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ComradeSeraphim posted...

Keebs05 posted...

Based on birth date: yes
Based on mindset: no

Millennials can be incredibly conservative. Hell, I'd argue there's probably more conservative millennials than conservative baby boomers.

I'll have what he's smoking.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's mostly bullshit pop sociology anyway, and it hasn't really been accurate for decades.

The accelerating pace of pop culture and greater penetration of media and information means that 20-30 year wide cohorts are basically meaningless. At this point, saying "I'm an 80s kid" or "I'm a 90s kid" conveys far more and far more accurate information than any attempt to classify someone as a millennial.

More importantly, there's the variance in birth rate. Some boomers are great-grandparents, other boomers are just parents. The whole system kinda arose from the idea that there was a baby rush so a large cohort was born at once.

And even 80s kid vs 90s kid has different connotations, depending on arbitrary cutoffs.
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