The first time I remember being called generation something was “generation X”, then “the screwed-up generation”, “the MTV generation”, then suddenly I was on the “millennials” and now I ended up a boomer.
I was raised though by those being born during the 50s on stories about how easy I was having it while they had to go uphill both ways to school through the snow.
Damn. He’s from my city and there’s a pub here named after him which I’ve never visited. I never knew he was an antinatalist. Now that I do, I might go and check it out.
The first time I remember being called generation something was “generation X”, then “the screwed-up generation”, “the MTV generation”, then suddenly I was on the “millennials” and now I ended up a boomer.
I was raised though by those being born during the 50s on stories about how easy I was having it while they had to go uphill both ways to school through the snow.
Yep, the way I see it is that every subsequent generation after the “Greatest Generation” has been fucked in one way or another.
They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.
Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself.
— Philip Larkin
Damn. He’s from my city and there’s a pub here named after him which I’ve never visited. I never knew he was an antinatalist. Now that I do, I might go and check it out.