 William Shaw of Blender compared the song to then @-@ popular songs by rock bands about divorce , such as Papa Roach ( " Broken Home " ) , Staind ( " For You " ) and Nickelback ( " Too Bad " ) , commenting , " The ’ 90s had Generation X — have we ended up with Generation Whine ? " He interviewed DeLonge , who remarked in response to divorce 's effect on children , " Is this a damaged generation ? Yeah , I ’ d say so . " 
