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Gen Y on Xennial Odyssey

The Gen Y essay collection co-authored by David V. Stewart, JD Cowan, and me was recently reviewed on the Xennial Odyssey Podcast. Listen here. It's cool of the hosts to review the book, and it's good to know the word's getting out. Thanks to XOP for giving the book some…
October 18, 20225 Comments
Nostalgia Sale

Nostalgia Sale

On a recent trip to a local used video game store, a fellow Gen Y friend puzzled over the religious devotion lavished on 80s and 90s IPs by Ys. As our generation enters middle age, many of us increasingly turn our natural religious impulse to Pop Cult relics. More and…
October 11, 202217 Comments
Depression Rates by Age

Generation Depressed

Having pointed out the faults of Generation Y, this blog turns its scrutinizing eye to the Millennial generation. Happiness comes from living in harmony with God, neighbor, nature, and oneself. By that standard, Millennials might be the most disordered, and therefore miserable, postwar cohort. Exhibit A: their astronomical depression rates.…
October 6, 20226 Comments
Adult Happy Meal

Adult Cult Meal

It might be low-hanging fruit, but the new adult Happy Meal from McDonald's demands coverage on this blog. If only because it's the quintessential intersection of my Lost Generations model and the Pop Cult. McDonald's is serving up nostalgia with new “boxed meals” for adults that look like Happy Meals…
October 4, 20226 Comments
Student Debt Burden

Mammon Mobbery

In a last-second move that surprised no one, the Mammon Mob has leapt to the defense of big bankers and the grave sin of usury. In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of many student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education has quietly changed its guidance around…
October 3, 202216 Comments
Crowder Dress

Tweeter Before He Was a Jersey Girl

Summer is winding down, and that means another round of midterm elections is almost upon us. The regime's policy of fueling bloodbaths abroad and economic chaos at home has met a public reception on par with a post-Starship Troopers Verhoeven movie. The High Party was facing its own electoral massacre,…
August 25, 202228 Comments
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The Death of Metal

Members of older generations have taken to lamenting the musical taste - or lack thereof - displayed by Generation Z. It's easy to understand why. Every generation from the Boomers to the Millennials was raised on rock & roll. That definitive American music genre not only served as a cross-generational…
July 28, 202217 Comments
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Gen Y Profiles: John Connor

James Cameron  may have gone full Pop Cult in a frenzy of giant smurf Gaia worship, but his past career leaves no doubt as to his visionary status. Starting in the 80s and throughout the 90s, he displayed an uncanny knack for getting out in front of Hollywood trends. And…
July 12, 20222 Comments
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

The Democrats are making noises about student debt relief in the run up to the elections. That assault on fiscal and personal responsibility has roused principled Conservatives from their Barcaloungers to crusade against forgiveness. Joking aside, this blog has covered how making interest-bearing loans not backed by collateral to teenagers…
May 30, 20228 Comments
JaimiesIsland

Jaimie’s Island

Jaimie Mantzel is a toymaker and inventor who got out of the rat race, sold his Vermont house, and moved his family to a secluded Island in Panama. You may be familiar with the small but growing trend of people bugging out of America to do homesteading abroad. But Jaimie…
May 16, 20226 Comments