#gen-x — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gen-x, aggregated by home.social.
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FYI: The ONLY reason the #middleclass came into existence was to keep #communism at bay! #placation101
https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/117088968892678693
#capitalism #capitalismFAIL #socialism101 #socialism #capitalismBS #redscare #fauxredscare #coldwarpartdeux #generationjones #genx #geny #millennials #genz #generationwars #boomers #babyboomers
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FYI: The ONLY reason the #middleclass came into existence was to keep #communism at bay! #placation101
https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/117088968892678693
#capitalism #capitalismFAIL #socialism101 #socialism #capitalismBS #redscare #fauxredscare #coldwarpartdeux #generationjones #genx #geny #millennials #genz #generationwars #boomers #babyboomers
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FFS EVERY GENERATION has lost faith in #capitalism.
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/generation-z-precarity-inequality-class-capitalism #generationjones #genx #geny #millennials #genz #generationwars #boomers #babyboomers
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FFS EVERY GENERATION has lost faith in #capitalism.
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/generation-z-precarity-inequality-class-capitalism #generationjones #genx #geny #millennials #genz #generationwars #boomers #babyboomers
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Do you know this song? #GenX
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Do you know this song? #GenX
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And honestly, since the piece compares us to hippie boomers, I'd like to point out that they didn't "drop out" either. They sold out, too.
I listen to a fair amount of 60s music as well. GenX grew up listening to 60s music because that's just how things worked back then, and I still listen to 60s folk and classic rock.
And I gotta say, it was a LOT of empty idealism without much substance behind it. Often not even a lot of truth-telling, though that was starting, too.
Dylan didn't just ask the question like we did, he *answers* it, with definitive helplessness: "The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind." He, the leader of the musical movement of a civil rights moment, was *giving up* in the language of his gentle lilt.
The subject header blames X for the division, that we "opposed" whatever was going on in the 60s. But maybe instead we absorbed 60s pop culture's complete lack of answers, we saw how that hopeful lack of answers failed to change anything ("How's that hopey-changey going?"), and like we were about to do, hippies sold out and went back to work for the man. That contributed quite a bit to our cynicism!
The author says we didn't "drop out," but I'd definitely say we were forced to "check out." Whatever, close your eyes, grit your teeth, listen to Rage Against the Machine (I wonder if the author quotes them at all?) while you do the dishes, and get to work to feed your family.
Ok no for reals I'm letting go of this bone now! 😂
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And honestly, since the piece compares us to hippie boomers, I'd like to point out that they didn't "drop out" either. They sold out, too.
I listen to a fair amount of 60s music as well. GenX grew up listening to 60s music because that's just how things worked back then, and I still listen to 60s folk and classic rock.
And I gotta say, it was a LOT of empty idealism without much substance behind it. Often not even a lot of truth-telling, though that was starting, too.
Dylan didn't just ask the question like we did, he *answers* it, with definitive helplessness: "The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind." He, the leader of the musical movement of a civil rights moment, was *giving up* in the language of his gentle lilt.
The subject header blames X for the division, that we "opposed" whatever was going on in the 60s. But maybe instead we absorbed 60s pop culture's complete lack of answers, we saw how that hopeful lack of answers failed to change anything ("How's that hopey-changey going?"), and like we were about to do, hippies sold out and went back to work for the man. That contributed quite a bit to our cynicism!
The author says we didn't "drop out," but I'd definitely say we were forced to "check out." Whatever, close your eyes, grit your teeth, listen to Rage Against the Machine (I wonder if the author quotes them at all?) while you do the dishes, and get to work to feed your family.
Ok no for reals I'm letting go of this bone now! 😂
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And while my autistic brain struggles to let go of the rant and ground my energies, let me link my playlist of songs that back my overall thesis of what GenX's major social justice lifting was about:
Telling the truths that previous generations weren't allowed to. (See Hayes Code and other forms of censorship.)
The 90s broke down a wall of pluralistic ignorance. We were the opening of the AA meeting where we admitted we had a problem. We took a fearless moral inventory. Often without making any value judgements, often mistaken for edginess for its own sake. But we had to open up about the problem before we could understand it. Before it could be solved.
These are not cherrypicked deep tracks. Most of these songs were played regularly on the radio, or are at least by popular artists, and would have been heard by (and influenced) most American/Anglosphere mid-GenX and older millennials.
We were far from idle. This work should not be forgotten.
(This list is also on Spotify if you search, but I don't currently maintain it there.)
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/genxpose/pl.u-WabZljPCdmK84r
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And while my autistic brain struggles to let go of the rant and ground my energies, let me link my playlist of songs that back my overall thesis of what GenX's major social justice lifting was about:
Telling the truths that previous generations weren't allowed to. (See Hayes Code and other forms of censorship.)
The 90s broke down a wall of pluralistic ignorance. We were the opening of the AA meeting where we admitted we had a problem. We took a fearless moral inventory. Often without making any value judgements, often mistaken for edginess for its own sake. But we had to open up about the problem before we could understand it. Before it could be solved.
These are not cherrypicked deep tracks. Most of these songs were played regularly on the radio, or are at least by popular artists, and would have been heard by (and influenced) most American/Anglosphere mid-GenX and older millennials.
We were far from idle. This work should not be forgotten.
(This list is also on Spotify if you search, but I don't currently maintain it there.)
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/genxpose/pl.u-WabZljPCdmK84r
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It’s time once again to join me in the time machine as I head back to the 80’s!
New show tonight!
10 pm ET/3 am UK
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Watching Watchmen again. Still one of my favorite movies. Dark, weird, cynical, morally fucked up, and completely allergic to the idea that humanity knows what the hell it’s doing. Basically, peak Gen X entertainment. Somehow this shit gets better every time I watch it.
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Watching Watchmen again. Still one of my favorite movies. Dark, weird, cynical, morally fucked up, and completely allergic to the idea that humanity knows what the hell it’s doing. Basically, peak Gen X entertainment. Somehow this shit gets better every time I watch it.
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@elasticsoul @RantingCanuck @pressprogress
Now all of Canada can endure the #genx life experience, which is basically being ruled by self centred narcissistic #boomers who sellout, propagandize, lie and constantly exaggerate to get everything they ever wanted.Carney is a dinosaur, soon to be extinct. Sadly, his #neoliberal austerity ideologies and #dirtyoil #pipelines will plague #Canada as well as these pitifully loyal yet ethically shortsighted #Liberals for generations to come.
Liberals will bear this albatross long after Mark Carney has retreated to his comfy billionaire bunker. We will remember the #SouthernOrcas they willfully sacrificed.
#cdnpoli #carneysucks #boomerPM #climatedestroying #conservativeliberals #VoteABCL #voteNDP #fuckcarney #fuckliberals
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@elasticsoul @RantingCanuck @pressprogress
Now all of Canada can endure the #genx life experience, which is basically being ruled by self centred narcissistic #boomers who sellout, propagandize, lie and constantly exaggerate to get everything they ever wanted.Carney is a dinosaur, soon to be extinct. Sadly, his #neoliberal austerity ideologies and #dirtyoil #pipelines will plague #Canada as well as these pitifully loyal yet ethically shortsighted #Liberals for generations to come.
Liberals will bear this albatross long after Mark Carney has retreated to his comfy billionaire bunker. We will remember the #SouthernOrcas they willfully sacrificed.
#cdnpoli #carneysucks #boomerPM #climatedestroying #conservativeliberals #VoteABCL #voteNDP #fuckcarney #fuckliberals
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Why are you popular?
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Why are you popular?
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I so don’t trust YouTube or any algorithm, but I watched one video of a Gen X dude talking about how cool and smart we all are and now that’s my entire feed. Is this a new thing or just something I stumbled across? It’s completely feeding into my ego and all my biases. #GenX
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I so don’t trust YouTube or any algorithm, but I watched one video of a Gen X dude talking about how cool and smart we all are and now that’s my entire feed. Is this a new thing or just something I stumbled across? It’s completely feeding into my ego and all my biases. #GenX
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Progress, not perfection, has always helped me to hold on to hope, during times where a lot felt quite hopeless. I don't expect any current capitalist & colonial systems to end during my lifetime. I don't believe it's going to happen while I'm still alive. I won't bank on that type of full systematic collapse, in my lifetime. I have invested & still invest in trying to build up more people helping people grassroots systems & working to bridge them. That's work where I'll see/meet fellow fed up with government systems corruption folks & find ways to work together to build more community connections to help each other a lot more.
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Progress, not perfection, has always helped me to hold on to hope, during times where a lot felt quite hopeless. I don't expect any current capitalist & colonial systems to end during my lifetime. I don't believe it's going to happen while I'm still alive. I won't bank on that type of full systematic collapse, in my lifetime. I have invested & still invest in trying to build up more people helping people grassroots systems & working to bridge them. That's work where I'll see/meet fellow fed up with government systems corruption folks & find ways to work together to build more community connections to help each other a lot more.
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Just getting Mom comfy in bed so she can have a good long nap. We both got up at 5am today. She is very tired. I'm going to head out in about 20 minutes, with a friend, to organize some free straw bales delivery in a week or two. I need about 12-14 more straw bales for part of my backyard longterm conversion project to slowly create a backyard suburban food/plant medicines forest 😀💚👩🌾✌️
Today's outfit is town & country style 😊
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Just getting Mom comfy in bed so she can have a good long nap. We both got up at 5am today. She is very tired. I'm going to head out in about 20 minutes, with a friend, to organize some free straw bales delivery in a week or two. I need about 12-14 more straw bales for part of my backyard longterm conversion project to slowly create a backyard suburban food/plant medicines forest 😀💚👩🌾✌️
Today's outfit is town & country style 😊
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20 forgotten foods and drinks from the 1980s that Gen Xers are still hankering for
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20 forgotten foods and drinks from the 1980s that Gen Xers are still hankering for
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Gen X teens in 1986 predicted what life would be like today. Here’s what they got right.
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Gen X teens in 1986 predicted what life would be like today. Here’s what they got right.
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A fun recounting of Novell Netware. If you can get past the horrible mispronunciations.
▶️ What Happened to Novell NetWare? Why the Networking King Disappeared
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ioKUhohvcw&si=vQprEPZNUPZP1Gkp
#genx #novell #netware -
A fun recounting of Novell Netware. If you can get past the horrible mispronunciations.
▶️ What Happened to Novell NetWare? Why the Networking King Disappeared
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ioKUhohvcw&si=vQprEPZNUPZP1Gkp
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So hey #GenX
When it's late at night and you wanna feel like you're 13 and alone and up all night watching late night TV or video nasties, or maybe you're lucky enough to have some funky conspiracy radio back then, whatever it was...
You're gonna love Gemini Home Entertainment
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So hey #GenX
When it's late at night and you wanna feel like you're 13 and alone and up all night watching late night TV or video nasties, or maybe you're lucky enough to have some funky conspiracy radio back then, whatever it was...
You're gonna love Gemini Home Entertainment
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RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@ChrisMayLA6/117052485104291883
This!👇🏻
(Raising my hand 🙋🏻♂️ on this one, joining the club, having come to terms with the fact I'm expected to continue working till, at least, I'm 70, perhaps even older)
#Ageism #Generations #GenX #Precariat #Employment #HR #WillYouHireMe
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After watching Masters of the Universe (which I found entertaining) I was contemplating other Mattel brands, many of which already tv/movied of course, and realized what we need is a Chatter Phone movie.
Where a group of plucky children have only this phone and need to find a GenX to help them use it but they are too scared to make eye contact or talk out loud so they all die in a volcano. Or something like that, just an early draft 😆
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Captain Zapp Brannigan in the Strait of Hormuz
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#GenX, #Millennials & #GenZ were joined together by this situation & subsequently helped generate $933 million opening weekend for "Spiderman: Brand New Day".
#Spiderman #NoWayHome #BrandNewDay
