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by TimMurnaghan 1701 days ago
Nice try millenials. But the boomers grew up in times of lower car ownership and general road traffic - so while there was leaded petrol - the exposure to lead wasn't necessarilly so high. What do we call the generation of around 1980? Late Gen-X? They're probably the ones at most risk.
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> What do we call the generation of around 1980

We call it people born around 1980.

> What do we call the generation of around 1980? Late Gen-X?

Xennials[1]. I've also heard "elder millennial".

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

Ah, my generation! The ones whose video games, at least during our elementary school years, were good enough to be really fun, but also bad enough that we'd eventually get bored of them and go ride bikes or hit each other with sticks or some other healthy activity, all of our own volition.

I remain tentatively skeptical of "saving" features in video games. They may be one of the great social ills of our time. Going back to the beginning if you lose may have been a healthy kind of frustrating.

1883 - 1900 Lost Generation

1901 - 1927 Greatest Generation

1928 - 1945 Silent Generation

1945 - 1963 Me Generation aka. Baby Boomers

1964 - 1980 Generation X aka. Thirteeners

1980 - 1997 Generation Y aka. Millennials

1997 - 2010 Generation Z aka. Centennials