Comments on: Generation X http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generation-x The Thinks I Think Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:19:03 -0500 hourly 1 By: name http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2114 name Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:58:37 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2114 Hi!, Hi!,

]]> By: name http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2113 name Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:58:12 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2113 Good day!, Good day!,

]]> By: Shawn Powers http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2112 Shawn Powers Wed, 28 May 2008 12:43:49 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2112 Welcome Cheryl! I might end up reading the "Gen X" book, but based on the feedback here, it will be out of sheer morbid curiosity. :) I've never heard of Microserfs, but it sounds creepishly like Microsoft. I'll have to look it up. Thanks! Welcome Cheryl!

I might end up reading the “Gen X” book, but based on the feedback here, it will be out of sheer morbid curiosity. :)

I’ve never heard of Microserfs, but it sounds creepishly like Microsoft. I’ll have to look it up. Thanks!

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2111 Cheryl Wed, 28 May 2008 04:20:28 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2111 I agreed with a lot of stuff in that article, and I always knew I was in Generation X, but I have to say, don't bother with Copeland's novel of the same name. Far better, and more relevant to our generation, is Microserfs. BTW, "Hi, I'm Cheryl." No idea how I found your blog but I have been lurking and reading your feed for a couple of weeks. :) I agreed with a lot of stuff in that article, and I always knew I was in Generation X, but I have to say, don’t bother with Copeland’s novel of the same name. Far better, and more relevant to our generation, is Microserfs.

BTW, “Hi, I’m Cheryl.” No idea how I found your blog but I have been lurking and reading your feed for a couple of weeks. :)

]]> By: Nathan http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2110 Nathan Wed, 21 May 2008 16:22:15 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2110 Wait! Somebody ruptured something? You guys never tell me anything! Wait! Somebody ruptured something? You guys never tell me anything!

]]> By: Shawn Powers http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2109 Shawn Powers Wed, 21 May 2008 15:17:18 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2109 I didn't know <a href="http://www.venganza.org/" rel="nofollow">Pastafarians</a> believed in the rapture. I guess you learn something new every day. :D I didn’t know Pastafarians believed in the rapture. I guess you learn something new every day. :D

]]> By: Russ http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2108 Russ Wed, 21 May 2008 15:13:51 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2108 No it's going to be Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z. Then the rapture. Then I get all your stuff. :) No it’s going to be Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z. Then the rapture. Then I get all your stuff. :)

]]> By: Monochrome Rainbows http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2107 Monochrome Rainbows Wed, 21 May 2008 02:51:55 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2107 Gen-Hilda 2015 - 2025 put a bow on that one! Gen-Hilda 2015 – 2025 put a bow on that one!

]]> By: Nathan http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2106 Nathan Tue, 20 May 2008 17:07:15 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2106 Michelle, Going with this lack of creativity, the next Gen will be Gen-Z...and then, after that, they'll start getting names the same way as hurricanes do. Can't wait to read about Generation-Hilda! Michelle,

Going with this lack of creativity, the next Gen will be Gen-Z…and then, after that, they’ll start getting names the same way as hurricanes do.

Can’t wait to read about Generation-Hilda!

]]> By: Random Michelle K http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2105 Random Michelle K Tue, 20 May 2008 15:06:32 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2105 Steve, Technically it has to do with population rates more than anything else. Well, that and the fact that your parents were likely to lived through WWII. Gen X are the kids of those born during WWI and of the earliest baby boomers--those who got married and had kids young (a relatively small population) and we were the first latch key kids, the first kids for which divorce became commonplace, and the first generation to suffer through "quality time" No, not all Gen Xers went through this, but chances are we had good friends who went through those things if we ourselves did not, whereas the Baby Boomers were more likely to have a stay-at-home mom or another relative with whom they stayed instead of going to a Day Care Center. In my experience, GenXers have tended to wait to get married and having kids, having see what our parent's generation put their kids through. But that's just what I've seen--I have no empirical data for that. :) Steve,

Technically it has to do with population rates more than anything else. Well, that and the fact that your parents were likely to lived through WWII.

Gen X are the kids of those born during WWI and of the earliest baby boomers–those who got married and had kids young (a relatively small population) and we were the first latch key kids, the first kids for which divorce became commonplace, and the first generation to suffer through “quality time”

No, not all Gen Xers went through this, but chances are we had good friends who went through those things if we ourselves did not, whereas the Baby Boomers were more likely to have a stay-at-home mom or another relative with whom they stayed instead of going to a Day Care Center.

In my experience, GenXers have tended to wait to get married and having kids, having see what our parent’s generation put their kids through. But that’s just what I’ve seen–I have no empirical data for that. :)

]]> By: Monochrome Rainbows http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2104 Monochrome Rainbows Tue, 20 May 2008 14:54:36 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2104 From what wikipedia said nothing defines Gen Y except that we use computers more than the last generation. That's not much to be remembered by. From what wikipedia said nothing defines Gen Y except that we use computers more than the last generation. That’s not much to be remembered by.

]]> By: Steve Buchheit http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2103 Steve Buchheit Tue, 20 May 2008 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2103 As a 66er, I'm in that "not a Boomer, not really an Xer" crowd. Sure, they adjust the dates to make them contiguous, but really, how much does someone born in 64 have in common with someone born in 46? How much does someone born in 65 have with someone born AFTER disco? But yeah, us (gosh darn it they lump me in there anyway) Xers certainly have gotten the fuzzy-end of the lollipop most of our lives, sandwiched between the Boomers and their demon-seed. As a 66er, I’m in that “not a Boomer, not really an Xer” crowd. Sure, they adjust the dates to make them contiguous, but really, how much does someone born in 64 have in common with someone born in 46? How much does someone born in 65 have with someone born AFTER disco? But yeah, us (gosh darn it they lump me in there anyway) Xers certainly have gotten the fuzzy-end of the lollipop most of our lives, sandwiched between the Boomers and their demon-seed.

]]> By: Random Michelle K http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2102 Random Michelle K Tue, 20 May 2008 12:42:55 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2102 Sorry Nathan. You're a definitely a Baby Boomer. 1946 to 1964 is the Baby Boom. (We discussed the Baby Boom in every single Gerontology class I took.) I'm Generation X--except for that whole fear of technology thing. And how depressing is this? We had "The Greatest Generation" followed by "The Baby Boomers" then "Generation X" and then "Generation Y" At least Generation X had a specific meaning, in that the demographers couldn't figure us the hell out. Generation Y is just kinda sad, like they couldn't come up with a relevant cutsey name. Sorry Nathan. You’re a definitely a Baby Boomer.

1946 to 1964 is the Baby Boom. (We discussed the Baby Boom in every single Gerontology class I took.)

I’m Generation X–except for that whole fear of technology thing.

And how depressing is this? We had “The Greatest Generation” followed by “The Baby Boomers” then “Generation X” and then “Generation Y”

At least Generation X had a specific meaning, in that the demographers couldn’t figure us the hell out. Generation Y is just kinda sad, like they couldn’t come up with a relevant cutsey name.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2101 Nathan Mon, 19 May 2008 22:24:08 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2101 I'm too old for Gen X and I think I fall off the end of the Boomer designation (born in '60). I hereby declare those born from 1960-1966 as Generation Unclaimed. I’m too old for Gen X and I think I fall off the end of the Boomer designation (born in ’60).

I hereby declare those born from 1960-1966 as Generation Unclaimed.

]]> By: Shawn Powers http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2100 Shawn Powers Mon, 19 May 2008 17:48:46 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2100 Ya whippersnapper. So does that mean you love your job and everything about it? And Baby Boomers make you smile? Also, Tania, I haven't read any of his books. Maybe I'll add it to the shame pile. Ya whippersnapper.

So does that mean you love your job and everything about it? And Baby Boomers make you smile?

Also, Tania, I haven’t read any of his books. Maybe I’ll add it to the shame pile.

]]> By: Monochrome Rainbows http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2099 Monochrome Rainbows Mon, 19 May 2008 17:46:26 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2099 I missed being in Gen X by one year. I'm generation Y for whatever that counts as. I missed being in Gen X by one year. I’m generation Y for whatever that counts as.

]]> By: Tania http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/05/19/generation-x/#comment-2098 Tania Mon, 19 May 2008 16:13:27 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/?p=537#comment-2098 And oddly enough, I just don't identify with the characters in the novel <i>Generation X</i>. <i>Shampoo Planet</i>, however, could be a roman a clef of some parts of my life. <i>Microserfs</i> hit too close to home, I have friends that have been with MS since the mid 80s and early 90s. Oh, what, we're not discussing the works of Douglas Coupland? Sorry... And oddly enough, I just don’t identify with the characters in the novel Generation X. Shampoo Planet, however, could be a roman a clef of some parts of my life. Microserfs hit too close to home, I have friends that have been with MS since the mid 80s and early 90s.

Oh, what, we’re not discussing the works of Douglas Coupland? Sorry…

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