Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

[drajt@fosstodon.org]

@thordis these marketing terms are confusing as the date ranges vary by country and social class, so plenty of people are lumped into one bucket but don't really belong.

Only if you were born in the middle, in a mainstream western country to average age parents does it even vaguely apply.

For my sins Gen X, whatever that means.

[funguy2playwith@mastodon.online]

@thordis

I thought I was a late Boomer but according to Harvard Business School (2017):

- Traditionalists, born prior to 1946
- Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964
- Gen X, born between 1965 and 1976
- Millennials, born between 1977 and 1997
- Gen 2020, born after 1997

[burnt_veggies@mstdn.social]

@thordis Gen-X! Here we are now. Entertain us! Yeah!

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[tattie@eldritch.cafe]

@linuxandyarn perceives you
@thordis

[thechris@norden.social]

@thordis I don't hold with this "Gen" bullshit, sorry.

[hisham_hm@mastodon.social]

@thordis voted Gen X, but I'm a Xennial (1980)

[tattie@eldritch.cafe]

@thordis my brother was born in 1980, Gen X. I was born in 1981, Millennial.
@szczurtorebkowy

[enthraxxx@h4.io]

@thordis Please define what each category means. I have no idea where I'm supposed to fit.

[hobbs@dobbs.town]

@thordis
xennial reporting in. gap babies unite!

[ggmcbg@mstdn.plus]

@thordis

"WOLVERINES!"

[guffo@topspicy.social]

@thordis Gen X and proud/in pain.

[marjolica@social.linux.pizza]

@thordis for those that don't know what the generation cut dates are I found this:

Generation Birth Year
Generation Alpha 2013–2025
Generation Z 1997–2012
Millennials (Gen Y) 1981–1996
Generation X 1965–1980
Baby Boomers 1946–1964
Silent Generation 1928–1945
Greatest Generation 1901–1927

However pooling Boomers and Alphas as in the questionnaire doesn't make much sense though.

[atzanteol@techhub.social]

@PermaSolarPotter @david_kehm @thordis
Because we don't constantly begin discussions with "as a gen X..." like millennials do.

[russcheshire@mastodon.scot]

@thordis Boomer. Identifies as antedeluvian...

[gareth@tenforward.social]

@thordis I think 'Xennial' is the more official term now, but I always think of myself as the "Star Wars Generation" from the following article:

https://joelhousman.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-star-wars-generation

[trashgaylie@aethy.com]

@thordis i misclicked 🥺 im Gen Z but accidentally picked Gen X
barely missed being a Millenial by 3 years or so

[urbanfoxe@mastodon.ie]

@hajni @thordis Gen X is busy holding it together. We're looking after our Boomer parents, our Gen Z kids and talking our little Millennial siblings down from despair, and we still end up being the ones figuring out what's for dinner every day.

[pterry@fnordon.de]

@Viss @thordis depends in the country I'd guess, and the again there's a difference between rural and urban areas. Before the internet was widely available, everything was a lot less homogenous. (I'm going with Xennial atm.)

[kevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@PermaSolarPotter @david_kehm @thordis I and the people I know don't accept gen X as an identity. There was a rationale for commenting on the baby boomer generation as a distinct thing, but gen X and later are arbitrary, and regardless using it as an identity instead of discussion of the environment the group experienced is nonsense.
The manufactured history of labeling generations seems to be taking hold now and people are identifying themselves and others with their generation.

[shadsterling@mastodon.social]

@contrasocial @ReggieHere @hajni @thordis I wonder if Gen X is ignored because, coming after boomers, thy didn’t get the benefits and don’t get the blame, but being immediately after they had it good enough that they don’t complain about everything getting dragged away by the boomers, but millennials got so much less they could see sooner how bad it was headed for