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Maybe now Merrick can subpoena MAGAstrianos phone records from January 6.

 

To Boomers , anyone younger than them qualifies as a "Millennial."

 

I've always thought the span for what some considered Boomers to be two broad. There is a definite difference between classic Boomers and Generation Jones.

 

If you remember graduating college debt-free, you're a boomer. If you obsess about how many followers you have, you are a millennial. If you don't give a shit - you're Gen X.

 

Oh, buddy. Gen X’ers in my neck of the woods are on Facebook and they have OPINIONS that weren’t heard in 1992 so need to be aired between Theory of a Deadman concert outings.

A lot of them are able to be used in their divorce and child custody hearings, too.

 

I bought and read that book when it came out. I remember identifying with much of it. But if you were born 60-64 but had elder classic boomer aged siblings you were more apt to identify with them. If you were born in the same time frame but are the eldest you pretty much ran from being IDd as a boomer in the 70s. We definitely came of age at a time when the American dream was a nightmare. Watergate. Oil embargo. Inflation. Carter. Iranian Hostage Crisis. Many recessions. Poor job markets. We were too young for Wall Street. St Elmo’s Fire was aspirational.

 

Considering that she "birthed" him - I'm surprised Oprah hasn't weight in on Oz by now.

 

I’ve always thought the “if you remember” metric is the best demarcation for generations.
JFK shot = boomer
Vietnam ending + bicentennial = Gen x
Challenger explosion = Gen X
Saved by the Bell = Millennial

 

Yep. Even though they gave us the “Gen X” name.

Pretty good trick: Make being ignored the defining trait of the next generation, and then ignore them while you cling to power way past your expiration date.

 

I'm actually finishing that book now. It's an interesting read.