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Generation Wrecked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the born-with-a-plastic-spoon-in-our-mouths dept.

Ryosen writes "Fortune magazine has an interesting article discussing how members of Generation X (those born between 1966 and 1975) have been damaged by the fall of the economy and the life-long ramifications of the dot.com boom-bust, stating 'No generation since the Depression has been set up for failure like this.' Particularly disturbing is the statement 'Worse yet, for some Gen Xers, their peak earning years are behind them. Buried in college and credit card debt, a lot of them won't be able to catch up as they approach their prime spending years.' Are the best years of our lives truly behind us?"

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  1. Thank GOD I was born in 1976! by mekkab · · Score: 5, Funny

    I missed all this crap!

    WHoo hoo! I'm living the high life like it was 1989!

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    In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
    1. Re:Thank GOD I was born in 1976! by Arcturax · · Score: 5, Funny

      Could be worse, we could be Generation X10, the voyuer generation.

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      --Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop. - Dr. Walter Gibbs
    2. Re:Thank GOD I was born in 1976! by Jonny+Ringo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the next one is "Generation Y oh God Y!"

  2. Mod this down, I'm just in a bad mood by serutan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting though the article was, their sampling could have been a little better. "Jessica, an art therapist and professional harpist, has $50,000 in student loans." Art therapist? Well duh! Everybody knows the big money is in pet psychiatry.

  3. I'd rather think of myself as... by Chris+Y+Taylor · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.inthe80s.com/dynamic/child8e.shtml

  4. Re:Thank GOD I was born in 1956! by KlomDark · · Score: 5, Funny

    "watching MTV (some things havent changed in 20 yrs)"

    Except that 20 years ago, MTV played videos, now it's just a bunch of really low-mentality "Stuffed morons at the beach" type shows. WTF happened?

  5. Re:what a load... by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Funny

    heh heh heh, well, that was cheaper than $300 an hour to rant to a psychiatrist. :)

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    -Styopa