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Rin says

Yes, born in '79, just before the 80s.

And sure, though I was an infant and only saw it on VHS, it's clear that 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' was one of the greatest action/adventure films.

X-ers also know that Metallica was America's last great rock band (even if they're not fans themselves) something which Boomers can't understand because for them, Metal doesn't equate with mainstream success. It's a fact that if the Eagles didn't have a greatest hits CD, that Metallica would be number one of all time for the USA.

Since the year 2000, and coincidentally, the year of the Napster/Metallica feud, there have been no new great rock bands, American or abroad (ala next gen U2). GenX got to see the end of rock.

Damn I wanted to prove you wrong. I love the Killers, who started in 2003, but their music is derivative as hell, their last two albums are terrible(though since their last three haven’t got radio play including the terrific Battle Born, no one actually knows), and 4 good albums doesn’t make a legendary band.

Aside of country music, the only new rock music I’ve been listening to is the mainstays and some others who are managing to churn out good stuff. Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Stryper, and Tom Keifer have managed to actually put out very good music this century. But it’s limited in audience and no one plays it on any sort of mass market.

I wish I could go to a concert where the reaction to a newish song was this huge:

www.youtube.com/embed/RHpClGAAvpg

Tenpoundbass says

if you spent your whole life 50 years stepping in the best pussy, and fastest cars, the best paying jobs you enjoyed and liked going to, the quality of life index was the highest in the world, our food security and domicile security was through the roof.

Aside from the 'pussy' piece, the rest is pretty accurate.

There were always hot women which a regular guy could boink, in Quebec, Brazil, Thailand, etc, without having to deal with the bullshit stateside.

Perhaps you're talking about the 60s and 70s because I didn't see 'desirable' American women during my life, 1979 and beyond.

Rin says

Tenpoundbass says

if you spent your whole life 50 years stepping in the best pussy, and fastest cars, the best paying jobs you enjoyed and liked going to, the quality of life index was the highest in the world, our food security and domicile security was through the roof.

Aside from the 'pussy' piece, the rest is pretty accurate.

There were always hot women which a regular guy could boink, in Quebec, Brazil, Thailand, etc, without having to deal with the bullshit stateside.

Perhaps you're talking about the 60s and 70s because I didn't see 'desirable' American women during my life, 1979 and beyond.

DDD was an American film lol

So far I'm older than any of you, but not by much.

Yes, I'm in that range.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Yup, had a beer at the Polish Festival at the Catholic Church at age 7. Remember the Polka Music. Then Grandpa would let me drive the old Buick on the Southern State. Imagine Karens seeing a little kid sitting in a lap driving, they'd call the cops in 5 seconds.

Ceffer says

They couldn't read the course materials

I had a friend born in '49 who had his PhD at 23, began teaching business subjects at the community college level. Almost overnight in the mid-90's, he would get high school students who couldn't do basic arithmetic, making it impossible to teach them basic bookkeeping or accounting. That was also the time students with "disabilities" got extra time for tests, but they still couldn't manage it. When his age and years of tenure added up to a certain number, he retired in 2000. Sadly, that was the last year that retired Texas teachers received a dedicated pay raise because they had over a billion in Enron and then the stock market collapsed, I don't remember in what order, but it's been a hard row to hoe for them the last 20 years. Also, sadly, he died in 2009 from a rare form of cancer, but his widow still receives his pension.

My father retired and taught school in East San Jose. He taught a senior (yes, senior) math class that was basic grammar school math of adding, subtracting, multiplying and division out to only two figures. He made me correct papers, and I literally couldn't believe that a lot of the class couldn't do these things. They couldn't add or subtract with any degree of correctness graduating from high school, even simple sums.

NoCoupForYou says

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Yup, had a beer at the Polish Festival at the Catholic Church at age 7. Remember the Polka Music. Then Grandpa would let me drive the old Buick on the Southern State. Imagine Karens seeing a little kid sitting in a lap driving, they'd call the cops in 5 seconds.

I can’t post it for obvious reasons, but wife was born in 1979 and has a picture of her in diapers holding her dads Budweiser while sitting on his lap.

Late X'er here. What the fuck happened to America while we were edged out of power...

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Born in 72 and the SAT test hadn’t been messed with yet

In that case me either.

Born '67 in that strange gap between Boomer and GenX. Get told "OK Boomer" nonetheless.

Red 5 standing by.

Gen X here.

Who will be the first Gen Xer in the white house?
1. Nikki Haley
2. Marco Rubio
3. Ted Cruz
4. Andrew Yang
5. Other?

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Also I get the impression Wookie might be a tad younger, but he’s so jaded it’s like he stepped out of a mid 80’s movie. So he’s Gen X through and through no matter date of birth.

I wonder if the Gen X thing is the overwhelming tie that binds on the regular posters on this forum.

Lol. '83. Having an ass hole as a father didn't help much with being jaded. He was probably one of the last of that breed for my age as a father. I'm obviously borderline millennial with these arbitrary age groups. I have peers that were spoiled fucks that had no accountability for anything their entire childhood. And I was mostly spoiled, so that's saying something.

I was the kid that would throw away the "participation ribbon" because I didn't win. Fuck that shit. Trophy or bust. Always thought that stuff was more embarrassing than rewarding. When I was 6-7 years old thats about the time it started creeping in. Obviously probably different in different parts of the country.

My wife and I are older souls I think. We tend to hang with 40-50 year olds. There are a few younger 30ish people. But youngest is probably 31-33 at this point. And they're older souls themselves.

WookieMan says

And they're older souls themselves.

Mentally I've been about 60 since I was 20

WookieMan says

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Also I get the impression Wookie might be a tad younger, but he’s so jaded it’s like he stepped out of a mid 80’s movie. So he’s Gen X through and through no matter date of birth.

I wonder if the Gen X thing is the overwhelming tie that binds on the regular posters on this forum.

Lol. '83. Having an ass hole as a father didn't help much with being jaded. He was probably one of the last of that breed for my age as a father. I'm obviously borderline millennial with these arbitrary age groups. I have peers that were spoiled fucks that had no accountability for anything their entire childhood. And I was mostly spoiled, so that's saying something.

I was the kid that would throw away the "participation ribbon" because I didn't win. Fuck that shit. Trophy or bust. Always thought that stuff was more embarrassing than rewarding. When I was 6-7 years old thats ...

www.youtube.com/embed/nB337cFlIoo

Automan Empire says

Born '67 in that strange gap between Boomer and GenX. Get told "OK Boomer" nonetheless.

Get that shit too although born almost a decade later.

I say "OK, Permateen" in response. REALLY pisses them off because they're well aware of their arrested development.

About 1/4 of the Millennials, esp. born 87-94, are seriously fucked up. Yuppie's children.

With regards to SAT, MENSA hasn't accepted a score for twenty-plus years as a qualification for membership.

SAT: Yes (if you took the SAT before or on 1/31/1994). If taken prior to '74, the requirement is 1300. If taken between then and '94, the requirement is 1250. However, scores after 1/31/1994 are not accepted for membership. After 1994, SAT was considered an achievement test that one could study for.

Interestingly, GRE is still accepted even today with a high enough score.

krc says

With regards to SAT, MENSA hasn't accepted a score for twenty-plus years as a qualification for membership.

SAT: Yes (if you took the SAT before or on 1/31/1994). If taken prior to '74, the requirement is 1300. If taken between then and '94, the requirement is 1250. However, scores after 1/31/1994 are not accepted for membership. After 1994, SAT was considered an achievement test that one could study for.

Interestingly, GRE is still accepted even today with a high enough score.

I guess I’m not exactly a genius but I’m still proud of my 1220 in 1989. I was a terrible student and graduated with a 2.4 hs gpa. Actually got forced out of my honors classes in my jr year. But I didn’t study for the SAT. No prep, nothing. And it was fun watching some of the nerds scramble for their 1150 or whatever. Actually the only reason I got straight into state college as you needed at least 1200 when your gpa was that low(unless you were black or Hispanic).

One of my friends was an even worse student and got a 1280 so he got into the engineering school(from which he never made it past his sophomore year).

I’m still hella bitter about that!


RC2006 says

RC2006 says

Dude that sucks. Reminds me of getting a 'Team Schwinn BMX bike' instead of the mongoose or redline that I'd asked for. Turned out it wasn't a bad bike though and I got a lot of compliments. Plus it was cool being the only kid who had one.

Automan Empire says

Born '67 in that strange gap between Boomer and GenX. Get told "OK Boomer" nonetheless.

I don't look 55, so I never get that.

Mine was blue. First thing I did was replace that seat with plastic. Then the handlebars. Came with front brakes too, I dunno about this picture. I guess that's a 78 where mine was an 80 or 81.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Gen X guys are lucky; they dumbed down the SAT for them.

yeah lucky to get into expensive schools and major debt for nothing

just_passing_through says

Mine was blue. First thing I did was replace that seat with plastic. Then the handlebars. Came with front brakes too, I dunno about this picture. I guess that's a 78 where mine was an 80 or 81.

This is what we used to ride...The Stingray with the banana seat

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

I’m still hella bitter about that!

Did you have the uncles that would buy you accessories for the GI Joe Battleship or some Star Wars action play set, knowing damn well you didn't have the play set?

komputodo says

This is what we used to ride...The Stingray with the banana seat

Yup, me too! Age 5 though 1977. Stingray with a banana seat. Mine was red. That was my 1st upgrade bike.

I did not have a "Sting Ray" but a very similar design that included a T-Handle 5 speed shifter mounted on the top tube. Bought it with money from selling TV Guides. Everyone back then rode bikes everywhere, and we all had jumped ramps and ditches. And if you were taking your kid sister someplace, she rode on the handlebars. Everywhere there was a ball field or any other place kids would gather, there was a pile of bikes outside. Inner tubes back then were not as good as they are today, so we all had the tire patch kits and knew how to use them, as well as putting a chain back on the sprocket.

komputodo says

This is what we used to ride...The Stingray with the banana seat

We had an older kid down the street that either went to the Army or College, and bequeathed us, me and my brothers his Schwinn Stingray with the banana seat, but it also had extended forks, and was converted into a Chopper. When you made wide turns, the forks would flip around the back of the bike and you would go flying. I got big gash on my chin, and my face hit the pavement. The next morning to me and my brothers' astonishment, we found the forks had been hack sawed. My Dad blamed it on "The Jigs", and for some reason we believed him.
"The Jigs musta come in the middle of the night and did it!"

Ha your dad sounds like a character TPB. I think over my childhood I must have had 4 or 5 bikes stolen by Beans.

RC2006 says

Ha your dad sounds like a character TPB. I think over my childhood I must have had 4 or 5 bikes stolen by Beans.

We all knew the old man did it, but we didn't dare call him out on it, or we would have gotten our heads knocked in.

Tenpoundbass says

"The Jigs musta come in the middle of the night and did it!"

Jigs were "shifty" back in the day. You had to keep an eye on them...

You were really cool if you also had the sissy bar

I'm I gen X if I grew up watching some of these shows?

www.youtube.com/embed/-ofc-p8ZSjc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1NT4I0s34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4C7vSByMM

I was born at the end of the baby boom from parents who were WW2 babies, but I was raised by the greatest generation, my grandparents. When I was born Kennedy was president our coins were real silver and we were at the height of the cold war.

Did all you gen X-ers get whooped by your parents when you were kids? I think they outlawed the paddle in school around the same time I graduated high school.