Hold up, don't even start with that Boomer-style manufactured nostalgia for Gen X. We know what we lived through, we learned to make our own meaning. We were the generation that specifically said 'we don't need the Disney version.'
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From ‘rock n’ roll’ to TV dinners to ‘the Battle of the Sexes,’ boomers influenced American culture – AP News
The oldest boomers are turning 80 in 2026. How much pop culture do you remember?
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Updated 6:35 AM PST, December 23, 2025
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OK boomers: The oldest of you are turning 80 in 2026, the vanguard of a “rock n’ roll” and “TV age” generation that left an imprint on popular culture like no other.
During the 18 years of the “baby boom” from 1946 to 1964, around 76 million Americans were born. The spike in births was magnified by couples reuniting after World War Two and the postwar prosperity that followed. Better educated and wealthier than previous generations, boomers made popular culture more inclusive and helped grow a consumer-driven economy.
Here are 20 questions to see how well you know — or remember — about the indelible imprint made on pop culture by baby boomers and those who catered to their tastes. No Google or ChatGPT allowed. You don’t have to be a boomer to get them right, but it doesn’t hurt.
1. What was in the first Swanson TV dinner?
2. What two other “junk food” favorites were created by the inventor of the orange, powdered drink Tang?
3. Name all three astronauts who were part of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969?
4. Who is “the cat who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about?”
5. What did Simon and Garfunkel call themselves before adopting their eponymous name?
6. What TV show teased, “The thrill of victory … and the agony of defeat?”
7. What was the name of the feminist magazine activist Gloria Steinem helped found?
8. Actor and martial artist Bruce Lee died just before the release of which of his films?
9. Which girl group did Darlene Love sing for?
10. What was comedian Freddie Prinze’s catchphrase from the 1970s TV show, “Chico and the Man?”
11. In which country did the “Rumble in the Jungle” take place?
12. How many castaways can you name from the TV show “Gilligan’s Island?”
13. What TV sitcom star from the 1970s once washed dishes at a Harlem eatery with Malcolm X?
14. In what city was baby boomer singer Gloria Estefan born?
15. What was the last Beatles album to be released?
16. What legendary TV shows were mainstays on Saturday nights for CBS in 1973 in what some call the greatest network TV lineup ever?
17. In what year did boxer Cassius Clay change his name?
18. What toy became a worldwide sensation when it was popularized by Wham-O in 1957?
19. Who was tennis player Billie Jean King’s opponent in the “Battle of the Sexes?”
20. What was the real name of “Dr. Seuss?”
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Boomerzy od przymusowej służby wojskowej są jak: Chcemy, by kraj przetrwał, ale wolimy siedzieć i zmuszać młodych do niszczenia swojego stanu psychicznego, by stworzyć z nich maszyny do zabijania
Poważnie, fakt jak ludzie neutralni są do tego łamania praw człowieka jakim jest zmuszanie ludzi do wojska jest przerażający
Gen Z boy watched 'Stand by Me' and was shocked by the freedoms Boomers and Gen X took for granted
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gen-z-watches-stand-by-me-reaction
Boomers and Gen Xers share the biggest differences between the early 1980s vs. the late 80s
When you ignore the #GenerationalDivide you are ageist. Your statement is, as you can see from the ongoing thread, worryingly prejudiced. :holycow:
The reality is that I am a victim of old vs. young ageism and like white claims of racism, the racists love to try to play the #Ageist card against me. :thinking:
The culture has to accept that we don't owe the Baby #Boomers anything anymore. We are better off helping young poor and middle class citizens because they have something to give back to civilization. :valid:
A surprisingly balanced take on the #GenerationalDivide inflicted by the #Boomers. :blobcatshrug:
https://reason.com/2025/12/19/was-there-a-woke-war-on-white-millennial-men
These boomers tried caring for parents. Now they have their own aging plans. – The Washington Post
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These boomers tried caring for parents. Now they have their own aging plans.
Baby boomers and Gen Xers are taking steps to ensure their children aren’t left with the financial and emotional toll of caretaking.
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Jocelyn Combs in her Pleasanton, California, home on Dec. 18, surrounded by paintings collected by her parents. (Monique Woo / The Washington Post)7 min, By Shannon Najmabadi
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Jocelyn Combs set up a filing box with her will and trust. She has designated who will have power of attorney, told friends and family where to find her passwords, and begun culling her possessions, save for mementosand other items she’s set aside for her daughter.
She also had an accessory dwelling unit built on her property in Pleasanton, California. A caregiver could live there, she said. Or she could, and rent out her house for extra income.
It’s all part of her aging plan, drawn from the often-overwhelming experience of caring for her own parents — who both lived into their 90s — and one legacy the 76-year-old is adamant about sparing her only child.Combs is still going through boxes of her parents’ belongings years later.
“It was brutal. The emotional toll, the financial toll, all of it,” Combs said. “I’m trying to set myself up to be less of a burden to my daughter.”
Baby boomers and Gen Xers are decluttering their houses, sifting through paperwork and making other end-of-life plans in growing numbers, older adults, andelder law attorneys and financial planners say. Surveys from the National Alliance for Caregiving and advocacy group AARP show 47 percent of family caregivers — mostly caring for aging parents or adults with disabilities — said they had such arrangements this year, up from 42 percent a decade ago. About half the caregivers report financial hardships, including lost income due to depleted savings, because of those responsibilities.
Jocelyn Combs looks through a “next of kin” box, where she’s stored essential documents. (Monique Woo / The Washington Post)“We’re seeing a huge spike in elder care planning,” largely driven by adult children, said Gabriel Shahin, chief executive of Falcon Wealth Planning. “Ten years ago these conversations only happened after a crisis, now they’re happening proactively.”
More people are expected to shoulder caregiving duties as baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — age and lifespans increase. The number of Americans 65 and older is projected to increase more than 30 percent by 2050 — with these older adults making up 1 in 4 Americans by then, compared with about 1 in 10 in the 1980s.
The demographic changes are compounded by shortages of professional caregivers, typically aides or nurses who provide household or medical help that might otherwise fall to family members. Already, the number of family caregivers has increased 45 percent since 2014, according to surveys conducted by the caregiving alliance and AARP. About one-third of family caregivers have been providing that care for five years or more, one of those surveys shows.
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Boomers know something Gen Z can’t experience — the grungy feeling of a brand that dominated your childhood or teen years, then disappeared like your high school crush. They weren’t just items; they were the very real moments. Let us open the memory trunk and relive the 15 legendary brands boomers secretly miss. #brands #oldschoolproducts #boomerfavorites #boomers
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Two men in their 80s take a trip in a self-driving car, and it's an absolute must-watch
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/elderly-tries-self-driving-car
I know people love to blame #Capitalism and #boomers for things as they are today. However, things broke in 1973, years before boomers were truly in control of the economy. Check out this video.
Gen X-ers share the 'scents' they wore in high school and get instantly drenched in nostalgia
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-shares-perfume-choice
A Gen Zer asked Boomers to explain why they come off as 'angry.' They replied with vintage honesty.
@m the worst part is that it's utterly insultung to the intellect of any kid, and the only message this ad teaches is to go #STFUfriday on one's parents, because they're stupid #boomers that #snitch on their own #child!
- Totally undermining any #trust and #safety a #minor may want or need but I guess the #UK prefers #cyberfascism over #TechLiteracy and #MediaLiteracy...
22 forgotten slogans and phrases from commercials that Boomers and Gen Xers will instantly recognize
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