Though I think all the post TV generations are roughly similar, you might be on to something about a new malevolent influence of culture far heavier than that faced by us who graduated high school in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. I certainly do not envy the young these days.
**Though I think all the post TV generations are roughly similar**
I don’t know, I was born in 1966 and I noticed early on that I related well to the older generations pretty easy but the Baby Boomers. I got along and respected the “good” boomers as I called them who either went and fought in Vietnam or minded their own business vs the “bad” boomers who was the protest crowd but the Baby Boomers seemed wired differently.
Honestly I could relate with kids ten years younger than a baby boomer only a few years older. At least until this recent generation came to age. Someone pointed out about kids born 1985 onward being self absorbed. Scary that the kids of my high school classmates seem like they are from an alien planet but they do.
Myself I feel more and more like Inspector Luger off of the tv show “Barney Miller” (the TV references someone was complaining us X’ers always make). Like him nostalgia for the old days seem to preoccupy my time. I just watch the news anymore or see the culture and expect Rod Serling to step out and the music of the Twilight Zone to play. Reality don’t seem real anymore.