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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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[โ€“] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Being a "late" Boomer, I see gen x having a lot of similarities with me. Running loose in the neighborhood, doing stupid shit that probably should have killed us, absent parents who just wanted us independent and out of their hair.

We remember old shit (music, phones, computers) transitioning into new shit. I think it's a spectrum Boomer->Gen x. A lot of similarities.

[โ€“] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Man, it's always weird hearing this, because as a millenial this sounds exactly like my experience growing up.

It's a spectrum. Lots of parents in millennial days were doing the same s***, but I think it was more in a rural setting.

Back in Gen x and Boomer days this was suburbia.