Why Generation X is best equipped to handle COVID-19

[@xtraflo]

Too many Younger and Older Generations are too quick to react. Gen X prefer to Chill...

[@Robbo766]

I am a proud Gen Xer. I was allowed to ride my bicycle in the street on my own, and open the house door on my own, and make my own cheese sandwich. I never got onto a computer, because I didn't have one. Instead, I turned my own TV on and would watch The Wonder Years which starred Fred Savage (who in my mind, is the King of Generation X). After the wonder years, my mother and my father would come home from work and they would make me dinner, and send me to bed at 8pm. I believe as Gen Xer, it is my duty to help the young Milennial generation and the slightly younger Zoomer generation, with the difficulties that life has to offer them, and teach them how to dodge little surprises that life has to offer and how to do things on their own like I did when I was a little boy. I really do feel sorry for the younger generation for not being albe to play outside like I did when I was a boy, and watch TV all on my own like I used to do when I was a little boy. We really are a stronger generation than the younger generations. I am very proud to be a Gen Xer. Gen Xers unite!

[@leafyisfearmydear9884]

proof that gen xers are full of sh...

[@elcidcampeador497]

@Conservative 👍❤️

[@isabellacarter2863]

your aren't gen x if you watched wonder years-January 31, 1988, until May 12, 1993. -not going to help any of you. here is my advise life sucks-deal

[@ChristaFree]

We are a feral generation that raised ourselves. We developed creativity, responsibility and coping skills. We were literally locked out of the house all day lol. I taught my kids that their problems were theirs, they needed to handle them. When and if their problem became mine I would take care of it. They may not like the end result but my problem would be taken care of. My kids all have responsibility, respect, have good coping skills asks are kind and helpful people.

[@candyl.8213]

Proud Gen X here, 1976.

[@tallterrilaw8646]

76 here

[@lorahoward8661]

Proud gen xer too1966

[@76meko]

Me too. Gen X 1976 ✨💞

[@rachelpurdy3854]

Me as well

[@giuseppefileccia8120]

Yup me 2......June 1976

[@cosmicpolitan]

On shared trauma: my entire 6th grade class watched the Challenger explode live on TV.

[@cappygolucky]

I’m Australian and it traumatised us too

[@shivag73]

I don't think I realized what happened until I saw McAlliff's sister's, who was my age, reaction.

[@vickikeiper7941]

Yikes! That's harsh. At least I was in 10th grade at vo-tech. We only heard about it when a classmate of mine listening to the radio with headphones said that it exploded. At first we didn't believe him until our teacher made a phone call and comfirmed it.

[@BaptistJoshua]

​@@cappygoluckyWhy? I watched it live, as a young kid. No big deal.

[@denisesiddon7241]

We aren't snowflakes. We can get through anything

[@rowlissthebenigndrow3145]

Lol, hey fellow genXer! I'm proud 80s kid, but I feel watching all those daytime talk shows constantly, Oprah, Sally Jessy, Jennie Jones kinda ruined my life, hihi.

[@TerrapinFlyer2010]

As a fellow Gen Xr I spent most of teen years following the Grateful Dead. Lmao😄

[@shavinmccrotch9435]

I may not survive all the gluten intolerance. Gluten free shampoo. 🙄 Just kill me now.

[@denisesiddon7241]

@John Dough used to watch it hilarious 🤣

[@theadrenalizedartist6843]

1971, and thank you for talking about our strength as a generation

[@williamf.buckleyjr3227]

Because we're smart enough to know it's NONSENSE.

[@sharon48mc40]

Proud to be GenX 1969

[@TwistedOnyx369]

hey!!!! Me too!!

[@ZiZla999]

Millennial here. Love my gen X older sisters who let me sneak downstairs and watch Nightmare on Elm Street with them. I was jealous of the independence my older sisters got growing up versus how overprotective my parents were of me (because suddenly everything was “dangerous” and needed “chaperoning”) I also thing Gen Xers are better managers than boomers. Gen X managers are more no nonsense, just get me the results, chill about it. Boomers are all traditional and about the formalities and power trips.

[@christinet638]

Don't forget the nuclear war anxiety that we had after watching "The Day After"!

[@shivag73]

Chernobyl didn't help that anxiety either.

[@jamescampbell390]

Yep

[@jamescampbell390]

Yep

[@vickikeiper7941]

I grew up on the Poconos, which is just two or so hours away from NYC and Phili. I was concerned about being far enought away to avoid mushroom cloud. 8-year-olds should not have to worry about that.

[@SCzxjk]

Damn right when I moved out of my parents house I was already able to cook clean and spend time on my own comfortably,my daughter is generation Z. Gen z have more respect for their elders because they were thought that by generation x. The 80's and the 90's were exciting times everything was changing form anologue to digital🌀 1974

[@lordtremendous7409]

Nah. Gen X-ers, like me, were the FIRST generation where, like, more than half of our parents were divorced. I should know. My parents divorced when I was 3(1980).

[@mattpartington5312]

Same here,I was born in 78', mine divorced at 4

[@cpottervlog8122]

We watched the challenger explode on live tv at school

[@jackieortegadesigns326]

I'm a Gen X and surrounded by Millennials. I noticed that even many older Millennials that I know have no idea about 9/11, SARS etc since they were still teenagers or children when those things happened, let alone AIDS epidemic which is why COVID 19 feels new to them.

[@jonquilcat7945]

I was 14 when 911 happened. I still remember it vividly, and I'm Australian. I remember SARS and swine flu too (which was really scary as many people at my work got really sick.) Then there was the ebola scare. Millenials have seen a lot. We are probably the least upset by this pandemic as we don't want to go out anyway because the future never held any hope for us 😉 A lot of the gen x who didn't boomerang into corporate nightmares after their youth are happily gaming with us during lockdown haha

[@esl4058]

What are you talking about? I’m a millennial and I was a senior in high school when 9/11 happened! How dare you tell us we don’t remember seeing smoke across Long Island sound or the panic when we couldn’t reach loved ones in nyc because all the satellites crashed. Our generation were taught one thing only to grow up and realize everything we learned was horseshit. When we graduated college into a an awful job market, needed credit cards just to eat and then got blamed for the recession. We slowly pulled ourselves up and then Covid hit and for the second time, our generation lost everything! All we want is to survive and maybe a little empathy from the other generations. You’re ignorance is truly astounding. Unreal!

[@carlweeks9256]

@@esl4058 Hi, if you were a senior when that happened (I was a senior when 9/11 happened as well!) Then you aren't a "True Millennial" look up "Xennials" which are mostly people born between 77 and 85 (But I personally would like to extend that to 75-87). Also, I do not consider myself a "Millennial" Beause of a good amount of "older characteristics" people my age have, VS those people born in the 90s. For example, there was no internet when we started school, No airbags or other modern features that became common in the 90s in cars in our early childhood years, Landline phones were the norm until we were at least teenagers, and quite a bit more interesting facts! Right??

[@esl4058]

@@carlweeks9256 I am well aware of what a xennial is. Do more research. Xennials are a sub category of older millennials. You and I are, shock, both millennials AND xennialls due to the gen x hangover we have. We can also be called generation Y if you wanna go old school. Regardless of the year, our generation was trained analog and had to adapt to digital. That's what separates us from X and Z. The widespread availability of the internet, as you noted, is the control point.

[@jakeevans9746]

I’m a millennial and know 9/11 although I was 3yo when that happened.

[@Roger-fs5yo]

Generation Alpha is gonna have a great deal in common with Gen X. On 1 hand that's good but at the same time that's bad😔

[@eyeswideshut2800]

My sister and I use to travel on the Greyhound bus alone when I was 4 across Texas to visit relatives. The bus driver and other adults just made sure to watch us on stops. We sat in the front and didn't think anything of it, excited to see our cousin's faces at the terminal.

[@ashleybunny1884]

my parents are Gen X, this all seems true to me. I never knew them to be helicopter-y, but their parenting styles would sometimes "polarize" between acting very cool to coming on red-hot. I think it is an improvement on the micromanaging styles of boomers, but I'd like to see more of the middle ground between these two poles being explored 💜

[@melissamontiel7976]

I'm gen x born in 1976 . My daughter born in 2005. My daughter is sufficient and independent and resilient. We have talks and communicate all the time. I'm protective but not a helicopter parent.

[@xtraflo]

Who gave permission for Millennials to speak to us ?

[@elcidcampeador497]

😁😁😁

[@denisewhite11385]

Gen Xer here 1967 and damn proud of it.

[@vernette39]

We have a few Generation X members so we’re exceptional.

[@NYmomAdrienne3915]

1977, Gen X the best!

[@johnshafer7214]

Proud Gen X here too. Was in 2nd grade when the space shuttle blew up. We are good at dealing with adversity.

[@davidbell1619]

I handled Covid very well. I ignored it. Born 1951

[@Tinman964]

Let’s just say it . Gen x are not the patsies that the lesser generations are

[@beatpirate8]

i logged offline. i know it causes anxiety. i just put my head down and worked through pandemic and am just around dog and nature. i listen to podcasts and audiobooks only and music with no words

[@blackhawk6695]

Yes instrumental music is best for gen x

[@freespirit_17]

1979 and proud .

[@anonymousone2843]

It is simple. Whatever. You going to get it you get it. Don't want it, stay home. Totally cool either way.

[@drescorpio1114]

Pure Gen X 1975 here!

[@Vinylrebel72]

Gen X here...1972, our parents weren't home, so we were raised by Ozzy, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Debbie Harry (Blondie), Joan Jett, and Lita Ford. The Movies The Lost Boys, was about us, the movie Lord of the Flies... we lived that sht in the streets.

[@johnashton4776]

Gen X here Nicholas Hammond Spider Man, Cosby Show, Miami Vice, TNG.

[@davidpar2]

Because we were too cynical to fall for the hype and fearmongering. Update: And that goes double for this time around.

[@ericsandman8179]

Proud gen x. 1977

[@anncrosby6664]

I'm a gen x.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

I helicopter parented from a distance and educated my son. I always knew what people were up to and didn't allow anyone to mentally, emotionally or spiritually harm my son, Dad too. No one was allowed to teach him to lie, cheat, steal, be uncaring etc.

[@jessj.j.french7482]

I didn't do a damn thing. I went to work because I'm essential and I would come home and drink whiskey and do it all over again.

[@olbranch]

Gen X'er here!!! Class of 78...!!!

[@eyeswideshut2800]

We left home early even if we didn't have to, it was a right of passage and normal. We had support and could go home but that meant you're a failure so always on your way back out.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

I started driving at 12 because my parents needed a runner and perfectly normal to us.

[@lorahoward8661]

Proud gen xer 1966

[@blackhawk6695]

Yup! 1966 original Batman ,Adam west star trek original , William shatner! The year I was born also

[@eyeswideshut2800]

My siblings scoffed at me at 19 when I went home to live with my Mom to go to college. I moved out in 11th grade and graduated with every honors academically and socially with a full time job. I was already flying around by myself in high school, I was up to stuff.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

I'm the baby of four and my parents moved to a house when I was 16 but we stayed in our condo and my siblings paid the rent. I moved out in 11th grade although my family was on the lease and in our business. We went to school, work and partied with fake IDs living in our own place in high school. It was normal, my bestie and I had many friends live with us and our guy friends same and we all had parents.

[@xheralt]

Leading-edge Gen X (1965). C19 lockdown was a breeze, because I was accustomed to isolation & self-sufficiency.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

I'm 5'9 and people always ask if I played basketball, some think I've been shot but no I'm just Gen X and got the scars.

[@TheMadLeprechaun]

Well this video didn't age considering that 2020 revealed just how much Gen X is really Generation Karen.

[@melodyseverything6999]

You're just jealous, lol! You WISH you were one of us! 🤣

[@TheMadLeprechaun]

@@melodyseverything6999 Nobody is jealous of being a Karen.

[@shivag73]

Most Karen's actually seem to be about 40 or younger.....or fairly old....so not Gen X.

[@TheMadLeprechaun]

@@shivag73 Exactly what a Karen would say.

[@shivag73]

@@TheMadLeprechaun You just go ahead with your assumption and hold it close in your fantasy world.

[@aprilgonder]

Proud GenXer here

[@wheelieblind]

Really anyone who was a latchkey kid Gen Xer like myself or not was expected to do fine.

[@Nightmastercool97]

Also The Bosnian War, OJ Simpson Trial, Kosovo War, MTV, FOX, Hillary Monica scandle

[@beyou2fullestprettibadd197]

GenX 74

[@drownedoutvibes3778]

I hav' Covid, and like I'm a gen x

[@lordtremendous7409]

U still alive tho?

[@newworldastrology1102]

To go off on their bikes. Oh yes.

[@anime_enthusiast5622]

Just wanted to tell the Gen X's your not a boomer born between 65 and 80 doesn't make you,a boomer if u were born in 1964 and down than your considered a boomer.

[@johnashton4776]

Never took the jab Generation X, went into the 1990's how do people, make that mistake and forget that decade.

[@DartJedi]

Empathy and Gen X. ROFLMAO 🤣🤣🤣 Helicopter parenting LOL. Only if you are throwing shit into the blades to see what happens and watching it splat on the walls.

[@dennisfrazee4107]

I'm a member of Gen X life in the 80s sucked the parents treated you like you were in the way holding them back

[@jenem9618]

This is some pretty self-aggrandizing speculation.

[@philyu8245]

Generational? Space shuttle exploding? Malarkey? You guys had it easy. For my friends they wouldn't go home til the streetlight came on is because that's when moms bf or stepdad be done with mom and he go take his beers and drugs to party with his friends. Your generation have those kinds of parents? For me it meant I had to go home to an onslaught from my mom on how the Ritalin should be working or how I was a disgrace for not getting As. Latchkey? Lady keep your key, some of us didn't even want to go home, we just went to keep ourselves from getting killed or something.

[@cheriremily9360]

Ritalin was pushed in the 80s and 90s as well. No, you have it bad. I'm sorry about that but you have no idea about Gen X at all. You are not the first nor the last who will go through this. Sadly, it's nothing new. All I can say is don't fall into the trap of 'self medicating'. You are living the Gen X experience.

[@shivag73]

I'm so sorry you had that kind of childhood. Crappy parents came for all generations, not just yours.

[@crystalmullinax3676]

Don't forget chernobyl

[@riveselliot]

Gen Xers have bad attitudes so when things go wrong it neither surprises nor bothers them. PS I’m a millennial so if you disagree go ahead and tell me “fuck you” then listen to REM on cassette or whateva

[@anikadiamond007]

Ba da dum. Millenials are narcs and racist. So, I think a bad attitude is much better. So go listen to back street boys on cassette or whateva

[@davidpar2]

“Bad attitudes.” Translation: We’re not interested in coddling you 😆

[@ronnieking3848]

Lol I only have Culture Club and Michael Jackson on casette....Whatever!!

[@noxbutcher5470]

Just 4uk1n chill

[@punkywozza4330]

Gen-Xers..... We respect the Boomer generation but we scratch our head at the Millennials for there way of doing things.

[@TheMadLeprechaun]

Gen X is the parent generation to the Millennials, so you're not blameless into how they turned out.

[@melodyseverything6999]

@@TheMadLeprechaun - If you read the Generation X wiki - no, we're not the actual helicopter parents - it's the boomers who had children late in their lives who are (their kids are Millennials). Gen Xers are actually good parents that give their children a lot of space and only swoop in when serious stuff happens. We're mostly parents to Gen Z.

[@TheMadLeprechaun]

@@melodyseverything6999 Not a reliable source, try again.

[@jessj.j.french7482]

Not my brother, he freaked out about hand sanitizer. And all that and me the middle child generation x same as my brother didn't give a damn. I've already been to jail. It was just another day to me But my brother and his family completely lost their nuggets. They are double vaxed and boosted. I just went to work during the planned demic and did my job I was essential🤣🤣🤣🤣🤮🤮🤮. I just drank whiskey every day after work. Because my back in my knees hurt. Now my brother is prediabetic and me. I drank whiskey. So much for him being generation x. He does what he is told he loves government. I just do my own thing, leave me the hell alone.

[@homeistheearth]

What is covid19??

[@amyspears4054]

Generalizations don't work. I can say millennials are the new boomers. Or gen z wears mom jeans. It may be true or it might not be depends on who you talk to.

[@accountholder169]

Why because they’re ignorant (Flynn effected) !!

[@btetschner]

This video is not helpful at all.

[@johnshafer7214]

Proud Gen X here too. Was in 2nd grade when the space shuttle blew up. We are good at dealing with adversity.