generations and how they line up

[Hiroshi2]

i took a sociology class, and supposedly this is how the generations line up -



1920-1939 = Builders, i.e. really old ass people
1940-1945 = War gen, how can a gen. be only 5 years long
1946-1959 = Boomers
1960-1964 = Late boomers - these two should be grouped together
1965-1980 = Bust gen(gen X)
1981-1999 = Echo boom (gen Y)
2000-???? = millininium gen



i know somebody who was born in 1980 who claims to have been born in gen. x, but according to this thing he's not right. think so - a question mark is supposed to go here, but remember my shift key is broke


anyway, the generation after mine, born in 2000 and after, those are going to be the kids who don't remember a time when the internet wasn't around, i actually do, those are gonna be the kids who don't remember 9/11, and never had to put 19-anything down on nothing -0


ok seriously what gen are you, and do you agree with this list - again, question mark should go here.

[sageb1]

I am a boomer but can fit into any demographic, once I get a feel for the waters i.e. the background of other generations.

[tvbdude]

what's a baby boomer?

[thaite]

tvb, the Baby Boomer generation refers to those in the US who were born post-World War II. As the soldiers returned from the war to settle with their families, there was a dramatic spike in the birth rate, hence the name.

And according to hiroshi's breakdown, I fall almost in the middle of Gen. X, but the range seems abnormally broad. The Gen. X breakdown I am used to puts me at the tail end.

[Hiroshi2]

There seems to be a lot of Gen Ys here.