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    4 days ago

    To put it further in perspective, Nancy Pelosi isn’t a boomer. She’s silent generation.

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      2 days ago

      Why are generation labels getting closer together in time?

      Greatest generation- 26 years

      Generation Alpha - 13ish?

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        I can’t find a good summary and am not in any way an expert in this field. But I think these generations are technically based on defining events in the world and likely common experiences more than a close tie to biological generations. If you look at the page for the Silent Generation wiki page there is some explanation of that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Generation#Terminology

        TL;DR it’s all very loosey goosey.