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Miscellaneous | Opinion
“Reality Is Submerged in Fantasy”: The Villages Is a Boomer’s Utopia—And Demographic Time Bomb
Florida’s Trump-loving retirement community was meticulously created “to make boomers in particular feel comfortable and happy,” as Philip Bump writes in his forthcoming book, ‘Aftermath.’ But behind its idyllic façade lurks a crisis that the V
Miscellaneous | Interesting stories
Why People Born 1955–1964 Aren’t Baby Boomers
Ode to Generation Jones: punks, yuppies, but never hippies
Entertainment | Entertainment News!
Tony Dow, 'Leave It to Beaver' star, has died
Tony Dow, an actor and director best known for portraying Wally Cleaver on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," died Wednesday morning, according to his manager Frank Bilotta, citing Dow's son Christopher. He was 77.
Entertainment | Entertainment
Dwayne Hickman death: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis star dies aged 87
Actor died on Sunday due to complications from Parkinson’s disease
Humor | Humor
Boomers Got the Vax - SNL
A group of boomers (Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim, Melissa Villaseñor, Kyle Mooney) sing about ...
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Gross Foods Baby Boomers Won’t Let Die - Daily Choices
Thanks for nothing, baby boomersThanks to baby boomers, we have 25 of the worst foods of all time. Baby boomers describe the people who were born in the 15-year-period following WWII. Many people were celebrating prosperity and economic security during th
News | News
Millennials only hold 3% of total US wealth, and that's a shockingly small sliver of what baby boomers had at their age
When boomers were roughly the same age as millennials are now, they owned about 21% of America's wealth, compared to millennials' 3% share today.
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Revised Guidelines Redefine Birth Years and Classifications for Gen X, Millennials, and Generation Z
The age ranges and birth years for Generation Z are now included with Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers in Pew Research's official generational definitions.
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Faith Salie on the Gen Z putdown "OK, Boomer"
For the young people of Generation Z, who have inherited from their elders a world full of rising waters, disappearing species, crippling debt and crumbling ...
Music | Music
Ringo Starr on his new album, missing John Lennon and never growing old
“What’s My Name,” the 20th solo studio album by Ringo Starr arriving Friday, the 79-year-old continues to pad his two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer résumé.
Entertainment | Celebrities!
Ron Howard proves he can still expertly skip stones down at the fishin' hole
The Andy Griffith Show star shows off his Opie skills on Instagram.
Miscellaneous | Opinion
Why millennials will miss Boomers when they're gone
Millennials mock Boomers as out-of-touch reactionaries. But we have lost a way of thinking they pioneered
Travel | Travel
South Dakota’s Flintstones Theme Park Has Been Demolished | Mental Floss
The roadside attraction, which first opened in the '60s, has been demolished. There's good news, though: The Arizona location will be reopened soon for a limited run.
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The New Old Age | The Walrus
Longevity is now our reality. Are we ready for it?
Music | Music News
How we made Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild
It soundtracked the counterculture in Easy Rider – and ended up being played on the moon and Mars
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New Guidelines Redefine Birth Years for Millennials, Gen-X, and 'Post-Millennials'
And one generation was erased completely.
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Generation X needs to save America from millennials
Though one of its own sits yet again in the White House, the baby-boom generation, 78 million strong, is finally preparing to depart the scene. Theirs is a 40-year legacy of war, debt and cultural …
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How Old is "Old"? The Answers Vary by Age | Money
Definitions of "old" and "young" vary depending on your age, a new study by U.S. Trust shows.
Music | Music
Hey Hey, My My: Aging Rock Fans Still Hold Their Lighters High
Rock ’n’ roll will never die, at least not as long as a generation that once said it mistrusted anyone over 30 keeps trekking to concerts.
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10 Dangerous Toys from Decades Past (and the Commercials That Sold Them) | Mental Floss
Baby Boomers are a hardy bunch. They rode in cars that weren’t equipped with special toddler seats, walked to and from school without being electronically tethered to their parents, ate lunches filled with allergens and preservatives, played with toys that would be quickly pulled from shelves today, and still persevered to become the largest living generation of the U.S. population.
Entertainment | Entertainment
What Happened to the Original Batmobile?
In 1966, George Barris purchased a 1955 experimental Lincoln Futura for $1. In 2013, he sold it for $4.6 million. So where is it now?
Entertainment | Entertainment News!
10 Totally Trippy Kid's TV Shows From The 1960s - Neatorama
(Image Link)The Sixties will always be known as an extremely exciting and interesting era, and with all the interesting and exciting things going on in the world kid's TV shows tried to keep things interesting as well.Some shows played on the world's obse
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14 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About 'Bewitched'
Sony Pictures TV recently green-lighted a pilot for a revamped version of the supernatural classic sitcom Bewitched. The new show will feature Samantha’s granddaughter, who is also a witch but who finds her magic useless when it comes to finding true love. For those who truly loved the original series, here are 14 fun facts about the show and the actors that might surprise you.
