Top 29+ Reasons Why Being Gen X Is Actually Pretty Awesome

#1

For me the most jarring thing is hearing people refer to records as "vinyls". THEY'RE NOT CALLED VINYLS. THEY WERE NEVER CALLED VINYLS. CALLING RECORDS VINYLS IS LIKE CALLING CDS "PLASTICS". FFS, STOP THIS. Records. They're called records. 12" records are also called LPs, short for Long Playing Records. 10" records are EPs, short for Extended Play Records, or 78s (if they are 78RPM). 7" records are 45s (because 45RPM) or singles. GET OFF MY LAWN.

#3

I admit to getting tired about hearing how easy it was for me to get through college and such 25ish years ago. I also remember the 70s and 80s, and amazingly, my parents could not afford a giant house with one person working as a coffee shop attendant. Every generation has some hardships, and today's young people have been screwed over in some ways, but they go way overboard with how easy it was for everyone before them. I was there. I literally have social security tax records since I was 12, because I had to work. It was not some magical paradise.

#5

LOL my oldest kid told me how OJ Simpson may have not committed the crime and the matching DNA was likely his son Jasons. Listen here, I didn’t watch court TV for 6 weeks and read 20 books on the case to have you lecture me about a 10 second Tik Tok clip that “solved” the crime of the century. You don’t even know who Kato is !!!

#7

Imagine being a person who grew up in former soviet union listening to young people talk about the benefits of communism.

#9

I'm just on that border between Gen X and the oldest Millennials but my sister is 8 years older than me. We would call the local rock station to request a song then sit there with a tape at the ready to hit record as soon as they played our song. Repeat that about 10x and you've got a nice mixtape.

#11

My dad got laid off twice in the early '80s, when I was a kid. It was a rough period for a lot of my relatives also. You never hear about that early-'80s recession anymore, people just go, 'Oh, everyone could buy a big house with just a high school degree.' There were a ton of homeless people in the '80s where I grew up also.

#13

Massive CD collections neatly stored in binders for easy access.

#15

Yup. My favorite is when they are like: "What's your source? You have no proof!" and it's like: "I didn't read about this, I lived it.".

#17

I’m a HS teacher and use Lies my Teacher told me by James Loewen as a reference for American history.

#19

I took my son to a dinosaur exhibit, literally everything I learned about Dinosaurs is now wrong, including names of dinosaurs.

#21

Video arcade. Before Gen-X, graphics weren’t good enough, and after Gen-X, you’d play the games on your own home console. No other generation claimed them like we did.

#23

You paying for your market research? I’d bring back the buying power and stability of the middle class. I’d bring back strong labor unions. I’d bring back affordable housing. I’d bring back a full cart of groceries for $80.

#25

Being able to entertain ourselves for hours. This came from being latchkey kids. I didn’t mind the covid lockdowns too much at all.

#27

I had to unlearn everything i was taught about the age of exploration, and american history in general. We had a serious problem with making heroes out of powerful, and very flawed, individuals while minimizing the experiences and suffering of others