Gen X Is The Best Generation

bacon?

Lets Go!

Bobson Dugnutt

Site is crawling with them.

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772045#Comment_121772045

Myself included 🤓

JupiterKid

Yep, proud Gen Xer here (born in 1975). 😁

Dr Turk Turkelton

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772045#Comment_121772045

That's because lots of people were born between 1964 and 1980.

JupiterKid

I'd reckon the average boards user was born during the early to mid-1980s, so older Millenial category - and hitting their 40s now.

But yes, Gen X are indeed cool.

Ray Palmer

No generation is better but wildly different challenges

The speed of social change now is incredibly fast now so I feel sorry for the younger generation. They are afraid of so much and they have so much info out there to be pulled up when they get older

Dr Turk Turkelton

I genuinely had a fear of quicksand and the Bermuda Triangle as a kid.

thereiver

I feel sorry for Gen z facing climate change ,housing crisis , inflation ,paying high rents ,mediocre Public services lack of doctors .older generations had it easier in general .there's no such thing as a cool generation .every generation has its own music and favourite movies books Gen z is the first native internet generation eg they grew up using apps streaming music YouTube when I was a teen there was no internet or smartphones

Gen.z are too young to be in power or control political movements

Dr Turk Turkelton

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772197#Comment_121772197

Also their feelings are hurt too easily to be in power or control political movements.

Baba Yaga

jeez,ye are making me feel old... '59 vintage...

They spawned into the game on easy mode.

thereiver

Gen z are just more aware of the rights of LGBT groups and not as sexist or racist as previous generations in general

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772759#Comment_121772759

Well they say they are and want everyone to know how aware they are, usually via "look at me" nonsense on "social" media. Should be re-named Generation Zzzzz

talla10

Anyone who refers to themselves or others by generational names like boomers, gen z etc is a moron and easily influenced by American culture where all that crap started.

bacon?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772283#Comment_121772283

With the best soundtrack.

bacon?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772759#Comment_121772759

Just ain't cool being straight no more. At this rate, we'll all be LGBTQ+ in not time.

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772759#Comment_121772759

Oh no! Gen Z aren't the saints they're made out to be.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/feb/01/gen-z-boys-and-men-more-likely-than-baby-boomers-to-believe-feminism-harmful-says-poll

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gen-z-boys-andrew-tate-feminism-b2488809.html

foxsake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121773964#Comment_121773964

totally agree , its horseshit

that said the 1990 was the best time to be a teen and 2000 the best time to be 20

great times

Ray Palmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772759#Comment_121772759

Spoken from a point of view where you weren't about. The rights were fought by Gen X for the situation to get where it is now. I actually find a lot of Gen Z are quite intolerant of differing views and presume they are 100% correct without any discussion. Gen X challenged existing views where Gen Z seem to just shout down differing views.

thereiver

Gen z simply means you are a young person now ,it's like shorthand for old person ,middle aged person , person who. Is over 60 .it's not a negative naming system .each generation has its own cultural outlook ,way of dressing .older generations are usually better off as they probably own property or maybe live in council social housing .most gen z are living at home or else renting .boomer is short for baby boomer .

AllForIt

I've never used the term Gen X, Y, Z Boomers Karen's in a sentence, until today. They are terms not fully scorched into my vocab so when I see them here I have to google them to remind myself what exactly they mean. I think my brain is rejecting them like an implant.

If you asked me where they originate from I'd say they come from the Left, the same Left who say you shouldn't 'other' people.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772247#Comment_121772247

You're like a fine wine, the older the better. 😊.

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121783799#Comment_121783799

You would be wrong.

thereiver

If you want to avoid using Gen z you can simply say young people teens .people who are not middle aged .Gen z grew up using the web ,and social media meeting people on line using YouTube or other video streaming apps they tend to be more liberal or left wing than older generations

It's not just a label .it has effects on politics eg if Biden does not get alot of votes from Gen z. Trump will get elected and the world will become a more dangerous place

TheIrishGrover

Peter The Hermit (Really? :) ) 1274:

"The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint ... As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behaviour and dress."

Aristotle:

They (Young people) have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things -- and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning -- all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything -- they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else

Socrates (OK, he sounds like a tw4t - Despite hanging out with Bill & Ted):

The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their teachers.

Plato:

"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the laws. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"

So yeah, you can go right back. I'm sure, if you go back far enough you'll find that caveman kids think their folks are intolerant and ruined their future. and cavemen think their kids are lazy, entitled and also intolerant.

Ray Palmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121789517#Comment_121789517

You have a bit of a delusion view of importance of Gen z. Gen X made the internet and apps to dumb down the complexity for consumers. Liberal views are certainly not the preserve of youth. Some of the "positives" of GenZ is removing and belittling of hard won rights by women and equality.

It appear that GenZ are actually more sexist now as they view woman as capable of everything and men restricting them and/or not as capable. We have lots of false flag claims about now. Look at the Lidl ad supporting female Gaelic sports. They want the public to join the fight for inequality in sport. It completely ignores the reality of what the men did for decades to get where they are now but now the women's teams want the exact same with a few years of effort. That is not equality and it isn't a fight it just support the teams

American politics has little too do with the discussion here

Sleepy

Everyone always forgets about us Xennials though personally, as a cynical barsteward, I've always felt I lean more towards Gen X than Millennials.

Gen Z no doubt learned their lack of tolerance for homophobia, sexism or racism from their Gen X parents but I'd agree with @Ray Palmer that they've been so conditioned that way that they can often be seen to be jumping at shadows and seeing red flags where no real malice exists. Being "on message" can often be more important to them than being right.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772193#Comment_121772193

This prick didn't help matters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJ259y4fWY

As for the quicksand, I think it was all the 1930's tarzan movies that were played on Sunday afternoons on RTE. Every single one someone dies in quicksand.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121774004#Comment_121774004

I don't think any guy out there is getting rogered because he thought it'd be cool.

There's a few guys I went to school with who are gay. None of them were gay in school in the 80's and 90's. They've come out since. And I'd say there are probably a few others who are still in the closet. It's like the way there's more left handed people since we stopped beating the **** out of kids who are left handed.

So I'm ok with a large number being LGBT. It's far far better than the world I grew up in.

SharkMX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121791482#Comment_121791482

What an excellent post.

TheIrishGrover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121774004#Comment_121774004

Ted

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121791482#Comment_121791482

Peter the Hermit must have got loads of likes tweeting about Aristotle and Socrates.

thereiver

I'd prefer people to be oversensitive than to be sexist or racist .every generation has rude ignorant people violent people and criminals .I think previous generations had it easier to some degree eg lower average rents lower house prices .a lot of company's

are laying people off even tech company's that are making billions in profits .Ai could potentially replace millions of jobs , eg one person using ai prompts can make a short video Ad or video game trailer .voice over actors can be replaced by ai programs

AI is booming partly because company's expect it could replace the work being presently done by many office workers

.there has also been gay people in every generation it's just that now they can be more open about it without being bullied .women are free to play Gaa football or other sports but they probably won't get the same support I'm terms of tickets sold from the public .

Gen Z will be left to deal with the effects of climate change when boomers and Gen x are retired

mariaalice

Gen X is more conservative not the racist homophobic type of conservative, social liberal but supports marriage, community that sort of thing.

That is according to those who follow social media trends.

gormdubhgorm

Musk renamed Twitter after this generation, surely that is a good enough reason not to be the "best"

Ray Palmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121793688#Comment_121793688

Why do you ignore responses to your comments?

Overly sensitive is one thing but shouting down people with differing view and not listening is a problem. The reality is people with well thought out reasoning becomes sound bites and any idiot can repeat them and not understand what is being said because they aren't listening. It is just a different form of bigotry and ignorance.

The older GenZ are 27 and youngest 12. That is a lot of people without any political power or responsibility. House prices now are only catching up with Celtic Tiger year so we didn't have cheaper house prices nor rent. There was also stamp duty on those houses making them more expensive. Gen X lived through recessions more than the generation before.

I can accept your ignorance because you weren't about but you could read more information on the subjects you re talking about rather than make statements with a lack of knowledge.

We were about when computers made many a job obsolete and AI will do similar but we ended up doing more work with better tools. AI is just another tool.

People are and were openly gay my entire life. Women were allowed play GAA all my life too.

Every generation deals with the good and bad results of the generation before. So climate change and improved rights come hand in hand.

Leo Varadkar and openly gay half Indian man was made Taoiseach when the oldest GenZ was 20 and gay marriage game in when GenZ's eldest were 18. You guys didn't have the political power to do those things

Bobson Dugnutt

There’s a cohort of men born between say 1975 and 1985 who grew up without the internet, but who were probably early adopters. It seems to have impacted some of them very badly. Angry, belligerent, jealous, mean spirited, reactionary sorts.

They seem to spend an inordinate amount of their time online giving out about women, immigrants, wokeness, the government, modern music, people on the radio, people on the television, societal change.

They aren’t even what you’d term as conservatives.

TheIrishGrover

The most important thing: What comes AFTER Gen Z? We start with "A" again?

Ray Palmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121801538#Comment_121801538

That is such a weird view. It seems like much younger people are the issue with abuse on the net. Most people in the age group you are talking about are much more likely to be at work with families and not have the time.

Online bullying peers is much more of a problem and often perpetrates by females from studies I see.

Empty vessels make the loudest noise but it doesn't make them the majority

Bobson Dugnutt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121801709#Comment_121801709

Definitely not suggesting that everyone born during that time range is like that. There’s lot of lads who are working away, raising a family, taking up cycling, looking for the best price for Rogaine, looking forward to the Pearl Jam gig, listening to the Rest is History, and generally moving through life.

There’s a small cohort of men from that era who appear to have been destroyed by the internet though. You see a load of them on twitter. Boring middle-aged men with anger issues who appear to have problems with everyone who isn’t exactly like them. Pathetic beta sorts. The most tragic generation we’ve seen. None of the stoicism of the earlier generations and none of the enthusiasm and optimism of the newer generations.

Ray Palmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121801773#Comment_121801773

I think you are seeing things. I see a lot more misandry. The fact you use a term like "beta" suggests you are buying into extremely sexist and made up beliefs. There has always been angry people and when being by virtue of your age and sex you are called names and insulted regularly it will make people angrier.

Not uncommon for modern women to say they don't need men and nobody bats an eyelid. Do you not see how sexist that is?

thereiver

The world is better in regard we have access to the web apps YouTube streaming TV almost anyone can afford to buy a laptop or a smartphone the next gen is gen A. People under the age of 17

Gen are facing a housing crisis and having to pay extremely high rents

I think the world is a more dangerous place with the rise of right wing politicians Putin could win the war in Ukraine because American politicians won't pass a bill in Congress to send aid to Ukraine Iran is supplying advanced drones and missiles to any proxy group that wants to attack Israel or ships going through the red sea

Ray Palmer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121804249#Comment_121804249

We were able to get information before the web and had many ways to get it. Just a bit slower and harder to do.

Housing is cheaper than it was during the Celtic Tiger days as is rent. The prices are just catching up but that is ignoring inflation and the reduced government charges

What you think doesn't make it so. There was a genuine fear of nuclear war and there were a few terrorist around. Max you were was 1 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed. So depending where you lived in Ireland it was pretty dangerous

The Middle East has had a lot of ongoing issues way before I was born but I remember where the Taliban were allies even helping out James Bond in the movies.

Your problem is that you don't have any memory reference to say things are "more dangerous"

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121804249#Comment_121804249

In theory we all have miniature Libraries of Alexandria in our pocket, in reality we have the only porta potty at Glastonbury that's starting to back up.