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

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Where is gen z??

Gen Z was that until somebody renamed them millennials when they all turned 20 and started annoying people.

No. Gen Z is after millenials.

Millenials are the generation who grew up at the turn of the millenium. So those of us coming of age right around Y2K. I turned 20 in 2000 so I fit.

Another delineation is: did you have a computer in the house during your childhood? Is yes, you are a millenial. If not until high school or later, you are Gen X.

That's not true. I'm GenX and had a computer in my house from the time I was 4.

[Anonymous]

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.

But when did you get a cell phone? I'm also a 1981er and I've never felt like a millennial because I didn't have my first cell phone until my senior year of college. Granted I was a late adopter, but that to me was always a defining generational characteristic.

[Anonymous]

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/

Pew Research Center uses different dates. Anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is a millenial. I think its classifications are more widely accepted than Harvard's.

[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.

But when did you get a cell phone? I'm also a 1981er and I've never felt like a millennial because I didn't have my first cell phone until my senior year of college. Granted I was a late adopter, but that to me was always a defining generational characteristic.

Not until college, summer of 2001. Got it weeks before 9/11 when I was living in NYC. I was in college 2000-2004 and we mostly used the in-dorm landline telephone service because cell phone service was still $$$$ and calling between dorm rooms was free. Every dorm suite had a dry erase board so we could write phone messages for our roommates. I don’t think I started texting until 2004 or 2005, because it was an additional charge before that. I had 500 minute per month, so no need to pay extra for texting!

I remember using the MCI phone cards to call my parents and getting those as stocking stuffers over Xmas break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is gen z??

Gen Z was that until somebody renamed them millennials when they all turned 20 and started annoying people.

LOL so true! Millennial has spread from an actual generation to a group of entitled twenty-somethings in the office no matter what the year. I am Gen X (same age as Monica Lewinsky) and even as a young worker myself there were "millennials" who were taking the piss-- socializing, taking long lunches, get hammered at happy hours and then showing up at work the next day with just a different tie, abusing expense accounts, expecting to be promoted, flirting and BJs to get promoted... it's really not a millennial thing, but they got the reputation.

This is so true. At my last job I had several Gen X coworkers who were CONSTANTLY complaining to me about the 'Millennials' right out of college. At this point, they're not Millennials. People don't seem to get that Millennials are now like, 40.

/1984 Millennial. I do think the "Bridger" microgeneration from about 1978 to 1985 makes sense, especially if being a digital native is a key part of being a Millennial. That group is kind of the last gasp of people who didn't have a digital upbringing.

[Anonymous]

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

Why did they leave out 1985?

I was born in 1986 and definitely feel like I’m on the edge between millennial and gen x.

[Anonymous]

These age ranges all seem way too large.

I was born in ‘75 and definitely don’t have much in common, generation-wise, with a 38 yo. My friends who are 38/40 yo all strike me as millennials. I have good friends who were born around 1970 and we had more similar experiences growing up.

My mom and my in-laws are similarly about 10 years apart …. All technically boomers but very different experiences and reference points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in 1985, I guess I am my own thing...

OP here. Sorry you're (per Harvard) Millennial. Typo by me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm late 84. I thought I was an elder millennial. Never considered myself or was referred to by anyone else as Gen X.

Does anyone else remember that Generation Y was a thing? Cause that's what I thought I was until "millennial" as a term came into vogue. I don't think I made it up, but it seems to be obsolete.

Yes! I’ve been wondering what happened to gen Y since I’m 1977 and was always told I was Y growing up. Definitely didn’t feel like part of X.
All of a sudden that designation disappeared and I became X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is gen z??

Gen Z was that until somebody renamed them millennials when they all turned 20 and started annoying people.

No. Gen Z is after millenials.

Millenials are the generation who grew up at the turn of the millenium. So those of us coming of age right around Y2K. I turned 20 in 2000 so I fit.

Another delineation is: did you have a computer in the house during your childhood? Is yes, you are a millenial. If not until high school or later, you are Gen X.

That's not true. I'm GenX and had a computer in my house from the time I was 4.

Yeah this also depends on income. I didn’t have a computer until senior year of high school but I’m sure others my age did. I’m 1977.

[Anonymous]

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

Why did they leave out 1985?

I was born in 1986 and definitely feel like I’m on the edge between millennial and gen x.

You are millennial for sure, not a bit Gen X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is gen z??

Gen Z was that until somebody renamed them millennials when they all turned 20 and started annoying people.

No. Gen Z is after millenials.

Millenials are the generation who grew up at the turn of the millenium. So those of us coming of age right around Y2K. I turned 20 in 2000 so I fit.

Another delineation is: did you have a computer in the house during your childhood? Is yes, you are a millenial. If not until high school or later, you are Gen X.

That's not true. I'm GenX and had a computer in my house from the time I was 4.

Yeah this also depends on income. I didn’t have a computer until senior year of high school but I’m sure others my age did. I’m 1977.

Really interesting. I'm also '77 and the one above who said I had a computer in my house from age 4. My father was a professor, so solidly middle class, but obviously it's so much easier to revise your work on a computer rather than a typewriter, so I guess he was motivated!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Why did they leave out 1985?

I was born in 1986 and definitely feel like I’m on the edge between millennial and gen x.

You are millennial for sure, not a bit Gen X.

You’re mighty confident for someone who doesn’t know me at all.

[Anonymous]

1978 here and I feel like we're lost in all of this. I'm neither strictly X nor Millennial, so I do like the term Xennial because I feel like I'm a good mix of both. My coming of age was the AIM generation, so can we just call ourselves that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Why did they leave out 1985?

I was born in 1986 and definitely feel like I’m on the edge between millennial and gen x.

You are millennial for sure, not a bit Gen X.

You’re mighty confident for someone who doesn’t know me at all.

No definition of Gen X includes 1986. Sorry.