Scarin' off the New Guy

(February 08, 2004)

NewGuy: Hello I am of generation x, may I talk to you for a moment?
Lexikahn: But of course. Or 'yo,' in the parlance of our times.
NewGuy: totally, I read your web page and I really enjoyed it, it was the first time I felt some cohesion with our generation, can I please ask you some contraversial questions?
Lexikahn: Go for it.
NewGuy: the baby boomers have not saved for retirement in a way no other generation has, what do you see happening to them as they hit retirement etc... ?
Lexikahn: The talking heads (and by that I mean the finance specialists on CNN in the Lou Dobbsian milieu, not the David Byrne quirky rock band of the late 1970s) seem to agree that the social burden will fall on us, the Xers, to carry the excessive taxation required for health care and death care of the Boomers. Naysayers report that it'll all even out because all the anti-bacterial soap prevalant in today's public and private bathrooms means that the Y generation will be unable to fight disease and be wiped out by a funky McMayonnaise bacteria.
NewGuy: it doesn't seem like there is alot of cohesion in our generation, what do you think?
Lexikahn: There's a noticeable split. I mean, there always is, that isn't only an X thing. In the sixties there were those that followed and mimicked the Beatles-- their politics, their tight pants, their haircuts-- while others of the same age protested and scoffed and got jobs. Our generation is split between the slackers and the over-achievers, and then there are those who are one or the other but wish to defect. I was a defecting overachiever. I'm about to defect back, because you know what? I want money.
NewGuy: indeed
NewGuy: I have to go, I will talk to you later. thanks for talking with me