Generation "X" Needs To Do Something of Note, or Keep Mouths Closed

[Eli]

What generation is 1985? Or do I get both, or neither? If neither, then we need a new generation name. How about the "Extremely Lovable&Intelligent Generation"? No need to use the full name, of course. An abbreviation will be enough.

[Nikolai]

[SlowwHand]

"Y" is even worse.

[Spec]

Originally posted by AAHZ


ahh thank you Spec... then I would be a "generation X'er." So my good pal Slowwhand has indirectly insulted me I see...

i shall leave this poll "as is" without any further participation on my end unless deemed entirely necessary to defend my "honor" or "dignity."

You have no dignity or honor.



Spec.

[Japher]

Sloww... why are you up so early?

[Dauphin]

He had to get up to go pee.

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by Spec
Well, its nothing factual, some say its between 68 and 81.

Spec.

I'd say it extends to 1983, maybe 1984. My wife was born in 1981, and I was born in 1982. There's a definite gap between the two of us and our closest siblings, who were born in 1986 (my brother) and 1987 (her brother).

I think one characteristic that could establish the boundries between Gen-X and Gen-Y would be actual memory of the Cold War. I can remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, and I can remember the 1992 Soviet coup. I can remember having Reagan as president. My brother can't remember any of that.

Another difference would be the spread of information technology. I was 12 or 13 the first time that I used the internet. When I was a senior in high school few people had cell phones or used instant messenger. My brother and my oldest brother-in-law had completely different experiences.

As to the topic question: I voted that we'll get around to doing something someday. The Boomers have set the bar so low that anything we do will look good in comparison.

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Bkeela
Generation X will be responsible for steering the Earth away from global disaster. We shall also likely be the first to colonise other planets, thus ensuring the survival of the species for all time.

not really, and no.

[Az]

Generation X will be responsible for steering the Earth away from global disaster. We shall also likely be the first to colonise other planets

paying the russian space agency/SpaceShipOne to send a capsule of your ashes to the moon can hardly be considered "colonize other planets"

[Asher]

Oh you younguns can never do anything right!

[Drogue]

Um... what has any generation done that's that much of note since World War II? Although I'd consider tackling global warming to be one, that's both contentious, and doesn't apply to the US.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Drogue
Although I'd consider tackling global warming to be one, that's both contentious, and doesn't apply to the US.

Yeah... we didn't buy into a flawed treaty that really wouldn't accomplish anything but allow some nations to pat themselves on the back and think they actually accomplished something meaningful

Instead, you should take a look at what the CCX has accomplished. The Chicago Climate Exchange is doing more to tackle global warming than a flawed treaty.
It has been so successful that the UK will probably set up their own version of it. Companies are volutarily joining up to do their share. The CCX gives them an economic reason to do so, and is providing real results.
Instead of just meaningless words on a badly written treaty, it's a practical and realistic approach to helping to solve the problem.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Ming


Yeah... we didn't buy into a flawed treaty that really wouldn't accomplish anything but allow some nations to pat themselves on the back and think they actually accomplished something meaningful

Instead, you should take a look at what the CCX has accomplished. The Chicago Climate Exchange is doing more to tackle global warming than a flawed treaty.
It has been so successful that the UK will probably set up their own version of it. Companies are volutarily joining up to do their share. The CCX gives them an economic reason to do so, and is providing real results.
Instead of just meaningless words on a badly written treaty, it's a practical and realistic approach to helping to solve the problem.

Sounds like the European Union Emission Tradings thingimabob.

[Ming]

Yes... it was fashioned after the CCX

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Spec


1963 and 1978

sPEC.

I've always heard 1964 to 1980...