Talk:Generation X

Generational labels are arbitrarily defined by various marketers and don't have official beginnings and endings

Wikipedia, please PLEASE stop promoting determinism and pseudoscience by pretending they do with infographics which purport to show the "official" beginnings and endings of arbitrary generation labels, which people see on Google and take to think are official and objective fact. This is damaging to society as a whole. ~2026-17541-2 (talk) 04:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi " ~2026-17541-2 " ,You have made this same discussion on Talk:Generation, Talk:Generation Z, and Talk:Millennials, Please stop trying to cause ruckus or useless flame wars on purpose, especially on Wikipedia. This is probably flamebait, since these are your first discussions on Wikipedia, may I ask why you're trying to cause useless internet arguments? ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 09:06, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

RE: "Please stop trying to cause ruckus [etc]". But the OP is correct. Generational labels _are_ little more than marketing concepts, and terms used in popular discourse. If you disagree then please do go find us an example of any respected academic such as Jacques Derrida, Fredric Jameson, Pierre Bourdieu—or any other cultural theorist, sociologist, anthropologist, ethnologist—who has used Generational labels other than in their conversational English. We'll be a while waiting...

Also, pointing out this article is significantly flawed (as well as being heavily US-centric), is hardly an example of "trying to cause useless internet arguments". — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-29769-36 (talk) 07:04, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

US-Centricity

I feel that this whole article is extremely US-centric yet it is completely unacknowledged. Gen X is also used in many other countries to describe the same demographic — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-50233-1 (talk) 14:45, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Quite so – and the section on punk music feels both excessively detailed and excessively US-centric. But also largely irrelevant since the eldest members of this demographic cohort were 11 when punk started (in the UK!) Djewesbury (talk) 16:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Feel free to add your own well-sourced commentary on your country/region's information reguarding Generation X. ~2026-16718-14 (talk) 10:57, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 April 2026

According to National Geographics 5 part ser1es in 2016 those between 1961-1981 are generation x not 1965. ~2026-26343-98 (talk) 06:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make, but if it's anything like what it seems like you're suggesting, just read the old talk page archives first. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 17:09, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

The whole section is strangely in denial about the historical development that the concept of a Gen X played in creating the modern slew of generational descriptions. The removal of Gen Y as a descriptor was part of this process. And the complete disconnect between the initial idea of describing a post Baby Boom cohort/s and how that then evolved in modern discourse. The removal of the core group within the book from the generational period and the eventual inclusion of persons born in 1979 - who are the very definition of coming of age as a millennial - makes the discussion ludicrous. ~2026-26716-25 (talk) 00:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2026

Nicku202 (talk) 12:41, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Change from “ [Most Gen Xers are the children of the Silent Generation[8][9] and older baby boomers,[9][10] and many are the parents of Millennials and Generation Z”.] [To Most Gen Xers are the children of the Silent Generation[8][9] and older baby boomers,[9][10] and many are the parents of Millennials, Generation Z, and older members of Generation Alpha”.] Here is my reliable source

 Not done: The website of a random marketing agency is not a reliable source. Day Creature (talk) 14:47, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

References

Dance genres missing in the Arts & Culture section?

I'm really wondering as a "Gen X' er, with all the music genres mentioned, why are the dance movements and genres completely lacking? Is there no research on this, nothing to cite? I mean in Western Europe, during the late 80's and throughout the 90's, dance was a defining cultural movement, specifically experienced (and quite often developed) by teen and young adult Gen X, i.e. the Second Summer of Love and M25 raves in the UK (late 80's/early 90's), the German Techno scene and Berlin Loveparades (throughout the 90's), or the emergence and development of different Trance and Hardcore genres all throughout North-Western Europe in the 90's. Especially famous Dutch and German DJ-producers of all 90's dance genres are almost exclusively Gen X. ~2026-55578-64 (talk) 18:20, 16 October 2026 (UTC)