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THEY'RE NOT CALLED VINYLS. THEY WERE NEVER CALLED VINYLS. CALLING RECORDS VINYLS IS LIKE CALLING CDS "PLASTICS". FFS, STOP THE MADNESS!!!
Records. They're called records. 12" records are also called LPs, short for Long Playing Records. 10" records are EPs, short for Extended Play Records, or 78s (if they are 78RPM). 7" records are 45s (because 45RPM) or singles.
GET OFF MY LAWN.
Generation X refers to Americans who were born between 1965 and 1980. They’re the kids of the Silent Generation (who were born from 1928 to 1945) and Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964).
Gen X precedes Generation Y (aka millennials, born from 1981 to 1996), Generation Z (aka Zoomers, born from 1997 to 2012), and Generation Alpha (born in the early 2010s to the mid-2020s).
Different researchers might suggest slightly different birth year ranges for each generation, so there’s a bit of disagreement here and there. For example, the moderators of the r/GenX subreddit argue that Generation X includes anyone born between 1961 and 1981, which is the broadest perspective on who might fit the bill.
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Aerosmith....
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According to Statista, there were around 66 million members of Generation X living in the United States.
In 2021, their numbers dropped slightly to around 65.8 million Americans. It’s estimated that there will be around 63.9 million Gen Xers living in the US by 2028.
While it’s easy to assume that older generations ‘had it easy’ when it came to employment and buying property, it’s not all rosy for Generation X.
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Every generation has some hardships, and today's young people have been screwed over in some ways, but they go way overboard with how easy it was for everyone before them.
I was there. I literally have social security tax records since I was 12, because I had to work. It was not some magical paradise.
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There’s a risk that a large number of Americans from Gen X might run out of money in retirement. More so than members of the younger generations. Older Gen Xers are within a decade of retirement, while younger Baby Boomers are already in their early 60s.
How well someone will fare in retirement depends not just on their lifestyle, budgeting, and personal approach to savings and investments but also on the company they work at, along with any relevant pension plans.
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CNN reports that 45% of American households risk falling short financially if they retire at 65 years old. The number rises to 54% for people who would retire at 62.
“The shift from defined-benefit pensions to defined-contribution plans left Baby Boomers and Gen X with less time to accumulate savings,” researchers from Morningstar’s Center for Retirement and Policy Studies pointed out that there is a retirement crisis.
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No. Parts of this country have always been super expensive to live in.
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I was there, the reality is that most of the country didn't really care either way, but a few hundred protestors made a lot of noise.
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My own children were terrified of Slenderman when they were younger, and I told them "You know why he has really long fingers? Because a forum Goon called WIIWW suggested it. I know that cause WIIWW is me.".