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I am from the fast passing 'old guard" of "Boomers" with parents straight out of the early "Silent Generation"; having skipped *two gens* completely both of my kids are clearly more toward the end of "Generation Z". Does that actually make me more "hip" (lol a sixties term for sure) than most found here?

After Voting and reading link am curious of your thoughts on this rating assessment in general? [ if on a cusp like LordKAT then say so! ]

Quote"" It's of note that these generations are not linear. Gen X are not the children of the Boomers but of the War Generation. It goes diagonally – the Boomers' parents are the War Generation and their children are Gen Y. Gen X's children are the current ones – Gen Z and you can see them on the streets in all their chav glory.

This is important as it explains why one generation would have little sympathy for the one diagonally opposite – they are not the children or the parents, they are the younger or older brothers or sisters. Gen X are not the children of the Boomers. ""

read more here (http://nourishingobscurity.com/2013/07/19/the-generation-war/) ( this is a very innocuous poll expect many more votes than posts! )

The places I read before have different dates than your survey. I was always part of the boomers, yours has me as  Gen X.


My kids are squarely in the center of Gen Y.  Go figure.

Whatever, I always was one of the in-betweens.

Being a 57 model that makes me a baby boomer

Generation Z for me,
but daim I feel sorry for the new kids, to much Internet, to little play time outside,

I'm an in-betweener, but reading the article I would def be Gen Y.  So, the oldest Gen Y you can be :)  People even just a few years older than me are so different from my peers.

Quote from: Natkat on July 21, 2013, 05:37:46 PM
the new kids, to much Internet, to little play time outside,

lol it's not like fearful moms are gonna let ya outside anyway, at least until 18, and then they hope ya never come back? It's not like there's more perverts than before . . . thx to media we just hear about it more?

Where I live they have a parent/child exchange program going . . . if ya don't get along with your "tyrant(s)" you can trade your room for anothers ?

Same. but instead of music, I was buried in a book.

The article falls apart for me in two places...

QuoteGeneration X are known to the Baby Boomers as alienated, poorly educated underachievers with body piercing, who have to work at McJobs, completely dwarfed and culturally overshadowed by the Baby Boomer generation.

Really? So please explain to me how we have gone from the mailbox and the telephone with dial in the early 1980's to the personal computer, laptop, iPad, iPod, smartphone, cellphone, iPhone, tablet not to mention the Internet, broadband, Skype, digital cameras with face recognition and even driverless cars and transport systems?

I'm sceptical because I'm an astrologer. I have similar dates for the generations but link the years to those the planet Pluto spends in each astrological sign.

Pluto in Cancer - 1914-1939. This for me would be the 'Home' Generation. This generation were people concerned with their homes, their homelands, their ethnicity, backgrounds. When this generation was growing up everybody had to have their own home. As a result the suburbs exploded. This was also the period in history when most of the colonies achieved their independence.

Pluto in Leo - 1939 - 1956, and partly 1957 and 1958. This was a generation of people concerned with self-expression. These are the War Babies and Baby Boomers and their motto is 'do your own thing'. This is the generation of people who are never going to grow old. As they get older they share a fanaticism about staying young. These are people who confused advertising and marketing experts because they would splurge money on whatever was important to them but skimp on everything else. This was the generation who rioted on campus and defied authority.. unless of course they were the authority.

Pluto in Virgo - 1956-1971. While the Pluto in Leo generation marched, rioted and protested against authority (a few burning bras and guitars) the Pluto in Virgo generation are more concerned with work, health and service and prefer to be behind the scenes than in the spotlight.

Around this time Uranus (the planets most astrologers associate with genius) was also in Virgo and this is the generation behind revolutionary new ways of working (such as downsizing, working from home), a focus on economies based on service, and breakthroughs in healthcare and communication technology.

Pluto in Libra - 1972-1984. This is a generation concerned generally with art, creativity, justice and partnerships such as marriage. This generation will focus more on art and creativity, it's the generation of people who are pushing for changes in laws, greater social justice and such things as marriage equality i.e gay marriages.

Pluto in Scorpio - 1984-1995. This is a generation of people interested primarily in sexual and spiritual matters. This could be the generation that comes up with the first biological revolution.

Pluto in Sagittarius - 1995-2008. This will be a generation concerned primarily with long distance travelling. Perhaps the first to place the first human on Mars?

Then there's this which I have a problem with..

QuoteGen-X thinking is cynically against the Boomers, whom they generally detest. The electronic dance scene in Europe, extreme 2nd wave feminism, narcotics and dark values are related to this generation, along with deep cynicism and no respect for institutions.

If you are looking for shady goings on, dark deals and narcotics then for me there was no better decade than the 1960's. You could argue that Neptune, the planet of illusion, being in Scorpio (1956-1971) perhaps inspired a belief among many that people could be reborn through narcotics.

Think of how many 'classic' albums from the 1960's were inspired by drugs from people such as the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. How many in this period died prematurely at the age of 27?

The 1960's was also Watergate, Vietnam, and a rising concern for pollution. Nothing was done, that needed Uranus and Pluto to follow Neptune into Scorpio.

In 1971 Neptune left Scorpio and entered Sagittarius. The period of developing albums fuelled by drugs had come to an end. One of the first hits of Neptune in Sagittarius was George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' rising to the top of the charts. The inspiration had now changed, and if you listen to 'My Sweet Lord' you cannot mistake the inspiration of Neptune in Sagittarius and an emphasis on journeys, learning and higher spiritual values.

George Harrison-My Sweet Lord (Studio Version) Original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kNGnIKUdMI#)

Didn't vote cause the poll has me as the wrong generation lol.

Quote from: Fitter Admin on July 21, 2013, 06:11:32 PM
Didn't vote cause the poll has me as the wrong generation lol.

lol You losing weight? Reverting back to 'ole self? Becoming younger as you go (as opposed to 'grow')? I remember pics - where is the Admin that I once Loved So ?

Your dates give me a choice between baby boomers and gen X.  Technically I'm a boomer since my father was a WWII vet, but I've always felt I had more in common with the Gen Xers. I'm more of a child of disco than woodstock.

That being said, I think the whole notion of dividing people into generations is creating meaningless classifications.

According to these years, I'm generation Y.
1990, a 90s kid hell yeah.

Quote from: LordKAT on July 21, 2013, 04:52:55 PM
The places I read before have different dates than your survey. I was always part of the boomers, yours has me as  Gen X.


My kids are squarely in the center of Gen Y.  Go figure.

Whatever, I always was one of the in-betweens.

I was going to say exactly the same thing - my mother was  the first year of the baby boom and I was the last year of the baby boom 1962 according to the charts I have seen

my kids are Z's

I'm near the tail end of Y, but those dates have my husband in there too, when he's much more of a gen X-er, born in 79. I see having access to electronics, or being marketed at for, in childhood (video games and computers) as a pretty major cornerstone of the Y gen (having access to the internet in childhood a major part of the Z gen), and X is still just having a TV in the house as a kid.

Seems like a minor quibble, but the amount of information we were bombarded with as kids has a pretty big impact on how we interact with the world later on in life.

Quote from: JulieR on August 01, 2013, 02:23:34 PM
I am solidly a boomer, born in 1953, but I've always felt I'm on the tail end of what's usually considered boomers.  Could there be another generation or 2 that are missing?  What of hippies?  I almost was a hippie, and my older brother (born in 1951) definitely fits the "hippie" mold....

That's funny - I pretty much am a hippie - I am really far left wing - I am vegan - listen to weird music - but I am out of the wrong generation - I came too late 1962

I'm apparently Generation Z, born to Generation X, but that's where we finish fitting the generation mold.  In terms of my general generation I agree with the stereotypes laid out in the article -- which I suppose is why the stereotype is there -- but personally although yes, I'm having sex younger than other generations might have done, I'm not contributing to starting a new generation which follows sooner than any other generation has done before.  And that's not just because I'm trans, and as a straight male I can't carelessly spawn a child with my girlfriend, it goes against my whole ethos on what  I want my eventual family to be to have a kid while I'm still, in many peoples' eyes, not much more than a child myself.

Solid X here, understand the ways of the boomers so I can "work hard" and "put in my time" and now I work for a very balanced life, a life that a Gen Y stereotype would die for but with the earnings boomers would envy. 

Cynical yeah, sandwiched between a generation that is selfish and all about logging hours at the office (boomers) and those that are too lazy to put in the time in the trenches in order realize earnings and advancement in career (gen Y). 

Of course that's all stereotypical nonsense, so who cares...

According to your poll I would be a Y but I've also had other people refer to me as gen X, where the birth years end in the 1980s according to Wiki. I wouldn't be classed as a millennial having been born in 1979. I consider myself an "80s kid".

DegenerationX seems to fit the bill. I used to be despised by those of my own generation. Now that I'm over 50, suddenly my own generation accepts me.

Generation Y. Having been born in 1989 makes me a pretty solid gen-y kid no matter which source you'd look at.

I'm a millennial (generation Y).

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(I guess I'd already voted in this poll earlier but didn't comment.)

I'm a boomer.  Pretty much right in the middle of the boomer generation: 1954.  I was too young to go to Woodstock, but I remember reading about it in Life magazine.  Wish I'd been enough of a rebel to defy my parents and go to Festival Express in 1970 when it came to Calgary.  A lot of big names were there: the Dead, The Band, Joplin (in one of her last performances).  I was 15 and envious of the kids in my class who went.

I'm still a hippie at heart.  Wish I could have been a hippie chick, though.

I'm with you Kathy 2 years older 1952 Also a hippy wannabe too young to go to Woodstock

Gen-Xer for life!! Whoo!!! Wait... It'd pretty much have to be for life, huh?  :eusa_think:
I've been able to experience video games from Pong to PS4. I saw Star Wars, Ghostbusters, ET, and Indiana Jones IN THEATERS. I watched Gen 1 Transformers AS IT AIRED. I witnessed the inception of My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, Care Bears, Cabbage Patch Kids, Jem & the Holograms, He-Man & She-Ra, MASK, MadBalls, and Garbage Pail Kids. I grew up on hair metal.

..... I'm a deeply damaged individual. And proud of it!   :icon_dizzy:

I am a Baby Boomer
JudithLynn

I'm right at the cutoff between being a Boomer and an X'er.  I have traits of both groups but choose X because that more closely aligns with my current life and feelings.

Hard to select from the options. 

Those of us born in the window from 62 to 65 or so do not fit either side of the generations. 
They were low birth rate years as we were the kids of the small number of babies born during
WWII.  Lumping us in with boomers or X is misleading to both.   

Quote from: KathyLauren on February 24, 2018, 05:31:04 PM
(I guess I'd already voted in this poll earlier but didn't comment.)

I'm a boomer.  Pretty much right in the middle of the boomer generation: 1954.  I was too young to go to Woodstock, but I remember reading about it in Life magazine.  Wish I'd been enough of a rebel to defy my parents and go to Festival Express in 1970 when it came to Calgary.  A lot of big names were there: the Dead, The Band, Joplin (in one of her last performances).  I was 15 and envious of the kids in my class who went.

I'm still a hippie at heart.  Wish I could have been a hippie chick, though.

I'm a baby boomer but fortunately I was born in 1953.  Had I been born a year earlier things might have not turned out too well for me as I was a premie and it wasn't too soon before I was born that they began using incubators to help premies survive.  Also, I went to the California Jam but left early because people were shooting bottle rockets at the Goodyear Blimp and my mind was showing me pictures of the Hindenburg on fire and crashing :(

I'm a millennial !

(I didn't vote in the poll because it would have sorted me into the wrong generation.)

Generation X, or as the Prodigy called it, the Jilted Generation.  ;D

Quote from: Chloe on July 21, 2013, 04:44:16 PM
I am from the fast passing 'old guard" of "Boomers" with parents straight out of the early "Silent Generation"; having skipped *two gens* completely both of my kids are clearly more toward the end of "Generation Z". Does that actually make me more "hip" (lol a sixties term for sure) than most found here?

After Voting and reading link am curious of your thoughts on this rating assessment in general? [ if on a cusp like LordKAT then say so! ]
read more here (http://nourishingobscurity.com/2013/07/19/the-generation-war/) ( this is a very innocuous poll expect many more votes than posts! )

My parents were baby boomers, born at the end of ww2. ( inthe 40s). I am generation X born in the 60s. As generation x we were raised on blue jeans and rock and roll. For many of us Xs industrial rock and roll is a thing ie Status Quo, AC/DC, Deep Purple ect. Part of a working class scene that is now defunct.Many of us qualified in industry and trades that are now farmed out overseas and we had to re- qualify into newer industries.

As a generation we use computers to do everything but find the older paper based systems easier and more reliable. The new generation dont know anything but computers.

We straddled an era between doing it all with slide rules and rules of thumb to an era of totally electronic.

We can build and repair in wood & metal  and repair & maintain cars we can prepare meals from bare ingredients & cook & sew & make clothes. Our offspring know computers and social media but we are a bit indifferent. Life without mobile phones was actually better.

We were trained one way but had to live another.

Now I am in my fifties my friends like rock & roll & metal. The younger generation hates it and wants gangster rap & hip hop.The older genreration wants Elvis & dance hall music. We did disco & nightclub & New Order & the New Romantic era & heavy rock & heavy metal.

Generation X is fewer in number than boomers but big on life experience and straddling the eras. We have broad tastes.

We were the last generation to question the establishment. That doesnt happen so much anymore.

Best wishes from all Xers, Kirsten.

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Quote from: KathyLauren on February 24, 2018, 05:31:04 PM
I'm still a hippie at heart.  Wish I could have been a hippie chick, though.

Me too, vintage 1958 here, I am a late boomer. The hippie thing influenced me, but they were the older kids. Loved the culture of my youth, the music, social activism was everywhere, big changes I saw...I won't get too nostalgic. 

Now we have raised "millennials", in our family, they have new challenges, climate change seems front and center. My soul mate and I work so they can have a better life (no student debt !).

C -

Gen X here.  I've learned how to do tons of skills that are now obsolete or ignored.  But,  I can do the new stuff as well as anyone else.  I get to pick and choose.  ;D
In terms of appearance, I look like one of the younger Gen Xers.

I'm a Y person, but I think my outlook isn't wholly of that generation. The main thing that separates Ys from the others is that they are the first digital natives and widespread internet use didn't really come to me and mine until I was in my early twenties. I think the notions of the generation gaps are skewed towards US data.

Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on March 18, 2019, 07:07:19 AM
My parents were baby boomers, born at the end of ww2. ( inthe 40s). I am generation X born in the 60s. As generation x we were raised on blue jeans and rock and roll. For many of us Xs industrial rock and roll is a thing ie Status Quo, AC/DC, Deep Purple ect. Part of a working class scene that is now defunct.Many of us qualified in industry and trades that are now farmed out overseas and we had to re- qualify into newer industries.

As a generation we use computers to do everything but find the older paper based systems easier and more reliable. The new generation dont know anything but computers.

We straddled an era between doing it all with slide rules and rules of thumb to an era of totally electronic.

We can build and repair in wood & metal  and repair & maintain cars we can prepare meals from bare ingredients & cook & sew & make clothes. Our offspring know computers and social media but we are a bit indifferent. Life without mobile phones was actually better.

We were trained one way but had to live another.

Now I am in my fifties my friends like rock & roll & metal. The younger generation hates it and wants gangster rap & hip hop.The older genreration wants Elvis & dance hall music. We did disco & nightclub & New Order & the New Romantic era & heavy rock & heavy metal.

Generation X is fewer in number than boomers but big on life experience and straddling the eras. We have broad tastes.

We were the last generation to question the establishment. That doesnt happen so much anymore.

Best wishes from all Xers, Kirsten.

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I too am a Gen Xer born in the '60s as well, but perhaps because I am African American, some of my experiences were different.  My parents are Silent Generationsers, born in the '30s, so they had many of the traits, but again, being African American, many things were different for them. 

I remember occasionally seeing distrust and some fear in my Mom's eyes when I was a really young child and she had to talk to a white person.  When I started dating my (now ex-)husband at age 20, I remember her calling me into her bedroom where she was grading papers to talk to me.  She asked me "are you sure you want to be with this (white) man?"  I didn't think anything of it until years later when I realized that she was worried for me and any children we might have.  Worried about the problems of being an African American "woman" married to a white man in the 1980s.     

I grew up with Motown playing in the background, at least until my Mom became a born again.  I loved disco and remember dancing in the living room to the music of Solid Gold and the Solid Gold dancers at age 14.  Rock and roll, and later New Wave, Alternative music  and what ended up becoming "classic" Gothic music became my mainstays back then.  I still love disco and dance music, although now I listen to mostly Japanese dance music. 

I remember watching Emergency and cheering for Squad 51's Paramedics Gage and DeSoto whenever they saved a patient.  That TV show is what made me decide to become a career Paramedic.  Even now that I disabled due to a work-related injury, I am still a licensed Paramedic, something which I can't see myself ever giving up.

I had a TRS80 color computer and have basically had computers my entire life since, yet I have never learned how to program.  Sure paper is "more reliable," I remember thinking "we'll save trees because we'll need less paper."  That doesn't seem to have happened, butt I still tend to go paperless whenever possible, since I trust both computers and paper.

Sure I can cook, and repair and sew, but I'd rather have someone that actually enjoys doing that stuff to doing it myself.  It takes away from my computer time, Netflixing or gaming time if I do it myself. 

I would rather die than have my cell phone taken away.  My entire life is on mine, especially since I just got a new one.  :P

I still question the establishment, and even now I fight against what I see is wrong.  I'm active in the local transgender community as a volunteer, not only as a support group facilitator, but by helping to change some of the laws as to how LGBT+ kids and adults are treated here in my adopted state. 

And I rejoice in the knowledge that there are teenagers that are also active in these fights.  It seems that there are members of Gen Z that are also wiling to take up the fight for what is right. 

After all, it's their future that we are all fighting for.

Ryuichi

I'm the same Boomer child as @KathyLauren and @Laurie, with parents straight out of the War generation. My father was a WWII vet with a supermodel mom. She could have even been one of those WWII aircraft nose art models.

I was born in '53, so solidly a boomer.  A little too young for the hippie movement but I caught the tail end of that to some extent in college.  Really weird to think about the 60s and early 70s -- the generational divide, the assassinations, Vietnam, Nixon, the blooming of feminism and the beginnings of LGBT activism. I remember black and white television and how cool it was when it turned into color (even if there were only 3 channels), a time when afternoon newspapers thrived and the fairness doctrine ruled, a time when audiophile equipment was a common dream, and straight mostly meant you didn't get high.  Record stores selling vinyl ruled.  Earth shoes came and went. The Cuyahoga River burned. I remember John Glenn circling the earth and  Apollo 11 reaching the moon. Where does the time go?