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Is this a baby boomer thing? Seems like there will be a period soon where lots more people will be in retirement or dying. You'd expect boomer era celebs to als
by rubyfan 10y ago
Is this a baby boomer thing? Seems like there will be a period soon where lots more people will be in retirement or dying. You'd expect boomer era celebs to also be dying in line with normies.
Perhaps their stats are better looked at after normalizing for age and lifestyle. Weekly views of seasonal trend is probably better than arbitrary Q1 vs remaining year. Might see there's just an overall uptrend. Also would be worth looking at celeb vs. non-celeb death rate.
- sandworm101 10y agoPartly correct imho. These arent dead boombers but people who boomers care about. As news these days is generally aimed at boomers, we hear more about these deaths than the deaths of celebs that appeal to other generations. When a reality tv or twitter superstar dies, and the do, tv news wont even mention it.
- wavegeek 10y ago> These arent dead boombers Anyone born during 1945-1962/5 is a boomer. So the oldest would be about 70 now. We are seeing the less healthy cohort drop off e.g. rock musicians, athletes in fields that need to abuse their bodies to the point of ill health etc.
- coldtea 10y ago>As news these days is generally aimed at boomers Enough already. No boomer myself (born in the eighties), but we have been hearing this crap and people blaming the boomers for like 3+ decades. News today is not "generally aimed at boomers", except if Kanye and the Kardasians are of interest to boomers...
- sandworm101 10y agoAccording to neilsons, the average age of viewers for the top-rated us news channel (fox) is over 65. Ill believe you when cnn stops running commercials for stool softener and medicare suppliment insurance. Kanye's breakdown wasnt mainstream news until he started associating with trump ... a boomer.