If you're unhappy and you know it...

The Times of London Online ^ | June 16, 2005 | KEVIN MAHER

[Army Air Corps]

If these people are Blue state Gen X, how would you describe Red state Gen X? I am thinking of P. J. O'Rourke's Republican Party Reptile. That book describes how many of my conservative Gen X friends and I think and approach political issues.

[mabelkitty]

Let's see...me and my under 40, but over 35 year old friends:
Go to Karoake, go bowling (no leagues),have costume parties, go to fairs and amusement parks, have dinner parties, play poker at home, go to casinos, play bloodsport Monopoly, go to steak frys, join private clubs, go to concerts, do crafts, and work.

Entertainment lasts longer when its active and not passive. Movies are passe.

Oh, and we all surf the 'net of course.

[TheForceOfOne]

If you're unhappy and you know it...

Show your Democratic Party voter registration card and clap you hands on your head, repeatedly. (closed fist optional)

[LibertarianInExile]

"Maybe he has been in contact w/ too many British Gen X folk."
"Film critics also assume that movies that no sees actually count as a popular phenomenon."

Methinks you both have unwittingly hit on the real meaning of this article:

1) Gen X Brit males are almost universally whiny in disposition, for good reason. They knew Maggie, and Maggie LED Britain back to world leadership instead of just being an EU speed bump off the coast. Now all they have is a dorky git named Blair--a far better name for a girl than a PM. You'd be bitter, too.

2) Nobody watched these movies. To say Gen X has anything to do with them is like judging American youth by Cop Rock.

3) Columnists are often paid by the word, and editors aren't paid to check columnists' facts.

[Tamar1973]

Oh, and we all surf the 'net of course.

Which is passive, don't you think?

[mabelkitty]

How so?
I spend my time in forums debating.