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Celerity

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1. Will read it later, but his delineations are a tad off. The median Boomer would have been

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sun Aug 28, 2022, 08:20 AM

Aug 2022

born as December 31, 1954 turned to January 1, 1955, thus they turned 50 as 2004 changed to 2005.

Also, the Gen X boundaries have been clear for ages. The birth years are 1965 to 1980. Sure, there is the micro gen Xennials/Carter Babies/Gen Catalano, which are cuspers born 1977 to (depending on what you accept) 1980 to 1983 or so, but the straight Gen X core boundaries have been set long ago. Same for Millennials, born 1981 to my birth year, 1996

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The Ballad of Downward Mobility :: The Atlantic [View all] erronis Aug 2022 OP

Will read it later, but his delineations are a tad off. The median Boomer would have been Celerity Aug 2022 #1

No, no-one has set generation boundaries that precisely for a universally-agreed definition muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #3

The broadly accepted (both academically and in wider culture) boundaries are what I stated. Celerity Aug 2022 #7

Well, if you want sense ... muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #9

The 2nd Millennium CE ended when December 31, 2000 turned to Jan 1, 2001 Celerity Aug 2022 #10

Touché. But that would push a "millennial" definition even later muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Aug 2022 #8

The Dream was stolen, it didn't just wither away Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #2

When feudalism was on the brink of collapse, Farmer-Rick Aug 2022 #4

Not quoted in the OP, but the cost of education has risen sharply and its benefits are less clear. erronis Aug 2022 #5

He nailed it here: CrispyQ Aug 2022 #6

On one hand, I get what he's saying--the economic boom times Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #11

I think it probably depends on your milieu - location, social environment erronis Aug 2022 #12

I think my point is this--if we ARE downwardly mobile as GenX/Mill/GenZ, Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #13

That may be true when averaged but remember the high-end skews the averages. erronis Aug 2022 #15