We remember you, Gen X!

This is heavy

The Xilent Generation too!

You remind me of the babe

Move over, Greatest Generation

Always forgotten

It's almost over

They definitely weren't 25 years ago

You're standing on my neck

90s kids can relate

What's your favorite science fiction movie of all time? It's a massive and incredibly influential pool to pick from, but I'm going with “Robocop” every day of the week. It's campy, well done for its time, incredible satire, and it's just so, so entertaining. Robocop is just iconic. Obviously, ignore how much the owners of the property morphed the character into the Saturday morning cartoon hero that the original movie lambasts. It's the perfect sci-fi premise. A good, morally-sound man has not…

While I definitely feel like I have a wide variety of music genres that I listen to these days, I was undoubtedly a rock music kid. I grew up in a rock n' roll household and was constantly exposed to the music. I'm also a long-time bass and guitar player. Although I very much vibe with rock music, it was pretty much all that was available to me, so that's what I ran with. Although, I can't understate how big of an impact the first few “Guitar Hero” games had on my musical taste. I can still rol…

We've got such geriatric vibes right now

Outshined by baby boomers and millennials

If there's anything that Generation X is known for, it's for being the best generation of angsty teenagers. Sure, Baby Boomers had their hippie streak, but everything they've done since has been so chronically uncool it's basically ruined their generational reputation. Millennials are, for the most part, kind of try-hards. They were not particularly known for being rebellious youths on all but one front: teen pregnancy. Nobody did pregnancy pacts like Millennials, and as a member of Gen Z , I r…

Generation X is the most frequently forgotten generation whenever Generations discourse comes up. Now, all everybody cares about is Baby Boomers, Millenials, and Gen Z, and their various quirks and Gen X is so often ignored. And honestly? That's probably for the best. Generation X used to be the “kids these days” who served as the punching bag for complaints about how the youth are bad now. I will give Gen X credit for having the angstiest “disaffected kids” media. Clerks , Reality Bites , Trai…