I am just about to turn 51. Is anyone the voice of my generation?

[LuckyTheDog]

As far as I can tell, nobody, in all this time has emerged as the voice of the late Baby Boomer generation.

Am I wrong?

And, if I am not, then don't you think somebody ought to finally step up?

[DFW]

1. There IS this one guy who will turn 54 this year

He currently lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, although even he admits, "it's a rental."

[LuckyTheDog]

3. You could be right.

Obama might well be it.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. First President in my life that is younger than I am!

I'll be 55 in May.

[LeftofObama]

2. I'll be 53 this year.

I never thought I'd live to see the day I'd be saying I'm 3 months older than the President. He's about the only that I can think of that can represent.

[DFW]

4. I'll be 62 this year

I guess I can't be doing too badly, as an accountant told me to start thinking about what I'll do with my retirement account in a few years. I asked when I could take money out of it without penalty, and he said not before age 59 plus six months, so not for a few years yet. I explained that I would turn 62 this year, and he couldn't believe it. I had met with him in August and he forgot my birth year.

As for voices of my generation, I guess I could choose between Bill Clinton and Bruce Springsteen?

[antiquie]

5. Yeardley Smith?

[A Simple Game]

6. 51? What're you trying to do, rub it in? n/t

[Solly Mack]

7. I'm turning 50 in a few days.

Be your own voice.

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." – Dr. Seuss

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. HAPPY PRE BIRTHDAY! n/t

[Solly Mack]

17. Thank you! :)

[struggle4progress]

8. I think I might have been the voice of the generation for a while, but

IIRC it really didn't pay at that well

Actually it was one of those experimental sort of times of life, so my memory's a bit rusty on most of it

[Baitball Blogger]

11. I'm on the wiping end of the baby boom era.

Too young to enjoy all the good stuff.

However, I will say that old farts like Reagan and Bush I really put a dent in giving the Baby Boomers a voice until Bill Clinton came along. And, Obama may be on the tail end too. I'm not sure if he considers himself part of that generation.

[benld74]

12. 57, the next digit in 9 months

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. Are we taking nominations? How about Rob Schneider?

"Luckythedog, makin' some copies!"

No?
How about Michael Jordon? Conan O'Brien?

[kentauros]

14. How about this young woman?

Wendy Davis

And I'll be turning 53 in a little over a month

[albino65]

15. A generation is a long time

I still think of Bob Dylan as my voice. The Times They Are a Changing, Blowin' In the Wind, and this one:

He speaks to things that still haven't changed and still need work.

[blue neen]

16. How about Jon Stewart?

Also, Ellen DeGeneres.

[surrealAmerican]

18. I, for one, am glad there isn't one.

If our generation did have a "voice", we would probably disagree with most of what it was saying, but people would assume we agreed with it anyway.


Don't be a stereotype: the only voice you need is your own.

[Populist_Prole]

19. Don't worry about it. I just turned 52, but do not consider myself of the baby boom era

Maybe only technically "by the numbers" but culturally I'm an early Gen X-er, as are many of my like aged peers. Plenty speak for us.