Talk:Baby boom

I wrote the new material and posted most of it to Citizendium. RJJensen 03:47, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

Statistical methodology

User:Conserative's statistical methodology on narcissism is flawed. It does not tell us what boomers thinking was in their 20s, and apparently is trying to comapare the narcissistic attitudes of young adults in the 20s with older, more mature people in their 60s and 70s without disclosing that information. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 15:21, February 21, 2024 (EST)

There are some people who hate the boomers for narcissism and there are boomers who passionately deny it is a narcisstic generation. I lean towards them being narcissistic for various reasons some of which I cited (But I did not include the national debt buildup with subsquent generations having to pay for it). If the USA boomers are narcissistic, it was probably large due to their generation being so big (marketers catering to them, etc) and the USA being very wealthy post WWII for a time by historical standards (USA in the 1950s and 1960s being wealthy and not having too many economic issue until Jimmy Carter). There are other reasons such as the boomers being less religious than previous generations, but those are top of mind in terms of the causes.

With that being said, it's super common for the boomers to be referred to as the "me generation" and to be called narcissistic and I put some footnotes. Regardless, I will put a defense of the boomers in a few minutes regarding the charge of them being narcissistic. Just give me a few minutes. If memory serves, I think I can find something in a few minutes. But I kind of did this already via the millennials and narcissism. Conservative (talk) 15:36, February 21, 2024 (EST)

I found the source I was looking for and included it in the section. Conservative (talk) 15:44, February 21, 2024 (EST)

That's all well and good. Now address the question on your flawed statistical methodology. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 16:46, February 21, 2024 (EST)

I don't want to endless wrangle about the "me generation" issue related to boomers. It is very commonly mentioned in relation to the boomers by historians, sociologists, social commentators, political pundits, etc. It has been mentioned so much that is the first thing that comes to mind concerning boomers when I think of the boomers - besides the moon landing which they also are well-known for.

Now I have given both sides of the boomer/narcissism issue in a concise manner.

If you want to do further research, here are some sources: sociology of boomers narcissism. Conservative (talk) 17:06, February 21, 2024 (EST)

You haven't done diddly jack. You've made an apples and oranges argument, comparing 60-year-old mature adults to 20 year old selfish kids. I assure you, the boomers had the same childish narcissistic attitudes when they were in their 20s.

Is it too much to ask for some clarity? or for you to take a reading comprehension test? RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 17:13, February 21, 2024 (EST)