The Gen X Male

The Breakfast Club - Promotional Photo

I was born too late to be a boomer.  That is too bad because the 1960's and 1970's would have been a much richer decade to be a young adult compared to the 1990's.  Pre-HIV, pre-herpes, pre-Reagan.  The clothing styles weren't the best, but the cars were pretty good.

So, I have to live in the Gen X group.  It is better than being dead, but kind of a lackluster group.  Sure, we have some great actors in it, but mostly devoid of anything of note.  All of the ennui is best summed up in a funny post at The Onion.com, Winona Ryder Finally Agrees To Sleep with Generation X. 

My favorite part of the story:

"I will cut my hair to its 1993 length, and we can talk about anything you want before we do it," Ryder said. "Fears for the future, your frustration at having to be part of the corporate machine, anything. We can even listen to period-appropriate music of your choice. Except for Soul Asylum. That is off the table."

Children of the so-called Baby Boomers, Generation X has been characterized as a group unable to speak about anything unironically, while also possessing a mistrust of authority and a longing to have sex with Winona Ryder. According to Ryder, this demographic deserves to have "at least one" of its thwarted hopes and dreams for itself actually come true.

Not many accuse the Gen X'ers of having an irony deficiency.