For some reason, the internet has mistaken gen X for boomers with the "ok boomer" meme. Anyone over 40 is a boomer to the young. Completely unbeknownst to the fact that real baby boomers are literal senior home elderly people
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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Maybe they're just lying low so nobody will blame everything on them.
Gen X is a conspiracy. None of them actually exist.
My Canadian girlfriend (well, now wife) is from Gen X - I swear.
Does she exist? Is she real? Are you okay?
Please send help. I moved up here and there's so many moose.
Did one bite your sister?
It would've, but I fashioned a protective covering of duct tape first.
It's pronounced meese
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Ronald Reagan happened to GenX.
Worse than an H Bomb
Nah we are here, just staying out of the drama I guess. Busy working. My guess is we aren't enough of a market - not the desirable-to-marketers 18-30 age group, and not a huge group with money like the boomers. So we are not targeted as much.
That sounds very plausible