If I was born in early 1980s, am I a Gen X or an entitled lazy Millennial?

I am sick of boomers walking around the gym bathrooms naked, can someone explain why they feel entitled to be perverted. Why does a old think it's ok to shave while naked in the gym, and then they have the nerve to smile hello.

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Bcndnc wrote:

Millennial is anyone born in or after 1980 so you're a millennial.

Yes. Which means, mommy drove you to the end of the driveway for the bus. You don't have any idea what Saturday morning cartoons are. You never rode your bike to school. You have a nicer car than your teachers. You have at least three guy friends who are mtetrosexuals. You use or have heard the word "offensive" your entire life. You know girls who use Tinder. You know parents who buy alcohol for their kids parties. You've never paid a dime for any part of your college education or were ever expected to get a summer job.

You're lazy. You're a loser. You play video games instead of playing outside. You, sir are the reason Kenya and other African countries will forever kick our LDR a$$es.

I was born in 1981 and I don't identify with really any of these. Walked to/from the bus stop (had no bike for a while anyway). Watched Sat. morning cartoons--got up earlier on Saturdays to do so. I am a teacher, had no car til after college. Don't know if I know anyone on Tinder or a metrosexual (homosexuals, yes). Paid my own way through college, mostly through scholarships, and paid back my small student loan. Ever era has entitled, cynical, and optimistic people.

Walked to school alone. Not with someone/parent.

True. If only millennials were like boomers. We'd give ourselves tax breaks, under fund everything for years, and then get mad when someone says "hey, maybe we shouldn't pay out full benefits on things like social security because everything else was massively underfunded. Those crummy millennials I complain about should pick up the tab for us."

Boomers help build this country. Many served it in the military of course too and we should be forever thankful for that service. But they also put us in this mess.

Look at the tax rates now compared to early 1980. When you do it's not hard to understand why millennials are stuck with so much national debt and struggle to pay entitlements.

First, that's a great story. Accomplished a lot and contributed more.

Social security is just a tax with a label on it. You can't underfund everything else and then say "hey, that small portion should be treated differently." It's all taxes. The rest of taxes were cut a ton. And we're in this mess.

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There's a minimum voting age. Maybe there should be a maximum too.

Maybe make the min voting age 14 or 16. Due to the internet and social media a 14 year old is just as informed as an 18 year old 50 years ago.

And maybe if there's a maximum in conjunction with that some politicians will start to run a platform that caters more to younger folks who will bear a larger (longer) impact from their decisions anyway.

I'm 37. Contributed the max SS for the last 11 years. And I assume it'll be zip when retire because it's just a tax with an earmark as the other guy said.

If you were in HS or college when Kurt Cobain died you are Gen X.

Alan

On a side note, what would be the generation in between Millenials and Gen Z? The kids born in the late 90's and early 2000's? Which are they?

Just smile back and say hello.

By this definition it's children born actually around 1995-2000.

That also fits the 20 somethings that parents support their post high school vacations to Europe and Hawaii and then move home after college because they don't want to work.

Those born in 1982 don't really fit the description below but are definitely a transition between Gen X & mellinials. Thus Gen Y.

This may have already been posted, but here ya go. Question = answered.

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Oregon Trail Generation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail_Generation

F*ck, I just died of dysentery.

You're between a Gen Xer and a millennial.

You're a Genital.

I was born in November '83, right after Beirut and during Able Archer. What if the Soviets crashed the Fulda...?

First heard of Internet/Prodigy in '93-94 school year (4th grade).

DOOM--'93 and '94.

AOL and Win95--1995-1996 school year.

AIM/ICQ--1997-1998, 8th grade

Myspace--2003-2005

Xanga--same

Joined FB 12/14/04--at Kent State; at the time FB was restricted to 8-15 schools nationwide.

First cell phone 11/2004

Smartphones and iPhones didn't blow up until '06? Blackberrys from '03-05 and the flip/switch keyboards.

Millennials to me are anyone born in '90 or older. They would have started driving with smartphones in '05-06.