I can’t find the comment, but someone earlier made the point that as technology started changing more quickly, generational periods might get shorter — to reflect the very different cultural experiences from one generation to the next. As a tween with a bus pass, before cell phones, I really had a startling amount of autonomy and freedom compared to many tweens today.

I’m curious about what general historical markers people feel are aligned with generational cohorts. I think the explosion of news sources and options for communication has had an enormous impact on generational experiences.

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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

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.

I didn’t say I was Gen X. I said I’m kinda in between. It’s a thing. There’s a big difference between my experience and the experience of someone who had a digital childhood. I did not.

I have no idea what you mean when you say "I didn't have a digital childhood." I'm 10 years older than you, and I didn't have a digital childhood. Got my first email address in senior of high school. You must have had email from elementary school, unless you lived under a rock.

I didn’t have email in elementary school. We had computers in the back of the classroom, but e-mail didn’t factor in. This was in Westchester County, NY, so not under a rock.

Whatever. You could have had email, if your parents had allowed it. Your childhood was digital, deal with it. You're not an Xennial or an Oregon Trailer. Just plain old Millennial. I know it's not very cool but it is what it is.

I played Oregon Trail constantly.

So? I hula hooped, doesn't mean I'm a Boomer.

So you’re saying all my friends were playing a game that wasn’t for our generation?

You didn’t play it in the first wave.

It debuted in 1971, so Gen Xers didn’t either. What’s your point?

Hey, I didn’t coin the term Oregon Trail microgeneration for the years from 1977-81/82. But for you to try to apply it to yourself as someone born in ‘86 is patently ridiculous.

I didn’t say I was. I said I don’t feel like a digital native millennial. You flipped out.

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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

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.

I didn’t say I was Gen X. I said I’m kinda in between. It’s a thing. There’s a big difference between my experience and the experience of someone who had a digital childhood. I did not.

I have no idea what you mean when you say "I didn't have a digital childhood." I'm 10 years older than you, and I didn't have a digital childhood. Got my first email address in senior of high school. You must have had email from elementary school, unless you lived under a rock.

I didn’t have email in elementary school. We had computers in the back of the classroom, but e-mail didn’t factor in. This was in Westchester County, NY, so not under a rock.

Whatever. You could have had email, if your parents had allowed it. Your childhood was digital, deal with it. You're not an Xennial or an Oregon Trailer. Just plain old Millennial. I know it's not very cool but it is what it is.

I played Oregon Trail constantly.

So? I hula hooped, doesn't mean I'm a Boomer.

So you’re saying all my friends were playing a game that wasn’t for our generation?

You didn’t play it in the first wave.

It debuted in 1971, so Gen Xers didn’t either. What’s your point?

Hey, I didn’t coin the term Oregon Trail microgeneration for the years from 1977-81/82. But for you to try to apply it to yourself as someone born in ‘86 is patently ridiculous.

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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

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.

I didn’t say I was Gen X. I said I’m kinda in between. It’s a thing. There’s a big difference between my experience and the experience of someone who had a digital childhood. I did not.

I have no idea what you mean when you say "I didn't have a digital childhood." I'm 10 years older than you, and I didn't have a digital childhood. Got my first email address in senior of high school. You must have had email from elementary school, unless you lived under a rock.

I didn’t have email in elementary school. We had computers in the back of the classroom, but e-mail didn’t factor in. This was in Westchester County, NY, so not under a rock.

Whatever. You could have had email, if your parents had allowed it. Your childhood was digital, deal with it. You're not an Xennial or an Oregon Trailer. Just plain old Millennial. I know it's not very cool but it is what it is.

I played Oregon Trail constantly.

So? I hula hooped, doesn't mean I'm a Boomer.

So you’re saying all my friends were playing a game that wasn’t for our generation?

You didn’t play it in the first wave.

It debuted in 1971, so Gen Xers didn’t either. What’s your point?

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Anonymous wrote:I was born in 81 and prefer “elder Millenial” (thanks for that Iliza Schlesinger).

More than Xennial?

You are missing millennial by a few years with any classification. And are still middle aged like X.

The definition of millennial typically starts in the early 80s, but many people born in roughly 1981-1987 feel very different from people born in the 90s, hence the term elder millennial.

Anonymous wrote:I was born in 81 and prefer “elder Millenial” (thanks for that Iliza Schlesinger).

More than Xennial?

You are missing millennial by a few years with any classification. And are still middle aged like X.

I was born in 81 and prefer “elder Millenial” (thanks for that Iliza Schlesinger).

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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

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.

I didn’t say I was Gen X. I said I’m kinda in between. It’s a thing. There’s a big difference between my experience and the experience of someone who had a digital childhood. I did not.

I have no idea what you mean when you say "I didn't have a digital childhood." I'm 10 years older than you, and I didn't have a digital childhood. Got my first email address in senior of high school. You must have had email from elementary school, unless you lived under a rock.

I didn’t have email in elementary school. We had computers in the back of the classroom, but e-mail didn’t factor in. This was in Westchester County, NY, so not under a rock.

Whatever. You could have had email, if your parents had allowed it. Your childhood was digital, deal with it. You're not an Xennial or an Oregon Trailer. Just plain old Millennial. I know it's not very cool but it is what it is.

I played Oregon Trail constantly.

So? I hula hooped, doesn't mean I'm a Boomer.

So you’re saying all my friends were playing a game that wasn’t for our generation?

You didn’t play it in the first wave.

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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

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.

I didn’t say I was Gen X. I said I’m kinda in between. It’s a thing. There’s a big difference between my experience and the experience of someone who had a digital childhood. I did not.

I have no idea what you mean when you say "I didn't have a digital childhood." I'm 10 years older than you, and I didn't have a digital childhood. Got my first email address in senior of high school. You must have had email from elementary school, unless you lived under a rock.

I didn’t have email in elementary school. We had computers in the back of the classroom, but e-mail didn’t factor in. This was in Westchester County, NY, so not under a rock.

Whatever. You could have had email, if your parents had allowed it. Your childhood was digital, deal with it. You're not an Xennial or an Oregon Trailer. Just plain old Millennial. I know it's not very cool but it is what it is.

I played Oregon Trail constantly.

So? I hula hooped, doesn't mean I'm a Boomer.

So you’re saying all my friends were playing a game that wasn’t for our generation?

Anonymous wrote:I was born in 1984 and I identify as a millennial because when I was a teen/in college they were calling me a millennial. I find this particular goal post shift very odd. I definitely don’t identify with Gen X.

I don’t either. I just don’t relate to the whole digital native thing that tends to be associated with millennials.

Anonymous wrote:I was born in 1984 and I identify as a millennial because when I was a teen/in college they were calling me a millennial. I find this particular goal post shift very odd. I definitely don’t identify with Gen X.

Does this make you feel "old"?

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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

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.

I didn’t say I was Gen X. I said I’m kinda in between. It’s a thing. There’s a big difference between my experience and the experience of someone who had a digital childhood. I did not.

I have no idea what you mean when you say "I didn't have a digital childhood." I'm 10 years older than you, and I didn't have a digital childhood. Got my first email address in senior of high school. You must have had email from elementary school, unless you lived under a rock.

I didn’t have email in elementary school. We had computers in the back of the classroom, but e-mail didn’t factor in. This was in Westchester County, NY, so not under a rock.

Whatever. You could have had email, if your parents had allowed it. Your childhood was digital, deal with it. You're not an Xennial or an Oregon Trailer. Just plain old Millennial. I know it's not very cool but it is what it is.

I played Oregon Trail constantly.

So? I hula hooped, doesn't mean I'm a Boomer.

I was born in 1984 and I identify as a millennial because when I was a teen/in college they were calling me a millennial. I find this particular goal post shift very odd. I definitely don’t identify with Gen X.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone before 1980 is bad, but there is an acceptable range being born in the 70s

Lol. Ok. Thanks!

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