WASHINGTON DC — In a move that has shocked employees around the world, Joe Biden announced today that he would be stepping out of the presidential race, making it the first time in recorded history that an ageing boomer has ever retired in order to let a younger person take their job. “Folks, I’ve had […]
  • ansiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    4 months ago

    Biden isn’t a boomer, he’s from the generation before, the silent generation.

    • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      When informed that he predated the Boomer generation by four years, Biden explained that taking a title away from a younger generation “is actually the most Boomer thing one could do, so it still counts!”

      Kamala Harris was quick to assure ageing employees across America that she, while younger, was also technically a boomer.

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      4 months ago

      Kamala, OTOH, is a boomer. She was born in 1964, and generally the Boomer generation is defined as 1946-1964.

      The generations of the presidents are interesting. Kennedy (1917), Johnson (1908), Nixon (1913), Ford (1913), Carter (1924), Reagan (1911) and Bush Sr. (1924) were all “greatest” generation presidents. Clinton (1946), Bush Jr. (1946), Obama (1961) and Trump (1946) were all Boomers. Biden was the first (and presumably last) silent generation president (1925-1945).

      There’s also a weird clustering of ages. Nixon and Ford were both 1913. Carter and Bush Senior were both 1924. Clinton, Bush Jr. and Trump were all 1946.

      There has never been a Gen X president, and until Biden, never a silent generation president. If Kamala wins, it makes me wonder if Gen X is going to be skipped over the way Silent was. If she wins and serves 2 terms, she’ll be out of office at 68 in 2032. The youngest possible Gen X candidate at that point will be 53, and maybe people will start skipping right to Millennials.