May to Juliana -generation jabbering - part 2

 

I forgot to photograph this one with the stamp - so Juliana sent me this photo. I did have the one below which I will leave in until I see if Blogger is putting up actual photos. Grrr at the glitchiness that's been going on. I like the J - it has a dot - but it's taller than the other letters. 

This is a direct appropriation of an envelope that pops up whenever I look at Pinterest. I hope I come back and find the inspiration envelope and post it for comparison. If not - just go to Pinterest and do a search for  *mail art* and you'll see it.  Now I hope the photo shows up. This one is better than my knock off because all the elements fit together so beautifully. My blue is wimpy. But, I had fun, so that's all that matters.

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We're finally getting back to the naming of the generations - Boomers, GenX, etc - I have so many problems - this is just one list. There is nobody in charge of setting the name or the span of years. There are inconsistencies in lengths of years - which makes the whole thing chaotic.

And it is very disappointing to see that *they* have started with Gen Alpha and next will be Gen Beta. Those are meaningless names. I hope the 21st century kidlets defy being named. As a Boomer - our name made sense. We were named after something that happened. The Baby Boom.

We should not give names to generations until after enough time has passed that we can see what cultural or scientific event had a significant impact on a generation. Sadly, I think we might have to call a bunch of them the TikTok generation. But, I'm not sure who they are. I do not do Tik Tok.

Perhaps there will be an AI generation. Kids who will be growing up where they do not remember a time before AI - or as some of us like to call it - A1 - because the (number one) 1 and the (letter *eye*) I look so much alike. The situation is further complicated by the lower case *el*) l look so much alike. In fact - on my laptop screen - they look exactly alike. I think the top of the 1 has a bit more slant.

Here's the list - which will end this topic.

The way that Millennials might be GenY is also a blunder.

Generations and Their Years

• The Civil War Generation: Born 1845–1864
• The Gilded Age Generation: Born 1865–1882
• The Progressive Era Generation: Born 1883–1900
• The Greatest Generation: Born 1901–1927
• The Silent Generation: Born 1928–1945
• Baby Boomers: Born 1946–1964
• Generation X: Born 1965–1980
• Millennials (Gen Y): Born 1981–1996
• Generation Z: Born 1997–2012
• Generation Alpha: Born 2013–2024
• Generation Beta: Born 2025–2039