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There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones.

And honestly, it explains a lot.

We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media.

We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life.

That is not a small thing.

People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly.

Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that.

We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to.

We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming.

We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime.

We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen.

And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one.

That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials.

A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time.

We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them.

That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us.

But we exist.

We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age.

And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

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A real ball knower still thinks about Jeremy Bonderman

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Satchel Paige on the mound

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Who among us
watched man’s first
walk on the moon?

Sunday, July 20, 1969.

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

ONE. MORE.

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As baseball season gets underway, shout out to all the ghost runners out there across America this week advancing safely. We thank you for your service.

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Kevin Mcgonigle is headed to DETROIT! 🔥

He had made the Opening Day Roster and will make his debut in San Diego Thursday 👀

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Hallelujah! 👀 👍 💯 #DNMW

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17 members of Team USA played for the @USAHockeyNTDP, previously in Ann Arbor and since 2015 at @USAHockeyArena in Plymouth, MI. All went to high school in the local area.

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The Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mickey Lolich and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.

One of the finest pitchers in franchise history, Lolich was a three-time All-Star who pitched for Detroit for 13 seasons and holds several Tigers team records. He was a member of the 1968 World Series Champion Tigers team, earning World Series MVP honors after posting a 3-0 record with a 1.67 ERA. Lolich will be remembered as one of the most durable and dominant left-handed pitchers of his era and a cornerstone of Detroit’s pitching staff for more than a decade.

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Repost for a chance to win @DETAuthentics items from Skub’s back-to-back Cy Young seasons 😤

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Tarik Skubal is the 2025 AL Cy Young Award Winner 🏆

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🎯

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that’s GOLD GLOVE catcher Dillon Dingler to all of us now 🤩

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Making Detroit proud!

Matt Williams II competed in the finals of MLB's Pitch, Hit & Run program last weekend in Toronto and finished third in the country for 9/10U boys. 👏

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Game 5 on primetime 🍿

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Hear him roar. #BuiltForOctober

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Historic outing from a historic player.

👏 @TarikSkubal

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PLAY THE #POSTSEASON SONG

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All eyes forward.