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14. That's what I thought as well. Gen Jones is the tail end...

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:17 PM

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...of the Boomer generation. There are a number of characteristics that define them: they tend to be more acquisitive, competitive, ambitious, entrepreneurial, etc. The Yuppies of the 1980s are a good example of this (though of course one can only make broad generalizations about large population groups). Generation Jones is also supposedly more conservative than the early Boomers, having grown up during the recession/stagflation of the '70s, deindustrialization/Rust Belt, etc.

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i am am a generation jones . i just found out whatt tthat means [View all] AllaN01Bear Sep 12 OP

I and my two siblings are also generation Jones LetMyPeopleVote Sep 12 #1

Me too. We really don't fit with the Boomers. bullimiami Sep 12 #2

Me too, born in 1957... wcmagumba Sep 12 #3

i was the last lottery number and had to goto azuza ca . they were closed and i was 4fed . :) AllaN01Bear Sep 12 #12

My wife and I - 1956 and 57 NewHendoLib Sep 12 #4

1954-1965 according to Wiki. n/t Qutzupalotl Sep 12 #5

I thought it was anyone born from the late 50s through 1964. Crunchy Frog Sep 12 #6

That's what I thought as well. Gen Jones is the tail end... keep_left Sep 12 #14

I'm more of the vanguard of Generation X eShirl Sep 12 #7

1963 here. maxsolomon Sep 12 #8

I'm Gen X OC375 Sep 12 #9

'57 darkstar Sep 12 #10

1956-64, actually, and welcome to the club. tinrobot Sep 12 #11

me too. i still love cartoons . AllaN01Bear Sep 12 #13

When I was little I thought Woodstock was the little bird in the Peanuts cartoons. Crunchy Frog Sep 12 #16

I'm Generation IDGAF BluesRunTheGame Sep 12 #15

Gen Jones here, born in late 1960 mentalsolstice Sep 12 #17

GenJones here. Ilsa Sep 12 #18