Generation Limbo: Waiting It Out

Re:Generation Limbo: Waiting It Out by bh42222 on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:43AM (#2950201)

This is no different than "generation X" in the early 90's. We were called "slackers" then.

Indeed. But I don't quite agree it is normal. Well it is "normal" if you happen to be in a great recession. And I believe prior to this one, the early 90s recession had been the worst since WWII.

So Gen X and Gen Y (or Z?) have that in common.

Some generations get lucky and enter the job market during a long running boom. But yes, if your coming of age happens to coincide with a recession, your generation will be accused of being slackers.

Now, what I want to know is, are we going to get some good music out of this recession/generation, like we did in the early 90s?

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Re:Generation Limbo: Waiting It Out by jbapple on Thursday September 01, 2011 @12:04PM (#2950555)

> And I believe prior to this one, the early 90s recession had been the worst since WWII.

I disagree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_Unite...

The three recessions immediately preceding the early 90s recession (73-75, 80, 81-82) all had either higher unemployment, a larger GDP reduction, or both.

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Re:Generation Limbo: Waiting It Out by bh42222 on Thursday September 01, 2011 @04:29PM (#2951622)

I stand corrected.

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Re:Generation Limbo: Waiting It Out by mkr-hn on Thursday September 01, 2011 @11:57AM (#2950527)

A lot of the people who might have gone into music are doing blogs, books, and things like that.

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