One Question Easy Quiz (MyLot Exclusive #753)
By Greg
@xander6464 (45275)
Wapello, Iowa
November 14, 2021 10:57pm CST
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What Inspired a Generation to Be Named 'Baby Boomers'?
A. The sound babies make when they poop
B. The invention of the atomic bomb
C. A spike in births during and following World War II
D. Because of their behavior
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I have to make a horrible confession. Before I legally changed my age to 27...Which was a big mistake. I'm going to be 30 in only three years and that terrifies me. I should have made it 12. But that's another topic for another day.
Today's topic is my horrible confession and it is this. Prior to my legal age change, I was a Boomer. Baby Boomer, if you want to get all formal about it.
It didn't used to be a shameful thing but then so many people in my old age group...As opposed to my new 27-year-old age group...Started acting like bitter, disgruntled refugees from the 1650's.
That's when, "OK, Boomer," became popular, for very good reason. So, I'm happy to no longer be a Boomer. Even though I never did or said anything to justify anyone saying, "OK, Boomer," to me, I always knew I was being lumped in with them.
It's good to be free.
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What Inspired a Generation to Be Named ‘Baby Boomers’?
https://onthisdateinhistory.net/what-inspired-a-generation-to-be-named-baby-boomers/
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7 responses
@DaddyEvil (152359)
• United States
15 Nov 21
We were born on the edge of the baby boomer generation. I've never considered myself one of them.
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@DaddyEvil (152359)
• United States
15 Nov 21
@xander6464 I've never been "in" the boomer generation, no matter what people say.
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@xander6464 (45275)
• Wapello, Iowa
16 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil The problem is, you can say that til you're blue in the face and no one will believe it.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
17 Nov 21
My group was Xed out of conversations about generations.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
18 Nov 21
@xander6464 That's okay; no one remembers us. Of course, that just means that we can sit and eat popcorn while the Baby Boomers and Millennials argue with each other. 
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@xander6464 (45275)
• Wapello, Iowa
18 Nov 21
So you're Gen X? I'm not even sure which one that is.
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@xander6464 (45275)
• Wapello, Iowa
16 Nov 21
That is true but I'm still glad I changed my age.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Nov 21
baby boomer??? Aren't you a WW 1 vet?????????????????
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@FayeHazel (40231)
• United States
15 Nov 21
Ha ha, I like your quiz. I'm going to go with C. Final answer.
If it makes you feel any better they are deeming the elder millennials a micro-demographic of our own - but they're calling it "geriatric millennial" ha.
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@xander6464 (45275)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Nov 21
@FayeHazel I can't tell you what it is on MyLot.
I'm thinking a line of lingerie printed with clever come-backs could shut down the whole "geriatric" thing.
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@xander6464 (45275)
• Wapello, Iowa
16 Nov 21
That's a good guess. I hope you like the prize.
This is the first time I've heard of that. Nobody ever tells me nothin'.
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@FayeHazel (40231)
• United States
22 Nov 21
@xander6464 Ha ha, ok, what is the prize?
Yeah I was delighted to have my own micro-demigraphic.... then they call me a geriatric. Yeah Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks....
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@RebeccasFarm (95312)
• Arvada, Colorado
15 Nov 21
You are a proud Boomer no matter what they say..so am I.
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@xander6464 (45275)
• Wapello, Iowa
16 Nov 21
Well, yeah. But I'm still glad I changed my age.
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