Gen X here. There has been huge shift in office culture, and the generational shift from boomers out of it has led to a completely different experience, with the biggest shift being in the decrease in overt misogyny and outbursts of anger. Most of my worst bosses were from this generation, including one individual that would literally start screaming and hitting the wall when something went wrong.
Their generation is marked by a lack of impulse control and a deep inner rage that can often be triggered by trivial inconveniences. They also seem to have a vindictiveness to them that I never really understood, holding grudges far past their expiration date. This is in significant contrast to their parents’ generation, which, for all its problems, always seemed to treat us Gen X folks kindly.
I’m absolutely convinced that a lot of the batshit we’re seeing right now from them is the lifetime exposure to lead showing up in their old age.
We have a generation raised by traumatised world war II vets - in some cases those vets themselves were raised by traumatised world war I vets - and then marinated in lead for most of their lives. There’s gonna be…symptoms.
Their generation is marked by a lack of impulse control and a deep inner rage that can often be triggered by trivial inconveniences. They also seem to have a vindictiveness to them that I never really understood, holding grudges far past their expiration date.
Gen X here. There has been huge shift in office culture, and the generational shift from boomers out of it has led to a completely different experience, with the biggest shift being in the decrease in overt misogyny and outbursts of anger. Most of my worst bosses were from this generation, including one individual that would literally start screaming and hitting the wall when something went wrong.
Their generation is marked by a lack of impulse control and a deep inner rage that can often be triggered by trivial inconveniences. They also seem to have a vindictiveness to them that I never really understood, holding grudges far past their expiration date. This is in significant contrast to their parents’ generation, which, for all its problems, always seemed to treat us Gen X folks kindly.
I’m absolutely convinced that a lot of the batshit we’re seeing right now from them is the lifetime exposure to lead showing up in their old age.
We have a generation raised by traumatised world war II vets - in some cases those vets themselves were raised by traumatised world war I vets - and then marinated in lead for most of their lives. There’s gonna be…symptoms.
And now we’ll figure out what plastic does to the equation.
oh shit i might be a boomer
Either that or you need to stop drinking gasoline…
Something something wrong week something something sniffing glue