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Gen X Plus 15 Is Like, Rich, But Reality Still Bites, Bro
New York Observer ^
| 21 November 2006
| Christine Smallwood
Posted on 11/21/2006 9:37:10 AM PST by shrinkermd
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...Without a doubt, Gen X moved from the margins to the mainstream. Headbangers Ball and 120 Minutes gave way to emo tyranny and slouching shaggy-haired dudes (Im looking at you, Justin Long) shilling Macs and Coca-Colas downloadable podcasts of the freshest talent in North American grooves, while the Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80s Underground boxed CD sets push nostalgia on those too young for Time-Life collections. Cool hunters (thank you, William Gibson) and youth marketers (soon to be joined by Atoosa Rubenstein?) skulk about, while high-school students eagerly enlist in buzz marketing campaignsbecause the separation of youth and corporation, once the prized plank in the X platform, is no longer an issue.
To: shrinkermd
Their tattoos are getting a little dated
To: shrinkermd
At the time of Mr. Couplands breakthrough, they were in their early 20s, fresh out of college, hanging onto the bottom rung of the company ladder. And this was perceived as grossly unfair and unprecendented.
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:51:42 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: shrinkermd
Your quote from the article gave me a headache. ;)
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:52:40 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: sageb1
They are a bunch of babies...with credit cards....
To: Youngman442002
Their tattoos are getting a little datedROFLMAO !!!
seems like a tattoo was/is part of the uniform.
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:55:11 AM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(America won't win another war until the 1960s flower children are pushing up petunias.)
To: sageb1
When Tom Wolfe dreamed up that style of reporting (circa 1965) it was fresh, fast, and in-the-know.
Forty years later, yeah, it just gives one headaches.
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posted on
11/21/2006 9:56:20 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: shrinkermd
He says GenX embraced the world of its parents (Boomers). How can that be, when the Boomers STILL haven't become adults?
To: Youngman442002
They are a bunch of babies...with credit cards.... Okayyyy. This is based on what? GEN-X is one of the most educated generations turned out by this country and one of the most productive. In the 80s, Americans were called lazy by the japanese. Now they say we're obsessed with work, and we have almost the lowest vacation rate of the industrialized world.
It used to be board executives were in their 50s and 60s. Now we're seeing more and more in their 40s and even late 30s.
Hard working? Absolutely. Cynical? Perhaps. But "babies with credit cards"? Hey, at least we weren't a bunch of lazy hippies who never grew up.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:09:43 AM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
To: sageb1
Yes, it didn't give me a headache but I really did not understand it. Seemed like something Maureen Dowd would write trying to impress us with the consumer preferences of the overclass.
To: Lunatic Fringe
right on... to quote a boomer phrase
boomers are the biggest sell outs in modern history with their hippie anti establishment ideas continuing into modern day self indulgence.
X'ers meanwhile had no choice but to be educated as they are the first generation that had to buy into astronomical real estate growth as well as financing their own retirements. To top it all off they will also be responsible for cleaning up social security and reigning in the latest boomer giveaway, perscription drug benefits.
Its as if the rest of the generations have eaten and the Xer's will be stuck with the check.
To: shrinkermd
Exactly. Not being one to give up easily, I read it 3 times. Then gave up. lol!
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:25:42 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: ONTHEFIFTY
perscription = prescription... ahem.
To: Lunatic Fringe
Wonder if this will turn into another bash GenX thread. Oh wait, of course it will.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:33:18 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: mysterio
GenXers are the worst... except for me!
To: mysterio
The only thing worth bashing is the idea of attaching importance to "generations". People are people, whether they are born in 1918 or 1988.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:38:24 AM PST
by
Route797
To: mysterio
"Wonder if this will turn into another bash GenX thread."
It appears to have morphed into another "bash the baby boomers" thread, instead.
To: mysterio
Whatever would we do if we couldn't find someone to blame? Next thing you know, GenXers will be asking for reparations. ;)
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:43:03 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: qam1
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:44:19 AM PST
by
ncdrumr
To: riverdawg
Boomers and GenXers just need to meet in the parking lot after school and fight. Just to get it out of their systems and all. At least the ones here do.
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posted on
11/21/2006 10:44:51 AM PST
by
mysterio
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