Wednesday, 29 January 2020

OK, boomer!

Sometimes I am addressed disparagingly by my teenage son with the words, "OK, boomer!". It has got me thinking about the different generations we see referred to in the media with the shorthands: boomer generation; generation X; millennials. Who are these cohorts? Well, here's a boring representation:

Cohort Year span
Boomers 1946 - 1964
Generation X 1965 - 1979
Millennials or Generation Y 1980 - 2000
"Snowflakes" or Generation Z 2000 - present


Nice and neat in a table, but would work better if time order ran from newest (at top) to oldest (at bottom), like so:


Cohort Year span
"Snowflakes" or Generation Z 2000 - present
Millennials or Generation Y 1980 - 2000
Generation X 1965 - 1979
Boomers 1946 - 1964

And perhaps represented in a graph?



Source:
https://www.occupy.com/article/taking-millennial-wealth-rich-white-boomers#sthash.9ictHb59.dpbs





Source:
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-ages-for-baby-boomers-millennials-generation-x-etc





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