And this is the very problem the author discusses. They extended the Baby Boomer generation for far too many years. There should have been a separation around the half way point. - ThreadSky

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pampalmeresq.bsky.social • 6 days ago

And this is the very problem the author discusses.

They extended the Baby Boomer generation for far too many years. There should have been a separation around the half way point.

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ann1ebee.bsky.social•6 days ago

It depends on whether you measure generations culturally, or by birthrate trends.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•6 days ago

I understood the author to be saying is that the number of years included in the Baby Boomer generation is so large the second half is no where near the same culturally.

For example, my parents grew up in the 1950’s. Drive-Ins, Elvis, Rock & Roll, etc.

I was born in 1960, & grew up in the…

ann1ebee.bsky.social•6 days ago

No, right. I meant whatever entity designates the generations and what measurement they use. Obviously there will be varying cultural influences regardless of where one falls within a designated generation, including whether one is a firstborn or the baby. Family/Sibling culture has an impact, too.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•6 days ago

True

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•6 days ago

1960’s & early 1970’s. In the 1960’s, we had the Counter Culture Hippies, Vietnam War, & entirely different culture environment than the 1950’s, which seems to be to most nostalgic decade folks wish to return.

By the 1970’s, the Vietnam War ended; Veterans who returned home were not greeted with..

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•6 days ago

open arms; & Disco was all the rage.

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