Gen X'ers: Can we claim Barack Obama?

[Writer]

Birthdate: August 4, 1961.

Used the term "give it up for ____ " in his speech this evening.


I'll bet he played Pong as a teenager.


What do you think?

;)

~Writer, the Gen X-obsessed Gen X'er~

[KitchenWitch]

1. Nope, he is a late boomer!

as am I (1964 - last year of the baby boom).

[Writer]

5. This is what I don't understand about the Baby Boomers...

what I've read is that the generation lasts from 1945 to 1964. That's a good 19 years.

Generation X? Everything I've read is 1965 to 1977 to 1980. As little as 12 to as much as 15 years.

Generation Y? I believe that's slated from 1980 to 2000 (?) A good 20 years.

I'm sorry... but really - how well are we measuring these cohorts? What's up with that??? We Gen X'ers were robbed! :P

[XemaSab]

2. Between 1961 and 1964 there is some overlap

He's a gen x'er if he wants to be. :)

[Writer]

6. I think it's called Gen Jones.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Sorry, he belongs to the tail end of the Boomer generation.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

4. No way. 1961 is late boomer...

RL

[bicentennial_baby]

7. I think that categorizing people in distinct generations

is stupid. But that's just me... :shrug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. I'm with you...

What we don't need is one more label to divide us further.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Exactly, and...

frankly it doesn't make much sense to me. We're all individuals. :shrug:

[Writer]

10. Oh for fuck's sake.

I suppose we shouldn't read the horoscope either because it unfairly "classifies" people by birthdate!

I hope we find better things to become indignant about.

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Wow, way to overreact....

I was just expressing my opinion, sorry. Jeebus.

[Writer]

12. Well? What do you expect me to say?

I read a post that says that somehow I'm committing a social foul by bringing up this innocuous topic. I am going to react!

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Again, it's just my opinion.

Excuse moi. I won't respond to your questions again. Apparently they aren't open to honest responses. Grow a thicker skin if that pisses you off so much.

[Writer]

15. Oooh. The liberal claws are exposed!

I suppose throwing a wet blanket over what was meant to be a fun little discussion on a topic I enjoy is what you do best.

So... how should we proceed with this inane flame war?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Okay, break it up, you two.

:grouphug: :D

[Writer]

17. But wait - we actually may be able to convince the other of our opposing viewpoints!

I'm sure of it!

(Thanks.)

:)

[flvegan]

20. Just your opinion. Yes. You expressed it. Death Camp for you.

There will be NO opinion expression here.

Back to your chores.

[Writer]

21. 20 flogs of the lash...

moldy bread for several days...

[Joe Fields]

22. If Obama becomes pres, we'll all be "generation fucked..."

And before anyone jumps on me with the obligatory, "racist much?" response, I wouldn't care if he was green with polka dots.

[GalleryGod]

31. ....

Good use of the word "obligatory",though. Have A Happy Day.

[sasquatch]

26. Nice post Hitler

:P

[JanMichael]

14. No. He's a corpo whore. Sorry but no.

This from an X'er born in 1968.

[Writer]

18. I'm kicking this thread before I go to bed.

:kick:

[BlueIris]

19. To me, Gen X is 1965-1980. Obama's "Boom Echo" in my eyes.

[sasquatch]

24. He's a tweener like my dad

[Kucinich4America]

23. He's about 5 years older than me. I'd consider that the same generation.

Not saying that changes my opinion of him as a candidate one way or another.

And he very well could have had Pong. He would have been in college by the time the Atari 2600 came out.

[sasquatch]

25. I'm Gen X (born 1980) so I guess so

:hi:

[Rhythm]

27. Nah... X's beginning is roughly 1965

'61 is just a late-blooming Boomer.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. No you can't ...

but you can claim Sanjaya.

:hi:

When we conduct voting by "text message", he's a lock. Unless someone finds out the cost of his haircuts.

On to New Hampshire!!! eeeeeyyyyyyaaaaahhhhhh!!!

[Deep13]

29. He is if his parents are boomers.

If they were born before the war ended then he is not.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. Good Answer --

I thought a generation was considered to span 15 years. I thought that number was considered to the standard age when people began to start another generation. Remember, it has only been since the industrial age that we (as a species) have prolonged the maturing process.

[Taverner]

32. Yep

At least I would

[LisaM]

33. He is a Baby Boomer campaigning against Baby Boomers

I don't like that!

[Taverner]

35. Not really - 61 was on the downward slope of the baby boom, past the 2nd mu

aka standard deviation.

That makes him a part of the baby bust, hence, Gen X

[LisaM]

36. Well, so he's on the cusp

But he still shouldn't marginalize and insult Baby Boomers (and Tom Hayden).

[Taverner]

37. True, but you understand we X'ers have been living in your shadow

And at the same time, we Gen X'ers are your only real "children." We were the last, and only generation to be taught with the progressive principles you guys put in place. So its a love/hate thing.

Every band wants to be the next Beatles, no one wants to be the next Oasis.

[LisaM]

38. Well, I'm only slightly older than Obama

And I feel that the only real Boomer president has been Clinton (Bush is in a time warp) and he dropped the ball on a few things like NAFTA. I don't want my day to be over before it's begun!!!!

[Taverner]

39. Well, who knows, maybe a X'er will be a better boomer than a boomer...

[LisaM]

40. Not one who mocks Tom Hayden's values

I'm not trying to pick on YOU, but it just riled me when Obama dissed Tom Hayden.

[Taverner]

41. It bothered me too...he's one of the few who kept up the fight

[LisaM]

42. I'm just waiting for someone from the Obama campaign to call me

So I can ask them about it directly!!!!!

[madinmaryland]

34. Yikes! He's two months younger than I am!

:yoiks:

Definately a boomer.