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[–] bazus1 61 points 2 months ago (4 children)

We're fast approaching that golden age where every president comes standard with PDF creation skills.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, mobile devices aren't "computers", and Gen-X gets ignored so hard it'll likely be skipped right over, and we'll jump immediately into Idiocracy (it's what plants crave).

Although I bet Pete Buttigieg knows how:-).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Harris' birthdate is October 20th 1964, she's pretty much Gen X, having had to deal with the 80s crap as a teenager/young adult, hell, 1965 is the first year for Gen X

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Usually the cusp of Gen-X is 1965, so even she is Boomer/Gen-X

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Douglas Copeland originally defined Gen X as starting ~1960. That tracks with Gen Jones - 1960-1964 - a boomer subset that had a very different experience from that of classic boomers. I have seen Obama described as a Gen X-er and he's older than I am.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Not with their average ages creeping up. It’s the same generation of of people over and over.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

they gotta dtop being 80 for that tho otherwise it'll take another 20 years or so

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

A generation or two ahead and it'll be hard for presidents to operate the holographic interface/brain interface and find typical functions.