All jokes aside, I feel lucky to be a generation that for all intents and purposes has flown under the radar.
I see that as the cause. The boomers held on tight to power, shafting Gen X in many ways. They still got to ride the coat tails of wealth, but were often kept out of top leadership (see federal gov for the premier example). And I’m sure that had a pretty powerful impact on Gen X’s ability to flourish culturally. They were willing to stay in line with boomer culture because they got paid enough.
Millennials were effectively pushed out of the wealth, so they were/are willing to break norms because it never paid off to do everything “right” anyway. And now Gen Z knows everything’s fucked. Godspeed.
We had and still have our shit together and didn’t fuck up anything so bad that fingers get pointed at us…unlike just about every other generation in history.
no matter what new music format came out, I listened to the same 10 bands on it
Ackshually, I don’t listen to Faith No More anymore. So it’s the same 9 bands.
Blasphemy. You should take it Easy, because We Care a Lot, and need More!
Meh
Culturally irrelevant or culturally apathetic?
I don’t give two shits about being “relevant” I just get shit done.
Sounds like wishful thinking if you ask me.
Gen X didn’t rebel - instead, rebellion was packaged and sold to us by our corporate overlords and we were far too ignorant to even realize it.