Thread by @Logo_Daedalus

Hating Boomers is a Gen X pathology that was passed down to Millennials in order for Millennials to not identify that the destruction of cultural standards was a Gen X revolt against Boomer Culture— Boomers had good literature & poetry, Gen Xers have “zine culture” & kitsch

Boomers: “Let’s talk about Bob Dylan & Petrarch in a field of flowers”

Gen Xers: “Let’s talk about PORN in the fucking GUTTER xD”

Boomers: “We believed in Peace & Love.”

Gen X: “Fuck that commie hippie bullshit. There are too many stupid people born.”

Boomers have Pynchon & Bob Dylan.

Gen Xers have… who?

Boomers: George Lucas

Gen Xers: Ernest Cline

“Hating George Lucas” is a Gen X thing— “fandom” is a Gen X thing— Gen X simply “anatomized & deconstructed” the Boomer corpus, & after doing so, had nothing to say.

All the great Gen X literature & music came from the Gen Xers who did not “turn against” Boomers— things like the Paisley Underground & Jangle-Pop were attempts to extend Boomer culture forward.

It’s Gen X that first accepts “corporate fandom” as superior to the Artist/Tradition— Gen X “loves Star Wars” but hates George Lucas etc

Boomers: Pinball & Arcades

Gen X: “Video Games”

It’s with the takeoff of digital technology that Gen X associates itself with— Gen X heroes are Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. The Boomers considered computers to be slavery machines & revolted against the introduction of computers to universities. Xers embraced tech as liberation

Gen X identifies itself as “technologically savvy” & this is “geek culture”— Boomers were rather critical of technology & Boomer literature imagines technology as “fascist” in the way Pynchon describes the development of cybernetics during WWII etc

Boomers believe in Humanity, which is why they’re now “MAGA Boomers” like Alex Jones, returning to some “traditional spirituality” to oppose the technological environment— while Gen Xers are transhumanists who conceive of Humanity as a Cancer

This is Gen X's cultural impact-- the entirety of "Geek Culture" -- before Gen X the word "geek" referred to circus freaks. After Gen X it refers to the "natural elect" who are "savvy with technology"