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Taverner

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19. True - I can speak their language

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #17)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 11:33 PM

Oct 2012

And like any group, they have their own language

But at the root of all of their anger is an inner core of fear. Change progresses as fast as it always has, but they can't adapt anymore. They are also finding out how much of a house of cards their worldview was built on.

Castles in the sand, really...

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What kind of freakin world did our parents live in???? I'm GenX... [View all] Taverner Oct 2012 OP

They drank like fish and spouse swapping was popular. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #1

They didn't? Brigid Oct 2012 #3

Oh now... NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #4

Spouse swapping is always popular. valerief Oct 2012 #2

They were low birth year kids like me and my brother Taverner Oct 2012 #5

Yes, that's the Silent Generation. nt valerief Oct 2012 #7

I'm also GenX and my parents are in their mid to late 70s, Silent Generation Kennah Oct 2012 #6

"Homeland Generation"? IDemo Oct 2012 #10

I hope like hell it doesn't take hold. iGeneration seems to roll off the tongue easily. Kennah Oct 2012 #18

They saw a whole lot of history! DearHeart Oct 2012 #8

My parents were reminiscing with my aunt about their early childhood. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #9

Funny how they view political processes, LiveNudePolitics Oct 2012 #11

It was hysterically anti-communist Tom_x Oct 2012 #12

Read Doctorow's "Book of Daniel".... zanana1 Oct 2012 #14

Oh yeah - Peekskill Riots Taverner Oct 2012 #15

Why don't you ask your parents what they went through? Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #13

Come on - Did it ever occur to you that I might have? Taverner Oct 2012 #16

I'm an older Gen Xer Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #17

True - I can speak their language Taverner Oct 2012 #19