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9. The Millennials Vs. Generation X

9. The Millennials Vs. Generation X. Where do you lie? While writer Noreen Malone examines the hardships faced by her generation of Millennials ("battered by the economy and yet still somehow convinced that they'll "do better" than their parents—were "hoping for the chance to put on a tie and report to their cubes") in [NYMAG THIS WEEK], And Gizmodo writer Mat Honan (39), writes his response on behalf of his Generation X-ers ("Generation X is tired of your sense of entitlement. Generation X also graduated during a recession. It had even shittier jobs … Generation X is used to being fucked over.") [POST HERE]; Writer Doree Shafrir falls somewhere in between the two (both in age and sentiment: "while the proud alienation of the Gen X worldview doesn't totally sit right, we certainly don't yearn for the Organization Man-like conformity that the Millennials seem to crave.") [SLATE POST HERE] All three are fun reads.
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