We are getting old.

[Warren Dew]

(10-11-2016, 02:27 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(10-11-2016, 10:22 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(10-11-2016, 12:29 AM)taramarie Wrote:

(10-11-2016, 12:20 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: Also, could  someone help a newbie out and tell me how old Rag and X_4 are?

I believe they are close age-wise to each other. Rags was born 63 ....i think. He will correct me if i am wrong. But he is an early xer and i believe x_4 is an early xer too. I take it you are a late boom like my mother?

Thanks.  I was born in 1960, so late boom by S&H and the generally accepted definition, although I think John's theory has the cutoff in 1959.  I definitely seem to have more boom characteristics - arrogant, no sense of humor, all that stuff.

Arrogant...yeah I have been that as a theme for them to the tune of my way or the highway (sometimes) and all should follow my example (more often than not). That is why it is so blatantly obvious for them in general. They are loud about it. No sense of humour though? I have seen way too many boomers with a fantastic sense of humour. My own mother included. One of my former early boomer teachers who took me in the design foundation course always a mischievous smile on his face. Always joking around. No, I do not see why you mentioned that. All generations have a sense of humour. But what can be analyzed is how the sense of humour changes characteristics over time.

I guess I was mostly thinking of use of humor in argument.  Xers often use humor to defuse the tension  associated with disagreement.  I don't think Boomers do that as much.