08-01-2019, 09:29 AM
(09-01-2016, 09:08 AM)Anthony Wrote: There should be little disagreement that the last-wave of G.I.'s formed that generation's core. For the earlier-born members of the Hero archetype, their '40s took place in the '30s.I haven't seen your name on these boards for a long time now. I believe you were the one who brought up the Extreme Easter Theory by which a major event, often a war, results during a three year span between an extremely early Easter then an extremely late one. You mentioned this before the most recent occurrence, which was 2008 (March 23) to 2011 (April 24). And yet I couldn't detect any earth shaking crisis unless you would consider the housing bubble launching the recession which, IMO, didn't even approach the universal misery caused by the Great Depression of the 1930s. No big war or anything like that.
These "core" G.I.s then went on to be the predominant parents of early-wave Boomers, who proved to be the core of their generation - younger Boomers having had their '60s in the '70s. Meanwhile, the older G.I.s parented the Silent, who had no "core" at all.
Then "core" Boomers parented the "core" Xers - the last wave, whose '90s experience so overshadowed the "Baby Busters'" '80s experience that this became a comedic punchline: "The '90s are gonna make the '80s look like the '50s," according to a line from an otherwise-forgettable movie. The late boomers had to settle for siring the early Millennials, who are shaping up as the "lesser" Millennials.
If this pattern holds, the "edgy" late Xers, who are largely the parents of early-born Homelanders, could get to see their kids grow up to be more "edgy" than late-born Homelanders - or maybe not, because there might be no such thing as a "core" Artist sub-generation, ever.