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[โ€“] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's completely arbitrary, especially towards the edges of the time period. A boomer born 1946 had a wildly different life than a boomer born 1964, and a boomer born in 1964 has way more in common with a Gen Xer born in 1965.

Age cohorts are real, but "generations" are just arbitrary groupings.

[โ€“] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 4 months ago

yeah I mentioned the same about with the hard/soft cutoffs but generations are as much a thing as nationalities. its a shared experience and trends and such. I laugh because I live near my high school and they have these boards on the fence with all these awards and accomplishments for teams and clubs over the years but there is a big gap for the 80's and 90's. My generation representing.