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#215478 29-Jun-2017 11:04

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Over recent months, a lot of political discourse both in NZ and overseas has had a theme of Millennials versus Baby Boomers.

Somewhere in between those two is my generation (cue for a song..) which is Generation X (all those born between mid 1960's to the end of the 70's more or less). We are almost never mentioned in any discussion. As I was drinking my coffee this morning and looking at the view out of the window, I came to wondering why we seem to have been lost in the group thinking.

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#1808777 29-Jun-2017 11:13

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I don't buy into all that labelling BS, I rank up there with that stupid habit of media merging peoples names.

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#1808797 29-Jun-2017 11:19

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I think that you're probably included / tarred with the same brush as "baby boomers" - despite being (at least) a decade younger.

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#1808798 29-Jun-2017 11:19

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If any from any Gen were in another Gen, they would act the same as the Gen they are now placed in. Each Gen has a world that the populous lives in, taking the good and the bad. So, dont refer to the people as Gen whatever, refer to the time as a period. That period and what was in it causes the "one" population to do what they do. People haven't changed, the world had

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#1808820 29-Jun-2017 11:32

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MikeB4:

I don't buy into all that labelling BS, I rank up there with that stupid habit of media merging peoples names.

I tend to agree, but OTOH I expect analysis would show some significant sociological differences. It's when those stereotypes (like any others) are used to make moral value judgements, then there's a problem.

To me "baby-boomer" has connotations of someone brought up in a nuclear family with at least several siblings, a stay-at-home mum in the suburbs (by the '60s taking Diazepam in order to keep up an appearance of sanity) and a father working in a career that he expects to retire from, probably church-going, probably far more accepting of authoritarian social order.

It's hard to imagine that being brought up in that environment wouldn't have significant impact.

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#1808825 29-Jun-2017 11:36

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> What happened to Generation X?

eXit, stage left?

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#1808853 29-Jun-2017 12:11

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Fred99:

MikeB4:

I don't buy into all that labelling BS, I rank up there with that stupid habit of media merging peoples names.

I tend to agree, but OTOH I expect analysis would show some significant sociological differences. It's when those stereotypes (like any others) are used to make moral value judgements, then there's a problem.

To me "baby-boomer" has connotations of someone brought up in a nuclear family with at least several siblings, a stay-at-home mum in the suburbs (by the '60s taking Diazepam in order to keep up an appearance of sanity) and a father working in a career that he expects to retire from, probably church-going, probably far more accepting of authoritarian social order.

It's hard to imagine that being brought up in that environment wouldn't have significant impact.

Well, I am not a BB and I was brought up in that environment, more or less. My mother does not even drink, much less abuse pharmaceuticals and my parents never went to church but other than that, spot on. Yet I am Gen X.

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#1808857 29-Jun-2017 12:16

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Geektastic:

Generation X (all those born between mid 1960's to the end of the 70's more or less) are almost never mentioned in any discussion.

No-one likes them, so we're all ignoring them, hoping they'll go away.

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#1808859 29-Jun-2017 12:17

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We are all currently to busy working and waiting for a younger gen to start blaming us for how things are.

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#1808863 29-Jun-2017 12:19

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Fred99:

MikeB4:

I don't buy into all that labelling BS, I rank up there with that stupid habit of media merging peoples names.

I tend to agree, but OTOH I expect analysis would show some significant sociological differences. It's when those stereotypes (like any others) are used to make moral value judgements, then there's a problem.

To me "baby-boomer" has connotations of someone brought up in a nuclear family with at least several siblings, a stay-at-home mum in the suburbs (by the '60s taking Diazepam in order to keep up an appearance of sanity) and a father working in a career that he expects to retire from, probably church-going, probably far more accepting of authoritarian social order.

It's hard to imagine that being brought up in that environment wouldn't have significant impact.

I am a fringe "baby boomer" I am from a larger family my oldest sibling is 17 years older than I am. Both my parents worked, my Mom went to church my Dad didn't, we were brought up with the idea that compulsory faith is false faith. We were also brought up to be independent and have our own ideas and beliefs and to question authority which I did often during my school years.

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#1808870 29-Jun-2017 12:30

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frankv:

Geektastic:

Generation X (all those born between mid 1960's to the end of the 70's more or less) are almost never mentioned in any discussion.

No-one likes them, so we're all ignoring them, hoping they'll go away.

That's exactly what a filthy Millennial would say. GET OFF MY LAWN!

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#1808900 29-Jun-2017 13:15

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There is no click bait in gen-X

They aren't able to be portrayed as millennial-snowflakes or as greedy-baby-boomers so they don't fit conveniently into a bi-partisan subjective, media-fomented conflict.

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#1808977 29-Jun-2017 14:44

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You have to look at who in the media is writing the articles and that is now likely to be low paid gen Y ers. Although gen x and gen Y do overlap depending on the gauge being used. . It tends to be generation x who are making all the decisions these days

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#1808987 29-Jun-2017 14:53

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Generation X split up a long time ago. Billy Idol's had a successful solo career for decades.

On a more serious note, I tend to agree with MikeAqua on this one. That'll change over the next 10-13 years or so as most of the last of the baby boomers move into retirement and more issues are needed.

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#1808992 29-Jun-2017 15:02

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X, y, millennials, all marketing categories invented by advertising firms. Look it up.

None of these categories are useful for rational discussion.

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#1808994 29-Jun-2017 15:10

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Gen X is working hard, undemanding, and doing ok thank you very much.

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