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Skans » 14 Feb 2025, 1:59 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2025, 1:59 pm

Pretty much right.  GenXer's (far more than Boomers) want to be wealthy, in control of their own destinies and self-sufficient.  They have sort of a  F- the world attitude, as long as they are doing the F-ing.

Are you Gen X also? I don't know if we want to **** anyone. We just want to be left alone. It's more of a 'if you don't bother us, then we won't bother you' mentality. We kept ourselves out of the social norms and prefer to do the bare minimum to get by and say **** the whole extra mile ****.

Vegas » 14 Feb 2025, 2:03 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2025, 2:03 pm

Are you Gen X also? I don't know if we want to **** anyone. We just want to be left alone. It's more of a 'if you don't bother us, then we won't bother you' mentality. We kept ourselves out of the social norms and prefer to do the bare minimum to get by and say **** the whole extra mile ****.

Yes, I am GenX.  I didn't really say we want to F-anyone.  I said we have a "F- the world" attitude.  It's pretty much the same thing you said.

I do, however,  disagree with you on doing the bare minimum to get by.  That seems to be more of a Millennial value.  My experience is that GenX'ers tend to be more driven than Boomers ever were to make money.  Many GenX'ers are smart, talented, well educated and embrace Corporate America.  We had advantages that our parents didn't have.  We (many of us) went to private schools.  Many of us were expected to go to colleges and we did.  Our parents didn't generally tolerate or teach the "only do work that makes you happy" attitude. Maybe this was something invented by late GenX'ers, but I attribute it more to Millennials.

We liked girls, not tattoos and queers. Most of us never went off to fight in wars.  There is a huge difference between GenX'ers and Boomers and/or Millennials.

Now, are GenX'ers all the same?  Of course not.  There are going to be lots of differences among our generation.  In fact, Boomers far more tend to act -like Sheeple than GenX'ers ever would. 
 

Skans » 14 Feb 2025, 2:18 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2025, 2:18 pm

Yes, I am GenX.  I didn't really say we want to F-anyone.  I said we have a "F- the world" attitude.  It's pretty much the same thing you said.

I do, however,  disagree with you on doing the bare minimum to get by.  That seems to be more of a Millennial value.  My experience is that GenX'ers tend to be more driven than Boomers ever were to make money.  Many GenX'ers are smart, talented, well educated and embrace Corporate America.  We had advantages that our parents didn't have.  We (many of us) went to private schools.  Many of us were expected to go to colleges and we did.  Our parents didn't generally tolerate or teach the "only do work that makes you happy" attitude. Maybe this was something invented by late GenX'ers, but I attribute it more to Millennials.

We liked girls, not tattoos and queers. Most of us never went off to fight in wars.  There is a huge difference between GenX'ers and Boomers and/or Millennials.

Now, are GenX'ers all the same?  Of course not.  There are going to be lots of differences among our generation.  In fact, Boomers far more tend to act -like Sheeple than GenX'ers ever would.

When I said the bare minimum, I meant doing the bare minimum for someone in authority. We are definitely driven and ambitious. It's just we like to do it on our terms. However, I agree with everything you said. 

 

Vegas » 14 Feb 2025, 2:21 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2025, 2:21 pm

When I said the bare minimum, I meant doing the bare minimum for someone in authority. We are definitely driven and ambitious. It's just we like to do it on our terms. However, I agree with everything you said.

It's funny, never having seen each other, you and I can sense a GenX'er even when we communicate this way.  Quite interesting, actually.
 

Skans » 14 Feb 2025, 2:23 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2025, 2:23 pm

It's funny, never having seen each other, you and I can sense a GenX'er even when we communicate this way.  Quite interesting, actually.

I know. It's the same with most gen x. members. Overall, we are a cohesive generation. We pretty much raised ourselves. 

Vegas » 14 Feb 2025, 1:21 pm » wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2025, 1:21 pm

The younger generation has a different idea of what employers and employees look like. 

The Boomers? Well, who cares? They will be collecting their SS soon while **** in their diapers in some nursing home. They no longer count.

They can have whatever "idea" that they want. When NO PAYCHECK in coming in because of belligerence, that "idea" gets to be tossed to the **** can. And "boomers" are FAR from just sitting down and collecting SS checks. They STILL control a huge number of businesses, even "retired". And will for at least another 20 years.

You seem to have lost sight that EMPLOYEES are "at will" hires, which means, THEY CAN BE FIRED AT WILL TOO!! Sucks, huh, that you seem to think that EMPLOYEES run the show, when the reality is, THE PERSON WRITING THE PAYCHECKS is the REAL ring master and ALWAYS will be.

Don't like it?? Start your own doomed-to-fail business with employee's demands on where they will work and how, being fulfilled and see how long you last!!

*Beekeeper » 15 Feb 2025, 6:07 am » wrote: ↑

15 Feb 2025, 6:07 am

They can have whatever "idea" that they want. When NO PAYCHECK in coming in because of belligerence, that "idea" gets to be tossed to the **** can. And "boomers" are FAR from just sitting down and collecting SS checks. They STILL control a huge number of businesses, even "retired". And will for at least another 20 years.

You seem to have lost sight that EMPLOYEES are "at will" hires, which means, THEY CAN BE FIRED AT WILL TOO!! Sucks, huh, that you seem to think that EMPLOYEES run the show, when the reality is, THE PERSON WRITING THE PAYCHECKS is the REAL ring master and ALWAYS will be.

Don't like it?? Start your own doomed-to-fail business with employee's demands on where they will work and how, being fulfilled and see how long you last!!

Artificial time of 7 days a week is more valuable than how life evolves with genetics eternally separating current population as eternally separated so far self evident identities by chromosomes per lifetime lived so far inhabiting space each rotation next. I am physically accounting for the 8.14 estimaed ancestors equally inhabiting their skin living now forced to perform character roles of life isn't self evident throughout history so far.

Obviously you work from within an intellectual over instinct chain of command. So does the Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden, and Trump families. every word you utter triggers my instinctive awareness how power of suggestion has been used against me every day of my life.

All that tech certainly didn't make Gen X any smarter when it comes to retirement planning.

In fact, half (48%) of Gen Xers, or Americans between the ages of 44 and 59, say they have not done any retirement planning, according to the recently released Schroders 2024 U.S. Retirement Survey. This lack of planning exceeds the 41% of Millennials and Baby Boomers who say they lack a retirement savings game plan.Dec 19, 2024
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