I think it’s is a bit disingenuous to pretend like Gen X hasn’t also been drowning in member berries. All the 70s and 80s nostalgia that has also been permiating media the past decade is more or less Gen X dreaming of their childhoods. Hell, the birth of the online movie and video game reviews was mostly spear headed by Gen X’ers sitting and screaming in front of their cameras about how this game and that show or movie was either amazing or ruined their childhoods. One even called himself the Nostalgia Critic. I have also heard countless Gen X’ers reminisce about how much better things were when they were young. Especially in more recent years where more and more “back in my day we played outside and didn’t stare at phones all day”-videos get posted to social media.
Gen X is not too good to be down here in the mud with the rest of us nostalgic peasants.
Every generation has a bit of nostalgia for thier childhoods and everybody misses parts of times that have passed and that is fine.
I just don’t like it when it gets to a point where one starts acting like there is absolutely nothing positive or better going on in the current age we live in and that all the good stuff is in the past. That irks the fuck out of me.
Sure, I’m not saying that they’re immune from nostalgia. Im not so saying that because they were to soon after Boomers, they didn’t have anyone from whom to learn about making nostalgia a marketing device that consumes everyone, and didn’t really have a good run at first. The mid-70s sucked for most people, and waiting in line for gasoline with your parents and the rather bizzare kids’ shows of the time don’t hit as a unofied cultural icon the same as the NES or the Beatles.
I think it’s is a bit disingenuous to pretend like Gen X hasn’t also been drowning in member berries. All the 70s and 80s nostalgia that has also been permiating media the past decade is more or less Gen X dreaming of their childhoods. Hell, the birth of the online movie and video game reviews was mostly spear headed by Gen X’ers sitting and screaming in front of their cameras about how this game and that show or movie was either amazing or ruined their childhoods. One even called himself the Nostalgia Critic. I have also heard countless Gen X’ers reminisce about how much better things were when they were young. Especially in more recent years where more and more “back in my day we played outside and didn’t stare at phones all day”-videos get posted to social media.
Gen X is not too good to be down here in the mud with the rest of us nostalgic peasants.
Every generation has a bit of nostalgia for thier childhoods and everybody misses parts of times that have passed and that is fine.
I just don’t like it when it gets to a point where one starts acting like there is absolutely nothing positive or better going on in the current age we live in and that all the good stuff is in the past. That irks the fuck out of me.
Sure, I’m not saying that they’re immune from nostalgia. Im not so saying that because they were to soon after Boomers, they didn’t have anyone from whom to learn about making nostalgia a marketing device that consumes everyone, and didn’t really have a good run at first. The mid-70s sucked for most people, and waiting in line for gasoline with your parents and the rather bizzare kids’ shows of the time don’t hit as a unofied cultural icon the same as the NES or the Beatles.