Jason Salmon | Gen X

Jason Salmon’s comedy has been described as "Like getting the best advice you’ve ever gotten from the dumbest guy you know." So enjoy his charming take on Life, Love, Generation X, getting pedicures, and why Texas & New York City are actually a lot alike. And stay for the twist ending that makes this standup special just a little bit different.
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[@jtnoodle]

Why is GenX trending so much lately? Are we finally getting the recognition that we don't care about?

[@allrise3056]

💯

[@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO]

We are the Only Hope for Mankind!

[@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO]

@@sweezlesquee That makes some sense. In the 90's and 2000's, I was too involved in my life to pay much attention to the World- Until Oblama was emplaced and started to gradually Destroy it! Then, by 8 years of that crap, I finally started to get serious, found out about Arkanscides, etc, and voted for the first time- For Trump! I fear many of us have been basically distracted, and now it might be Too Late.

[@moonpluto]

😂

[@jlddark]

​@@erikdeeNOSPELLSNOI agree 100 percent. Boomers are too old, and the others are too soft. Distrust is at an all time high right now and we have plenty of experience!

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

The only time gen x wanted t.v. was for wrestling and weekend cartoons. The other 99% of the time we were in the woods with sticks commencing medieval battles.

[@Vincent_Beers]

Dam right.

[@jasonsalmon]

100%

[@ruffwm]

don't forget the iconic hockey night in canada theme song.. for us canadians :P

[@carsi7282]

@@ruffwm Those powder blue blazers of CBC. Very nice! ;)

[@Sandalphon777]

had to have a TV for Atari and Intellivision too though xD

[@d112cons]

GenX was the first generation to become familiar with the VERY rapid development of technology, and grew up knowing they had to keep up. Which is why there's 50 year old parents who not only are building their kids PC's, but still remember how to set the time on a VCR. We can set up a VPN, beat Super Mario Brothers in one life, fix a roof and toilet, and were there when Tool and Rage Against the Machine were brand new (not just being "rediscovered"). Fear us - we're bullet proof.

[@scotthutch3682]

Well said ~GX71 😎

[@jf7078]

🤘79🤘, just made it lol

[@MatthewStevens-du1hk]

Yep, I knew in high school when I sat there with a Walkman, portable TV, brick phone, calculator, video camera, that it would all be on a device the size of my wallet some day.

[@TrineDaely]

If there's one thing we've proven it's that no one is bulletproof. That's part of why less of us lived to see 40 per capita than any other generation.

[@Triskster]

I say, I can rebuild a carburetor and a computer.

[@user-fu3vg5cu8z]

Jason is hilarious and hit the nail on the head. I'm a 52-year-old Gen X and everything he said, I connected with. The only thing he didn't bring up was Boomers lived in the time of free love, but Gen X lived in the time of sex equals death (AIDS), because there were no good treatments until the mid 90s.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

born in 69 Pussy literally fell from the sky on my D in the entire 80s decade. It was insane. I was a dead ringer for Sean Cassidy + Scott Baio love child so that helped. Pretty crazy time for me.

[@user-ud7ko4cq1n]

"Gen X is a generation nobody messes with for a reason. Their rock stars committed suicide, loved heroine, and dressed like lumberjacks. Their rappers murdered each other. Their parents raised them by just opening the front door Friday night and vaguely making sure they returned home for school by Monday. Unlike the millennials, nobody cared about their trauma, and unlike Baby Boomers, their economy has sucked enough that they've had plenty of it. They know how to survive in a world before internet, cell phones, and people caring about offensive words, but they're young enough that they had to learn all the above to stay employed. They don't give a damn about generational identity because they saw their Boomer parents do that in the 60's as a shallow self-congratulatory exercise that solved nothing. Then they've seen Millennials distracted with narcissistic self-worship and self-involvement that's no better. Gen X is left alone because they don't care about the spotlight enough to be noticed. But it's unwise to mess with people who don't care about the spotlight, because that means they don't care about responding to your sh*t in a popular way. Gen X is perfectly fine with you giving their response to you a 1-star rating and an unsubscribe."- Henry Rollins

[@Suzanne291]

💯

[@kennethwright5664]

I would give this quote a standing ovation, but I'm also Gen-X so... yeah, it's fuckin cool.

[@Suzanne291]

🤣@@kennethwright5664

[@jamesoakley9333]

​@@kennethwright5664😂😂😂😂

[@46wireboy]

LOL, Henry tooting his insufferable BS. Projecting. Don't forget, gen x also destroyed good rock and gave Canada (with Castro's help) Trudeau. If he wasn't so egocentric, he'd have realized that the generations before had lived through his time, AND theirs. DA

[@azurephoenix9546]

GenX kids (of all generations) are awesome because our parents said "go ahead and do it. See what happens" a whole lot.

[@erikaarnold4780]

I was born in 1980, FAFO should have been on a banner in our house…unless it made you look like a whore.👀 I love the 80’s. I couldn’t wear nail polish, but our parents would lock us out of the house until dinner time in the summer🤣. We weren’t allowed to curse, but we watched “Die Hard”,Child’s Play”, and “Nightmare On Elm Street” as a family…. Oh AND “Purple Rain”! 👀 We were too grateful to our parents to point out the contradictions. 😂 The fact that I can afford therapy should be evidence that I turned out just fine😬

[@ianjardine7324]

Our dads used that phrase to encourage us. Our mothers used it as a warning not to disobey them. And our friends used it as a way to get us to do the dumbest sh*t. And they all taught the same lesson actions have consequences but no one promised you'd enjoy the consequences.

[@HobDobson]

Followed by, "See? That's what happens when you do that!"

[@georgeprendergast8305]

​@@erikaarnold4780😂😂😂 so true

[@Apixi]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aspirecan4829]

"a map the size of the house" 😂 And, when you were done, you had to fold that map back up and fit it in your glove compartment. 🤣🤣🤣

[@abbasgirl8153]

Still carry one 😆 and have had to teach a few to read one.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

Then came mapquest print outs from your printer.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Somehow it never fitted back in the glove box. It had to go in the boot.

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

1969 Gen X metalhead D&D nerd here. We learned not to trust the government. We saw the TV lie about the Dungeons and Dragons we played and the Judas Priest and Ozzy we listened to. We had racism on the ropes. We laughed at racist jokes about others and ourselves but regarded racist people as fools stuck in the horrible past we were lucky to be born after. The person making the hard-core racist jokes usually got the hint nobody was laughing with him and occasionally he got knocked out. Anthrax and Public Enemy onstage together was a good example of the vibe. Too much togetherness isn't good for those at the top sticking it to us so Division became the game again. Politicians been playing that game since forever but Telecommunications Act in 96 made it much easier to control the info and keep the division going. They are doing the ae thing now with the Restrict Act. Don't let the TV, tablet, phone or Teacher make you hate your neighbor. Keep talking and keep thinking, People. Chris Forever Young

[@daveshore8671]

I remember the racist jokes and also thinking out right racists were idiots. Taught older people to not say colored and then these dips brought it back In 2016. Bizarre.

[@46wireboy]

@@daveshore8671 I'm pretty sure the “dips” who brought it back, aren't who YOU think. Or even who is actually offended by the words. I'd bet you teach older people SHIT. And are probably part of the crowd behind (ignorantly) the periodic name switching.

[@brucegrossman3531]

Fellow 1969 Gen Xer D&D , Metal, and sci Fi nerd. Proud of all of it.

[@wymonwatson1309]

Racism was on life support, the left and especially Obama recisutated it for political purposes and to weaken the people, everything the op said is spot on.

[@kirk1968]

"I had to print out 28 pages of MapQuest" TRUTH! Then staple them together and hopefully flip through them during the drive without causing an accident.

[@frocat5163]

I'm split on Gen X not having a war... We had the Cold War, and the constant threat of being 18 minutes away from dying.

[@AlldatJazz-rw9wy]

Yeah but we were too busy riding bikes, and being at the arcade, to not care. They told us to be seen and not heard, and that's what we did. The cold war wasn't that big of a deal, because both sides were too scared to do anything.

[@justaride1366]

My mom named our dog Khrushchev.

[@kikivon3501]

I agree!!!! I worried a lot about nuclear war. Do you remember “The Day After” scared the crap out of me!!!!!!

[@Wants2knowitall]

@@kikivon3501that movie traumatized my husband so bad. We are in our early 50’s and he still mentions it.

[@sheriemirza6988]

US was funding war on Russia in Afghanistan all through 80s.

[@heathermichael3987]

As generation x, we ghosted all the time , it was easy . No cell phones , 🤷‍♀️ We didn’t answer the phone , and it was easy to forget a number just rip it up ,

[@strangeworldmasterjack143]

None of the generations that preceded Gen X had cellphones either. Just saying.

[@Notwoke7]

You are closer to Boomers than you realize

[@chrhadden]

do you ever think about how many numbers you knew then compared to now?most people dont know even one besides their own

[@chizorama]

That didn't work for most of us, because they'd find us outside in the world. Always that one annoying fk you couldn't shake, & if you did then another annoying fk would take their place...

[@chizorama]

@@Notwoke7 Just as we do with Millennials, X stands for crossover generation. We bridge the gap, structurally unsound, yet still holding up...

[@Venomous_471]

I'm definitely GEN X, and proud of it- 1974❤

[@chrhadden]

same 5/23/74 im sure you dont need the 19 in there.i still dont see how people need that

[@Venomous_471]

@@chrhadden do 1974 really bother you , 🤣🤣😭 too lazy to do the whole year. But you gave the world you whole Birthday. 5/23/74🤣🤣

[@chizorama]

@@Venomous_471 You just caught his dodgeball, sit down hadden...

[@MaryShmee]

I’m CLASSIC GEN X: 1965🤣😃

[@MaryShmee]

@@chrhaddenbecause we earned it, so did you 🤗

[@SorenArouet]

GenX who raised 2 GenZ, and I'm disappointed about my work as a parent. Two anxious teens that don't want to leave the house. I'm still trying to find out where I failed.

[@u-neekusername4430]

Same, I've got no idea either. I even restricted screen time to less than my Nintendo playing brother ever had & arranged my life so I was way more available than my parents were, but not a helicopter. Maybe it's just too much knowing w/o knowing enough...& that can change, so there's hope.

[@RonnieStanley-tc6vi]

You had kids. That was the failure.

[@dreamweaver1603]

Technology

[@badger1296]

That means that you weren't a teenage parent. Hi-five! 😅

[@codyhanson3519]

Maybe sharing some of your own story or just reflecting on it whatever’s comfortable , you can protect them from the world but still show it to them.. idk, anyway, thanks for sharing that, I wish everyone would just lay it down like that, and be respected for it, and work it out, but not everyone does give respect, helps when picking friends i guess , anyways haha, muuuaaaahhh❤ ☮️

[@iamneverwrong6635]

Gen X ghosting was Letting the answering machine take your phone calls 😂while you screened. Plus we were better with numbers because we had to remember every damn phone number of every person we ever knew 😂

[@dinkaboutit4228]

I STILL remember all the numbers of all my friends from middle school but NO numbers from after I got a pocket monitor. It's great for when I have to change passwords every 90 days. The name of someone I haven't spoken to in 35 years + a 10 digit number that has long since been assigned to some random.

[@wymonwatson1309]

Back in high school, I'd get off the bus and start calling girls lol I could remember dozens of phone numbers easily, now I can barely remember my own, technology ruined the entire culture of this country, and now we're circling the drain

[@Ladco77]

"I did grow up Generation-X with the gender fluid music...so I might not understand what you're saying but I'm still gonna listen because I'm not gonna miss the next Purple Rain..." You know, there's a tremendous amount of respect in that one line. We don't have to understand others to appreciate what they have to offer. As it's always been, the real humor is just in seeing the truth of the times we live in.

[@erichamilton3373]

Boomers and Gen X were both expone to lots of gender fluid musicians: David Bowie and Boy George come to mind

[@alphanerd7221]

@@erichamilton3373 Those are two dudes that everyone knew were dudes. They weren't pretending to be something else.

[@erichamilton3373]

@@alphanerd7221 That's the point: being gender fluid in style didn't mean anything beyond just that.

[@rebeccadolashewich7094]

✨✌️😜✌️✨ You know you are Gen-X when you LOL at a Highlander joke. ✨🗺✨

[@Wants2knowitall]

I know! I was waiting for the audience to catch up.

[@atomicsmith]

I don’t like most Highlander jokes. I know that in the end there can be only one.

[@allrise3056]

“Our bologna had a first name!” Yea, it did! 🥳

[@jasonrhodes9726]

That goes way back into the Boomer era.

[@allrise3056]

@@jasonrhodes9726 the commercial first aired in 1973 along with its accompanying jingle. Our boy on the dock with bologna on his line. The 1965 commercial was “Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer wiener…”. That was a cartoon.

[@RTPMinx]

@@jasonrhodes9726 That commercial came out in 1973 - Gen X is 1965-1980. Jerry Ringlien created the commercial and he was born in 1930 - Silent Generation - so Boomer's get no credit for this. Finally, the ad campaign was targeting the Gen X demographic, hence why they had a 4 year old Gen X kid singing the jingle.

[@jasonrhodes9726]

@@RTPMinxwhat ever.

[@sunayakong8537]

I’m an original genX born in 65.

[@PD-se5pd]

It was a fight to the death and every gas station attendant had the extra responsibility of giving directions to a destination 10 miles away

[@zwick6890]

What a lousy audience- this guy has some great material- DEFINITELY deserved a better response.

[@chizorama]

They don't know how to relate, because humor is & was regulated. Just like they tried to do to us GenXers(talking to you'z, moral majority & PMRC), cept we told em to fk off.

[@erichamilton3373]

Hey! I'm a Gen X born 1966. I do remember the Vietnam War. As a 7 year old I thought the CBS evening news with Walter Cronkheit was about Vietnam. A Gen X 70s memory.

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

I remember also. I was born in 1967.

[@schoolsfan3719]

I member and I am first yr Gen X, 1965.

[@jenA9026]

Same. My uncles were there.

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

We grew up with MTV when it actually played music. We saw the end of disco, the Punk movement, heavy metal, atari, nintendo, grunge music, Carl Lewis broke the 100m sprint record, the start of the internet, new wave music, Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, the start of the PC, Hong Kong belonged to the UK, our dads and uncles were Vietnam vets, NASA's space shuttle was the next frontier in our quest for space. A great time to be young. 😊😊😊😊

[@towritemichelle210]

Yes, we were lucky!! So much novelty

[@briansmith48]

You forgot to say we saw one of those space shuttles blow-up and we still went to school the next day. 😢😐 Unlike this new generation where your candidate doesn't win so you hold onto a teddy bear and color in a coloring book. And that was the college kids. 😳 Oh boy... Edit: I forgot to mention I was in elementary school when that happened. So having people that were twice my age behaving like that was... Disappointing. 😔

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

Oh yeah. Forgot abour that

[@mztweety1374]

GenX. Oh well Whatever Never mind

[@silver_crone]

And all of us humming that while reading…

[@lalida6432]

Meh

[@lauriespencer4132]

I think we should take Gen Z, drop them off in the 80’s and they have to live like we did. No phones, locked out until dinner. They would last a week, and that’s giving them 6 days. If you know, you know.

[@chrhadden]

its to late now.they would have to not know

[@brandonmacky]

I’m gen z and I agree

[@HelenaWalker-ff1rm]

I think they’d finally be able to hear themselves think, make real social connections and all their anxiety and existential dread would disappear

[@lisamurdoch2525]

They’d be happier and healthier.

[@thewindingroad33]

I raised my kid as I was. He would dominate.

[@jonnyfennessy9812]

As a Gen X 1980. I am starting to dislike all this attention about us. Ugh..leave us alone. Lol

[@florptytoo]

Agreed

[@younkinjames8571]

Born in 73...let them figure it out...

[@lisaahmari7199]

Same.😅

[@kyddshine]

Pre internet times were so golden, I do miss them.

[@janne6265]

Are we full genXers though Jonny? We're kinda in that little space where we're not full X and not millennial. We were little kids in the 80's and did our teen years in the 90's. I had a bf who was born in 67 (so gen x) but we had completely different growing up experiences and references he knew I wouldn't always get. I got everything in this comedy act tho and it was really funny

[@JasonThomas-hj5zk]

This is a great comedy routine that could be a TED Talk. He nails the dynamics between the generations. Also he forgot Michael J. Fox in his list of Michaels.

[@jasonsalmon]

Agghh. You’re right! If you ever see live, MJ Fox will be in the bit

[@notahater3365]

And Michael Bolton

[@carsi7282]

@@notahater3365 How could we not live without him?

[@Sandalphon777]

Michael Myers, Lost Boys Michael, so many Michaels...I swear it must've been one of the most popular names at the time with how many there were.

[@dot-hubbard-i-luv-my-beretta]

Oh my.

[@Tree_born_crooked]

I'm GenX and went K - 5 at a school that was later closed down for asbestos removal and the playground was demolished for having 40 times the limit of lead paint on the equipment.

[@geo3141]

"My job to translate between the generation"... I literally said that verbatim a couple days ago at work... I work with a 22yr old who has no real world experience and surprisingly doesn't know some ofthemore rudimentaryfunctions of computers (like what Tab does or what a Zip File is)... And a 60yr old who complains every few minutes about his computer being stupid because he has 40yrs worth of real world skills, but now he's supposed to do it on a machine he barely knows how to use... I gave the applicable aforementioned speech of "The best way for this team to work together is for me to translate between the two of you" Surprisingly they BOTH openly embraced it and we've been getting along great so far. 😁

[@towritemichelle210]

Thar's a vital skill! Good job bridging the gap. It can be frustrating

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Gen X is fighting with anyone - we just want to be left alone, but we will set you straight if you want to include us in your silliness.

[@RonnieStanley-tc6vi]

You can always tell a gen xer from a millennial while driving. Gen xers never ever ever turn around. Ever. I'm never lost. I'm always going forward.

[@SS40-nah]

Holy crap!! I do that! 😂😂

[@EarlHayward]

As a GenXer I will turn around… What I never do is ask for help… Only the weak ask for help, we are not weak!

[@kyddshine]

Lol, ya, or for me too.

[@eSh..]

I call BS. My 3-point-turns are a work of art. If you wanna talk about generational turns, we can discuss the making-a-left-turn-while-in-the-left-lane as opposed to the what’s-a-lane-that’s-my-turn. A GenZ was talking about how she couldn’t stand driving without her phone. “You use GPS like ALL the time?” “Well yeah, when I’m using Netflix.” … I thought for a minute and asked, “Wait. You just use GPS as a notification overlay to let you know your turn is coming up while you’re focused on watching Netflix?!” …she just goes quiet and looks down with a maybe-i-shouldn’t-have-mentioned-that face.

[@icefacade]

HAHAHA oh God, flashbacks, "I'm never lost, I just change where I'm going"

[@staceycameron4157]

"You're both right. Chill out." LOLOLOLOL Yes.

[@lisasmith7474]

A big bird, a crime dog and smokey the bear. Pretty sure that sums up the 80's. 😂

[@m_d1905]

Nuclear war aftermath movies. Can't forget those.

[@lisasmith7474]

@@m_d1905 I'm sorry. Also I forgot the Van Dam movies. My bad

[@christopherjames423]

My god man, did Woodsy Owl mean nothing to you ;)

[@lisasmith7474]

@@christopherjames423 my bad! How many lickkkkkks as I chomp on the tootsie pop ? 1.. 2.. 3 almost accurate.

[@AlldatJazz-rw9wy]

And a crying Native American. Because the pollution was just that bad. And that creepy PSA, it's 10 o'clock do you know where your kids are?

[@dshepherd107]

Just want to clarify GenX starts at 1965. I was born in 68. Right after the assassinations of MLK Jr & RFK, & Vietnam was still happening, although I was to young to recall that. I was listening to the Jackson Five & little Michael when I was 4-5 yrs old.

[@conservativemetal8552]

By far the best 12 minutes I’ve spent on KZbin in a very long time. I enjoyed that so much.

[@jrjubach]

Adults: you kids and your participation trophies... Kids: YOU MADE THE TROPHIES!

[@user-jy7mw9kc1c]

I never bought into any of the grownups bullshit praise OR condemnation. It's a personality flaw that those kids want to believe they're the best thing in the world.

[@theecentralscrutinizer9978]

Taking my hard EARNED allowance to the hood 7/11 for the newly Ordained "Super Big Gulp" on the way to what my mom assumed was the pool in the Summer....It was actually a railroad bridge spanning the Spokane River near downtown perfect for jumping off of. I was 11, and that was 85'. W3 learned how to be Self Sufficient, instead of self indulgent. Self important.Self Centered! I wholeheartedly approve of this response!

[@adrd208]

Other generations,"spanking is abuse" gen x "thanks for spanking me dad"

[@younkinjames8571]

Daaaamn...nice. we are damn sure thinking it now aren't we?

[@kyddshine]

Or how most generations have a avoidance of a good whipping. GenX is like dude it will hurt. But we will definitely have a celebration after moms done whipping you. Followed by it is ok I like it, then followed by did I get air?!?

[@GeneElder.R27]

To this day I tell my 76 year old dad that spanking a grandkid or sending them to bed without dinner works and never hurt anybody. It taught us consequences for our actions instead of incentives for bad behavior.

[@delanaveirs3411]

I’m Gen x & disagree! Gen x decided not to spank their kids & most of our kids are way better behaved than we were.

[@LilStampBug]

​​@@delanaveirs3411I totally disagree with you... Kid's these days have absolutely NO RESPECT for Elder's and people in Authority 🤬🤬🤬 and they also are extremely lazy and don't have good work ethic... I've experienced it many times in work environment's and at different businesses... although there are always exceptions (and maybe your kid's are an exception...and that would mean you've been an awesome parent ;) p.s. I don't mean my response in a rude way towards you... I just don't agree with your statement.

[@paceflchick]

GenX has a chip on our shoulder. We don't care what you call us, just leave us alone.

[@karmakat77]

😂😂 being a 55-year-old Gen xer this is hysterical!

[@kristenhurst683]

Born in '66. Gen X. I got the first two Michael's and the Vietnam War. My parents are Silent Generation. And we don't care cuz no one else does.

[@justcurious3514]

For a topic that can easily be overdone, this guy kills it. So much funny stuff! Glad to have found Jason - gen X here ❤

[@kezs5798]

Everyone wishes they are Gen X! We rule! 😅

[@dcg590]

And if they don’t agree--we don’t care!!

[@tplummer217]

The part about printing multiple pages was hilarious. This guy spits clever bits.

[@erf3176]

He's wrong about Boomers giving us civil rights. The previous generation did that. The very oldest boomers, born right on 46, were 19 when the civil rights act was passed. So a very tiny fraction of them would have participated in the movment. Most of the work was done by the older brothers/sisters of boomers from the Silent Generation and the youngest members of the WW2 Gen. Boomers just took all the credit for stuff they were barely there for because it sounded cool. Nobody called them out on it, so they kept doing it.

[@janetta98]

True that.

[@RTPMinx]

Yep. The greatest and silent generations pushed for and achieved most of the greatest things that came to fruition in the '60's, but Boomer's love to take credit for. MLK, Little Rock 9, and Freedom Riders - silent generation. Rosa Parks, JFK, LBJ, Malcom X - greatest generation.

[@rayah_v_dc]

A lot of Boomers are narcissistic and self-involved. They were the hippies that became yuppies in the 80s that became those retirees that bought up all the starter homes as investments after the crash in 2008…

[@micheleyamamoto545]

I was thinking the same thing. Boomers have gotten a lot of credit for things the Silent generation actually did.

[@kyddshine]

Don’t forget the great gen. They shielded them booms better than parents from almost any in history. To point many still can’t tie their own shoes.

[@OcelotOscar]

My high school class motto was "It just doesn't matter." He's spot on about us Gen-X'ers not caring.

[@BBMc107]

GenX OG here. My dad fought in Vietnam. I grew up with that and the aftermath of him checking out of our lives, forever. He was not dead, just could not make connections with other people. Actually, this is true of my Boomer mom, as well. It was more important for them to appear as the smartest one in the room, than to be right. My friends fought in the First Gulf weekend with, yes, the OG Bush, the good one. Mapquest was hilarious. Then trying to track progress on the 28 pages, not printed to any scale with the first 17 pages to get on the interstate. Locally, I kept a map and a phone book in my car to find things.

[@chizorama]

Damn, we have similar parents, cept my dad was Silent Generation & my mom was boomer. You could actually tell the difference looking back.

[@eastsideterri25]

Not ALL BOOMERS WERE LIKE THAT JUST SOME. MOST OF US WERE STICKLERS FOR TRUTH AND FACTS

[@jeffbroders9781]

1965 GenX here. I've got enough material for you to fill up a 3 hour HBO special. Damn, i just defined GenX!

[@_garebear]

I think they handed out Xanax to the crowd before the show. That's solid material.

[@carnagejlu]

“You’re both right”. As a Gen Xer I approve. 😂

[@williamyoung3240]

Dukes of hazard, fall guy, magnum PI, smokey and the bandit, ren and stempi....

[@mistressofstones]

Gender was a T/F question and its an essay now 😂 i am so bored of people arguing about that topic so this was the best joke ive heard in ages 👍

[@lissakaye610]

Shoutout to the Gen X soldiers who did serve in the Afghan, Iraq and Gulf wars. I appreciate your service, and I know a lot are dealing with it. I love comedy, but def don’t agree with trivializing the service you guys did.

[@patrickwrx]

Gen X grew up long before those wars began. We participated in them, but they did not define our childhood. You misunderstood what he said.

[@EarlHayward]

@@patrickwrx Not all, but why would it even matter… Some of us have lost friends in the Middle East… So, please respect the comment…

[@lorireed8046]

​@@patrickwrxGen X dealt with our parents going to Vietnam...we dealt with the boomers that spit at us just because our parents were in the military. This guy sounds like a very ignorant millennial,gay, liberal. Please.

[@susanharrah3462]

​@@patrickwrxmy husband was in the war the comedian trivialized . It wasn't nothing. For the families watching the missiles go off it was pretty damn scary we had no idea how bad it would get and if your family member would come home.

[@juliet-m31]

First time seeing this guy!!😂 High school was every 80's movie for real. Best music ever!❤ As kids, we played hide and go seek until after dark with our neighborhood friends. Feel very lucky #Genxr

[@natachadobrovolsky2851]

I just remembered how at a dinner party, as adults used to call having dinner at another adult’s place, us kids would wander around the very dark neighbourhood with one torch leading the way. The parents just happily waved us off - no time required for return.

[@blackredwhiteandblue1440]

Yep😂😂❤

[@georgina1848]

Our parents literally kicked us outside you weren't allowed in the house😂playing outside till tje street lamps came on. 😊

[@blackredwhiteandblue1440]

@@georgina1848 🤣🤣”don’t slam the screen door, and stop letting my cold air out…”🤣🤣

[@chrhadden]

top 40 was cosidered the worst in human history. the punk and heavy metal scene was top notch though. im a skater so im predjudice to that side

[@rayshinn]

Unfortunately the comic is 20x smarter than his audience . The "Existential stability" line elicited nothing but clueless silence .

[@T25de]

Well he thought trump was responsible for race riots and not liberal media, or the rioters, so he’s not infallible 😅

[@mudshark23]

​@@T25deTrump was responsible for race riots like Obama was responsible for increased racism. They were both saddled with the hatred of their opposition.

[@lorireed8046]

I see a guy that's a millennial, pretending he is a Gen X , gay liberal white dude.... The very evil he pretends he is against.

[@MrTL3wis]

@@T25de Gender is a spectrum...

[@agfiend]

Existential stability 😂😂😂😂

[@MaileyMcAslan]

Quicksand!!! Tarzan movies had me terrified of quicksand. 😂

[@dolphinbear661]

Killer bees

[@MaileyMcAslan]

@@dolphinbear661 omg the killer bees 😱😱😱😱😱 lmao

[@Daniel-Weaver]

Nearly lost a 400 dollar hand cart

[@Adrianfytr46]

Hey remember kids falling down wells 😂? Or was that the 80's? This guy has the best Gen X jokes hands down.

[@khutchinsoncpa1]

**CLEARS THROAT IN COLD WAR**

[@AlexShiro]

Yeah I concur. And the Berlin Wall falling. And we saw Challenger blow up. Live.

[@staceycameron4157]

"W'ere gunna use the thing that can see traffic from the sky. That's how this journey's goin." LOLOL BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Okay. This guy is reaaaaalllly goood xD

[@dougiebull2074]

This is so funny.I care so little i didn't even realize i was a gen x

[@twinklefarm]

Oh my god so true! I went through a road trip in France with my dad fully arguing with the GPS and then having a shouting match at the map!! 😂😂😂

[@eSh..]

I said “no tolls” I don’t care that it’s faster, of course it’s faster, because it costs money! NO! TOLLS!!! I end up screaming at Siri like David Lister screaming at Toasty the toaster on Red Dwarf. “We don’t WANT any toast around here!! NO TOAST!!”

[@sascharouillon9785]

“documentary Michael Jackson”…hilarious!😂

[@kwdriver58]

the best, smartest Gen X take I've ever heard. but I don't care.

[@ryanlemley4866]

Awesome job. The fact you could find soo many funny things about one subject is great. Not that you care.😂

[@sb-b3071]

Oh shit. I just fumbled onto this set and now I need more. I was laughing loudly. Thank you 😂😂

[@dougmoore6612]

In 1996, I was driving south with printed MapQuest directions on Ocean Blvd along the Atlantic coast. The directions said to turn left. 😑

[@bellav7093]

This was so much fun! Nice for Gen X to get some recognition!

[@laciehamblin8584]

I’m a millennial raised by gen x, I’ll never forget my mom telling me to use map quest and just print maps 😂 I was like uh mom I have my phone 😂

[@glad777]

Gen X fought most of the GWOT not Millennials. The youngest GenXers are 43 so they were 20 or 21 when the war started.

[@davidtruong9367]

Gen X FOREVER ❤️❤️❤️

[@JD-dh7bk]

Gen X here 😂😂😂

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

✌️

[@LorelLa22]

Gen X - Go Play Outside! Be Inside By Dark!

[@abbasgirl8153]

Street lights... my son is amazed when I tell him "we left the house in the morning and didn't return until dark, lunch? , usually picked up glass bottles for return $ and hit the convenient store or a neighbor 's fruit tree and drank from each other's water hose, aka "hose pipe". We were the last of the true adventurers...each day after school!!!! Lol when neighborhood kids were a thing!

[@Livvygirl-wd3li]

Yes we stayed all day until night! No shoes all day. We only had church shoes and school shoes. In the summer we wouldn’t wear shoes!!😂. The summer was so hot we had to run fast hot streets.

[@ArmenChakmakian]

Gen X used the Thomas Guide a decade before Mapquest.

[@kevincole3679]

We are pretty much all Goonies. '73

[@tomok7775]

As a GenX from New Zealand, I can only agree. Foot in both worlds, spending the whole day outdoors until street lights are on. Music united folks, community spirit was an all time high. We are blessed!

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Another thing about GenX: We have a sense of humour. Well done, Jason. Very funny. Could almost be a lecture series or a TEDTalk.

[@jasonsalmon]

Thanks

[@maxximumgaming1463]

Growing up I thought that Y2k and Quicksand would be a MUCH larger problem than they were.

[@jedipat204]

This guy is a natural

[@nichollebraspennickx943]

It’s an essay now is hilarious!

[@jenmike042806]

I almost spit up 😅

[@focusedeye]

As a Canadian Boomer with a Gen X partner of 13 years and a Millennial co-worker colleague, this comic nails it.

[@3089280288]

Generation X is smaller than the adjacent generations.

[@kittensugars]

Some of us gen X moms, have raised millennials, and some of us waited, and are raising gen Z. (or our kids are) Somehow people are getting dumber though...

[@micheleyamamoto545]

Not my GenZ or Alpha kids. I’m Gen X and they are teaching me things I should have learned as a kid. Like healthy emotional coping and behavior. Ignoring your kids, spanking or telling them to just “suck it up” doesn’t make for mature adults, just damaged people. Our kids will grow up to be better than us if we can keep from destroying the world before they get a chance.

[@GeneElder.R27]

Yep, republicans started attacking education at the school board level in the 80s, mostly evangelicals who wanted god in schools.. anyway, conservatives need an uneducated electorate to rule instead of represent. Now defunding the department of education is literally a plank in their policy platform.

[@eeeeks]

@@micheleyamamoto545I agree with you. My gen Z nephews didn’t get phones until their 14th birthday but they have it so much better and they are so much healthier emotionally and they have such good relationships with their parents and are so open and caring. They get so much love and they give it back. They’re not neurotic or sensitive and they are very involved in sports and music and friends. If anyone picks a fight w them-they will defend themselves and don’t mind if they get hurt doing so. I think if they sat at home all day on the computer-it would be a different story. The kids that have had phones and internet access beginning in elementary school may have more problems. That’s just my opinion.

[@amydeickman1796]

I raised 2 millennials and now a Gen z and whoooooooo boy there’s a difference. Even my millennials are looking at their brother like r u serious 😂😂

[@allisone7472]

I am a millenial. My dad is a boomer. And I have had that GPS conversation in the car so many times 😂😂😂. I got so frustrated once I almost pulled the car over 😂😂😂

[@tonybony5805]

Gen Xers 65 66 will be the last people on earth to remember watchin the moon landings and Vietnam war on tv.

[@heatherhuffy4135]

Excellent analogy of generations. Lots of memories for this Gen Xer!

[@Ok2bme1966]

I am from the first batch of Gen x’ers and I used paper maps most of my life. When Map quest came out…man - I thought it couldn’t get any better than map quest lol. . Gps didn’t become popular until like mid or late 2000’s i think. I didn’t start using it until a few years ago. Now I wonder how all those years ago I was able to drive all around the country without it 😊.

[@orcaunoo]

same. i used to know where all the highways and routes connected. in my state. i actually used to be really proud of that. now i just mindlessly reach my destination. most of the time i don’t even know what im on. im just getting there.

[@chrhadden]

me too but moving to philadelphia and on different job sites weekly ,getting around on public trans would have killed me with stress.i dont think i would have made it.the gps tells you when to get off and get on this and that.maps are easy compared to this

[@mrsthatcher9815]

last year i bought a sat nav - still in the box

[@towritemichelle210]

Yes, I always appreciate GPS

[@RodeoDogLover]

This gets funnier every time I listen to it! 😂😂😂

[@mr.nelson5833]

Coming from A “Millennial”(Generation Y) with parents who came from the “Baby Boomer” Generation .. I can say this whole stand up .. IS THE COMPLETE TRUTH! Lol 😂💯💯

[@mmechrizma]

This guy is the wittiest comic I think I've ever heard.

[@ambertraety1980]

Don’t forget Michael Bolton! 🤣

[@Wants2knowitall]

I had that same thought! Hahahaha

[@melodyaxe745]

I can’t recall the last time I laughed this hard! More please!

[@Mcky-lw1zb]

LOL, I told my kids that there weren't any GPS growing up, and I had to find my way around everywhere.

[@TarikSolimanX]

Rand McNally map book. A must on my vehicles. Gen X here. In the U.S. Army, we had to learn map reading and grid coordinates. "Read right up" 😂.

[@btetschner]

Hahaha! But seriously, great points! Gen X'er here

[@avoiceinthewilderness9864]

Gen X here. I have a t shirt that says Fun Fact i don't care!

[@ErinJoy-wd3cx]

That's ausome 😂

[@OptimizeTube]

"Hey, you're both right." Love it!

[@BeeSugar1]

I'm a GenX who was married to a boomer, my siblings are millennials my boys are GenZ and Gen Alpha. I enjoyed this set so much.

[@michellemoore4585]

Little Michael Jackson Thriller Michael Jackson Documentary Michael Jackson 😉🙂😄😆🤣

[@reneegilbert2544]

My mom also got mad at me for using GPS 😅 she refused to speak to me. Had a whole attitude 😭

[@Pumkinseeds.]

My mom bought everyone a Tomtom or whatever it’s called. I don’t care.

[@Pumkinseeds.]

Oh and she uses it over the iPhone which I find hysterical

[@reneegilbert2544]

@@Pumkinseeds. 🤣😂🤣 bless her heart

[@gprojectnoob4779]

Im starting to think anyone who grew up in the 70s 80s and 90s lived in the best period in human history to date. Best music , movies , tv and relatively safe freedom as a kid.

[@chriswright2568]

Dude is actually so funny. This is great, sweet, thoughtful.

[@ArcHawkeGamesandSkills]

What I know about being GenX is how we hated being labeled by the boomers b/c it was always centered around what about us was most inconvenient to someone else; Millennials have created labels that describe /themselves/ and are properly descriptive of oneself, so when one of these is directed at us it hits the old nerve when someone was calling us "The person with the annoying leg-shaking thing" or "doesn't respond well to task saturation" but they're really saying "that cool old person" and probably also "thank you"

[@chrhadden]

they do make weird terms to nit pick the hell out of everyone. when i hear terms like incel i disregard and dont give it a second thought.im not learning their million ways to insult someone and classify them