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What's your generation?

What's your generation?

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Greenbeard

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I'm sure we've done this one before but there seems to be some generational tension in some threads at the moment. Where do you fall? And what do you think of the other ones?

I'm not including the years for each generation in the poll because even though we generally know what they are, they sometimes seem to vary by source and if you're on the cusp it's more of a self-identification thing anyway.
 
I'm 29 which makes me a Millennial. I have a lot of respect for the Silent Generation, but Boomers come across as a mixed bag. I haven't noticed too crazy of a difference between Gen X and myself, and I don't know anyone from Gen Z.
 
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57 here so, that makes me a product of the last two/three years of the boomers ............... yeah, we ****ing know how to party like ****ing rock starz .........
 
You forgot "m-m-m-my generation"
 
MrPeanut said:
I'm 29 which makes me a Millennial. I have a lot of respect for the Silent Generation, but Boomers come across as a mixed bag. I haven't noticed too crazy of a difference between Gen X and myself, and I don't know anyone from Gen Z.
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Sometimes it feels like Gen X is the real Silent Generation. You never hear about them, at least as a collective.
 
I'm Gen X but my wife is a Baby Boomer if that means anything. End of one, beginning of the other.
 
I'm a Gen Xer.

Most of the date ranges sources I've seen, place my birth year right at the very beginning of Generation X, so I probably share more generational similarities to the boomers than I care to admit. ;)
 
Boomer. Right on the cusp.
 
Greenbeard said:
I'm sure we've done this one before but there seems to be some generational tension in some threads at the moment. Where do you fall? And what do you think of the other ones?

I'm not including the years for each generation in the poll because even though we generally know what they are, they sometimes seem to vary by source and if you're on the cusp it's more of a self-identification thing anyway.
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You forgot to define yourself and your opinion on the others. ;)
 
Greenbeard said:
Sometimes it feels like Gen X is the real Silent Generation. You never hear about them, at least as a collective.
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In the 2008 book, X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking, author Jeff Gordinier describes Generation X as a "dark horse demographic" which "doesn't seek the limelight". Gordiner cited examples of Gen Xers' contributions to society such as: Google, Wikipedia, Amazon.com and YouTube, arguing if Boomers had created them, "we'd never hear the end of it". In the book, Gordinier contrasts Gen Xers to Baby Boomers, saying Boomers tend to trumpet their accomplishments more than Gen Xers do, creating what he describes as "elaborate mythologies" around their achievements.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X#In_midlife
 
Barnacle said:
You forgot to define yourself and your opinion on the others. ;)
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I'm a Millennial, although in one of the more seasoned bands of the distribution. To oversimply and overgeneralize (applying to the group, not particular individuals who can, of course, be better or worse than their cohort):

I don't particularly care for the Boomers as a group, they seem rather dangerous, unreliable, and self-absorbed politically. I tend to like Gen X'ers for no particular reason, although ecofarm provided some backup for why I like the cut of their jib. I respect older millennials--they were dealt a bad hand and are making the best of it. Younger millennials confuse me and seem to have no perspective on what things were like pre-Obama (Trump seems to be quite a wake up call for them); college campuses seem rather different than they were even a decade go, and not in a good way. And the generation after that, whatever they end up calling it, is going to be all screwed up from the present experience.

So I guess in short I'm a curmudgeon.
 
Doesn't this make DP mostly a bunch of old white guys?
 
Gen X here.
 
Barnacle said:
Yup; they're the ones that are responsible for all the bad stuff that is happening in the US of A ... (grin)
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And a whole lot of the good stuff we all take for granted now.
 
Waddy said:
Doesn't this make DP mostly a bunch of old white guys?
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For some reason even though my skin is as "white" as anyone's I am not considered "white". Go figure.
 
Barnacle said:
Yup; they're the ones that are responsible for all the bad stuff that is happening in the US of A ... (grin)
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Just sayin' there doesn't seem to be a lot of diversity here. Personally, I don't see how people of working age have the time for this stuff. When I was working, before retirement, I didn't know what an "internet forum" was. If DP were more diverse I think the discussions would be much more informative and enlightening.

As far as baby boomers and the bad stuff; it's a mixed bag. In some ways my generation is a big disappointment, but in other ways we've done some very good things.
 
Waddy said:
Why is that, do you think?
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I think it has something to do with my ancestors. Or maybe religious beliefs. Probably both. Ask the truth guy, he can tell you.
 
Hari Seldon said:
I think it has something to do with my ancestors. Or maybe religious beliefs. Probably both. Ask the truth guy, he can tell you.
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Well, that's clear as mud.
 
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