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‎Explanation

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‎Explanation

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why was that there? this is not a transcript, plus it's eplained

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Deleted iGen - Gen Z is now firmly the name for those after millenials

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It's a "title text", not an "alt text"

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 | Oops, one of us is Hitler
 | 1892 - 1909
-| {{w|Adolf Hitler}}, possibly the most hated (and, by most definitions, evil) man in living human memory as of this comic's posting, {{w|Adolf_Hitler#Early_years|was born in 1889}}. Aside from the fact that this places him in the previous generation, it seems beyond silly to blame everyone else who was born during this period for being born in the same generation as him. Among those who eventually heard of him (thus, excluding those in isolated areas or who died before he rose to power), the vast majority of them would not hear of him until well after 1909. In reality, this generation is known as the {{w|Lost Generation}}, though the dates are somewhat skewed.
+| {{w|Adolf Hitler}}, widely considered one of the most evil people in modern history, {{w|Adolf_Hitler#Early_years|was born in 1889}}. Aside from the fact that this places him in the previous generation, it seems beyond silly to blame everyone else who was born during this period for being born in the same generation as him. Among those who eventually heard of him (thus, excluding those in isolated areas or who died before he rose to power), the vast majority of them would not learn his name until he became {{w|Chancellor of Germany}} in 1933 or later. In reality, this generation is known as the {{w|Lost Generation}}, though the dates are somewhat skewed.
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 | {{w|The Greatest Generation}}

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 | The&nbsp;Gilded&nbsp;Generation
 | 1820 - 1837
-| {{w|Gilded Generation (Strauss–Howe theory)| So named under the Strauss-Howe generation theory}}, though they use the time period 1822-1842 instead. This likely refers to the "{{w|Gilded Age}}" of American history, roughly the last three decades of the 19th century.
+| {{w|Gilded Generation (Strauss–Howe theory)| So named under the Strauss-Howe generation theory}}, though they use the time period 1822-1842 instead. This likely refers to the "{{w|Gilded Age}}" of American history, roughly the last three decades of the 19th century. Many Gilded Age capitalists were born at this time, such as {{w|Andrew Carnegie}} (b. 1835).
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 | The Second-Greatest Generation

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 | Generation 💅
 | 2000 - 2017
 | This begins the hypothetical future generation names, though this generation was already fully born as of this comic's posting. Social media was established and rising during the formative years of this generation, and the widespread adoption of emoji began during this time. The [https://emojipedia.org/nail-polish/ Nail Polish Emoji] (U+1F485) is used here. It is currently known in reality as {{w|Generation Z}}, though the comic implies it may change due to emojis ultimately replacing the alphabet entirely.

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 | title     = Generations
 | image     = generations.png
-| titletext = [[Laser Products]]
+| titletext = For a while it looked like the Paperclip Machines would destroy us, since they wanted to turn the whole universe into paperclips, but they abruptly lost interest in paperclips the moment their parents' generation got into making them, too.
 }}

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 | title     = Generations
 | image     = generations.png
-| titletext = For a while it looked like the Paperclip Machines would destroy us, since they wanted to turn the whole universe into paperclips, but they abruptly lost interest in paperclips the moment their parents' generation got into making them, too.
+| titletext = [[Laser Products]]
 }}

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 ==Explanation==
 This comic is making fun of the various names we give "generations" while also predicting some future names. The release of this comic coincides with the [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/ Pew Research Center's recent announcement that they have decided where the Millennial generation ends].
 Each generation listed is exactly 18 years long, which is the approximate length of each "generation" anyway (given that coincidentally, there are exactly 54 intermediate years between the end of World War II and the New Millennium). A number of the entries are parodies of the terms "Generation X," "Generation Y," etc., by substituting other letters or characters that would seem emblematic of the time period.

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 (nail-polish emoji)
 | 2000 - 2017
-| This begins the hypothetical future generation names, though this generation was already fully born as of this comic's posting. Social media was established and rising during the formative years of this generation, and the widespread adoption of emoji began during this time. The [https://emojipedia.org/nail-polish/ Nail Polish Emoji] (U+1F485) is used here. Currently known in reality as {{w|Generation Z}} or iGen (there's controversy over both names, but the goods and bads of each seem to cancel each other out and other names aren't as exciting) though the comic implies it may change due to emojis ultimately replacing the alphabet entirely.
+| This begins the hypothetical future generation names, though this generation was already fully born as of this comic's posting. Social media was established and rising during the formative years of this generation, and the widespread adoption of emoji began during this time. The [https://emojipedia.org/nail-polish/ Nail Polish Emoji] (U+1F485) is used here. It is currently known in reality as {{w|Generation Z}}, though the comic implies it may change due to emojis ultimately replacing the alphabet entirely.
 |-
 | Zuckerberg's Army

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 | The Paperclip Machines
 | 2090 - 2107
-| This, and the alt text, are references to the concept of a [https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer paperclip maximizer], where an AI might be designed to be helpful, but end up being harmful. The clicker game [http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ Universal Paperclips] makes this concept playable. Furthering the above speculation of cybernetics, this generation might be primarily artificial intelligences, though of limited ability to set their own priorities (a flaw which would be fixed in later generations).
+| This, and the title text, are references to the concept of a [https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer paperclip maximizer], where an AI might be designed to be helpful, but end up being harmful. The clicker game [http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ Universal Paperclips] makes this concept playable. Furthering the above speculation of cybernetics, this generation might be primarily artificial intelligences, though of limited ability to set their own priorities (a flaw which would be fixed in later generations).
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 | The Mixed Bag (produced 4 Lincolns, 1 Napoleon, and 2 Hitlers)