@Edent Missing option: JD from Heathers. #GenX

@ajuvo Im a very early GenX, but I would not bind it too much on the date of birth. There is no hard switch. Adults are the product of the Zeitgeist when they grew up. Anyways, I love to observe changes in society and differences between generations, because understanding why people are like they are helps in understanding society and it's mechanisms.
As a GenX I was and sill am pretty annoyed by the constant whining of GenY/Millenials and now I am even more annoyed, even disgusted, by the authoritarian mindset many GenZ have. They are a product of the environment when they grew up and they was always protected, guided and under supervision. Of course they will develop authoritarian tendencies.... But I have to apologize to GenZ as well. You are the offspring of my generation. We created this environment, probably with our own experiences in mind. Sorry.
The the Millennials I have only one message: Stop whining. No, you are not the generation with the most disruptions, catastrophes and setbacks.

Here is an incomplete list what happened during my lifetime so far:

1974 - energy crisis, I was quite young but I clearly remember the TV reports of empty streets and mass panic, economical collapse, mass unemployment
1978 - the big
1980 - second energy crisis, mass unemployment etc.
1983 - the Able Archer Crisis, the world on the brink of World War 3 (WW3 was always something like a background thread all the time)
1989 - fall of socialism, over night a complete change in all aspects of life, mass unemployment, collapse of social structure all around me
mid 1990s - the reunification crisis of Germany, I was a student at the time, my parents was not able to provide me one cent, so I started to work beside my studies in a time of mass unemployment
2002/2003 - Dotcom-Crash, I was right in the middle of it because my company was and still is in this industry
2008/2009 - financial crisis, companies didn't pay for months sometimes, many didn't at all and went bankrupt, I nearly lost all
2012/2013 - "Revisionskrise" in Germany, something like the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, again massive economical impact
2020 - Covid, good for my business, but a huge impact on my personal life, like for most people
2022 - war in Europe, still not concluded
2024 - the USA elected a crazy Emperor, since my business is in IT it effects a lot of it and not for the better

Depending where you live there was some other crisises, but that's what I experienced. We GenX had the same as you Millennials plus some extra...

#genz #genx #geny #milenials

Well I wouldn't write under every sentence, but if you're keen to find out how #genX thinks and functions, this may well be a good start:

https://youtu.be/tXeEElTfl8o?si=xaFiYVndrQBJXb01

Understand your parents, boss, teacher, bureaucracy , whatever. This may be a start. I don't approve some of the conclusions, but it's a good account for a mindset.

(I'm a slight bit before genX, just barely, a boomXer , perhaps. Most of my social environment is much younger than me, though. That might help.)

Thanks @littlealex .

RE: https://mastodon.social/@garidin/115913318259570577

I had my MMR titers checked at the end of last year. One M (measles) and the R (rubeola) were fine... but I had no immunity for the other M (mumps). So I went in and got an MMR vaccination shot. Easy peasy.

#measles #MMR #GenX #PSA

RE: https://mastodon.social/@garidin/115913318259570577

I had my MMR titers checked at the end of last year. One M (measles) and the R (rubeola) were fine... but I had no immunity for the other M (mumps). So I went in and got an MMR vaccination shot. Easy peasy.

#measles #MMR #GenX #PSA

Dear Gen X: Please go get tested for measles immunity. Every single one of my friends who was tested at various points in their life (started working at a hospital, went back to school, etc) found they had no immunity. I just found out myself, and it's probably been like that for a long time. I got a shot a few days ago. #measles #GenX #PSA

Dear Gen X: Please go get tested for measles immunity. Every single one of my friends who was tested at various points in their life (started working at a hospital, went back to school, etc) found they had no immunity. I just found out myself, and it's probably been like that for a long time. I got a shot a few days ago. #measles #GenX #PSA

I keep having this little revelation, when I see recent photos of actors I've grown up watching:

"Man, they're getting old.

Wait a minute... that means I'm getting old..."

#GenX #GettingOld #Geezer

RE: https://glammr.us/@overholt/115877954398691111

Excellent Public Service Announcement.

#GenX, our vintage is all part of this cohort and it's worth checking. Most of us should be re-vaccinated against measles, UNLESS a test shows a robust titre (you're still "immune").

We have all of these risks:
-- older first-generation vaccine less enduring
-- SOME bodies just lose immunity over time
-- we now know that measles and more recently Covid both have the effect of dampening immunity you previously HAD developed
-- measles is back.

#Introduction

Hey. I'm a writer and blogger in Boston, specifically #AllstonRockCity. I write about a variety of topics, all from the perspective of a #GenX person.

Looking for something better than Facebook. Because Good Lord.

SuperLowBudge

#Introduction

Hey. I'm a writer and blogger in Boston, specifically #AllstonRockCity. I write about a variety of topics, all from the perspective of a #GenX person.

Looking for something better than Facebook. Because Good Lord.

SuperLowBudge

Clearing out some stuff I've been storing for a friend that emigrated around 14 years ago

#retrocomputing #piracy #genx

#GenX folks who are like - we needed the Vietnam War invasion to help global democracy!
Fuck yourself, right off a high cliff.

#WarSurvivorsForPeace #SanctionUSA #BoycottUSA #AsianMastodon #USpol

@Alice I'm sorry to interrupt, but all I can concentrate on in this photo is the wallpapered light switch that matches the overhead stairs.

This brings back early #GenX memories. I think at one point, we may have even had that same wallpaper print. LOL

@dannotdaniel @KevBot

I'll be 51 years old, on February 3rd, 2026. I don't feel my age 😆

Photo is of me, paralyzed at #RefugeesCamp & me as an adult, decades later.

#WarSurvivorsForPeace #BornInSaigon #TeochewViet #AsianMastodon #WarRefugee #WarChild #VietnamWarSurvivor #PeaceActivist #PeopleWithDisabilities #PolioChild #Survivor #monochrome #BWphotos #DisabledWomen #Empowerment #GenX #Antifascist #NotATerrorist #WomenOfTheResistance #anarchist #WeWillOvercome #PTSDAwareness #ChildrenOfWar #POCWomenFightBack

#SilentSunday

Falsies removal, partway.

#AsianMastodon #eyelashes #TeochewViet #GenX #AsianEyes #selfie #monochrome #BWphoto #photography

Despite being a great fan of the #SexPistols, #TheClash, #GenX and their predecessors. my impression is that #DrFeelgood actually invented #Punkrock, and nobody took care.

Listen to these guitar riffs, ain't that true?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hla6u6WpRE0

My #GenX road trip playlist is loaded. Ready for adventure 😊