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> As an even older millennial (35)... cough Dude, give up the skinny jeans :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera

> As an even older millennial (35)... cough Dude, give up the skinny jeans :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X "Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Demographers and commentators use birth dates ranging from the early 1960s to the early 1980s."

adenadel 11y ago
There's no hard generational boundaries. For what it's worth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials "Millennials are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and end; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s." Someone 35 is on the bubble.
MrApathy 11y ago
I have variously seen the upper boundary for Gen X as 1976, 1979, and 1982. Having been born toward the end of 1980 and comparing myself to those born in 1970 and 1990 (squarely in the middle of their respective generations), I find myself having far more in common with the latter. Hence why I consider myself a millennial. But never will I give up the skinny jeans!
- amyjess 11y ago
  The Strauss & Howe definition, which I find most useful for cultural purposes, puts the line between '81 and '82. With that said, it's been my observation that people born within a few years of the line in each direction -- as far as '77 to '88 -- tend to share the same values and have characteristics of both Millenials and Xers (born in '84 here, and I'll gladly apply that description to myself). I've also seen people, particularly those in the S&H community, use the term "Generation Y" specifically to refer to this cusp and not to Millennials as a whole. Gen-X stereotypes tend to be more true for people born '76 and earlier, and Millennial stereotypes tend to be more true for people born '89 and later.
  - ghaff 11y ago
    There are probably other things that play into the stereotypes but being born '89 and later maps pretty well to never really knowing a pre-Web and pre-Mobile world. A somewhat primitive version of it in their tween/early teen years to be sure but an online world nonetheless.
sporkland 11y ago
dude give up the pedantry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials "Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation[1] or Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s."
auntienomen 11y ago
Soft clustering does a much better job of classifying people into generations.

adenadel 11y ago

There's no hard generational boundaries. For what it's worth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials "Millennials are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and end; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s." Someone 35 is on the bubble.

MrApathy 11y ago

I have variously seen the upper boundary for Gen X as 1976, 1979, and 1982. Having been born toward the end of 1980 and comparing myself to those born in 1970 and 1990 (squarely in the middle of their respective generations), I find myself having far more in common with the latter. Hence why I consider myself a millennial. But never will I give up the skinny jeans!

amyjess 11y ago
The Strauss & Howe definition, which I find most useful for cultural purposes, puts the line between '81 and '82. With that said, it's been my observation that people born within a few years of the line in each direction -- as far as '77 to '88 -- tend to share the same values and have characteristics of both Millenials and Xers (born in '84 here, and I'll gladly apply that description to myself). I've also seen people, particularly those in the S&H community, use the term "Generation Y" specifically to refer to this cusp and not to Millennials as a whole. Gen-X stereotypes tend to be more true for people born '76 and earlier, and Millennial stereotypes tend to be more true for people born '89 and later.
- ghaff 11y ago
  There are probably other things that play into the stereotypes but being born '89 and later maps pretty well to never really knowing a pre-Web and pre-Mobile world. A somewhat primitive version of it in their tween/early teen years to be sure but an online world nonetheless.

sporkland 11y ago

dude give up the pedantry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials "Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation[1] or Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s."

auntienomen 11y ago

Soft clustering does a much better job of classifying people into generations.