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Originally Posted by golddustwoman77
Well, that leaves out people though. What do we call people who were born from 1959 to 1965 then?  |
"Generation Jones" was the suggestion. It's in my post...
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Originally Posted by The Tower
The NPR report was talking about how those born between the baby boomers and Generation X are being labeled "Generation Jones"- a reference to those who grew up in the early 70's and were influenced by the likes of Cheech and Chong and others.
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The whole idea of naming generations really isn't sequential. Society gives generations names because of certain universal aspects to those born during that time- or a relationship name, such as Generation Y being named that only because they came after Generation X.