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[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems like old = boomers and young = millennials for journalist and a lot of people

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

People are having kids later in life, and the youngest millennials are only ~29.

Millennials are predominantly the children of Boomers, so that’s why these two generations are basing singled out.

Gen-X were called the a Baby Bust generation for a reason; there aren’t enough of them around in order to swap population metrics compared to what came directly before and after.