FSD, that “me” generation of the ’70’s wore the same 2-3 pairs of levis for 8-10 years (with the worn places patched up and even fabric bottoms sewn on). They didn’t have access to a plethora of “designer jeans”[/quote]
What about Jordache Jeans ?
The designer jean craze was powered by boomer consumers in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
I think you hold a very narrow view of history, heavily influenced by your personal experiences. I don’t think your personal experience reflects the entire generation, and in some ways is counter to the mainstream boomers.
The Car comparison is interesting..
What do you think previous generations thought about the boomers all driving around in their fancy automobiles, as teenagers, no less. Those greatest generation people had to walk to school uphill in the snow both ways. They didn’t have a car at all.
And as for electronics… Those spoiled boomers have color TV for chrissakes. If you are going to make these comparisons between Gen Y and boomers, you should consider the same comparison between boomers and and the generation or two before them.
I am pretty sure if there were such thing as a blog site like this one 30 years ago, there would be some person from the Greatest Generation claiming how the kid’s of the 60s and 70s are rotten, self-absorbed narcissistic spoiled brats, with their cars, color TVs, disco pants, Jordache Jeans, blah blah blah[/quote]
blah, blah, blah, FSD. I think you have your time frames mixed up, among other facts. Having NOT been there, I’m sure you came by this mistake honestly.
Jordache, and a year or so later, Britannia Jeans, both came out in women’s sizes. This was 1978-1980, when the bulk of boomers were already adults. No, I didn’t wear either, but wore “Dittos,” which were available during the same time period. The “disco era” was also in this same period of time.
Those “spoiled boomers” I knew all had used (hand-me-down) cars … and some were VERY used. I got my first used car for free (a “Mopar-type” sans transmission) at the age of 18. It cost me $250 just to get it running and over $700 annually for my insurance (since I was under the age of 25). That was a LOT of money back then.
My parents bought a console Zenith color TV in the early 60’s at a cost of over $500, a small fortune at the time! At that time, they had only been out for a few years. It was very similar to this:
IIRC, portable color TV’s weren’t available until MUCH later. As an adult, on my own, I personally didn’t own a color TV until 1988 and did not have cable TV until 1986. Prior to that, we used a rabbit ear antenna, which got 3-5 channels in most areas of metro SD.
My Greatest Gen/Depression-era parents never complained about having to “walk to school uphill in the snow both ways.” They complained about having to get up in the morning to slop pigs before school and about having to flee their homes to their underground shelters during “tornado season” and having to huddle there with six or more people for the duration of the storm. My dad shared a car with his brothers but drove a tractor whenever he wanted … and didn’t want to. My parents could actually be considered to be latent “dust bowl refugees” from the nation’s flat-as-a-pool-table heartland :=]
I don’t think you know who an American “mainstream boomer” is, FSD. Believe it or not, they came from all regions and demographics.
