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We hit one third of boomers being dead in the last few days. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Wait... Keanu Reeves if a boomer?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Most 80s/90s actors alive today would be

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

No. He can’t be aged correctly so he has no cohort

[–] stoly@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just looked it up on Wikipedia. He's not really a boomer, neither a Gen X. He's in that transitional few years between generations. In any case, you can make a good argument that he is a baby boomer, depending on where the cutoff dates are.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The cutoff dates are in the image