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

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Who cares and why does it matter??

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Anonymous wrote:1980 and I'm a true Xennial. Not really X, but a little old for true Millienial.

My DH is 1976 and is clearly much more Gen X. It's amazing since it's only a few years.

Having the internet around for all of high school (late 90s) high school is the sign you are NOT Gen X. Even though it was slow.

I'm the same birth year and have had the same experiences with the Internet being available in high school using crappy web browsers and search engines that I doubt even exist any longer.

If pressed I'd say I feel more Gen X than Millennial but we don't really match up with either.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1980 and I'm a true Xennial. Not really X, but a little old for true Millienial.

My DH is 1976 and is clearly much more Gen X. It's amazing since it's only a few years.

Having the internet around for all of high school (late 90s) high school is the sign you are NOT Gen X. Even though it was slow.

I'm the same birth year and have had the same experiences with the Internet being available in high school using crappy web browsers and search engines that I doubt even exist any longer.

If pressed I'd say I feel more Gen X than Millennial but we don't really match up with either.

80 is gen x

[Anonymous]

I do agree with Harvard's findings, which have stood the test of time for the past couple decades.. However if you were to slice full cohorts in half the same way the Boomers have Generation Jones (realistically 1955-1964) you would have the Xennial's (original name Gen Flux/fluxating between the old world and the new world), would be 1975-1984. Tto technically be a "Milennial" you would have to come of age in the actual "Milennial years" which would be 2001-2009.. by doing simple math, they would be born between 1983-1991, (making them the shortest and smallest cohort on the planet) but the original name "The Echo Boomers" would statistically match up with the birthrates and cultural shifts that occured between 1985-2004. with the half cohorts of this timeline being the so called Zennials 1995-2004. these have been my observations based on research, and life experiences.. opinion polls and corporate rags such as: Pew Group, Gallup Poll, Reuters,
Strauss and Howe, etc are never in sync with eachother, and they tend to readjust their "findings" every few years, give or take.. but Harvard up until 2018 has stood by their findings and studies. its consistent with what i remember growing up.

[Anonymous]

I'm 1979 and really feel more like a Millenial than Gen X.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 1985 and missing from this classification

Hahah same guys! Hi fellow 1985ers. 😄😄

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Anonymous wrote:George Masnick, of behalf of Harvard puts Generation X in the time frame of 1965 to 1984, Millennials in the time frame of 1986- 2004, and Boomers in the time frame of 1945-1964.

I know lots of people born in the early 80s prefer to identify as millennial, and "generations" has become a part of all areas of popular culture..

How old are you and how do you identify?

https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/defining-the-generations-redux

I didn’t think anyone chose to be called a millennial.

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Anonymous wrote:George Masnick, of behalf of Harvard puts Generation X in the time frame of 1965 to 1984, Millennials in the time frame of 1986- 2004, and Boomers in the time frame of 1945-1964.

I know lots of people born in the early 80s prefer to identify as millennial, and "generations" has become a part of all areas of popular culture..

How old are you and how do you identify?

https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/defining-the-generations-redux

I think the break is 82/83. That would be last group that didn’t have most kids with a cell phone by senior year of HS. By 2000 everyone had the Nokia.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 1979 and really feel more like a Millenial than Gen X.

Absolutely not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 1979 and really feel more like a Millenial than Gen X.

Absolutely not.

NP but also ‘79. I consider myself a 90s kid since that is where my music/entertainment influences lie. I don’t really remember much about the 80s and I do feel like a lot of Gen Xers are older. I think it is simply that the 78-84ish group got caught in between.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:George Masnick, of behalf of Harvard puts Generation X in the time frame of 1965 to 1984, Millennials in the time frame of 1986- 2004, and Boomers in the time frame of 1945-1964.

I know lots of people born in the early 80s prefer to identify as millennial, and "generations" has become a part of all areas of popular culture..

How old are you and how do you identify?

https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/defining-the-generations-redux

I think the break is 82/83. That would be last group that didn’t have most kids with a cell phone by senior year of HS. By 2000 everyone had the Nokia.

I disagree w this. I was born in 1984, graduated high school/started college in 2002 and didn’t have a cell phone until my freshman year of college (fall of 2002). I was not the last of my cohort to get a cell phone either.

But I don’t think cell phones are what defines a generation either. I think it’s more when you had the internet that makes you a millennial.

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1988 and am defined as a millennial by every source I’ve seen. In my head, though, I’ve always considered millennials to be defined the way pew does; born around 81’-86’. People born in the 2000s are too young to be millennials. I think of people in college and those in their early 20s to be gen z.

I relate to my millennial peers; I’m mid career, have young kids, had a MySpace page, and used to watch mtv dating shows and antm after school

[Anonymous]

1980 is gen x, thank you. Why people born in the 70s do not want those ones born in 1980 in the generation x club? All reliable sources include us in the gen x world. What do you think is so different between you and them? I have nothing in common with millennial, definitely more in common with someone born in 1965 (the beginning of gen x) than someone born in 1996 (end of millennial). Please.

[Anonymous]

You mean they remembered us?

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[Anonymous]

Why do people resurrect random old threads?