01-10-2017, 08:29 PM
(01-10-2017, 04:33 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(01-10-2017, 03:49 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(01-10-2017, 01:51 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: "Clinging to the second turning" sounds like a pretty good description of boomers in general.
The 2T was the Awakening. Maybe we can describe Xers as those who refuse to be awakened by it. Some Boomers realized the Awakening, and remember that it's the key to the new world unfolding potentially in the 4T and beyond. To remember the Awakening, is to stay awake. To disparage it, is to remain asleep.
In the Awakening, many Boomers learned to live in the present, and not cling to life. So to cling to the past is also to remain asleep.
Eric, all we ever knew during at least part of childhood was the Awakening, none of us knew the High. Especially for us 1st half Atari X, the Awakening was an overwhelming thing. You would never understand, since you viewed it through adult eyes, and those adult eyes were comparing it with the High, which we X had no inkling of. In the case of the Awakening, it's all we knew from our first sentient moments. I would say most X have a love - hate relationship with the Awakening. Look at my prolific use of Sesame Street emoticons. What's not to like about that aspect of The Awakening? Look at how many X are complete music nerds (granted, you don't like all of it, but you have to admit, we X are true natives when it comes to rock and all its flavors).
What did we not like? Self absorption of adults was kinda sucky, dontcha think?
The "high" was a time of extreme conformity. My impression is that most X don't really care for that. Am I wrong?