Ever notice how no one ever complains about Gen X?
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Anonymous
| Because we are perfect. |
Anonymous
Yes, there are people whose parents were/are awful and instead of accepting that their parents suck, they blame the rest of us who are the same age for their sh$tty parents. |
Anonymous
Hardly. You are the ones responsible for the start of this over the top helicopter stlyle parenting that has been on the rise the last 10 years. You are the ones who want a law and a ban on everything under the sun. Future generations are going to love you. |
Anonymous
Former latchkeys that now want people arrested for leaving their 10 year old alone while they make a quick trip. |
Anonymous
Whither are the manly vigor and athletic appearance of our forefathers flown? Can these be their legitimate heirs? Surely, no; a race of effeminate, self-admiring, emaciated fribbles can never have descended in a direct line from the heroes of Potiers and Agincourt... -- a letter sent to Town and Country magazine in November 1771 |
Anonymous
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I can't ever remember the start and end dates for the specific generations.
There sure is a lot of discussion on DCUM about it. I just looked it all up. Here is a chart I found: The Greatest Generation 1910 1925 The Silent Generation 1923 1944 Baby Boomers 1945 1964 Generation X 1961 1981 Millennials 1975 1995 Generation Z 1995 2015 |
Anonymous
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I figure these generalized stereotypes I read about in relation to the generations are similar to astrology. Like, if you are an Aries, then your personality is like this: If you are a boomer, your personality is like this:
So . . my take on it all is it is all pretty much entertainment value only, that some people actually believe. |
Anonymous
People complain about Boomers (and yet they're grown up). |
Anonymous
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I think it might be because there aren't as many of us. I don't remember where I read the statistics, but the Baby Boomers and Millennials are each much larger than the Gen X group. So it's to be expected that the larger groups are going to have more of a noticed impact.
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Anonymous
Yes -- because we hated it and don't want people to do that to their children! |
Anonymous
It's Jen 4/10 are Jens! 
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Anonymous
If you were born in the years that are listed as overlapping years here, or in the years close to those border years, do you feel more a part of one or the other generation? I was born in one of those in between years and one of my kids was, also. I don't really feel part of either generation. My child hasn't really thought about it much yet, but I wonder what he'll think when he's older. |
Anonymous
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! |
Anonymous
Also, we know what goes on when kids are left home alone! |
Anonymous
+1 and you would be shocked how young we were when we did things as latchkey children |