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Philip Bump

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Well, "the boom" isn't the same as the generational identifier! So saying "1964 equals Baby Boom" is right in the vernacular. She just wasn't born in the actual boom after which the generation is named. I was just trying to help you save face / share a factoid.

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Tom Wrongbottom 🍦's avatar Tom Wrongbottom 🍦 @wrongbottom.bsky.social
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She relates to both anyhow, if we just ask her.

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Dav Sionnach's avatar Dav Sionnach @davsionnach.bsky.social
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A difference of a few months is exactly the sort of semantic argument that my Silent Generation father would have loved. It would have turned into at least an hour long conversation at some holiday gathering.

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Matt Novak's avatar Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social
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"save face" is a funny way to say you have shamed me in a way that I will never properly recover from

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