we are now .. entertain us !”

[@MCReher]

I was born in 1965, and as one of the first Gen Xers to come along, I not only had to do the latchkey thing, I had to master such skills as learning how to utilize a city bus schedule, how to cook, and do my own laundry, and use a typewriter to type up book reports back when I was in high screwl... oop's, I mean high school. All very useful skills to have, and all of which both flaked and formed my character. I wouldn't want to be either a baby boomer or a millennial for all the beer in Germany.

[@mikehancock6103]

I was born in 1965. From 65 through 80 best damn musicians and music ever!!! ♥️👍👍👍👍👍GEN.X

[@davemiller6055]

"67. Me as well.

[@user-nu4sk4ck3d]

@@mikehancock6103 you right..as first generation Xer being black we probably liked a white song or two here and there then around 1979 UK musicians flooded in and wasn't playing they started messing with R&B musical traditions and started slapping home run hits with us blacks they also went into contemporary jazz and by 88 they kicked ass..then years later ..lots a big Time rappers in the 90s started using them old 80s new wave originated tracks galore we blacks purple face embarrassing to admit went all goofy on them white 80s hits because most those songs sounded black so we had no chance..we could not escape it PS to this day I'll blast 'let's dance' by David Bowie and won't nobody say shid

[@Oranguice]

Latch key kids. My brother made this great grilled chicken with orange colored bbq sauce. It was amazing. I mentioned it to my mom recently and she got all upset. Like I was calling her a bad mom.

[@PS-qn4oz]

I wasn't a latchkey kid. My parents didn't even bother with locking the door.

[@clemjoke7609]

I really hated it when I forgot about the cheese filled hot dog I put in the microwave. It was quite an explosion.

[@mclovin2209]

Clem Joke lmfao and it was hot as hell too

[@all4honor]

Clem Joke i still remeber that meat heart attack

[@sierramatchking7126]

Yeah, and remember when MTV was called Music Television because it actually showed music video?

[@footdoctor4803]

I purchased cheese hot dogs at the food store a month ago and the millennial cashier said - " OH YOU MUST BE GEN X" I said "Yeah, .. and he pointed to the cheese hot dogs.."Thought so" I didn't get it then~ Ha.

[@miket691]

You tell' em these bloody Millennials walking around like they rent the place!

[@PreciousEyeballs]

LOL!!!

[@paulwagner688]

Oh. And we STARTED the internet.

[@hannah3250]

I think we were the most adventurous. Seriously, always outside, exploring, breaking into abandoned houses ( jk…maybe). Read a lot! Knew poetry and history better than most, dreamers and could handle some serious bullying lol. I love being a Gen X-er! ❤️

[@davidmedeiros2856]

So true! Proud gen x here. 1970

[@LionheartedDan]

Your video describes my childhood and adult life perfectly - my older boomer siblings had the red carpet rolled out with their way paid through college and $40k gift from Mom & Dad to buy their first home. I worked through college every way I could plus loans with total $600 support from parents. Got an advanced Engineering degree. I’ve managed to be an entrepreneur and start several businesses that I operate today where we employ the entitled millennial children of my boomer siblings, while at the same time I look after after my now aging narcissistic older siblings, taking them to the doctor, visits to them in the hospital - all help for which they feel their life privilege. . In a way though I pity them because with their self pampered life they will never know the joy of being a creator and giver.

[@StacyPederson]

Wow. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@kerriecobain4807]

My parents supposedly had MTV blocked by the cable company, but I found it. I went through each channel one by one and there it was. Channel 17. I came home from elementary school and watched till my mom pulled up in the driveway.

[@savievere9759]

Yep, sums up gen x in a nutshell. Damn this hit way too close to home. 80s and 90s home by yourself after school listening to grunge music

[@genWHYCommunications]

This is epic! I love it! So "marsha, marsha, marsha"

[@RobinMasters007]

Gen Xers are the Jan Bradys of the work world : www.huffingtonpost.ca/mary-donohue/generation-x-workplace_b_16271164.html

[@SirScavenger]

I'm Gen X and we did take care of ourselves after school. The kids these days have their parents drive them to school in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon, how lazy.

[@t.johnson2966]

ScreamingSadist It's not laziness. Us x-gens were taking the city bus by the time we started after school activities. We decided to take care of our children. We just may have gone a little far.

[@theacademictaskmaster6481]

How are we lazy? I'm Gen Z whose Gen X parents drove to school and back for me, due to how bad it is for kids to go outside alone. Your Generation decided to do that for us, it's called making sure your kid is safe. Gen X is trying to be great parents that they wanted the Boomers to be to them, when they were young.

[@t.johnson2966]

vr - Exactly, as a gen-xer, I told myself as a child that I would do nothing the same as my parents when raising my children. My mother literally has no respect for my parenting style. It's okay, my kids are awesome, empathetic humans.

[@theacademictaskmaster6481]

Tracey Johnson Wow, i guess your mom might be jealous of how you raise your kids and have a close bond between each other. Maybe, she regrets her decisions when she was raising you.

[@UbiquitousTech]

I can’t really say given how good my neighborhood was. I look back at the privilege of walking to school. If there were predators, they did not mess around in my neighborhood.

[@Abundanthealthcoach]

Remember how the media went crazy every time Boomers hit age milestone? And then there’s us lol.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Adriane C loud raspberry to that

[@Saltydoc121]

Gen-X had the most freedom in modern days. Thank God for that!

[@skepticalfaith5201]

Late boomer here (‘59). I always felt I had more affinity for genX than boomers. I was the youngest in my family - that helped too. There’s definitely overlap/mixing at the generational boundaries - nothing ever that clean. And I read Douglas Coupland too.

[@SANDYMILLER23]

We as GEN-XERS are the greatest generation!!!! We the transitional generation. We remember life before the Internet and life after. Our ability to take care of ourselves have made us be able to endure so many difficulties and tribulations. Let's us be the forgotten ones.... because....we are the back bone and glue that keeps this world going. 1972 Xer. We are the best!!!!!!

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

When the dust finally settles, X will return and put things in order.

[@smilingontime]

I didn't wear my fannel so to say ... I wrapped the long sleeves around my waist .... Viola : female genX belt

[@davidguthrie5941]

When the apocalypse comes Xers will be the only ones left standing.

[@ConstantCompanion]

LOLOLOLOL!!! I can't stop laughing!!! Parent free food! Lolololol!!! I think this is the first time I've ever heard anybody talk about our generation! I know all about the Boomers, and God knows we all know about the millennials. We really are a great Bunch aren't we?

[@douglasingham3821]

The few of us left, yeah!

[@DouglasLoven]

Yup latch key kid here.

[@t.johnson2966]

Douglas Loven I grew up in Canada, we never locked the doors, hence no key. When I saw the after-school special about latch-key kids, I really felt sorry for them, not realizing I was one. Kids are so literal. Plus what is a latch?

[@RandomRandomnessKCMO]

Always hated that term .....

[@CraftyZanTub]

Same here. My parents forgot to pick me up from school once, I didn't get home from school until six that night!

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

Another latch key kid here, made in Sweden.

[@leonidas480bc]

Finally someone who gets what I’ve been saying for 20 years!!! Thanks for speaking up for us!!

[@3mindgame]

Gen X is is da Bomb!!

[@johnadams2833]

When gen-X was in high school... which was the 1980s, not the 1990s, we never said 'da Bomb'. Or 'Just Sayin' either... But, just sayin'

[@bacmac1715]

The two best generation are gen x and gen z

[@JoeB5150]

Where'sThe Beef!

[@piobmhor8529]

I’m a boomer. You’re right Stacy about getting a shitty deal being the “middle child”. I grew up with Ward and June Cleaver as parents. I went to school with home-made cookies in my lunch where WW2 Veterans taught us history and trigonometry. Your teachers were aging hippies and proto-SJW’s, and you went to school with Twinkies and Hostess Ho-ho’s in your lunch. I feel for you.

[@Ilovemusickc]

Found this while watching gen z and boomer videos. Needed this! Proud Generation X member. Said everything I wanted to hear 😄🎯

[@ire1398]

“Go out and play and I don’t want to see you until the street lights come on!” My mother 1970-1988.

[@carolbourrillion1227]

omg you nailed it so true and funny but also kinda sad yep gen x we know what we know because we found out in our own.

[@carolbourrillion1227]

on not in damn auto correct. I know I did not type in!

[@toneylowery1166]

This...All of this is what I always knew but never knew how to say.

[@joekizonu1572]

80 hours a week, helping family, supporting my children, divorced because of issues of trust growing up without parents around in a ever rising nuclear environment. Left with Nintendo and black flag as my babysitter. Black hole ditch, surfing, hitching cross country.. gen x imo is the last truly free. With no one at home to stop us and no big brother watchin. But now its all dumped in our lap, and the truth is its more then all of us combine can handle.

[@dablaqueguy]

The thing that strikes the most about being a GenX'er, it's like we all grew up on the same suburban street.

[@4mydearlady]

Our generation played video games, climbed trees, AND rode our bikes after school. Our generation recorded programs so we didn't miss them. Generation X invented blogging. Gen Xers founded and popularized social media like MySpace and Twitter. We are also the most highly educated Generation. Most films and TV shows are spin-offs of shows and films from Generation X and a lot of our country's billionaires are Generation Xers. Also, sorry, the music from Generation X is better, at least more innovative, more influential, than Millenial Music. I'll take Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Eric B and Rakim, Aerosmith, and Guns N Roses any day over Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, and Justin Bieber. Although Bruno Mars is not too shabby. I'm proud to be a Generation X-er! This is a great video! And yes! Thanks for saying it! Flannels are not Millenial "hipster." Flannels are "grunge"! The "hipsters" are biting off of us!

[@Numantino312]

genXer born in 1967 here; flannel: grunge, hipster.... i dunno, it was just what the stoner kids wore in our school.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Let's not forget Metallica, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Pantera, Skinny Puppy, Bauhaus, Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, DRI, SOD, Anthrax .... and everything else those "weird" kids out in back of the school, smoking cigarettes we're listening to, back before "goth" even had a name or anybody even knew what a "skate park" was. And we played it all on huge "boom boxes" everyone could hear.

[@annmarieknapp]

You're awesome!!! And you nailed it!

[@annmarieknapp]

@Michael Anderson Green Day were good. I think it's grunge or post grunge music. I'm glad you remember those days. I think Millennials are those born 80 or 81 to 94 or 95. Somewhere in that range. But, you seem pretty cool and I think you should be honorarily one of us. You have good taste in music and you're respectful, kind, and intelligent. Yep...you're one of us.

[@rfeyman3682]

No doubt. The music today is over manufactured and apparently people no longer like songs with lyrics.

[@davidsonowski414]

Born in 1970 a proud Gen X where excuses are not tolerated and get things done

[@librariansrule8892]

1967. I am lucky enough to have Silent Generation parents who did not get divorced (married for 53 years!) and who took care of me. The Silent Generation is great, the last great generation, in my own opinion. We Gen Xers need to give ourselves a pat on the back for doing everything we have. The Boomers and the Millennials are whinners and attention seekers. (Look at me! I'm great, so give me a trophy!) Whatever.

[@theDavidChannel1]

I've noticed that every other generation is similar. The Silent Generation and GenX are both similar in that we were both small and overlooked. Boomers and Millennials are large and everywhere. I have a good feeling about GenY.

[@Numantino312]

"The Silent Generation is great, the last great generation, in my own opinion." other 67er here with similar parents from 1936/38. whenever i tell my Mom that she and Dad's generation are the Height of Human Civiliation, she always disagrees, saying that her parents' generation (1913/15) was.

[@Sean-dl8ym]

A lot of the Silent Generation got divorced too because so many of them had gotten married at 19 before knowing who they were (something that had been uncommon even 10 years prior to the 1950s). They were not the pinnacle of civilization. If anything, they were the very last gasp of civilization, fairly self-involved in their own right (not dissing your parents though)!

[@FlashSilverEagle]

As a generation Jones, I had silent generation parents as well. Most stayed together for the sake of the kids if nothing else. The baby boomers and younger don’t seem to give a damn Of the consequences Who suffers for their actions etc

[@gcb345]

Born in 1967. But my parents did divorce. So I, like the rest of my generation had to learn the world ourselves. Turned out Okay.

[@rickynorris1694]

Gen X was also the last generation to get our tails beat when we needed it.

[@b.a.baracus2345]

Funny video. gen X here too. (1977) When we were kids we rode our bikes around town all day long, unsupervised, with no friggin helmets. Then we'd play a game called let's kick each other off our bikes and see who was the toughest by being able to stay on the longest. Millennial pussies can't even handle someone having a different opinion with retreating to a safe space.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

B.A. Baracus I remember doing air fights in swings.

[@willowb1527]

I am a Happy Xer. I go against the power that be. Remember our theme song? Fight the power. Our Generation learned how to take care of ourselves. We were the rebels. :) We rule.

[@hinaynihorvath3926]

these days people in general in australia don't give a damn about letting authorities walk all over them...seems to me they don't care whether the live or die they act like they are entitled to everything in life and 99% of society is insane

[@Adrianrulz]

In my first grade school pictures I had my house key hanging around my neck, forgot to tuck it in my shirt.

[@StacyPederson]

Oh my gosh, I DIED when I read this. That is so sad but also sooo funny!

[@Adrianrulz]

Stacy Pederson my mom gave me a lot of shit over it too, even though I had a great smile. 😂

[@MsLia32]

There is a bike, if you want to ride it, you use the pedals.

[@dethmetalrox8492]

We made piercing,, tattoos, and colored hair cool. When we were told "Just say No" we replied "You ain't my Dad!!"

[@rockkstah2550]

born 1966 X-Men unite!!!

[@jerrywinters6914]

1965 here

[@deanwelch4995]

1968, checking in.

[@Kokopilau77]

77 reporting in

[@jeffreyes1568]

76 checking in

[@danfieldingistheman3071]

1967 SIGNING IN!

[@zhukie]

Amazing the Kurt Cobain would be 50 now if he'd lived

[@annmarieknapp]

@cmtmj2006 Me too!

[@annmarieknapp]

Thank you for mentioning Kurt. Cobain was our spokesperson and we lost him too damn soon! The man was a visionary and so damn humble, kind, respectful, creative, and supported women's rights and civil rights in general. What a guy!! I know it says he committed suicide, but all the details of his body, his insane toxicology results, the position of the gun, and the "suicide" note are shady as hell. Sigh....we may never know what happened. And I wonder how music we be had Kurt not passed. I treasure Nirvana, the whole Seattle sound, and the memories we made in the 90's before technology completely changed the world. And with regards to the latter, the changes weren't all great. I don't like to live in the past, but one more day in 93 to see Nirvana, visit my Mum (she died 4 years ago), and be young, healthy, and connected to our people would be a slice of heaven.

[@suzakuscorpio79]

@@annmarieknapp Eminem JUST turned 50..I had no Idea he was Gen X.

[@firestepher72]

GenX here. OMG this is so true. Another thing I hate is how the Millennials copy and remake everything that WE invented. Remaking movies that we came up with in the first place. If it wasn't for US we wouldn't have Google or Facebook or KZbin. We invented the playlist.

[@ZephrusPrime]

They do the running man and call it "Shuffle-Stepping"

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Firestepher G you ain't lying so glad I found this channel.

[@aintnolittlegirl9322]

Millennials think they invented everything.

[@danabella29]

Not totally accurate..though Zuckerberg is a millennial ..he stole the idea from a gen xer and took all the credit

[@astateplayer1]

Our Baby Boomers moms were too busy trying to prove they could do anything a man could do, so they left us home alone every evening after school. Parents eventually got divorced, but it didn't matter because I never saw them when we were all living together anyway.

[@anonemous1046]

Aha, yeah. My mom still thinks she can do anything a man can do and she's 75! "Don't you lock your door at night, mom"? "I forget sometimes." "What are you going to do if some stranger just walks in"? "I'll just bonk them over the head with my frypan." Lol

[@SouthernSkeptic]

My parents were silent generation.

[@map3384]

@@SouthernSkeptic mine too but no different.

[@map3384]

@@SouthernSkeptic mine too but no different.

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@@map3384 Nah my mom didn't think she could do anything a man could could. We were home alone though. But I know my wanted to be a housewife and after divorce it just wasn't possible for her. But she wasn't trying to prove she could do what a man could do.

[@xtraflo]

LOL - "The LATCHKEY kids!!" haha...

[@EveningShadeLori]

I’m GenX and proud of it! We raised ourselves and had so much responsibility that we decided as adults to be kids again! Lol ~ forever young! 👊

[@bluebook85]

Born 1964 glad to be gen x!!!

[@mq3177]

GEN X... when MTV actually showed music videos.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Pitbulls Forever that's no bullshit quoting George Carlin I miss him he made you laugh no matter what you were feeling.

[@davemiller6055]

This is just too funny. Laughed my ass off. And she isn't really exaggerating. This is what it is to be Gen X.

[@alexandrebeaudry8377]

I'm so proud to see all the comments of people being pround of being X while we need to hear boomers and millenials arguing who is the worst.

[@allies7184]

My parents had me when they were older, so I was a gen X raised by members of the Silent generation. So, from a very early age I was raised to take care of my parents, and see to all their needs. I mainly looked after my mother while my dad worked, but after he died from Leukemia mom was looked after solely by me. It wasn't until I was about 35 that I finally became free. My parents were my best friends, and I loved them dearly, but they totally ignored me like the baby boomers, and felt entitled like the Millennials. And to make matters worse I was raised in a cult. When I ate breakfast and saw kidnapped children on milk cartons I wished I was them. lol

[@MarmaladeINFP]

Besides all the lead poisoning, violent crime, and mass incarceration, being a GenXer was great. Sure, there were no parents at home after school. And we looked at the faces of abducted children on milk cartons every morning. But we had so much freedom. We had awesome childhoods. We were the last generation to have a real childhood riding bikes, playing in creeks, and occasionally getting in trouble, but generally free to explore the world.

[@andrewpannelli8016]

this hit it on the nose. I miss 1993.

[@biogeniclife]

Andrew Pannelli me too and I often wonder why that year sticks out the most. It's like the best fricken year of my life I think.

[@billmyke746]

cmtmj2006 Nirvana was virtually the second coming of Christ so to speak. It was nice to see all those horrible hair bands go once Nirvana appeared.

[@laclosdubois677]

Yeah, I remember when Kurt Cobain died that year.

[@gr33n3ggs4]

Andrew Pannelli We ALL miss the 90's

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

Hell no. Make that 1983 and you've got yourself a deal.

[@mikedixon8830]

It's true, we do everything.