Comments on: Gen Y vs. Gen X

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:18:47 +0000

Okay, all you gen Xers that say you are not Xers because you identify more with the gen Yers, that is just proof that the gen Y mentality is catching. Also, one quality of a gen Xer is that they are always trying to keep up with the times (i.e. gen Y). Although, maybe having the “me” mentality will not play as well for the gen Yers. We shall see.

By: Juju

Juju — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:16:37 +0000

Hi Ariel,
nice to meet you, I have just discovered you through dooce. What is your take on astrology? Have you taken a look at generational astrology, how the outer planets can influence generations? It is very interesting, since it tends to coincide with all the labeling (i.e. boomers where children with pluto and uranos in leo, therefore the selfcenteredness and all the attention given to them; Xrs are pluto and uranos in Virgo, the final years of Xrs have such planets in Libra, etc. The years like 74, 75, 76 that tend to be indecisive to which label they might belong to are usually years when the generational planets are moving back and forth between signs). It might shed some interesting light to your investigation.
Hope it was helpful.

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:08:23 +0000

I’d be very interested how you feel about that, on the cusp. I’ve also been writing a fair bit about the generations in the last few months [for my work].

By: Rob Barac

Rob Barac — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:59:48 +0000

I’d say I was genX if I wasn’t so busy hating baby boomers, feeling alienated, generally lazy and lacking ambition.

By: DOUG.

DOUG. — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:39:57 +0000

Gen X remembers life before spellcheck. We can out-spell those Millennial punks. Just bring it on and we’ll go all Billy Idol on your asses!