She nails it once again.

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mcbrennan sums up a lot of how I feel about my age group in this country. We were caught in between two times in American history and got SUCH a pinch.

Pop culture overload, cynicism, forced irony, and passivity are our demons.

Innervisions: go read this if you care about these things.

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From a Youngen...

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Thats a really good little blurb. Beleive it or not it sums up alot of what i feel. I think the children of the 80s she is refering to however are more like the children of the late 80s early 90s. I have always felt as though i was too young or too old at the time alot of the main events have happened within my memory. Most of the knowledge i have is looking back in hindsight at what happened when i was but a wee lad. Old enough to know the mistakes and consiquences of the past, yet to young for anyone to care listening to. Our society has out grown common sence and basic logic. if it moves fast and looks good then who cares about the quality. its the same way with everything from happy meals to politcs.

It has always left me with a feeling of not fitting in, pretty much anywhere. fortunitly i dont really mind that though, most everywhere is pretty fucked up and scary...