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Can we please stop with the term "Millennials"? The article talks about 18-29 year olds. The most widely accepted definition of Millennials is people born 1981
by _qulr 6y ago
Can we please stop with the term "Millennials"? The article talks about 18-29 year olds. The most widely accepted definition of Millennials is people born 1981 to 1996, which would be 24-39 year olds. Not the same.
Regardless, the financial differences between people the exact same age are always vastly larger than the financial difference between so-called "generations".
- gedy 6y agoYeah "millennials" and "boomers" are turning into loose terms for "young" & "old". I'm Gen X and did not see many of these "boomer" benefits..
- _qulr 6y agoIt's funny, when we talk abstractly, we can look at the statistics and see that wealth in concentrated in the hands of a small % of people. But then when we break it down by age, or by gender, then suddenly, magically, this wealth becomes distributed to the entire age group, or the entire gender, so that "Boomers" are all well-off, or men are all well-off, when the reality is that it's not even remotely true, and a lot of people of all different groups are struggling.
- rtx 6y agoDo you feel its natural or the conversation is being guided.
- jayd16 6y agoHmm the article is not about Millennials but perhaps the comment was. I don't think GenZ has "experienced" two years long recessions like Millennials have.
- Izkata 6y agoHell, depends on what you mean by "experienced" as well. I'm a mid-range Millennial, and was in college during the Great Recession - not even aware of it until after it was over. This year is the first recession I'm actually experiencing.