# Straight Dope 1/20/2023: Have baby boomers wrecked the planet?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-20-2023-have-baby-boomers-wrecked-the-planet/978508 "2023-01-20T14:10:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-20-2023-have-baby-boomers-wrecked-the-planet/978508/202 "2023-01-27T19:40:28Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> To lump me in with someone who has never known a world without the Internet - not to mention not old enough to remember 9-11 - is bonkers to me.

I mean, I was born in 1996 - youngest of Millennials or oldest of Gen Z/postmillennials - and I remember both when we installed dial-up (so noisy!) and 9/11. We always had a computer, though I didn’t really use it until I was in first grade. (Mickey Mouse games for Windows 98.)

~Max

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