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re: Homer Simpson is a Millennial.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 12:12 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 11/3/21 at 12:12 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Gen X types were those who were in college or early adulthood in the 90s, when I was in middle school or early high school. Like Reality Bites.
And carried cardboard to grade school to break dance fight to the soundtrack of Beat Street.
Basically...
If you think 1984 is the greatest year in movies and if you looked up to St. Elmo's Fire as the cool adults...you're Gen-X.
And then the 80's ended abruptly and adolescence and the 90s hit with a massive culture shift in music and movies and reality did bite.
This post was edited on 11/3/21 at 12:14 pm
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Posted on 11/3/21 at 1:29 pm to MrFreakinMiyagi
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He got the beer with a fake ID
His name was Brian McKee.
He stayed up listening to Queen.
When he was 17.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 1:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
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I was born in 83 and at no point was I ever "Gen X". Gen X types were those who were in college or early adulthood in the 90s, when I was in middle school or early high school. Like Reality Bites.
My brother was born in 82. When he was in elementary school, kids his age were all about the New Kids On The Block. In high school, it was Limp Bizkit.
That's not even in the Gen X universe.
This post was edited on 11/3/21 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 11/3/21 at 2:10 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Generation Alpha? Jesus I can only imagine what those little shits will end up like.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 2:26 pm to jlovel7
Generational discussions never made much sense to me because I truly believe that a family's economic well being and relationship with older siblings at the time makes a huge difference as to what generation they identify with.
So for instance, I am, by definition a millennial, but I didn't have internet or a computer in my family's house until right before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Additionally, my older siblings are from both of my parent's previous marriages and their is a significant age gap.
I grew up with siblings older than me that were born, by definition in Generation X; therefore, I identify closer to that Generation than the Millennials. My younger sister though (only four years younger) is most definitely a millennial as during her formative years, the older siblings were out of the house and she had internet and a computer (hell even a cell phone for a majority of her life).
So for instance, I am, by definition a millennial, but I didn't have internet or a computer in my family's house until right before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Additionally, my older siblings are from both of my parent's previous marriages and their is a significant age gap.
I grew up with siblings older than me that were born, by definition in Generation X; therefore, I identify closer to that Generation than the Millennials. My younger sister though (only four years younger) is most definitely a millennial as during her formative years, the older siblings were out of the house and she had internet and a computer (hell even a cell phone for a majority of her life).
Posted on 11/3/21 at 2:31 pm to gaetti15
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Generational discussions never made much sense to me because I truly believe that a family's economic well being and relationship with older siblings at the time makes a huge difference as to what generation they identify with.
So for instance, I am, by definition a millennial, but I didn't have internet or a computer in my family's house until right before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Additionally, my older siblings are from both of my parent's previous marriages and their is a significant age gap.
I grew up with siblings older than me that were born, by definition in Generation X; therefore, I identify closer to that Generation than the Millennials. My younger sister though (only four years younger) is most definitely a millennial as during her formative years, the older siblings were out of the house and she had internet and a computer (hell even a cell phone for a majority of her life).
I sort of get what you're saying. If the circumstances of your home and friends dictated that you lived significantly behind the cultural norm of your cohort, it makes more sense to identify with an older cohort than with the one you would normally be assigned to.
So, if your home town didn't have a store where you could buy all the newest music or hippest clothes, and you were forced to use hand-me-downs when it came to that stuff, you wouldn't actually have anything to do with those people of your age who would have been getting all the newest and hottest things that culturally define that generation.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 2:34 pm to CocomoLSU
*sobbing*
Edit: Coming back to this. All those classic bits we can sound off from each other. I've watched newer episodes here and there. I couldn't recite a line to save my life.
Edit: Coming back to this. All those classic bits we can sound off from each other. I've watched newer episodes here and there. I couldn't recite a line to save my life.
This post was edited on 11/3/21 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 11/3/21 at 2:38 pm to DaleGribble
You're forgetting the cultural overlap early gen Y had with Mid-late X through older siblings along with MTV catering to X for a good while.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 3:38 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:The internet was pretty widespread around 2000. I was born in 87, and had access to the internet before I was even in high school. I would guess that most people born in the 80's had access to the internet while in high school. Which makes sense that Millennial is typically defined started at ~1981. IMO, it should stop in the early to mid 90's. 1997 is too late, as those kids probably have zero memory of a life without the internet.
Right, and I assume most people born in the 80s (especially early 80s) did not have internet-accessed computers in high school. So you are kinda making my point anyway
Posted on 11/3/21 at 3:44 pm to gaetti15
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Generational discussions never made much sense to me because I truly believe that a family's economic well being and relationship with older siblings at the time makes a huge difference as to what generation they identify with.
Setting hard boundaries just doesn't really make sense, for many reasons including the ones you listed.
I'm Gen X, my brother is Gen X or Millenial depending on the source, and my sister is Millenial for sure. We got our first computer with dial-up Juno e-mail when I was 16 or 17, so my sister would have still been middle school. They both got cell phones before I did, I just never felt the need to get one until I was almost done at LSU and didn't know for sure where I was going to live after studying abroad. For me it was a necessity thing more than a convenience.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 3:46 pm to thrillachinchilla
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You're forgetting the cultural overlap early gen Y had with Mid-late X through older siblings along with MTV catering to X for a good while.
I was 12 years older than him and tried to tell him that a day would come that he would be embarrassed about listening to New Kids, Limp Bizkit, and Nickelback but he had to find out the hard way.
By the time that he was in high school, Mtv was peak TRL.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 3:49 pm to LSUBoo
The first thing digitized at most schools was their library’s card catalog systems. So you can almost judge the Gen X/millennial divide by whether you ever used a traditional card catalog in high school or college.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 4:11 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I like Presidents as a dividing line for X/Millennials.
Born under Reagan? Youre a millennial. Carter? Its sketchy but most likely X for you. Ford/Nixon, obviously X.
Clinton's blowjob is kinda the line for Millennial/Z
Born under Reagan? Youre a millennial. Carter? Its sketchy but most likely X for you. Ford/Nixon, obviously X.
Clinton's blowjob is kinda the line for Millennial/Z
Posted on 11/3/21 at 4:14 pm to Duke
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Born under Reagan? Youre a millennial.
It's actually kind of interesting that almost an entire generation was born under one presidential regime. Millennials, give or take, are 1981-1995, and Reagan and Bush were in power from 1981-1993.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 4:21 pm to TheFolker
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The first thing digitized at most schools was their library’s card catalog systems. So you can almost judge the Gen X/millennial divide by whether you ever used a traditional card catalog in high school or college.
That's a pretty interesting.
I don't remember library cards being digital at least until maybe late middle school, but I know that St. Bernard Parish was a bit behind the times comparatively.
I remember when my grandparents first got dial up circa 2000 or so. We would get dropped off during the summers when my mom had work. It would take half a day to get on the internet. But it was never really a focal point for us...not until 8th grade or so and that introduction to more modern computers didn't happen except at school.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 4:23 pm to Duke
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Clinton's blowjob is kinda the line for Millennial/Z
I remember watching Nickelodeon as a kid and them having voting contest for the Clinton/Bush election.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 4:37 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:its been like that for years. people think millennials are still in high school or college.
The "Millennials" that people bitch about today are basically teens through 30 years old.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 5:12 pm to UndercoverBryologist
When did Gen Y become the 'Millennial' generation? I have vids from the early 2000's which specifically called that group Gen Y. Who got to decide that change?
Posted on 11/3/21 at 5:19 pm to gaetti15
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I remember watching Nickelodeon as a kid and them having voting contest for the Clinton/Bush election
Remembering is Millennial. Being born is where the line is. You know, about too young to remember 9/11
Posted on 11/3/21 at 6:09 pm to Duke
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You know, about too young to remember 9/11
Still blows my mind
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