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history will ignore you

It is a feeling that our emotions, while wonderful, are transpiring in a vacuum, and I think it boils down to the fact that we're middle class.

You see, when you're middle class, you have to live with the fact that history will ignore you. You have to live with the fact that history can never ch…

—p.171 Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
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dreams of upgrading

[...] My friends are all either married, boring, and depressed; single, bored, and depressed; or moved out of town to avoid boredom and depression. And some of them have bought houses, which has to be kiss of death, personality wise. When someone tells you they've just bought a house, they might as…

—p.166 by Douglas Coupland
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the four food groups

Later on, Tyler escapes from dinner, leaving only me, Mom and Dad, the four food groups, and a predictable tension present.

—p.165 by Douglas Coupland
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strangelove reproduction

Strangelove Reproduction: Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer believes in the future.

Squires: The most common X generation subgroup and the only subgroup given to breeding. Squires exist almost exclusively in couples and are recognizable by their frantic attempts…

—p.156 by Douglas Coupland
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squirming

Squirming: Discomfort inflicted on young people by old people who see no irony in their gestures. Karen died a thousand deaths as her father made a big show of tasting a recently manufactured bottle of wine before allowing it to be poured as the family sat in Steak Hut.

—p.129 by Douglas Coupland