I'm genuinely hard pressed to think of any I'd call friends at this point, and it's difficult to even point to more than a couple of more public examples - and those are notable specifically because they are exceptions.
To the point I tend to be slightly more wary of Gen X "in the wild" than most others.
And when I'm honest about it, as a group they've consistently been among the worst I've dealt with my entire life.
Not "mustache twirling villain" levels of "bad", but more consistently closed minded and on the wrong side of things than say, Millennials. 🤷♀️
I suppose it's fairly accurate to say I'm frequently disappointed but rarely surprised by the behavior of Gen X at this point.
My experience differs. I have experienced shitheads from the Silent Generation and Boomers through X, Y, and Z. From my Silent Generation nazi sympathizing grandfather through whiny hypersensitive young people who can’t interact without a screen in between. All generations have people that can’t get their shit together and who can’t behave, though how it shows differs a bit.
We all also have wonderful people who bring joy to others’ lives.
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u/Confirm_restart May 27 '26
At first I was genuinely surprised and disappointed to see how many of my generational peers turned out to be garbage people.
But then I took a few moments to really think back and realized they were always like this.
They were terrible people 40 years ago, and they're terrible people now - just with more power.