• themadcodger
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    533 months ago

    Generations aren’t written in stone, but the Boomers are generally defined as 1946-1964 and Obama was 1961. So younger Boomer.

    • @jaybone
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      -63 months ago

      Now “boomer” just means old person. Gen Z are happy to refer to older millenials and younger Gen X as boomers, because why bother educating yourself.

      • Chloé 🥕
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        153 months ago

        because language evolves, and now the word “boomer” is more useful as a word to describe old people with a specific mindset rather than as a word for people born in a specific lapse of time

        • @danc4498
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          33 months ago

          I think the “specific mindset” is also one that is out of touch with every younger generation.

          • Chloé 🥕
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            23 months ago

            yea, that mindset of being out of touch and thinking your generation was the last good one, that kinda mindset

            (at least that’s how i see it)

            • @Eldritch
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              53 months ago

              They’re all shit lol. But the actual boomer generation were definitely some of the worst of the worst. Benefiting in ways most can’t even comprehend from the generations that came before them. Eagerly gobbling it all up. Acting like they earned it . But then leaving none for those that came after and just generally souring things on every possible measure. I’m doing the things their parents grandparents Etc fought for.

              There are always exceptions. Possibly as I’m even an exception to my own generation. But there are definitely some rules that can be broadly applied.