This funny cartoon perfectly sums up the differences between the generations

There has always been a rift, as old as time, between generations.

Cartoonist John Atkinson created a cartoon to demonstrate this rift.

It is divided into three sections:

The boomers, made up of men and women who first got to hear The Beatles; Generation X, which many of you will fall into. This is the stage where people whine about their mums and dads ruining their chances of ever owning a house.

And then there are the millennials:

Picture: Wrong Hands

We think there's an even simpler way to distinguish generations..

Pre-iPhone

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