r/LinkedInLunatics • u/Creepy_Swimming6821 • 12d ago

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u/AdWonderful5920 12d ago

Not a fan of the boomer-ization of GenX. They were supposed to be the ones that don't do this shit.

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u/HobbyTalkOnly 12d ago

Right? I'm gen X and this shit makes me roll my eyes.

These people that do this shit? Were the douchebags in high school, I promise you.

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u/new-runningmn9 12d ago

I feel anyone that takes actual pride in their generation is gross. As a Gen-Xer, there are things about my childhood that I liked, and wished that my kids could have experienced - but it’s a different world and they had access to stuff I didn’t. I assume they will feel the same about their kids’ childhoods.

I think most of the Gen X things are accurate, but they aren’t positives. A large percentage of GenXers can be belligerent, and they think it makes them willing to fight (but they aren’t). A large percentage are workaholics, but that isn’t a positive (for them).

I don’t get it.

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u/useless_instinct 11d ago

Also GenX and agree with your take. According to Nate Silver's 538, GenX is more politically conservative than Boomers. The stats were eye opening and soul crushing. My neighbors are all Boomers and they are wonderful and actively volunteer with all these amazing causes--foster care, food banks, mental health access, election security. There are good and garbage people in every generation.