I was born in 81 so I'm on the cusp of Gen Y and Gen X
definitely fit into Gen Y better tho
Yeah, same here. I'm literally right at the tail end of Gen X, but I've never identified with those fuckers.
Your icon is a Gen X'er. Unemployed slacker wearing plaid.
Oh shi-
I actually always thought the classic Gen X expression was South Park. Relatively smart and insightful, just huge dicks who think everything sucks anyway so trying to fix anything will just make it worse (apathetic) and any attempt to do things will just end in horrible stupidity (anti-government). If Gen Y has an icon I'd put money down on Stewart.
I was born in 81 so I'm on the cusp of Gen Y and Gen X
definitely fit into Gen Y better tho
Yeah, same here. I'm literally right at the tail end of Gen X, but I've never identified with those fuckers.
Your icon is a Gen X'er. Unemployed slacker wearing plaid.
Oh shi-
I actually always thought the classic Gen X expression was South Park. Relatively smart and insightful, just huge dicks who think everything sucks anyway so trying to fix anything will just make it worse (apathetic) and any attempt to do things will just end in horrible stupidity (anti-government). If Gen Y has an icon I'd put money down on Stewart.
I thought Gen X peaked with the Simpsons episode where Homer joined a freak show and met the Smashing Pumpkins. Those twenty-somethings in he audience swaying back and forth? Gen X'ers.
The problem here is that punk rock sucked during the 80's.
I wanted to contribute some pithy comments about the whole Gen X/Gen Y discussion, but I can't get past how amazingly, astoundingly wrong this one sentence is.
If being wrong glowed in the dark, you could be seen from space.
The problem here is that punk rock sucked during the 80's.
I wanted to contribute some pithy comments about the whole Gen X/Gen Y discussion, but I can't get past how amazingly, astoundingly wrong this one sentence is.
If being wrong glowed in the dark, you could be seen from space.
Well, I mean in a comparative sense, as in compared to other genres at the time.
I don't actually know where I was going with that.
The problem here is that punk rock sucked during the 80's.
I don't even listen to Rock that much and I know how wrong that statement is. Hell, even the so called 'pop-punk' was better (Compare Boris the Sprinkler against.....I dunno, Green Day or some shit).
The problem here is that punk rock sucked during the 80's.
I don't even listen to Rock that much and I know how wrong that statement is. Hell, even the so called 'pop-punk' was better (Compare Boris the Sprinkler against.....I dunno, Green Day or some shit).
In all honesty I'm pretty sure that that's one of the statements one makes knowing it's going to be disputed...but...yeah, god, that reads really stupidly upon being sober.
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That band was awful but the asian (?) girl in pig tails was really fucking cute.
Shame she's probably a no-body and will never be seen again.
Oh no! People younger than us have different tastes! The world is ending!
actually no, that band/song is terrible
like
crimes against humanity terrible
To you, maybe. That's the thing about opinions.
When someone presents obviously bad takes on art/music/food with the excuse that "olo opinions" you can bet that they just don't know what they're talking about.
Yeah, you can like McDonalds cheeseburgers and think it's good food, but it's still not. You can, personally, like this, but that's still a terrible portrait and awful "art".
Just like Brokencyde is awful, terrible, mind numbingly bad pop music regardless of the idiots who like it.
When someone presents obviously bad takes on art/music/food with the excuse that "olo opinions" you can bet that they just don't know what they're talking about.
And when people believe there are objective standards to judge a purely subjective medium you can bet that they have no idea what 'art' is.
But that's neither here nor there. I wonder who is going to have the most ludicrous response to when HR 3962 gets passed.
Oh no! People younger than us have different tastes! The world is ending!
actually no, that band/song is terrible
like
crimes against humanity terrible
To you, maybe. That's the thing about opinions.
When someone presents obviously bad takes on art/music/food with the excuse that "olo opinions" you can bet that they just don't know what they're talking about.
Yeah, you can like McDonalds cheeseburgers and think it's good food, but it's still not. You can, personally, like this, but that's still a terrible portrait and awful "art".
Just like Brokencyde is awful, terrible, mind numbingly bad pop music regardless of the idiots who like it.
Except you can do that for every generation. Every generation has some ear-rendingly bad pop music in there. I had an English teacher in high school who told me, "Any time anyone from your parents' generation disses on your generation's music, remind them that they thought the song 'One' by Three Dog Night was really profound." He later had sex with a student and fled to Guatemala.
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edited November 2009
So punk rock and McDonalds are socialist agendas the GOP is targeting? Did I miss something? Or is this a strange tangent?
It turns out when you start saying things that people like are socialism, people start thinking socialism is awesome. We should do our best to support the GOP's labelling of things socialism, the more popular the thing, the better.
Y/Millenials are the same and is generally thought of as '81-'95 or so. Though that tends to end up extending to a full 20 years eventually the way we reckon things.
Anyway, politically it's all initial votes = future votes, so Gen X came of age and voted for Reagan (twice for the earliest bits) and Bush the Greater. That locks you in to your voting preferences pretty much for life.
In their defense Mondale and Dukakis sucked.
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Y/Millenials are the same and is generally thought of as '81-'95 or so. Though that tends to end up extending to a full 20 years eventually the way we reckon things.
Anyway, politically it's all initial votes = future votes, so Gen X came of age and voted for Reagan (twice for the earliest bits) and Bush the Greater. That locks you in to your voting preferences pretty much for life.
In their defense Mondale and Dukakis sucked.
Less than "hey, funding Bin Laden is a good idea!" Reagan?
Y/Millenials are the same and is generally thought of as '81-'95 or so. Though that tends to end up extending to a full 20 years eventually the way we reckon things.
Anyway, politically it's all initial votes = future votes, so Gen X came of age and voted for Reagan (twice for the earliest bits) and Bush the Greater. That locks you in to your voting preferences pretty much for life.
In their defense Mondale and Dukakis sucked.
Less than "hey, funding Bin Laden is a good idea!" Reagan?
Islamic Extremists hate Commies
We Hate Commies
Therefore we Love Islamic Extremists!
Honestly it sounded like a good idea at the time.........
So yeah.....
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It turns out when you start saying things that people like are socialism, people start thinking socialism is awesome. We should do our best to support the GOP's labelling of things socialism, the more popular the thing, the better.
I'm actually kind of curious now as to what people of different generations visualize when they think of the hypothetical generic ballot for polling &c. Do Gen-X'ers on the whole think of someone like Dukakis and company when they think of the Democrats generally, or does it evolve over time?
It turns out when you start saying things that people like are socialism, people start thinking socialism is awesome. We should do our best to support the GOP's labelling of things socialism, the more popular the thing, the better.
Chocolate and puppies are socialist, I hear.
Chocolate and puppies are equally pleasurable to everyone, which in turn discourages achievement and innovation in the market.
It turns out when you start saying things that people like are socialism, people start thinking socialism is awesome. We should do our best to support the GOP's labelling of things socialism, the more popular the thing, the better.
Chocolate and puppies are socialist, I hear.
Chocolate and puppies are equally pleasurable to everyone, which in turn discourages achievement and innovation in the market.
I'm actually more inclined to chocolate. Puppies have a tendency to piss me off, like baby humans.
It turns out when you start saying things that people like are socialism, people start thinking socialism is awesome. We should do our best to support the GOP's labelling of things socialism, the more popular the thing, the better.
Chocolate and puppies are socialist, I hear.
You don't want to combine these two things, though.
It turns out when you start saying things that people like are socialism, people start thinking socialism is awesome. We should do our best to support the GOP's labelling of things socialism, the more popular the thing, the better.
Chocolate and puppies are socialist, I hear.
You don't want to combine these two things, though.
I realize it was posted earlier in the thread, but seriously? Orrin Hatch is arguing that the Democrats' diabolical, super-secret plan is to pass health care legislation so that people will vote for them? Seriously? Seriously?
Oh no! People younger than us have different tastes! The world is ending!
actually no, that band/song is terrible
like
crimes against humanity terrible
To you, maybe. That's the thing about opinions.
When someone presents obviously bad takes on art/music/food with the excuse that "olo opinions" you can bet that they just don't know what they're talking about.
Yeah, you can like McDonalds cheeseburgers and think it's good food, but it's still not. You can, personally, like this, but that's still a terrible portrait and awful "art".
Just like Brokencyde is awful, terrible, mind numbingly bad pop music regardless of the idiots who like it.
No, this just means you think you know better than anybody else.
I'm actually kind of curious now as to what people of different generations visualize when they think of the hypothetical generic ballot for polling &c. Do Gen-X'ers on the whole think of someone like Dukakis and company when they think of the Democrats generally, or does it evolve over time?
It's probably going to take a lot to make me think of the GOP as anything other than what they are right now.
I'm trying to find video or a transcript, but did Joe Barton just bitch about how he has to be in Washington to vote on healthcare instead of getting to go to Vegas on a trip his wife got him?
I'm trying to find video or a transcript, but did Joe Barton just bitch about how he has to be in Washington to vote on healthcare instead of getting to go to Vegas on a trip his wife got him?
I popped this in the healthcare thread too, but videos like this make me feel decidedly less ambiguous about single party rule in the US for the next couple decades.
You know what, I'm about as progressive and liberal as they come, but if my children were to behave like that, they would get a firm slap on the bottom.
Poor Dingell. The guy is old as fuck and he and his Dad have apparently been working on trying to get healthcare passed since Truman. It gets to the big day and he finally gets to help walk this through the House and instead of a triumphant moment he gets to herd retarded cats.
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I actually always thought the classic Gen X expression was South Park. Relatively smart and insightful, just huge dicks who think everything sucks anyway so trying to fix anything will just make it worse (apathetic) and any attempt to do things will just end in horrible stupidity (anti-government). If Gen Y has an icon I'd put money down on Stewart.
I thought Gen X peaked with the Simpsons episode where Homer joined a freak show and met the Smashing Pumpkins. Those twenty-somethings in he audience swaying back and forth? Gen X'ers.
Oh no! People younger than us have different tastes! The world is ending!
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actually no, that band/song is terrible
like
crimes against humanity terrible
To you, maybe. That's the thing about opinions.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
I wanted to contribute some pithy comments about the whole Gen X/Gen Y discussion, but I can't get past how amazingly, astoundingly wrong this one sentence is.
If being wrong glowed in the dark, you could be seen from space.
Well, I mean in a comparative sense, as in compared to other genres at the time.
I don't actually know where I was going with that.
I don't even listen to Rock that much and I know how wrong that statement is. Hell, even the so called 'pop-punk' was better (Compare Boris the Sprinkler against.....I dunno, Green Day or some shit).
In all honesty I'm pretty sure that that's one of the statements one makes knowing it's going to be disputed...but...yeah, god, that reads really stupidly upon being sober.
Shame she's probably a no-body and will never be seen again.
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When someone presents obviously bad takes on art/music/food with the excuse that "olo opinions" you can bet that they just don't know what they're talking about.
Yeah, you can like McDonalds cheeseburgers and think it's good food, but it's still not. You can, personally, like this, but that's still a terrible portrait and awful "art".
Just like Brokencyde is awful, terrible, mind numbingly bad pop music regardless of the idiots who like it.
And when people believe there are objective standards to judge a purely subjective medium you can bet that they have no idea what 'art' is.
But that's neither here nor there. I wonder who is going to have the most ludicrous response to when HR 3962 gets passed.
Except you can do that for every generation. Every generation has some ear-rendingly bad pop music in there. I had an English teacher in high school who told me, "Any time anyone from your parents' generation disses on your generation's music, remind them that they thought the song 'One' by Three Dog Night was really profound." He later had sex with a student and fled to Guatemala.
In their defense Mondale and Dukakis sucked.
Less than "hey, funding Bin Laden is a good idea!" Reagan?
Dibs on Jab.
Islamic Extremists hate Commies
We Hate Commies
Therefore we Love Islamic Extremists!
Honestly it sounded like a good idea at the time.........
So yeah.....
Chocolate and puppies are socialist, I hear.
Chocolate and puppies are equally pleasurable to everyone, which in turn discourages achievement and innovation in the market.
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I'm actually more inclined to chocolate. Puppies have a tendency to piss me off, like baby humans.
You don't want to combine these two things, though.
Too much socialism is a horrible thing.
chewy, yet crunchy!
Satire's dead corpse is being beaten with sticks.
No, this just means you think you know better than anybody else.
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It's probably going to take a lot to make me think of the GOP as anything other than what they are right now.
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Apparently, yes.
Nothing but jackasses from here to the horizon