All I hear about is “boomers” this, “Millennials” that, “Gen Z” that, etc.

Why no one talk about Gen X? What happened to them? They just vanished like in Infinity War? Or are we mistaken Gen Z by Boomers?

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    They aren’t as tech savvy as millennials.

    I’m GenX. If you ask my group of friends “who here has built their own PC from components?” every hand is going to go up. Including the teacher, the administrator and the financier.

    Ask a group of Millennials who knows what the command line is for and see what reaction you get.

    GenX is the generation that does tech support for its parents and its children.

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      Kind of… It’s really that weird bridge period between the two generations. 1980 seems to be the sweet spot. The further your birth year is from it, in either direction, the less tech savvy they seem to be.

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        I can prove this scientifically in that I am employed in tech and a lot of my friends are too.

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      Isn’t that just cos: a) you had to build your own PC back then, and b) you have way more time and resources to do so

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        Exactly. I don’t know that it’s just that, but it is that. It’s not like the people are fundamentally different raw materials - a generation is defined by it’s circumstances. And those were the gen x circumstance.

        (Edit: except resources. There were fuck all resources compared to today)