Gen X: The Sun-Burned Renegades Who Built the ‘80s, ‘90s, and Still Rule in 2025 By Dana DickeyPublished August 15, 2025Shoutout to Emma Singer for digging the dirtImage credits: Getty Images (Ron Galella, Universal Pictures, HBO) It’s 1988, 11:18 AM EDT, and I’m a Gen X rebel sprawled in a suburban garage, skin scorched red from wakeboarding Lake Powell’s glassy...

Raw, Randy, Relentless I. Born to Blaze I’m Jimmy Chilla, a lifelong heterosexual hedonist, born straight from the jump—a core truth that’s burned in my soul since day one. I’m a wildfire of a man who melts hearts and shakes souls, living for the rush—music, digital art, nature, snowboarding, hiking, and now the sizzling pulse of Daytona Beach, where I dropped...