Is it Wrong to Post a Comment You Left on Someone Else's Blog?
Dunno what the netiquette is on this, but I felt I had to post this.
I was catching up on the going's on at the For Fuck's Sake! blog and saw a post about Baby Boomers vs. Gen Xers. Now I hate the term Gen X, but sadly I fall right into that little craptacular name/generation/whatever the fuck you want to call it.
I'm not going to get into it here. I'd rather you check out her blog and do the reading yourself. This chick is in Chicago. We should meet. She should come to a Vegas Bros. show or something.
I will, however post the comment I left there. I had a few martinis and got on a roll and reread what I wrote and found it funny enough to post. I think with some clearer eyes I can develop this into a nice article or a stand-up routine. Many of these points are things I've been batting around for some time. They finally manifested in this comment. Enjoy!
"I've never liked the Gen X thing. Silly title, created by the aging members of a sillier generation, the Baby Boomers.
The Boomers are just pissed because they're getting older and are so CLEARLY NOT the center of attention anymore.
They are not the cool shopping demographic (an experience most of us GenXers are coming into now), they do not dictate what TV programs are on, what music is listened to, and what neighborhoods will be deemed "safer" by their presence.
The Boomers DO get to create a huge increase in sales of travel trailers and WILL have some voting prowess, even though I find it hard to believe that so many Boomers would have allowed a G-Dub reign TWICE.
The Boomers are mad because latter generations have taken everything they valued. Latter generations have co-opted the Beatles, enjoyed not one but TWO "once in a lifetime" Woodstock concerts, and even have a moment where they can discuss where they were when John F. Kennedy died.
About all the Boomers have anymore is a Mason Williams recording of "Classical Gas" and the aging carcass of Joan Baez and they are welcome to all of that!
And how did the Baby Boomer generation get to span a good 10 years longer than any other generation? These guys claim to be from 1944 to about 1967. Were there THAT many soldiers coming home from world War II in 1967?"
Damn, I've been a blogging bum today. I must have missed you!
3 Comments:
Hmmm...your age bracket? there is no "cusp" between the Boomers and the Xers so far as I can tell. The Boomers want their generation to last forever and the Xers want everyone else to go the fuck away.
Near as I can tell, you're a few years older than I am which makes you fall within my radar for banging (were Doyle insane, abusive, or even farther away than he alreay is from me), but not THAT much older.
If there is in fact a butt crack for the generations you'd be in it. Cool! Da Bitch is in someone's butt crack! I would have pegged you as an "exit only" lady and certainly not the aggressor! Doyle must be one happily confused man!
As for politics...I stand by my statement. NO honest Boomer, yearning for latter-day meaning and relevancein the world would allow the world we live in today. Sure, P.J. O'Rourke became a bitter conservative, but should that make it all OK??? Hell no!
Crotchety Xers? I don't know that many who give a damn about anything. After the cast of "Friends" I don't even know any "involved" Xers.
We're fine with the Boomers and the afterlifers (the generation after ours...is there a name?) fighting for power. We have video games and internet porn to make everything better.
And, lovingly, I can't say I'm sheepitizing any generation. I really don't care. I had a Carlinesque rant going & thought I'd share. But the Boomers are dying. And nobody is more upset about it than they are. Just ask them. They can't figure out why they didn't get to live forever.
The Xers are mad because we were raised to be that way...by Boomers that wanted us to not trust anyone over 30.
9:00 PM
Doyle...
The Beatles reissues and #1's CD, current.
Woodstock was reborn in '99 and I believe '95. both unnecessary, but stolen from you.
JFK Jr, another stolen memory.
I do give the Boomers all the credit for the free love thing.
I was born in 1970. A great friend of mine in 1950. He turned 18 in 1968 and I turned 18 in 1988. Who do you think had more fun and suffered fewer consequences?
I HATE MY GENERATION! I just don't want anyone crapping on it but me! :)
9:04 PM
Aw hell no! I won't be responsible for anybody's generation. No kinds from me that I'll ever admit to! I know who I am and what I want. I want no kids and no liabilities. I'm free to fuck up only my life! :)
As Steve Dahl said, Disco Sucks!
10:54 PM
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