Ran across some interesting rants on Boomers and GenY by GenX'ers, so I thought I post a few.
http://rantventrant.wordpress.com/why-b ... mers-suck/
http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=29974
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/sto ... 52046498/1
http://www.whybabyboomerssuck.blogspot.com/
The comments on this are fascinating
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-generation-x.htm
GenX on Boomers
Re: GenX on Boomers
What I've noticed from the Boomers is that even though there isn't the same hatred that Generation X has for them, many of them look down on them. I've mentioned Generation X to some of my boomer acquaintances and the general response is something like "Generation X is lazy, stupid, and don't care about anyone but themselves".
Re: GenX on Boomers
Dear Trevor,
Boomers. But there's a broader picture than that.
During the 1960s, Boomers alienated themselves from their parents.
Then they got married and divorced, alienating themselves from each
other. So it's not surprising that they also alienated their
children.
One thing that's been surprising to me is how easy it is to get along
with Millennials. I can joke around with a Millennial in the same way
that I've always been able to joke around with Boomers. But I don't
dare try to joke around with a Gen-Xer, because it will infuriate him.
As I've said before, when you're talking to a Gen-Xer, you're always
in danger of stepping on a land mine.
OLD's list of articles was very interesting, and possibly the most interesting
was this one:
Boomers. So my perception is that Millennials and Boomers form a sort
of "axis" that Gen-Xers dislike.
The other thing I've noticed in the last decade, with respect to
Gen-Xers and Boomers, is that both sides may have mellowed. I and
other Boomers have learned to be very careful around Gen-Xers for fear
of getting them mad. Gen-Xers appear to be more accepting of Boomers
because they've learned, to use the phrase I've used before, that
basing your life on hatred of one-third of the population makes you
dangerous to yourself and others. So it's possible that the two sides
are getting along better -- sort of a cold war rather than a hot war.
John
This is certainly true, and is one of the reasons why Gen-Xers dislikeTrevor wrote: > What I've noticed from the Boomers is that even though there isn't
> the same hatred that Generation X has for them, many of them look
> down on them. I've mentioned Generation X to some of my boomer
> acquaintances and the general response is something like
> "Generation X is lazy, stupid, and don't care about anyone but
> themselves".
Boomers. But there's a broader picture than that.
During the 1960s, Boomers alienated themselves from their parents.
Then they got married and divorced, alienating themselves from each
other. So it's not surprising that they also alienated their
children.
One thing that's been surprising to me is how easy it is to get along
with Millennials. I can joke around with a Millennial in the same way
that I've always been able to joke around with Boomers. But I don't
dare try to joke around with a Gen-Xer, because it will infuriate him.
As I've said before, when you're talking to a Gen-Xer, you're always
in danger of stepping on a land mine.
OLD's list of articles was very interesting, and possibly the most interesting
was this one:
In other words, Gen-Xers dislike Millennials as much as they dislike> For some members of Generation X, the cohort sandwiched between
> the Baby Boomers and the so-called Millennial age group of many
> Occupy Wall Street protesters, the demonstrations represent a
> missed opportunity in their own youth to take up the cause of
> combatting economic inequality.
> But for others, the Occupy movement is at best a showy rehash of
> similar recessionist angst they weathered with self-sufficiency
> and little more public display of disaffection than grunge rock
> and goatees — and at worst a reflection of a younger generation
> with a whiny, overweening idea of its own importance.
> "Generation X is tired of your sense of entitlement. Generation X
> also graduated during a recession … and actually had to pay for
> its own music," declared Mat Honan, 39, a San Francisco-based
> writer for the technology blog Gizmodo.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/sto ... 52046498/1
Boomers. So my perception is that Millennials and Boomers form a sort
of "axis" that Gen-Xers dislike.
The other thing I've noticed in the last decade, with respect to
Gen-Xers and Boomers, is that both sides may have mellowed. I and
other Boomers have learned to be very careful around Gen-Xers for fear
of getting them mad. Gen-Xers appear to be more accepting of Boomers
because they've learned, to use the phrase I've used before, that
basing your life on hatred of one-third of the population makes you
dangerous to yourself and others. So it's possible that the two sides
are getting along better -- sort of a cold war rather than a hot war.
John
Re: GenX on Boomers
Maybe you're seeing something that I'm not, but I haven't seen things mellow out between the two generations. We're seeing the conflict between the Prophets and Nomads in just about every direction.
One looming battle that's coming up is the battle with Social Security and Medicare, with the Boomers on one side and the X-ers and Millennials on the other. Yeah, we've been saying for decades that it's likely that the Boomers won't be able to retire, or at least not all of them will, but there are plenty of them who will fight against it every step of the way. Almost nobody in Generation X believes that it's going to be around long enough for them to be able to retire, and the thought of their tax dollars going to support a generation they loathe with every fiber of their being... they're not going to want to do that. I remember reading in the Fourth Turning about this very issue, where it said that as long as getting rid of these programs hurt boomers as much as it does them, they'll be willing to get rid of it or at least reduce the benefits.
Since you mentioned that the hatred the nomads hold for the prophets doesn't fully materialize until there's a major financial collapse, what are they going to do when the stock market crashes and all the CDOs default? Since they refuse to blame each other for any crimes, I see a strong possibility that they will blame everything on the Boomers (not that they're entirely wrong, but they didn't do it on their own)
One looming battle that's coming up is the battle with Social Security and Medicare, with the Boomers on one side and the X-ers and Millennials on the other. Yeah, we've been saying for decades that it's likely that the Boomers won't be able to retire, or at least not all of them will, but there are plenty of them who will fight against it every step of the way. Almost nobody in Generation X believes that it's going to be around long enough for them to be able to retire, and the thought of their tax dollars going to support a generation they loathe with every fiber of their being... they're not going to want to do that. I remember reading in the Fourth Turning about this very issue, where it said that as long as getting rid of these programs hurt boomers as much as it does them, they'll be willing to get rid of it or at least reduce the benefits.
Since you mentioned that the hatred the nomads hold for the prophets doesn't fully materialize until there's a major financial collapse, what are they going to do when the stock market crashes and all the CDOs default? Since they refuse to blame each other for any crimes, I see a strong possibility that they will blame everything on the Boomers (not that they're entirely wrong, but they didn't do it on their own)
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