Is Generation X The Best Generation? | Joe Rogan & Shane Smith

[@jimmycrackkorn1596]

I loved Saturday morning cartoons. I loved the arcades. I loved malls (and mall theaters). I loved John Carpenter movies. I miss Arron Spelling and Steven J Canal tv shows. I miss 80's optimism. I HATE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.

[@madeleinegrayson8372]

Same, for all of that.

[@valentine_puppy]

You can always have that. Just remember and focus and meditate and dream and if you can implement it in your life.

[@madeleinegrayson8372]

@@valentine_puppy only if you sit in total isolation and basically employ delusional thinking. What they're talking about is the way everyday life was, and it's long gone.

[@valentine_puppy]

@ What I’m talking about is two things. One, remembering and enjoying those memories and two making a choice to live life in the way you want. That’s it.

[@madeleinegrayson8372]

@valentine_puppy who are you talking to?? Learn how to reply. You don't just put an @ symbol, lol. Read my reply again, repeat until comprehended. I know what you're talking about. It's pathetic gibberish and demonstrates a massive disconnect from reality.

[@miguelbotelho2613]

born in 68, child of the 70s , teen of the 80s, young adult in the 90s. love those times, and we got to see the growth of digital tech and media.

[@carolannmoore989]

1967. Born and raised in Miami. There's no need to say anything more.

[@tylerward6723]

Born in 71. Some of the best years of my life during the 70-90s. When computers were just starting to go mainstream. Some great years i miss much.

[@maxmeeks9910]

Same. Born in 79. Many years of prosperity and being treated kindly in general. Since 2012, for me, harsh.

[@kevinbartoe7881]

Agreed

[@shashwatmishraalumni4918]

​​@@maxmeeks9910coz u all were not born in the extremes Boomers were born in ultra comfortable env We Zoomers are born in ultra difficult env Gen X was born in moderate env with moderate technology not too advanced not too obsolete just the right mix

[@joshthalheimer]

same. hard 70s, 80's, 90's but loving life now. I love what those years taught me. -x

[@csack905]

Same. 1971. We had the best decades to grow up in.

[@gregsmith7949]

Born in 69. Gen X was there for Star Wars and disco, MTV, arcades, it was a great time to be alive. Also, Gen Xers remember Reagan and the effect he had on America.

[@MJLU280]

Born in ‘72 1980-1994 was an incredible time overall especially the music

[@flipOverTheirTables]

I’d say 78-94, just because of Van Halen’s first album. But yeah, that window of time in music will never be challenged. Across all genres. Hands down.

[@Dick_Justice_304]

This.

[@ownedbymykitty270]

I’d say ‘78-‘98. You start with Moroder, Eno, Kraftwerk and end with Boards of Canada, Autechre, Aphex Twin. 🙌🏻

[@paladinminipedro707]

The music for any genre was really good then, but i think that music is better today (outside of hood rap) and the reason would be creativity is at an all time high, the tech for instruments have a huge impact, and the artists blending multiple genres into a single song. Just my take but for the music of that time period was very phenomenal!!

[@ownedbymykitty270]

@ “music is better today”…. Lol not by a looong shot - especially not in creativity. How old are you?

[@annie.76]

Born in 1976 the last 4 years of GenX. Such a sweet spot. 80’s childhood, 90’s teen. The one thing that stands out in our generation is that we experienced FREEDOM! ❤️

[@IndianaBones]

1980... i guess the last of the GenX

[@gregs5643]

Born in 80. 80s were the best days! Star Wars. Transformers. Schwarzenegger. eating chika sticks at the pool playing 4 square.

[@920WASHBURN]

We're nirvana genx. Not motley Crue genx. We're the good one😅

[@user-iy6rz1eq9x]

@@annie.76 Best time ever to me 👊🤟

[@JasonStamis]

Agreed, we saw insane amounts of change and our music said F the rules! Apparently 90's music is becoming all the rage and the yougins think we had such good music. We did.

[@kevinb7126]

Born in 70 , we roamed free our parents didn’t look for us unless we didn’t show up back home at sundown rest of the day was spent roaming train tracks , riding bikes into Manhattan , exploring Times Square when it was dangerous . No smart phones . Was a great time to be a kid .

[@djjess9553]

Same thing in Texas ..we road bikes everywhere.came home when the street lights came on.. sometimes a lil after..we had no worries and plenty to do...

[@paladinminipedro707]

yea...we experienced true freedom away from adults. I had to listen for my mom yelling my name to come home and my friends experienced the same from their moms haha. Our moms yelled from the porch and that voice would filter across the neighborhood to the keen ears of us kids and if we were more than 3 minutes late then we got whooped and maybe missed supper haha.

[@BFjordsman]

1965-80 . Born in 73 we definitely had the best well-rounded childhoods

[@chrismalik1579]

I was born in 83 and was a part of the same stuff. I don't consider myself a millennial

[@helenablavatsky9136]

1973...right on.

[@CharlesRBiggs]

"Best single historical window". Best!! 1967-1987: my wonderful youth-- --and the best music and films.

[@Aduder999]

Born 1980 here. Glad my childhood was tech free.

[@Viper-g6g]

1980 born and me too man me too

[@hidroxidodelitio8826]

Absolutely man. This weak generation from today literally cry about not having wifi or a cell phone around in general. Plus they are socially awkward.

[@johnconway9882]

Well....Internet (along with email) really starts to enter into the schools in 1995, and President Clinton in his State of the Union Address early in 1996 promised to connect every classroom to the internet by 2000. You would have been 15 in 1995 -- so at least you enjoyed the first 14 years without the burdens of tech. Those defining the generational parameters say you were the last year of Gen X. 😅

[@sparkiemcdudles4045]

1981 I just missed the cut. Damn!!!(not that these “labels” mean anything anyways).

[@BridgetFitzgerald-w9p]

1980 here as well, best ever!¡!

[@danielbudzynski2455]

We were literally color blind free range children

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

lol I think I was one of them

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

Born to Rockers

[@Doomsday556]

We grew up unsupervised, we drank from garden hoses, we partied everywhere; someone’s home, a field, the forest preserve, drive in movies, and the beach.

[@JamesAllen-xk8bc]

I'm Gen X, and am thankful for it!

[@windrider23]

Remember Gen X has 2 parts. Those who were born before 1973 and after. If your were born before 1973 you remember the 70's. I was 11 when Star Wars came out, went roller skating to disco, watched TV(Disney, Real People, Little House on the Prarie, Kung Foo, M.A.S.H) as a family, me laying on the floor, and being the remote control. Cars has seat belts but nobody wore them. Men got perms and everyone wore jeans with leather belts and double knit polyester, I remember it vividly. In addition it was where you grew up was key. I grew up in the socal suburbs. Looking back it was unbelievable.

[@ksmith96]

'...Being the remote...' Heh. Having flashbacks right now. The good news is there were only 7 channels. (In NYC even.) 😏😁😁😁

[@dewshine12345]

wow the thing i wanted to comment about was perms had one lol

[@markalbert1283]

It was pretty simple when we were kids. Most of us were about individuality. Most of us didn't care about race or gender. Either you were cool or a jerk. As long as you weren't a jerk, you were good. It was so simple.

[@dewshine12345]

i here ya

[@Cark-r1d]

I'm a Free range kid born early 70s...played outdoors 80s and 90s .

[@JuanCarlosNunez-gu4yz]

Generation X is the Bridge, between real experience and what technology is doing to humanity.

[@dewshine12345]

spot on,my exact thoughts

[@AliceHolbrooke-lc4ty]

As Genx, I feel our generation's time was a blessing and a curse. We had it so good, personally I'm not sure how to navigate this new reality.

[@buktownx]

Its fkin easy....just swipe right to everything lol

[@chuckinthesprings1971]

Live your life. You don’t have any obligation to participate in peoples delusions. When we were gen X kids we had to use our imaginations to play. The difference is we grew up. Most of The people these days are grown adults playing dress up and have taken it way too far. Make asylums great again.

[@ultrahighgain412]

I was born in 72. I find the more I get away from civilization and connect with nature, the better my mental health becomes. Turn your back on technology and the noise of our sick society as much as you can or as much as your vocation allows.

[@Thedesertguy75]

Me neither, I really don't like it anymore

[@harryknutts8428]

I know what you’re saying I’m tired of simple things that used to be very simple. No me and you have to learn a whole computerized operation system.

[@Rydonattelo]

Yes. Gen X is the best. I'm born a millennial ( 87 ) but grew up with all the cultural aspects still of gen x for the first half of the 90s. No phones, no Internet, VHS, kids free to play etc. I'm so happy I got to have a childhood before the Internet.

[@holeindanssock156]

We got lucky af! Lul. Because we had old school mixed with new school..... These kids have NO music thats new. Everythings easy af..... Lul theyre literally the useless gen no offense. Kids shouldnt have this access and freedom, they need to work hard and get prepared for the bs of life.... Not uber girls and Uber food and uber groceries and uber your brain 🧠

[@coldwarkid6611]

Born 66. A magic time to come of age. We in many ways raised ourselves and each other. Our parents intervened to correct our course but mostly left us to our own devices. What an amazing period.

[@melian9999]

Born in 74, we will be the most resilient when the poop hits the fan. We will adapt. The newer generations, (my kids) don't know anything but technology keeping them occupied. I use technology, but i also read books, play music, create art, have face to face conversations. I kinda want it to happen so gen x can laugh at everyone crumble. We used to drink from the hose ffs,we are like cockroaches at this point.

[@jesterforhire]

I was born in 1970. Loved being a tomboy and playing outside from morning to night. Less technology had many benefits. People were more civil. Fast food was cheap. Home made meals were the norm. There were bullies, but fewer.

[@arcticmonkey3]

Fewer bullies ? Hard disagree. Today in school bullying is punished instantly

[@jesterforhire]

@ There is online bullying now. I see gobs of cases where young kids off themselves due to bullying. That was unheard of before.

[@paladinminipedro707]

the reason for less bullies was gen x didn't have time outs or groundings. We had a parent who wielded a belt, wooden spoon, spatula, or a switch, that we had to go get and bring to our parents. Every parent had the phone number to call a mom and tell her how her kids were acting up. Acting up in school was met with a paddling and the school called the house, before i got home, and my mom took over where the teachers left off haha.

[@gvehar]

Born in 73. Raised on cartoons and the best sitcoms. We had real playgrounds then. My playground had a three-story rocket-shaped thing you could climb all over. We had only a few TV stations, but then cable came along! We had the best music, MTV played videos then! And it was the best era of movies for kids. From Jaws in 75 to about 1985, there were so many good movies. Star Wars, Alien, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Dark Crystal, The Thing, Ghostbusters! You went to the movies over and over, video games were new and so much fun. Stephen King had blockbuster hits every few months. You played with friends all afternoon, came home at dusk, and everyone had the same culture, basically. We all had the same news and same reference points. It wasn’t all good, of course. We had the fear of nuclear war, AIDS, drugs, bigotry, and we were frequently bored and hot as there wasn’t as much air conditioning then. But we put up with it and basically enjoyed our lives and looked forward to the future.

[@Gator7333]

I was born in 73 and I remember thinking I wished I had been born sooner so I could experience the 60s😅 I didn’t realize at the time I was living in literally the Best time to grow up in. Flashlight tag in the neighborhood on summer nights, going to the record store to get the latest new music, keg parties and a boom box 😊

[@proudtobedesi]

No question! Gen X really is the greatest generation and this is coming from a 35 year old Millennial. Badasses all around from Gen X.

[@feistyphoenix289]

Same and oh the irony😅

[@paladinminipedro707]

i was born in '69 during the winter so i have zero memory of the 60s lol. I feel ya man as my earliest memory is from the 70s.

[@helenablavatsky9136]

🤘

[@miggy9260]

@@proudtobedesiThank you!

[@demisemedia]

I’m a millennial. My mom and her husband are Gen X and from the stories they tell me.. growing up Gen X sounds like the most fun and best times if you happened to grow up in a middle class area of the USA.

[@peterriggio9853]

I am sure it had its problems! I just don't know what they are. 71'

[@debanydoombringer1385]

I wasn't middle class, and it was great. We were very aware of the gangs and stuff. We lived like it was our last day everyday.

[@BIG_CHEVY_BOWSKIE_MIKE]

IM 45 , IT WAS FUCKING EPIC,, shut of your phone or leave it at home mp internet no text no social media nothing just answer your ohone only when you are home or have some else answer it and right down a note that you need tio caLL THEM BACK LATER WHEN YOU GET HOME. WE WERE FREE!!!!!!! WE are the last gen to know true human freedom no tracking , tracing everything forever, IT was care free and simple you had time to be in person with people , friendds family, I wish i could tell you ans aqll your generations followingmine all the great times we had. I miss it so much in my soul I miss it, i miss 80s and 90s life so much it hurts my brain.

[@miggy9260]

It was.

[@Zetrad]

As a Gen Xer we are privileged to witness the change from analog to digital. From vacuum tubes to microchips. We stayed out till the street lights came on without supervision, and nothing bad happened. And if there was a problem we handled it ourselves. We are independent, responsible at an early age, and we grew up fast. We are the last truly free generation. Goonies forever!

[@vikingvisigoth4384]

Gen X had the most brutal vocabulary, modern people can't handle it.

[@skeezix8156]

We can unknowingly be feeling assassins in the workplace. I had no fuckin idea how fragile they are

[@miggy9260]

It’s called Truth.

[@diggs7252]

Fucking facts!..

[@Weshopwizard]

Thank merciful god that im gen x. The last truly free generation. 5 years old bombing around the neighborhood on my bike (schwinn stingray) with all my neighborhood friends. On my own and home before the sun set. The best music, cheap gas later. The 90s rock REVOLUTION. Man we really had it good.

[@helenablavatsky9136]

Hmmm. I think I want a t-shirt that reads "Thank God I'm Gen-X ".

[@dewshine12345]

stingray u where spoiled lol good old days kids do not get sarcasm these days

[@Weshopwizard]

@@dewshine12345 man I wish I still had that bad boy. It was WAY too big for me. Lol.

[@noeldrach7956]

Born in 68, so glad I grew up before tech, and social media.

[@THECOMEUP79]

I’m a gen X and we are the last of the best

[@spookrockcity]

Is that why you raised the weakest generation in American history with Gen Z?

[@miggy9260]

Best there was, best there is, best they’ll ever be. 💯

[@JJHurst]

Born in 73 , a time in history when the balance between safety and freedom was about right.

[@pastelskywanderlust]

I'm Generation X, born late 1960s, elementary school throughout the 1970s. Time moved slower back then, our perception being our slow-mo reality. A couple of good memories from the 1970s? Playing guns in the conservation area by our house, new ranch-style homes everywhere where teenagers lived in the basements, lots of living space for miles and miles around. Drive-in movie theatres in a small town (we had two of them, one north of town, one west of town), watching old westerns and Bruce Lee movies, parents in the cars, kids running around, watching on lawn chair, the drowning sound of thousands of metal speakers vibrating on windows; And rollerskating rinks with giant arcades and disco rooms, those all-nighters at the rink from 8pm to 8am, playing arcade games wearing rollers skates. I dream of the 1970s ...

[@LukeDodge916]

I dont know if we're the best generation though I'm partial. But we definitely lived through the best decades in American history... I genuinely miss the 80s and 90s with a passion I never saw coming.

[@JW4897-v2w]

Yeah, I'm a millennial born in Australia. My dad is a gen xer born in the late 60s. The way he talks about the 80s and 90s makes me wish I was born 20 years earlier. I know there were problems back then, but it sounds like people were more free, less rules and regulations, at least in the Western world.

[@helenablavatsky9136]

Yes!

[@ownedbymykitty270]

Born in 72. My family came to the U.S. in 79. I spent the 80s coming home to an empty house before my parents and much older siblings got home from work or school. It was awesome. I’d go out and play with my friends as soon as my parents got home. The only rule was to get home for dinner - we didn’t eat till 7-8pm anyway. We always ate home cooked dinner together and watched TV together - all 7 of us. I was exposed to so much music from my brother who’s nine years older than me. I went from postpunk/new wave to modern rock to indie in the 80s to shoegaze and rave / techno / house / jungle / IDM in the 90s. Movies changed a lot back then too. Culture was never stagnant back then - there was always something new and exciting coming out every year. I would argue that this was even the case to some degree in the 2000s. It wasn’t until after the financial crisis or late 2008 that the culture started to become stagnant, and then came the wide usage of smart phones at the beginning of the 2010s, along with wide adoption of social media and our lives haven’t been the same since. There was still a lot of good music and film being put out in the 2010s but less so compared to previous decades. However, the 2020s have been the most rubbish decade ever and we’re already halfway in. I am so lucky to have been born Gen X and enjoyed the best of times.

[@BIG_CHEVY_BOWSKIE_MIKE]

Sounds exactly like my life but born in 79

[@InvestBetter.]

"The Greatest Generation (1901-1927) was #1. Gen X (1965-1980) is a close second. Why is Gen X #2? Smart enough change the world, with our mind (See Gen-Xer Elon Musk), but tough enough to do all the work necessary, without oversight, and not fold, like a cheap suit, under the pressure (Where later generations fall apart). Gen X was left to figure everything out, and we were better for it.

[@tplummer217]

I have the exact same sense that our window offered us the broadest perspectives, opportunities and a front row to all of this history . A great ride!

[@shashwatmishraalumni4918]

coz u all were not born in the extremes Boomers were born in ultra comfortable env We Zoomers are born in ultra difficult env Gen X was born in moderate env with moderate technology not too advanced not too obsolete just the right mix

[@bluv6430]

68 Gen-X too, grew up off a red dirt road in rural Virginia, playing in the creek, tracking animals, learning about nature and biology without a classroom. High school and moved to San Diego, family divorce stuff, I was out of my element, everyone thought I was a big John Cougar Mellencamp fan. Fast foward to young adult and headed back to Virginia, living in the city. Now in 2024 in my 50's, I call 6,000 feet elevation in Wyoming home. That little country boy that watched LOONEY TUNES on Saturday mornings with a bowl of Count Chocula is now an Army veteran watching the world fall apart.

[@RaathloveTV-u5m]

Born 1976 here. Things that come to mind, are roltery phones, Tvs where you have to get up to change the channels. Playing outside for hours. Gen X is the glue that holds all the other generations together. We're the best of them all😁

[@lore_droid]

I miss the days when phones were tethered to the wall. You could hang up, turn off the ringer, walk away. It wasn't a portable device that you feel responsible to tend to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Inaccessibility is a forgotten privilege from a better historical period.

[@anikadiamond007]

Love this take on Gen X from two great Gen Xers! We are very underestimated. We grew up the best of both worlds - analog and digital. We played outside. Had PC's in grade school and learned math, English and other subjects on floppy discs. Came home after the street lights came on to play video games all night. Teens in the mid-ish 80s to 90s. The MTV and hip hop generation. Saw the rise of Michael Jackson with Thriller. Prince. Tupac. Grunge. Great movies, tv shows, music. The sweet spot.

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

Rave Generation

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

Streetwear Generation

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

80's 90's Goth ( though 90's Goth were more the Imitators )

[@ljvue]

1981. I was the last to get up, hop on my bike and didn’t come home till supper. Fishing, water hose drinking, 50 cent sodas, arcade, comics, hogan, Stallone, Conan, Miami vice.

[@elmartillo7931]

Things were really good right up until about 2014 and that's when things really started to slide. I was born in 71

[@skillet9141]

I finished college that year. The PC/woke bs was just starting to creep up. Can’t imagine school now.

[@jayluis189]

That's when I turned 18. Things did change in the U.S.

[@rocknroller77]

No way, man. After September 11th, that's when things went into the crapper. Of course the horrific day, but also cell phones weren't that prevalent yet and no social media at all. But, in a short time that all changed.

[@googleislame]

That is when Millennials got old enough that they started being put in charge of things.

[@spookrockcity]

It has been bad since 2001 and getting worse. 9/11 really messed up our country and got us into two more wars and turned the media into a 24/7 profit driven propaganda machine.

[@aaroncostello8812]

Gen X is so awesome that we don't even care what the answer to this question is.

[@dewshine12345]

lol

[@darickbonebrake6774]

When you said you'd be there and you were.

[@jeremyhess7977]

We were the last generation that had the privilege of actually being bored - having to think for ourselves to stay entertained. We couldn't just get lost in a cell phone or geek out on the web, because they didn't exist. We had to actually engage with the world. Our musical escapes either required us to lock ourselves away in our rooms (and risk having to do chores), or they were battery dependent options like finding a shady spot somewhere and listening to music on car stereos, or listening on our Sony Walkman (which always seemed to have batteries that were half dead). In order to play games, we had to fire up the Atari or the Intellivision (again, be stuck at home where the chores are), or grab all the lose change and dollar bills we could find and head over to the arcade to play games and maybe run into someone we knew so that we could hang out. But a lot of the time, you were by yourself.... all alone and just roaming the greater neighborhood... no friends to be found... and you dealt with it and made the best that you could out of a sucky and boring situation. It was just you and your thoughts. We're the last generation that sometimes just sat and watched traffic go by and counted red or blue cars, just because we were THAT bored.

[@JACOBSJohn818]

Born '74' . Best i don't know. My grandparents and great grandparents generations were truly great. The time period i lived in did not appreciate it at the time but now 50 i realized i was blessed..

[@FlashDriveFilms]

Then one day, we did that stuff for the last time, but we didn't know it until much later.

[@stevegyles3190]

There is a certain nostalgic melancholy I feel thinking about the last kegger in the woods.

[@vdeblois1352]

Born 77.. I miss the freedom of the 80s-90s.. Back then the future still seemed friendly.. full of hope and possibilities. It was a great time for families, for communities, for friends.

[@missybelmont9830]

Gen X means you don't care what others think of you. Period. We know who we are. We're tough❤

[@Littlemissleo353]

I born was in 71..the 70s through the 90s growing up was the absolute best...I wouldn't trade it in a million year's...

[@joeythunder612]

I miss the high trust society and how all sides had some mutual respect for one another

[@keetahbrough]

no that didn't really exist.. we just had the Preservation of Life ethic, still intact. That's all gone, now.. it shows up in the carnage on the roads. There's literally NO THOUGHT GIVEN to other peoples safety out there. It's just about their own.. just like cops lol. their job isn't heroic.. they don't go running into anything to save lives. They go in after all the danger is gone in order to mop upo.. while they kill the homeless and call it a good job. pt tewie.

[@madeleinegrayson8372]

Ignore the other m*r*n's comment. You are 100% correct and I miss that as well.

[@AC-dz7nx]

Gen X child here... SOOOOOOO BLESSED TO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE BEST TIME... EVER. SUPERIOR MUSIC..SUCH FUN PLAYING OUTSIDE ALLLLL DAY/NIGHT LONG...😊

[@jamesflannigan1521]

1977 here! Gen X is definitely a unique one. We lived pre-Internet and post-Internet. We understand both sides of the coin. No other generation can make that claim.

[@naylorbroughton1159]

Born 1968. Social media / dating apps and the like are like a bad cocaine habit. Just made people ruder, meaner, nastier and badder

[@natejennings5884]

Born 1975 (now 48) and loved the 1980s. 1980s was the golden age of American Pop culture. As a teen I enjoyed the early 1990s. Was cool with the late 1990s in my early twenties. But, combing over the past few decades, the 1980s aged like a damn fine wine.

[@seanabrams6570]

Born in 76 but I give a lot of credit to my grandparents who went through the great depression as children and fought in WW2! I pay homage to my grandparents ❤️🙏

[@leannebuntain2614]

I'm Australian 1978. Gained independence early, which prepared me for life, worked jobs, Manuel licence, can touch type, landline, wrote letters, mixed tapes, and overseas travel to countries that weren't overun by bloody cruise ships.

[@claytonandrosa]

As a gen x'er....have you noticed that when it was hard to get a hold of someone, you could actually talk to humans. Now that it's "super easy" to get a hold of someone, we only talk to machines??

[@Independent-4air]

Born 1/1/73, for sure Gen X is the most well rounded generation.

[@unkorichie2029]

Born in 1972 in L.A...being a kid in the 70s to early 80s, being a teen in the late 80s and early 90s..what an incredible time. As I get older, I find myself thinking about those time often.

[@mrs.little8714]

I saw Star Wars in the theater. Got to be a part of answering questions as a nine year old to help design the Stars Wars toys. We rode in the back of pick-up trucks on the freeway. Walked home from school at 6. There were zero fat kids. We had to wait till Saturday morning for cartoons. We drank pop out of glass bottles. We ran outside barefoot till dark and went to bed with dirty feet. Every age kid played together and we all got along. I babysat at 9. Dad's controlled the TV and we had to wait until they fell asleep on the couch to turn the channel. Our motto was out of site, out of mind. We told our children second place is the first loser, and unless you are bleeding don't come whining to me. I feel horrible for children whose parents are the cell phone and the computer. Children need freedom, fresh air and sunshine.

[@Leann-uj9rg]

We remember the phone on the wall and the busy signal. - so true. Good times.

[@jaymzgaetz2006]

Growing up gen x was great. It's the future that SUCKS.

[@damondenis9406]

Born 2/22/72, loved every minute of my crazy youth, it was a movie, as GEN-Xer's we ALL lived lives worthy of our own Movies. The "changes" happened at 87', then mid 90's, then 9/11/01 America died. Technology won't bring back "Good times." The America I knew has been over for some time now. We are just here, waiting for it to END.

[@minuete82]

A Xylennial ( born in 82) got to play outside until the lights came on, and enjoyed Saturday morning cartoons.

[@genshenhaiku404]

Born Jan. 1967. I feel the only period in human history that saw the same number of major changes as from then until now would have been someone born in 1885 - 1905. The Phone and electricity cars and TV and Radio are landmark human creations. But so are Space Travel, Personal Computers, Cell Phones, the Internet, GPS, Social Media, and perhaps most impactfully (so far) AI. It's incredible the monumental changes that haven't stopped coming. I am greatful for my life and my life's amazing timeline. I loved "playing outside" and having actual friends that I saw and spoke to every day. But I also love watching a video here on KZbin made by a guy in Prague that I will never meet and discussing it online with people from South Africa and Indonesia with whom I have communicated several times in the last two years. It's been a beautiful time I have lived in and I have had a beautiful, eventful life. We are all traveller's on a journey through time and for Gen-X, we are so lucky that our journey has been through THIS time. Cheers to my fellow X-ers!🥂

[@TruthFundi]

Growing up in the 70’s and early 80’s were the best. We had to go outside during the day. TV turned off at Midnight. We looked up this at the library. You either made plans before you left school on Friday or you were hosed. So much fun.

[@katrinamillings3651]

I realized yesterday I was doing what all old people do. I was telling my gen Z grandchild about how much better it was when I was a kid. The conversation started because we were watching Stephen King's 11/22/63 and after the guy went back in time he came back and said the food was so good. My grandson didn't get the joke, so I explained how it all taste like crap now, but you don't know, since you've never had real food like that. Then I started thinking that's why dictators on the left and right both kill off the old, so they can't tell the young they had it better when you could have steak instead of eating rice while the elite eat all the good stuff. Then I started thinking about all the struggling people doing things like door dash for extra income and worry about paying the taxes on it while Hunter Biden walks away with no worries. That got me to thinking maybe we all are frogs in water that's slowly heating up. So, that's why so many people are negative online. Gen X did have it great, but this time we're in now does suck.

[@BigJoe414]

I was born in 1982. It’s frustrating being lumped in with people born in 1995. Us early Millenials have closer to a Gen-X attitude. We were kids before the internet. Played outside. I a don’t feel like a millennial at all.

[@valentine_puppy]

1980 here, grew up in the best time in the world. Movies 🍿 and music 🎶 and tv 📺 and technology and friends and outside was a common word. Reruns and Star Trek and real Star Wars. Just so much.

[@surfrat8884]

Of course it is the best generation. We were fortunate to be raised by people with old school values and ethics.

[@keithmceuen8775]

The problem with what he’s saying is that not all change is good we’ve been in a downfall since the millennium

[@davehenry7262]

Born in 65. First or second year of Gen X. 70's? Spending all day playing outside with my friends unsupervised. Got my first vinyl albums which were 99% KISS. 80's? High School. Drove a 1981 Camaro Z28 with the Alpine always on 10 blasting a Van Halen tape I bought at the mall. Went to my first concert in 1982 which was the mighty Van Halen in their David Lee Roth prime. Def Leppard on Pyromania tour was also one of many to come afterwards. College. Going on spring break with my buddies to hang out with girls who laid in the sun all day with a sun block PF of ZERO. Early to mid 90's? My first apartment without roommates where no stick of furniture was worth over $5 and my mountain bike was kept in the empty dining room area. Must see tv on Thursdays which consisted of Friends and ER. Late 90's? Got my first home computer and cell phone not knowing the impact they were going to have on the world I knew in a negative way. Both of them were also harbingers of the 24/7 365 world that was about to destroy what was left of the world I knew and loved. I am grateful I was part of the generation that experienced it all and loved it.

[@stephenmandes5797]

“ free range kids..free range dogs. “ Outside playing all day… home for dinner. BB gun fights ! Beta and VHS. SNL was funny. School lunches were edible.

[@77Tadams]

77 here. Husband 78. We were teens in the early 90s. Grunge. It was awesome. ❤

[@laurenmcbride1913]

Me too

[@karna1897]

77 and i think the 80's for a kid were possibly the best. 90 s for a teenager/young adult great too.

[@olabashanda]

with a heart change toward GRATITUDE, Gen X wins!

[@djjess9553]

Born in 70..even though life is good now ..the 80 s Hands down was my favorite era..we road bikes everywhere ,the music.clothes.toys.cartoons,comics,arcades,the mall..the world turned into a melting pot...

[@MericaFurst]

I was born in 1970. In 1980, I rode my bicycle to the store to buy orange crush and orange bubblicious, but in 2024 I drive my car to the store to buy orange metamucil.

[@user-iy6rz1eq9x]

Born in 73 and I believe it was the best ..it's sucks now 😂😂

[@CJ_5678]

Anxiety is so high because we are not meant to see into everyone else’s reality. We are just supposed to focus on our own and the ones our physical life connects to. Micro vs macro. Gen X is the last micro generation.

[@norwegianblue2017]

I think we grew up in the best possible time, along with the older Millennials and younger Boomers, in terms of fun and entertainment. But I think my parents were born in the best possible time as far as prosperity goes. My dad was born in 1940, part of the Silent Generation. He went to a very good university and the tuition was $66/semester. He was able to pay that as he went through school by being a part time waiter. He was able to own a home in his twenties and have a family as a single income earner. In his 30s, with a slightly upper-middle class job, he bought a custom-built home in the Bay Area with floor to ceiling windows overlooking a lake. The house cost $70k, now worth $1.8 million.

[@frasermackenzie7275]

1974 reporting for duty 😂

[@beyourself2444]

Short answer is Yes, we are the best generation...

[@socialmoth4974]

Just came on to say “yes”. We rule! Born in 75. I grew up outside.

[@kryptonian5539]

I miss the 70s 80s and 90s. And the more I think about it. It’s mostly because there not being internet around opened the door for so many things to be enjoyed on a level young people can’t even comprehend.

[@RRR-ox9ud]

Time out! Gen X remembers when touch tone was still dial. You would hit the 7. and try to count the 7 digits noise it would make in the phone.

[@michaelcervantez3570]

I've been saying this for years. I was born in 1970.

[@stevekrupey3611]

The music, music, music. Every week an iconic song was released. At the time it was, oh yeah... just another song from Queen, Journey, Foreigner etc... We just did know how iconic it was going to be at the time.

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

Yep, I loved actual arcades. Everything from Zaxxon (which I never was good at) to Qbert to Street Fighter (which I was good at). I love being GenX. I’m fine to be the “forgotten generation”. Why? We don’t give a 💩 😈

[@throttlebuff]

We partied our asses off. Everyone did. What a blast! DUIs were non existent. Cops would make you pour out your beer. Jocks, nerds, heads, geeks, punks, preppies, all partied and sometimes did it together.

[@alwaysevolving281]

Millennial and first half of my life was without cell phones and social media. Internet picked up in 98/99 but access was limited. It wasnt until Facebook and MySpace started when I noticed the way my I spent my time changed. Now I’m an irritated person when it comes to social media and I know it’s affected my soending habits.

[@domarq]

Bicentennial baby (1976). I miss our era. Millennials are always trying to inject themselves into our experiences….when they were only, like….6 years old, by 1988😒 No. You’re Gen-X, if: -you saw AT LEAST “Empire Strikes Back” IN the theaters (and remember the experience). -disco music, was in heavy rotation -the emergence of early rap and graffiti trains [ if you were young and Black, like me; in New York City ] -Euro-Americans….Latinos and others were NOT braiding their hair in a Black American/African style…or, wearing durags. Or, using Black American slang. OR casually saying “n--“. And THEY would BLATANTLY expose imposters within their own group and publicly, verbally tell them to “stop acting black”. I experienced this, in real time. They only tried to copy us, once “The Beastie Boys” emerged. But, they were still corny. Then, the aforementioned groups REALLY tried to copy us, when rap music videos continued to infiltrate their world by 1988 ->1990’s (beginning with “Yo! MTV Raps) But, let’s continue…. -TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SPANKED STUDENTS. -The “Off The Wall” album was in heavy rotation. -the television station cut off, at…or after midnight. -Cable television was relatively recent….and a privilege. -The CBS primetime line-up was “Dukes of Hazzard”…..”The Incredible Hulk”….and “Dallas”. -you experienced ALL of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. -[ if you’re a Black male/woman ] you remember your community, BEFORE the crack epidemic. -the AIDS crisis was lightly discussed, pre-1985. Rock Hudson’s death (1985) pulled the lid-off the AIDS epidemic. -OUR repeat television episodes and “oldies music” were the 1950’s and 1960’s. I’ll stop there.

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

Beastie Boys started rapping in 1983 You were 7

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

lolz

[@Ritff666l-e9e]

NO ONE was copying a 7 year old ;)

[@domarq]

@@Ritff666l-e9e I know it stings you to know you’re not from my culture OR era. Hence, your multiple replies😐 You’re a sad boy. No one cares about when your idols started copying Black American culture. Hip-Hop was throughout Harlem and the South Bronx….and I experienced it, before your snow idols wanted to copy us. You non-Gen-X, uncultured troll🙄 Furthermore: ABC News made a SPECIAL REPORT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION--by 1981. It was devoted to BLACK MUSIC’s NEW GENRE: HIP HOP CULTURE. Keep shaming yourself, snow troll. ❄️ You’re beneath me.🛑✌🏾

[@domarq]

@@Ritff666l-e9e I know it stings you to know you’re not from my culture OR era. Hence, your multiple replies😐 You’re a sad boy. No one cares about when your idols started copying Black American culture. Hip-Hop was throughout Harlem and the South Bronx….and I experienced it, before your snow idols wanted to copy us. You non-Gen-X, uncultured troll🙄 Furthermore: ABC News made a SPECIAL REPORT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION--by 1981. It was devoted to BLACK MUSIC’s NEW GENRE: HIP HOP CULTURE. Keep shaming yourself, snow troll. ❄️ You’re beneath me.🛑✌🏾

[@rockabillyrevolution]

I was born in 69. I keep telling my wife about how great the 60s were - but you had to be there!

[@jeffhudson2346]

Those of us that grew up gen x were under actual threat of nuclear war and we're not as unhinged as milinials and z's, it's a really weird time to be alive.

[@jeffkeim5865]

Now! we gen X have to save this world from itself, so our children have a future.

[@kimberlyevers7031]

force it away from those crazy boomers and millennials. lol

[@cmdrdredd]

@@kimberlyevers7031jokes on you, gen x allowed the millennials to turn into morons

[@RetroGamingNook]

I was born in early ‘71. I think we had everything we needed, then got everything we wanted. Things changed so much. If we could just cure disease, pain, and ailment, we would lock in the greatest generation to experience life.

[@sunshinelively]

64 here and it was a great time to be young - 70s-90s was great musically. Feel like everything changed after 9/11. It’s been quite a grind since then.

[@robertdobie3400]

Born in 1966. One of my consolations for growing older is that I know that I am supremely lucky to have been a kid and teen in the 70s and 80s: affluent enough then to enjoy all that modernity had to offer and yet without the distorting effects of personal electronic devices and social media. Also, we lived in communities which still had high levels of social trust so you could roam free all day without any parental supervision or a care in the world (though I remember how with Charlie Manson, Helter Skelter, and the drug culture, etc., on the periphery of my consciousness all that was about to change).

[@CarolynFigueroa-i8z]

1965 Baby - Looking back - how truly lucky are we? Very.