bradenslen
bradenslen

Okay so which Generation was it that wore ultra baggy jeans with their bottom, half or all, sticking out?

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smokey
smokey

@bradenslen Late X, early Y, I think.

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matpacker
matpacker

@bradenslen @smokey is on the money, late X early Y. It was an interesting fashion choice, I’m sure it’ll come back again, it sort of is now, with the amount of flesh on show

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bradenslen
bradenslen

@smokey @matpacker Yikes, I forgot there was a Generation Y! If those poor kids ever run for office, somebody will trot those photos out of them with their butt hanging out. Boomers like me can't really talk because we had flaired bell bottom pants and platform boots in the 1970's that we have to live down. #freedomrock

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odd
odd

@bradenslen @smokey @matpacker I get confused with the generation names, and they are not even the same length. Isn’t GenY and “Millennials” almost the same, btw?

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bradenslen
bradenslen

@odd I'm with you, I can never keep them straight.

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matpacker
matpacker

@odd @bradenslen @smokey you might be right, at least according to Wikipedia 😉

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smokey
smokey

@matpacker @odd @bradenslen “Sagging” I believe the trend was called (it came to me in my sleep last night 😝)

For some reason I’d thought Millenials were Generation Z, but I guess not. (The whole X, Y, Z system reminds me of those Latinate placeholder names for the later- and transactinides; for whatever reason, X never got renamed with a real name 😜)

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kitt
kitt

@smokey named for the book, so, can't really rename that generation, can we? ;)

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odd
odd

@smokey Yes, sagging. The pants that were cut for that effect, we called “saggebukser“. (Saggy pants). Apropos Generation Y. (The source seem to not have it online).

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matpacker
matpacker

@smokey hahaha sagging!

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smokey
smokey

@kitt I suppose since it took 30-some years to come up with that name to begin with… ;-)

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kitt
kitt

@smokey the book was published in 1991, so, maybe fewer? :)

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smokey
smokey

@kitt Yes, though I suppose it also depends on what start date you take for Gen X. I’m guessing the place I saw use 30 for nameless years was either taking an earlier start date…or rounding 😂

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