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Generation X - associations

What are the first 5 words/cultural references that come to mind?

by Anonymousreply 83March 22, 2018 12:01 PM

Me, me, me, me, me!

by Anonymousreply 1August 16, 2017 8:25 PM

angst

flannel

grunge

slacker

nirvana

by Anonymousreply 2August 16, 2017 8:25 PM

Melrose Place

Slacker

Grunge

Twenty something

Jeaneane Garofalo

by Anonymousreply 3August 16, 2017 8:27 PM

combat boots

coffee

doily

portland

alternative

by Anonymousreply 4August 16, 2017 8:42 PM

Kurt Cobain's shotgun

Douglas Coupland's book

Sony Discman

In Living Color

Lisa Loeb's glasses

by Anonymousreply 5August 16, 2017 8:46 PM

Dan Cortese

Britpop

Daria

MDMA

Beavis and Butthead

by Anonymousreply 6August 16, 2017 8:49 PM

5?

The internet,

The Tech Industry ,

Clintons,

90's,

The Aids Epidemic

by Anonymousreply 7August 16, 2017 8:51 PM

Nissan X-Terra Lesbians Dungeons and Dragons (the cartoon) Seattle Therapy

by Anonymousreply 8August 16, 2017 8:54 PM

The Gap

Details Magazine

Bandanas

Reality Bites

My So Called Life

by Anonymousreply 9August 16, 2017 9:01 PM

Zima

Nirvana

Alannis Morisette

Slacker

Doc Marten

by Anonymousreply 10August 16, 2017 9:01 PM

" No one understands meeee"

"I'm stuck between two narcissistic generations and I'm the only grown up around here!!"

"No one understaaaands meeee"

by Anonymousreply 11August 16, 2017 9:20 PM

Billy Idol Singles Real World Grunge Irony

by Anonymousreply 12August 16, 2017 9:41 PM

Generation X aka slackers used to be called the 'ummm generation'.

by Anonymousreply 13August 16, 2017 10:50 PM

mmm, Dan Cortese.

by Anonymousreply 14August 16, 2017 11:33 PM

I want my MTV!

The last verse of Billy Joel's "We didn't start the Fire"

R14 I second that!

by Anonymousreply 15August 18, 2017 5:05 PM

Sesame Street

Schoolhouse Rock

MTV

Ecstasy

Apple

by Anonymousreply 16August 18, 2017 5:16 PM

Grunge MTV No phones Melrose Place Craft beer

by Anonymousreply 17August 18, 2017 5:17 PM

90210

River Phoenix

Beck - Loser

Dot-com

XTREME sports

by Anonymousreply 18August 19, 2017 4:06 AM

Friends, Reality Bites, Singles, AOL, Club MTV, Raves, Ecstasy

by Anonymousreply 19August 19, 2017 4:30 AM

Yo! MTV Raps/120 Minutes, The Clinton's, AZT, Personal Computers, The Rachel

by Anonymousreply 20August 19, 2017 7:13 AM

Assholes.

by Anonymousreply 21January 16, 2018 10:54 PM

Who would've thought, it figures....

by Anonymousreply 22January 16, 2018 10:56 PM

Adderall addiction

by Anonymousreply 23January 16, 2018 11:00 PM

Winona

Winona’s Big Brown Beaver

Primus

by Anonymousreply 24January 16, 2018 11:07 PM

redundant

redundant

redundant

redundant

and finally, redundant

by Anonymousreply 25January 16, 2018 11:12 PM

Lollapalooza

[italic]Empire Records[/italic]

Denis Leary bumpers on MTV

[italic]My So-Called Life[/italic]

[italic]Daria[/italic]

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 26January 16, 2018 11:21 PM

Nirvana Molly Ringwald The Breakfast Club Seattle Reality Bites

by Anonymousreply 27January 16, 2018 11:26 PM

R23 - I'd personally like to reclaim adderall addiction on behalf of the Millennials.

by Anonymousreply 28January 16, 2018 11:28 PM

Frances Bean

Kinderwhore

Angst

Suicide

Heroin

by Anonymousreply 29January 16, 2018 11:33 PM

Heroin Spice Girls Techno Winona

by Anonymousreply 30January 16, 2018 11:37 PM

Phony

Goddam

Crumby

Corny

Flit

by Anonymousreply 31January 16, 2018 11:58 PM

Tonya Harding

by Anonymousreply 32January 17, 2018 12:21 AM

Natalie

Merchant

spinning

and

twirling

by Anonymousreply 33January 17, 2018 12:21 AM

Latchkey.

Malls.

Slacker.

Grunge.

Gulf War.

by Anonymousreply 34January 17, 2018 12:27 AM

Obama

by Anonymousreply 35January 17, 2018 12:29 AM

Thirtysomething

Winona Ryder

Friends

Nirvana

HuskerDu

by Anonymousreply 36January 17, 2018 12:45 AM

Flannel, "With the lights out, it's less dangerous", fanzines, Before Sunrise, East Village, Rent, squeezebox, the CDs that came with CMJ

by Anonymousreply 37January 17, 2018 12:51 AM

SubPop record label

John Hughes' movies

Spike Lee's movies

Oasis

The Smiths

by Anonymousreply 38January 17, 2018 12:56 AM

The Bumblebee Girl in the Blind Melon video

“Isn’t it ironic?”

OJ

Earth tones (backlash against 80s neon colors)

David Spade, Chris Farley and Adam Sandler (much as I hate to admit it)

by Anonymousreply 39January 17, 2018 1:18 AM

AbFab

Clinton

AOL

Brad Pitt

AquaNet

by Anonymousreply 40January 17, 2018 1:33 AM

Hanson's Mmm Bop

Austin, TX

Sandra Bullock

kd lang's Torch Songs

Dwight Yokam

by Anonymousreply 41January 17, 2018 3:28 AM

Homerpalooza

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 42January 17, 2018 3:36 AM

Kate Moss Nine Inch Nails Zima Doc Martins Seattle

by Anonymousreply 43January 17, 2018 3:39 AM

My friend Robert was one.

The book that gave us the name, by Douglas Coupland.

Those John Hughes movies.

'90s jeans

R.E.M.

by Anonymousreply 44January 17, 2018 3:54 AM

Smashing Pumpkins

Blessed Union of Soul

Toad The Wet Sprocket

Sophie B. Hawkins

Susan Loeb

by Anonymousreply 45January 17, 2018 4:02 AM

1) The Clintons

2) The 90s

3) Vegan

4) Tech

5) Gay Community

by Anonymousreply 46January 17, 2018 4:12 AM

The Clintons?

by Anonymousreply 47January 17, 2018 4:13 AM

You were born, and so you’re free. So happy birthday . . .

by Anonymousreply 48January 17, 2018 4:16 AM

I know you said 5 OP, but whatever

6) Aids

7) Starbucks

8) Anime

9) China

10) Downfall of communist Europe

by Anonymousreply 49January 17, 2018 4:21 AM

What does any of those things have to do with Gen X except maybe anime, r49?

by Anonymousreply 50January 17, 2018 4:22 AM

1 - the expansion of alternative music

2 - the introduction of the weekly "reality" TV series

3 - the introduction of hyper-specialized cable channels

4 - the explosion of tech companies

5 - cynicism, but that's probably everybody these days

by Anonymousreply 51January 17, 2018 4:36 AM

[quote]What does any of those things have to do with Gen X except maybe anime, [R49]?

R49 is a tard

That you would think Aids is not associated with Gen X is pretty idiotic. The 80s and 90s where the Aids epidemic took place. Our fascination with China started in the 80s and 90s...etc...etc

by Anonymousreply 52January 17, 2018 4:48 AM

MTV

Reagan

Nirvana

Madonna

1984

by Anonymousreply 53January 17, 2018 4:58 AM

Hair bands Martha Quinn Reagan Ice ice baby 1800collect

by Anonymousreply 54January 17, 2018 5:16 AM

9/11/2001

Bursting of the dot com bubble

Al Gore and climate change

Talk shows like Oprah and Ellen

90210 and Melrose Place

by Anonymousreply 55January 17, 2018 2:00 PM

I was born in '66, or Year Two. Most of your associations are Wikipedia-level shit. Either try harder or don't play.

by Anonymousreply 56January 17, 2018 7:59 PM

The Try Harderz, featuring DJ Grumpy Pants

by Anonymousreply 57January 17, 2018 8:17 PM

ECSTASY!

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 58January 17, 2018 8:18 PM

Oh, what could have been if not for the McGovern Report helping to turn a generation of potential hunks into soy boys.

by Anonymousreply 59January 17, 2018 9:23 PM

The first people to get AIDS were born in the 1940s and 1950s. I would not have thought of it as generational, but if you insist, it seems more of a thing that started with the boomers and never went away. And think on this fact: people born in the 1970s, all of whom count as Gen X, were no older than 10 when AIDS began, only 20 by the end of the 1980s, the first decade of AIDS awareness. Not to say no one in that age group had AIDS, but it is not the characteristic age group most associated with the disease.

by Anonymousreply 60January 17, 2018 11:14 PM

Prozac Nation

The Brat Pack

R.E.M.'s Murmur

I want my MTV!

Ecstacy fueled raves

by Anonymousreply 61January 18, 2018 9:59 PM

[quote]R.E.M.'s Murmur

True. I never heard of R.E.M. until Out of Time.

by Anonymousreply 62January 19, 2018 8:57 AM

OK Soda

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 63January 19, 2018 9:01 AM

'House' music

Rap

Hip-hop

Breakdancing

Tupac's death

by Anonymousreply 64January 19, 2018 2:12 PM

The Breakfast Club

by Anonymousreply 65January 21, 2018 8:44 AM

Smug

Assholes

Forgotten

Jan Brady

Passive-aggressive

by Anonymousreply 66January 22, 2018 11:49 PM

Nothing generation-specific about assholes or passive-aggressive behavior.

by Anonymousreply 67January 22, 2018 11:50 PM

Saturday morning cartoons

TGIF

Madonna

90210 and Melrose Place

AOL

by Anonymousreply 68January 23, 2018 12:02 AM

Pubic hair Diet Coke Blue GAP dress Cigars Safe sex

by Anonymousreply 69January 23, 2018 12:57 AM

Nirvana

Plaid

Grunge

Ecstasy

Raves

by Anonymousreply 70January 23, 2018 1:01 AM

This guy.

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 71January 23, 2018 2:41 AM

some of this stuff is all 90s, not gen-x

by Anonymousreply 72January 23, 2018 2:56 AM

Feel free to add your own, R72.

by Anonymousreply 73January 23, 2018 7:19 AM

bump

by Anonymousreply 74January 23, 2018 9:57 AM

Who?

Ignored

by Anonymousreply 75January 25, 2018 5:06 AM

Sassy Magazine Riot grrrls Bret Easton Ellis Singles, the movie Beastie Boys

by Anonymousreply 76January 25, 2018 6:35 AM

someone's Dad/Uncle/Brother was in the Vietnam war, the challenger explosion, star wars, john hughes and stephen king films, ronald reagan, aids,hands across america, mtv

by Anonymousreply 77January 25, 2018 9:09 AM

flannel

big hair

baggy clothes

aids (was a death sentence)

the cranberries :-(

by Anonymousreply 78January 25, 2018 9:13 AM

r60 - when we were in health education classes (early 90s) haart was not available yet and even when it was, nobody knew it would actually work long term & allow people to live indefinitely. They were "cautiously optimistic" about HAART for a long time because the real trial was being done on actual people in real life. You can't do a 20 year test in the lab.

by Anonymousreply 79January 25, 2018 9:15 AM

Clean Up In Aisle Eight

by Anonymousreply 80January 25, 2018 9:22 AM

Status quo.

by Anonymousreply 81March 22, 2018 10:33 AM

4 non blondes

by Anonymousreply 82March 22, 2018 11:20 AM

Ethan Hawke

Robert Sean Leonard

people who quote "The Brady Bunch"

people who love '80s music

uncut American men whose parents were hippies and wanted their sons' dicks to be "natural"

by Anonymousreply 83March 22, 2018 12:01 PM
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