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re: Before the Millennials, There was Generation X
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:25 pm to Tigerbait46
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:25 pm to Tigerbait46
quote:I think there's even another cutoff.
That puts a rough start to millennials at 1985.
Because true, born in 85 and you were a teen when the net and phones started their thing.
But, let's face it. You were a solid 15 before everyone ran around with cell phones and those phones weren't "smart".
Sure, a 15 year old in the year 2000 might well have been WAY too into video games, but it hadn't quite progressed to fully immersive in terms of computer/phone/gaming until they were already formed as people.
A kid born in 1990 on the other hand basically could be entertained by electronic media 24/7 at a pretty formative age.
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Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:25 pm to Tigerbait46
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The impact that technology advancement has made on how we socialize (especially in formative years) defines the separation of X-Y-Z generations in different timeframes than I think these generations are currently defined.
I've always hated that the turn of the millennium helped define a generation. Other than the Y2K dud, 2000 was pretty much just like 1999. Access to technology defined and separated Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z, not some calendar turnover.
This post was edited on 12/14/19 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:34 pm to fallguy_1978
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Other than the Y2K dud, 2000 was pretty much just like 1999. Access to technology defined Gen Y and Gen Z, not some calendar turnover.
Think about an 18 year old in 2000... Likely doesn't own a cell phone. Internet exists but still pretty slow and not yet mainstream (about to change real fast though). Probably spent his childhood outside with some video gaming and TV. The US was a safe and prosperous place with upward mobility... Now compare that to an 18 year old in 1990. Not too different. 18 in 1985? Still pretty similar upbringing. 18 in 2010? HUGE difference. 18 in 2015? Wild. Way different.
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:45 pm to ShortyRob
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A kid born in 1990 on the other hand basically could be entertained by electronic media 24/7 at a pretty formative age.
That's true. By teenage years, they could have fast internet at home and maybe a cell phone, but then think about just 5 years later. Those kids probably don't remember a pre-internet childhood. Those same kids had smart phones before college with instant access to everything. From 85-95, things changed so fast. I'm so glad I was born in that period and caught the final chapter of a more innocent age for the better part of my younger years. In some ways I wish the internet had entered my life in college rather than middle school though.
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:48 pm to PacoPicopiedra
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Americans born from 1961 to 1981, she was rudderless.
Oh
frick
Yes
Posted on 12/14/19 at 7:53 pm to ShortyRob
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One of the things I find fascinating about Millennials politically is that they seem to think doing shite that fricks the country over the next 30 years is going to "get back at" Boomers.
Agreed.
Blaming entire generations, sexes, or even races is never the answer. People respond to the incentives and problems presented to them by their environment.
Women as a whole aren't bad, nor are Boomers, Mexicans, etc.- not even Millenials.
Doesn't mean I trust them all equally as individuals, or even like them, but there are no "bad" generations.
This post was edited on 12/14/19 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 12/14/19 at 8:53 pm to PacoPicopiedra
quote:Wrong. We don't claim the boomers born in 1961, 62, 63 and 64.
Gen-Xers, the 80 million Americans born from 1961 to 1981
Posted on 12/14/19 at 9:26 pm to Tigerbait46
quote:Yep.
That's true. By teenage years, they could have fast internet at home and maybe a cell phone, but then think about just 5 years later. Those kids probably don't remember a pre-internet childhood
With technology moving so fast, the old typical number of years used to label single generations simply isn't tenable any longer.
There was less difference in life experience of a 15 year old in 1960 vs 1990 than there is in 1990 vs 1995.
Posted on 12/14/19 at 11:23 pm to fallguy_1978
I think we can all agree that gen x’ers are great salesmen that cant IT
Posted on 12/15/19 at 12:00 am to ellishughtiger
Don’t know about all that. All I know is... ...
frick you I won’t do what you tell me
frick you i won’t do what you tell me
frick you I won’t do what you tell me
frick you i won’t do what you tell me
Posted on 12/15/19 at 12:06 am to ShortyRob
I’m a semi-late Gen Xer. My parents divorced when I was in elementary school. I spent a ton of time with my grandparents while my parents were getting back in the dating game, so people who lived through the depression and/or served during WWII had an absolutely massive amount of influence on me. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case for a lot of other people in Gen X. I think that’s a significant factor that tends to get overlooked.
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