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“A Lot Of Phil Collins Floating Around Your Head”: 79 Gen X Posts That Pay Tribute To The Forgotten Generation (New Pics)
People often talk about baby boomers, millennials, and Gen Z, seemingly overlooking an entire generation sandwiched between them. Gen X, otherwise (and aptly) known as the “Forgotten Generation,” is the generation born between 1965 and 1980.
These folks are also referred to as “latchkey kids” who spent their carefree childhood years enjoying Saturday morning cartoons and had MTV as their cultural beacon as they approached adolescence and early adulthood.
If you identify as a Gen Xer, the following memes and images will likely resonate with you. Scroll through for your dose of nostalgia.
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Good Advice Then, Now, And Forever
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I Don’t Think I Have Ever Felt So Personally Attacked By A Meme As This One:
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In Prince's Funky Name
There are many stereotypes associated with Gen X. Environics Research classified them into five sub-groups: Thrill-seeking materialists, detached conformists, social hedonists, inclusive idealists, autonomous minimalists, and security-seeking ascetics.
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The Fifth Element Foretold The Rise Of The Influencer
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Historic Ted Talk
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Anyone Play These Before?
A more accurate description of who they are comes from Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, a psychiatrist, researcher, and educator at Tufts Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
“Coming after the hippies, we rejected their rejection of the status quo, but we had lost our faith in it too,” wrote Dr. Ghaemi, who grew up in the ‘70s in McLean, Virginia. “We were unmotivated, unmoored, and unconcerned. The Cold War chugged along, and we had lost the passion to keep fighting it, but we had no better alternative.”
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We’ve All Felt It
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This Felt Like The Pinnacle Of Technology
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Does Anyone Else Still Do This?
In his article, Dr. Ghaemi pointed out that Gen X seemed to have taken a back seat as older millennials came of age at the dawn of social media and smartphones. He noted that a “generational disconnect” regarding technology also occurred during this era, leaving Gen X stuck in the middle.
“Our teachers are unknown to history: They had no celebrity and are not found on the internet; they were simple, unassuming people who embodied the best of their generations,” Dr. Ghaemi wrote.
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Saw This On Fb (Not Mine). Love Y'all!
Peter Bear 4 hours ago
Probably right. But we were also raised on Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers, and Sesame Street before it became the Elmo Show, so that also explains a lot about us.
According to Dr. Ghaemi, being sandwiched between boomers and millennials gave Gen X a unique perspective on societal issues. As he stated, “We don’t have a program or strategy for the world. At least not yet.”
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The Single Reason Genx Didn't Become A Hoard Of Psychopaths
Peter Bear 4 hours ago
Credit also due to the other PBS shows that shaped us; LeVar Burton taught us to read voraciously, Sesame Street taught us diversity and care for others, 3-2-1 Contact instilled a respect for science. That's why we are the truly greatest generation. Bring back PBS funding, because we need it now more than ever. And if Fred Rogers were still alive, you know he'd go before Congress again to say the same thing.
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How Everyone Else Thinks The 80s Looked Like vs. Reality
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This Is Where It’s Headed, I Swear…
“We see the problems more clearly than our predecessors and our successors. We may not have a treatment, but at least we can diagnose,” Dr. Ghaemi continued.
“If we can find a way to articulate our insights, the only question left would be whether the generations around us are willing to listen.”
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I Scored A Zero
#17
What Would Some Of Our Disproven Facts Be?
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I’ll Tell Ya What
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 hours ago
Saving to the cloud annoys me, I want stuff on my hard drive, I do not want it all online being used as material for AI.
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I Think We Can All Relate
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Endless Fun With This
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Sadly Very True
Bored Jellyfish 22 minutes ago (edited)
There were so many of these “penny” schemes- record clubs, cassette clubs, all kinds of book clubs (mine was a sci-fi book club- where you’d have to return a postcard in time before they sent you the choices of the month (more like every four weeks), and then you’d be on the hook to pay for them when you didn’t notify them in time. And like most kids I knew, we all defaulted on it eventually.
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I Loved These Koala Clips
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How Many Of You Grew Up With One Of These In Your House?
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The Struggle Was Real
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Had To Share This!
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“Bobcat” Goldthwait & Tim Kazurinsky Then And Now
Nik Odongray 2 hours ago
I once stood behind Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams on an escalator.
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One Of The Funniest Movies Ever Made?
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 1 hour ago
"What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."
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When Someone Paid By Credit Card, We Had To Drag Out This
to old to care 3 hours ago
Hey, when the store lost power - you were really happy to have this.
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Anyone Have One Of These Swing Sets?
Bi.Felicia 3 hours ago
Of course, the higher you swung the more the legs lifted off the ground, threatening to tip the entire swingset over.
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Good Times …
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I Find This To Be Very Relatable
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Anyone Remember The Metal Lid You Had To Use A Butter Knife To Pop Off?
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Anyone Remember Moon Boots?
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The Good Ol' Days
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Ugh? Yay? Corduroys Are Back
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Anyone Remember This?
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The Sit 'N Spin (1977) Because For Some Reason Our Parents Wanted Us To Know What Nausea Felt Like
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Oj In The Day
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I Want In On The Fun. '92 Senior Photo (17) And Age 50 (2024)
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At Long Last, I’ve Acquired The Proper Lighting For My MS Pac-Man Table
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Anyone Else Feel This Way?
Bi.Felicia 3 hours ago
Deja vu? Nah, it's just a repeat of the very first post in this thread.
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Had It Since Middle School..53 Years Old Are You Still Hanging On ?
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Did You Or Your Parents Have This Cookware? We Did
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Robin Hood Movies Of The 90s
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Anyone Else Associate These With The Christmas Season?
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Remember When We Wore Baby Tees Under Our Sundresses? Early 90’s Here, The Scrunchie Was A Must Have Too
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I’ll Always Remember The 8 On The Bald Dude 🤣
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Some Of You Will Remember
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Who Remembers?
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Because Of This Guy I Ate Sunday Diner On A Aluminum Tray Table Alone In Front Of The TV 🥹
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If You Know, You Know
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What Non Horror Movie Scenes Traumatized You As A Child?
Amanda Treat 3 hours ago (edited)
Large Marge. Indiana Jones face melts. The Dark Crystal. The end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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I Can’t Stand This Junk Anymore
As a little kid, I lived on sugar… when I turned 25, my body started rejecting it…. Even looking at it in my mid 40’s causes me to wretch…
Peter Bear 4 hours ago
That's not a function of our age, it's a function of loss of quality and shrinkflation. These simply aren't as good as they used to be.
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It’s Christmas Morning 1985 And You Just Found This Under The Tree. What’s The First Cassette You Pop In?
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Sorry But We *absolutely* Stopped The School Day And Watched It By Satellite
to old to care 3 hours ago (edited)
You should have waited another 50 years to post this, we are all still alive to prove you wrong. And by the way, yes, the H*******t and the moon landing were very real.
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What's Your Favorite Genisis Or Phil Collins Jam?
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Only Took Me 49 Yrs To Realize This
1-800-OMG-STFU 1 hour ago
My friend, the things that do attain The happy life be these, I find: The riches left, not got with pain, The fruitful ground; the quiet mind; The equal friend; no grudge, no strife; No charge of rule nor governance; Without disease the healthy life; The household of continuance; The mean diet, no dainty fare; True wisdom joined with simpleness; The night discharged of all care, Where wine the wit may not oppress; The faithful wife, without debate; Such sleeps as may beguile the night: Content thyself with thine estate, Neither wish death, nor fear his might. - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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Why Did We Do This?
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 1 hour ago
I forgot about that! That's how I wrapped them so I could get into my cowboy boots!
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Finish This Genx Sentence: When I Think Of Val Kilmer, It's His Work In ________
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Anyone Else Miss Going To The Malls In The 80s?
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Growing Up In The 70s And 80s,...2025 Was Supposed To Be Like This
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I Really Get It Now
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Who Else?…
Picked up my first “Choose Your Own Adventure - Hyperspace” in ‘83/‘84, and I was hooked. This book series fed my need for adventure and I’ve pretty much lived by that my whole life. My life, my choices, my destination. Then again, this is the way, of a GenX’r
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You’re At The Roller Rink In The 80’s.. What Song Hits Hardest?
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Spotted On A Neighbourhood Walk. Nope, Nope, Nope
to old to care 3 hours ago (edited)
Oh lord, my family were just talking about this little guy. My brother in law played this show for my very young niece years ago. She is 26 now and that is the ONLY thing that still creeps her out. (she even grew up watching large snakes and dinosaurs.) But this....oh HeLl no.
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Stopped By To Visit My 80 Yr Old Sicilian Parents I Got Dinner Just Like When I Was Little In 1970s
Bi.Felicia 3 hours ago
This is the same poster that was in this thread earlier, the pic of a slice of pizza on the same plate as this one, with I believe a purple teeny weeny or hugs juice.
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Spellflinger 3 hours ago
Sometimes I rather like being part of the invisible generation.
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ttirreg 1 hour ago
Im from Belgium and i can relate withlike 90percent off the picture s
Load More Replies... Spellflinger 3 hours ago
Sometimes I rather like being part of the invisible generation.
Load More Replies... laneydorris 10 minutes ago
I am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing under a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank God every day I was blessed with these instructions and now its my duty to pay it forward and share it with Everyone, Here is I started_______ LIVEJOB1.COM
ttirreg 1 hour ago
Im from Belgium and i can relate withlike 90percent off the picture s
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