re: Here’s a timeline of Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z

why do the time frames continually get shorter?

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why do the time frames continually get shorter?

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If you are attempting to group people based on characteristics, shared experiences are important. It's why wars tend to create nice watersheds, historically. In modern times, technology has begun to advance so quickly that these watershed events come more frequently. Thus, shorter time period.

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Just watch this video. This level took me countless tries to beat, but I never gave up. After getting closer and closer, I eventually got it done. Just upon seeing this level, a Zoomer would put down the controller and say "f this, where's my Fortnite?"

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Mother. fricking. Battle. Toads.

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Baby Boomer, Gen X, and Gen Z seem to be pretty set in stone as far as when they begin and end. However, no one seems to have a set beginning for the Millennial generation. I've seen graphs where the generation starts in 1980, 1983, and 1985. I've also seen one or two where the generation starts in 1979. It's freaking insane how no one born in the 80s wants to be associated with Millennials.

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I prefer the sub-cohort of Xennial, covering some of the late 70s and early 80s. There are a number of things that I grew up with that fall under the Gen X cohort rather than the Millennial cohort, where I fall normally.

And they really do have multiple start dates for the Millennial generation.

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I prefer the sub-cohort of Xennial, covering some of the late 70s and early 80s. There are a number of things that I grew up with that fall under the Gen X cohort rather than the Millennial cohort, where I fall normally.

And they really do have multiple start dates for the Millennial generation.

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America Online moved from an hourly service to an unlimited service in December 1996. AIM was released in mid 1997. I would argue this was the watershed to carve out the sub-generation you're talking about. You either remember a world before the proliferation of home internet, or you don't. Having been born in the mid-80's, I do. My sibling, born in the early 90's, does not.

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The Millennial-Gen Z border is wrong. Gen Z begins in 1997. I'm a 1996-born and I absolutely refuse to be classified as Gen Z.

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well you are. Millennial should be 1990 and you are 7 years from that. Poor Gen Z.

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But Real Millenials grew up

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That's debatable, Mr Mall Cop.

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But Real Millenials grew up on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, He-Man, and Thundercats.

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Those are mostly Late X things, with TMNT being on the X-Millennial cusp. I named cartoons from both halves of the Millennial generation.

The older half (born mid-late 80s, so basically 90s kids) grew up with the golden ages of Nickelodeon, FOX Kids, and the Disney Afternoon, and played SNES and Genesis console games. Their computer gaming was either done on a PC with MS-DOS or an Amiga.

The younger half (born early-mid 90s, which is what I am) grew up with the golden ages of Cartoon Network and Kids' WB, as well as the silver ages of Nickelodeon, FOX Kids, and Disney's One Saturday Morning. Our console gaming was done on N64/PS1 in our earlier years, and GameCube/PS2/XBOX in our later years. Our computer gaming was typically done on Windows 98 or XP PCs. We also grew up with internet access, but in the Web 1.0 era, before social media took over.

Both halves grew up with different things, but the overall structure was similar. It wasn't until around 2006 that online gaming and social media became prevalent, which I associate with Zoomers (born in the late 90s and later).

Except I'm not Gen Z; I'm a Millennial. I grew up with Powerpuff Girls, Ed Edd n Eddy, pre-movie SpongeBob, Teen Titans, and Homestar Runner: all Millennial cartoons.