worst generation

I'm in that gray zone between X and Y and can't imagine anyone worse that my peers

i dunno man, do you think the kids 5 or 10 or 15 years younger than us are cooler? semi-serious question.

graph of shitty NYT op-ed writers by generation

thomas friedman (b. 1953) - baby boomer
ross douthat (b. 1979) - gen X
david brooks (b. 1961) - gen X
maureen dowd (b. 1952) - baby boomer

some other writers

jonah goldberg (b. 1969) - gen X
kathleen parker (b. 1951) - baby boomer
jennifer rubin (b. 1968) - gen X
kathryn jean lopez (b. 1976) - gen X

<drops mic>

I dunno man, that's the narrative but it seems like the Occupy movement was as millenial as it was any other generation.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, May 1, 2012 1:12 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there are literally thousands of millenials critical of the governments monetary policy, call in the paramilitaries

haha

http://www.people-press.org/files/2011/11/11-3-11-45.png

wow 64% of the silent generation is not very silent when it comes to answering poll questions

they just blink once for yes, twice for no

http://meyermktg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/genx5.jpg

"we made it!! we're set for life!! I wish kurt cobain were around to see how far we've come..."

http://www.people-press.org/files/2011/11/11-3-11-61.png

wow 64% of the silent generation is not very silent when it comes to answering poll questions

― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Tuesday, May 1, 2012 10:37 AM (12 minutes ago)

awww you're talking about my parents here!

lol silent generation is such a mean name

my dad always refers to his generation as war babies

guess thats a lil narrower window

i don't think it's that mean, there are definitely plenty of times when i wish my mom were more silent.

(xp to iatee) all that graph really says is that Gen Xers bought a ton of stupid mortgages

that's the only thing I wanted it to say

well then, success

i bought zero stupid mortgages but then i dont identify as genX im my own generation u cant define me

i only like pavement i dont love them

i bouht zero stupid mortgages because i am not a sell-out like those other people who were born around the same time i was.

I bought a stupid mortgage and Kurt Cobain is still dead!

you didn't think that would resurrect him?

I bought zero stupid mortgages because I did a ton of research before signing any papers

not a hard rule, but all this bloody internecine generational conflict on ilx makes me realize that the posters i really like tend to be members of my generational cohort.

hah i feel like im more down w/the millenials even tho i voted them the worst

mordy, iatee, lorax, frogbs

a special generation with a special acronym

is lorax a millennial?

he is now

he's not one of ours, that's for sure

i always through i was too young for x, too old for y

I came of age in 1999, fuck all yr generations

http://i.imgur.com/Q5nvd.jpg

looks p old

and yes despite hearing for ten years about scott weiland milarepa fund swingin on the flippity flop, every measure shows generation x to be shockingly conservative

SHOCKINGLY

I feel bad for generational tweeners

generation disney

i always through i was too young for x, too old for y

― goole, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya me too, like my older sister and her friends def fit the genX stereotype better

if you've ever worked in a video store, you're a Gen Xer

GENERATIONS AREN'T BUFFETS

too young for x, too old for y, too weird to live and too rare to die

yeah video store culture is one of those vanished cultures

every measure shows generation x to be shockingly conservative

Couldn't be a reaction, could it?

its almost as if these designations arent perfect

too young for electroclash, too old for vhs feather wave :(

video stores were p sweet *sigh*

of all the generations to be stuck between, I get gen x and millenials :(

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynd1fY9ci1qzzh6g.jpg

'one day...I'll have a stupid mortgage'

of all the generations to be stuck between, I get gen x and millenials :(

lol, what would be preferable in your eyes?

if you've ever worked in a video store, you're a Gen Xer

Ha, I have one over on THE VOICE OF X.

every measure shows generation x to be shockingly conservative

― goole, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 11:05 AM (7 minutes ago)

nothing's shocking