The Shoutbox
Originally Posted by Sedai
Thinking about it, at one point we were called The Latchkey Kids.
I remember that episode of Different Strokes. Arnold met a kid and asked why he had a key on his belt. The kid made a reference to being a latch-key kid (jokingly), pulled the key which was tethered to a retractable string, and then released it. The key slapped back against his belt loop. He joked that his mom was worried about him being alone all afternoon while she worked or something.

Or at least I think it was Different Strokes.

Man, glad I don't listen to Millennials, so I can ignore all your posts! Stelly is apparently Generation Alpha. She is the Alpha and the Omega!

She also ate my orange.
And I'd happily trade titles because us Millennials are the punching bag of every generation. Even the Zoomers are ganging up on us now! Like wtf, does it ever stop?
So I don't wanna hear you crying about not getting a name. Ya got way more than any other generation.
Originally Posted by Sedai
Thinking about it, at one point we were called The Latchkey Kids.
"Post-Boomers, Baby Busters (referencing the drop in the birth rates following the baby boom), New Lost Generation, latchkey kids, MTV Generation, and the 13th Generation"
Originally Posted by Sedai
They have to be on the very back side of the curve then, unless they had you when they were old, like me and my daughter!
Aye, they are old. They were born in the late 50s.
Thinking about it, at one point we were called The Latchkey Kids.
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules
Originally Posted by Sedai
Baby Boomers children aren't Millennials. Someday, my generation will get recognition, but today is not that day!

The Lost Generation, indeed!
Damn I didn't know you were that old!
"Wiki: The Lost Generation was the social generational cohort that came of age during World War I."

I just saw that when I looked up the generation splits. I could have sworn Gen X was also called The Lost Generation, but it appears we don't even get a subtitle. What a gyp!
Originally Posted by Sedai
Baby Boomers children aren't Millennials. Someday, my generation will get recognition, but today is not that day!

The Lost Generation, indeed!
Damn I didn't know you were that old!
"Wiki: The Lost Generation was the social generational cohort that came of age during World War I."
They have to be on the very back side of the curve then, unless they had you when they were old, like me and my daughter!

Meanwhile, I hear ya - no inheritance for me!
But I will be lucky if I inherit enough to buy a cup of coffee.