They call Generation X, the narcissistic generation. In the online showcase of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, young people these days can promote themselves as if starring in their own reality show. Call me an oldie – I’m only Gen Y and with a Facebook account too, in case you youngsters want to know but is tweeting your trip to the supermarket really necessary?
Back when I was a teen, getting a weekend job and finishing my GCSE’s were my goal. I did not consider my life to be interesting enough to document. It was the Nirvana era and everyone was worried about unemployment, including my parents.
Nowadays, it seems that the kids are indeed coddled into media-induced shallowness. Yesterday, I had the misfortune to glimpse at the vomit-inducing Kardashian Show. There she was, one of the sisters, shamelessly splayed out in a hospital bed, giving birth on television! It seems that there is no end to self-promotion. These days it is almost a prerequisite for Generation X.
