What was the last non-screwed-up generation we've had?

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Gen X'ers (1967-1982) in the 90s were cynics/nihilists who were too cool to try and reveled in being underachievers, who are now in their 50s and long forgotten about by everyone due to not wanting to contribute to society or "get a job."

Millennials (Generation Y, 1982-1997), who were raised in the 2000s, were/are woke, thin-skinned, lazy, entitled, narcissistic pussies and literally the worst generation of all time. (For context, I technically am a "Millennial," but still hate most of them.)

Zoomers (Generation Z, 1997-2012, the oldest of which are now 27 as of this year; yes, TWENTY-SEVEN) were raised in the 2010s and are probably the dumbest, most-distracted generation with the shortest attention spans and the inability to live without internet/smartphones, but also generally less embarrassing or retarded than Millennials as a lot of them hate woke culture. Despite this, plenty of them are still into the trans/pronouns lunacy as they were brainwashed into it from birth.

And Galphas (Generation Alpha; 2012-2027), who are the kids born 2012 and after, are fucked-up from being raised by the internet literally since birth, explaining the Skibidi Toilet crap and being the main audience of Twitch thots. Most of them know what sex is before the fifth grade.

What was the last normal, mentally sane, functional generation of mature adults society has had, if any?

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[–]x0x7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It doesn't exist. Society is made of broken people.

One more:

Boomers - Threw away the best general economic conditions society has ever seen. Blames other generations for not being forward thinking and for being selfish.

Basically all of these particularly broken generations are just the fallout from Boomers. When they are fully gone we might be able to make some normal generations. But because of technology we don't even know what the ideal human should be anymore in this context let alone an entire generation of them. If there is a theoretical normal generation in the future it will not look like any sort of past generation.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Boomers were produced by people broken by the wars before they were born

[–]Hematomato 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think we've had one.

The Boomers were the ones who dodged the draft, burned their bras, experimented with drugs, had naked orgies in the mud.

The Silent Generation and the GI Generation and the Lost Generation were all known for extremely heavy drinking. The general idea of those generations was: grow up, have kids as young as possible, hope not to die in some horrible war, drink and smoke yourself to death whether or not you do.

Before that, we don't keep track of generations. We just never really thought to do it.

[–]Mcheetah[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fair point.

[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Most of them know what sex is before the fifth grade.

No they don't. They think men can get gregnant and a woman can have a penis.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gen X doesn't really celebrate being an underachiever. Those who came after us are just extremely materialistic in comparison. We worried that our favorite musicians would "sell out." Musicians now just skip straight to that part, spelling their names with dollar signs and shit. It strikes people my age as incredibly crass.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

!959-1969 late born boomers. Late to the post war game and too young for Vietnam. You could buy a decent used car for $300.00. Yes, we had an oil crisis in the 1970's when we were old enough to drive. 74 cents a gallon.

[–]ceck 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The last non-screwed-up generation in the USA was probably prior to the Civil War. However, in the 19th century, many communities in the USA were healthy. Heck, even in the 20th century, many rural communities produced good, strong, sane people who upheld the ideals of Western Civilization. However, although the 1950s seem like a paradise in hindsight, they were largely an accident of temporary industrial prosperity. Plenty of Americans in the 1950s were fornicating and contributing to social degeneracy.

[–]fschmidt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Before the 1920s. The West started getting screwed up around 1920.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Boomers, probably.

[–]johnblueballs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Boomers, probably.

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[–]Maggotus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Atlantis However many thousand years ago...

[–]Maggotus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gen X here and I will say that its pretty cool having watched the world change from the 70's to Now. So many Innovations, World events, New technologies, The list of things is Huge, and having been here to bear witness to all of the good and bad has been awesome. "forgotten by everyone" yeah we all will be eventually.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There has never been a non screwed up generation in the history of mankind.