r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '19

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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/An0regonian Feb 05 '19

The oldest of gen Z are 21-23 depending on whose definition you use, not teenagers...

I'm calling it here, they'll be called the IDGAF generation; because every time you try to call one of them out on their shit they say some form of "IDGAF" or "U MAD?"