re: Gen X kids rated most emotionally durable generation

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That’s not the answer I seek. I agree, and have already posted on this thread, the Facebook going fully public combined with the release of the iPhone 3G was the next massive watershed event. We could argue over which is more impactful, but that’s not particularly relevant to what we were discussing in this context, which was the watershed separating early millennials from late millennials. I was long past my formative years when that watershed occurred, so it had zero impact on my worldview. Now, it certainly is what drives a wedge between late millennials and Gen Z, but that’s another issue entirely.

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Not really sure how to respond other than saying, if the things you've laid out in this thread are how it felt to you, then that’s your reality. So in that regard they are valid from your perspective. It might not be a 100% accurate view of the world, history and how events of the time shaped it, but it's still your reality as you understand it. And to truly understand someone’s perspective (and clearly we've misunderstood each others perspectives here), you’d have to live their entire life up to this exact moment, and that’s impossible given the unidirectional flow of time....

However, I will add this. It’s often easier for an older person to grasp a younger person’s perspective, since the younger person has never lived through the older version of the world. The reverse isn’t necessarily true as it can be very difficult to conceptualize how technological, cultural, and economic changes have fundamentally altered the world we live in today. (Conversely, older people don't fully experience the pressures, social norms, and influences shaping a younger generation.) A kid who grew up in the 80s can read about the 70s, but it’s hard to truly grasp that version of the world without having lived it. Just as someone from the 70s can’t fully comprehend what life was like in the 40s, 50s, or 60s, each generation experiences a reality shaped by its own time and context.

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What happened to y’all’s kids btw?

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Those kids are Gen Z and they turned out to be fairly conservative, independent, and pragmatic. Look at how they showed up for Trump in the last election.

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If you wanted music you went to the record store to buy it, they might have it and they might not.

If you wanted concert tickets you went either to the record store, the venue box office or you tried to win them on the radio.

If you needed to do research you looked it up in an encyclopedia, or you went to the library and checked out books on the subject

for clothes, shoes, etc you got what was on the shelf when you went to the store. If you didn’t like what they had you either went without or to another store.

if you wanted to talk to someone you either called their house phone, rode over to their house or went looking for them.

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Don't remind me. Glad that's over.

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Those kids are Gen Z and they turned out to be fairly conservative, independent, and pragmatic. Look at how they showed up for Trump in the last election.

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the conservative ones actually are based , to their credit, but that’s a pretty small portion