Gen X'ers Check in

[Taverner]

That is, those born between 65-73

Among our ranks we count Sam Seder, Jeneane Garafalo, Julia Sweeney, Chuck Palahniuk and a bunch more.

We are the thinkers. We are the ones who rely on our brains rather than brawn.

[ulysses]

1. hey

:hi:

[MrCoffee]

2. Dag would not approve

[ulysses]

3. Coupland jumped the shark

a couple of navel-gazing novels ago. :)

[NightWatcher]

4. per Wiki, I would be a Gen-X'er. I was born in '75

Gen Y doesnt kick in till 1980

[eyesroll]

5. 67-76 is what I've heard for GenX.

I'm 1975. :hi: Regardless of year, I identify as an Xer much more than a Y or a Millennial or whatever the next generation is.

[malta blue]

6. gen x'er here...

:hi:

[CreekDog]

7. Can we claim Rachel Maddow?

The best of the bunch.

[Guava Jelly]

8. 1966 reporting (june)

:patriot:

[BarenakedLady]

12. My brother was born June 16, 1966.

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

14. You!

:hi: :loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

no YOU!

:loveya: :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

16. ..

I got nothing..but more :loveya:
:pals:

[RoyGBiv]

9. I haven't used my brain in years ...

I lost it, but I've got a map. Has an X on it. So that must be it.

June 15, 1969.

[BarenakedLady]

10. 1969 here (n/t)

[Guava Jelly]

15. 69

..umm :yoiks:

[TZ]

20. heh

I was also born in '69..coincidence?:evilgrin:

[Guava Jelly]

hmmmmm?

:D

[flvegan]

11. I'm brains AND brawn X'er.

If I were a beer, my born on date would be in 1971.

[AlCzervik]

13. 1967 here.

[Zuiderelle]

17. I suppose that means that hippies relied on brawn?

This is the first time I've ever heard gen x-ers described as "the thinkers" :rofl:

[Taverner]

21. No they're a totally different case

They're main strength is in their numbers, remember?

They got the guns, but we got the numbers

So with a big population you get everything: brains, brawn, stay crunchy in milk....

[Sugar Smack]

18. Xer here-born Nov. 1969

:hi: We're also really good at dropping names. I learned how to do that in college.:P

[DarkTirade]

19. I'm pretty sure the Xers go later than 73.

I've heard my birth year described as late X or early Y, and I'm an '81.

[SoxFan]

44. If guys who dress like this make sense to you...

...you're probably a Gen Xer.

[DarkTirade]

47. They're just barely before my time.

I remember that sort of thing, but was too young to be part of that group. My brother was born in 76 though, and most people tend to put him in the Gen X group.

[ptvet]

22. One more

1965. Heavy sigh.... damn that went fast. ;)

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

23. January 19, 1976...

Definitely an X-er here. We've had to rely on our brains, with the increasingly complicated world we live in. We have a lot of great leaders (and more soon-to-be) among our ranks.

[appal_jack]

24. 1971 here

:hi:

-app

[Darth_Kitten]

25. We are the thinkers?

What else are we? :D

[Der Blaue Engel]

26. Another '66

:hi:

[Goblinmonger]

38. and another

:hi:

[Spacemom]

27. 1971 here

40 is getting mighty close.

I'm too young to feel this old. :D

[no name no slogan]

28. Born during Woodstock (but not at Woodstock)

Right in the middle of GenX.

[Sugar Smack]

31. Church-Starfish-"Destination"

I've had that in my head for 3 days now, boyo.:hug: <--the crunching noise you hear there is your ribs

[no name no slogan]

37. I was just playing songs from that record last night!

"Reptile", "Destination", and "Under The Milky Way". :wow:

I apologize profusely for the earworm!

(and yes, I'm still scraping by. In the same place. At the same number. Somehow keeping it all together.) :pals: :loveya:

[unsavedtrash]

29. 1969. Think I'll watch The Breakfast Club now.

Reading this sent me off on a wikipedia tear looking at the traits/work habits/popular music
of Gen X'ers.

[Jack_Dawson]

30. 1969 Checking in. I don't get blogging.

:shrug:

[harmonicon]

32. what am I then?

that seems like a small window for a generation. I don't really think that my brother who was born in '72 is part of a different generation than me ('78) or our sister ('75).

.....and I think ascribing attributes to an entire generation negates the idea that the brain is relied on, unless it's relied on for storing Pearl Jam trivia over reason.

[youthere]

33. Gen Xer here.

[Amaya]

34. Me

hey, what's up?
:hi:

[BeachBaby]

35. Born 3/7/1969. Oh shit. I'll be 39 in a few hours. FUCK. eom

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. Me!

:woohoo:

Gen X fucking ROCKS!!!!!

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

39. 1972 in da houz...

wooord!

[grace0418]

40. 1970.

Perilously close to forty years old. :scared:

[Dora]

41. July 4, 1969.

Fireworks! Mayhem!

[Dukkha]

42. 1969

and I really fulfilled the Gen-X role in the 90's. A total disenfranchised scruffy looking coffee shop dwelling bike messenger in SF and playing guitar in an industrial metal band

[SoxFan]

43. April, 1967 checking in!

Same month as Liz Phair, who I intend to invite to my next birthday party...

[taliesin]

45. 1969

...a fine vintage...

[RubyDuby in GA]

46. 1974 - summer baby checking in

I'm usually counted as being a Gen Xer.

:hi: