2023-03-25 05:07:08 <veltas      > A young boomer KipIngram, I'm a young millenial
2023-03-25 05:07:23 <veltas      > If you were an old gen-X we would call you a xoomer anyway
2023-03-25 05:08:32 <veltas      > The most hilarious prejudice is agism because for the most part we are really the same in every way other than upbringing
2023-03-25 05:08:53 <veltas      > Well technically that's not true but still, it's close enough
2023-03-25 07:17:08 <KipIngram   > Yeah, I think the starting boundary of the "Baby Boom" is fairly well pinned down by the end of World War II, but the end of that era varies depending on what description you read.  I've seen some references to it that cut me out and toss me into the next bunch.
2023-03-25 07:18:15 <KipIngram   > If I were going to try to define it I might pick the assassination of JFK as a worthwhile "cutoff," in which case I'm "in" by 10-11 months.
2023-03-25 07:18:31 <KipIngram   > But that's just me trying to pick some significant event to use as a marker.
2023-03-25 07:20:06 <KipIngram   > There were quite a few major events spread out through the 1960's that represented major cultural change in the country.
2023-03-25 07:21:15 <KipIngram   > The period form the JFK killing all the way through Watergate was just pretty tumultuous.
2023-03-25 07:21:39 <KipIngram   > The whole period was a big "loss of innocence," I think.
2023-03-25 07:23:07 <KipIngram   > I think I'd then identify the dissolution of the Soviet Union as the end of the next "big era."
2023-03-25 07:23:48 <KipIngram   > We may still be in the one that came after that.
2023-03-25 07:24:29 <KipIngram   > But THAT may just be me applying some kind of continuity to my "years raising a family."
2023-03-25 07:25:17 <KipIngram   > I guess my personal life eclipsed "world history" in terms of defining my life during that itme.
2023-03-25 07:26:39 <KipIngram   > My youngest daughter starts college next year.  When she's done, I think that marks a huge change for me too.  Not that I intend to "punch out" or anything, but I do regard getting all of my kids through college as the end of my "primary required contribution," so to speak.  Anything that comes after that I think of as "bonus."