I know who I am – a Boomer. When I was a teenager, suddenly there were more young people than usual, thanks to the "post-war Baby Boom". There was a Generation Gap, meaning that we couldn’t trust anybody over 30. “I hope I die before I get old,” sang the Kinks. We were hippies. We had the Summer of Love (over by September, say those who were there). Behold, we were going to make all things new. We are aged 60 and up.
Like, they seem to constantly be in a bad mood, always looking to argue with someone. Reddit.com
But who are all these other generations? These “Gens”?
Gen X
Born around 1965–1980. Aged 43-59.
Gen-X is getting tired, and very annoyed, by the surrounding generations and their entitled, self-absorbed attitudes. Quora
Gen Z
In a 2022 report, the U.S. Census designates Generation Z as "the youngest generation with adult members (born 1997 to 2013)." Statistics Canada used 1997 to 2012, citing Pew Research Center, in a 2022 publication analyzing their 2021 census. Other news outlets have used 1995 as the starting birth year of Generation Z. (Wikipedia) This means they are mid-20s to mid-30s.
Gen Z has good reason to be angry. Will they burn it all down? LA Times
Millennials
Surely anyone born after 2000? No, they’re: Born 1981-1996 (27-42). Some were 20 in 2000.
Millennials aren’t angry because they’re coddled. They’re angry because riches are in the hands of the few. Jacobin.com
Gen Alpha
Born 2010 and up. 0 to mid-teens.
Perhaps they aren’t old enough to be peeved yet.
The trouble with this system is that you have to know when the Gens were born, requiring you to memorise dates. Then you have to subtract that date from the current year – in your head! Can't we go back to talking about 40-year-olds, etc?
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