Introduction

Douglas Copeland's Generation X, Tales of an Accelerated Culture was released three years before Reality Bites. The book follows three main characters described as under-employed, over-educated and searching for meaning in a world of aimless consumerism. These 20-somethings reject the hustle and grind culture. They try to work as little as humanly possible or choose to work in what they call muck jobs withLow pay, low prestige, low skills and low care factors.