r/GenerationJones • • Feb 23 '25

What is and who are Generation Jones. Step inside...

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We are a micro-generation of people born roughly between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s, bridging the gap between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. The term was coined by Jonathan Pontell, who argued that this group has a distinct identity shaped by unique cultural and historical experiences that set them apart from the broader Boomer and Gen X cohorts.

We came of age in the 1970s and early 1980s, a time marked by economic shifts, political disillusionment (think Watergate and Vietnam), and a transition from the idealistic '60s to the more pragmatic, individualistic '80s.We were too young to fully participate in the counterculture of the '60s but old enough to feel its aftershocks.

The name "Jones" plays on a dual meaning: "keeping up with the Joneses" (reflecting their aspirations in a consumer-driven era) and a slang nod to "jonesing," suggesting a yearning or craving for the promise of the Boomer youth they just missed out on. Culturally, we grew up with the rise of television, rock music evolving into disco and punk, and the dawn of personal computing.

We're often described as pragmatic idealists—raised on big dreams but tempered by economic recessions and a sense of lowered expectations compared to the Boomers’ post-war prosperity. Think of us a generation that got the tail end of the party but had to clean up the mess.


r/GenerationJones • • Jul 24 '24

Just a friendly reminder from your mods that we are a politics-free zone. There are plenty of subs around reddit to get your politics on. We choose not to engage in those spicy discussions here. Thanks for respecting our decision on this matter. ✌🏼

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r/GenerationJones • • 10h ago

If you know what this is, how to use it, and had a trunk big enough to hold it you are getting pretty old …

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r/GenerationJones • • 17h ago

It's 1975 and you're 10 years old. What's your mom cooking?

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r/GenerationJones • • 1d ago

Remember these Ding Dongs?

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r/GenerationJones • • 20h ago

Susan Saint James R*I*P

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r/GenerationJones • • 6h ago

1963 Generational Cool 😎 they don't make them like they used to.

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r/GenerationJones • • 9h ago

Pretty good job predicting the future there, Mr. Knight.

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r/GenerationJones • • 19h ago

I was in Kindergarten when the Batman T.V. show came out, it was a cultural phenomenon that really excited myself and millions of other children and adults !

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r/GenerationJones • • 16h ago

Today is the Day

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I’m sitting in my empty office. Getting ready for the little Happy Hour gathering with my residents.

I love them and will miss them.

Dropping my keys and phone off tomorrow.

Retirement has pretty much commenced!!!! Happy, but a bit sad.


r/GenerationJones • • 18h ago

Anyone remember Lieutenant Ellis from the TV series UFO?

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She was the Moonbase commander, and pretty easy on the eyes.


r/GenerationJones • • 21h ago

Is it too soon to watch?

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r/GenerationJones • • 1h ago

My work I. D. In 1983

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r/GenerationJones • • 11h ago

Is it live or is it memorex?

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I guess now it’s is it real or is it Ai?


r/GenerationJones • • 10h ago

I Am Stuck On Bandaids!

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r/GenerationJones • • 23h ago

One more…FM converters.

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I wired one up in my dad’s 1978 Chevy Chevette


r/GenerationJones • • 23h ago

My first car had an 8 track. This was one of my first purchases.

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I had both 8 track tapes and cassettes.


r/GenerationJones • • 17h ago

Cup of Sanka, Anyone?

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Those Robert Young TV spots, the little packets of Sanka at the diner...it was either this or Postum if you were into decaf!


r/GenerationJones • • 17h ago

We Got a Thing Going On

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Every. Single. Time.

I open reddit, there's somthing on Generation Jones, and until another Song enters my conscience..it's just me and Mrs Jones.


r/GenerationJones • • 10h ago

found this sub

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born 55

great forum


r/GenerationJones • • 13h ago

Know It All?

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At what age did you stop being a “know it all”? To me there are two phases. First, when you are open minded to listen, and later when you realize how much you still have yet to learn?


r/GenerationJones • • 1d ago

Wore this album out

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r/GenerationJones • • 22h ago

Anyone for Bosco?

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It's 1975 all over again and you just gotta have some chocklit milk! Bosco tv ads were hilarious, especially in other languages.


r/GenerationJones • • 15h ago

WFH vs Full Retirement

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If you could continue to work, and by wfh I mean full remote so you could actually work on some beach in Costa Rica, or would you want to fully dump the whole thing in the bin?


r/GenerationJones • • 8h ago

Really old game show themes

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I got an earworm tonight of a games how theme from the 60s. The show was The Match Game and I didn't realize it had a longer version for radio until I dug up This clip