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[nilchance]

A brilliant essay by Elizabeth Bear on Generation XYZ.

We are pedestrians in a world without sidewalks, striding across traffic against the light. We are overqualified, overeducated, overworked, overstimulated, underpaid, underemployed, undervalued and underwhelmed. Our cats have their shots, but we don't have health insurance.

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[daybright.livejournal.com]

"Understand: we never expected to live this long." how true. Having it put bluntly like that makes me realize that it is true, and it kind of explains my obsession with post apocalyptic fiction too.
I too have tried to explain gen x mentality to other people without success, definitely keeping this so I will do a better job next time.