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Brillopad 03-03-2018 08:04 AM

Cut-off date for being an official millennial.
 
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a8235731.html

As this subject has been mentioned on here several times I thought this may make for interesting reading.

Niamh. 03-03-2018 08:11 AM

I missed out by 3 years :laugh:

Brillopad 03-03-2018 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 9900898)
I missed out by 3 years :laugh:

My son was born in 1996 but only 21 so I don’t think it applies to him.

Niamh. 03-03-2018 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brillopad (Post 9900904)
My son was born in 1996 but only 21 so I don’t think it applies to him.

My youngest brother fits in :laugh:

Brillopad 03-03-2018 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 9900911)
My youngest brother fits in :laugh:

Re-reading the article I think it does apply to my son - just - as he will be 22 by the end of 2018.

Cherie 03-03-2018 09:02 AM

I always assumed mine were but they are too young :omgno:

Niamh. 03-03-2018 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 9900932)
I always assumed mine were but they are too young :omgno:

Yeah I thought mine would be too because they were born in the noughties but apparently not. My youngest brother is 30 and he is though.

Smithy 03-03-2018 09:16 AM

Yay I’m part of the better generation :cheer:

Oliver_W 03-03-2018 09:31 AM

Sounds about right, I roughly thought it was "university aged, to 40", so I was off by a few years each way.

Cherie 03-03-2018 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 9900956)
Sounds about right, I roughly thought it was "university aged, to 40", so I was off by a few years each way.

If you are born 1996 it makes you 22 so most people would have finished university

Oliver_W 03-03-2018 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 9901010)
If you are born 1996 it makes you 22 so most people would have finished university

Did you notice the sentence after that one?
Quote:

so I was off by a few years each way.

James 03-03-2018 10:47 AM

I always thought the generations went something like this -

Baby Boomers: born ~1945 to ~1965

Generation X: born ~1965 to ~1980

Millennials / Generation Y: born ~1980 to ~1995

Generation Z: born ~1995 onwards

Cherie 03-03-2018 10:48 AM

Generation X :dance:

y.winter 03-03-2018 10:59 AM

Seriously, what does it matter? Who really cares about it other than Buzzfeed's editors?

Withano 03-03-2018 11:07 AM

Whats the point in grouping several ages together and giving them an unbrella term? Does anyone know? A millenial born in 96 would typically have more in common with a Gen Z born in 2000, than a millenial born in 1981. Seems a bit daft.. unless theres something obvious that I've been missing?

Oliver_W 03-03-2018 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by y.winter (Post 9901047)
Seriously, what does it matter? Who really cares about it other than Buzzfeed's editors?

Almost nothing matters tbh, but people like to categorize things, and it could be argued there are differences between the generations.

user104658 03-03-2018 11:26 AM

Apparently there's also a tiny subset generation that I'm part of that only lasted a couple of years. I can't remember what it's called... But basically, if in your childhood you remember NOT having things like Internet, no mobile phones, etc but also in your teens DO have those things. Basically one foot in and one foot out of the "Internet generation".

It is a weird one really. I mean, my childhood involved both being online / on forums etc by my early teens... But also playing games that loaded off of cassette tapes not long before :think:

user104658 03-03-2018 11:28 AM

Oh also, when people talk about "Millennials" in the media, these days to be honest they're actually talking about early Generation Z... They generally mean people who are in their early 20's. Who are not actually millennials at all any more.

Alf 03-03-2018 11:29 AM

Are Millenials also known as Generation Snowflake?

Crimson Dynamo 03-03-2018 11:40 AM

Generation X

it even sounds cool


we piss in muilleniums or whatever they are called

:dance:

Withano 03-03-2018 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 9901084)
Apparently there's also a tiny subset generation that I'm part of that only lasted a couple of years. I can't remember what it's called... But basically, if in your childhood you remember NOT having things like Internet, no mobile phones, etc but also in your teens DO have those things. Basically one foot in and one foot out of the "Internet generation".

It is a weird one really. I mean, my childhood involved both being online / on forums etc by my early teens... But also playing games that loaded off of cassette tapes not long before :think:

So u

Tom4784 03-03-2018 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by y.winter (Post 9901047)
Seriously, what does it matter? Who really cares about it other than Buzzfeed's editors?

Older people that want to blame the world's problems on young people despite the fact that it's been their generation running the show for decades.

Brillopad 03-03-2018 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 9901135)
Older people that want to blame the world's problems on young people despite the fact that it's been their generation running the show for decades.

Daft comment. No one really cares it’s just interesting to know. Trust you to see nothing but negativity.

AnnieK 03-03-2018 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 9901135)
Older people that want to blame the world's problems on young people despite the fact that it's been their generation running the show for decades.

In my experience the young blame the old for having it easy and ****ing it up and the old blame the young for being entitled and wanting it all. When really we need to fix the NOW and all pull together to try and fix this cluster **** we are in now, not just play the blame game.

smudgie 03-03-2018 02:42 PM

This baby boomer doesn’t blame her millennial kids for anything..apart from premature ageing.:joker:


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