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Yes.

Born ‘81

Yep born ‘77

1967

yes

Just turned 43 and feel old as fuck

Just before Boomers.

I’m a boomer, and I have never heard “boomfuck” before.

Gen X guys are lucky; they dumbed down the SAT for them.

I bet on today’s test “misogyny” is in there somewhere. I never heard the word before living in Santa Cruz.

A nice thing about being a boomer is when I was in college girls were not fat with an attitude.

Do soyboys actually grow tits, or is it the weed they smoke?

clambo says

A nice thing about being a boomer is when I was in college girls were not fat with an attitude.

Yes, the evolution of college kids trends toward smaller brains and bigger bodies. If you want to see a contrast, go to any college library and compare the quality of theses written 20-30 years ago with theses written recently. There is also a trend toward master's degrees not having a thesis requirement at all.

Indeed.

clambo says

Gen X guys are lucky; they dumbed down the SAT for them.

We didn't have a space race to contend with.

clambo says

I’m a boomer, and I have never heard “boomfuck” before.

Gen X guys are lucky; they dumbed down the SAT for them.

I bet on today’s test “misogyny” is in there somewhere. I never heard the word before living in Santa Cruz.

A nice thing about being a boomer is when I was in college girls were not fat with an attitude.

Do soyboys actually grow tits, or is it the weed they smoke?

Born in 72 and the SAT test hadn’t been messed with yet nor had it for my brother who was born three years later.

Also I get the impression Wookie might be a tad younger, but he’s so jaded it’s like he stepped out of a mid 80’s movie. So he’s Gen X through and through no matter date of birth.

I wonder if the Gen X thing is the overwhelming tie that binds on the regular posters on this forum.

Yes

So far no surprises. Its amazing there's almost a decade between my brother and I and its like we grew up on different planets. (Im Gen X he's a Mellenial) Goes to show you how much sway the US educational system has on your development and how that's become more true in the past 50 years. We grew up in the same house, same parents, same school districts, completely different outlooks... what a difference a decade makes....

Mid-70s.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Born in 72 and the SAT test hadn’t been messed with yet nor had it for my brother who was born three years later.

I think the SAT was radically changed a couple of years after I took it in the early 90s.

SAT has been dumbed down several times. As the student pool has gotten dumber but more entitled, the test has kept pace downward for SJW purposes. Grade inflation, too, which means that some students wound up with straight A status that by previous generations' standards would have put them at B's and C's.

Remember Victor Hansen saying his state college classics students had a large percentage who were functionally illiterate, but had been passed through to college level, anyway because diversity? They couldn't read the course materials beyond a page or two at a time by trying to pronounce the letters.

Some universities in SoCal aren’t going to use standardized tests for admission anymore. It’s racist or something.
They’re on the way to dropping the exam requirements. Soon you just have to pay a bunch of money and you get a diploma. It was always about the money.

Shaman says

Soon you just have to pay a bunch of money and you get a diploma.

Diploma = Receipt

Yes, born in '79, just before the 80s.

And sure, though I was an infant and only saw it on VHS, it's clear that 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' was one of the greatest action/adventure films.

X-ers also know that Metallica was America's last great rock band (even if they're not fans themselves) something which Boomers can't understand because for them, Metal doesn't equate with mainstream success. It's a fact that if the Eagles didn't have a greatest hits CD, that Metallica would be number one of all time for the USA.

Since the year 2000, and coincidentally, the year of the Napster/Metallica feud, there have been no new great rock bands, American or abroad (ala next gen U2). GenX got to see the end of rock.

Early 70s last good gen.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

but he’s so jaded it’s like he stepped out of a mid 80’s movie

Dude how would you feel, if you spent your whole life 50 years stepping in the best pussy, and fastest cars, the best paying jobs you enjoyed and liked going to, the quality of life index was the highest in the world, our food security and domicile security was through the roof. Then you wake up one day, with ugly girls, dudes that want to be those ugly girls, all cars look the same, hardly nobody has a good paying job, they enjoy, everyone living hand to mouth, and just one month away from being surprised with a midnight eviction?
It wouldn't be "Super Chill".

We blame your Commie teachers though, you're just the Victim. Probably the only Victims left in America.

Yep X

Rin says

Yes, born in '79, just before the 80s.

And sure, though I was an infant and only saw it on VHS, it's clear that 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' was one of the greatest action/adventure films.

X-ers also know that Metallica was America's last great rock band (even if they're not fans themselves) something which Boomers can't understand because for them, Metal doesn't equate with mainstream success. It's a fact that if the Eagles didn't have a greatest hits CD, that Metallica would be number one of all time for the USA.

Since the year 2000, and coincidentally, the year of the Napster/Metallica feud, there have been no new great rock bands, American or abroad (ala next gen U2). GenX got to see the end of rock.

Damn I wanted to prove you wrong. I love the Killers, who started in 2003, but their music is derivative as hell, their last two albums are terrible(though since their last three haven’t got radio play including the terrific Battle Born, no one actually knows), and 4 good albums doesn’t make a legendary band.

Aside of country music, the only new rock music I’ve been listening to is the mainstays and some others who are managing to churn out good stuff. Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Stryper, and Tom Keifer have managed to actually put out very good music this century. But it’s limited in audience and no one plays it on any sort of mass market.

I wish I could go to a concert where the reaction to a newish song was this huge:

www.youtube.com/embed/RHpClGAAvpg

Tenpoundbass says

if you spent your whole life 50 years stepping in the best pussy, and fastest cars, the best paying jobs you enjoyed and liked going to, the quality of life index was the highest in the world, our food security and domicile security was through the roof.

Aside from the 'pussy' piece, the rest is pretty accurate.

There were always hot women which a regular guy could boink, in Quebec, Brazil, Thailand, etc, without having to deal with the bullshit stateside.

Perhaps you're talking about the 60s and 70s because I didn't see 'desirable' American women during my life, 1979 and beyond.

Rin says

Tenpoundbass says

if you spent your whole life 50 years stepping in the best pussy, and fastest cars, the best paying jobs you enjoyed and liked going to, the quality of life index was the highest in the world, our food security and domicile security was through the roof.

Aside from the 'pussy' piece, the rest is pretty accurate.

There were always hot women which a regular guy could boink, in Quebec, Brazil, Thailand, etc, without having to deal with the bullshit stateside.

Perhaps you're talking about the 60s and 70s because I didn't see 'desirable' American women during my life, 1979 and beyond.

DDD was an American film lol

So far I'm older than any of you, but not by much.

Yes, I'm in that range.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Yup, had a beer at the Polish Festival at the Catholic Church at age 7. Remember the Polka Music. Then Grandpa would let me drive the old Buick on the Southern State. Imagine Karens seeing a little kid sitting in a lap driving, they'd call the cops in 5 seconds.

Ceffer says

They couldn't read the course materials

I had a friend born in '49 who had his PhD at 23, began teaching business subjects at the community college level. Almost overnight in the mid-90's, he would get high school students who couldn't do basic arithmetic, making it impossible to teach them basic bookkeeping or accounting. That was also the time students with "disabilities" got extra time for tests, but they still couldn't manage it. When his age and years of tenure added up to a certain number, he retired in 2000. Sadly, that was the last year that retired Texas teachers received a dedicated pay raise because they had over a billion in Enron and then the stock market collapsed, I don't remember in what order, but it's been a hard row to hoe for them the last 20 years. Also, sadly, he died in 2009 from a rare form of cancer, but his widow still receives his pension.

My father retired and taught school in East San Jose. He taught a senior (yes, senior) math class that was basic grammar school math of adding, subtracting, multiplying and division out to only two figures. He made me correct papers, and I literally couldn't believe that a lot of the class couldn't do these things. They couldn't add or subtract with any degree of correctness graduating from high school, even simple sums.

NoCoupForYou says

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Yup, had a beer at the Polish Festival at the Catholic Church at age 7. Remember the Polka Music. Then Grandpa would let me drive the old Buick on the Southern State. Imagine Karens seeing a little kid sitting in a lap driving, they'd call the cops in 5 seconds.

I can’t post it for obvious reasons, but wife was born in 1979 and has a picture of her in diapers holding her dads Budweiser while sitting on his lap.

Late X'er here. What the fuck happened to America while we were edged out of power...

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Born in 72 and the SAT test hadn’t been messed with yet

In that case me either.

Born '67 in that strange gap between Boomer and GenX. Get told "OK Boomer" nonetheless.

Red 5 standing by.

Gen X here.

Who will be the first Gen Xer in the white house?
1. Nikki Haley
2. Marco Rubio
3. Ted Cruz
4. Andrew Yang
5. Other?

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Also I get the impression Wookie might be a tad younger, but he’s so jaded it’s like he stepped out of a mid 80’s movie. So he’s Gen X through and through no matter date of birth.

I wonder if the Gen X thing is the overwhelming tie that binds on the regular posters on this forum.

Lol. '83. Having an ass hole as a father didn't help much with being jaded. He was probably one of the last of that breed for my age as a father. I'm obviously borderline millennial with these arbitrary age groups. I have peers that were spoiled fucks that had no accountability for anything their entire childhood. And I was mostly spoiled, so that's saying something.

I was the kid that would throw away the "participation ribbon" because I didn't win. Fuck that shit. Trophy or bust. Always thought that stuff was more embarrassing than rewarding. When I was 6-7 years old thats about the time it started creeping in. Obviously probably different in different parts of the country.

My wife and I are older souls I think. We tend to hang with 40-50 year olds. There are a few younger 30ish people. But youngest is probably 31-33 at this point. And they're older souls themselves.