Nothing to inherit. GenX, raised by a silent generation conservative foster home, raising a gen z as a single mother. Do you know how bad you had to be as a parent in the 70's to get your kid taken away for good by the police? I am doing well now but only after I put in over 20 years of grind and failures, before I got a job that put me on the right advancement path, where it then took me another 11 years to work my way up to be qualified for my current job. Its been nothing but hard work and mistakes since I was 17. I've been doing well for a few years now. I'm trying to use this rare change in finances to fix the non-exhistant retirement issue and pay off all of my debts. If I'm lucky, I might be able to leave my daughter a home that I never got.
The reason advertisers ignore us is because they have no clue how to reach us. We've spent our entire lives being advertised at so we're basically immune to their nonsense. I'm so good at ignoring commercials, I can actually sit through several in a row and have no idea what they were trying to sell me. Kinda tough to reach people that are actively ignoring you.
I can't remember the last time a brand/product actually impinged upon me, now that you say that and I have a chance to think about it. Yo quiero Taco Bell, I'd say.
This gen X watches his TH-cam videos with the mouse pointer hovered over the "skip now" button waiting in great anticipation for me to pass that 5 second mark.
I like how Gen X just keeps rolling along the best they can . Gen X really does not complain like other generations , They take it in stride figure out what needs to be done and get to work . I like being a member of Gen X . Doing things in our unique way is very refreshing .
As a "Gen X-er" I am due to inherit $0.00! Both of my parents are long dead. When my mother died (1990) I got a circa 1981 GE clock radio and a GE refrigerator. (My father worked for Westinghouse, so I guess my mother owned GE appliances out of spite, LOL! ) When my father died (2022), I got a... Well, I got a phone call saying he croaked. 🤷♂On the other hand, my kids (dreaded "Millennials") are doing fine. My oldest is an Audio Technician and my youngest is an English Teacher, I didn't go to college myself, I Kant even spell "CMU" or "MIT". 😜 The "kids" are alright! (The Who, 1966).
@@tiffanygrever8092 For all of the shit "they" place on the "Zoomers", The ones I know are remarkably..err.umm..Normal. I don't know what political leanings you or your kids are, BUT that's NOT the point. "We" are told that Gen Z is a hivemind of Liberal "wokes"... Err, They Never met my SOLIDLY Gen Z Niece! She's an (Old School Not "MAGA", More Reagan or Nixon..) CONSERVATIVE! The kids will be OK. NO generation IS a monolith, despite the bullshit the media puts out!
We had to wait for things, no instant gratification in our formative childhoods. No microwaves, no binge watching shows; you got a half hr show and had to wait a week to see what happened next. Specials like Wizard of Oz, Spatacus, 10 commandments, holiday specials, Rudolph or Frosty, Charlie Brown and the great pumpkin Halloween special. You had to be ready, cuz they came on t.v. 1 time per year. Had to make snacks in the oven or stove. Our phones brought only conversations. Anf no answering machines or voicemail. Our music was much better, vast variety. We had to have patience
You don't hear complaints from GenX, because we are busy fixing our problems, so there is nothing to complain about. Plus if we whine we would get the belt or paddle, so we know better. We are not causing a stir online because we were raised outdoors and are living IRL. After all these years, we are still called GenX because no one has been able to figure out what to call us. Have always liked the phrase The Feral Generation.
Quit Playing, Between Paying....FOR.... Your Boomer Parents, who no longer have Health Insurance AND Your Millennial Kids, who no longer have Jobs..... You're going to Work, until you're Dead!
Not exactly.... at least our abusers now die and go to the God that hates its children to suck up their karma of "Cocktails and Dreams". -And we finally get left TF alone.
We're not "getting an inheritance" my friend. Most of that money is being spent by the older generations like its coming from a water faucet (travel, gadgets, RVs, expensive 'retirement communities' in Florida, etc). Then we're going to be expected to take care of those older folks once their health fails, which is going to mean managed care, which is going to cost thousands per month for years and years. Then the medical bills in 6 figures will come. Yeah. No. Some will get some money, sure. Most of us will not. And we know it.
Yep. Same here. Our folks (both sides) are living their best life now and bragging about it...letting us know there will be NO inheritance. I would expect nothing less from them tbh.
Boomers during the late 80s and 90s, developed the idea of the SKI philosophy to retirement. SKI = Spending the Kid's Inheritance When my mom passed, all I inherited was her cremation bill. When my dad passes, I can count on getting his tools, to further clutter my shop.
In the 70s and 80s, the GIs spent the Boomers inheritance. The GIs might have won WW2 and built Superpower America, but they didn't think much beyond that.
My wife's parents are still alive and they have a net worth of almost a million, but my 78 year mother in law is hell bent on spending her husband's money. Not too worried about it though as she has numerous major health problems and she sports a cane and can't really drive so not too much blowing through any real money there. My dad is still alive as he doesn't talk about money as he's always been very secretive about his assets and money, but he has money piled away as he doesn't talk about it just don't know how much as I'll find out at some point. The last couple of years he's been giving each of his three kids $10,000 a year as a gift in light of this economy as that's nice of him as I'm not hard up for money having my own stash in my brokerage accounts, but I'll take it. My goal is enjoy the years I have left and leave a nice nest egg for my two kids.
And pay mortgages. And taking care of Boomer or older parents that saved nothing and so are in worse shape than Xers (because of poor life choices, middling or nonexistent education or retraining and dumb decisions that ate into their savings).
@@scottcrawford7674 Not if they emotionally abusive, entitled and downright nasty like mine. But you do you. Not every family is disfunctional and broke like mine.
@@scottcrawford7674 Yup, found a great partner that helped me navigate the financial aspect of life I couldn't learn by myself and my parents never taught me (or actively made worse by example). Weird that perfect strangers or casual friends helped me more achieve my work and life goals than my parents. Such is life. I'm a bit envious of people that could rely on the help of their parents but I'm not bitter, just happy for them and cognizant that the bad influence my parents had on me is almost gone.
We have a very prominent Gen xer changing the world right now Elon musk is changing transportation forever. Changing battery technology to the next level not to mention spaceflight back to the Moon and beyond. He also has many side that will soon be groundbreaking for the handicapped and how we interface with computers. So possibly the most important person for the next 100 years could be a gen-xer.
Elon Musk is the only guy who could make electric cars practical and affordable (as affordable as electric cars CAN get, anyway). He's like the love child of Henry Ford and Nicola Tesla in our time. Plus he's more American than many that were born here.
A forest, a park, a closed unfinished building, a railway bridge, an abandoned house, bonfires, homemade firecrackers, our childhood was there and we survived. Will the modern generation be able to survive in such games the way we did? We weren't afraid of "sh!t". We didn't have computers and Tik tok.
I'm gonna inherit didly squat from my boomer parents. And so is my fiancee. We are dreading the day we'll have to pay for their retirement homes and healthcare costs because their life choices left them penniless and with such a poor health. Unfortunately, many Xers are not fortunate to inherit anything (perhaps some debt) of value from the Boomers. Those that will, are pretty lucky. On average Boomers are wealthy but statistics can hide many ugly sides and for every Boomer with a couple homes, you'll find plenty of aging, semi-literate and unskilled parents scraping by.
@@scottcrawford7674 I'm just asking them not to get into debt. Never counted on inheritance or handouts for them. It's their money. What irks me to no end is that I had to pay for their shenanigans plenty of times and they are the kind that aren't even grateful. "Free ride" is the farthest thing I got from my parents and in laws and am happy not repeat this sh tty beahaviour with my children.
Born in 1971 so as generation X we invented the Xtreme spots with NO helmets. Did us no harm and we don’t get pushed around we say it as it is to your face. We are warriors not keyboard warriors lmao😂.
I'm about to retire from the military after almost 30 years. Working on starting career number two, and continuing with more college (but no worthless degrees).
What are we doing (him 52, me 47)? Building an off-grid homestead so that our children and grandchildren have a future that includes healthy, homegrown food! What are we NOT doing? Pandering to gov't regulations - gov't is the root of ALL our problems, and we are refusing to feed that beast!
Why? This is very complimentary and true. Most videos only talk about non important stuff like latch key kids, yadda, yadda. She is stating the quite importance of our generation.
Working and paying the bills for most of the planet's population. But based on our age range and typical income demographics by age for any given decade, that's not saying anything particularly startling.
Thinking you can change the world is mostly a waste of energy. Now…like I might try to change one person or animals life…but the world..no. Wasted energy.
We are your middle aged silvering or Bald people, we are mostly you principles, professors, your empty nest parents, that ticked of business boss and the angry woman social worker,
We grew up with drama and narcissistic parents…we are happy to be away from the whole freak show. Most of us are financially taking care of our parents and children..so obviously there is no retirement..The boomers lack budgeting and financial skills. 😢
We're at work.
Supporting the generations above and below us.
You just confused the other generations ... what is work?
Rebels don't work for anyone but themselves - you must be from a different generation?
Nothing to inherit. GenX, raised by a silent generation conservative foster home, raising a gen z as a single mother. Do you know how bad you had to be as a parent in the 70's to get your kid taken away for good by the police? I am doing well now but only after I put in over 20 years of grind and failures, before I got a job that put me on the right advancement path, where it then took me another 11 years to work my way up to be qualified for my current job. Its been nothing but hard work and mistakes since I was 17. I've been doing well for a few years now. I'm trying to use this rare change in finances to fix the non-exhistant retirement issue and pay off all of my debts. If I'm lucky, I might be able to leave my daughter a home that I never got.
The reason advertisers ignore us is because they have no clue how to reach us. We've spent our entire lives being advertised at so we're basically immune to their nonsense. I'm so good at ignoring commercials, I can actually sit through several in a row and have no idea what they were trying to sell me. Kinda tough to reach people that are actively ignoring you.
Bout sums it up.
I can't remember the last time a brand/product actually impinged upon me, now that you say that and I have a chance to think about it. Yo quiero Taco Bell, I'd say.
This gen X watches his TH-cam videos with the mouse pointer hovered over the "skip now" button waiting in great anticipation for me to pass that 5 second mark.
@@michaelb.8953 Totally. Me too.
My kid likes commercials because I fast forward through them so often they are a foreign to her. I was like WTF are you even saying
I like how Gen X just keeps rolling along the best they can . Gen X really does not complain like other generations , They take it in stride figure out what needs to be done and get to work . I like being a member of Gen X . Doing things in our unique way is very refreshing .
Well, no one ever listened to us when we did complain. So there's not really much of a point to it.
As a Gen X, we were raised on our own.
So, we still continue to do things on our own.
As a "Gen X-er" I am due to inherit $0.00! Both of my parents are long dead. When my mother died (1990) I got a circa 1981 GE clock radio and a GE refrigerator. (My father worked for Westinghouse, so I guess my mother owned GE appliances out of spite, LOL! ) When my father died (2022), I got a... Well, I got a phone call saying he croaked. 🤷♂On the other hand, my kids (dreaded "Millennials") are doing fine. My oldest is an Audio Technician and my youngest is an English Teacher, I didn't go to college myself, I Kant even spell "CMU" or "MIT". 😜 The "kids" are alright! (The Who, 1966).
WOW, your an early Gen x I'm a later Gen x my kids are the dread Gen z but still love them lol.
@@tiffanygrever8092 For all of the shit "they" place on the "Zoomers", The ones I know are remarkably..err.umm..Normal. I don't know what political leanings you or your kids are, BUT that's NOT the point. "We" are told that Gen Z is a hivemind of Liberal "wokes"... Err, They Never met my SOLIDLY Gen Z Niece! She's an (Old School Not "MAGA", More Reagan or Nixon..) CONSERVATIVE! The kids will be OK. NO generation IS a monolith, despite the bullshit the media puts out!
@@tiffanygrever8092 P.S. Yeah, I'm about as EARLY in Gen X as it gets (Born 1966)
We had to wait for things, no instant gratification in our formative childhoods. No microwaves, no binge watching shows; you got a half hr show and had to wait a week to see what happened next. Specials like Wizard of Oz, Spatacus, 10 commandments, holiday specials, Rudolph or Frosty, Charlie Brown and the great pumpkin Halloween special. You had to be ready, cuz they came on t.v. 1 time per year. Had to make snacks in the oven or stove. Our phones brought only conversations. Anf no answering machines or voicemail. Our music was much better, vast variety. We had to have patience
My family had a microwave but not till 1988 and I could watch movies and shows when I wanted but I had to wait for them to rewind lol.
I’m gen x and just lost my boomer dad this year. It’s so hard to deal with loosing a parent. I never thought it would be so hard.
I just saw this. I lost my (Boomer) dad the same year, and lost my (also boomer) mum in 1990. Sorry for your loss. Hope you are doing great today. 👍😊👍
@@jamesslick4790 sorry for your loss as well. I’m doing okay today thanks
You don't hear complaints from GenX, because we are busy fixing our problems, so there is nothing to complain about. Plus if we whine we would get the belt or paddle, so we know better. We are not causing a stir online because we were raised outdoors and are living IRL. After all these years, we are still called GenX because no one has been able to figure out what to call us. Have always liked the phrase The Feral Generation.
Hell ya! Gen X still working to payoff those mortgages. Can't wait for full retirement in less than 10 years.
That's amazing! Go you! Wish I could retire in 10 years.... ha!
Quit Playing, Between Paying....FOR.... Your Boomer Parents, who no longer have Health Insurance
AND
Your Millennial Kids, who no longer have Jobs.....
You're going to Work, until you're Dead!
@@GenerationWhatAcademy You didn't get it, even 4 years later... he was being sarcastic. 🤣🤣🤣
Gen X65 The scapegoat of narcissists I get nothing
Not exactly.... at least our abusers now die and go to the God that hates its children to suck up their karma of "Cocktails and Dreams".
-And we finally get left TF alone.
Brother or... X67 walked a very similar path.
We are everywhere that you don’t want to be! Mind your business!
We're not "getting an inheritance" my friend. Most of that money is being spent by the older generations like its coming from a water faucet (travel, gadgets, RVs, expensive 'retirement communities' in Florida, etc). Then we're going to be expected to take care of those older folks once their health fails, which is going to mean managed care, which is going to cost thousands per month for years and years. Then the medical bills in 6 figures will come.
Yeah. No. Some will get some money, sure. Most of us will not. And we know it.
Yep. Same here. Our folks (both sides) are living their best life now and bragging about it...letting us know there will be NO inheritance. I would expect nothing less from them tbh.
@@returnofthekingjesuschrist4470Yep. Unfortunately most of our parents believe in the “you can’t take it with you” mantra.
Leave us be. No one asks for the tornado to show up. Ask for sunshine.
Boomers during the late 80s and 90s, developed the idea of the SKI philosophy to retirement. SKI = Spending the Kid's Inheritance When my mom passed, all I inherited was her cremation bill. When my dad passes, I can count on getting his tools, to further clutter my shop.
In the 70s and 80s, the GIs spent the Boomers inheritance. The GIs might have won WW2 and built Superpower America, but they didn't think much beyond that.
My wife's parents are still alive and they have a net worth of almost a million, but my 78 year mother in law is hell bent on spending her husband's money. Not too worried about it though as she has numerous major health problems and she sports a cane and can't really drive so not too much blowing through any real money there. My dad is still alive as he doesn't talk about money as he's always been very secretive about his assets and money, but he has money piled away as he doesn't talk about it just don't know how much as I'll find out at some point. The last couple of years he's been giving each of his three kids $10,000 a year as a gift in light of this economy as that's nice of him as I'm not hard up for money having my own stash in my brokerage accounts, but I'll take it. My goal is enjoy the years I have left and leave a nice nest egg for my two kids.
No, we're not apathetic. We were into environmenal issues, human rights and ending apartied. The problem is, we eventually had to get jobs.
And pay mortgages. And taking care of Boomer or older parents that saved nothing and so are in worse shape than Xers (because of poor life choices, middling or nonexistent education or retraining and dumb decisions that ate into their savings).
@@scottcrawford7674 Not if they emotionally abusive, entitled and downright nasty like mine. But you do you. Not every family is disfunctional and broke like mine.
@@scottcrawford7674 Yup, found a great partner that helped me navigate the financial aspect of life I couldn't learn by myself and my parents never taught me (or actively made worse by example). Weird that perfect strangers or casual friends helped me more achieve my work and life goals than my parents. Such is life. I'm a bit envious of people that could rely on the help of their parents but I'm not bitter, just happy for them and cognizant that the bad influence my parents had on me is almost gone.
I kinda wish Gen X would be bigger in politics - start running the country.
Don’t worry about it…
We have a very prominent Gen xer changing the world right now Elon musk is changing transportation forever. Changing battery technology to the next level not to mention spaceflight back to the Moon and beyond. He also has many side that will soon be groundbreaking for the handicapped and how we interface with computers. So possibly the most important person for the next 100 years could be a gen-xer.
Gen x already changed the world with the internet. Also, it's believed that the creator of Bitcoin is Gen x.
Elon Musk is the only guy who could make electric cars practical and affordable (as affordable as electric cars CAN get, anyway). He's like the love child of Henry Ford and Nicola Tesla in our time. Plus he's more American than many that were born here.
@@anikadiamond007Jerry Yang, Marc Andreessen, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jack Dorsey, Shawn Fanning, all Gen Xers.
we are happy being ignored
A forest, a park, a closed unfinished building, a railway bridge, an abandoned house, bonfires, homemade firecrackers, our childhood was there and we survived. Will the modern generation be able to survive in such games the way we did? We weren't afraid of "sh!t". We didn't have computers and Tik tok.
I'm gonna inherit didly squat from my boomer parents. And so is my fiancee. We are dreading the day we'll have to pay for their retirement homes and healthcare costs because their life choices left them penniless and with such a poor health. Unfortunately, many Xers are not fortunate to inherit anything (perhaps some debt) of value from the Boomers. Those that will, are pretty lucky. On average Boomers are wealthy but statistics can hide many ugly sides and for every Boomer with a couple homes, you'll find plenty of aging, semi-literate and unskilled parents scraping by.
@@scottcrawford7674 I'm just asking them not to get into debt. Never counted on inheritance or handouts for them. It's their money. What irks me to no end is that I had to pay for their shenanigans plenty of times and they are the kind that aren't even grateful. "Free ride" is the farthest thing I got from my parents and in laws and am happy not repeat this sh tty beahaviour with my children.
I'm totally an x generation xxxx
Born in 1971 so as generation X we invented the Xtreme spots with NO helmets. Did us no harm and we don’t get pushed around we say it as it is to your face. We are warriors not keyboard warriors lmao😂.
I'm about to retire from the military after almost 30 years. Working on starting career number two, and continuing with more college (but no worthless degrees).
Most of us are either dead already, in prison, addicts, homeless, or corporate slaves. Those were the only choices our Boomer parents left us.😅
We're here. We're just good at being ninjas
Retired and watching the world falling apart.
I'd advise learn the land I think is his page
What are we doing (him 52, me 47)? Building an off-grid homestead so that our children and grandchildren have a future that includes healthy, homegrown food! What are we NOT doing? Pandering to gov't regulations - gov't is the root of ALL our problems, and we are refusing to feed that beast!
Also, we really don’t care!
I've dropped out and live atop a mountain...
Well pal...hate to break it to ya but we ĝenxers don't give a willow!!¡!😊
I am a Genexer and this is the WORSE take I’ve seen so far about my generation 🤔😣🥱🥱
Why? This is very complimentary and true. Most videos only talk about non important stuff like latch key kids, yadda, yadda. She is stating the quite importance of our generation.
@@anikadiamond007 Some people have to be "anti" EVERYTHING. This video was accurate (I'm an 'Gen-Xer', Born 1966),
Nicely done.
You don’t want to know where we are. Leave us alone. We know people with pig farms.😂
Where are they? Why? What do you care?
I agree to everything! Very good take! 😊😊
I’m here
Oldest nearing retirement age
Working and paying the bills for most of the planet's population. But based on our age range and typical income demographics by age for any given decade, that's not saying anything particularly startling.
Thinking you can change the world is mostly a waste of energy. Now…like I might try to change one person or animals life…but the world..no. Wasted energy.
We are your middle aged silvering or Bald people, we are mostly you principles, professors, your empty nest parents, that ticked of business boss and the angry woman social worker,
We don’t give a 💩 about Boomer or Millennials. Lol
Don’t try to figure us out.. The institution nvr could. Lol
We’re still playing & working hard! ✌🏼
We grew up with drama and narcissistic parents…we are happy to be away from the whole freak show. Most of us are financially taking care of our parents and children..so obviously there is no retirement..The boomers lack budgeting and financial skills. 😢
Nowhere man xxx mwah kisses and hugs
We have families now, or at work, or we're sick..
We do not have a lot of money....
So some of this on video is BS.
Gen x all the way
Gen x’ers are nowhere
We are getting the things done while boomers ans millennials are crying about how bad the world is to them.