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Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults",
by throwawayReply 10y ago
Young Millenials?
Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"?
Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.
- Endy 10y agoBecause "those darn, entitled, millennials!" is a thing. It's a way to get a reaction.
- k_sh 10y agoAs a millennial, I almost always stop reading when someone unironically uses "millennial"
- Klathmon 10y agoBecause Millennials is the most catchy term for a generation in a while (compared to gen x/y anyway), and so they keep extending what it applies to. As someone born in 1991, I genuinely thought I was really close to the end of the "millennial" generation, but apparently i'm almost a "young millennial"...
- amyjess 10y agoThe Strauss & Howe definition is that Millennials were born 1982-2004. Generations typically last 20 years or so, so you're smack in the middle.
- dTal 10y agoBecause the author wishes to contextualize it as "sign of the times", rather than a property of their age (that they may grow out of).
- dice 10y ago>what is an "Old Millenial"? Someone currently in their early-to-mid 30s. End of Gen X, beginning of Millennials.
- zorked 10y agoWhat happened to Gen Y. Not catchy enough?
- thatfrenchguy 10y agoToo many people from Grn Y don't ask enough questions :/
- johnchristopher 10y agoDigital natives drove them to extinction.
- coldpie 10y agoCorrect.
- msbarnett 10y agoYeah. "Millennial" is the catchier brand name for what was at one point being called "Gen Y". It's essentially a born on or after 1980 catchall
- amyjess 10y agoOn the official forums for Strauss & Howe generational theory, the community uses "Gen Y" to refer to late-wave Gen X-ers and early-wave Millennials who have some of the social characteristics of both generations due to being on the cusp. The exact years are nebulously-defined (cusps typically are, since they're unofficial extensions of the theory), but I've seen it defined as wide as people born 1977-1988. Mid-80s are almost universally accepted as part of the cusp, but how early or how late it extends beyond that seems to vary.
- intopieces 10y agoMillenial is a marketing term and the story is about marketing.
- bbctol 10y agoNobody knows. Anyone born between 1980 and 2005 is at risk of the label. It just means "those dang kids with their computer boxes."
- makapuf 10y agoWell, I think anyone that refers to something to browse the Web as a box is clearly saved from that label. (I do)
- epalmer 10y agoI was born in 1953 and I have a label. I'm a baby boomer. I'd rather be called a old curmudgeon or an old bald headed guy.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoThat's probably only because you have the cognizance to be shameful of what other people your age have done and are doing to the world. Most baby boomers don't have this.
- roymurdock 10y agoBecause it got you to click
- rayiner 10y agoOld millennials are me I guess (born early-mid 1980s). Young enough not to have a land line or cable, but old enough to have a wife and kids.
- p0nce 10y ago"Millenials" is always used in combination with derogatory terms like "entitled, lazy, hopeless". Sometimes I wonder if boomers have _any_ idea of the frantic pace of today's workplace and how little power you can hope for, regardless of how much you work.
- crdoconnor 10y agoIt's used to try and drive a wedge between the elderly and the young so that the old will be apathetic about fighting against onerous student debt/shitty entry level jobs and the young will be apathetic about fighting the drive to destroy medicare, privatize social security, etc. Divide et Impera, etc. Unlike other propaganda attempts this one actually works pretty well.
- zeveb 10y ago> Sometimes I wonder if boomers have _any_ idea of the frantic pace of today's workplace and how little power you can hope for, regardless of how much you work. Millennials have as much or more power than the boomers did when they started working. The difference is that they expect more, because they spent their childhoods getting participation trophies and being waited on hand and foot by adults concerned for their comfort and 'safety.' In the real world, the reward for doing exactly what is expected of you isn't promotion: it's that you keep your job. In the real world, sometimes you're expected to sacrifice for your goals.
- whamlastxmas 10y ago> The difference is that they expect more, because they spent their childhoods getting participation trophies and being waited on hand and foot by adults concerned for their comfort and 'safety.' Bullshit. If millennials expect more, it's because they see the standard of living their parents and grandparents have and have had their entire life. They own homes that have gone up in value 5 fold. They owned homes at an early age. They got high paying jobs easily and costs of living were low. Youth and young adult unemployment rates are shit if you don't ignore the "discouraged workers". We have expectations for young adults to take on tremendous levels of debt like never before. Housing prices are higher than ever before. Healthcare is more expensive than ever before. Millennials are having to pay into a social security system they see their parents or grandparents benefiting from, knowing (or often not knowing) they'll never get those same benefits despite all the money paid in. The baby boomers are handing the millennials an entirely fucked up world. The environment is a disaster, politics are a disaster, the perpetual war and crony capitalism of the MIC is a disaster. Things will only get better once the boomers die off and we can rid ourselves of the "fuck you, got mine" generation.
- temp2016 10y agoMillennials Don't Exist! Adam Conover at Deep Shift - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFwok9SlQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFwok9SlQQ