Boomers

[Mick]

Originally Posted by A/E

I identify as the very far tail end last of last Boomers ~

Pigeon Holed by a vague End Year by some Demographer, be it early or mid 1960's as my Birth year and their Differing end Definition

The way I see it . . . .

The early Boomers did all the hard Hippie Work that made the First Punk Rockers have an easier path to all the Decadence the Early Boomers Made Possible ~

Gotta Agree tho ~ I gotz very little in common with some Post WWII Born Person when I was born at the very beginning of the Viet Nam Era ~

I was playing " Army " as a kid throwing Dirt Clods as Play Grenades whilst my Fellow Early Born Boomers were in the Actual Army in Nam with the real things ~

Henceforth ~ Boomers gotta identify as: Early ~ Mid ~ Late ~ or Far Tail Enders

OK Boomers

There is a real reason why 1964 was considered to be the end of the baby boomer generation. In 1965, the number of live births in the US dropped below 4 million for the first time since 1953.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Mick

There is a real reason why 1964 was considered to be the end of the baby boomer generation. In 1965, the number of live births in the US dropped below 4 million for the first time since 1953.

I always thought it was because 20 years was considered to be a "generation."

Babies born in 1945 through 1964 is 20 years.

[BayouCountry]

Boomer has been rebranded by progressives to group and marginalized individuals who don’t go along with the new woke agenda being used to globalize America. I wear it as a badge of honor for what seems to have become the last generation of normal self reliant Americans.

[04 commemorative]

Originally Posted by Bruze

The year in which we were conceived -- which we have zero control over -- has absolutely nothing to do with what type of person we end up being.

What about "The Greatest Generation" -- all good people, right? Well they had their bums, rapists, murders, mobsters, and con artists too.

The younger generations just invented the Boomer division so they can blame their lack of civility, work ethic, laziness, and being unmotivated cuz their parents are still supporting them on someone else.

yeah but the greatest generation took care of their rapists and murderers the right way

[ricks327]

I'm a Traditionalist but thought along I was a Boomer, born in '45

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Bruze

I always thought it was because 20 years was considered to be a "generation."

Babies born in 1945 through 1964 is 20 years.

It's more like 30. Unless you are from West Virginia, then it's 15.

[Tikiman]

Let's see.

No tats. No hog ring in the nose. And I know which restroom to use.



I must be a boomer.

[KenHorse]

Wow, I'm Jonsin' man!

[LATB]

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....

And Mrs. Jones...We got a thing...goin on....

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Bruze

I always thought it was because 20 years was considered to be a "generation."

Babies born in 1945 through 1964 is 20 years.

Boomers are those born in the years 1946-1964, 19 birth years.

I have no idea who, or how, it got decided when "Generation X" ended, or "Millennials", etc., but each of them has fewer birth years than the "baby boomers". It doesn't make any real sense, as even the baby boom "generation" was more or less randomly assigned, as the other generations were.

[lrobe22]

The generation years are arbitrary. Some say Gen X ended in 1980. Some say 1985. Etc

[Frankie the Fink]

All I know is that I get super pizzed when some web site asks me for my birth year and I have to scroll down 5 pages to even get to "the 50s"....

[04 commemorative]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

All I know is that I get super pizzed when some web site asks me for my birth year and I have to scroll down 5 pages to even get to "the 50s"....

Sons of Bitches !

[TheHammer]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

All I know is that I get super pizzed when some web site asks me for my birth year and I have to scroll down 5 pages to even get to "the 50s"....

sucks getting old..

[Bill]

Gen X rocks!!!!!!!




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[SteveOceanside]

Baby-boomers changed the western world -for the better!

It was our generation that broke out of the boring mums-n-dads pop music of the 50s, and launched something the world had never seen - MUSIC FOR TEENAGERS! Rock n Roll. Electrified blues! Rock bands. The great legendary British bands that still influence today. Rock concerts.

What Phil Spector described his music as "Little Symphonies for Kids".

Later generations take pop/rock music and concerts for granted, but they DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE US. Take the knee and THANK US.

We also introduced marijuana to young people! A mixed blessing some would say, and of course open to abuse, but this and the revolutionary psychedelics like LSD changed the world too. Now mind-expanding drug use is part of western culture - for better of for worse.

We also started the Environmental Movement, and it was a healthy movement, which today has been hijacked by climate extremists & idiots like the Swedish Doom Goblin.

Nevertheless, it is authentic at heart. Nobody cared much before we started Greenpeace, Save The Whales, World Wildlife Fund, plus all the alternative energy systems such as wind & solar, and living off-grid, that are semi-mainstream today.

And then there is the alternative religion aspect. It was in the Sixties that Masters from the East came to the West for the first time, because we were the first generation with a spiritual thirst that our traditional spirituality may not have satisfied. Today yoga and meditation are everywhere, but we were the pioneers.

As for the hippies and their sloppy irresponsibilty raising sloppy kids and being responsible for "today's ills", I'll not argue with that, but the hippies were a minority anyway, and I wonder how much they bear the blame. Personally I blame the Left, who were a force in their own right, predated the hippies, and have long outlasted them.

Baby-boomer and proud.


And yes, how about a Boomer-Pride march once in awhile?

[SteveOceanside]

And here are some boomers talking about their art with an old lady of the previous generation.....

[LATB]

Great picture.

I built a house for a guy whose best man at his wedding was Eric Clapton.
The man had some serious music industry connections and experiences.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

All I know is that I get super pizzed when some web site asks me for my birth year and I have to scroll down 5 pages to even get to "the 50s"....

Yes, I had to do that yesterday.

When I see here or there that someone was born in, say, 2004 or 2006 I automatically think "So they're in diapers . . . ?"

[KenHorse]

Originally Posted by SteveOceanside

And here are some boomers talking about their art with an old lady of the previous generation.....

Brian May, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page

And Jeff Beck? (not sure of that one)