Comments on: Comments on 10031

Post number 10031

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:35:17 -0800

Generation Jones : If you were born between 1954 and 1965, ask yourself this question: "Do I feel like a member of The Baby Boom Generation, Generation X, or neither?" Does this seem to you like splitting the hair too finely? Or do you think they've got something here?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:43:08 -0800

..and does it matter? Does the compulsive urge to label everything do more damage than good? Just full of question tonight, aren't I?

By: datawrangler

datawrangler — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:00:13 -0800

Yet another unwanted label, defined by somebody else, applied by somebody else, that I have to scrape off...

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:06:07 -0800

(Labels are worthwhile if they are useful. It's good to have labels for salt and sugar so we don't mix them up.) I was born in 1965 (the tail end of socalled Gen Jones). I have never identified with the Xers or the Boomers. So I had a shock of recognition when I saw this link. My wife, born just a few years later (in 68) seems much more like an Xer to me.

By: darren

darren — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:16:20 -0800

Born in '62, I've always been behind boomers and ahead of Xers. I've been aware of this for a long time, but I haven't let it define my life -- or built a website about it.

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:22:52 -0800

Well that tears it! My 4 siblings and I (all born between 1957 and 1965) are no longer part of the hidden anonymous masses. Is someone going to expect something from us now?

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:41:35 -0800

I was born in 1964, and I've always felt like we're between the boomers and the Xers, not that it matters. And that's the ugliest web site I've seen in a while.