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What generation are you?

Poll ended at 15 Jun 2023, 5:12pm

The Greatest Generation 1901-1927 (hey, you never know... )
1
4%
The Silent Generation 1928-1945
0
No votes
The Baby Boomer Generation 1946-1964
7
29%
Generation X 1965-1980
10
42%
Millennials 1981-1996
5
21%
Generation Z 1997-2012
1
4%
Gen Alpha 2013-2025
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 24

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So, what generation are you from? I'm guessing the majority of us are jaded Gen X'ers... but who knows??
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Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:18pm
Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
I'm lazy. I just found it online, but I'm willing to adjust.
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I'm guessing I'm one of the few if not the only gen z kid here :approve:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:18pm
Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
I adjusted the years based on info found on Wikipedia ;)
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WestwayKid wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:26pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:18pm
Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
I adjusted the years based on info found on Wikipedia ;)
Kinda goofy to think Millennials stop several years before the millennium.
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XRCF wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:24pm
I'm guessing I'm one of the few if not the only gen z kid here :approve:
My kids are both Generation Z but I think it is quite cool that they were born in different millenia!

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:33pm
WestwayKid wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:26pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:18pm
Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
I adjusted the years based on info found on Wikipedia ;)
Kinda goofy to think Millennials stop several years before the millennium.
I always thought the term was meant to indicate that they/we had the change of millennium as our early formative experience. In that case, it would make sense to cut it off around when a kid would be too young to remember the turn of the millennium, no?
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Please let there be a silent gen person on here and please please please have them be a huge BAD fan.
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My Generation!

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Flex wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:43pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:33pm
WestwayKid wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:26pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:18pm
Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
I adjusted the years based on info found on Wikipedia ;)
Kinda goofy to think Millennials stop several years before the millennium.
I always thought the term was meant to indicate that they/we had the change of millennium as our early formative experience. In that case, it would make sense to cut it off around when a kid would be too young to remember the turn of the millennium, no?
My understanding is that they are the last generation born in 2nd millenium / the first to reach maturity in the new. Plus the whole 20-year thing—why are Millennials such an abbreviated generation?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:58pm
Flex wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:43pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:33pm
WestwayKid wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:26pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:18pm
Xer, of course. But I'm gonna quibble with your bracketing dates. A generation is normally about 20 years, give or take a year or 2. Gen X is roughly '64 to '82, Millennials '83–'01, and Z is '02–?.
I adjusted the years based on info found on Wikipedia ;)
Kinda goofy to think Millennials stop several years before the millennium.
I always thought the term was meant to indicate that they/we had the change of millennium as our early formative experience. In that case, it would make sense to cut it off around when a kid would be too young to remember the turn of the millennium, no?
My understanding is that they are the last generation born in 2nd millenium / the first to reach maturity in the new. Plus the whole 20-year thing—why are Millennials such an abbreviated generation?
Mmmm, the 20 year thing is new to me. Pew, for example, notes the boomer generation is an outlier in how long it is at nearly 20 years: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads ... -z-begins/

In any case, not an exact science, this is all a tad on the arbitrary side, etc. but I do sort of agree with the millennial rule of thumb that if you're too young to remember 9/11 and understand its importance at the time, you're not a millennial. In the u.s. thats for sure a generationally defining moment.
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Also, thank you to our brave greatest gen member for helping defeat the Nazis (or for escaping to South America)
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Flex wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:45pm
Please let there be a silent gen person on here and please please please have them be a huge BAD fan.
Fucking lol
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Flex wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 6:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:58pm
Flex wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:43pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:33pm
WestwayKid wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 5:26pm


I adjusted the years based on info found on Wikipedia ;)
Kinda goofy to think Millennials stop several years before the millennium.
I always thought the term was meant to indicate that they/we had the change of millennium as our early formative experience. In that case, it would make sense to cut it off around when a kid would be too young to remember the turn of the millennium, no?
My understanding is that they are the last generation born in 2nd millenium / the first to reach maturity in the new. Plus the whole 20-year thing—why are Millennials such an abbreviated generation?
Mmmm, the 20 year thing is new to me. Pew, for example, notes the boomer generation is an outlier in how long it is at nearly 20 years: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads ... -z-begins/

In any case, not an exact science, this is all a tad on the arbitrary side, etc. but I do sort of agree with the millennial rule of thumb that if you're too young to remember 9/11 and understand its importance at the time, you're not a millennial. In the u.s. thats for sure a generationally defining moment.
I largely defer on the topic to William Strauss and Neil Howe, who developed a generational theory of history. Their use of 20 years was related to a person's stage of life (childhood/youth; adulthood; middle-age; elder), each of which were around 20 years and marked by distinct roles. They also emphasized the role of significant events as cut-offs in generations, as your stage of life had considerable influence in how you reacted to and were shaped by events.
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