If you were born between 1980-1984, this poll is for you. Do you consider yourself a...
@vwbusguy I am before this — squarely Gen X — and I'd say that 1980-84 isn't the same. You have to really remember the 80s. And when you get to Reality Bites, be the right age to think "wow, this is perfectly relatable and just, like, gets me, you know?"
@josemanuel @vwbusguy
Well, we hated everything? But come on, secretly deep in your heart?
@mattdm Secretly, deep in my heart, I have a undying hatred of Ben Stiller for a) not being funny at all, and b) convincing Winona Ryder and Janeane Garofalo to do that shit.
Seriously (I mean, not that my hatred of BS is any less serious), _Reality Bites_ portrayed us exactly as MTV saw us, which was as sad, eternal teenagers who'd refuse to work at anything that wasn't a grunge band or writing bohemian poetry.
At least that ‘movie’ served to prove that we are the only generation that could never be monetised, which is why now media and corporations act like we never existed.
