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 19h ago

Christmas in July, before Walmart there was Sears, and it was glorious !

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r/GenerationJones 9h ago

Acronym Fury

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Does anybody else find the incessant use of acronyms infuriating? Just type it out and stop having people to guess, add to a ridiculous vernacular or having to look it up lol 😆 Grrrrrr


r/GenerationJones 8h ago

27 Foods From the 1970s That Vanished Into Thin Air

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Kaboom Cereal, Snack Pack Pudding in cans and Pizza Wheels are the ones I had the fondest memories of. (What, no Freakies?)


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

We Played For Hours

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r/GenerationJones 16h ago

Do you think that we would have gotten away with half the stuff we did if they had cameras like they do today?

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r/GenerationJones 9h ago

Smash Up Derby made for endless destructive fun

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r/GenerationJones 15h ago

Generation Jones Men - Tell me your Experience

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For guys who have had colonoscopies, Was it fairly fast and easy? I have my yearly exam tomorrow and I am sure that the subject will be brought up again. Was it a day or 2 before everything back to normal? Any complications? TIA!

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Thanks everyone. I will schedule after my yearly physical tomorrow. I hope this encourages other men and women here to do the same. I know I asked men for answer mainly I was interested in male answers since I am a male and there are some small differences in anatomy plus prostrate but was happy to hear female answers also!


r/GenerationJones 17h ago

What YouTube channels do you love? Trying to help my mom get started

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Hi everyone! I'm hoping to get my mom (she's in her 60s) into YouTube, and I'd love to set her up with channels she'll actually enjoy from the start.

What are some of the channels you watch and love? Could be anything: latest news, cooking, gardening, travel, music, crafts, comedy, history, or just learning something new. I really just want to get a sense of what women over 60 on this subreddit are enjoying so I can give her a good starting point.

Thank you so much, this would be really helpful!


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Those TV lines you still use?

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A few moments ago, in response to something, I said to my husband “see the man,” and of course he chuckled. It is a line from the cop show Adam 12 a million years ago. I frequently include such lines, like “I pity the fool…” or “make it so, Number 1.”

What are catchphrases that are in your regular conversation?


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

One Year Ago Today

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I can still remember like it was yesterday. I had made a new friend and went over to his house. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath was blasting from his older brothers room. I asked if he would start the song over. Listened to the whole album 2x. Got the album for myself a couple weeks later. Ozzie was pure gold.


r/GenerationJones 2d ago

One ringy dingy...two ringy dingy...

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Who didn't love Earnestine?


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Where were you?

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My family was able to watch when they took off. My kid brother and I were super excited.


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Funniest Munster Episode

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Marilyn Munster sculpts a bust of her uncle Herman for art class. Her professor takes one look at the photo and loses his mind — he’s convinced he’s staring at the missing link. Actual prehistoric man. So he drags Herman in for a full campus exam.

Herman, meanwhile, has zero clue what’s going on. He thinks he won a modeling contest.

So you’ve got Korman in full stuffy-academic mode, measuring skulls and declaring Herman’s got “enough brains to fill a lard bucket” — and Gwynne just standing there soaking it up like it’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to him.


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

The Zanti Misfits 1963

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The first time I saw this episode in the early 1970s, it totally freaked me out, along with my babysitter. She was really upset. She suffered from entomophobia, which is the fear of insects, and this episode really sent her over the edge.


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Happy Heavenly Birthday Don!

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The best memories.


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Summer morning. You are 10. What do you smell?

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I just made myself a pop tart in the toaster and the smell brought me back to summers as a kid. No school, no rush, living the good life.


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Throwback tv

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r/GenerationJones 2d ago

The Good Humor Man Cometh

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In the summertime, the melodious sound of the ice cream truck coming down the street where you lived, was part of a daily ritual in many parts of Canada and the USA. It was a part of growing up that I really miss today.


r/GenerationJones 1d ago

Glue!! I need GLUE!!

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Maybe this was just a Bay Area thing but does anyone remember this spot with Charley and Humphrey about borrowing without asking?


r/GenerationJones 2d ago

I remember seeing one of these in a bar in the early eighties, there was a huge crowd gathered around it. We thought it was the coolest TV ever, twenty years later they were obsolete and laughable !

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r/GenerationJones 2d ago

Remember When Harvey Wall Bangers Were A Thing

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r/GenerationJones 2d ago

Which was more fun?

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Which was more fun? Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots or Battling Tops?


r/GenerationJones 2d ago

Bacardi Breezers

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O. M. G.

Tastiest thing evah!

Particularly the lime, which, on one unfortunate night, I used to chase tequila shooters.

Ouch. I still remember that and it was in the '80s.