fuggnificent Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 can this be the board's official document to determine which generation we are? so i can now go back to complaining about millennials.. kthxbye https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/here-is-when-each-generation-begins-and-ends-according-to-facts/359589/
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 According to the article I'm both gen x and a millennial.
fuggnificent Posted February 28, 2018 Author Posted February 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: According to the article I'm both gen x and a millennial. Did u scroll to where it lists the years in bold?
Swimmod_Luna Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Millennial. I may never be able to buy a house but at least I have avocado toast.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 1 minute ago, fuggnificent said: Did u scroll to where it lists the years in bold? I looked at the paragraphs as well as the diagram. There's a three year overlap shown between gen x and millennials that I fall in. 1
Cidz Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Idk i think ima millenial but tbh theres a huge diff between someone like me borm in 1985 to someone born in 2005. I still grew up without cellphones and dial up internet. Bit maybe im just a grouchy old lady now that doesnt wanna be grouped in with 20 something yr olds lol 1
bnmjy Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 My mother, gen x, made a joke about her generation: it's called gen x because they have an extra chromosome.
StarPanda Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 39 minutes ago, Naraku4656 said: who cares I'm dying
lupin_bebop Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Always been a millennial, but never really gave a fuck.
DragonSinger Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Cidz said: Idk i think ima millenial but tbh theres a huge diff between someone like me borm in 1985 to someone born in 2005. I still grew up without cellphones and dial up internet. Bit maybe im just a grouchy old lady now that doesnt wanna be grouped in with 20 something yr olds lol I think we in-betweeners are called Xennials since we're a micro-generation that experienced pretty big changes from people starting to have home computers to practically living online now. 1
Azalar Hex Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 I was born in '82 so this makes me a GenXer, Gen Y, and a Millenial. ... shit.
Houdini Splicer Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Gen X, and Gen Y. I've always considered myself just Gen X, though.
blueraven1999 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 49 minutes ago, Vin_Tybul said: Gen X, and Gen Y. I've always considered myself just Gen X, though. Same for me. Also I think it's weird that this chart has Gen Y and Millennials separate. Before the millennial term was around, I remember the media referring to Millennials as Gen Y. It's too bad the chart didn't include the Oregon Trail Generation. I like being part of that one. 1
Houdini Splicer Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, blueraven1999 said: Same for me. Also I think it's weird that this chart has Gen Y and Millennials separate. Before the millennial term was around, I remember the media referring to Millennials as Gen Y. It's too bad the chart didn't include the Oregon Trail Generation. I like being part of that one. Same here. Gen Y sounds cooler, to me, than Millenials. 1
blueraven1999 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 25 minutes ago, Vin_Tybul said: Same here. Gen Y sounds cooler, to me, than Millenials. Yep. Also I just noticed the name of your rank. Pretty cool.
Houdini Splicer Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, blueraven1999 said: Yep. Also I just noticed the name of your rank. Pretty cool. Thankies. I asked for it around the time I was using Stone Temple Pilots' "Purple" album cover as an avatar.
blueraven1999 Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 22 minutes ago, Vin_Tybul said: Thankies. I asked for it around the time I was using Stone Temple Pilots' "Purple" album cover as an avatar. You're welcome. That's cool.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Vin_Tybul said: Same here. Gen Y sounds cooler, to me, than Millenials. I remember when we were considered Gen Y as well, but I always thought it was a stupid name, as it means nothing. Just Y comes after X. Then the current crop of kids is called gen z, and the naming is getting really lazy, and also, what comes after z? aa? The label 'millennial' at least has an actual meaning to it other than 'came after x'.
Houdini Splicer Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 I wondered that, too. So I guess the term Millenials solves that little problem nicely and neatly.
Neko Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 millennials...I gotta have it now, right now... I feel out of place. That isn't the way I grew up. I had a corded phone dammit! 1
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Neko said: millennials...I gotta have it now, right now... I feel out of place. That isn't the way I grew up. I had a corded phone dammit! I had a corded too, but only when I was little.
nameraka Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 of the opinion that generational terms are completely meaningless and unnecessarily divisive. also i resent the title. "...because, facts" generational boundaries are completely arbitrary. how much sense does it make that you could have two people born one day apart falling on opposite lines of supposed generational divides despite the fact that their developmental experiences, the world that shaped them, etc would have been exactly the same? dumb. meaningless. stop it. 1 1
Clu Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 I just read there is a micro generation from late 70s to early 80s called xennials.... They like were born in analog and grew up in digital. Or something.
fuggnificent Posted February 28, 2018 Author Posted February 28, 2018 Thanks for no flames, guys. It is appreciated!
Chapinator_X Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 Millennial, cause I kill the punani industry. But with all seriousness, millennial.
katt_goddess Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 10 hours ago, blueraven1999 said: Same for me. Also I think it's weird that this chart has Gen Y and Millennials separate. Before the millennial term was around, I remember the media referring to Millennials as Gen Y. It's too bad the chart didn't include the Oregon Trail Generation. I like being part of that one. The Oregon Trail Generation would be anyone between late 70's - late 80's that remembers playing the Oregon Trail on yellowing MacIntoshs using the two floppy system. Honestly, the spread on these 'generations' changes every few years based on whether or not someone wants to be included in a given generation. I remember about 5 years ago that include massive overlap where the 'Greatest' stretched all the way across 'Boomers' and tickled the mid 70's. And now the 'Greatest' has withdrawn to it's gated nursing homes so it can scream at the 'Boomers' to get of their lawn and the 'Gen X' don't want to be associated with 'Boomers' because of video games or pot or something. I lost the memo. It wasn't written on Day-Glo paper.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 18 hours ago, Clu said: I just read there is a micro generation from late 70s to early 80s called xennials.... They like were born in analog and grew up in digital. Or something. That's me!
KreiaDidNothingWrong Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I'm considered Y or Millenial, but generations are a spook invented to sell magazines so it doesn't really matter
molarbear Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 13 hours ago, katt_goddess said: The Oregon Trail Generation would be anyone between late 70's - late 80's that remembers playing the Oregon Trail on yellowing MacIntoshs using the two floppy system. Honestly, the spread on these 'generations' changes every few years based on whether or not someone wants to be included in a given generation. I remember about 5 years ago that include massive overlap where the 'Greatest' stretched all the way across 'Boomers' and tickled the mid 70's. And now the 'Greatest' has withdrawn to it's gated nursing homes so it can scream at the 'Boomers' to get of their lawn and the 'Gen X' don't want to be associated with 'Boomers' because of video games or pot or something. I lost the memo. It wasn't written on Day-Glo paper. Oregon Trail and the power glove ftw The power glove wasn't a win but it's just an iconic representation 1
TrigunBebop Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I am the next generation. I am from the future.
Bad_Witch Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 That chart is shit. There's no way The Greatest Generation started in 1930....they were 15 when the war ended. How many 15 year olds fought and died? What did those born in the early 40's do? Take the milk machine with them into battle? 1
katt_goddess Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 15 hours ago, Bad_Witch said: That chart is shit. There's no way The Greatest Generation started in 1930....they were 15 when the war ended. How many 15 year olds fought and died? What did those born in the early 40's do? Take the milk machine with them into battle? To be truthful, lying to get into the service was a big thing back then. It was considered all patriotic and for a lot of people joining the military meant food, clothing, and medical services that they wouldn't have had access to in their own home settings. Asshole lied like a rug and got in. I think he was 16-17 max when he was shipped over to Korea and that would have been after time spent in bootcamp.
tsar4 Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 23 minutes ago, katt_goddess said: To be truthful, lying to get into the service was a big thing back then. It was considered all patriotic and for a lot of people joining the military meant food, clothing, and medical services that they wouldn't have had access to in their own home settings. Asshole lied like a rug and got in. I think he was 16-17 max when he was shipped over to Korea and that would have been after time spent in bootcamp. My Grandfather joined the Navy during WWI, lying about his age (14) and his step-father, a doctor, went along & vouched for him.
Bad_Witch Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 5 hours ago, katt_goddess said: To be truthful, lying to get into the service was a big thing back then. It was considered all patriotic and for a lot of people joining the military meant food, clothing, and medical services that they wouldn't have had access to in their own home settings. Asshole lied like a rug and got in. I think he was 16-17 max when he was shipped over to Korea and that would have been after time spent in bootcamp. I understand that but still. With the chart starting the Greatest Generation at 1930 that still makes those born in 1930 15 at the end of the war in '45. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time for actual fighting even lying about their age to get in. Plus, despite the occasional liar, most people who would have fought in WW2 would have been born after the WW1 heroes came home till about when the stock market crashed. Most of those born during the Depression years wouldn't have been able to lie. It's much harder to pass a 10 year old off then a 16/17 year old.
PhilosipherStoned Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 So if you were born in 1982 you're a part of generation X, generation Y, and a millenial? I've never really understood how these generation designations are supposed to work.
1938 Packard Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 9:55 PM, fuggnificent said: can this be the board's official document to determine which generation we are? so i can now go back to complaining about millennials.. kthxbye https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/here-is-when-each-generation-begins-and-ends-according-to-facts/359589/ I won't say precisely which generation by name. But hear this... genuine fact of my generation. My generation was taught in middle school health education class that two slices of pizza are a balanced meal. Pepperoni or sausage: meat. Cheese: dairy. Tomato sauce and/or onions: vegetable. Crust: grain. These days, such a description is considered to be a sarcastic musing from people who don't spend a lot of time worrying about what they eat. Back then, it was practically gospel because that's what the health teacher endorsed. All this and more, while everyone just can't figure out why there always has to be such a huge gap between old school and new wave. We can't even manage to carry the same fucking lesson plan from one generation to the next, but we expect a coherent society? Good luck, folks!
Clu Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, 1938 Packard said: I won't say precisely which generation by name. But hear this... genuine fact of my generation. My generation was taught in middle school health education class that two slices of pizza are a balanced meal. Pepperoni or sausage: meat. Cheese: dairy. Tomato sauce and/or onions: vegetable. Crust: grain. These days, such a description is considered to be a sarcastic musing from people who don't spend a lot of time worrying about what they eat. Back then, it was practically gospel because that's what the health teacher endorsed. All this and more, while everyone just can't figure out why there always has to be such a huge gap between old school and new wave. We can't even manage to carry the same fucking lesson plan from one generation to the next, but we expect a coherent society? Good luck, folks! Your generation is dirt. 1
1938 Packard Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Clu said: Your generation is dirt. Good luck with your teachers, telling you that multiplying six by eight has to be a twenty minute process of chasing tangents on a work sheet.
GuyBeardmane Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 On 2/27/2018 at 10:40 PM, Doom Metal Alchemist said: According to the article I'm both gen x and a millennial. There's a name for us. Xennials You know, like an X-Men spin-off that would've come out Summer 2001.
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