Why the letter X makes everything cooler?
iPhone X
OS X
Jason X
Malcolm X
Xbox One X
The X-Files
X-Factor
X-Men
xXx
American History X sounds way cooler than American History.
Good observation. It's true but I couldn't tell you why. Maybe I'm biased in favor of it because I'm part of Generation X.
shareGen X has the best generation name. Better than Gen Y and Millenials. The only name almost as good as Gen X is the Baby Boomers lol.
shareThe OP assumed facts that are not in evidence. Please define "cooler." Please define how if differs from "popular," "facile" and "convenient," and is "synonymous with what Elvis was." Please. I'll wait.
It was a marketing name. An asshole wrote a book titled Generation X. In terms of purchasing and political power, Baby Boom ass-raped Gen X.
X has historically denoted either the location of treasure, or an unknown value. In modern times, it is mostly the latter. Please, once again, define "cooler," as distinct from . . . oh, I dunno . . . let's say, um, mindless, and tell us how an unknown value is, you know, like, cool.
Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
Gen X: "Study?"
Millennials: "History?"
There is nothing good about the unknown. The unknown is a puzzle to be unlocked, not to be venerated. Almost everything in life if understandable; the problem is that few make the effort.