Fresh load wrote:
85 and after is millennial.
84 and before is Gen X.
84 is much too late for a Gen X. Gen X'ers should have been born in the late 1960s to late 1970s.
Fresh load wrote:
85 and after is millennial.
84 and before is Gen X.
84 is much too late for a Gen X. Gen X'ers should have been born in the late 1960s to late 1970s.
I think we can all agree that everyone older than our generation is a slow old geezer always complaining about the good-old-days that never were and that everyone younger is a coddled, lazy, sheltered, effete snowflake.
You are a Xennial.
545 wrote:
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.
Hahaha! Quit reading all the crap about Millennials and go get to know one! I was born in '88 and only ONE of these points applies to me.
I walked or rode my bike to school up until high school, I watched Saturday morning cartoons religiously and loved them, I drove an old car that was nowhere near as nice as my teachers' cars, I made sure to stay far away from anything remotely metrosexual, I know a guy (no girls) that downloaded Tinder and deleted it after a month because it was just too superficial and weird, I don't know any parents that would ever dream of buying alcohol for their kids' parties (we didn't party anyway...too busy running and hiking around in the mountains), I paid for 100% of my college education and graduated debt free - never saw one penny from my parents (by the way, the fact that you think a summer job could even come close to paying for college shows that you're pretty out of touch. I worked full time, year round and still barely squeaked by without loans), and I loathe video games.
My free time is limited due to my job as an engineer, my wife & two kids, and yard care because I'm a homeowner. But when I have free time, I spend as much as possible in the mountains. I wake up at 5 am everyday to trail run and split my evenings between playing with my kids and trying to start my own business.
But I guess that I've grown hearing the word "offensive" so maybe you're right about me....
This is correct.
I'd say since you are to lazy to look the information up.
Expecting others to do it for you.
Looking for reassurance.
Even questioning what you are.
Makes you a stereotypical millennial.
In all serious though. Screw these people and their stereotypes. No one ever says "Wow this generation really stinks. What the hell were you doing or thinking raising them this way?"
Maybe I'm not the typical boomer. Age 59 now. I busted my butt to get a BS and MS in engineering. Worked through both. No loans. This year will be the 23rd year in a row paying the max FICA and a boat-load toward medicare. I haven't received a cent.
Will I take social security at 62? Yes! I and my employers will have paid in approximately $600K into it. Compound that by the 7% market average since I starting a career job in 1980. You are in the millions of dollars. I'll get about $25K at 62. Say I live to 92, I'll get $750 back at much less valuable dollars. So this boomer helped pay a lot for others!
asdfe wrote:
Oregon Trail Generation.
Huh. I would have thought that that generation was born around 1820.
Extremely stupid name for being born in the 1980s.
Fresh load wrote:
85 and after is millennial.
84 and before is Gen X.
I agree with this definition. I know some others say millennials start at 1980 or 1982. I was born in late 1970's, and the common understanding among all of us as we grew up was that we were Gen X. The same goes for my younger siblings that were born in the early 80's.
It wasn't until I was in my 30s that people started referring to people around my age as millennials.
I think the best criteria for millennial is that if social media and smart phones where COMMON when you were in high school. For people born in 1984, these things (facebook and iphones) may have just been starting when they were in high school, but they still were not a dominate force in people's social lives.
not entitled wrote:
You aren't a Boomer, so you aren't part of the entitlement generation
+1
If you're in the transition years, it would depend more on where and how you grew up.
Similar to a previous poster, a better question might be, were you supporting yourself before you got your first cell phone? If yes, Gen X. If no because cell phones were already common or because your parents supported you well into early adulthood, you're leaning Millenial.
As opposed to being a boomer who is draining social security and medicare despite not putting in his fair share. Die already.
Runn262 wrote:
Maybe I'm not the typical boomer. Age 59 now. I busted my butt to get a BS and MS in engineering. Worked through both. No loans. This year will be the 23rd year in a row paying the max FICA and a boat-load toward medicare. I haven't received a cent.
Will I take social security at 62? Yes! I and my employers will have paid in approximately $600K into it. Compound that by the 7% market average since I starting a career job in 1980. You are in the millions of dollars. I'll get about $25K at 62. Say I live to 92, I'll get $750 back at much less valuable dollars. So this boomer helped pay a lot for others!
Yeah and gas was under a dollar and a new home was 80,000. In 2030 there will be 50 million new immigrants living in America which is good for corporate earnings.
I am part of the millennial generation. Yes we have our faults, but a lot of the millennial stereotyping is a result of the world that we were raised in, and not a result of our own volition. Also a few points I would like to add.
1. Millennials were born in the 80's, Saturday morning cartoons were still very prevalent in the late 80's and early to mid 90's.
2. As for hearing the word offensive our entire life, where do you think we learned that word from? The whole "offensive" culture came from the baby boomer/gen x generation. A lot of millennials, including myself, are in our 30's. We grew up watching many "offensive" comedians, watched "offensive" movies, and listened to "offensive" music (which thanks to Tipper Gore (a boomer) had to be labeled with parental advisory stickers.
3. Is it the fault of a millennial if their parents are stupid enough to buy them alcohol? I would blame the boomer parents (or their parents).
4. It was a lot easier to pay for school when the average tuition for a 4 year university in the 70s was $1,400 as opposed to $20,000 in 2016.
I also would like to add that in addition to having to pay for a higher cost of education, the millennial generation is the most educated out of any previous generation. Studies have also shown that millennials are the most generous generation and have spent more time volunteering than any previous generation. As for summer jobs, when the cost of tuition is $20,000 a year, the old paper route or any other minimum wage paying job will not even make a dent. Most millennials spent their summers volunteering, doing research, or working as an intern.
Runn262 wrote:
Maybe I'm not the typical boomer. Age 59 now. I busted my butt to get a BS and MS in engineering. Worked through both. No loans. This year will be the 23rd year in a row paying the max FICA and a boat-load toward medicare. I haven't received a cent.
Will I take social security at 62? Yes! I and my employers will have paid in approximately $600K into it. Compound that by the 7% market average since I starting a career job in 1980. You are in the millions of dollars. I'll get about $25K at 62. Say I live to 92, I'll get $750 back at much less valuable dollars. So this boomer helped pay a lot for others!
And a ton of others helped pay for the roads and institutions that helped facilitate all this for you.
Pappy wrote:
In all serious though. Screw these people and their stereotypes.
What month were you born in? Then we can tell your astrological sign. Whether you are a Virgo or an Aquarius should give us about as much information as whether you are a member of Generation X or a Millenial.
You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not a Time Magazine think piece.
Fresh load wrote:
85 and after is millennial.
84 and before is Gen X.
Worst answer on the whole thread.
andicamp wrote:
If you're in the transition years, it would depend more on where and how you grew up.
Similar to a previous poster, a better question might be, were you supporting yourself before you got your first cell phone? If yes, Gen X. If no because cell phones were already common or because your parents supported you well into early adulthood, you're leaning Millenial.
Beepers were all the rage in high school. And then in college, facebook required you to join your school network.
Consider This wrote:
Pappy wrote:In all serious though. Screw these people and their stereotypes.
What month were you born in? Then we can tell your astrological sign. Whether you are a Virgo or an Aquarius should give us about as much information as whether you are a member of Generation X or a Millenial.
The zodiac has been recently changed thanks to nasa.
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/zodiac-signs-changing-new-nasaYou are whichever one is worse.