clipped from www.theage.com.au on March 6 2010 That said, the real differences, according to Salt, are between the baby boomers and their kids, generation Y. In other words, it’s nothing more complex than the good old “generation gap”. “There has been a tendency to over-analyse,” Salt concedes. “It’s possibly for the purpose of commercial gain, marketing, the selling of services, I suppose . . . I’m not even convinced that there is such a thing as gen X—all Xers are just mini-me, copycat baby boomers.”

Interesting if you  read the whole thing there are some great stereotypes explained and debunked.

This compares to another article the Age had already published another article that made out that all the generations did Why do we keep banging on about generation? on February 17, 2010

But more importantly please be careful when using the term “Sweet” or “the Sweet” when talking to gen X as against gen Y – the videos below should explain some of the confusion that might arise:

Is imitation here a form of flattery? does gen Y give a nod in the direction of Gen X superior claim here? Or is the gen y version a full appropriation and a better version anyway? – Or do all the generations think they are  forever young? -  wadda – u- think ? – is one of the generations going to live forever?

First is  a more svelte version of Marian Gold with a beautiful example of the  X gen hair fashion tragedy thing going on on top of his head now not visible in the version above.

Another boomer Laura Branigan rehashes Alphaville. Still an X gen version -  like Marian Gold, Laura became more rounded as the years passed and she also might now pine for the times when she might be forever young:

Gen Ys Youth group version – how do you think it compares ? It is pretty good I think and possibly still has resonance? Maybe things do not change that much

We know that Amazon is trying to sell but the story makes a strong link between gen xers and standup comedy as  junkdrawer67 blog  points out :

“Gen X is a 22-year old woman who lives with her friend Jared,  a man-boy on whom she has a crush, but Jared is too busy banging anything with a hole and heartbeat and a big rack. Or so it seems. One night he tells Gen how he really feels about her, if one is to believe such a scoundrel. But hey, Han Solo was a scoundrel too and he turned out to be a stand-up guy?

Jared turns out to be a stand-up comedian, a pretty good one at that. And before Gen and Jared know it they are on their way California where Jared is going to be a big star and Gen is going to manage his career.  But Gen is quickly maneuvered out of that roll by a savvy, ruthless agent who has here designs on Jared. After a brief stay at the home of an actor that Gen had an almost tryst with back in Philly, the city she and Jared started in, and where she meets a budding sweetheart of an actor named Scott, Gen finds herself living back at home with  her parents — ugh! — and working a suck-ass McJob for a Temp Agency. Could things possibly get any worse?

Then answer is: yes they can. They always can. Every GenXer knows that.”

Sounds typical

The X generation pays its respects to the great Chan generation or dynasty of Asian Action Movies who know how to truly honour Generation X.