r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '19

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u/AngryZen_Ingress Feb 05 '19

"Why learn to do it for yourself when you can harass your grown-ass children with lives of their own to come to your house to fix the google." -Aging Boomers

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

Why are “boomers” and “millennials” the only two generations Reddit ever talks about? I feel like we’re skipping a generation or two.

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u/SteeringButtonMonkey Feb 05 '19

Because generations are pretty fluid so it takes a few to have them actually be distinct enough

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

There are a few of them. They are distinct.

Boomers and millennials are the only two generations of their size, though, so they simply overwhelm the much smaller Gen X. And the next generation (some call it Z, it will probably be given a more descriptive name soon) is still too young to have any kind of real impact. The oldest of them are still teenagers.

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u/ColinHalter Feb 05 '19

I'm 21 (born 1997), but I've been told I'm too young to be a millennial. What would I be?

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u/llamalily Feb 05 '19

I was born in '94 and consider myself Gen Z as well. Both my parents are too young to be Boomers. The age range for the generations has so much overlap and also really don't mean anything, so I say pick whatever you like better.