tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post6933045227854887952..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Barack Boomeryellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-45985235038204916452008-11-14T07:34:00.000-05:002008-11-14T07:34:00.000-05:00You're right mooselet, there is a group between th...You're right mooselet, there is a group between the baby boomers and GenX (of which you may or may not be an early member). That is what I discuss in <A HREF="http://livebythefoma.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-my-my-generation.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A>.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-46901280295716988332008-11-14T00:54:00.000-05:002008-11-14T00:54:00.000-05:00I don't know that you can define someone simply by...I don't know that you can define someone simply by the year they were born. My mother, for example, was born in 1946 and while she dressed the part she was no drug-takin' free-lovin' sort of hippie, nor does she fit the conventional Boomer mold now. Her older brother, on the other hand, does.<BR/><BR/>I was born in 1969, so I'm free and clear of the Boomer tag by many years. I am saddled with the Gen X tag instead, or sometimes the Baby Bust one, but whatever you want to call it I think Obama is part of it rather than the Boomers.Mooselethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874418427786990740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-8226539682348071032008-11-13T22:08:00.000-05:002008-11-13T22:08:00.000-05:00Great rant, 2fs. And like "fetch" in Mean Girls, "...Great rant, 2fs. And like "fetch" in <I>Mean Girls</I>, "Generation Jones" is just never going to happen.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-42086242401534844042008-11-13T21:17:00.000-05:002008-11-13T21:17:00.000-05:00I'm impressed: two of my most peeve-irking concept...I'm impressed: two of my most peeve-irking concepts in a single post. First, the notion that folks born in 1961 (I was born that year a few months after our President-Elect) are baby boomers. In some strictly technical sense, maybe - but if "generations" mean anything culturally, no way. As Mr. Jkt points out, "drug-taking, free-loving, psychedelic hippie" is the boomer stereotype. They got Woodstock, we got AIDS. Culturally, the world in which boomers and we 1961 folks entered adulthood are radically different.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the other peeve-o-licious concept? The ridiculously named "Generation Jones," a term no actual person has ever used (note: journalists are not, for this purpose, actual persons). I would say the cutoff point culturally is those who were in their later teens by Nixon's resignation; after that, the sixties was well and truly dead, its seventies hangover a-dyin', and with the rise of Falwell and the born-agains, and the election of Reagan, a whole different world.<BR/><BR/>I think we should call them "Generation Smiths" after Morrissey's old band: we're miserable, pretentious, but have a sense of humor ;-)2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-41160646533358036922008-11-13T17:05:00.000-05:002008-11-13T17:05:00.000-05:00Great post! I've been waiting for this generationa...Great post! I've been waiting for this generational shift for a few years now. Generational boundaries are kind of a fluid thing, so whether the transition was 1960, 1964 or whatever, Obama definitely represents a different generation than the Boomers. Hallelujah!A Free Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038930031019179647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-14052937293890762842008-11-13T12:48:00.000-05:002008-11-13T12:48:00.000-05:00Josh,You are going to have to smother all the baby...Josh,<BR/>You are going to have to smother all the baby boomers older than you to get them off of the Medicare rolls in order to have enough money left over for you to retire.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-63283147923441306732008-11-13T12:42:00.000-05:002008-11-13T12:42:00.000-05:00Well, the Fourth Turning guys, put Obama at the ve...Well, the <A HREF="http://www.fourthturning.com" REL="nofollow">Fourth Turning</A> guys, put Obama at the very beginning of the <A HREF="http://www.fourthturning.com/html/13th_generation.html" REL="nofollow">13th generation</A>, which is rather an uninspired name. We're Nomads like the Lost generation and we get to put an end to the crisis caused by the culture wars and save society. The good news is that we get to be old during a high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-74575467557429481512008-11-13T11:56:00.000-05:002008-11-13T11:56:00.000-05:00Frankly, I'm very pleased by that graph, because i...Frankly, I'm very pleased by that graph, because it indicates that my birthdate (1974) is smack in the middle of the demographic trough. Assuming Obama spreads enough wealth around to allow Social Security to survive the boomers, by the time I want to retire I'll be supported by millions of millenials at the height of their earning power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-24944750238363033242008-11-13T11:10:00.000-05:002008-11-13T11:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for your excellent comment. The splitting o...Thanks for your excellent comment. The splitting of the Baby Boomers is something I'm going to address in a future post. I'm not real keen of Generation Jones because it makes me think of "Basketball Jones" and I don't need that kind of ear worm.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-6129768463612513422008-11-13T10:41:00.000-05:002008-11-13T10:41:00.000-05:00Thought-provoking post and blog. There really isn...Thought-provoking post and blog. There really isn't a technical definition of the Baby Boom Generation, only of the demographic boom in births that lasted from 1946 to 1964. Relevant to your comments is the fact that many experts have argued that there were two distinct generations born during that period: the Boomers (born from around 1942-1953 and Generation Jones (born from around 1954-1965).<BR/><BR/>I've noticed quite a bit of buzz about GenJones in the context of this election; I saw several discussions on national TV about Obama being a Joneser, as well as about GenJones voters being a key swing vote.<BR/><BR/>You may find this link interesting, my friends and I have been linking people to this page because we think it matters: it has a bunch of print excerpts and videos of big time publications (e.g. The New York Times, Newsweek, etc.) and pundits (e.g. David Brooks, Clarence Page, etc.) all talking about Obama’s identity as part of Generation Jones: http://www.generationjones.com/2008election.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com