Posted on 10/21/2022 9:09:26 AM PDT by bitt
We want an America that’s fun, happy, and free—the country we grew up in and that we crave for our children.
Some social media blue checks had a bit of a temper tantrum this week following the release of a New York Times poll that showed overwhelming support for Republicans among Gen X voters.
The poll broke down the results by the respondents’ ages, and while the category encompassing Gen X also technically included some younger Baby Boomers, it captured most of the so-called slacker generation. According to the survey, Gen Xers, those born between 1965 and 1980, now prefer a Republican candidate to a Democratic candidate 59 percent to 38 percent, a huge gap unmatched by the other age groups. (Boomers, the next closest group, split at 48 percent for each.)
That wasn’t the only bad news for Democrats. Fifty-six percent of Gen Xers “strongly disapprove” of Joe Biden’s job performance—a percentage nine points higher than the disapproval of Baby Boomers and 20 points higher than that of Millennials. Donald Trump has the highest approval rating and lowest unfavorable rating among Gen X voters. Forty-two percent of my generation describe Democrats as a threat to democracy; 50 percent say the same about Biden.
The Times poll isn’t an outlier. A whopping 64 percent of Gen Xers disapprove of Biden, eight points higher than the next closest age group, the Boomers, according to a Morning Consult survey conducted earlier this month. Gen Xers are most likely to believe the country is on the wrong track; plan to vote Republican next month; think coronavirus hysteria is a bigger threat to the economy than to public health; disapprove of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; and approve of Trump.
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Yea for me. What do I win?
Up their ass with broken glass!
Gen X: We made “whatever” our philosophy and it works. Lol
“Eat My Shorts” is post-GenX. “Up Your Nose with a Rubber Hose” is pre-GenX. The GenX response is probably “Gag Me with a Spoon.”
That reminds, they did a new video for the 40th anniversary of Zappa’s “Valley Girl”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Q1yVLSR3I
“Eat My Shorts” is post-GenX.
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I heard that phrase way back in the late 70’s. Classic.
Ah yes. Valley Girl. Back when Nicholas Cage was a promising up-and-coming new actor and not doing anything that comes across his desk for a paycheck.
“Eat My Shorts” came from the 1985 movie Breakfast Club. The intended audience for that movie is clearly Gen X, because at the time that it came out, the oldest Gen Y would have been all of about 4 years old.
Funny, I thought that saying came from the Simpsons cartoon show.
Bart was always saying it.
LOLOLOL!
I forgot about that. I thought it was popularized in the 90s by Bart Simpson.
The X’ers are a pretty special group. Kari Lake is one of them. The boomers, of which I am one, wrecked everything, and this current group of ruling fossils and ghouls is largely boomers.
My son son once said, “No offense Dad, but your generation needs to die.”
To me, Bender telling Vernon to “eat my shorts” is unforgettable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vCX8TGqmc&ab_channel=BellaM
“Gag Me with a Spoon.”
As if. My bad. Talk to the hand. Don’t go postal.
Well, Bart is technically a Gen-Xer. He first appeared with his family in several short episodes on the Tracy Ulman show, the first short debuted on April 19, 1987. Bart is supposed to be 10 years old. So, he'd have been born in 1977. He uttered the phrase "Eat my shorts!" the first time in the second episode of the first season of The Simpsons (Bart the Genius), which aired January 14, 1990.
Aren’t Gen X’ers getting dangerously close to “get off my lawn” age?
I and both of my best friends exactly fit all these categories. There used to be Democrats who were sane and who you could consider voting for but those days ended around the time Obama came along.
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