BBC have deboomerised me.

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I thought boomers were up to 1964, BBC news had an article about "Alphas". In which boomers were designated as born between 1940 and 1960, so I am an "X" now. Given the resentments that exist towards "Boomers", maybe it is for the best.

I’m a xennial! Born 1981, analogue childhood, digital adulthood. Met my husband at a chance meeting at a gig and exchanged email addresses!
We lived a couple of hundred miles away and so “courted” (boomer term there) via email! We both used to go to internet cafes to rendezvous. Very “you’ve got mail” 😂

According to Google, the first express covers were 1998.

Me too.

@libertineagain I must be mixing up my models then as I definitely had a phone whilst still in secondary school.

My first phone was probably a parental cast off that I’ve banished from my memory!

The 'boomer" was about the boom in births after the war, not any financial booms.

You'll just have to work out what the younger generations can blame you for now.

This is a result ! 🤣🙌

FYI I don’t resent boomers !

I love the word ‘deboomerised!’

Gen X IS the younger generation

So she'll need to work out what she'll be blamed for.

Boo hoo - from 1964 here and was hoping for Generation X as that does sound cooler than Boomer.

I’d never heard of it until recently, did it suddenly become popularised to talk about?

I worked in computers as they started to be cheap enough for small business to have them in 1980’s in my first jobs. At the time it was a job, a fun job, looking back I realise I was right in the middle of the biggest thing that’s hit the planet probably since electricity and aviation.

🤣🤣🙌

are internet cafes still a thing ?!

Interestingly, all members of the ridiculously good looking pop/punk group ‘Generation X’ are Boomers ! 🙌

Frauds! Fancy being able to get on the housing ladder and masquerading as younger people. Outrageous 🤣

Nothing to blame her for - just being cool, drinking Pimms, watching the world go by and not getting involved in pointless drama ! 🤣🙌

Too true. That's the biggest change.

Sounds like a plan to me.
Were they the generation that introduced curly perms and white stilletos? Someone needs to take responsibility for those.

Ok I went to a Barron Knights concert some years ago (one for the teenagers…) and before going guessed that the demographic would be predominantly Boomers

They were excellent btw

🤣 true !

Awful! Especially as at least 2 of them are now living in LA (I think)

I’m Gen X, I stole all the houses & had an easy ride at work to earn lots. Apparently

I have 6 boomer siblings, another Gen X & 1 millennial. The boomers aren’t rich, maybe they’re booming wrong?

They're being slack. Have a word.

I am Xennial I think!
born 83 and deffo feel different to full on 70s kids but not loads!

The Boomers are booming very wrong.

I’m also Gen X, I love the Hollies, Tremeloes and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.

my main aim in life is to own an F registration Morris Minor

im clearly X - ing incorrectly