Reply #90: Interesting. So the "Silent Generation" spawned the "Invisible Generation"

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"Boomers are mostly the offspring of The World War II Generation, Jonesers are mostly the offspring of The Silent Generation, and Xers are mostly the offspring of the Boomers."
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This fact reflects the very different formative experiences of each generation. Admittedly, determining generations is complicated, an inexact science, with inevitable blur on the edges. Nonetheless, broad accurate generalizations emerge with careful analysis. The three generations differ in many ways. One major difference is that Boomers tend to be idealistic, Xers tend to be cynical, and Jonesers tend to be a balance of idealism and cynicism. Attitudinal research bears this out."
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"The predictable cycle of one generation's fringe style becoming the mainstream style of the next generation is visual illustration of the existence of Generation Jones. Fashion history tells us there had to be a separate generation between the Boomer hippie fringe and today's Xer mainstream.

Mainstream Boomers dressed in a traditional, straight style. The tie-dyed, bell-bottomed, long-haired(men and women), etc. look was the province of the small(but highly visible) Boomer hippie counterculture.

This hippie style became the mainstream look of Jonesers. Generation Jones had two main fringe subcultures—punk and rap. The main common denominator of punk and rap was a sense of pastiche—the mixing together of seemingly disparate styles.

This became the dominant fashion ethos of Xers. Not just the ascendance of body piercings, tattoos, etc., but an overall sense of sartorial anarchy, the "anything goes" pastiche in contrast to the mainstream look of Jonesers.

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I'd like to read the "original editorial" from the SF Examiner in 98-- do you have it? The link doesn't work.

The definitions mention but downplay the political influences......