Per Harvard: Gen X is 1965-1984, Millennials is 1986- 2004, Boomers 1945-1964. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in January 81 by many definitions I'm the oldest Millennial. I got my first cell phone and social media in graduate school, so after I was an adult. At the same time, I had high speed internet, ICQ/AIM and Napster in college, unlike Gen X.

My brother, 5 years younger, got his first cell phone and social media in high school. It led to a totally different growing up experience than I had.

I have never heard of 81 as a millennial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1981 here. Definitely feel like I’m caught between the two generations because of technology. I remember going to the library to do book reports and history reports when I was a kid because I needed to use actual books and the Dewey Decimal System. But I also had AOL for all four years of high school (1996-2000).

It’s insane how much changed in about 10 years from 1989 to 1999. It was much more change than compared to the 2009 to 2019 period.

I agree with this. I was born in 1979 and I don't feel like I fit into either one.

You are generation X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born mid 1964. I don’t identify with either boomers or Gen-x. Kids were born in 1997 and 1999 and tend to lean toward Gen-z.

Gen Z is 2005 +

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad to hear I'm Gen X, but that my sister is a boomer.

Great conversation starter the next time we were together. Haha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born mid 1964. I don’t identify with either boomers or Gen-x. Kids were born in 1997 and 1999 and tend to lean toward Gen-z.

1964 was part of the baby boom. Did you click on the original link? Also, generation Z start in 2005 not the 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in January 81 by many definitions I'm the oldest Millennial. I got my first cell phone and social media in graduate school, so after I was an adult. At the same time, I had high speed internet, ICQ/AIM and Napster in college, unlike Gen X.

My brother, 5 years younger, got his first cell phone and social media in high school. It led to a totally different growing up experience than I had.

I have never heard of 81 as a millennial.

Really? That’s a very commonly cited starting point. I think someone linked a Pew analysis using 81 in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in January 81 by many definitions I'm the oldest Millennial. I got my first cell phone and social media in graduate school, so after I was an adult. At the same time, I had high speed internet, ICQ/AIM and Napster in college, unlike Gen X.

My brother, 5 years younger, got his first cell phone and social media in high school. It led to a totally different growing up experience than I had.

You are generation X. Your brother appears to be the oldest of the millennials. You were able to see the millennial experience through your brother’s eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in January 81 by many definitions I'm the oldest Millennial. I got my first cell phone and social media in graduate school, so after I was an adult. At the same time, I had high speed internet, ICQ/AIM and Napster in college, unlike Gen X.

My brother, 5 years younger, got his first cell phone and social media in high school. It led to a totally different growing up experience than I had.

I have never heard of 81 as a millennial.

Millennials have been defined as 1981-1996 by the Pew Research Center, and that has been adopted by most major outlets since.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1964. I feel neither, as is common with my friends group. I tend to identify as "the 80's was my favorite decade music/movies/clothing" as it covered my HS and college and right out of college years. 80-82. 82-86. and single post college years of going out.

1964 also, oldest of 5. all of us consider ourselves and relate most to Gen X. My kids are 1999 and 2001 and seem like Gen Z although they didn't get cell phones (slider types) until jr high and smart phones until in high school. They do not seem at all like millenials. I need to ask them what generation they think they are!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born mid 1964. I don’t identify with either boomers or Gen-x. Kids were born in 1997 and 1999 and tend to lean toward Gen-z.

Gen Z is 2005 +

Gen Z is 1997-2012

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z#/media/File:Generation_timeline.svg

[Anonymous]

Does someone on this board have an ax to grind about too many people identifying as millennials? Some of these replies seem downright angry. I don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1964. I feel neither, as is common with my friends group. I tend to identify as "the 80's was my favorite decade music/movies/clothing" as it covered my HS and college and right out of college years. 80-82. 82-86. and single post college years of going out.

1964 also, oldest of 5. all of us consider ourselves and relate most to Gen X. My kids are 1999 and 2001 and seem like Gen Z although they didn't get cell phones (slider types) until jr high and smart phones until in high school. They do not seem at all like millenials. I need to ask them what generation they think they are!

1999 kid replied and said zillenial, a cusp kid, just like me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born mid 1964. I don’t identify with either boomers or Gen-x. Kids were born in 1997 and 1999 and tend to lean toward Gen-z.

Gen Z is 2005 +

Gen Z is 1997-2012

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z#/media/File:Generation_timeline.svg

+1. There area already many articles out about Gen Z in the workforce (the oldest are mid-twenties now).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born in January 81 by many definitions I'm the oldest Millennial. I got my first cell phone and social media in graduate school, so after I was an adult. At the same time, I had high speed internet, ICQ/AIM and Napster in college, unlike Gen X.

My brother, 5 years younger, got his first cell phone and social media in high school. It led to a totally different growing up experience than I had.

I have never heard of 81 as a millennial.

Millennials have been defined as 1981-1996 by the Pew Research Center, and that has been adopted by most major outlets since.

Yes, and this age group was told they were "millennials" back when they were in high school. It's like now people want to change the definition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was born mid 1964. I don’t identify with either boomers or Gen-x. Kids were born in 1997 and 1999 and tend to lean toward Gen-z.

1964 was part of the baby boom. Did you click on the original link? Also, generation Z start in 2005 not the 90s.

The original link has a different definition than most previous sources. That's why we're now arguing about it for 14 pages. Also 1964 is the very end of the baby boom so it's easy to see why someone born then doesn't identify with the earliest Boomers from the '40s.