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Dividing generations across decades might work for marketing to them in general, but it's otherwise about as useful as horoscopes and the BMI scale.
by ourmandave 2mo ago
Dividing generations across decades might work for marketing to them in general, but it's otherwise about as useful as horoscopes and the BMI scale.
- saalweachter 2mo agoDuodecades are superior to decades, and we can take overlapping pairs of duodecades as "generations" to solve the dividing line problem. Duodecades: * 1968-1980 * 1980-1992 * 1992-2004 * 2004-2016 * 2016-2028 Overlapping generations: * GenX: 1968-1992 * Millennial: 1980-2004 * GenZ: 1992-2016
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- hdgvhicv 2mo agoPrecise boundaries are clearly problematic but you can’t claim that someone born in the late 60s had the same type of global view that someone born in the late 80s did.
- fryanyway_swe 2mo agoThe BMI scale is useful. Yes, athletes and bodybuilders it may not be accurate for, but being on HN I think you are neither :) Currently, I am at 20 BMI, for reference.
- lubujackson 2mo agoI feel like looking at a photo to judge how fat they are is probably equally effective tbh. It is a rule of thumb at best.