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How long is a Generation?

  • 21-06-2012 10:26pm
    #1
    HOS 1997
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭


    When people say 'A generation ago', 'the previous generation' etc. How long ago are they talking about. 20 years, 30 years, longer?


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  • #2
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    A google of years.










    20ish.


  • #3
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    20 or 30 years or maybe longer.

    It's a generational thing...:pac:


  • #4
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    It's the average time it takes from birth to grow up and produce your first child.


  • #5
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    could be worse he could be Chinese.


  • #6
    grizzly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    I always think of it as a decade or as long as it takes teens to have their own kids.


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  • #7
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,464 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    It's 25 years.


  • #8
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Anywhere between 15 and 35 years, depending on social class.


  • #9
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    About eleven foot long.


  • #10
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    Anywhere between 15 and 35 years, depending on social class.

    15 in town


  • #11
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    There is no definition. It's all relative.


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  • #12
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    15 to 20 years


  • #13
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    There is no definition. It's all relative.

    cousin, uncles and such but how many before it gets there.


  • #14
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,134 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    220 volts.


  • #15
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    For normal people 25 years.

    For skangers, about 15.


  • #16
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    It's precisely 26.3 in Ireland


  • #17
    earpiece
    Closed Accounts Posts: 550 ✭✭✭earpiece


    About 22 minutes.... or 25 if you include the ad break!


  • #18
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    grizzly wrote: »
    I always think of it as a decade or as long as it takes teens to have their own kids.

    Why teens? Surely it should be how long it takes newborn babies to have kids.


  • #19
    earpiece
    Closed Accounts Posts: 550 ✭✭✭earpiece


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    Why teens? Surely it should be how long it takes newborn babies to have kids.
    Newborn babies can't have kids:eek:...... adults can and it takes approx. 9 months.:)


  • #20
    southcentralts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    whatever age you are, when you say "damn kids" the first time.


  • #21
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    When 18 year olds think you're old, that's a generation gap,


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  • #22
    Maudi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    HOS 1997 wrote: »
    When people say 'A generation ago', 'the previous generation' etc. How long ago are they talking about. 20 years, 30 years, longer?
    to my mind its a life span ie 70ish years...like from 'one generation to the next'


  • #23
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    for Photorhabdus luminescens a generation can be as little as 3-4 minutes.


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