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What the Fuck happened with Gen X? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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All I hear about is "boomers" this, "Millennials" that, "Gen Z" that, etc.

Why no one talk about Gen X? What happened to them? They just vanished like in Infinity War? Or are we mistaken Gen Z by Boomers?

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[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Did some digging, and Gen Xers were best known for being helicopter parents. This was in reaction to how their parents barely paid attention to them. They are the only generation that gets hate for being helicopter parents, as far as I can tell. They seem to be the Soccer Mom generation.