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Because "generations" are mostly marketing bullshit that are constantly being adjusted to sell the latest newborn consumers youth products. As a GenXer, I alway
by flomo 10y ago
Because "generations" are mostly marketing bullshit that are constantly being adjusted to sell the latest newborn consumers youth products. As a GenXer, I always thought it was funny that GenX was defined down to the point that Douglas Coupland (b.1961), the guy who literally wrote the book, was too old to be a GenXer.
(The other aspect to this is that when I was young, almost everything I read about "Generation X" was a humungous load of bullshit. So I assume any article about "Millennials" has the same veracity.)
Essentially, I agree with you that technological revolution is what really matters. This business about media consumption identification, whether it was Brady Bunch or Super Mario Bros, doesn't really matter to anyone but the marketers.
- vacri 10y agoYour opinion is appropriate, given that cynicism is a hallmark of the Gen-Xers... cough
- WorldMaker 10y agoThe "generations" are astrology signs for marketers. Make enough vague implications about a large enough group of people and enough will be "true" that they will sort of identify with it.