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What the Fuck happened with Gen X? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] eli@lemmings.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For some reason, the internet has mistaken gen X for boomers with the "ok boomer" meme. Anyone over 40 is a boomer to the young. Completely unbeknownst to the fact that real baby boomers are literal senior home elderly people

[-] Putykat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Not really. 60 is the youngest boomer. People in their 60s are still on the workforce.

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