07-19-2019, 02:34 PM
(07-12-2019, 08:07 PM)Hintergrund Wrote: @OP: Sorry, this makes no sense. First you write that people born 1961-63 usually aren't regarded as Boomers (confirmed in the book - in fact "Generation X" was coined by people born in these years who wanted to distance themselves from the Boomers, and who can blame them), then you say that Boomers go from 1946 to 1963. And what is this "Idealist" generation 1874-91? That'd include half of what we call the Lost Generation. Doesn't fit either.
I am aware of that, but I won't deny that the 1925-1927, 1961-1963, and 1997-1999 birthyear mini-cohorts are all very similar to each other.
1925-1927 (Ox, Tiger, Rabbit): Likely can't remember Black Tuesday, but were able to serve in WWII.
1961-1963 (Ox, Tiger, Rabbit): Started school after the rise of color TV (started in the 1965-66 school year) but graduated high school before the launch of MTV.
1997-1999 (Ox, Tiger, Rabbit): Likely can't remember 9/11, but graduated high school before the Parkland shooting and its aftermath.