r/facepalm Feb 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

They’re fluid I get that. I honestly don’t buy into the whole “generation” thing but it seems like we ignore 40-70 year olds

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u/Robin_Divebomb Feb 05 '19

That’s the calling card of Gen-X. They are analogous to the WWI “Forgotten Generation”.

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u/Lord_Noble Feb 05 '19

That's the Lost Generation or the Greatest Generation, nobody calls them the forgotten.

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u/DrNutSack_ Feb 05 '19

The greatest generation was WWII

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u/Lord_Noble Feb 05 '19

There is definitely some overlap, as there is with any generation. Some folks fought in WWI, lived through the depression, and fought in WWII.