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May 27th, 2010 at 4:48am

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The Silent Generation are people born before 1946.

The Baby Boomers are people born between 1946 and 1959.

Generation X are people born between 1960 and 1989.

Generation Y are people born between 1990 and now.

Why do we call the last one generation Y?
I did not know, but a cartoonist explains it eloquently below...Learned something new today





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Reply #1 - May 27th, 2010 at 10:59am

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Hehe.

Seriously though, they only call it Generation Y because they were too lazy to come up with something more original than "Hey, what comes after X?" I say we should be called the iGeneration. Wink
 
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Reply #2 - May 27th, 2010 at 4:07pm
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When I see one of those types walking around with their jeans halfway down, I always feel the urge to sneek up on them from behind and pull it down. My nextdoor kid of 15 years old never leaves the house without showing his bright yellow or green underwear to the rest of the street. I call him Gaylord...

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Reply #3 - May 27th, 2010 at 5:01pm

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When I see one of those types walking around with their jeans halfway down, I always feel the urge to sneek up on them from behind and pull it down. My nextdoor kid of 15 years old never leaves the house without showing his bright yellow or green underwear to the rest of the street. I call him Gaylord...

Carlo Wink


To think, my dad thought hip huggers were to low back in the 70's. Although he didn't seem to mind mini skirts.... Wink
 
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Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #4 - May 27th, 2010 at 5:24pm

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I'm sure some of you have seen this already but,"no pun intended"I thought this would fit here nicely. Wink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDgDTEy6yfc
 
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Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #5 - May 27th, 2010 at 5:51pm

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CHUCK79 wrote on May 27th, 2010 at 5:24pm:
I'm sure some of you have seen this already but,"no pun intended"I thought this would fit here nicely. Wink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDgDTEy6yfc


EXCELLENT!.... Grin....!

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Reply #6 - May 27th, 2010 at 6:43pm

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LMAO, I usually laugh out loud when I see those people. I've noticed that some of them wear really loose pants and have them sagging and some wear really tight pants and still have them sagging. The tight pants ones are the ones that make me really laugh. The others just look like they lost their belt. Grin
 
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Reply #7 - May 27th, 2010 at 11:56pm

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They should be called generation "CRACKpots"
 
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Reply #8 - May 28th, 2010 at 3:47am
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Haven't seen anyone do this in over five years.
 
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Reply #9 - May 31st, 2010 at 12:14am

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Haven't seen anyone do this in over five years.


They're still at it. I've even recently seen the full-on, belt tightened just under the buttocks thing... fortunately, that style is accompanied by boxers pulled way up. Stupid, yes, but not as mortifying as the alternative... the "male posterior decolletage", as I call it.  Undecided   Roll Eyes

It reminds me of an old Cosby monologue about the "tough kids" in the neighborhood he grew up in:

"You know- hats on sideways, pants on backwards... just rebelling against everything..."   Cheesy
 
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Reply #10 - May 31st, 2010 at 3:53am

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beaky wrote on May 31st, 2010 at 12:14am:
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Haven't seen anyone do this in over five years.


They're still at it. I've even recently seen the full-on, belt tightened just under the buttocks thing... fortunately, that style is accompanied by boxers pulled way up. Stupid, yes, but not as mortifying as the alternative... the "male posterior decolletage", as I call it.  Undecided   Roll Eyes

This "fashion" is still popular around here. I have to wonder if they realise how stupid they look. Cheesy

I prefer the latest female fashion popular with young ladies. Wearing tight leggings under tiny shorts or mini-skirts. In the summer they do away with the leggings. Wink

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Reply #11 - May 31st, 2010 at 4:30am

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Hagar wrote on May 31st, 2010 at 3:53am:
beaky wrote on May 31st, 2010 at 12:14am:
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Haven't seen anyone do this in over five years.


They're still at it. I've even recently seen the full-on, belt tightened just under the buttocks thing... fortunately, that style is accompanied by boxers pulled way up. Stupid, yes, but not as mortifying as the alternative... the "male posterior decolletage", as I call it.  Undecided   Roll Eyes

This "fashion" is still popular around here. I have to wonder if they realise how stupid they look. Cheesy

I prefer the latest female fashion popular with young ladies. Wearing tight leggings under tiny shorts or mini-skirts. In the summer they do away with the leggings. Wink

I would take a photo for you but I'm likely to be arrested. Shocked


....I cant think of a nicer way to be arrested, Doug... Wink... Wink...!

Paul....Mini skirts!....MMMmmmmmm.... Smiley...!
 
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Reply #12 - Jun 2nd, 2010 at 3:05pm

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specter177 wrote on May 27th, 2010 at 10:59am:
Hehe.

Seriously though, they only call it Generation Y because they were too lazy to come up with something more original than "Hey, what comes after X?" I say we should be called the iGeneration. Wink


No I think the name Generation Why Y fits just fine.
 
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Reply #13 - Jun 2nd, 2010 at 4:06pm

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Sometimes I seriously think this generation should be called the "WTF Generation". At times even they are hard pressed to figure out what's going on.... Wink
 
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Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #14 - Jun 2nd, 2010 at 5:51pm

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Romulus111VADT wrote on May 27th, 2010 at 4:48am:
The Baby Boomers are people born between 1946 and 1959.

I thought Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964?
 
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