@@GenXRemembered Agreed! And the twenty year span of 1966-1986 best time Generation X was great to grow up and live the ‘90’s too (Everything was better: sports, music, movies, advancing technology and Styles/trends) Anything before 2000’s was great, no Smart Phones or Facebook or Other Social Media You could really do things and engage with people in person and learned to be tough and could joke around without being called a racist or anti-LGBTQ ❤️🤘🇺🇸
I've been smacked by a wooden spoon by my mum, my gran, and my best friend's mum (I laughed after she smacked him so she cuffed me). We still laugh about that one 40 years later.
@@scottw1828 ha I got the wooden spoon too and I was born 1985. Boomer parents too twenty year generation ahead of us and affected our generation too ❤️🤘
I was born in 1975. I remember watching Jem and the Holograms. I still like them today. I liked watching Duran Duran, Sting, Gloria Estefan, George Michael and many more. 😊😊😊😊
I hear you on Duran Duran. Started listening to them after they first came out and still a fan. I got to see all 5 of them several years ago when Andy was back with them in NOLA. They are so great live, 😊
1976 here. I loved Jem! And I had fun revisiting it recently…and thinking that a fun drinking game would be taking a shot every time The Misfits committed a felony and got away with it.
Being a (1989) Millennial myself, I'm glad to have at least experienced the hand-me-down years Gen Xers had. Cheap prices. Courteous/helpful community. Educational _and_ fun television programming. Limited electronic stimulation. Great music, though nothing comparable to the timeless 80s. Summers were peak cinema in regards to things that went BOOM. Bike riding. All I had to do was do homework, sometimes chores, and stay out of adult conversations. Grab a coloring book + ice cream tub of disorganized crayons and disappear. If I tried to ride a bike now the trick would be to find a sidewalk lest I get run over by someone in a hulking SUV because they're staring at a cell phone instead of the road.
Class of 1974 here... Yes....the best thing about Gen X was that we grew up in the greatest pop culture decade of all-time, the 80's!❤ TV, movies, cartoons, toys, music, fashion... everything was just the best.
Thx for the memories! 65’er here and memories of original Star Trek and Baa Baa Black Sheep filled my tv viewing hours. Always Jones’d for the Evil Knievel rip cord motorcycle a kid down the block had. Skateboards made of wood, plastic, steel, or fiberglass and polyurethane wheels, no longer steel. 3 speed shifting bikes were legend. Good times.
Gen X is pop culture!. We had the best movies, music, art, and media. Iconic characters, TV shows, the birth of metal, punk, and the OG masters of Rap and hip hop. Excuse me while I rewind my mix tape with a #2 pencil, I got to untangle myself from this phone cord!. Yo Freaking Joe!
@@TheREALJosephTurner Nevertheless, here in Australia we had almost zero non whites in those decades despite affirmative action on aboriginals. There was no diversity let alone forced, we were all white in those days, now we are the minority. In 1970 we were 99% white.
@@matton36 In America, during the periods I mentioned, we were forcing diversity all over the place. We were bussing children to schools further away from where they lived just to switch up the color palette, we were mandating hiring quotas regardless of who was best fit for the job, we were offering special scholarships that excluded majorities... all the while trying to keep our government as white as humanly possible. I'm NOT saying that we shouldn't give a helping hand to our minority population. I'm just telling how it was. "We'll make diversity-based laws that you all have to follow, so long as we can keep the skin tone pale here on Capitol Hill..."
I was born in 1978! And my sister was born in 1985! What a great time it was! Today's kids can't relate. As Kid Rock once said, "We didn't have no Internet/But man, I never will forget..." Sounds about right. 😀
Born in 78 a kid in the 80s and a teen in the 90s..Gen x had the Best years to be a kid we had the start of the video gama era to the Best músic ever recordéd..There will never be a time like the 80s and 90s ever..
The best was playing street hockey almost everyday in the winter. I would ride my bike in the snow a few blocks to a friend’s house carrying a stick , met with a dozen other friends that have been able to come. Played as long as we could before we ALL had to head home for dinner with our families.
As a real GenXer, I am sick and tired of people (AI-generated) saying they know my generation when all they do is copy/paste what the last idiot said. They never have any actual truth to their conversation; they are just trying to get clicks. It's a dead giveaway every time.
I do find it strange that we kind of do feel forgotten, despite our 70s, 80s and 90s pop culture being arguably most iconic and sought after to this day. It’s a weird dichotomy.
We made our own fun. Street cricket with the rubbish bin wicket. We built our own BMX track on a vacant block of land. Footy cards pegged to the bike spokes to make a buzzing sound. Dirt bomb fights on empty blocks with dirt mounds. Sword fights with bamboo sticks or taped up newspaper. Good times.
You are the FIRST channel that talks about our generation (I'm born in 74) that when talking about our hair mentioned not just Aqua Net but also Stif Stuf!!!!! Thank you for that because thatvwas the ONLY hairspray I used 😉
@@r_and_abut you was taught respect and responsibility and what a dollar really values in life. I’m 52 and my parents was making like $4. To like 3 dollars an hour. Back then and took care of a family of 4 bought a house couple cars and push us and taught us a value of a dollar but you learned that stuff out on the streets also specially if you’re a poor man nowadays these people are making $10 plus an hour and don’t have a pot to p in or a window to throw it out of. Plus you learnt to go without then needed
1966 here!!! Aw so good to see ya here my fellow Gen Xer hehe So true tho, we had to figure it all out, and some times we effed around and found out, but we learned from that! lol Dang I'm feelin so nostalgic right now, so emotional watching this, thank u so much! 🙏🏽💞
Musically, Gen-X was the last generation to listen to and put out music that went on to be considered "classics." After Gen-X, if you get caught listening to something that came out a year prior, you're critiqued because it was "so last year." In the 80s, we were listening to modern (at the time) music, as well as music from the 60s and 70s- and that was considered normal. Also, we were able to hold the physical media in our hands 100% of the time. If the player broke, we still had the media to play on a different player. Now, if your digital media player breaks, there's a good chance it takes your digital media with it- unless you have it "stored in the cloud," which is at the mercy and trust of someone else.
@aaronrs2002 yup you are right, I'll just sell one of my houses and that'll take care of that. We actually grew up in a time when houses were cheap and affordable and if you handled your business right, you could own multiple homes and property.
@@aaronrs2002 what do you mean they aren't hiring - I just started a new job in June and I am Gen X...they are still hiring us...my God I am only 49, we aren't boomers ffs.
@@JenniferKMorin The average age of a software developer, my profession, in the US is under 40. They are cheaper. Older developers can either pivot careers or build their own business. Companies hire young, cheap talent, especially right out of college. This way they can "mold" them.
despite what u hear we were the ones not moddy coddled. We could ride a bike without a helmet and knee pads. We could leave the house and hang out all day in our neighborhoods and where ever. The 90s started changing all that. Look what kinda kids and young adults we have today.
@hockeyaddict7007 in the 90s new parents thought they had superior thinking over past generations of parents.the slogans were children are little adults and my child should be my best friend not my kid.
One thing that I truly miss about the 80's is that we all supported each other regardless of a person's race, religion or sexual preference. Just wish ALOT of our fellow GenX'ers out there would remember their roots from back then instead of turning into the hateful disrespectful people that we have to deal with today. Thank God I still live by my roots.
@@oldskolacura9798 yeah tell that to my gay friend who was bashed to hell in those days. if you really are Gen X, you'd remember how rampant that shit was.
@@JenniferKMorin I'm Gay and GenX and got along with everybody. Had a few problems with other generations at the time, but not from my fellow GenX'ers. We all stood up for each other back then regardless. Sounds to me like your one of those fallen GenX'ers who forgot her roots.
@@JenniferKMorin Actually you see more today than back then. Look at the latest Presidental Race for example. Most people voted for a known racist over a Black woman who wouldn't have raised the price on tariffs from other Countries.
While a GenXer myself and despite not having such good memories from my younger years, I do have very good memories of the movies, music and how life was so different then. There was a great deal going on in the world then too, especially the 80's but people kept on going. I watched another video not so long ago, seeing today's generation trying to use such things as a Walkman or a home phone, it was so funny as they hadn't a clue, lol! 😂 Saturday tv was great fun, as we're the cartoons and tv shows such as Knight Rider, Airwolf, etc. I feel we were in many ways, more creative and imaginative back then. All I see today sadly is people stuck with their heads in their phones. Even friends. You're there trying to have a conversation and every now and again you'll get a " Oh yeah, really " as if they are making out they are listening yet have their attention glued to the screen. It's as if people can't go a few minutes without looking at them. I've seen the Internet go from an idea to what it is today, CD's and then DAD'S being created for the first time. Although, of course, before DVD's came the rather large Lazer discs which didn't take off all that much in the UK. About the same size as a Vinyl album, if anyone members what those were?, ahhahaha! 😂😂 And here we are today with the rise if A.I, something I never thought i would see, at least to the levels it's reached so far and what's to come. I do remember watching a great deal about the subject when younger when rather different approaches were being used and tested although they were, compared to today's standards, rather primitive.
@JONSEY101 Oh and you are sooo right about us being creative and imaginative!!! Both of my kids are very creative, but it is soooo different. While I would spend hours playing Fisher Price Little People, they want to similarly play but in a VR or Roblox world.
Hi amazing lady!! Fellow gen-x! This video is amazing and absolutely well made and spot on. Don't forget the abuse we suffered and the trauma we never had anyone to share with or be honest with about. We truly are kind and hardcore at the same time. Empathetic to the max and not giving two sh*t's at the same time. We are all very lucky, and when I do meet someone who graduated high school the same year as me, it's truly a wonderful discovery. And lets not forget all the people who are obviously older than us struggling with technology, only to find out that the person you are talking to is actually 10 to 15 years younger than you:) Take care, Smile and be happy always! Jim
As an aging Gen X'er let me give you this advice that I learned, don't ever wish to be older. Yes, growing up in the 80s was fantastic, but there were challenges too. Find the best parts of your generation and embrace them.
OMG, she nailed it ,i love my generation X, fights in schools became friends or respect to each other, beautiful girls to ask for her phone number(7 digits) thank you blondes, brunettes and red heads😍😍 cartoons to make us laugh, great food and service at restaurants (schoolhouse rock education cartoon/Sesame Street or Electric Company)writing in print or cursive, respectful to people everywhere and living was great being free and kindness giving respect to the generations of the past , the music, clothes and good communication skills and reading a book to take time and mediation on what we learned ,all this without cell phones, born in 68 those days went so fast and going downhill since 2010😟😟
I was born in '66, so technically a Gen-X, But I'm so EARLY Gen X that I did not "grow up" in the '80s. I grew up in the '70s. I can relate to late Boomers as much as I can to Gen X. In fact 83.75309% of my music is "boomer music". LOL.
Same. Born in 66 as well. I relate a lot to late boomers as well. Went to high school with them. Was in high school by 1980. Grew up mainly in the 70’s.
I was born in 1979. Though severe learning difficulties kept me from truly enjoying many things growing up I did have some fond memories that laid the foundation for later opportunities to learn and better appreciate. Music videos captured my heart from an early age, especially Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling". I watched Sesame Street but became especially fond of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. As an adult I could better appreciate sitcoms such as The Cosby Show (despite the star's legal troubles) and Family Ties. I first became a super fan of baseball and football. But my fondest memories growing up were the timeless joys of loving my Maltese dog, Alex (a male dog).
But you don't understand when I'm attempting to explain Because you know it all and I guess things will never change But you might need my hand when falling in your hole Your disposition, I'll remember when I'm letting go Of you and me, we're through and rearranged You and me, we're through and rearranged - L. B.
Swatch watches and Friendship pins were a thing, and you were a cool kid if you had a Mattel electronic football game. (I wasn't a cool kid and I can prove it...no friendship pins...heh)
I remebering the system was analog and slowly turned to be a digital system probably a plan from the start to control everything we doo ? it was ment for that in the early beginning of the digital age of the 80:s but we never thought about it that way , I remember everyone wanted a digital watch and a cellphone then you where the king ! we never questioned the digital system and it was slowly taking over everything !
We are the generation that had, and still have to clean up the Boomers' messes, We are the generation that pulled ourselves up by our own bootstraps and worked our butts off, sometimes up to 80 hours a week, went out and partied, came home and slept for an hour or two, then got right back up and went back to work as if nothing had happened. We are the "leave us alone" generation. We have zero sympathy for the Millennials or Gen Z, weak, whiny babies that they are. We are one of the toughest generations out there, and we're proud of it. ETA: I was born in 1967.
Beaten by our parents arcades were our nightclubs long distance phone calls some of us " just said no" and just drinks and drove because fuel and cigarettes were cheap. A dui was a " 502" I hour holding cell self bail out. Hairy bush
not all of us are arrogant, self centered psychopaths 🤨 agree with most but the lack of sympathy for others - including acting like duis were no big deal!
I was born in July 63, so called Boomer! But more in line with Gen X! Most of my friends are Gen X, born in the 60s! Late boomers in general fall in line with Gen X!!!!!
I’m Gen X & would give anything to have that world back, the 80’s ruled!
Totally agree!
It sure did ..all my teen years were in the mid to late 80s,
Agree!!!
born in 67 just turned 57....70s/80/EARLY 90s cherish them all
thank you for reminding me gen x was a great time, I'm so sad at the world today.
@@SammiLill We are so lucky to have experienced the world pre-9/11 and pre-internet.
Reminiscing and nostalgia is therapeutic to me. 💕
@@GenXRemembered Agreed! And the twenty year span of 1966-1986 best time
Generation X was great to grow up and live the ‘90’s too
(Everything was better: sports, music, movies, advancing technology and Styles/trends)
Anything before 2000’s was great, no Smart Phones or Facebook or Other Social Media
You could really do things and engage with people in person and learned to be tough and could joke around without being called a racist or anti-LGBTQ
❤️🤘🇺🇸
Born in '71 and I'm a wooden spoon survivor.
I've been smacked by a wooden spoon by my mum, my gran, and my best friend's mum (I laughed after she smacked him so she cuffed me). We still laugh about that one 40 years later.
with a hole in the middle so it stings more 😣
@@scottw1828 🤣🤣🤣
@@scottw1828 ha I got the wooden spoon too and I was born 1985.
Boomer parents too twenty year generation ahead of us and affected our generation too ❤️🤘
@@scottw1828 ha yes! Me too and I was born in ‘85 (all my older siblings got it before me ‘78, ‘82, ‘84)
I'm proud to be of Generation X through and through 😉👌💯
The forgotten generation? Hell, there are probably more videos on RUclips about Gen X than any other generation!
Born 1972 and I long for those days. Life was Awesome and friends and the freedom we had was even better!
I’m 57 and I still snowboard.
I was born in 1975. I remember watching Jem and the Holograms. I still like them today. I liked watching Duran Duran, Sting, Gloria Estefan, George Michael and many more. 😊😊😊😊
@ladybug9586 I'm a 75 edition too!!! 🙌🏼
I hear you on Duran Duran. Started listening to them after they first came out and still a fan. I got to see all 5 of them several years ago when Andy was back with them in NOLA. They are so great live, 😊
68 me. Saw Gloria Estefan, maybe 1990, a year after her horrific coach crash. Nevertheless she was amazing along with The Miami sound machine.
1976 here. I loved Jem! And I had fun revisiting it recently…and thinking that a fun drinking game would be taking a shot every time The Misfits committed a felony and got away with it.
@caffeitina 🤣Love it!!! That is hilarious!
Humanity reached its peak with Gen Xers. Now it's all a steady decline. - A Gen Xer.
Not now since a WHILE lol
My Walkman was my life support machine 😅
I still have mine on backup for when the internet goes out. 🤣
Born in 68’ and what you said is so true!
Being a (1989) Millennial myself, I'm glad to have at least experienced the hand-me-down years Gen Xers had. Cheap prices. Courteous/helpful community. Educational _and_ fun television programming. Limited electronic stimulation. Great music, though nothing comparable to the timeless 80s. Summers were peak cinema in regards to things that went BOOM. Bike riding. All I had to do was do homework, sometimes chores, and stay out of adult conversations. Grab a coloring book + ice cream tub of disorganized crayons and disappear.
If I tried to ride a bike now the trick would be to find a sidewalk lest I get run over by someone in a hulking SUV because they're staring at a cell phone instead of the road.
3:25 MacGyver is one of my favorite shows, I loved it so much that I managed to watch all 9 seasons of it!😊
Class of 1974 here... Yes....the best thing about Gen X was that we grew up in the greatest pop culture decade of all-time, the 80's!❤ TV, movies, cartoons, toys, music, fashion... everything was just the best.
THE KIDS OF 81 , 82 , 83, LIVED THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE CREATED THERE OWN GENERATION XIENIALS
...you got a problem...yo I'll solve it... I'm Gen x...you know I got it...
Ice, Ice Baby...
We are Gen X! We drank from the water hose of life!
You ain’t lying!
Born 69' kid in 70s and teenager to 20 in the 80s..Awesome time
I was born 1969 grow up in 70s and 80s greatest ever!! Wish I go back so simple not like today cell phones computers !!
I was born August 1978 and yeah now I'm a grandma
Congrats! Hope your family grows and stays strong in their hearts. 👣
We grew up with typewriters and telephones and now use computers and smartphones.
You may use smartphones, but I've never wanted one of those brain-sucking parasites in my life. The landline is just fine, thank you.
Thx for the memories! 65’er here and memories of original Star Trek and Baa Baa Black Sheep filled my tv viewing hours. Always Jones’d for the Evil Knievel rip cord motorcycle a kid down the block had. Skateboards made of wood, plastic, steel, or fiberglass and polyurethane wheels, no longer steel. 3 speed shifting bikes were legend. Good times.
@@thedudeimbibes46 I loved Evel!!!
Never been happier than when I was riding by BMX bike till the street lights came on in socal 😂
Cool
@@Braxton-e3f Thank you! 💕
Ya know, we used to prefer operating in the shadows. Quit shining a light on us. :)
Man do I ever miss the late 80's/early 90's. If I could go back to that time, I would in a heartbeat.
Same. I'm sick of this. I had some hope back then.
My family was still alive.
Gen X is pop culture!. We had the best movies, music, art, and media. Iconic characters, TV shows, the birth of metal, punk, and the OG masters of Rap and hip hop. Excuse me while I rewind my mix tape with a #2 pencil, I got to untangle myself from this phone cord!.
Yo Freaking Joe!
@@retrojoe8290 LOVE this comment!!! 🙌🏼💕
we were raised on hose water and neglect. i would not change a thing about my life .
The last generation to grow up without forced diversity.
There was no diversity, thank goodness.
@@matton36 Right?
That's not entirely true. Affirmative Action was very much a thing, and was in the news quite a lot throughout the late 60s, 70s and 80s.
@@TheREALJosephTurner Nevertheless, here in Australia we had almost zero non whites in those decades despite affirmative action on aboriginals. There was no diversity let alone forced, we were all white in those days, now we are the minority. In 1970 we were 99% white.
@@matton36 In America, during the periods I mentioned, we were forcing diversity all over the place. We were bussing children to schools further away from where they lived just to switch up the color palette, we were mandating hiring quotas regardless of who was best fit for the job, we were offering special scholarships that excluded majorities... all the while trying to keep our government as white as humanly possible. I'm NOT saying that we shouldn't give a helping hand to our minority population. I'm just telling how it was. "We'll make diversity-based laws that you all have to follow, so long as we can keep the skin tone pale here on Capitol Hill..."
I'm 57 and this is sooo great!!
Gen X believes in living life to it's fullest.
I was born in 1978! And my sister was born in 1985! What a great time it was! Today's kids can't relate. As Kid Rock once said, "We didn't have no Internet/But man, I never will forget..." Sounds about right. 😀
...when she said, 'who are these LEGENDS?'...yep, that's right
Born in 78 a kid in the 80s and a teen in the 90s..Gen x had the Best years to be a kid we had the start of the video gama era to the Best músic ever recordéd..There will never be a time like the 80s and 90s ever..
@@dereksanderson3305 75 here and 100% agree!!! 🙌🏼
The best was playing street hockey almost everyday in the winter. I would ride my bike in the snow a few blocks to a friend’s house carrying a stick , met with a dozen other friends that have been able to come. Played as long as we could before we ALL had to head home for dinner with our families.
As a real GenXer, I am sick and tired of people (AI-generated) saying they know my generation when all they do is copy/paste what the last idiot said. They never have any actual truth to their conversation; they are just trying to get clicks. It's a dead giveaway every time.
I do find it strange that we kind of do feel forgotten, despite our 70s, 80s and 90s pop culture being arguably most iconic and sought after to this day. It’s a weird dichotomy.
From Sesame Street to The Matrix. Man on the Moon to 9/11. And everything in-between. We saw it all.
As for MTV you forgot Headbangers ball 12:00 midnight on Saturday
@@hexes13 Yessssss!!! I want to do a video of our late night shows.
We made our own fun. Street cricket with the rubbish bin wicket. We built our own BMX track on a vacant block of land. Footy cards pegged to the bike spokes to make a buzzing sound. Dirt bomb fights on empty blocks with dirt mounds. Sword fights with bamboo sticks or taped up newspaper. Good times.
1980 here just saying “We are Legends” ❤😊
@@PaNDaSNiP3R 🙌🏼
You're a year after me, 1979, we're the last ones to go.
My go-to cartoon was Goldie Gold and She-Ra and I was definitely a MTV kid no matter what the genre of music those were the days ❤
You are the FIRST channel that talks about our generation (I'm born in 74) that when talking about our hair mentioned not just Aqua Net but also Stif Stuf!!!!! Thank you for that because thatvwas the ONLY hairspray I used 😉
@@shannon_w. LOL! I'm a 75-er!🙌🏼 It is always Aqua Net, but I didn't use it. It was Stiff Stuff and Salon Selectives for me. 🤣
@@GenXRemembered’72 here. salon selectives for me because it had the least toxic smell of the options. 😂
Canadian Gen Xer + I Grew Up With (Much Music) - (U.S.A S Version Of MTV ). (♏♏🦂🦂☯☯☮☮).
We definitely had the best entertainment.
Great vid! Thoughtful and genuine script! ❤
Generation X was taught to have responsibility and understand what a value of a dollar really means
uh, gen x learned on our own, no one was around to teach us latchkey kids
@@r_and_abut you was taught respect and responsibility and what a dollar really values in life. I’m 52 and my parents was making like $4. To like 3 dollars an hour. Back then and took care of a family of 4 bought a house couple cars and push us and taught us a value of a dollar but you learned that stuff out on the streets also specially if you’re a poor man nowadays these people are making $10 plus an hour and don’t have a pot to p in or a window to throw it out of. Plus you learnt to go without then needed
1967 here!!
The best generation!!
NO GOOGLE, JUST FIGURE IT OUT!!
1966 here!!! Aw so good to see ya here my fellow Gen Xer hehe So true tho, we had to figure it all out, and some times we effed around and found out, but we learned from that! lol Dang I'm feelin so nostalgic right now, so emotional watching this, thank u so much! 🙏🏽💞
Don't want to get hurt falling off your bike? Well, learn not to fall off.
Why do you make me so homesick? WHY!
@@BarrengerFynar LOL! I'm sorry!
1. So who responded to Atreyu with
"I am Gamork!"
2. And who began singing the moment we saw the pinball machine?!😂
The genx bat signals are forever!
How does one have a voice if no one notices? How are you heard if you do not speak. Gen X can no longer afford to remain silent and not be heard.
I'm right here baby, last year of gen x
Gen Xers don’t respond to begging to like, subscribe or comment to videos
😂😂 true. I don't do that😂✌️
Mix tapes!!!
Musically, Gen-X was the last generation to listen to and put out music that went on to be considered "classics." After Gen-X, if you get caught listening to something that came out a year prior, you're critiqued because it was "so last year." In the 80s, we were listening to modern (at the time) music, as well as music from the 60s and 70s- and that was considered normal. Also, we were able to hold the physical media in our hands 100% of the time. If the player broke, we still had the media to play on a different player. Now, if your digital media player breaks, there's a good chance it takes your digital media with it- unless you have it "stored in the cloud," which is at the mercy and trust of someone else.
@@TheREALJosephTurner Great comment!!! It's funny my 9 year old music buff prefers 80s music over today's.
Generation X. The unemployed generation. Too young to retire, too old to hire!
That hit hard.
@aaronrs2002 yup you are right, I'll just sell one of my houses and that'll take care of that. We actually grew up in a time when houses were cheap and affordable and if you handled your business right, you could own multiple homes and property.
@@aaronrs2002 what do you mean they aren't hiring - I just started a new job in June and I am Gen X...they are still hiring us...my God I am only 49, we aren't boomers ffs.
@@JenniferKMorin The average age of a software developer, my profession, in the US is under 40. They are cheaper. Older developers can either pivot careers or build their own business. Companies hire young, cheap talent, especially right out of college. This way they can "mold" them.
It's me! I'm JenX :) Merry Christmas!
I missed the 80s.. missed my long hair.. good memories 😎
Slim sexy masculine man and slim sexy feminine women with very GOOD songs.
"Each tape was a handcrafted masterpiece."
despite what u hear we were the ones not moddy coddled. We could ride a bike without a helmet and knee pads. We could leave the house and hang out all day in our neighborhoods and where ever. The 90s started changing all that. Look what kinda kids and young adults we have today.
@hockeyaddict7007 in the 90s new parents thought they had superior thinking over past generations of parents.the slogans were children are little adults and my child should be my best friend not my kid.
@hockeyaddict7007 very true but we voted for those people who passed said laws and ln later elections didn't make changing that an issue
Born 1980 ...our generation was never appreciated....until now
Exactly. Now they're paying attention
Great job on the video! I love it!❤
I was born 1963 and a middle child, I can related to this! ❤ I'm a Gen X generation ❤
I'm a Gen X. Im so glad I can have my generation discussed by someone in China likely in their 20s using an AI app. So insightful!
The best times !
One thing that I truly miss about the 80's is that we all supported each other regardless of a person's race, religion or sexual preference. Just wish ALOT of our fellow GenX'ers out there would remember their roots from back then instead of turning into the hateful disrespectful people that we have to deal with today. Thank God I still live by my roots.
@@AwesomeGenX unfortunately there was a lot of discrimination in the 80s which we see less of these days so I disagree
@JenniferKMorin I don't think so. This clearly tells me you are not gen x at all.
@@oldskolacura9798 yeah tell that to my gay friend who was bashed to hell in those days. if you really are Gen X, you'd remember how rampant that shit was.
@@JenniferKMorin I'm Gay and GenX and got along with everybody. Had a few problems with other generations at the time, but not from my fellow GenX'ers. We all stood up for each other back then regardless. Sounds to me like your one of those fallen GenX'ers who forgot her roots.
@@JenniferKMorin Actually you see more today than back then. Look at the latest Presidental Race for example. Most people voted for a known racist over a Black woman who wouldn't have raised the price on tariffs from other Countries.
My parents (1968 and 1970) are GenX. I am millennial.
Yes. My parents were teenagers when I was born.
While a GenXer myself and despite not having such good memories from my younger years, I do have very good memories of the movies, music and how life was so different then.
There was a great deal going on in the world then too, especially the 80's but people kept on going.
I watched another video not so long ago, seeing today's generation trying to use such things as a Walkman or a home phone, it was so funny as they hadn't a clue, lol! 😂
Saturday tv was great fun, as we're the cartoons and tv shows such as Knight Rider, Airwolf, etc.
I feel we were in many ways, more creative and imaginative back then.
All I see today sadly is people stuck with their heads in their phones.
Even friends.
You're there trying to have a conversation and every now and again you'll get a " Oh yeah, really " as if they are making out they are listening yet have their attention glued to the screen.
It's as if people can't go a few minutes without looking at them.
I've seen the Internet go from an idea to what it is today, CD's and then DAD'S being created for the first time.
Although, of course, before DVD's came the rather large Lazer discs which didn't take off all that much in the UK.
About the same size as a Vinyl album, if anyone members what those were?, ahhahaha! 😂😂
And here we are today with the rise if A.I, something I never thought i would see, at least to the levels it's reached so far and what's to come.
I do remember watching a great deal about the subject when younger when rather different approaches were being used and tested although they were, compared to today's standards, rather primitive.
@@JONSEY101 Thank you for your amazing comment! I 100% agree. We were soooo lucky!!!
@GenXRemembered You're welcome!
I wish we could go back to those days, lol! 😂
@JONSEY101 I do, too!!! I just commented to someone else how lucky we were to experience the world pre-internet and pre-9/11.
@JONSEY101 Oh and you are sooo right about us being creative and imaginative!!!
Both of my kids are very creative, but it is soooo different. While I would spend hours playing Fisher Price Little People, they want to similarly play but in a VR or Roblox world.
Hi amazing lady!! Fellow gen-x! This video is amazing and absolutely well made and spot on. Don't forget the abuse we suffered and the trauma we never had anyone to share with or be honest with about. We truly are kind and hardcore at the same time. Empathetic to the max and not giving two sh*t's at the same time. We are all very lucky, and when I do meet someone who graduated high school the same year as me, it's truly a wonderful discovery. And lets not forget all the people who are obviously older than us struggling with technology, only to find out that the person you are talking to is actually 10 to 15 years younger than you:) Take care, Smile and be happy always!
Jim
One of the best generations should have been born as one. At least I would be somewhat middle age with great memories and possibly a family of my own.
As an aging Gen X'er let me give you this advice that I learned, don't ever wish to be older. Yes, growing up in the 80s was fantastic, but there were challenges too. Find the best parts of your generation and embrace them.
OMG, she nailed it ,i love my generation X, fights in schools became friends or respect to each other, beautiful girls to ask for her phone number(7 digits) thank you blondes, brunettes and red heads😍😍 cartoons to make us laugh, great food and service at restaurants (schoolhouse rock education cartoon/Sesame Street or Electric Company)writing in print or cursive, respectful to people everywhere and living was great being free and kindness giving respect to the generations of the past , the music, clothes and good communication skills and reading a book to take time and mediation on what we learned ,all this without cell phones, born in 68 those days went so fast and going downhill since 2010😟😟
80's kids had it better, us 90's kids had to deal with the 3rd Wave of Feminism which began to make some girls into
stark raving B----.
The best generation
I was born in '66, so technically a Gen-X, But I'm so EARLY Gen X that I did not "grow up" in the '80s. I grew up in the '70s. I can relate to late Boomers as much as I can to Gen X. In fact 83.75309% of my music is "boomer music". LOL.
Same. Born in 66 as well. I relate a lot to late boomers as well. Went to high school with them. Was in high school by 1980. Grew up mainly in the 70’s.
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I was born in 63, but never really felt like a boomer. Technically im in the JONES generation.
Bored? You didn't say that word. There was a host of chores waiting to hear that.
1975 here and 1973 sitting beside me. anyone else recognize @therealslimsherri as the voiceover?
Took listening a minute, but yes.
"Hello" from GEN X 1971!
The ones they forgot
And we are okay with that😁
forgot? more like always ignored too much to ever remember in the 1st place 🤷
If you wanted to know where everyone was you looked for a pile of BMX bikes. And yes we'd literally pile em......And they never got stolen!
I was born in 1979. Though severe learning difficulties kept me from truly enjoying many things growing up I did have some fond memories that laid the foundation for later opportunities to learn and better appreciate. Music videos captured my heart from an early age, especially Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling". I watched Sesame Street but became especially fond of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. As an adult I could better appreciate sitcoms such as The Cosby Show (despite the star's legal troubles) and Family Ties. I first became a super fan of baseball and football. But my fondest memories growing up were the timeless joys of loving my Maltese dog, Alex (a male dog).
I LOVE this!!! Thanks for sharing!
1979 baby, late Gen X, the last of our kind so to say. When we go, it's over.
Don't remember us we don't give a sh.....
@smegheadGOAT 🤣🤣🤣
But you don't understand when I'm attempting to explain
Because you know it all and I guess things will never change
But you might need my hand when falling in your hole
Your disposition, I'll remember when I'm letting go
Of you and me, we're through and rearranged
You and me, we're through and rearranged - L. B.
1:23 OMG, I think that was the exact WP I took to college.
And we are still here.
Swatch watches and Friendship pins were a thing, and you were a cool kid if you had a Mattel electronic football game. (I wasn't a cool kid and I can prove it...no friendship pins...heh)
So much nostalgia
WORD UP
'77 baby checking in!
@@gregorygriffin6341 '75!
I remebering the system was analog and slowly turned to be a digital system probably a plan from the start to control everything we doo ? it was ment for that in the early beginning of the digital age of the 80:s but we never thought about it that way , I remember everyone wanted a digital watch and a cellphone then you where the king ! we never questioned the digital system and it was slowly taking over everything !
Awesome
You completely forgot to mention the advent of Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games.
Geez, I remember playing that. Just some dice and your imagination.
My dad was big into D&D.
as an elder millinal i have alot in common wiht this
@matthewlee9728 An "elder millennial" 🤣. I was born in 75 so I probably have more in common with you than an "elder x-er".
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Great video
@@richk8173 Thank you!
1970,54 years old,born in London, does that make me an X thingy
Yes, you are Gen. X
Yes, you're in the X thingy club.😅
Millennials are always trying to steal Gen X's thunder, but have no idea what it even is.
I (millennial) stole the youth of two GenX teens: my parents.
😁😁😁😁😁
Monkee see monkee do
We are the generation that had, and still have to clean up the Boomers' messes, We are the generation that pulled ourselves up by our own bootstraps and worked our butts off, sometimes up to 80 hours a week, went out and partied, came home and slept for an hour or two, then got right back up and went back to work as if nothing had happened. We are the "leave us alone" generation. We have zero sympathy for the Millennials or Gen Z, weak, whiny babies that they are. We are one of the toughest generations out there, and we're proud of it. ETA: I was born in 1967.
Beaten by our parents arcades were our nightclubs long distance phone calls some of us " just said no" and just drinks and drove because fuel and cigarettes were cheap. A dui was a " 502" I hour holding cell self bail out. Hairy bush
not all of us are arrogant, self centered psychopaths 🤨 agree with most but the lack of sympathy for others - including acting like duis were no big deal!
Those where the day's not what we have to endure today !
@@bernie9150 I know! At least we have the memories.
What I liked about 80's were those Garbage Pail Kids cards and hated My Little Pony.
@memeco50 I still have my GPK collection. I never got into My Little Pony either and not sure why.
You forgot to mention the witnessing of Bitcoin.👍
I was born in July 63, so called Boomer! But more in line with Gen X! Most of my friends are Gen X, born in the 60s! Late boomers in general fall in line with Gen X!!!!!
Agreed, 63 here too, never felt like a boomer.
@ people born in the 1960s are a totally different bred! 🥰
I have 3 friends that are all late boomers but we all act like Gen X.