I'm one of the last two americans to own a cell phone...held out until retirement to get one....it sits on my desk where my landline used to be unless I'm driving...I didn't know you could put it in your pocket without getting cancer of the testicles....call me paranoid!
How can you get testicular cancer if your wife is keeping them in her purse??? Asking for a friend.......
I'm a boomer who has been marching and organizing for abortion and women's rights generally for more than 50 years. Match that record before you say we are destroying abortion rights.
That's not how it works. The largest number of people who vote for the people who remove rights are most responsible for the removal of those rights. Regardless of what individuals of these groups do, they cannot take credit for something as a group on one hand, then disavow it on the other. Yes, you yourself have done much for abortion rights, I have no doubt. And much respect to you for that. But I didn't make any claims about you personally. Ignoring the facts just to say "rah rah, we good" is no different than the MAGA tards and their delusions... And boomers in general are among the worst offenders. Hence the "Okay Boomer" meme... Just my humble opinion.
What are the primary generations today? Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials: Born 1996 – 2015. Millennials or Gen Y: Born 1977 – 1995. Generation X: Born 1965 – 1976. Baby Boomers: Born 1946 – 1964. Traditionalists or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before.
And like i have said and will say again. Those lines have changed and will change again. Just because that is what you get now when you type it into google doesn't mean that is what it was a generation ago or what it will be next generation. I also find it weird that they simply clumped hundreds of years of this countries history into "Traditionalists" and have Gen X as 12 years?
[QUOTE="Hoopguru, post: 5357141, member: 2843 Traditionalists or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before. [/QUOTE] Perfect description of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Malcolm X....
I was born in 50 and never recall my folks generation referred to anything other than "the greatest generation". War babies/boomers were the first segment designation I heard of growing up till GX.
I would gladly accept a scanned page from an old book as evidence. Popular opinion is not evidence, IMO. I can find no record that these designations have changed. And anything before traditionalists have no impact on the economy today, so they weren't mentioned. A generation isn't set at a predetermined date range, it's based on the size of that population and their impact on the economy. That's why boomers are like 20 years and some others are so short.
Do you honestly believe this? Seriously? I'll give you two names to look up. Charles Schwab and Andrew Carnegie for starters. If you honestly believe that dribble you just posted i have lost all respect for anything you post. You no longer have a leg to stand on.
I'm late Gen X (1977) but because it took five years to get my degree, my experience after college (being almost instantly laid off as the tech market crashed in 2001 and being unable to find another steady job until 2006, no 401k until 2008 right when the financial crisis hit, etc.) is early millennial.
Baby Boomers are post-ww2, soldiers coming home and starting families. Everyone born during the war would be part of a micro generation, though you could make the case that, socially, people who are born within 5 years of the generation boundary on either side get to pick which side they're on. So yeah, in that regard, all those rockers are Boomers.
I like the term Millenial Falcons for the micro generation born 1977-1983; our experience of the culture and economy as we aged really felt like we were stuck between the couch cushions. I had a home computer at age 6, but the internet didn't really get going until I was a junior in college. I was slightly too old for grunge to hit me because I was already in high school, but slightly too young to enjoy new wave because I didn't have an older sibling.
I am giving you the reasoning that they didn't list those generations. I'm not sure how many times I have to tell you that generations are not specific to individuals. It is the sum impact of that generation, their purchasing and labor impact as it relates to their economic impact. There aren't many people of that generation alive, so they are not considered to be a generation worth much economic consideration any longer. Speaking of losing respect, you are taking this far too personally.
