If I work on something and I’m not happy with the outcome, likely because I learnt something on the journey, I will happily trash it and do it again. This was the mindset of many of my generation. Maybe it was the technical college tutors being less than complementary about your sh!t efforts that did this. I thank them. 😆
As a Gen-Xer, my spidey senses go all bonkers when I hear or see GEN X. "OH GOD! What are we being dragged into now? Why are we even being thought about? LEAVE US ALONE! Believe us when we say that We Like It Like That. My younger friends will say to me "This person said some really bad things about you" to which I will reply "That's good, I will go home and sleep just fine tonight". They look at me like I'm from another planet. I Don't Care! Dadbod is right, we were raised as feral and rabid animals who specialize in taking care of themselves. He's a HERO!
Yeah I feel you here. When I tell people I can care less what someone thinks I get the gasp and oh how sad like not caring makes me stunted or something. I’ve tried to explain that if you are not an important part of my life I don’t care what you think is healthier but apparently that makes me heartless. Whatever got shit to do.
You have a spidey sense about that? I hear or see a reference to Gen-X, I go "meh". If there's not an action required on our part, we don't care and they can continue talking about us until they're blue in the face.
@@katarinad1309 I get the same thing from people. I've tried to explain to some of them this way. "Does this person saying bad things about me have an influence on my life? Do I know them? And if I do know them, do I care about them.? If the answer to these questions is "No", then I care not one wit what hot air comes from their mouths. I have never understood caring about what strangers think of me....
I remember growing up, adults used to complain about us and call us the generation without a cause. I always thought we should have been called the abandoned generation. The boomers ripped apart the family unit, and left us to raise ourselves. We didn't even have access to the internet like younger generations do to answer our questions and just had to deal with any problems on our own, and suffer in silence. Even today it's still not Gen X that is in power. It's mostly Boomers, that still hold onto positions of power. Sometimes the people in power are even too old to be Boomers. I'm not sure what people would complain about that Gen X has done. We haven't been in a position to hurt society more than it already was when we found it.
The only positions of power that the Baby Boomers have today are political positions and money. Since many of them have retired and there was the "pandemic," their money has diminished significantly. They certainly have a stranglehold on top political positions. That's ironic because they also can't avoid being the center of blame for the record-breaking decline the country has recently experienced.
I'm Gen X and it wasn't the Boomers that tore the family unit apart, it was the leaders/rulers/decision makers that tore it apart. Just as we see today how the leaders/rulers/decision makers have corrupted the minds of Gen Z with the gay and trans agenda. Also, the formation of women's liberation was formed to break up the family home and also to tax BOTH parents. While we keep arguing about who's generation is better, the same leaders/rulers/decision makers keep using the same tactic against us. The other generations are NOT your enemy. The leaders/rulers and decision makers are OUR enemy.
One caveat - my parents did a pretty good job of providing a stable home life and encouraging my brother and I to explore and experiment, while always reminding us we had a place to fall back and parents to rely on if things went wrong. “We want to make sure you’re safe first, then we’ll deal with what you did wrong,” was the philosophy that permeated our home.
I have only been called out once. Was called a Boomer when I disagreed with a political ideology…. I began with, “I don’t really like to talk politics but for you this one time….. I’d be more than happy to discuss it.” It pretty much went down hill from there. The mental gymnastics were like watching Nadia Comaneci in the 1980 Olympics, but less impressive. Lesson taught that day….. Don’t go down the “If you don’t agree with me, then you are the enemy” thought process. I offered a way out of the debate several times but with every perceived “ah-ha” moment the person had… it was countered with historical fact. So basically the person was left with a shocked Pikachu face and serious knowledge about the failings of a two party system where the goal is to separate the masses by convincing the people to NOT vote their conscious regarding an individual but vote for the party instead.
I find my 'zero fucks given' to things like this fun. I agree, they do not want to awaken the gen x beast. It will not be pleasant, and it will not be over quickly.
@@donaldb.9995 What they fail to realize is this one basic fact.. everyone that is alive today .. is alive because someone they know made the conscious decision not to murder them. Let that sink in for a minute.. then think of everyone you know. Once they realize this simple fact they will understand.
LOL I had a young millennial buddy in the army who decided to try and mess around with me. He decided that he had enough when I put NAIR in his shampoo.
It's basically "Don't trust anyone over 50" trope all over again. Which is kinda ironic that they lump us into the so called boomer category in the Age of Identity.
@@asianartist1 Me too. The boomers and millennials are so afraid of us that they do everything they can to keep us out LOL The boomers because they know we will burn the system to the ground and rebuild it in our own image. The millennials because they think we are boomers.
We dont get called out because we speak the truth with no f**k's given......and no one wants to hear it because it hurts feelings....that most of us dont have.....thats what happens when you grow up raising yourself.
@Jay Miner bingo! It was my Boomer dad who taught me to speak my mind. At times I think he might have regretted doing so, 😂 but it has served me well throughout my life.
Never until watching Dadbod’s videos did I even realize we as a generation have so many issues in common! I thought it was just me & the people I know. Our generation is the one that will bury a body and never speak of it again. We grew up with such a variety of violence. I remember clearly being told by my parents “children don’t have rights”. We just did as we were told or didn’t and paid the price. Kids today have reached adulthood and never been punched in the face?!? I’m a girl and I had to fight as much as my brother. There is a world of hurt in place for anyone who threatens me. I thought it was just me!
LOL My kids look at their classmates and are repulsed by their weakness. I raised mine like I was raised (with slightly more comfort). By the time they were 10 they could cook and clean. Fight and make friends afterwards. They have never gotten an allowance. If they want some money, well, there is always stuff outside of their everyday chores that need done to earn a bit of cash around the house, as well as doing work for the neighbors. My son is 11 and he already has weekly customers. They have both learned that nothing is ever given to you. If you want something you have to take it!
I can definitely understand and I bet you were told to keep your mouth shut when it came to family matters I had to deal with that as a kid not to mention fights between my stepdad and his kids.
@@antonioliles5027 Same here sister! Mine even drank from water hose! My motto...THERE Aint NO FREE LUNCH!! Sugarcoat shit for your kids, and the world will eat them alive.
Born in 1974. I grew up constantly hearing about plane bombings, survived Reaganomics, heat, endless chores that prepared me to take care of my own home, summer jobs (and we actially took pride in having one!), paddlings at school, and walking home if we missed the bus. I believe the problem with Millenials and Gen Z is that we didn't think the same things were good enough for them. Hard work made us stronger mentally and physically. Doing things ourselves bred ingenuity and creativity. Having chores taught us responsibility, productivity and was our first taste of the fact that something would always be expected of us. Growing up like this taught us self-sufficiency and gave us the single-minded ability to plan, prepare and execute. Millennials and Gen Z, where is your 'get-up-and-go'?
@@donaldb.9995 What I find hilarious about the safe space crowd is that in all of the videos, none of them seem to be arguing with a Gen X. They always seem to be arguing with millennials and boomers.
My message to millenials and GenZ. "Tag! You're it"! Think you can do better? Fine, I, for one, will be setting back eating my popcorn, watching you implode. And don't go asking me for advice. You're "It".
@@evilbarbie2160 LOL.. my daughter decided I was her pain and toxicity. She disowned me. Has. 10 year old girl and has been put into FB jail for her pictures she uploaded of her child in a diaper or zero clothing. Can't wait till she becomes the "parent" she's accused me of being.
@@lorireed8046 I'm sure that time will come. Awww fb jail, poor social media junkie baby... advertising her half naked kids to the sicko predators and pedo's? It should be more severe, like seeing what happened to other kids that got hurt by the ignorance and arrogance culture of "look at me! Look at me!, I need validation from others because I'm a sheeple!!!".. How did these generations loose common sense, integrity and morals? Somewhere around time outs and reasoning with unreasonable beastly children instead of cracking them when they need it. As Ron White says, "here's your sign". ---My only suggestion to you, still try to send the little one cards on birthday and Christmas. She may not get them, but when she realizes it was her mom, not you and is alone in the world, that you tried makes all the difference. If they get returned, keep them for her, she'll have proof you tried. Other than that, BASK in being cut off!
Gen X-er here. To quote Professor X (which seems fitting), "I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble." Don't poke the bear.
Well its hard to call out a generation that may initially carry on with the banter (think sibling arguments) but after the fun we could really give a shit less. For us wars are the last resort bc we recognize that it changes the landscape forever. Few things are worth altering the cosmic order, lets keep it that way
She should be focusing her displaced feelings towards the person that failed to teach her the difference between their and there (and presumably, they're). Gen X is none of your concern until you make us just that.
I still remember taking apart my parents Anniversary Clock when I was 11, because I NEEDED to know how it worked! Yes, I earned a spanking that day.... I also figured out how to put it back together by myself... although that took me a few days.
@@driverr988 Nice..... My son loves that I encourage his curiosity with stuff like this. I get him kits to build, but I also just toss him broken things to pull apart and see what is inside.
I'm considered a nice guy because I was the quiet one in the room. Most people didn't realize that I was former military and an experienced paramedic so my mind is very warped that it's best I not talk in public. Now add Gen X to the mix and that's me in a nutshell. Don't interfere in my solitude, it's a choice, not a circumstance.
It's a choice for others protection. No one can truly stand up to a Gen-X mind trip. Hell we have the ability to mess up OTHER Gen-X's. But, we know what that kind of war it will start. 😎
@@highlordinquisitor4882 I was thinking the same thing! We fucked with each others heads! These younger generations do not want to find out what that is like!
Absolutely perfect response! These young ones don’t quite understand that while we may be older than them we are just made different! None of us want a fight, but we sure enough will finish it then pick ya up off the ground, dust ya off, ask if you’re ok and send ya on your way. Then we’ll go back to being content to being ignored 😂.
Comparing Gen Z to Gen X is like holding a Bud Light up against a 12-year-old, single-cask, Scottish whisky. The whisky doesn't dye it's hair pink or blue, need a safe space, believe in unicorns, get upset at words or a different point of view, or think the world owes it anything at all. It's just waiting for the Bud Light to say "Ok, I've been a tw4t. Help me. Guide me. Educate me." Historically, every generation has been slightly more emancipated, intelligent, and capable of standing on its own two legs than the previous generations...until millennials and Gen Z. Send them to Bear Grills survivor island on a conscription basis. That would be massively enjoyable and would thin out the crop!
"The whisky doesn't dye it's hair pink or blue..." Actually, that is not entirely correct, and we were also the generation that pierced body parts that were not meant for piercing. Haha.
Good Sir, a request but a brief parlay: I too danced the dance of danger in the wilds. You see my homeland is the high mountains. We enjoyed the mountain as our slide, the scars tell our tale. I served as an Infantryman and the good folk ask me, why do you write on your flesh, FAFO; I sit and smile a very broad smile. Thank you, good sir, I ask no more of our parlay! Good day!
@@donaldb.9995 Indeed. Another concept I’m not sure they would understand is that, after you would trade punches, you’d both be sitting on the sidewalk together, holding a wet handkerchief against a bleeding nose or cracked lip. And you’d probably be friends after that.
Generational conflicts, ridiculous and just another way to drive wedges between people. The goal is for each generation to build on the previous and be better, never happens, because we just decide to tear each other down. Time changes, technology changes, society changes...I couldn't imagine growing up with as much information and garbage that kids today are exposed to. It is unprecedented, as like everyone is stating, these are the first generations to grow up with this type of access and technology. There is no going back, lessons will be learned and society will move on. -GenX/1973
@@donaldb.9995 And Boomers thought the same of our generation, so what is your point? The kids you are calling weak are our kids, what are you doing about that? Sure much of the things they say/do might seem like nonsense at times, but it's going to lead society in the right direction eventually. It may not be from a technological direction, but humanity...it is a "wait and see" but they are young and have to figure it out, hopefully with the guidance from elders. One generation doesn't do it alone.
@@donaldb.9995I don't agree. The Silent Generation were the last ones we could truly look up to, it all went downhill from the Boomers, and I am Generation X.
Agree with this comment so much. I find the generational fighting to be so silly. Yes, there are similarities due to similar circumstances, but to think millions of people of a specific generation could all (or mostly) be similar is ignoring all the other factors that make us who we are. And, maybe most importantly, it doesn’t solve or fix anything. I’m the oldest GenX, my parents were part of the Greatest Generation. I’ve found people who think alike from different generations all the time, pretty useless preoccupation so many have with generational differences
@@yvonnewilson2242 They really forgot who the majority of their customer base WAS, we’ll destroy them and not even shed a tear but we will drink theirs.😂
@davidfarrell7560 yep... They forgot that most of that piss water was drank by the slack jawed yokels... Bud Light isn't a Gen X thing... it is a white trash thing. Know your customer base.
@@davidfarrell7560 Not only will we NOT shed a tear, we will also cheer as they burn and roast some marshmallows! We are the only generation that is actually anti-corporate bullshit. We understand that companies need to exist for us to get the stuff we want, but will happily burn them to the ground for another one to take its place!
We are the sleeping honey badger of generations. Sure, we look fluffy and maybe even cute when we’re asleep and left alone but if you wake us from our beauty sleep, and we need more of it at our age, the teeth will be bared. And you will regret it. Digital natives you say? We invented the damn internet. We remember what life was like before it but have used it enough to ‘get’ it. Unlike grandpa boomer. The internet is no longer something I’m particularly proud of, by the way, although the internet was pretty good in the 90s before social media and millennials. Behave or you won’t get your pocket money.!
Yes.... please just leave us all alone. Please reap all the benefits of what we learned and provided to our kids, including your lifestyle, comfort, economy, freedom, etc., etc., And I would suggest they all learn a little humility, because when the next major conflict comes they will be the ones that have to fight it and live in the aftermath. Please.... just move along if you can't say thank you. I don't care either way, but learn a little respect and at least your own history for the last 25 years for God's sake. None of the current generation would even be alive without Gen-X.
Whenever I hear a Millennial try to talk shit about Gen-X....I just like to point them to the videos of a Millennial spending several minutes trying to open a single can with a manual can opener, or the two brothers whose Genb-X father tried to see if they could figure out how to dial a phone number on a rotary telephone. And as I do so, I sit back, smile rather smugly, and bask in the knowledge that, like Jon Snow.....they know nothing.
EXACTLY!!! Leave us alone because when the time comes when we have to go off the chain. We bout to go all the way off the chain. When that happens only God can stop us!!! 😂😆
Your words are pure inspiration, dear sir. We (The last generation to sharpened sticks), took our beatings in the thrushes of the most drastic changes. Since the invention of the wheel... Bearing the inherent rage of bygone generations, by the subconscious of those who raised us. Bore witness the incorporation of computers, changing our entire reality, within we grew up. We are the children, of a reality. We no longer possess. Yet the Younger can never conceive, in absence of it's experience.
We are the generation of punk and metal. We will not go down without a serious amount of violence, and everyone knows it. That's why most Millies are scared shitless to even mention us.
Pre Gen X here.. today I worked out , went to the barber shop ( without an appointment or a Gropoun ) broiled some pork chops and baked potatoes for dinner ( didn't have to google that ) and wrote out my property tax check. I did that all without complaining to anyone on social media...OH and actually talked to a few people I didn't know before today...one gentleman was 101 years old and he congratulated me because I recently retired..34 years at one job...Gen X That !!!!
"We we're emotionally supporting parents" Right... honestly emotionally apathetic is better than abusive. But lets not pretend the bare minimum is some gold achievement
While in Basic Training (I went in June so there were a few dozen classes before me) one of my drill instructors made a statement I’ll never forget. He stated, “What is wrong with you people? It’s like you don’t care.” We weren’t off the charts, but we were hard to manage & do the military thing with pizzazz. That’s how I’ve lived my life. Not being lazy but just following the dance steps. Because, I’m doing my stuff, watching out for the older generation & making sure the younger generations are not being so stupid that I may lose a limb or worse. While growing up, I admit some of my actions & words were kinda skewed. But it was always during a controlled burn.
"...How come I never hear anyone calling out Gen (uh..wait a second... it will come to me..umm..oh yeah!) X." Whoa, I think she just answered her own question there.
My son calls me a demon when my bitch switch has been activated 😂 I taught my brother how to fight by holding down the bigger boy that beat him up,,,, sort him out now or he’ll come at you again…. No more bully’s ❤
No yer not. GEN X = 1965 to 1975 (HARD CUT OFF!!!), Xennial/proto-millennial = 1976 to 1985. We got SO MANY Xennials and proto-millennials on social media desperate for their GEN X pass.... nuh uh
@@janetmckenzie146 NOPE. GENX :1965 to 1975. Xennials : 1976 to 1984. There are two UNEQUIVOCAL generational markers that we GENXers use to positively ID one of our own...and NO, it aint "drinking outta the hose"
It's funny - truly the case or not - i feel like now is about the first time X has had a spotlight even remotely turned towards it. I don't mind a lack of spotlight!
As a Gen-Xer, all i can say is, "Don't start none, won't be none!" Now leave us the eff alone. Go whine to a generation who cares. It's definitely NOT US! 😂
We can fix things….We’re patriotic……We were rebellious but we also had respect for authority figures…..mostly 🤔…..We had the 80’s, something you’ll never have……We had Bird, Jordan, the dream team, Real cartoons on Saturday morning, big wheels, played outside, VHS tapes, good movies, Bo Jackson, Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Green, Ronald Reagan, Cocaine, Ft. Lauderdale, the full bush and muscle 😮cars. We were latch key kids who became independent and strong… We weren’t afraid to leave home when we were 18 and join the United States Marines, yes I was a Marine. God bless Generation X…….Yes, we made a lot of mistakes along the way, but we weren’t afraid to try. 🤫 I love my 2 millennials and my 1 Generation Z kids, I wish you all the luck in the world!!🫡 I forgot, Motley Crue, Metallica, Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson.
Thank you. You know why. 😊 My genZ kids have a similar personality and thought process to us Xers, but that’s because their genX parents taught them to be that way. 😂
I put it down to we are soft because we were raised with a hard yard stick and said I’m not doing that to my kids now I look at what these kids get up to and get away with ,the stick needs to make a return
You don't call us, we call you. Why? Never Mind about the problems in the world, for Mr. T said it best one time: "I pity the fool." Gad! Still love Rocky 3 to this day
I sometimes have to point out that the military veterans of Gen X had to hit a target at 250 meters with iron sights in order to stay in the military so think about that before pissing one of us off ,because walking away sometimes doesn't do you any good 😂
I dunno about all that. Tragically we Gen Xers must be forced to share our cohort with Elon Musk, Ted Cruz, & Ron DeathSantis. That's some bullshit that actually needs calling out.
Why is "calling out" a thing. It really seems like a pointless way to absolve oneself of accountability and responsibility for their life and actions. This is trendy garbage and honestly a lack of gratitude and respect for elders and today's progress that is ultimately the product of all previous generations.
That is PRECISELY it. An abject denial of responsibility and a failure to comprehend that actions have consequences. They wish to cast blame on ANYONE else but themselves for their own mistakes.
Tasmanian devils, honey badgers, and wolverines, are probably good analogies for our generation. We grew up for the most part feral, had to learn at very young ages to cook, clean, take care of our younger siblings, and survive in general in the wild because we weren't allowed or didn't have the means to be in the safety of our families homes, at least not until we figured out how to use butter knives, club cards, or school ids to jimmy our way back in, while the parents were out, passed out, or other ways unavailable. I guess since the boomers haven't given the zoomers and alphas much of a fight on social media, which is understandable given their lack of tech skills the majority of them suffer from, that they are starting to "test the waters" so to speak with us now. It seems that those few that have over the years, been unlucky enough to step on the many invisible landmines, that we keep shattered around our sanctuaries, weren't willing, or probably been able, which is more likely, to warn the rest of them that Generation X isn't the kind of bear they really should start poking a stick. Those of us that have survived our childhoods, and young adulthoods, are very battle scared and not renown for our empathy once our fur gets rubbed the wrong way. Now, while we will tolerate the occasional/accidental poke from time to time, if it becomes too frequent or worse intentional, we have very little qualms in going helter skelter and all medieval on their ill equipped and obviously fragile egos. Snowflakes while pretty to reflect upon in the quiet of winter afternoon, have no chance of surviving in fires and brimstone of an erupting volcano.
To paraphrase Rorshach: We haven't been protected from the criticisms... you have been protected from our response.
If there’s one thing that Gen-X can agree on it’s this: knowing is half the battle!
G.I.JOOOOOOOE!!!!!!!
Those PSA's are the best.
The more you know!🌈
@@jayminer9416😂
Thanks to the JOE's, I now know never to play with power lines.
"Broke it till it worked better." That could be the summary of my life.
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is
That statement should terrify the millennials and zoomers.
If you annoy us enough, that will be our solution to fix you.
That's exactly what I've been doing this entire time. lol
If I work on something and I’m not happy with the outcome, likely because I learnt something on the journey, I will happily trash it and do it again. This was the mindset of many of my generation. Maybe it was the technical college tutors being less than complementary about your sh!t efforts that did this. I thank them. 😆
As a Gen-Xer, my spidey senses go all bonkers when I hear or see GEN X. "OH GOD! What are we being dragged into now? Why are we even being thought about? LEAVE US ALONE! Believe us when we say that We Like It Like That. My younger friends will say to me "This person said some really bad things about you" to which I will reply "That's good, I will go home and sleep just fine tonight". They look at me like I'm from another planet. I Don't Care! Dadbod is right, we were raised as feral and rabid animals who specialize in taking care of themselves. He's a HERO!
And we have no qualms eating millennials for breakfast; not our fault they stay so crunchy in milk.
Yeah I feel you here. When I tell people I can care less what someone thinks I get the gasp and oh how sad like not caring makes me stunted or something. I’ve tried to explain that if you are not an important part of my life I don’t care what you think is healthier but apparently that makes me heartless. Whatever got shit to do.
You have a spidey sense about that? I hear or see a reference to Gen-X, I go "meh". If there's not an action required on our part, we don't care and they can continue talking about us until they're blue in the face.
@@katarinad1309 I get the same thing from people.
I've tried to explain to some of them this way.
"Does this person saying bad things about me have an influence on my life? Do I know them? And if I do know them, do I care about them.?
If the answer to these questions is "No", then I care not one wit what hot air comes from their mouths.
I have never understood caring about what strangers think of me....
As a proud gen X member, if someone says bad things about me I quickly reply "screw you" and never loose sleep.
I remember growing up, adults used to complain about us and call us the generation without a cause. I always thought we should have been called the abandoned generation.
The boomers ripped apart the family unit, and left us to raise ourselves. We didn't even have access to the internet like younger generations do to answer our questions and just had to deal with any problems on our own, and suffer in silence.
Even today it's still not Gen X that is in power. It's mostly Boomers, that still hold onto positions of power. Sometimes the people in power are even too old to be Boomers.
I'm not sure what people would complain about that Gen X has done. We haven't been in a position to hurt society more than it already was when we found it.
The only positions of power that the Baby Boomers have today are political positions and money.
Since many of them have retired and there was the "pandemic," their money has diminished significantly.
They certainly have a stranglehold on top political positions. That's ironic because they also can't avoid being the center of blame for the record-breaking decline the country has recently experienced.
I'm Gen X and it wasn't the Boomers that tore the family unit apart, it was the leaders/rulers/decision makers that tore it apart. Just as we see today how the leaders/rulers/decision makers have corrupted the minds of Gen Z with the gay and trans agenda. Also, the formation of women's liberation was formed to break up the family home and also to tax BOTH parents. While we keep arguing about who's generation is better, the same leaders/rulers/decision makers keep using the same tactic against us. The other generations are NOT your enemy. The leaders/rulers and decision makers are OUR enemy.
One caveat - my parents did a pretty good job of providing a stable home life and encouraging my brother and I to explore and experiment, while always reminding us we had a place to fall back and parents to rely on if things went wrong. “We want to make sure you’re safe first, then we’ll deal with what you did wrong,” was the philosophy that permeated our home.
@@trenae77 The "I don't care that y'all were screwed" philosophy.
@@trenae77 When the country falls into a depression, self-interested "families" like yours will be the first to blame.
I have only been called out once. Was called a Boomer when I disagreed with a political ideology…. I began with, “I don’t really like to talk politics but for you this one time….. I’d be more than happy to discuss it.”
It pretty much went down hill from there. The mental gymnastics were like watching Nadia Comaneci in the 1980 Olympics, but less impressive. Lesson taught that day….. Don’t go down the “If you don’t agree with me, then you are the enemy” thought process. I offered a way out of the debate several times but with every perceived “ah-ha” moment the person had… it was countered with historical fact. So basically the person was left with a shocked Pikachu face and serious knowledge about the failings of a two party system where the goal is to separate the masses by convincing the people to NOT vote their conscious regarding an individual but vote for the party instead.
Yoo. Said. Pekachoo 😂😂😅
Should've beat his ass in arm wrestling too
I find my 'zero fucks given' to things like this fun. I agree, they do not want to awaken the gen x beast. It will not be pleasant, and it will not be over quickly.
@@donaldb.9995 What they fail to realize is this one basic fact.. everyone that is alive today .. is alive because someone they know made the conscious decision not to murder them. Let that sink in for a minute.. then think of everyone you know. Once they realize this simple fact they will understand.
LOL I had a young millennial buddy in the army who decided to try and mess around with me.
He decided that he had enough when I put NAIR in his shampoo.
@@antonioliles5027my causen almost did that to me lol.
They just think we're all "Boomers"... rarely have I heard anyone even mention Gen X by name.
Good! You understand.
It's basically "Don't trust anyone over 50" trope all over again. Which is kinda ironic that they lump us into the so called boomer category in the Age of Identity.
I know, it really irritates me when people use "boomer" to describe older people, so lazy.
We are the sleeping giant!
@@divinaluz7 boomer or baby boomer is our parents generation and idiots put us in that box with them.
It’s not us who are protected. It’s everyone else who’s protected, from us.
Now imagine all Gen X'ers as a single military group.....the world would be in fear! Be careful.
In the political sphere, the mere mention of Gen X'ers is like talking about the boogeyman.
that actually makes me kinda proud 😂
@@asianartist1 Me too. The boomers and millennials are so afraid of us that they do everything they can to keep us out LOL
The boomers because they know we will burn the system to the ground and rebuild it in our own image. The millennials because they think we are boomers.
In nature, bright colors are a warning to stay away ...
We don't get called out cause we don't give bull spit, we keep it real. Maybe why no one likes us.
Nah im a millenial and i appreciated my gen x friends.^^
We dont get called out because we speak the truth with no f**k's given......and no one wants to hear it because it hurts feelings....that most of us dont have.....thats what happens when you grow up raising yourself.
@Jay Miner bingo! It was my Boomer dad who taught me to speak my mind. At times I think he might have regretted doing so, 😂 but it has served me well throughout my life.
Never until watching Dadbod’s videos did I even realize we as a generation have so many issues in common! I thought it was just me & the people I know. Our generation is the one that will bury a body and never speak of it again. We grew up with such a variety of violence. I remember clearly being told by my parents “children don’t have rights”. We just did as we were told or didn’t and paid the price. Kids today have reached adulthood and never been punched in the face?!? I’m a girl and I had to fight as much as my brother.
There is a world of hurt in place for anyone who threatens me. I thought it was just me!
LOL My kids look at their classmates and are repulsed by their weakness. I raised mine like I was raised (with slightly more comfort). By the time they were 10 they could cook and clean. Fight and make friends afterwards. They have never gotten an allowance. If they want some money, well, there is always stuff outside of their everyday chores that need done to earn a bit of cash around the house, as well as doing work for the neighbors. My son is 11 and he already has weekly customers.
They have both learned that nothing is ever given to you. If you want something you have to take it!
I can definitely understand and I bet you were told to keep your mouth shut when it came to family matters I had to deal with that as a kid not to mention fights between my stepdad and his kids.
Welcome home sister!!!
@@antonioliles5027
Same here sister! Mine even drank from water hose! My motto...THERE Aint NO FREE LUNCH!! Sugarcoat shit for your kids, and the world will eat them alive.
Born in 1974. I grew up constantly hearing about plane bombings, survived Reaganomics, heat, endless chores that prepared me to take care of my own home, summer jobs (and we actially took pride in having one!), paddlings at school, and walking home if we missed the bus.
I believe the problem with Millenials and Gen Z is that we didn't think the same things were good enough for them. Hard work made us stronger mentally and physically. Doing things ourselves bred ingenuity and creativity. Having chores taught us responsibility, productivity and was our first taste of the fact that something would always be expected of us.
Growing up like this taught us self-sufficiency and gave us the single-minded ability to plan, prepare and execute.
Millennials and Gen Z, where is your 'get-up-and-go'?
Absolutely Correct
@@donaldb.9995 What I find hilarious about the safe space crowd is that in all of the videos, none of them seem to be arguing with a Gen X. They always seem to be arguing with millennials and boomers.
Well as a Gen x girl I agree but one thing I liked and miss Regan I wish to God Almighty we had him right now.
What exactly are we supposed to be called out for? We have survived so much that others haven't. It is a wonder we survived at all.
My message to millenials and GenZ. "Tag! You're it"!
Think you can do better? Fine, I, for one, will be setting back eating my popcorn, watching you implode.
And don't go asking me for advice. You're "It".
Millennials are the parents of the screaming 17-20 years old in colleges. LOL.
100% you break/broke it... you buy it. Sick to death of cleaning up others messes!! They can sit in their king baby dirty diapers! Walking away.
@@evilbarbie2160 LOL.. my daughter decided I was her pain and toxicity. She disowned me. Has. 10 year old girl and has been put into FB jail for her pictures she uploaded of her child in a diaper or zero clothing. Can't wait till she becomes the "parent" she's accused me of being.
@@lorireed8046 I'm sure that time will come. Awww fb jail, poor social media junkie baby... advertising her half naked kids to the sicko predators and pedo's? It should be more severe, like seeing what happened to other kids that got hurt by the ignorance and arrogance culture of "look at me! Look at me!, I need validation from others because I'm a sheeple!!!".. How did these generations loose common sense, integrity and morals? Somewhere around time outs and reasoning with unreasonable beastly children instead of cracking them when they need it. As Ron White says, "here's your sign". ---My only suggestion to you, still try to send the little one cards on birthday and Christmas. She may not get them, but when she realizes it was her mom, not you and is alone in the world, that you tried makes all the difference. If they get returned, keep them for her, she'll have proof you tried. Other than that, BASK in being cut off!
Last generation to grow up with adults who grew up without television and baby boomers, was an odd combination thinking back.
That is a brilliant insight I had not considered. Thank you for that. Cheers.
Gen X-er here. To quote Professor X (which seems fitting), "I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble." Don't poke the bear.
Well its hard to call out a generation that may initially carry on with the banter (think sibling arguments) but after the fun we could really give a shit less. For us wars are the last resort bc we recognize that it changes the landscape forever. Few things are worth altering the cosmic order, lets keep it that way
Proud Member of the "Why Bother" Generation..
She should be focusing her displaced feelings towards the person that failed to teach her the difference between their and there (and presumably, they're). Gen X is none of your concern until you make us just that.
I still remember taking apart my parents Anniversary Clock when I was 11, because I NEEDED to know how it worked!
Yes, I earned a spanking that day.... I also figured out how to put it back together by myself... although that took me a few days.
Did that with the power drill and an electrical light switch. I just NEEDED to KNOW.
Reassembled same day, drill was never noticed, light switch was.
@@driverr988 Nice.....
My son loves that I encourage his curiosity with stuff like this. I get him kits to build, but I also just toss him broken things to pull apart and see what is inside.
Carburetor, any electric toy, watches, remote controls...1974 here.😂😂😂
I'm considered a nice guy because I was the quiet one in the room. Most people didn't realize that I was former military and an experienced paramedic so my mind is very warped that it's best I not talk in public. Now add Gen X to the mix and that's me in a nutshell. Don't interfere in my solitude, it's a choice, not a circumstance.
Always be wary of the quiet guy. 😊 I learned that a LOOOONG time ago.
It's a choice for others protection. No one can truly stand up to a Gen-X mind trip. Hell we have the ability to mess up OTHER Gen-X's. But, we know what that kind of war it will start. 😎
@@highlordinquisitor4882 I was thinking the same thing! We fucked with each others heads! These younger generations do not want to find out what that is like!
Absolutely perfect response! These young ones don’t quite understand that while we may be older than them we are just made different! None of us want a fight, but we sure enough will finish it then pick ya up off the ground, dust ya off, ask if you’re ok and send ya on your way. Then we’ll go back to being content to being ignored 😂.
Oh please call us out.
The results will be fun..
Well fun for Gen-X
Damn right!
I love ripping a new one on people. Lol. Yeah - Gen X here.
You're my spirit animal, fellow Gen-Xer.
Comparing Gen Z to Gen X is like holding a Bud Light up against a 12-year-old, single-cask, Scottish whisky. The whisky doesn't dye it's hair pink or blue, need a safe space, believe in unicorns, get upset at words or a different point of view, or think the world owes it anything at all. It's just waiting for the Bud Light to say "Ok, I've been a tw4t. Help me. Guide me. Educate me."
Historically, every generation has been slightly more emancipated, intelligent, and capable of standing on its own two legs than the previous generations...until millennials and Gen Z. Send them to Bear Grills survivor island on a conscription basis. That would be massively enjoyable and would thin out the crop!
"The whisky doesn't dye it's hair pink or blue..." Actually, that is not entirely correct, and we were also the generation that pierced body parts that were not meant for piercing. Haha.
Because Gen X is mentally and physcially tough. We don't play. We got time we plan.
If you call us out be ready to "Come and Get Some"!! Because You Got to Bring Some to Get Some and You Will Not Like What You Get!!
Good Sir, a request but a brief parlay: I too danced the dance of danger in the wilds. You see my homeland is the high mountains. We enjoyed the mountain as our slide, the scars tell our tale. I served as an Infantryman and the good folk ask me, why do you write on your flesh, FAFO; I sit and smile a very broad smile. Thank you, good sir, I ask no more of our parlay! Good day!
Great advice on not trying to pick a fight with a generation one doesn’t understand… I hope she listens to that advice.
@@donaldb.9995 Indeed. Another concept I’m not sure they would understand is that, after you would trade punches, you’d both be sitting on the sidewalk together, holding a wet handkerchief against a bleeding nose or cracked lip. And you’d probably be friends after that.
Generational conflicts, ridiculous and just another way to drive wedges between people. The goal is for each generation to build on the previous and be better, never happens, because we just decide to tear each other down. Time changes, technology changes, society changes...I couldn't imagine growing up with as much information and garbage that kids today are exposed to. It is unprecedented, as like everyone is stating, these are the first generations to grow up with this type of access and technology. There is no going back, lessons will be learned and society will move on. -GenX/1973
@@donaldb.9995 And Boomers thought the same of our generation, so what is your point? The kids you are calling weak are our kids, what are you doing about that? Sure much of the things they say/do might seem like nonsense at times, but it's going to lead society in the right direction eventually. It may not be from a technological direction, but humanity...it is a "wait and see" but they are young and have to figure it out, hopefully with the guidance from elders. One generation doesn't do it alone.
@@donaldb.9995I don't agree. The Silent Generation were the last ones we could truly look up to, it all went downhill from the Boomers, and I am Generation X.
@@divinaluz7 I agree with you 💯. Gen-X, 1969.
Agree with this comment so much. I find the generational fighting to be so silly. Yes, there are similarities due to similar circumstances, but to think millions of people of a specific generation could all (or mostly) be similar is ignoring all the other factors that make us who we are. And, maybe most importantly, it doesn’t solve or fix anything. I’m the oldest GenX, my parents were part of the Greatest Generation. I’ve found people who think alike from different generations all the time, pretty useless preoccupation so many have with generational differences
Yup we the ones who walk the pain off , take things apart and most of all enjoy a little chaos now and again
I like how you said you don’t want to wake that sleeping beast…look what we’re doing to budweiser.😂
EXACTLY!!!! It's Gen X that is doing most of that boycott!!! And Anheuser-Busch is HURTING!!!
@@yvonnewilson2242 They really forgot who the majority of their customer base WAS, we’ll destroy them and not even shed a tear but we will drink theirs.😂
@@davidfarrell7560 Hell yeah we are😉
@davidfarrell7560 yep... They forgot that most of that piss water was drank by the slack jawed yokels... Bud Light isn't a Gen X thing... it is a white trash thing. Know your customer base.
@@davidfarrell7560 Not only will we NOT shed a tear, we will also cheer as they burn and roast some marshmallows!
We are the only generation that is actually anti-corporate bullshit. We understand that companies need to exist for us to get the stuff we want, but will happily burn them to the ground for another one to take its place!
We are the sleeping honey badger of generations. Sure, we look fluffy and maybe even cute when we’re asleep and left alone but if you wake us from our beauty sleep, and we need more of it at our age, the teeth will be bared. And you will regret it.
Digital natives you say? We invented the damn internet. We remember what life was like before it but have used it enough to ‘get’ it. Unlike grandpa boomer. The internet is no longer something I’m particularly proud of, by the way, although the internet was pretty good in the 90s before social media and millennials. Behave or you won’t get your pocket money.!
Yes.... please just leave us all alone. Please reap all the benefits of what we learned and provided to our kids, including your lifestyle, comfort, economy, freedom, etc., etc., And I would suggest they all learn a little humility, because when the next major conflict comes they will be the ones that have to fight it and live in the aftermath. Please.... just move along if you can't say thank you. I don't care either way, but learn a little respect and at least your own history for the last 25 years for God's sake. None of the current generation would even be alive without Gen-X.
Whenever I hear a Millennial try to talk shit about Gen-X....I just like to point them to the videos of a Millennial spending several minutes trying to open a single can with a manual can opener, or the two brothers whose Genb-X father tried to see if they could figure out how to dial a phone number on a rotary telephone.
And as I do so, I sit back, smile rather smugly, and bask in the knowledge that, like Jon Snow.....they know nothing.
EXACTLY!!! Leave us alone because when the time comes when we have to go off the chain. We bout to go all the way off the chain. When that happens only God can stop us!!! 😂😆
Amen.... Warning: do not poke the beast. You will not survive. We make the devil look kind.
We Gen Xers are decent folks. Until you piss us off to the point of no return.
When that happens,seek refuge with God or Satan.
Your words are pure inspiration, dear sir. We (The last generation to sharpened sticks), took our beatings in the thrushes of the most drastic changes. Since the invention of the wheel... Bearing the inherent rage of bygone generations, by the subconscious of those who raised us. Bore witness the incorporation of computers, changing our entire reality, within we grew up. We are the children, of a reality. We no longer possess. Yet the Younger can never conceive, in absence of it's experience.
I feel like gen z at it again, blaming everyone and everything else and not taking accountability for anything
Am I the only one that noticed she spelling their as "there"? lmao
I have said it before and I will say it again: "Gen X" is the greatest generation, bar-none.
I am reminded of the channel "Absolute Defiance"...and their master class video on FAFO 101.
I think they take issue with us because we have memorie of the old world before the craziness.
The first time 81s remember live tv was in Kindergarten. We watched the Challenger takeoff.
"...broke it till it worked better." Perfect and true.
I have had gen y poke this bear, and they did not like it too much. Even tried to bully me. Like you said, just leave us alone, and you will be okay.
Yes sir I agree don’t wanna chase that rabbit down a hole!!🤘
He is speaking the TRUTH!!! PREACH!!!!
We are the generation of punk and metal. We will not go down without a serious amount of violence, and everyone knows it.
That's why most Millies are scared shitless to even mention us.
Violence is not the answer.
It is the question. The answer is Yes, All of it
Pre Gen X here.. today I worked out , went to the barber shop ( without an appointment or a Gropoun ) broiled some pork chops and baked potatoes for dinner ( didn't have to google that ) and wrote out my property tax check. I did that all without complaining to anyone on social media...OH and actually talked to a few people I didn't know before today...one gentleman was 101 years old and he congratulated me because I recently retired..34 years at one job...Gen X That !!!!
We watched all the 80s movies, as kids we were taught violence at a young age and then practiced on each other. We are good at it.
In perfect Gen X parlance, "Homie don't play dat".
"We we're emotionally supporting parents"
Right... honestly emotionally apathetic is better than abusive. But lets not pretend the bare minimum is some gold achievement
Lol, if GenX actually ran the country that gal would be sobbing and searching for a safe space. And not finding one because we eliminated them. 😉
While in Basic Training (I went in June so there were a few dozen classes before me) one of my drill instructors made a statement I’ll never forget. He stated, “What is wrong with you people? It’s like you don’t care.” We weren’t off the charts, but we were hard to manage & do the military thing with pizzazz.
That’s how I’ve lived my life. Not being lazy but just following the dance steps. Because, I’m doing my stuff, watching out for the older generation & making sure the younger generations are not being so stupid that I may lose a limb or worse.
While growing up, I admit some of my actions & words were kinda skewed. But it was always during a controlled burn.
"...How come I never hear anyone calling out Gen (uh..wait a second... it will come to me..umm..oh yeah!) X."
Whoa, I think she just answered her own question there.
We are not the protected generation. The reason We are not spoken of because it is to protect you from us.
To paraphrase Roarsach from the Watcher, "Millennial, we are not treated on this planet with you. You are trapped on this planet with us."
My son calls me a demon when my bitch switch has been activated 😂
I taught my brother how to fight by holding down the bigger boy that beat him up,,,, sort him out now or he’ll come at you again…. No more bully’s ❤
Gen X is John Wick.The Baba Yega!😂
Gen X. We were the Beta Generation because we were the guinea pigs for all the stuff "these kids" have today. We fcking rock.
Young person of Gen Y best let the sleeping dog lie on that one.
"Broke it till it worked better".
Yep. Never heard that before, but yep.
Gen X - self taught survivalists
See, I knew I wasn't the only 1 that had set myself on fire more than 3 times.
No yer not. GEN X = 1965 to 1975 (HARD CUT OFF!!!), Xennial/proto-millennial = 1976 to 1985. We got SO MANY Xennials and proto-millennials on social media desperate for their GEN X pass.... nuh uh
Gen X: 1965-1980.
@@janetmckenzie146 NOPE. GENX :1965 to 1975. Xennials : 1976 to 1984. There are two UNEQUIVOCAL generational markers that we GENXers use to positively ID one of our own...and NO, it aint "drinking outta the hose"
"In 1945, there were only two atomic bombs in the entire world. And we used them *both*."
It's funny - truly the case or not - i feel like now is about the first time X has had a spotlight even remotely turned towards it. I don't mind a lack of spotlight!
Go ahead and call us out my dear. You won't enjoy the outcome. 😅
As a Gen-Xer, all i can say is, "Don't start none, won't be none!" Now leave us the eff alone. Go whine to a generation who cares. It's definitely NOT US! 😂
Im the gen x among 20-30 somethings at work. Im used as a fearless vibe check, and problem solver.
What I think is hilarious is the fact that she needed extra time to remember who she was talking about...
To those younger generations, wondering how to classify GenX
…ever heard of a Honey Badger?
Amen, Preach it brother!
If you know you know.
Carry on, old boy.
They forget who raise them and feed them,and put clothes on there backs we forgot more then they will ever learn...lol😅
Gen X .. Our spirit animal is the Honey badger..
We can fix things….We’re patriotic……We were rebellious but we also had respect for authority figures…..mostly 🤔…..We had the 80’s, something you’ll never have……We had Bird, Jordan, the dream team, Real cartoons on Saturday morning, big wheels, played outside, VHS tapes, good movies, Bo Jackson, Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Green, Ronald Reagan, Cocaine, Ft. Lauderdale, the full bush and muscle 😮cars. We were latch key kids who became independent and strong… We weren’t afraid to leave home when we were 18 and join the United States Marines, yes I was a Marine. God bless Generation X…….Yes, we made a lot of mistakes along the way, but we weren’t afraid to try. 🤫 I love my 2 millennials and my 1 Generation Z kids, I wish you all the luck in the world!!🫡 I forgot, Motley Crue, Metallica, Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson.
Hey Marine, thank you for your service. ❤
Thank you. You know why. 😊
My genZ kids have a similar personality and thought process to us Xers, but that’s because their genX parents taught them to be that way. 😂
I put it down to we are soft because we were raised with a hard yard stick and said I’m not doing that to my kids now I look at what these kids get up to and get away with ,the stick needs to make a return
EXACTLY 💯%
LEAVE US BE!
You don't call us, we call you. Why? Never Mind about the problems in the world, for Mr. T said it best one time: "I pity the fool." Gad! Still love Rocky 3 to this day
A Gen Z’s partying is a Gen Xer’s pre-game.
Here's the thing gen z, we're not trapped in here with you. You're trapped here with us.
You don't call us out because you know better.
As a Gen-X I know we were the last Great Generation. We didn't cry about everything , we just made everything Work...
Did you?
@@GypsyHarlow I'm still here
He speaks F.A.C.T.S!!!
So true on so many levels
Pandora .. was never in the box lol
this guy needs a podcast
Well miss, Gen-uh X is not responsible for your situation, We are the only reason your situation is not way worse..
#dontstopbeingawesomesir
Gen X is why some people say "You dont know me very well do you?" and give you a look of pity.
taz was from a Gen-X mind .. don't mess with em
THE POINT IS DONT “F-K!” With us CUZ WE R BOUT IT& WE WILL/DO WHIP A$$!- Thats How WE DO IT ijs LEAVE US ALONE- we dgaf bout NO HATERS anywayz‼️
translation: Don't start nuthin, want be nuthin
We don’t want to be found. We did our part, leave us alone!
I sometimes have to point out that the military veterans of Gen X had to hit a target at 250 meters with iron sights in order to stay in the military so think about that before pissing one of us off ,because walking away sometimes doesn't do you any good 😂
Gen X'ers are balls of pent up anger. You really don't want to poke that.
I dunno about all that. Tragically we Gen Xers must be forced to share our cohort with Elon Musk, Ted Cruz, & Ron DeathSantis. That's some bullshit that actually needs calling out.
Why is "calling out" a thing. It really seems like a pointless way to absolve oneself of accountability and responsibility for their life and actions. This is trendy garbage and honestly a lack of gratitude and respect for elders and today's progress that is ultimately the product of all previous generations.
That is PRECISELY it. An abject denial of responsibility and a failure to comprehend that actions have consequences. They wish to cast blame on ANYONE else but themselves for their own mistakes.
Love it!
Tasmanian devils, honey badgers, and wolverines, are probably good analogies for our generation. We grew up for the most part feral, had to learn at very young ages to cook, clean, take care of our younger siblings, and survive in general in the wild because we weren't allowed or didn't have the means to be in the safety of our families homes, at least not until we figured out how to use butter knives, club cards, or school ids to jimmy our way back in, while the parents were out, passed out, or other ways unavailable. I guess since the boomers haven't given the zoomers and alphas much of a fight on social media, which is understandable given their lack of tech skills the majority of them suffer from, that they are starting to "test the waters" so to speak with us now. It seems that those few that have over the years, been unlucky enough to step on the many invisible landmines, that we keep shattered around our sanctuaries, weren't willing, or probably been able, which is more likely, to warn the rest of them that Generation X isn't the kind of bear they really should start poking a stick. Those of us that have survived our childhoods, and young adulthoods, are very battle scared and not renown for our empathy once our fur gets rubbed the wrong way. Now, while we will tolerate the occasional/accidental poke from time to time, if it becomes too frequent or worse intentional, we have very little qualms in going helter skelter and all medieval on their ill equipped and obviously fragile egos. Snowflakes while pretty to reflect upon in the quiet of winter afternoon, have no chance of surviving in fires and brimstone of an erupting volcano.