Most of my friends are of the "Gen X" or "Gen Y" generations. I've never liked those names. They don't really say anything about us. Now, the generation created after WWII got a cool name, "Baby Boomers". We all understand what happened when G.I.'s returned home to their wives after the war. Their generation name is an accurate description.
I'm proposing a new name for 20-40 somethings. This name adequately describes who we are and what we do. I propose that we be called "The Facebook Generation".
Think about it, 20-40 somethings are very wrapped up in what anyone they ever met, went to school with, or have thought about in the past 10 years are up to. We want to know the most mundane of activities. It doesn't matter! We are that interested in each others' lives.
If our children painted a tree in school, we want to know about it. If we just had a chalupa for lunch, we want to know about it. If someone is watching a rerun of "Lost", we definitely want to know about it. We have this unquenchable need for up-to-date information. We want to be "in the know".
Ultimately we care about each other. We miss each other. And, we want to know if the cool kids in our graduating class have gone bald or put on 75 lbs. We are the FaceBook Generation and we are all going to die from Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome. At least we will go to our graves knowing that everyone in our circle was aware that we had spaghetti for dinner.
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