Just because something is arbitrary doesn't mean it is meaningless or useless. In this context named generations are useful because they allow us to discuss the experiences of people born at different times. Certainly there are alternatives like going back to dividing things up by decades ("80s kid", "child of the 90s", etc.); however, that doesn't make named generations useless.

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breezybottom 2 days ago | parent [-]

No it doesn't. I have little in common with a Japanese rice farmer born in the same year.

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harimau777 2 days ago | parent [-]

The named generations are generally used in the context of specifically American culture or at least English speaking culture. They were never intended to say you have generational similarity to someone in a completely different culture.

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breezybottom a day ago | parent [-]

So now it only refers to Americans? The arbitrary goal post shifting continues.

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harimau777 a day ago | parent [-]

It's not goal shifting, that's what it has always meant. I'm sorry that you didn't realize that.

	▲	breezybottom a day ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.emerald.com/books/edited-volume/17969/chapter-ab... Wrong.