When are we going to stop calling teenagers Millennials

Considering that the youngest millenials are now of drinking age, or close, the answer is...last year, maybe?

They have been calling 18 to 34-year-olds millennials for years now. Which means it's more of a transient stage like teenager rather than generational label like Generation X. The original millennial generation should be around 24-40 now. Are those of us born in the early 80s grouped in or not? I'd much prefer not to be, the stereotype is of people who grew up with the Internet, mobile phones..I spent my teenage years and early adulthood using paper maps and pay phones (and printouts of Yahoo! Maps), not Google Maps on my smartphone.

Millennials: Generation 1982-2000 Some say 1981 - 1997

Baby booms 1946-1964

Typical for generations to have large spans, because parents are having children at a variety of ages.

Teenagers now are a different generation, called "Generation Z." But somehow the label seems to stick for "young kids", even if most millennials are mid 20s to 40 now.

Don't know the new name yet, but you're right, they aren't Millennials.

The following generation can't be as bad as Millennials either. They might be awful, but can't possibly go any lower than the rock bottom that is Millennials.

HardLoper wrote:

Don't know the new name yet, but you're right, they aren't Millennials.

The following generation can't be as bad as Millennials either. They might be awful, but can't possibly go any lower than the rock bottom that is Millennials.

I'd be happy to here the facts backing up your so called 'claim'.

unless it was sarcasm...

HardLoper wrote:

Don't know the new name yet, but you're right, they aren't Millennials.

The following generation can't be as bad as Millennials either. They might be awful, but can't possibly go any lower than the rock bottom that is Millennials.

You kidding? The next generation is being raised by smartphones and ipads, not parents. I bet a lot of kids are going to have social maladaptations and instant gratification addiction. At least the majority of millenials are still able to work in the real world.

HardLoper wrote:

Don't know the new name yet, but you're right, they aren't Millennials.

The following generation can't be as bad as Millennials either. They might be awful, but can't possibly go any lower than the rock bottom that is Millennials.

I think the proper term is Snowflakes.

Double Standards wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

Don't know the new name yet, but you're right, they aren't Millennials.

The following generation can't be as bad as Millennials either. They might be awful, but can't possibly go any lower than the rock bottom that is Millennials.

I'd be happy to here the facts backing up your so called 'claim'.

unless it was sarcasm...

Typical Millennial using "here" instead of "hear". WHY DON'T YOU GET OFF YOUR PHONE AND GO BACK TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL

> Are those of us born in the early 80s grouped in or not? I'd much prefer not to be, the stereotype is of people who grew up with the Internet, mobile phones..I spent my teenage years and early adulthood using paper maps and pay phones (and printouts of Yahoo! Maps), not Google Maps on my smartphone.

I was born in 1986 -- I remember not having the internet or a computer. The iPhone came out when I was a junior in college.

I think the lesson is, don't worry too much about the stereotypes people want you to believe about a group of people born across a range of two decades.

Going on and on about this or that generation is an easy way to get published in a major newspaper, and an easy way to get people riled up on some internet forum, but intelligent people like you and me don't bother ourselves about that sort of nonsense.

You sure as hell aren't Gen X

HardLoper wrote:

Don't know the new name yet, but you're right, they aren't Millennials.

The following generation can't be as bad as Millennials either. They might be awful, but can't possibly go any lower than the rock bottom that is Millennials.

Aren't you a millennial?