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  Music Thread: Aging demographics’ affect on the length of turnings
Post: Aging demographics’ affect on the length of turnin...

I’m sure this has been discussed plenty on this forum but it seems obvious to me that aging demographics must play a role in the length of turnings. Median aged American in 1970 was 28.1 years of age...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 11 1,803 01-12-2023, 02:20 PM
    Thread: New Artist kids now have their own superhero team
Post: RE: New Artist kids now have their own superhero t...

(01-03-2021, 05:39 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: (01-03-2021, 01:03 PM)GeekyCynic Wrote: (01-03-2021, 12:42 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: (01-02-2021, 11:42 AM)GeekyCynic Wrote: We Can Be Heroes is basi...
Snowflake1996 Homeland Generation/New Adaptive Generation 9 5,223 01-04-2021, 05:23 AM
    Thread: The Partisan Divide on Issues
Post: RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues

One of the hallmarks of any successful Fourth Turning Crisis is the transfer of wealth from the old to the young but more importantly from the rich to the poor. The response and result of the Covid19 ...
Snowflake1996 General Political Discussion 3,142 998,910 12-24-2020, 12:43 PM
    Thread: Generational Dynamics World View
Post: RE: Generational Dynamics World View

(12-23-2020, 01:17 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Eric has set up a new Facebook public group with a good number of people already joining.  It is at The Fourth Turning discussion group. Could I get the ...
Snowflake1996 Theories Of History 4,772 2,298,719 12-23-2020, 03:14 PM
    Thread: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T
Post: RE: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T

(04-06-2020, 11:42 AM)Isoko Wrote: Also in regards to turnings, I think that maybe we have just entered a 4T right now. Obviously there is the traditional view that the 4T started in 2008 or even 20...
Snowflake1996 General Discussion 179 63,229 04-06-2020, 12:40 PM
    Thread: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T
Post: RE: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T

What about something like this? 1929-1947 4T 1948-1965 1T 1966-1984 2T 1985-2001 3T 2002-2021? 4T Boomers 1943-1960 Xers 1961-1979 Millennials 1980-1996 Zoomers 1997-2016? New Prophets-2017-onwards ...
Snowflake1996 General Discussion 179 63,229 04-06-2020, 07:25 AM
    Thread: Possible future predictions?
Post: RE: Possible future predictions?

(03-30-2020, 07:38 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Generation Z, people born in 1997-2002, will eventually become called Millennials. Any name based on the current crisis will not stick.  I’m not sure whe...
Snowflake1996 The Millennial Generation 28 18,045 04-06-2020, 06:53 AM
    Thread: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T
Post: RE: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T

(03-27-2020, 03:23 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: (03-26-2020, 05:50 AM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: The duration between the financial crisis of 08’ and COVID19 is roughly equivalent to that of the stock marke...
Snowflake1996 General Discussion 179 63,229 03-28-2020, 05:00 AM
    Thread: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T
Post: RE: COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T

The duration between the financial crisis of 08’ and COVID19 is roughly equivalent to that of the stock market crash of 29’ and US entry into WWII. I suspect that this is the climax. We can have a po...
Snowflake1996 General Discussion 179 63,229 03-26-2020, 05:50 AM
    Thread: Boomer Champions of the Coronapocalypse
Post: RE: Boomer Champions of the Coronapocalypse

I was gonna add Tim Walz since I was positive he was a boomer but somehow he was born in 1964.
Snowflake1996 Baby Boomers 16 10,820 03-26-2020, 05:41 AM
    Thread: Election 2020
Post: RE: Election 2020

Bernie Sanders has won the popular vote in three contests consecutively now. Bloomberg got pummeled in the debate. Joseph Biden has yet to win a SINGLE primary or caucus (even including his failed run...
Snowflake1996 General Political Discussion 1,249 289,462 02-22-2020, 10:43 PM
    Thread: I'm a member of the Homeland Generation (2005). Ask me anything.
Post: RE: I'm a member of the Homeland Generation (2005)...

Welcome! I believe you are the first Homelander on this forum. It’s not too intimidating on here. Most of the nastier conflicts are between boomers and Xers which is quite fitting. What traits have y...
Snowflake1996 Homeland Generation/New Adaptive Generation 48 29,870 02-20-2020, 11:33 PM
    Thread: 4T is Speeding Along Now
Post: RE: 4T is Speeding Along Now

(02-10-2020, 10:53 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: (02-10-2020, 05:24 AM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: I don’t believe that Democrats would rally behind someone going into Super Tuesday who not only failed to win any...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 33 13,932 02-20-2020, 03:17 AM
    Thread: Has the regeneracy arrived?
Post: RE: Has the regeneracy arrived?

(02-17-2020, 12:33 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: (02-16-2020, 09:56 PM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: This fourth turning certainly feels much more like the 1850’s than the 1930’s. Millennials even have certain Xer t...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 402 202,924 02-17-2020, 12:59 AM
    Thread: Has the regeneracy arrived?
Post: RE: Has the regeneracy arrived?

This fourth turning certainly feels much more like the 1850’s than the 1930’s. Millennials even have certain Xer traits like very low trust in institutions, low civic engagement (they vote at lower le...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 402 202,924 02-16-2020, 09:56 PM
    Thread: Parent Child Relationships
Post: RE: Parent Child Relationships

What about grandparent-grandchild generational types? It seems like these are the most common ones: Idealist grandparent-Artist grandchild (boomers with today’s artists) Reactive grandparent-Idealist...
Snowflake1996 General Discussion 7 3,951 02-15-2020, 04:54 AM
    Thread: 4T is Speeding Along Now
Post: RE: 4T is Speeding Along Now

(02-10-2020, 10:53 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: (02-10-2020, 05:24 AM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: I don’t believe that Democrats would rally behind someone going into Super Tuesday who not only failed to win any...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 33 13,932 02-11-2020, 12:02 AM
    Thread: 4T is Speeding Along Now
Post: RE: 4T is Speeding Along Now

(02-09-2020, 02:13 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: (02-08-2020, 09:09 PM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: We’ll see in a few weeks if the first premise comes true. Biden appears to be the only serious alternative to San...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 33 13,932 02-10-2020, 05:24 AM
    Thread: 4T is Speeding Along Now
Post: RE: 4T is Speeding Along Now

(02-08-2020, 11:02 AM)Ghost Wrote: (02-08-2020, 02:27 AM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: The realignment of American politics in 2016-2020 indicates a very strong shift from 3T individualism to 4T collective...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 33 13,932 02-08-2020, 09:09 PM
    Thread: 4T is Speeding Along Now
Post: RE: 4T is Speeding Along Now

The realignment of American politics in 2016-2020 indicates a very strong shift from 3T individualism to 4T collective action against our problems. Trump’s takeover of the GOP shifted the Party to a m...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 33 13,932 02-08-2020, 02:27 AM
    Thread: Parent Child Relationships
Post: RE: Parent Child Relationships

Your descriptions for the prophet-heroic + nomad-heroic relationships are spot on for my family. My prophet dad was big on me doing community service and my nomad mom was initially against my decision...
Snowflake1996 General Discussion 7 3,951 02-04-2020, 09:17 AM
    Thread: How did people live through the 4Ts without becoming misanthropic?
Post: RE: How did people live through the 4Ts without be...

(04-07-2019, 06:56 AM)AspieMillennial Wrote: In the 4T you see the worst nature of humanity and you see them at their worst. How can you go through a 4T without thinking people are evil by nature an...
Snowflake1996 Turnings 15 7,912 01-04-2020, 08:47 PM
    Thread: Teachers on today’s schoolchildren: they’re just so nice!
Post: Teachers on today’s schoolchildren: they’re just s...

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comme...ve_trends/ Thought this was a very interesting read. The consensus about today’s teens and younger from teachers is that they’re shockingly kind, well behav...
Snowflake1996 Homeland Generation/New Adaptive Generation 0 1,755 12-29-2019, 03:34 AM
    Thread: The most Gen X Xer Ever: David Goggins
Post: RE: The most Gen X Xer Ever: David Goggins

(12-21-2019, 12:43 PM)Ghost Wrote: Correction: David Goggins was actually born in 1975, not 1976. Fixed. Thank you!
Snowflake1996 Generation X 5 5,336 12-21-2019, 01:49 PM
    Thread: The most Gen X Xer Ever: David Goggins
Post: The most Gen X Xer Ever: David Goggins

I think I found someone who embodies every characteristic of Generation X: David Goggins (EDIT: born 1975): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTHzmRA_ZZw This man had a very tough upbringing. He bel...
Snowflake1996 Generation X 5 5,336 12-21-2019, 02:23 AM