Defining this generation

Shryke · 31-03-2012 1:09am

Tales from the Aul Pair should be treated like tales from the Bible.

uch · 31-03-2012 1:21am

I'd say the Dopey generation, just ask Google

darlett · 31-03-2012 2:42am

humberklog wrote: »

The Like/Unlike generation.

The Thanks/Leave Blanks generation.

James T Kirk · 31-03-2012 3:31am

Generation World War III, soon.

Very soon, LOL. :pac:

ToddyDoody · 31-03-2012 3:39am

I'm sure its the usual 'Generation that needs a good kick up the arse'. I'd like to hope its the generation that wont wage a world war, or bring humanity to its knees in some other way. it seems, unfortunately, to be a popular consensus that most prefer destructive activity to no activity

krudler · 31-03-2012 4:03am

languagenerd wrote: »

I'm 20, am I one of the "generation" you're talking about?

Mine was called "The Pokemon Kids" for a bit (being that Pokemon was super-popular when I was aged 8-10, ask almost any 18-22 year old and they'll tell you about it), then we were the Bebo Generation... Now I think we might be the Facebook Generation. Who knows?

I'm just sorry I missed punk...

punk is sh1t though.

this generation, I dunno, the internet generation I guess, I was a teenager in the 90s so had that whole Gen-X thing, then was in my 20s by the 2000s rolled around, now....bland sh1t is the music and remakes and unecessary sequels the movies. tv is awesome though.

token101 · 31-03-2012 4:11am

D-Generation X

EdenHazard · 31-03-2012 4:19am

INTERNET GENERATION.

Justin Bieber, Mark Zuckerburg etc. are the poster boys

The King of Moo · 31-03-2012 4:28am

languagenerd wrote: »

I'm 20, am I one of the "generation" you're talking about?

Mine was called "The Pokemon Kids" for a bit (being that Pokemon was super-popular when I was aged 8-10, ask almost any 18-22 year old and they'll tell you about it), then we were the Bebo Generation... Now I think we might be the Facebook Generation. Who knows?

I'm just sorry I missed punk...

You just have to know where to look There are quite a few rock-bars and clubs around Dublin that do rather well. And emo isn't anywhere near as popular as it was around 2005. They morphed into scene kids (which was essentially the same thing but louder and in multi-colour - oh how I hated them...) and half of them are hipsters now. I'm not a huge fan of labels though, people (especially teenagers) start feeling like they have to fit the description to a T...

I've no doubt there are interesting trends passing under my old-fogey nose.

I just wonder if any of them will come to define our era. Maybe there's just too many of them.

I can't believe I forgot about the hipsters! I think people might look back at this period as the Age of the Hipster. They're funny ones though: I think in a way there's always been hipsters around, in that there's always people with a superior attitude about the art they enjoy, or claim to enjoy.
I'm sure at the dawn of the 17th century there were people scoffing at Shakespeare fans who got into his stuff after Hamlet, whereas they'd liked him before he was cool and had been at the first performance of Henry VI.
The only difference now is that that attitude has been combined with a recognisable dress code.
And stupid, stupid moustaches.

I guess it's hard to define a generation while it still exists. We're going to need the space-historians of 2099 to have some critical distance and label us.

flanum · 31-03-2012 5:33am

x factor generation!

Scanlas The 2nd · 31-03-2012 7:07am

When does one one generation end and begin?

Is there a new generation every day

AngryBollix · 31-03-2012 11:03am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4j37CX29g

St.Spodo · 31-03-2012 11:08am

The ''having everything except taste generation''.

Roadtrippin · 31-03-2012 1:39pm

Celtic Tiger generation.

paddyandy · 31-03-2012 5:13pm

We are so lost we don't even know it .....we don't even have the right questions .

Napper Hawkins · 31-03-2012 5:43pm

The "dressing like early 90's Saved By The Bell nerds is fashionable now" generation.

EdenHazard · 31-03-2012 5:46pm

Hahah define the look?

boobar · 31-03-2012 5:55pm

Ice Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age....................now, Dole Age.

Logical Fallacy · 31-03-2012 6:01pm

iGeneration.

The concept of a culture of movement is mostly dead...because movement is the norm now. Nothing stays static and change is pretty much demanded. Instant access to every kind of art, music and culture from all over the world. It's a mishmash.