tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post6215383801809908304..comments2024-02-25T07:30:31.454-06:00Comments on SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: Generation X -- Yes, We Are Still Here. Thanks For Asking!thomsingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230569732505245876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post-10025614967133483062011-04-18T13:40:24.740-05:002011-04-18T13:40:24.740-05:00>>there was not a group concert that capture...>>there was not a group concert that captured our souls<br /><br />Live Aid<br />Farm Aid<br />And all that awesome '80's music such as REM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post-72720192369463571512011-04-18T13:16:31.619-05:002011-04-18T13:16:31.619-05:00Vinny-
thanks for the comment.
I guess my lack...Vinny-<br /><br />thanks for the comment. <br /><br />I guess my lack of seeing generations also comes from the fact that my own dad was born in 1914 (he was 52 when I was born). <br /><br />I have gotten several people who have sent me the lyrics to "19-Something" since posting this blog this morning. I am not much of a country music guy (I like it, however).... but have listened to the song 3 times today. You are right... it as if it was written for us! <br /><br />My point about not feeling the same cohesive connection maybe is not as much that it does not exist, but the Xers do not seem to need to brag about our bonds in the same way.<br /><br />I love the passion in your comment. I hope our paths cross someday.<br /><br />thomthomsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230569732505245876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195787.post-43230878099513266382011-04-18T12:58:42.357-05:002011-04-18T12:58:42.357-05:00I enjoyed this post.
Gen X will always be the mid...I enjoyed this post.<br /><br />Gen X will always be the middle child between the Baby Boomers and the Generation Y Millennials. And I too abhor the idea of grouping people into specific marketing groups based solely on their birth date.<br /><br />My dad was born in 1942. His youngest sibling was born in 1961, only 5 years before me. I'm the oldest of 19 grand-children just on my dad's side. The youngest grandchild was born after both of my own kids. At every family gathering (Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, July 4th, etc.) I see a range of generations that spans over 60 years - and there are exceptions to all of them.<br /><br />My mom is more tech savvy than anyone else over the age of 45 and more so than some under 45, some of her cohorts aren't even able to email pictures (they print them out from their computers and bring them to the parties).<br /><br />And you can't even judge people on what technologies they adopt. For instance, people over the age of 40 might be the fast growing age group on Facebook, but we use it differently. <br /><br />I do however take exception to your comment that Gen X isn't a cohesive and important generational cohort just because we didn't have a common war that we all fought in or against.<br /><br />Maybe it was because I've always been the oldest kid(in the family, in the neighborhood, etc.), but I've always identified with Generation X a lot more than the Boomers.<br /><br />It might be because my own peers have always been younger than me and I had a little brother (born in '72), so my own preferences and experiences have always skewed a little younger along the scale. I readily identify with the shared common experiences of people born throughout the 70's.<br /><br />And as for importance, among other things it was generation X that was the market for MTV and that spawned the cable landscape that we have today (and media fragmentation in general).<br /><br />And it was generation X that created Amazon, Yahoo and Google. In fact, other than Facebook, the Internet we use today is the product of Generation X. <br /><br />And we'll be the generation that says goodbye to broadcast news, newspapers and sadly, chain bookstores. <br /><br />Maybe we don't have a World War or a Vietnam, but that doesn't make us in-cohesive. Listen to the lyrics of Mark Wills song "19-something", if you identify with it, you're likely a Gen X - regardless of the year on your birth certificate.<br /><br />And you can't judge a generation by their media coverage.<br /><br />We might not be on the cover of Time magazine et al, but that's only because those magazines are run by Boomers and aimed at Boomers. To their editorial boards we're merely a demographic they don't understand how to reach.<br /><br />The larger question is how much longer will the Boomers hold on to their positions of power. Batons are not passing as fast they've been received.<br /><br />Your remark about the trusting of people above or below the age of 40 is dead on. <br /><br />They were a generation that proclaimed their own youth would change the world, but now that their hair is turning gray, they don't want to let go of the reins.<br /><br />If you're looking for a more perfect metaphor of the battle between Gen X and the Boomers, then look no further than the Leno vs. Conan debacle on late night TV.<br /><br />As you said "Batons are being passed from older to younger generations, but that has happened for thousands of years. It is not a conspiracy or a phenomena. It is the circle of life (yes, we have all seen the Lion King, it was not just a movie for the Gen Y crowd!)."<br /><br />Maybe some more of the Boomers should have watched that movie.<br />Again, good post.Vinnyhttp://www.vinnygoldsmith.comnoreply@blogger.com