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Millenials, those born between '78 and '95 That's shifted a good five or ten years back from what I thought. I was born in '82; my parents are Boomers. I tho

by Dove 17y ago

Millenials, those born between '78 and '95 That's shifted a good five or ten years back from what I thought. I was born in '82; my parents are Boomers. I thought that made me Generation X. I. . . I don't want to be a Millenial.

astine 17y ago
Generation X came of age in the early 90s. They're the kurt cobain generation. I was born in '86, I've always considered myself a millenial and never saw a problem with it.
simon_ 17y ago
Not claiming any expertise, but a data point for you: I was born in '84 and I have zero identification with Gen X. We had AIM in high school, Facebook in (some of) college, and MTV had already mostly stopped playing music videos when we became aware of it.
martythemaniak 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X "Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the baby boom ended[1][2], with earliest birth dates used by researchers ranging from 1961 to the latest 1981" Sorry dude, you're very much a Millenial.
brc 17y ago
See if these things formed part of your childhood: - Atari / Donkey Kong / Pacman etc (the originals) - Commodore 64 - Indiana Jones + Star Wars (at the cinemas, the original movies) No? You're not generation X, sorry.
- sophacles 17y ago
  Dukes of Hazard. Seriously, I have used this as the generational dividing line since they were still calling gen X 'slackers' in a derogatory way.
sophacles 17y ago
I was born in 80, and consider myself on the cusp. I identify w/ X in some ways and Millenials in others. It was actually highly amusing in college, there was a noticable shift between the oldest of my peers and the youngest of my peers, which when I described it to some of the older ones said they didn't notice between a similar variance of their peers. Obviously such things are fuzzy, but that is the general feeling we noticed. Overall 'start time' is usuall referenced between 80 and 85 somewhere. Generational stuff used in this sense is wierder still because those born in 1960 have a completely different gen X experience than those born in 1980. I mean they were adults when I was born...
- lotharbot 17y ago
  I think for those born in the 1980-1982 range, which generation they fall into depends very much on their personal experiences. I was born in 1980, but I had 2 older brothers and I was heavily involved in their social circles. MacGyver and the A-Team were the stuff of my generation. I always felt like my younger sisters were weird; Power Rangers was a show of their generation. I would consider myself at the tail end of Gen X. My wife was born in 1982, watched Power Rangers, and doesn't remember the fall of the Soviet Union... but also grew up using UNIX, remembers Vinyl, owned a Walkman as a teen, and feels most socially comfortable with people in the 35-50 age bracket (who often assume she's in her late 30s.) I'd say she's more Gen X than Millennial. Another close friend of mine was born in 1981, and I'd consider him 100% Millennial.

by Dove 17y ago

astine 17y ago

Generation X came of age in the early 90s. They're the kurt cobain generation. I was born in '86, I've always considered myself a millenial and never saw a problem with it.

simon_ 17y ago

Not claiming any expertise, but a data point for you: I was born in '84 and I have zero identification with Gen X. We had AIM in high school, Facebook in (some of) college, and MTV had already mostly stopped playing music videos when we became aware of it.

martythemaniak 17y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X "Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the baby boom ended[1][2], with earliest birth dates used by researchers ranging from 1961 to the latest 1981" Sorry dude, you're very much a Millenial.

brc 17y ago

See if these things formed part of your childhood: - Atari / Donkey Kong / Pacman etc (the originals) - Commodore 64 - Indiana Jones + Star Wars (at the cinemas, the original movies) No? You're not generation X, sorry.

sophacles 17y ago
Dukes of Hazard. Seriously, I have used this as the generational dividing line since they were still calling gen X 'slackers' in a derogatory way.

sophacles 17y ago

I was born in 80, and consider myself on the cusp. I identify w/ X in some ways and Millenials in others. It was actually highly amusing in college, there was a noticable shift between the oldest of my peers and the youngest of my peers, which when I described it to some of the older ones said they didn't notice between a similar variance of their peers. Obviously such things are fuzzy, but that is the general feeling we noticed. Overall 'start time' is usuall referenced between 80 and 85 somewhere. Generational stuff used in this sense is wierder still because those born in 1960 have a completely different gen X experience than those born in 1980. I mean they were adults when I was born...

lotharbot 17y ago
I think for those born in the 1980-1982 range, which generation they fall into depends very much on their personal experiences. I was born in 1980, but I had 2 older brothers and I was heavily involved in their social circles. MacGyver and the A-Team were the stuff of my generation. I always felt like my younger sisters were weird; Power Rangers was a show of their generation. I would consider myself at the tail end of Gen X. My wife was born in 1982, watched Power Rangers, and doesn't remember the fall of the Soviet Union... but also grew up using UNIX, remembers Vinyl, owned a Walkman as a teen, and feels most socially comfortable with people in the 35-50 age bracket (who often assume she's in her late 30s.) I'd say she's more Gen X than Millennial. Another close friend of mine was born in 1981, and I'd consider him 100% Millennial.