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What the Fuck happened with Gen X?
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this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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Boomer is honestly just used as a generic term for older people who are out of touch in one way or another. Millennial was a generic term for young people the speaker didn't like, but it's finally been replaced by zoomer which is more age appropriate, but it took a long time. It's not that people are ignoring Gen X, it's that most of the time when people use the term they just mean older/younger people in general.
TLDR, Gen X is probably lumped in with the term "boomer" (obviously the context matters, but this is the TLDR).
Don't lumo me in with them!
I'm not lumping you into with anyone. I'm just explaining how people use the term boomer.
Don Lumo is in with them!