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Originally Posted by hoffdano
The flaw in what you say is that a "generation" - which is an arbitrary grouping of people - actually acts in some kind of homogeneous way. If a generation is about 18 years wide, I don't buy that the youngest and oldest in a generation behave similarly. I am a younger boomer (born 58). A boomer born shortly after WWII has in many cases vastly different work, education, and family history.
Your characterizations are convenient and lazy.
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I really prefer not to generalize like that, but this entire conversation was built from the beginning on false assumptions and generalizations.
To some, I'm a "millennial" in that I graduated from high school around 2000. That said. I'm old enough to run for president in the next election. I remember what life was like before the Internet was something everyone used. I remember libraries, card catalogues and the Dewey Decimal System. I watched cartoons on Saturday morning instead of playing with tablets and smartphones. (I still don't own either, and don't feel deprived.) All said, I probably relate more closely to people born in the 70s and even late 60s than I do with people born in the late 80s and 90s.
My mom was born in 1960, and referring to her as a "boomer" would pretty much make her skin crawl.
Maybe it's more of a mentality thing than a physical age thing.
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