Can we stop with the cutesy and coddling boomers

[IDontPetLalas]

I'd say not so much mentally sound but more aware of things due to growing up during a time of very rapid and new advancements in technology. It's essentially resulted in Gen X on average having more developed observational and analytical skills due to frequently having to figure out and interact with newly developed things without a user's guide or manual being provided by someone else.

Wow, I'm going to assume that you haven't worked on with with a support desk recently, because really, Gen X is just as developed as the previous generations in this respect.

[Gemina]

I'd say not so much mentally sound but more aware of things due to growing up during a time of very rapid and new advancements in technology. It's essentially resulted in Gen X on average having more developed observational and analytical skills due to frequently having to figure out and interact with newly developed things without a user's guide or manual being provided by someone else.

This is exactly why they are more mentally sound. Gen X has very strong problem solving skills, making them far more resilient and acclimated when it comes to dealing with stress and difficult times without turning into a sobbing mess. If we cried and were told to cry to mommy and daddy, all we could say is, "I can't. They're not home."

[Eraden]

I'd say not so much mentally sound but more aware of things due to growing up during a time of very rapid and new advancements in technology. It's essentially resulted in Gen X on average having more developed observational and analytical skills due to frequently having to figure out and interact with newly developed things without a user's guide or manual being provided by someone else.

Mao disagrees. Differences is highly situationals and can nots be applied in blankets-fashion across generations. For examples, Mao, a Boomer, worked in laboratory for many years. Mao understood principles behind techniques Mao used in Mao experiments and could quickly correct if something wents wrong. Many young peoples whats came to work where Mao worked, was only ables to use pre-made kits and often lacked ability to analyze problems when experiments failed. On other hand, Mao seen lots young peoples ables to build and test computers with much ease. Something Mao would has trouble with. Mao thinkings is not as much difference between generations as whats some peoples believe and if difference does show ups is very situationals and probably very specific to certain individuals. Moral of Mao story: STOP GENERALIZINGS!

[EZGIL]

Mao experiments

My imagination went wild.

[Boblawblah]

My imagination went wild.

Mao:

[RitsukoSonoda]

Mao disagrees. Differences is highly situationals and can nots be applied in blankets-fashion across generations. For examples, Mao, a Boomer, worked in laboratory for many years. Mao understood principles behind techniques Mao used in Mao experiments and could quickly correct if something wents wrong. Many young peoples whats came to work where Mao worked, was only ables to use pre-made kits and often lacked ability to analyze problems when experiments failed. On other hand, Mao seen lots young peoples ables to build and test computers with much ease. Something Mao would has trouble with. Mao thinkings is not as much difference between generations as whats some peoples believe and if difference does show ups is very situationals and probably very specific to certain individuals. Moral of Mao story: STOP GENERALIZINGS!

Generalizations are just that, Generalizations, Which means there will be outliers however those outliers are not frequent enough to impact the typical experience with a specific sample group.

Example of another generalization that's grown within businesses is that millennial college grads with bachelor's degrees are worse employees than ones that never went to college due to the excessive frequency of said individuals not actually retaining any of the knowledge or skills associated with their degree and instead simply dragging large amount of socially toxic behaviors into the workplace. Said generalization has resulted in a large amount of jobs that in the past normally listed bachelors degree in it's requirements having that item removed.

[IDontPetLalas]

Generalizations are just that, Generalizations, Which means there will be outliers however those outliers are not frequent enough to impact the typical experience with a specific sample group.

Example of another generalization that's grown within businesses is that millennial college grads with bachelor's degrees are worse employees than ones that never went to college due to the excessive frequency of said individuals not actually retaining any of the knowledge or skills associated with their degree and instead simply dragging large amount of socially toxic behaviors into the workplace. Said generalization has resulted in a large amount of jobs that in the past normally listed bachelors degree in it's requirements having that item removed.

I have never seen this reason being cited, when this requirement has been removed from a job posting. Rather on the (rare - not large ) occasions I have seen it removed, it was solely due to realization that skills required for a position did not obligate someone to have a specific degree, and even then, it was often due to difficulty filling a position.

It is even better explained here https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college...ing%20platform

[Eraden]

For record, Mao used to be Botanist. Mao experienced in plant physiologys, classical and molecular genetics, protein biochemistrys, little bits organic chemistrys and plant tissue cultures. Mao has much funs when Mao still workings. Works was full of learnings new things. Mao hopings younger generations has as much funs as Mao has. Just no try makings Killer Mutant Tomatoes. Mao already tried that. For some reason bosses nots like thats so Mao has give ups on that line of research.

[IDontPetLalas]

This is exactly why they are more mentally sound. Gen X has very strong problem solving skills, making them far more resilient and acclimated when it comes to dealing with stress and difficult times without turning into a sobbing mess. If we cried and were told to cry to mommy and daddy, all we could say is, "I can't. They're not home."

So, you mean like this type of resiliency? https://www.unilad.com/community/vir...%20she%20said. ?

and before you say I'm not being sympathetic- to anyone who's been laid off, you have my sincere sympathy- however please do not make any statements about how SpeCial Gen X is with respect to your problem solving or resiliency, when prior generations lived through horrendous wars, depressions, and other events. All generations have their trials.

[Gemina]

Ok, while the part about the baby boomers being from 1946 to 1964 is factually correct, people should first of all recognize just how many years that represents and how quickly technology was changing during those years. The latter part of the baby boomers was quite different from the early wave, and while their access to as well as their access to PCs wasn't what we have now, that doesn't mean that they weren't available, nor was it just the super-rich that had them.

The other point that is really inaccurate was the statement that radios were consider luxuries until the 80s. I don't know the source of that, but the height of popularity of radio was generally considered to be during the 20s and 30s. In the US, some statistics showed more than 90 percent of households had radios by the 40s.

You're ignoring that the term "PC" didn't even exist for baby boomers, or even the earliest of Gen X. They were simply known as "computers" and were mainly used by businesses as the industrial age left its infancy stages. Gen X was the first to have a computer lab inside their schools, and learning how to use them was considered fundamental in order to enter the working world because they were becoming so prevalent and required among businesses. PC, or personal computer, didn't start entering homes until the early 90's, and even then, there still wasn't a readily available internet to connect them to their businesses. Even the latest of Gen X, which is the group I was born into graduated high school without the internet. Even to this day, there is a large group of adults who have not even entered their 60's yet who are computer illiterate.

As for television and radios, your statistic is far overblown. Perhaps 90% of successful homes had them, and you are not accounting for lower class to lower middle class. I will give you radios alone, but I was more or less referring to households having both a television and a radio, but you were still considered upper middle class if this was the case. TVs by themselves was much different. Most households couldn't afford them and still used radios and reading as primary sources of information and entertainment. When I talk about it wasn't until the 80's that they were found in most homes, I'm talking about that is how long it took before it was nearly impossible to find a home that didn't have at least one TV, and if you did, it was likely deliberately and not due to poverty.