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elSicomoro · 10-03-2003, 11:34 PM

I think that "don't trust anyone over 30" schtick came back to a degree in the early to mid-90s: "I'm so miserable and full of angst...it's because of my parents and their generation and the fucking government! I'm going to go shoot up some smack now and listen to Nevermind and Ten 1500 times because Kurt and Eddie feel my pain. They know me!"

And that attitude by some morons in my generation (the one known as X) inflamed the generation before us. Then Gen X got pissed off at those people...vicious cycle, etc. etc. etc.

I think a lot of that died off with the passing of Kurt Cobain and the fadeout of grunge, but even moreso as Gen X'ers began to do good, particularly in the tech boom of the late 90s.

As I see the countless teenagers that reside in my neighborhood, I wonder if they view Gen X with the same contempt as some Gen Xers did with the generation before us.

10-03-2003, 11:34 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I think that "don't trust anyone over 30" schtick came back to a degree in the early to mid-90s: "I'm so miserable and full of angst...it's because of my parents and their generation and the fucking government! I'm going to go shoot up some smack now and listen to Nevermind and Ten 1500 times because Kurt and Eddie feel my pain. They know me!" And that attitude by some morons in my generation (the one known as X) inflamed the generation before us. Then Gen X got pissed off at those people...vicious cycle, etc. etc. etc. I think a lot of that died off with the passing of Kurt Cobain and the fadeout of grunge, but even moreso as Gen X'ers began to do good, particularly in the tech boom of the late 90s. As I see the countless teenagers that reside in my neighborhood, I wonder if they view Gen X with the same contempt as some Gen Xers did with the generation before us.