tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29081908.post6374991202599622457..comments2022-05-16T03:35:20.240-04:00Comments on Troglodad: HIPPIES, BABY BOOMERS... or JERKIATRICS?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29081908.post-23959915685672908532010-02-25T15:13:30.604-05:002010-02-25T15:13:30.604-05:00Yikes, the phrase "but it’s missing an import...Yikes, the phrase "but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones" appears 284 times on the Web, per Google. <br /><br />Now THAT is some commenting hetyd!Troglodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331476790132816406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29081908.post-26346447693567442902010-02-25T15:09:42.370-05:002010-02-25T15:09:42.370-05:00Hetyd... your EXACT comment appears on a buttload ...Hetyd... your EXACT comment appears on a buttload of pages. Are you a robot? Cause as much as I hate Hippies, I hate robots more... (Except for Lost in Space's B-9; he's my hero!)<br /><br />http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS315&q=hetyd4580&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=Troglodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331476790132816406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29081908.post-28683580408385892172010-02-25T12:53:48.604-05:002010-02-25T12:53:48.604-05:00Interesting points, but the 40-somethings don'...Interesting points, but the 40-somethings don't seem to me (here in the midwest) to have the same Me-centered, gimme, gimme, gimme mindset that those in their mid to late fifties and sixties do. <br /><br />And if Bill Clinton and Hellary aren't Hippy-wannabes, I don't know who is...Troglodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331476790132816406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29081908.post-13051006576161830842010-02-24T11:01:53.375-05:002010-02-24T11:01:53.375-05:00Interesting blog, Troglodad, but it’s missing an i...Interesting blog, Troglodad, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (between the Boomers and Generation X). When looking at hippies, it is important to distinguish between Boomers and Jonesers.<br /><br />Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten lots of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html<br /><br />It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:<br /><br />DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964<br />Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953<br />Generation Jones: 1954-1965<br />Generation X: 1966-1978<br />Generation Y/Millennials: 1979-1993hetyd4580https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970460085144987807noreply@blogger.com