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CommonStar posted...

Gen-X did heavy lifting? That's laughable. Like what?

They were the first generation that was "forced" (in the eyes of conservatives) to accept "alternative lifestyles" as something more than people to ridicule and push into the closet. And instead of rejecting them, we embraced them. We lived through "black television shows" being a new thing, and instead of rejecting them, we embraced them.

Gen X was the last generation to live without widespread handheld tech, the internet, computers, etc. But was also the generation that had to learn it all on the fly, as it was brand new. And unlike the generations before it, we were young enough to fully embrace the change, as opposed to rejecting it.

The younger half of GenX were the generation that were graduating college and trying to have families during the Bush Jr. economic collapse. Many GenXers had the rug pulled out from under them by losing their jobs less than 3-5 into their mortgages.

"Women in the workforce" was the norm by the time we were children, as many of us were raised in two income households. And our generation saw the rise of children, because of divorce or abandonment, living in single-parent households. Raised by generation of strong women the showed us you can get by on your own, and the idea of the "family" having multiple definitions.

I can keep going, but the article sums it up a lot better than I do.