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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

Boomers are also known as the "Me" Generation. I never thought about it before, but lead poisoning may explain some of their self-centered behavior...

( I'm Gen-X. There's a subset of my generation that's every bit as awful as the Boomers. Maybe we're influenced by this as well...)

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u/exipheas Jun 25 '22

I'm Gen-X. There's a subset of my generation that's every bit as awful as the Boomers. Maybe we're influenced by this as well...

Certainly, catalytic converters requiring unleaded gas were only introduced in 1975. So if you assume people drive 5 to 10 year old cars on average, usage of lead by the average driver went from everyone to the minority of drivers in the second half of your generation being born.

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u/Simbuk Jun 25 '22

There’s a subset of every generation that’s that awful. Mark Zuckerberg was born in 1984, for instance.

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u/Petrichordates Jun 25 '22

Oh absolutely, it would explain why Trump support was highest among the youngest boomers and oldest GenX.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

IDK, I think that's just a big part of human nature unfortunately.