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The Greatest Generation: Born between 1901 and 1925 (approximately).  The people who fought in World War II, parents to the Baby Boomers.   Steve Rogers is part of the Greatest Generation.

The Silent Generation: Born 1926-1945 (approx).  Grew up in the Great Depression.  This is your grandmother who refused to throw away anything “just in case.”  Known for not being particularly politically active.  Donald Draper is part of the Silent Generation.

Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964 (approx).  After the Greatest Generation got back from World War II, they started having lots and lots of babies. A boom of babies, if you will.  Hence Baby Boomers.  Baby Boomers are people in between the ages of 55 and 73 today.  They grew up in a time of unprecedented affluence, thus their association with consumerism and Captialism.  Your stereotypically 80s businessman is a Baby Boomer, but so were Anti-war protesters of the 1970s, so it’s complicated.

Generation X (Gen X): Born 1965-1980 (approx) The MTV Generation, the Latchkey generation, inventors of Hip-hop and Grunge.  Gen Xers are between the ages of 39 and 54 today, so most middle aged people.  

Millennials (Gen Y): Born 1981-1996 (approx).  Unique for having grown up in the early days of Information Age.  “90s kids.”  Unable to find the intense economic prosperity our parents the Baby Boomers were able to find.  A much maligned generation, we have been described as both “narcissitic” and “incredibly generous.”  Millennials are between the ages of 23 and 38.

I prefer being a Gen Y. Being called a millennial feels like a brand that’s been posted on my head. We aren’t all the same. The millennials on the internet give my whole generation a bad name.

They’re the people who argued for the “sexist” red head to be removed from pirates of the Caribbean. (As a Disney enthusiast) that’s history, that someone worked really hard to make and bring to life, just thrown out in the trash.

I would rather have the people in my generation argue for something more meaningful. Like getting the history books in school to explain accurate explanations of what really happened, and how people were effected. (That’s just one example, but as a teacher, it comes up A LOT.)

Sure money is tight for us, and inflation is making it hard to even survive. But the millennials who do have money, spend it on the most redicilous things. Instead of helping or supporting those in their lives, they spend thousands of dollars on shoes they won’t even wear.