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[โ€“] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

I think the original nickname was the Baby Bust Generation, as birth rates severely tanked following the Baby Boom period of โ€˜45 - โ€˜65.

As a result, they never out numbered the preceding generation, and were pretty quickly overtaken in population by Millennials/Gen Y (kids of Boomers).

Basically, the reason theyโ€™re ignored is because they never had sufficient power to make as drastic an impact on society as their surrounding generations.