I mean, I was joking about slacking as the key understanding of that generation, as plenty of Gen Xers in fact DID engage in various forms of activism, right across the world. [ETA] I study this era, so I’m well aware of that. I didn’t mean to offend or to simplify the concepts of a generational cohort or to suggest that one way of experiencing it is “correct”, more I’m trying to show how these have worked in history. I don’t expect that a term like slacker, which was largely used to discredit the activism that did exist among that generation, was the gospel truth, but rather a mass culture interpretation for easy understanding that elides the more complex reality.
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Hmm. I don’t find those labels very helpful. Particularly as there is an offset of 5 to 10 years between the US and Europe, depending on location. Which would put me in Generation X on the left side of the pond while being a Boomer on the right side of the pond. Confusing. I think I’ll go with Cold War Kid for the time being.
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Generation Z is already killing things like social media and retail chains!
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Hey, don’t worry. I have internalised irony (and a good part of cynicism) trying to belong to GenX.
“Their entire life, if it’s not shareable, it didn’t happen.”
“Generation X knows you didn’t even read the whole thing. It doesn’t want or expect your reblogs; it picked the wrong platform. Generation X should have posted this to LiveJournal.”
I do think that sums it up, doesn’t it?
Wrong platform?
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Are you SURE you’re not Gen X, then? 
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I mean… it’s probably cause there are much fewer jobs out there for teens today?
Also, yay for Gizmodo!
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But who actually does that? Boomers are old selfish wankers. I thought everyone knew that.
Gen Z doesn’t care about owning things? Ha. Try ‘Gen Z can’t afford to own things, has to get by somehow’.
Yeah, I think labelling young people as foolish is a bit of a stretch generally:
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