Current Events > Are people born ~1980-1987 REALLY millennials??

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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/77111272/910781990
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/77111272/910826023

The official timeline of Millennials is being born early 80s - 1995 or so. This guy says otherwise.

What do you think?
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Yes, and it's rather hilarious how many of us despise the label.

Though there IS a big divide between people who grew up without internet vs people who never knew life without it even if both are technically millennials imo.
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No. "Millennial" would appropriately describe someone who grew up during the 00s.
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Nope, a millennial didn't experience the 90s at all other than being a baby. A baby is somewhere between 0-3 years old. They have no recollection of the times at all.

It makes no sense to lump in 80s kids with them. Although alot of them also have the same views. Alot of kids of the 80s have conservative views about alot of things because the parents of those times were still traditional parents. Compare that to now, parents are letting kids have sex change operations
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Unbreakable posted...

Yes, and it's rather hilarious how many of us despise the label.

Though there IS a big divide between people who grew up without internet vs people who never knew life without it even if both are technically millennials imo.

it's a rather messed up predicament. i fit more with the last generation instead of millennial :(.
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When would you guys say the millennial generation starts?
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Damn_Underscore posted...

When would you guys say the millennial generation starts?

90's----00's
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Unbreakable posted...

Yes, and it's rather hilarious how many of us despise the label.

Though there IS a big divide between people who grew up without internet vs people who never knew life without it even if both are technically millennials imo.

As someone that was born in 1986...... I didn't grow up without the internet I just remember the progression from not having it to having dial up to having cable internet between the time I was about 10 and 18.

Wow, some random dude on CE said it. This is groundbreaking and breaks every definition defined. Thanks for opening my eyes.
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I don't know why the fuck adults born in the mid to late 80's get so upset about getting called one of them, I'm one myself. What's the big deal? People of all ages are stupid, stop trying to point the finger at another generation and going with the "back in my day" shit.
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I was born in 82 and I'd vote no within the current meaning of millenial. That said I was 17 and graduated in 2000 so logically it'd probly be a fair statement.

I definitely ain't gen x either though.
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Cornmuffins posted...

I don't know why the fuck adults born in the mid to late 80's get so upset about getting called one of them, I'm one myself. What's the big deal? People of all ages are stupid, stop trying to point the finger at another generation and going with the "back in my day" shit.

It's not a big deal bit people use millenial to identify specific traits and ideals as much as age range.
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No. Cold Y should still be a thing. 34 year old here. I have more in common with Gen X people.
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I'd say if you can remember the majority if not all of the 90s then you aren't really a millennial. I'd say more of born early 90s would be a millennial.

Also, always think of this when I hear millennials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLpE1Pa8vvI" data-time="
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They are millennials but there's nothing wrong with specifying that they're an older millennial because there are some differences. I'm in the same boat being born in 88.

Teenagers are gen Z btw.
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I like the term xennials. Basically people that grew up with an analog childhood but a digital adolescence/adulthood.
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@rikasa posted...

Teenagers are gen Z btw.

No, they're called "The iGeneration"
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Ultima Dragon posted...

I like the term xennials. Basically people that grew up with an analog childhood but a digital adolescence/adulthood.

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I was born in 82 and consider myself gen x
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KamenRiderBlade posted...

@rikasa posted...

Teenagers are gen Z btw.

No, they're called "The iGeneration"

Also "homeland generation" if you want to look like a weirdo. Anything but millennial would work.
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I'd say anyone who was in school (K-12) when 9/11 happened is a millennial
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having been born in 1983, I'm absolutely a millennial.

I see the difference between people my age, and those born a decade later, but the differences are largely superficial. The younger millenials are a bit more aloof and inconsiderate in my opinion, but we still have the things that matter in common. I sip my monster and enjoy mowing my lawn, but that's about where the differences end.

On the other side, the differences are much more apparent: I have coworkers that are 4-5 years older than me, and I have absolutely nothing in common with them.
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1979-1989 would be Gen X.
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were Baby Boomers really born in the 50s?

then why do they have such fond memories of it
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I was born in 87. I remember life before the internet. I didn't even have it until I was nearly 15.
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DirkDiggles posted...

1979-1989 would be Gen X.

No. You're factually wrong. Moreso on the 79 starter.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLpE1Pa8vvI" data-time="

cringe
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CanuckCowboy posted...

DirkDiggles posted...

1979-1989 would be Gen X.

No. You're factually wrong. Moreso on the 79 starter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X

Wikipedia states that "Gen X" is as early as 1961 & as late as 1984 depending on whose definition you're using.
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I feel like there should be a line drawn where the internet is concerned, one side or the other can be a millenial, but somewhere in the early nineties kids are different becauae they only knew life with internet.
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I think if you remember life without the internet and you were 10 years old or older when Pokemon Gen 1 came out you can't really be considered a "millennial" but you barely make the cut off.
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If you have any memories at all of the 90s you arent a millennial
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pres_madagascar posted...

I was born in 87. I remember life before the internet. I didn't even have it until I was nearly 15.

15? lol. Do you even know what dial-up is? I was born the same year and I absolutely knew what the internet was before then. Did you grow up in the boonies? I think by that age we had DSL.
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Yeah. Don't care for the label myself, but I align with gen x anyway.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

I feel like there should be a line drawn where the internet is concerned, one side or the other can be a millenial, but somewhere in the early nineties kids are different becauae they only knew life with internet.

That's how the line is drawn between millennials and Gen Z. Except in 1995, when Gen Z starts, something like 20% or less of the US had internet in their homes. Having Internet in your home wasn't common until about the mid 00s. In that regard, Gen Z should probably start at 2000.

Edit: Of course, these stats are including the entire US. Most of us grew up in densely populated areas where everyone knew since about the 1990s had Internet.
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Cornmuffins posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

I was born in 87. I remember life before the internet. I didn't even have it until I was nearly 15.

15? lol. Do you even know what dial-up is? I was born the same year and I absolutely knew what the internet was before then. Did you grow up in the boonies? I think by that age we had DSL.

I knew what the internet was, I just didn't have it. I grew up in the hood, only one of my group of friends had it until our late teens brought wide broadband.
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Ultima Dragon posted...

I like the term xennials. Basically people that grew up with an analog childhood but a digital adolescence/adulthood.

Mareen posted...

Ultima Dragon posted...

I like the term xennials. Basically people that grew up with an analog childhood but a digital adolescence/adulthood.

That's a good descriptor.
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dib153 posted...

If you have any memories at all of the 90s you arent a millennial

You could be born in 94 and have memories of the 90s so that's kind of a bad descriptor
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TheAnthraxBunny posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

I feel like there should be a line drawn where the internet is concerned, one side or the other can be a millenial, but somewhere in the early nineties kids are different becauae they only knew life with internet.

That's how the line is drawn between millennials and Gen Z. Except in 1995, when Gen Z starts, something like 20% or less of the US had internet in their homes. The Internet in homes wasn't common until about the mid 00s. In that regard, Gen Z should probably start at 2000.

I think the point would be more like if any regular American can not remember life before the internet then they are a different generation than me. Which would put the line earlier.
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Well, that seems pretty disingenuous on face value. You're not old, and I've noticed you trying to play that card, so please stop.
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There is a great pendulum among the generations.
Each generation rebels against its parents. That's just how it is.

I was born in the 80s, remember most of the 90s, and I consider myself a millennial.
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Anyways this is an issue you run into with pretty much any given generation label

Only workaround is by shortening 'generations' to like 5 years but then that'd be really stupid. The name 'millennials' was not defined by 'growing up in the digital age' it was defined by growing up around the start of the new millennium
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I was born in 1975, and have become a cynical asshole.

Y'all should have figured that latter bit out by now.

Cornmuffins posted...

Well, that seems pretty disingenuous on face value. You're not old, and I've noticed you trying to play that card, so please stop.

Me? I didnt say I was old. Not sure what youre talking about.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

Cornmuffins posted...

Well, that seems pretty disingenuous on face value. You're not old, and I've noticed you trying to play that card, so please stop.

Me? I didnt say I was old. Not sure what youre talking about.

Hes obviously talking to pres
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Learning posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

Cornmuffins posted...

Well, that seems pretty disingenuous on face value. You're not old, and I've noticed you trying to play that card, so please stop.

Me? I didnt say I was old. Not sure what youre talking about.

Hes obviously talking to pres

Idk, I didnt really take issue with anything that guy said either.
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Cornmuffins posted...

Well, that seems pretty disingenuous on face value. You're not old, and I've noticed you trying to play that card, so please stop.

Lol what? I joke about being old, I'm 31.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

When would you guys say the millennial generation starts?

1980 to 2000

Unbreakable posted...

Though there IS a big divide between people who grew up without internet vs people who never knew life without it even if both are technically millennials imo.

Yeah, the digital age is a big gap
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