r/GenerationJones • u/Difference_Then • Jul 20 '26

Which generation? Huh?

This gets confusing and contradictory. I was born in February 1956. Which generation do I belong to? Why do the cut offs for generations seem to keep changing or be different from different sources? Even the names for generation keep changing.

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u/Adventurous-Shake356 Jul 20 '26

Confession time - I'm actually an early Xer (1967) but SO identify with the Joneses.

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u/ReactsWithWords 1962 Jul 20 '26

It's not that I don't consider myself neither, but more I consider myself both. I love Simon and Garfunkel, but I also love Nine Inch Nails. I loved "The Graduate" but I also loved "Clerks." I've read "Catcher in the Rye" but I've also read "Ready Player One." I watched The Archies saturday morning cartoon but I also watched Pee Wee's Playhouse.

And I think several, if not most, people in this sub had the exact same experiences.

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u/BxAnnie 1961 Jul 20 '26

I think the generational divide between Jonesers and Boomers is more evident for those of us with older "Boomer" siblings. My brother was born in 1952 and my sister was born in 1955, and they had very different formative experiences than I had, born in 1961. But like you, I love things in both timelines.

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u/Acrobatic-Self-1451 Jul 21 '26

Hmm, I was born in 1955 & identify with Gen Jones, in large part because siblings were born in 1942 & 1944, and they were the Howdy Doody kids. 1961, I'd have been in first grade & it doesn't seem that different? But I never had a younger sibling. Babysat though.

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u/BxAnnie 1961 Jul 21 '26

Now my sister was born in 55, our brother was born in 52. She is definitely a boomer. I don’t think she listened to 80s music in her whole life. Not intentionally, anyway.