"Xennials" - the hybrid of Gen X and Millenials

Identity politics

Oh my god, this shite needs to end.

Stop trying to find a group to join.

I was born in '88 and grew up playing outside. My brother grew up in '91 and grew up playing video games. Millennials should be '90s and on.

I bet you follow your zodiac

It's not a matter of finding a group to join, at least for most. However, to act as though the facts surrounding one's childhood have no bearing on someone strikes me as simplistic.

I was born in the mid 80's. I grew up playing outside until dark. If I wanted to call a girl, I had to call their one landline and get through her father. As I got older, I watched cell phones proliferate, then pay per use texts, then unlimited text. I had AIM as a teen, but Facebook didn't explode until I was in college, and even then for college students only.

In short, I was growing up while the world was changing at breakneck speed. That grants an interesting perspective when compared to those who were adults already when the tech revolution began and from those who grew up after and this is the only world they have ever known. Not right, wrong, better, or worse. But certainly different.

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People born in the 80's are the last generation in human history to grow up playing outside. Crazy to think about.

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None of y'all have kids who play outside?

I was born in 1989. I never liked playing outside very much, but I did swing on a swingset/tire swing like any kid.

My first video game console was the Nintendo Entertainment System. I didn't get a cell phone until the age of 12. My family didn't purchase a computer until the year 2002.

Whole lot of optimism in those Clinton years though.

You're a millennial, deal with it.

Gen X made the trophies for their millennial kids. Boomers are not responsible for that lol.