Talk:Generation X

request for reduction in protection level

Lead paragraph needs cleaning up. It is original research and sites no sources. Every other generational cohort follows that policy. Ledboots19 (talk) 11:53, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

US-centric

Yet another US article seeing the USA as a template for the world. This whole idea doesn't work elsewhere. The dates would be different for people who grew up in Iron Curtain countries, because there would be a clear divide between those who grew up under Communism and those who didn't. No corresponding thing exists in the USA.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.241.82 (talk) 07:40, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Most editors are from the US and have knowledge of US sources. If you know something we don't please make suggestions.  Kolya Butternut (talk) 16:57, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Indeed this is quite ridiculous! House music, techno music, rave culture, etc... are not even mentioned although they were absolutely massive culturally and sociologically speaking in the 80's and 90's in Europe! How can this article be taken seriously if these are not even mentioned! 81.154.24.81 (talk) 12:34, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

1987 Vancouver Magazine Generation X article

This is Douglas Coupland's first published use of Generation X. The scanned magazine has been archived, but not the whole thing. As of this writing the citation links here. I think it would be better to link to the actual scanned images , but I'm not sure how best to do that. p. 164 p. 165 p. 167 p. 168 p. 169 The story is continued on p. 194, but this was apparently not scanned. Kolya Butternut (talk) 01:22, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

More scans of the old articles: [1]  Kolya Butternut (talk) 01:55, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

I figured out one way to add them. [2]. Kolya Butternut (talk) 01:16, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Generation X ends in 1981 by the most generous definitions. NOT anywhere near 1984!

The millennial Wikipedia page confirms this. It needs to be corrected but the page is locked for some reason. It needs to be corrected. There are countless articles that make the dates of each generation clear! Please correct this. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/generation-x-genx.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whatplop (talk • contribs) 17:28, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Generation X ends in 1979. Millennials begin in 1980.213.230.78.90 (talk) 18:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 March 2020

https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/generation-x-earns-respect-conronavirus-pandemic-stay-home/ 172.74.99.12 (talk) 13:00, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

 Not done. What about it? –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 15:28, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

he's trying to say that Gen X are better handling Coronavirus than other generations.213.230.78.90 (talk) 18:44, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Unclear statement - what does the following mean?

The following wording (under "Adjusting to a new societal environment") is pretty unclear: "Furthermore, 3 decades of growth came to an end and the unwritten social contract between employers and employees, which had endured during the 1960s and 1970s and scheduled to last until retirement was no longer applicable with, by the late 1980s, large-scale layoffs of Boomers, corporate downsizing and accelerated offshoring of production."

What is it supposed to mean?

86.120.209.121 (talk) 10:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)