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Then stop acting like boomers.

It’s that simple. “Boomer” is a state of mind that can apply to anyone who’s old. [/quote]
Exactly what I was coming here to say . Just because you’re Gen X doesn’t mean you might not be out of touch and entitled in a Boomery way. [/quote]
Gen X was the least entitled generation.  Other than our grandparents, who lived through the Depression, WWII, and who built modern America.

We’re like the forgotten middle child. The one that behaves, finishes their homework, and never gets in trouble. And still gets ignored by the parents while they focus on the cokehead, wastrel older sibling, and the spoiled baby of the family.[/quote]

Let's not forget that the term "Gen X" was just an alternative to using the words "Baby Bust Generation".  I don't mind being called a Gen Xer but let's be honest here, when boomers called us this in the 90's, they weren't saying it to be nice.  It was often times used as an insult, spit out.  As though the people born in gen x had any control over how large the generation would ultimately be.  Most of the time I hear someone calling a Gen Xer a boomer, it's a joke.  Gen Xers are not at all boomers.

To the person that put the Gen X generation as only 10 years from 1965-1975, I've literally never seen it described that way.  From what I've seen, it's becoming more accepted to have Gen X end in 1982.  Although to be fair, I'd say '83 and '84 have more in common with Gen X than Millennial in the way most were raised.  By this I mean, I didn't experience helicopter parenting and neither did most of the people I know that were Gen X.  Most of that didn't really start until the 90's.  I used a freaking rotary phone in my early childhood.[/quote]

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