Stop calling Gen X people "Boomers"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I explain to my kids that boomers have the big pensions and wildly inflated home equity. And they think they succeeded when they just worked regular jobs.

I’m in my 50s and don’t have a pension. I only know one of my friends who has a pension and she worked for a Japanese company. For many boomers pensions just aren’t a thing.

Home equity has inflated dramatically the last couple of years. That’s not limited to boomers at all.

Maybe consider explaining to your kids that stereotypes aren’t always helpful or accurate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I explain to my kids that boomers have the big pensions and wildly inflated home equity. And they think they succeeded when they just worked regular jobs.

I’m in my 50s and don’t have a pension. I only know one of my friends who has a pension and she worked for a Japanese company. For many boomers pensions just aren’t a thing.

Home equity has inflated dramatically the last couple of years. That’s not limited to boomers at all.

Maybe consider explaining to your kids that stereotypes aren’t always helpful or accurate.

People in their 50s are not boomers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids lump anyone born pre 2000 as old as dirt.

Remember 1990s, 2000s and 2010s are three oldies channel on my XM radio.

Gen X gets lost as accomplished zero. I think Gen Z has much more on common with Boomers than the other two groups. ,

Amazon was made by a GenXer.

Social media was invented by Gen Xers.

Not really. Instagram and Facebook were both invented by Millenials. Twitter founder was GenX.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I explain to my kids that boomers have the big pensions and wildly inflated home equity. And they think they succeeded when they just worked regular jobs.

I’m in my 50s and don’t have a pension. I only know one of my friends who has a pension and she worked for a Japanese company. For many boomers pensions just aren’t a thing.

Home equity has inflated dramatically the last couple of years. That’s not limited to boomers at all.

Maybe consider explaining to your kids that stereotypes aren’t always helpful or accurate.

People in their 50s are not boomers.

If you draw the line at 1965 then yes, people 56-59 are boomers. I fall in that group. I don’t agree with the characterization but at least for boomers it is defined as the period with post war elevated birth rates. One would think that would have faded before 1965.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids lump anyone born pre 2000 as old as dirt.

Remember 1990s, 2000s and 2010s are three oldies channel on my XM radio.

Gen X gets lost as accomplished zero. I think Gen Z has much more on common with Boomers than the other two groups. ,

Amazon was made by a GenXer.

Social media was invented by Gen Xers.

Not really. Instagram and Facebook were both invented by Millenials. Twitter founder was GenX.

1973: Talkomatic is created by Dave Wooly and Douglas Brown at the University of Illinois. It was a multi-user chat room with limited features.
1997: Andrew Weinreich created SixDegrees.com.
1997: Barry Appelman, Eric Bosco, and Jerry Harris created AOL instant messenger.
1999: Jerry Yang and David Filo established Yahoo! Messenger.
1999: Microsoft creates MSN Messenger to offer new features like video calling.
1999: Brad Fitzpatrick created LiveJournal; a platform for blogging.
2001: SixDegrees.com shuts down.
2001: Windows Messenger, the integrated version of MSN Messenger is out.
2002: Friendster is born; a place for gaming and social networking. it’s a brainchild of Jonathan Abrams.
2003: Reid Hoffman and some of his coworkers introduce LinkedIn.
2003: Thomas Anderson founds Myspace.
2003: Niklas Zennström and the Dane create Janus Friis Skype.
2004: Mark Zuckerberg starts the legendary Facebook.
2005: Aaron Swartz introduces Reddit.
2006: Twitter is out. Jack Dorsey founds this platform.

[Anonymous]

GenX built the Internet.

[Anonymous]

Oh yeah - I remember six degrees. Strangely, I wasn't connected to Kevin Bacon.

Anyone else here who was on it?

[Anonymous]

Gen x, the forgotten generation. 165-1980 We are resourceful, adaptable and know how to take care of ourselves. Maybe because a lot of us had little to no supervision growing up and had to entertain ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen x, the forgotten generation. 165-1980 We are resourceful, adaptable and know how to take care of ourselves. Maybe because a lot of us had little to no supervision growing up and had to entertain ourselves.

+1. I think this is why we tend to find these generation wars so amusing (to the extent we bother paying attention). So much wasted time for them, while we just get shit done and then go have fun. Why do we care what Boomers, Millennials or Gen Z think of us?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GenX built the Internet.

But we aren't digital natives so we don't understand it. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen x, the forgotten generation. 165-1980 We are resourceful, adaptable and know how to take care of ourselves. Maybe because a lot of us had little to no supervision growing up and had to entertain ourselves.

This. We also had to get through college in four years and get jobs right after college because you'd get kicked off your parents' health insurance the day after graduation or the day after you turned 22. And most of our parents would have laughed in our faces if we'd suggested moving back home after graduation.

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Bet you had the matching tramp stamp too.

There aren't a lot of pics of us in those jeans because we didn't have cell phones with cameras. We had to get film developed.
I'll take that any day over my 20s splashed all over myspace

That’s ok. We have the image of your tramp stamp and thong sticking out while acting like a drunken fool seared into our brains.

No you don’t. If you’re so young, you weren’t at any of the good parties.

I was there. You were the butt of the joke. So to speak.

It wasn't a good look - even then.

Oh. So you’re old like us. Then STFU.

So you were an angry drunk, tramp stamp?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids lump anyone born pre 2000 as old as dirt.

Remember 1990s, 2000s and 2010s are three oldies channel on my XM radio.

Gen X gets lost as accomplished zero. I think Gen Z has much more on common with Boomers than the other two groups. ,

Amazon was made by a GenXer.

Social media was invented by Gen Xers.

Not really. Instagram and Facebook were both invented by Millenials. Twitter founder was GenX.

Zuck is a Gen X-er

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GenX built the Internet.

But we aren't digital natives so we don't understand it. /s

hate to give it to them but boomers bult the internet.It started with the feds and quickly moved to academia. All in the '70s and '80s. My grandfather and father are both, for real, rocket scientists.

Gen X democratized it tho.

[Anonymous]

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Bet you had the matching tramp stamp too.

There aren't a lot of pics of us in those jeans because we didn't have cell phones with cameras. We had to get film developed.
I'll take that any day over my 20s splashed all over myspace

That’s ok. We have the image of your tramp stamp and thong sticking out while acting like a drunken fool seared into our brains.

No you don’t. If you’re so young, you weren’t at any of the good parties.

I was there. You were the butt of the joke. So to speak.

It wasn't a good look - even then.

Oh. So you’re old like us. Then STFU.

So you were an angry drunk, tramp stamp?

No tramp stamp here. No tattoos at all. But I don’t judge people for them.