Whatever🙄 / GenX loosing our identity now?

That is one of my pet peeves! Boomers have always been '46 to '64 until an author who didn't like being a Boomer, tried to change the dates to "escape the label" as he later admitted. Young Boomers are in every comment section protesting the official '65 to '80 dates set by sociologists and demographers. They cling to that book that in their minds justifies their claiming Gen X. Those dates starting in '60 never stuck. However, over 35 years later, they are still touting that book as a way in. These dates in this subreditt definitely are stretched. I've seen tons of Gen X groups, this group is one of, if not the only, group I've seen that included early 60s. It attracts a lot of younger Boomers because it is one of the only ones. A lot of generational comment sections will have tons of them changing the dates. I've seen as far back as '56. They over take our Gen X groups centering themselves with their nostalgia that we don't relate to. Which creates lots of friction within the group. It also causes confusion as to the real dates for those who are unfamiliar. Which is I'm assuming is their goal. I'm very vocal whenever I see this because I see how it could spill into real life scenarios. Similar to this. I also see a lot of other Xers speaking up.