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The "Me Generation" are Boomers. GenX was playing with it's Micronauts and Star Wars figures when all of that happened.
by panzagl 5y ago
The "Me Generation" are Boomers. GenX was playing with it's Micronauts and Star Wars figures when all of that happened.
- h2odragon 5y agoI wasn't updated on the terminology change, apparently. How unfair to "boomers" to be lumped in with the most coddled and swaddled and useless children to ever inherit the earth.
- panzagl 5y agoIt is kind of a weird half-generation- it seemed people my age were always running into the after-effect of the kids 5 years older. Things like 'the campus is dry now, but it wasn't 4 years ago' or 'there used to be this awesome event but it ended 2 years ago when a girl was drugged and raped'. They got sex drugs and rock 'n' roll, we got AIDS, 'no means no', 'Say no to drugs', MADD, and Rick Astley.
- drumhead 5y agoBoomers are 1945 to 1965, X is 1965 - 1980.
- mythrwy 5y agoWe did't even get a full 20 years like the boomers but only 15! Stands to reason I guess.
- timbit42 5y agoDifferent people states different years. The following years are averages of about 30 sources I found online: Lost Generation: 1883 to 1900 Greatest Generation: 1901 to 1924 Silent Generation: 1924 to 1945 Me Generation (Baby Boomers): 1945 to 1965 Generation X (Thirteeners): 1965 to 1980 Generation Y (Millennials): 1980 to 1997 Generation Z (Centennials): 1997 to 20xx?
- da_chicken 5y agoI'm betting Gen Z will end in 2016-2018. Either Trump or COVID will change things enough.