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In reply to the discussion: Kamala Harris will be the first (and maybe only) Gen X President [View all]
lapfog_1
(32,009 posts)11. There may be consensus... but I never considered myself as being in the middle of the Boomers
The baby boom happened because the returning WW2 vets immediately starting having children... lots of children. My sister and brother were boomers... I came along much later... all of the attention from marketers to the fashions and trends in the late fifties and especially 1960s and the "tune in and drop out" and the age of Woodstock were things my sister and brother experienced as touchstones of "their" generation. Not me. I was too young. All of the new schools were now looking a bit dated by the time I got to attend them.
I have no description for "my generation"... as I think I was in between.
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Kamala Harris will be the first (and maybe only) Gen X President [View all]
OrwellwasRight
Jul 2024
OP
Boomers was a long range. There are substantial differences between the youngest & oldest among them.
hlthe2b
Jul 2024
#9
There is no such thing. The Baby Boom was from 1946-1964. The demographics are based solely on birthrates.
valleyrogue
Jul 2024
#49
It doesn't matter what you remember. That is NOT what characterizes the Baby Boom generation.
valleyrogue
Jul 2024
#42
There is no such thing as "generation Jones." None. You are a Baby Boomer whether you like it or not. n/t
valleyrogue
Jul 2024
#41
She's definitely on the cusp. I think she gives Gen X energy rather than Boomer.
Music Man
Jul 2024
#4
He's in the sub gen called Generation Jones (born 1954/55 to 1964/65 or even 1966, although some start it at 1957/58)
Celerity
Jul 2024
#15
That's the thing about cuspers (I 'm a 1996 born cusper, almost a Gen Zer but born in the last 3 months of Millennials)
Celerity
Jul 2024
#53
She is a Boomer, not Gen X (1964 is the last birth year for Boomers) and Biden was a Silent Gen (1928-1945 born) POTUS
Celerity
Jul 2024
#7
There may be consensus... but I never considered myself as being in the middle of the Boomers
lapfog_1
Jul 2024
#11
16 years (Gen X and Millennials) in duration. I also, in all my other posters on this thread, left out the 3rd cusper
Celerity
Jul 2024
#59
There is no such thing as "generation Jones." It is a complete fabrication.
valleyrogue
Jul 2024
#37
Wrong on both counts. They are in fact Baby Boomers as defined by the US Census,
valleyrogue
Jul 2024
#35
She's a very young Boomer. I doubt we Gen Xers will ever produce a president.
Sky Jewels
Jul 2024
#51