Strangelove Reproduction:
Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer
believes in the future.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer
believes in the future.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Successophobia:
The fear that if one is successful
then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one... - Poorochondria:
Hypochondria derived form not having medical insurance
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - McJob:
A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit
no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered... - Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Lessness:
A philosophy whereby one reconciles oneself with diminishing
expectations of material wealth
I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot... - Dorian Graying:
The unwillingness to gracefully allow one's body to show signs
of aging
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Virgin Runway:
A travel destination chosen in the hopes that no one else has
chosen it
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Now Denial:
To tell oneself that the only time worth living is in the past
and that the only time that may ever be interesting again is the
future
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
