What is the Silent Generation?

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Who is the Silent Generation? This is the generation that comes after the Greatest/G.I. Generation and before the Baby Boomers. Learn about the origin of the name Silent Generation, why it (silence) might be true for some, some other characteristics of the Silent Generation, Silent Generation birth years events they experienced, different aspects of their early life including new technology and music at the time and more.
Now, I want to note that some of the events I discuss seem more geared to one end of the generation or the other. Some major events surrounding this time seem more fitting for the cusp time with the G.I.s/Greatests and the Boomers. The time period which probably is most relevant to the generation as a whole is the 1950s when the youngest members of the Silent Generation would have been 5-15 and the oldest would have been in their 20s to 30s. In terms of conflict, the Korean War (and of course, Cold War as a whole), along with the space race and Civil Rights Movement were relevant. After the beginning, I moreso tried to talk about the things they experienced rather than what specifically might have defined them as the generation doesn’t appear to be centered around a specific event as a whole though if we were to choose one, it might be their experience of being children of the Great Depression and WWII or the beginning of the Cold War.
I think a good summary of silents is they kept their heads down and played by the rules and it worked out for many of them. While some did well, they didn’t tend to live very extravagant lives. Also, some Silents were more involved in some big changes than you would think!
If you would like to see any of these topics covered more in-depth or would like to hear more about the Silents, let me know.
Also check out some of my other videos:
My General Video on the Generations: • What Are the Generations?
How Generation Birth Years Work: • Generation Birth Years...
Most Popular Names in Each Generation: • Most Popular Names in ...
Slang Over the Years: • Slang Over the Decades...
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Origin of the Name Silent Generation and Quotes on Their Silence
03:14 Silent Generation Characteristics (Traits)
03:32 Not All Silents are Silent (A few examples of outspoken Silents)
03:56 If Silent, Why? Reasons the Silent Generation Might Be Silent
04:01 Parenting Style / Childhood
04:33 Size of Generation
04:57 Childhood instability (WWII/Great Depression)
05:12 McCarthyism
06:10 Silent Generation Birth Years
07:36 Silent Generation Events
07:43 The Great Depression
08:22 The Dust Bowl
08:44 WWII (and related)
09:47 The Cold War
10:40 Korean War
10:54 The Space Age / Race
11:36 The Vietnam War
12:30 The Civil Rights Movement
13:15 1960s (Other Events)
14:08 Silent Generation Tech & “Newish Things”
14:38 Phones
15:01 Cars/Automobiles
15:32 Television
16:33 The Silent Generation and Technology today
17:28 Family and Relationships
18:28 Education
19:15 Work
20:54 Finances / “The Lucky Few”
22:24 Other Topics (Youth Culture, Music Dance)
24:13 Bloopers

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10 июн 2024

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@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Do you know someone from the Silent Generation? Do you think they are "silent"? Share this video with a friend: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VShMwJNjB_Y.html

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

@Magicstar123 4 Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it and were able to get something out of it :) Of course, individual experiences can vary but I agree in thinking it's neat to learn a little more about the world our grandparents grew up in.

@carljohnson7168 3 года назад

All my grandparents were silents, born in the 1930s. Oh and my grandad was born in the year of the cookie :)

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

@@carljohnson7168 That is neat, Carl! How funny. Thanks for the comment!

@Ravenesque19 3 года назад

My mother is from the silent generation. She is silent in many ways. She only wants to blend in. She has no opinion of her own but she will agree with everyone else's even if their opinions differ. The list goes on and on.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

@@Ravenesque19 That is interesting! So she does fit the stereotype. Going along with the group is something many (probably especially women) have made a habit of, it is the "safe" option. There are a couple people I know from that generation who I feel used to be more that way but seem to have sort of found their voice (I guess is a way to put it) in more recent years.

@vassilyvodka2638 3 года назад

My Grandpa was born in 1928 in Yugoslavia. Survived the great depression, fought in WW2 as a partisan. He worked his life till the day he died. He didn't really care about money. He enjoyed the little things in life. He was my hero and will always be

@boxingmotoman 3 года назад

Same :)

@deasyastarr 2 года назад

I love this🥺❤️

@aeryinaviolet 2 года назад

Gratitude to your grandfather. The partisans were incredibly brave.

@vassilyvodka2638 2 года назад

@@aeryinaviolet thank you Rosie. I really appreciate your words. Wish you a great weekend

@rosieeva5222 3 года назад

The silent generation was such an interesting time

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

It was!

@denisesiddon7241 3 года назад

Definitely. Was just before the boomers changed everything and spoilt it with greed

@TheLastMillennials 3 года назад

@@denisesiddon7241 ha

@denisesiddon7241 3 года назад

I'm gen x and greed had already been there before I was Yuppies are boomers

@2010HarleyDynaFXD 3 года назад

My mom and dad is born in the Silent Generation I'm what they call a Xennial lol. I would consider The Silent Generation the hardest workers ever! They are lucky to live the muscle car era.

@razvandobos9759 3 года назад

My other grandfather was born the beginning of the silent generation in 1928. He served in Korea as a Army scout, and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He sadly passed away November 2013 at age 85. I was his only grandson. He loved me so much

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Sorry to hear that

@TheLastMillennials 3 года назад

My grandfather was part of the greatest generation

@Talltrees84 2 года назад

I thank him for his service. My father died at the age of 89 in early 2021. He was old enough to serve in Korea but he was stationed in France (no North Korean stepped foot in France LOL). I was too young and missed Vietnam and by the time I reached draft age the draft had ended.

@chainsawmack 2 года назад

Razvan, what do you remember about your Granddad? Did you seem to have similar interests etc?

@patmelton43 Год назад

1928 qualifies for the greatest generation,

@fordmercuryman 2 года назад

My grandparents were of the silent generation. Because my dad was a single dad and had to work, my grandparents raised me for the most part. I have alot of ideals instilled in me, I have never fit in with people of my age. My work ethics, traditional views, etc I attribute to it being raised by this generation.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

The people who raise us can certainly have an impact on us!

@tfh5575 Год назад

my grandma is a silent (born in ‘42) and she raised me. she def fits the stereotype and i noticed these traits about her when i was very young. she kept her head down and worked hard, wasn’t super curious about how things worked, and she never questioned authority. she wasn’t allowed to touch the telephone in her own home when she was a kid. she ended up married at 15. and she wasn’t some village girl. she was born and raised in a large city. so much has changed.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Thanks for sharing, it is crazy how much things have changed!

@piobmhor8529 3 года назад

My dad graduated from high school in 1947 and would fit into this “Silent Generation”. He was too young for WW2 but I do believe that had he been old enough, he would have volunteered as he was a very proud and patriotic man. He joined the Canadian Army at the beginning of the Korean War but his unit was not deployed. Being that he grew up during the Great Depression and was a teenager during WW2, he was definitely careful with money and rather risk-averse when it came to investing (lessons learned from the Great Depression no doubt). He instilled in us a strong work ethic, family was everything and always give more than you take. Education was very important with a high emphasis on post-secondary studies. As a result, most of my brothers as well as myself served in the Military, obtained at least one degree and became dedicated family men. We lost him in 2010, and I miss him every day.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing, I'm sorry for your loss.

@davidmacfarlane4761 3 года назад

It's weird to think that as a millennial born in the early 1980's, less than 20 years before my birth the youngest Silents had not yet quite reached legal adulthood.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

That is an interesting thought!

@Reach2929 11 месяцев назад

My father was born in 1929. He doesn’t speak unless spoken to. He find’s power in his silence.

@erichamilton3373 Год назад

Most of the people baby boomer rebels looked up to were Silent Generation: the Beetles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan--all Silent Generation. Most parents of Gen X were also Silents. They were the ones getting all the divorces in the 70s.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Definitely! Often the next generation is influenced by the previous one

@t_nicki 3 года назад

People from the silent generation are just amazing

@jijnietweten2757 3 года назад

I grew up with my grandma who is born in 1922 and still lives today at a senior house but she still with us i learned a freaking lot of her especially values as selfrespect and knowing better then getting mad /upset etc #stayhumble

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

That is great you got to grow up close to your grandma and were able to learn things from her! Those sound like good values.

@jijnietweten2757 3 года назад

Yes i learned so much about her she was born in aachen in nazi times and allways when i was sad or mad she used to remind me lucky we are just to have our freedom 💯❤

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

@@jijnietweten2757 Definitely puts things in perspective! Good reminder :)

@flanative6668 2 года назад

Women in Florida were chattel until about 1968. Had to have husband sign for a woman to get a drivers license. Women couldn't own stuff, the husband owned it all, he also owned the woman, she was his property. Women of the silent generation fought to get rid of that horrible law. Many men of the silent generation realized that was a bad law and also were moved to change it.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing, good they changed that!

@Talltrees84 2 года назад

In much of the nation a man could legally rape his wife if she did not submit willingly. If these were the good old days some speak fondly of it better we left them behind.

@markr.devereux3385 Год назад

I'm sure what you are saying is somewhat true however the silent generation seemed bigoted and full of themselves. The boomers pretty much ended. the racism and sexism in the American culture. My cousin went to a desegregated school in the 60s and had the worst things to say about blacks and used the n*word constantly. One thing I do acknowledge is the silent generation kicked off the early FLOWER POWER VEGETARIAN and PSYCHEDELIC movement. And ROCKNROLL.

@jordanisahit 3 года назад

I am so surprised at how informative and the vast source material used for this video. You got a subscriber here!

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thank you for the appreciation Jordan! :)

@cartwrightworm1317 Месяц назад

My dad and his sister were late Silent members. They keep talking about how they survived the Great Depression even though they were born in 1939 and 1942. I’m sure that they weren’t wealthy but they didn’t suffer through the Depression. They love to talk about how hard they had to work and how my generation (Gen X) is spoiled. They forget that they didn’t serve in WW2, Korea or Vietnam. They also eventually worked and lived in the most prosperous time in history. Meanwhile I have a master’s degree and work in retail. So I roll my eyes about how they wear their “poverty” as a badge of honor.

@TheGenerations1 Месяц назад

Interesting! People over a certain age I think are (maybe were/used to be) more prone to... mislead/tell falsehoods, partly because we didn't used to have the ability to fact check many things at the tip of our fingers. I suppose maybe sometimes they didn't really know themselves. But I feel ya - that attitude coming from any generation to another can be really annoying! Especially when it doesn't seem to be wholly rooted in fact.

@denisesiddon7241 3 года назад

These older generations are fascinating. Much different times

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

I think so too!

@saanvibahri2048 2 года назад

You honestly deserve more subs, I’m gonna share this with people

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thanks so much Saanvi!

@coinfrog2566 2 года назад

Underrated channel, very informative and also kinda funny!

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thank you skrt skrt 🤗

@JacksonC-8000 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this great video! Both of my grandmother's recently passed and I started to notice so many similarities between our upbringings despite the technological divided. I've always had a fascination with generations like you do. Thank you for your respect towards them!

@TheGenerations1 4 месяца назад

Thank you :) And I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother passing - that is hard!

@sweetcoolluvaboy 11 месяцев назад

My grandparents were from Puerto Rico and Cuba. I grew up in Key West. They were not silent. On the contrary they were full of life and lived it to the fullest. I miss them dearly. They were the best growing up.

@TheGenerations1 11 месяцев назад

@Michaela1942 3 месяца назад

I was born in February of 1942. I was a military "brat" and learned "duty, honor, courage, early. Also, the "children should be seen (sometimes) and not heard" thing was big in my family. So, I may have had some of The Silent Generation traits, but I was always an activist doing a lot of work in the anti-war and civil rights area. I also have questioned the heck out of authority - especially if authority meant Richard Nixon or Donald Trump. I know a lot of people my age and older who are the same. So, perhaps, we're called The Silent Generation, but we've had our time to speak out.

@user-nu4um2gr3d 3 месяца назад

I'm generation X and it's very embarrassing I still live with my mom and get violent with my co workers

@TheGenerations1 3 месяца назад

I do think this is consistent with some I know as well :)

@TheGenerations1 3 месяца назад

@@user-nu4um2gr3d Sorry to hear that! At least feel reassured that it's not uncommon to live in a multi-generational household again. Hopefully you can work on the violence and your source of frustration

@matthewgallant3622 Год назад

My grandfather was born in 1937, and technically is of the silent generation. This does fit his personality also, he chose to join the national guard instead of the army, which was less risky. He got married to his high school sweetheart my grandmother and they’re still married today. He worked hard his whole life, had 3 kids in the early to mid 60s and was always fairly conservative but again, kept quiet and went to work. I truly admire the greatest generation above all others but I also admire my grandfathers who sacrificed and were thrifty and cared only to watch their kids do well.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Definitely! It sounds like things worked out for him :)

@mfsusanoo7238 2 года назад

Very informative (Also you have the chillest vibe, subbed lol)

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

thank you! :)

@MrSupersonic2012 5 месяцев назад

My only remaining grandparent, my grandpa was born in the silent generation. He'll be 90 next year and thankfully is in good health for his age.

@TheGenerations1 5 месяцев назад

That's great! What do you think has led to his good health?

@MrSupersonic2012 5 месяцев назад

@@TheGenerations1 Most likely just taking good care of himself. He eats pretty healthy, he stopped smoking at a young age. Hardly ever drinks, only time I see him drink is at 4th of July. Also I think staying active and busy has helped kept him in good shape physically and mentally. He retired 3 times. Gramps went back to work twice while I was growing and only finally retired a couple years before Grandma passed away. And even after she passed and he grieved he kept going and enjoying life and spending time with his children, grandkids, and great grandkids. He even got remarried a while back after grandma had been gone for over a decade.

@joebaumgart1146 2 года назад

I like the idea of this channel, and think you're doing a great job.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@fernandojam5558 Год назад

Loved the video! really informative, greetings from El Salvador!

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Thanks Fernando :)

@razvandobos9759 3 года назад

Famous Silent Geners are Bill Withers, Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Saddam Hussein, Joe Biden, Rob Grill, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jim Morrison, Debbie Harry (born the very end of the silent generation, 1945), Johnny Cash, Bernie Sanders, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Ringo Starr, John Williams, Julian Glover, Smokey Robinson, Brian Wilson, Henry Wrinkler, Frankie Valli, and many more. Rock n roll was invented by the Silent Generation,

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Lots of good musicians!

@razvandobos9759 3 года назад

@@TheGenerations1 oh and Morgan Freeman!

@Vasileva85 2 года назад

Grandmother was born in Bavaria, during 1935. Immigrated to the States after WWII. She was extremely quiet, reserved, self-sufficient, and thrifty- paranoid too. She definitely fit the stereotypes. Part of her reservation was holding off motherhood until 1965. Grandfather was Greatest, mom is X, and I’m Xennial. It’s incredibly fascinating growing up in a family that doesn’t have any Boomers.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

So many do seem to fit the stereotypes! That is interesting to grow up in a family without Boomers. I've got a lot of those in my family! lol

@SDS-ee9js 3 года назад

love this thank you so much!

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thanks :)

@mikesteelheart Год назад

The Silent Gen's that didn't experiece the brunt of The Great Depression are probably the luckiest people as a whole in world history... Too young for WWII, too old for Vietnam. They grew up in the idyllic 40's and 50's small town America with baseball games, sunday church, and homecooked meals. They started their young adult life in the 60's and got to experience the heyday of every profession before all the regulations and extra competition all the way into the 90's. They got to experience a lot of the greatest achievements in American history like The Moon Landing and technology made their lives easier every decade. Their property values increased exponentially every decade. They made their money in the wild west old American economy but retired and got to invest their money on a computer in the global economy.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Yes, there is variation in experience, but there were advantages for many for being born around this time! Thanks for the comment :)

@paul3734 9 месяцев назад

Good video, I dig the skits! This is a fairly niche topic, likely standing in the way of further growth

@TheGenerations1 9 месяцев назад

Thank you 😀 And thanks for feedback, I have wondered if that could be the case

@paul3734 9 месяцев назад

@@TheGenerations1 For context, I was brought here because my dad was born in 1942, I'm in my 30's - that tells you how long he waited to have kids lol. This video was super helpful in coloring some of that in for me, so I appreciate you making this!

@TheGenerations1 9 месяцев назад

Older parents are becoming common but your dad is up there lol! I am glad the video was helpful :) It can definitely be nice to try to better understand those in our lives because their experiences were quite different.

@Eazy-ERyder 8 месяцев назад

Silent generation usually begins with births from 1929 to about 1945-46. I have no idea what they even did but the one before it was just THAT - the greatest! Produced our great Civil Rights leaders and legendary WW2 heroes.

@Talltrees84 2 года назад

So much of what you said matches my parents to a tee. Father passed away in early 2021. While many may not have remembered the Depression or WWII personally (unless they were born at the start of this generation), they would have been influenced by what their immediate family told them about these events. My mom was 12 and my dad 14 when WWII ended. They witnessed all the pos-war history from then to now. Based on what I have seen with my parents, especially my father, I would have to say the main driving factor in their lives, behaviors and attitudes, was fear. Fear of another Depression, fear of another global war, fear of stepping out of line and having your name on a Blacklist or in a file, fear, fear, fear. Perhaps a little bit of fear will keep you from doing stupid or reckless things, too much of it or it running your life cannot be a good thing. I have read they are about 7% of the population as of 2020. In the next five years they will largely be gone. Like all generations they have their strong and weak points. I was hoping my generation (X) would have taken society to a much better place socially, politically, environmentally, etc. than they did. I am hoping the post-X generations will complete the task but there is a lot we call can do regardless of age and it is perhaps asking too much for one generation or two to completely undo the damage done by older ones (climate change being a big one). Regards.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Sorry for your loss! Thanks for sharing. Yes, I think it would be nice if I could talk to some Silents on here since they won't be around forever :/ Good point about the fear, I do think that is a motivator for many and I also hope the world will move in a positive direction going forward

@Talltrees84 2 года назад

@@TheGenerations1 Thank you. It will move forward, backward or stay put only if we let it. The "we" being all of us currently alive or will be alive. Never too young or old. Purchasing an electric vehicle and switching your electric provider to one with a renewable portfolio would go a long way to decarbonizing the economy.

@jakubpociecha8819 3 года назад

Fun fact: In 2012, all Silents were under 85

@EmpireTutoringCompany 5 месяцев назад

What is it now?

@implespaynter 2 года назад

This is a really great video!

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thanks, I appreciate it :)

@merkury06 3 года назад

Both my parents were born at each end of the Silent Generation. Me I'm a Gen X. BTW this is a great synopsis, more people should see this.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@CeceKruchkoSmith 3 месяца назад

I had to turn on cc to hear what you said describing between the _____ gen and Boomers. Greatest generation? Now I have to find out what that was.

@43zzz63 3 года назад

This was educational, thanks! ^_^

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thanks :)

@lordunbug1592 2 года назад

I very much enjoyed that.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Glad to hear it 😊

@kenjo9885 3 года назад

So Good

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@vaya-dragon1998 6 месяцев назад

All of my grandparents were born in the Silent Generation.

@loqmanredhwan9812 Месяц назад

Same with mine, Father's side born in 1936 and 1935. Mother's side born in 1928 and 1932.

@chainsawmack 2 года назад

Hi! Thank you for your info, very interesting to me! Have you ever read Fourth turning by Neil Howe?

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

H, thanks! I am familiar with it and have read excerpts and watched videos and listened to interviews with Howe and/or Strauss but haven't fully read that book!

@chainsawmack 2 года назад

@@TheGenerations1 I love your creative documentaries on this subject. What do you think about Howes theory of recurring generations every 85 years? For example, they argue Gen Z's archetype is very similar to the Silent Generation. What could Gen Z communicate with their archetype? Ive wondered has anyone has documented this specifically? Perhaps a set of interviews between these generations? For example, I went to Army boot camp recently with a lot of early Gen Z. They deflect compliments, never take credit, always seem to listen more than talk. So does my Silent G grandma! Nothing like me or my millenial Gen, Gen X, nor Boomers. Good or bad whatever, but I just thought it was wild to be witness to this somewhat eerie similarity! What are your thoughts?

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

@@chainsawmack Thank you, I appreciate it! I definitely find the theory interesting and think there may be something to it. Would be worth exploring more. Thanks for sharing your experience with those specific examples as well. I have considered interviewing people and may do that sometime.

@dearmamajj 7 месяцев назад

Informative thank you! I’m in Canada. Do you have a TikTok?

@TheGenerations1 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! I had made one, but I have already forgotten my handle 😅I do hope to get more active on everything again by the end of the year, though 😀 I'll try to remember to share here once I'm posting there again!

@mztweety1374 Год назад

My grandma and her sisters were part of the silent generation ...❤they weren’t all that silent bless their hearts.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

😂❤ thanks for sharing

@senorswordfish6019 3 года назад

Here before your channel starts exploding in subs!

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Haha thanks :)

@mrbobgaming5223 4 месяца назад

Who about my generation my generation! Gen gennn generation!!

@kimberlyn.2096 Год назад

My mother was born in 1923. She was an extremely private person. My father was not “ as silent” but still fits that mold perfectly. They were wonderful people❤️

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Your mom would actually typically fall into the Greatest Generation! (Most likely you dad too considering the time period 😛) . I need to make some greatest gen content! They're close to the silents though, so it makes sense they would have some things in common, especially since earlier ideas about the Silent Generation really were based off people closer to their age than some of what we would consider members of the generation today. I'm glad you have good memories of them :)

@petercdowney Год назад

An example of someone from the Silent Generation is the actor Tobin Bell (born 1942). He's the first example that comes to mind, for me at least.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Interesting choice! Lol true, though

@MrSacman88 11 месяцев назад

Well done. I'd recommend that you use a microphone so you don’t sound like you're talking from inside a well. Some words are difficult to distinguish.

@TheGenerations1 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback!

@jrsmith1998 2 года назад

Very well put together with good information :) And you’re a cutie

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thanks!

@flanative6668 2 года назад

The silent generation were raised hearing frequently, "Children should be seen and not heard." "Respect your elders." "Don't speak unless spoken to." Those were common sentences during those times. And a sassy mouth could get you a slap in the mouth.

@3rdStoneObliterum Год назад

In other words they were raised during psychiatrically sick times and then they passed on that psychiatric sickness to their children. No wonder American society is so screwed up

@implespaynter 2 года назад

These video are great! Can you do one for millennials? Late 80’s early 90’s?

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thank you! Yes, hopefully soon :)

@abhishekrai2373 2 года назад

Damn they had no screens they used to go out and enjoy so many activities and zoomers are just stuck at home 😢

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

These times are certainly different in a lot of ways. There are still some outdoor activities people can enjoy though! And I'm sure it helped to not have distractions (if you want to go outside) though other things factor in too

@theultimatereductionist7592 6 месяцев назад

I was born in 1964. I intend to solve and reverse death, reverse engineer all alien technology, & achieve longevity escape velocity using a massive ton of differential algebra (my particular area of research) applied to a massive ton of physical technology. So, I intend to be in the first generation that conquers death, or at least makes the very first successful stab at it.

@TheGenerations1 6 месяцев назад

I think there has been some progress in finding ways to increase longevity - I guess we will see with the rest!

@anacom4238 Год назад

Most of them were severely abused growing up so it explains their being withdrawn and afraid to rock the boat.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Yes, unfortunately, this was the case a lot of the time! Worth mentioning

@sarahjrobinson9792 3 года назад

My Mum and Dad where born 1941 and 1943.. Great parents, played it safe in life.. Lol.. My Grand parents born 1912, where very different. I was born 1980..

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Interesting! I like hearing everyone's experiences. Thanks for the comment

@TheLastMillennials 3 года назад

Damn

@marmeedoll 23 дня назад

We were born because our mothers wanted it so, but our mothers were not in charge. Many of us were the result of the girlfriends and wives seeing that the war in Europe (1939 to 1945) would take their men. For better or worse the women wanted a baby from their guys before the men went to war. The women were fearful that their men might not return. The war did not draw us in until 1941, but everyone knew it was coming. Then the hard stuff started: the women had to go live with their in-laws or their parents. Our grandmothers were in charge, not our mothers. We were raised by single moms who had no authority, even if we had fathers who loved and would be glad to live with our moms. In that respect, we knew the older folk's admonition: children should be seen and not heard. We were more like the children who grew up in the Great Depression. I was on a subsistence farm. My wife's father taught math for room and board at a small college. We did what was necessary. My wife, a Smoky Mountain girl, was also a Silent. Her stories when we met matched mine perfectly. Although she did once violate the code. We never said if we had anything new, or interesting because it might embarrass another. She got a sweater for Christmas and she wore that sweater to school one day. The other kids in her tiny mountain school were not so lucky. They had had a hard rock candy Christmas. She had a really bad day. She cried when she told me. We all knew the code and we keep silent. Speech is silver. Silence is golden.

@TheGenerations1 16 дней назад

This is interesting and the additional context is useful. I can see how this would be the case. Thanks for sharing!

@barbarahallowell2613 2 года назад

Very well fone! GenX 70. Parents 10 years apart, born 35 and 45. Cheers for acknowledge gacts

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thank you!

@abdulaqqad8641 3 года назад

My maternal grandparents were born in Jerusalem in the late '30s and early '40s. My paternal grandparents were born in a small village about 15km north of Jerusalem around the same time as my maternal grandparents. By the time the Palestinian Exodus occurred in 1948 as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, my paternal grandparents were able to remain in their small village that was now under Israeli rule, however, my maternal grandparents, being in Jerusalem, were expelled by force along with the 750,000+ Palestinian refugees that were forcefully removed from their homes. My maternal grandparents arrived in the neighboring country of Jordan, separately with their families, to seek refuge. It was in Jordan where they married and eventually immigrated to the US together several years later. My paternal grandparents eventually met, married, and gave birth to all my aunts and uncles, and my father while in the village still in Palestine. My maternal grandparents, on the other hand, had my mother, aunts, and uncles all here in the US. By the time the second war started in 1967, dubbed "The Second Palestinian Exodus ", this time my paternal grandparents, father, and all his siblings were, by military force, expelled and forced to leave their homes on foot at the height of the war while my grandmother was still breastfeeding my youngest aunt. They too settled in a refugee camp in Jordan at first which was only a few kilometers from the Jordanian-Palestinian borders, and eventually, they made their way to the US as well. In the US, my mother and father met, fell in love, and got married. Both, by some crazy chance, finding each other in the same city, in the same state, in the same country, after they and their families fled war and persecution from another country almost 7,000 miles away, across the Atlantic Ocean, in a different continent. It is really crazy how these things happen, and how the stories of war affect each family differently but lead people to one another. Another thing I find crazy is how the Palestinian diaspora is now scattered across the Middle East, and across the entire world. Due to their denied right of return, so many Palestinians immigrated to Asia, Africa, and mainly Europe, North America, South America, and many islands in the Caribbean, eventually, once they were able to temporarily get their affairs in order in the countries neighboring Palestine where they arrived such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, though many of them also did stay in the neighboring Arab countries they initially settled in as refugees if they were offered citizenship. Life is just crazy and things can change so unexpectedly. One moment you're just living normally, and the next your entire life is being uprooted, loved ones and neighbors dying in front of you as you and your family are forcefully removed from your home because of a stupid war over something that you don't even understand. One thing is for sure though, the undying longing of indigenous Palestinians to return one day to their homeland.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing, Abdul. War often does take a heavy toll. I'm glad your parents found each other again.

@markr.devereux3385 Год назад

The generation labels are interesting. One thing that is the crux of the matter is their children define those children's generation in this case predominately GEN x ers. I'm a Boomer and was raised by greatest gen father and borderline silent gen mom. And I now believe i was a victim of budding silent gen mom. She was difficult and I quickly out grew her mentality at 6 yrs.of age. She spent most of my childhood trying to cut me down. She refused to do Anything not her way including my father's input. She ruled by threat of retribution. Even told me once " you may not love me but you will remember me" a veiled threat even for a 12 yr old. Some silent gen traits because I rubbed shoulders with them in the work force were:. Heavily unionized pricks. maybe the richest per Capita gen. ..... married conformist divorced. .. alcoholics especially father's.....tough parents and wasted children .... Living in outer suburbs in cookie cutter cheap homes....overweight... good safety oriented workers...first time I noticed working wives ... spirituality very shallow.😢

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Yes parents/parenting certainly can impact the next generations. I'm sorry your mom was emotionally abusive. Someone from any generation can be a problematic parent, but certain types of trends may be more common among people born around a certain time.

@markr.devereux3385 Год назад

@@TheGenerations1 Appears to be so in several gradients. Thank you for posting this type of thing. I talk about this interesting subject and usually see blank faces.

@micheledeanevelasquez 2 года назад

Silent Generation was associated with the era of silent films / before films had synchronized soundtracks or later called, Talkies. Even though film had sound by the 1930s, post WWII was a pivotal time for having babies/ Boomers, so the Silent Generation extended into 1945.

@ojsemh Месяц назад

Love the costume bits to death 😂😂😂

@TheGenerations1 Месяц назад

Thank you 😄

@rhythmicmusicswap4173 Год назад

what I did notice lot of children of the silent generation parents remebr emotional and maybe physical neglect, still as grandparents silent generations was more doting than boomers XD

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Yes many didn't have the best upbringing (sad)!

@TheLastMillennials 3 года назад

We need a video on the lost generation

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Yes, I do need to get to them and the Greatests!

@EmpireTutoringCompany 5 месяцев назад

@@TheGenerations1 How old are you?

@TheGenerations1 5 месяцев назад

@@EmpireTutoringCompany 33

@EmpireTutoringCompany 5 месяцев назад

@@TheGenerations1 Wow. Smart for you age. Other millnnials do not understand this.

@TheGenerations1 4 месяца назад

@@EmpireTutoringCompany Thanks!

@NathanKnewtson-sx3rn 4 месяца назад

My Grandpa was born in 1934 in South Carolina. He had like 7 brothers on his parents tobacco farm.He has lots of stories. Back then tobacco grew like 7 feet tall so the young boys who couldn’t reach the top leaves slept through the day and stoked the fire to dry the plants through the night. Grandpa told me that the first couple nights his dad came out with a switch and beat them if they were asleep. And before you say oh how terrible remember that if they dozed off the family could’ve lost the crop. Before his retirement Grandpa had been in the airforce for 20 years, owned 5 businesses, and had 3 sons. And man alive the last thing I’d call him would be silent. 😅

@NathanKnewtson-sx3rn 4 месяца назад

Also come to think of it he lived through the Great Depression and came out of having eaten a whole lot of dandelion salad and a mind set for penny pinching. I remember one time one of his barns was rotting so we burned it and as half of it was done and the other in flames he had 9 year old me picking up nails and chucking them in Folgers cans 😂

@TheGenerations1 4 месяца назад

@@NathanKnewtson-sx3rn Thanks for sharing! It sounds like you really got to know him and see how the time and place he was born impacted him. It nice to hear these individual stories and appreciate the positive things about today.

@NathanKnewtson-sx3rn 3 месяца назад

Any time. 🍻

@merkury06 3 года назад

Mad Men is the best series about the Silent Generation personality. Don Draper is the archetype of the generation.

@zekeoseguera5646 Год назад

My Great Grandma was born in 1930 and Tia Nani was born in 1934 they lived during The Great Depression, Also when The New Deal was put into place when President FDR was president and they also lived to see World War 2 as well. It's crazy because my Aunt died in 2008 and I never got to tell her how it impacted her life when she was a teenager in the 1940's

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

A lot of times we only think to ask about the experiences of older people once we are older ourselves which is unfortunate because they aren't always still around. Still, it is nice to think back on time with them and hopefully as we learn things we can engage and exchange more with different generations!

@petercdowney Год назад

All four of my grandparents (three of whom are still alive in 2023) came from the Silent Generation.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

That's neat - glad to hear three are still around :)

@kdog8658 Год назад

My grandmother was silent gen, and she was...... So reserved, and ultimately self centered. She had some classic boomer kids that were into rock n roll and being loud, and she really could not handle it.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Thanks for sharing! It has definitely been a trend that the older generations aren't always keen on the new music styles

@deanacerbo8806 11 месяцев назад

I wish I did have a orange soda and a pizza to be honest I care about you I want to give up my 2023 because of you

@lordunbug1592 Год назад

I wonder if there were generational stereotypes in Rome. Most people would not know the exact date of their birth, they would state they were born in the year of Sabinus (460), for example. Being as generational stereotypes tend to be associated with events surrounding your formative years, one would imagine there may be some stark differences between even a single generation.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

There likely were some significant generational differences. Interesting to think about

@luciusirving5926 Год назад

Greatest Generation fought in WWII and succeeded. The Silent Generation fought in Vietnam and failed.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

The Greatest Generation is known for WWII. There was more support for that war of course and the outcome was better which meant soldiers returning home were also more revered compared with Vietnam. Many Boomers also served in Vietnam

@nancypatricia511 3 года назад

The silent generation: very focused on the material, self-sufficient, and emotionally shut down. Within one generation, the pendulum swing from poverty and hardship to comparative wealth and ease occurred. Living during such a long, traumatic time of uncertainty, financial depression, and WWII seemed to wire the silent generation to be anxious and apprehensive, waiting for the next shoe to drop. They were a very cautious generation; frugal, sometimes to excess, conservative, conforming, and critical of anything outside of what they considered normal. The pendulum swings wildly from the excesses of the roaring twenties that end with the stock market crash of 1929 where much of the western world is gripped by financial trouble. The grip loosens some with the war effort and the increase in jobs. Then the economic boon after the end of WWII and the Golden age. The shoe does seem to drop again in the seventies with the oil crisis causing the increase of the price of food and gasoline at the pump. This was the time that the generic label became very popular as a way to stretch pennies in the food budget.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Thanks!

@TheLeah2344 3 года назад

My great grandma is apart of the Silent Generation while my grandma is a Baby Boomer. My mom is Gen X.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Nice!

@TheLastMillennials 3 года назад

Wow, my great grandfather was part of the lost generation he died when I was 2 and my grandfather was part of the greatest generation he died in ww2

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

@@TheLastMillennials Thank you for sharing!

@Reach2929 11 месяцев назад

My aunt Lucy just turned 99 years old. She still walks 5 miles every day and 2 miles after every meal. She was very wise with her money unfortunately, she had a son with a drug addiction. She still believes that women should get a job, an education and speak their mind. All which were frowned upon when she was growing up. Looking through her photo book and seeing her mother dressed in Edwardian regalia was shocking because she has such a youthful attitude.

@TheGenerations1 11 месяцев назад

Very nice! I bet that physical activity and time keeping her mind active as well has helped! She might be considered a part of the Greatest Generation today -- I need to make a video on them too!

@Marleydavis8 5 месяцев назад

Is she still alive ?

@Reach2929 5 месяцев назад

@@Marleydavis8Yes, she will be 100 years old this May.

@PeekaPeep Год назад

Both my parents were born at the tail end of the Silent Generation (father in 1942, mother in 1944). My father turned out to be the the not-so-silent one though (lol). ALWAYS talked up a storm, mostly about nothing as he was more of the frustrating "all theory-no practice" type. I never did have a healthy relationship with him as he was obnoxious to a fault and eventually cut him off as soon as I was ready to leave the family home. Never spoke with him since, good riddance. My mother definitely fits the "silent" mold, however. Think it ended up doing more harm than expected during her younger years because she ended up becoming a Class-4 hoarder and never really involved herself in community events UNLESS it was absolutely necessary in certain cases. Her erratic behavior was what mainly destroyed our family structure to the point where it was simply beyond fixing, but fortunately she began to improve a bit the moment she finally got away from the toxic presence of my father as well. I'm technically classified as a 'Millennial', by the way (1981). Funny thing, I have no real connection to my generation whatsoever beyond using the Internet on a regular basis (lol).

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear your relationship with your parents hasn't been great but I have seen that from some others too. Hoarding also seems more common in the older generations.

@PeekaPeep Год назад

@@TheGenerations1 No need to apologize at all (lol). That's just what me and my two siblings had to deal with growing up 🤷. And yeah, hoarding was definitely an unexpected byproduct of the Depression Era. I can understand the need to hold on to things "just in case", but I draw the line at keeping things that have long outlived their usefulness and end up becoming a health/safety hazard like what happened with my mother's hoarding at our family home all those years. It was so bad, even our closest relatives stopped showing up because there was simply no more room available to receive them properly. Think the last time I honestly remember my parents holding an actual family get-together there I hadn't started pre-school yet! Man, did they ever take those moments for granted back then... 🙄😮‍💨😔

@abhishekrai2373 2 года назад

It took 75 years for Silents to be president. I am originally from India but currently in the USA.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Pretty crazy, right! And that's cool, hope you like it here :)

@leongliyang6946 4 месяца назад

Facts; Gen Z is the New Silent Generation. Gen Z came out to the world since 2015 and hit by Pandemic , Dang !!! During my childhood i met 9/11 incident too

@dansv1 3 года назад

The silent generation walked on the moon.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

You're right! That's a pretty big accomplishment.

@reducedfaticecreamisjustde1447 3 года назад

they are also responsible largely in part for the psychedelic rock era. all of the beatles, jerry garcia, and jimi hendrix are from that generation.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

@@reducedfaticecreamisjustde1447 Yes, they deserve credit for more things! Maybe I will need to make more videos on them.

@denisesiddon7241 3 года назад

They invented a lot of music and cultures baby boomers took credit for

@dansv1 3 года назад

@@denisesiddon7241 Two of my favorites, Philip Glass and Steve Reich were born in the Silent Generation.

@EmpireTutoringCompany 5 месяцев назад

The Greatest Generation fought in World War 2 and succeed. The Millennial Generation fought both in Afghanistan and Iraq and Failed.

@spiritualking1692 2 года назад

So they was taught to shut up and obey

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

For some people, pretty much!

@kasspriscilla9350 2 года назад

I am 55 years old and I'm from the next generation my parents were from the silent generation and they worked hard and they had respect and they had morals and values and they were busy with hard work and they were disciplined they sure disciplined us my mother and father grew up in the forties as kids during world war II my grandparents were from the generation before where they were fighting in world war II and then my aunt and uncle were born 10 years later from my mother and father and they were from the baby boomer generation and of course my kids were born in the y generation the millennials and of course the grandkids are the z generation something else isn't it

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Glad to hear you have had good relations with your family from different generations!

@andyschwartz8808 3 года назад

Sounds like the least silent generation

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Some of them are definitely the opposite of silent!

@doughawkinson1918 Год назад

The comments about being "silent" was coined before the end of the generation. Those of us from the last half of the generation were anything but silent.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Definitely!

@TwistedOnyx369 2 года назад

My parents were Silents (1935 and 1940) and a good part of this is true. They were on the younger end of it though so they had boomer tendencies.

@TheGenerations1 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing :)

@SpotfireVideo 3 года назад

Funny... I'm a Gen X'er, and I've heard of us also referred to as a "silent" generation, for many of the same reasons... as if we have nothing to say. I think a more appropriate generational nickname would be the forgotten generation. I mean, there isn't even a video about us on this channel. :-) Better yet, we're the Shadow Generation, because we'll always be shadowed out by Boomers and Millennials. Did you know that some X'ers were born before Reese's Pieces were invented?

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Haha good one! And that is all definitely true. In regards to the channel, I am hoping to do Xers soon!

@TheLastMillennials 3 года назад

Gen X the forgotten generation

@mojojeinxs9960 10 месяцев назад

Raised by strict parents from that generation. Very Catholic very Italian. Take care of those still alive as a nurse aid. They reuse Kleenex. Count out squares of toilet paper no more than 3!!!.....they can afford 10 grand a month to be a resident in this facility because they still have their communion money. Seriously will argue on their death bed over changing their soiled diaper because they feel they can pee in it one more time to save a money.

@TheGenerations1 10 месяцев назад

Some habits die hard😅 Glad they can afford their facility, though hope they are doing okay there and are enjoying what they can😀

@MisterTutor2010 2 года назад

My dad was born at the end of the Silent Generation so I can't Ok Boomer him :( :)

@Steveman27 16 дней назад

People are going to say that all generations suck except their own, and just as people are saying that Generation Z and Alpha are going to be the downfall of society, the Greatest Generation was saying the same thing about the Silent Generation.

@TheGenerations1 9 дней назад

It's true, the criticism always continues and we can always say it is different because people/times/circumstances are different

@patmelton43 Год назад

I was born in the midde of WW2. I have to say, I am not silent.

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Hi Pat, thanks for sharing! Some Silents/Traditionalists are definitely the opposite of silent!

@redwolf8135 6 дней назад

They were a workerbee generation.

@shikaruJet Год назад

My mom is silent and omg its annoying af even as a adult my self she is know your place Vibes bruh she is scared af to even ask for a packet of ketchup at McDonalds 💀 I feel the silent generation is very Toxic tho fr sadly it is the way they are there is no changing them

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

Lol 🙈I'm sure that can't be fun for her, though! Definitely could be a mix of just the conditoning of the time, and maybe occasionally not realizing they have something like anxiety! It can differ by the individual as well. Thanks for sharing!

@shikaruJet Год назад

@@TheGenerations1 agreed she is a boomer but she definitely has the traits of a silent generation person sadly

@shikaruJet Год назад

@@TheGenerations1 thx for the informative info

@frankprit3320 6 месяцев назад

they grew during the depression when life was hard, unlike the boomers that grew up after WWII when the economy was booming.

@natasiadasilva9141 3 года назад

actually my great grandma was targeted by mccarthyism.

@TheGenerations1 3 года назад

Wow, that must have been interesting to hear about!

@natasiadasilva9141 3 года назад

@@TheGenerations1 Yea she was born in early 1900s and was a communist from Russia.

@reneeracine2240 Год назад

my grandparents are dead :(

@TheGenerations1 Год назад

I'm sorry. Hope you got to meet them or hear about them!

@reneeracine2240 Год назад

@@TheGenerations1 they died when i was in my 20s

@EmpireTutoringCompany 5 месяцев назад

The Greatest Generation fought in WWII and succeeded. The Silent Generation fought in Vietnam and failed. The X and Millennial fought in Afghanistan and Iraq and failed.