I can only imagine people's reactions when the first "born in the 2000s" posters reveal themselves.
Which generation are you from [Poll]? (Millennials, Gen Z, etc.)
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I know a lot of people have different definitions of what these mean. The Pew Research Center defines them as such:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
I'm using that and will vote Millenial. I was born 1996.
There's a lot of factors at hand here. Which era of your childhood cartoons did you enjoy more - early-mid 2000s (late millennial era), or mid-late 2000s (early gen z era)? Some examples: Samurai jack vs chowder, pre-movie Spongebob vs post, Jackie chan adventures vs Skunk fu, Xiaolin showdown vs Johnny test, Megas XLR vs Secret saturdays, Transformers cybertron vs Transformers animated, Yugioh vs Bakugan, Teen titans vs Ben 10, etc.
I'm from 88, so a millennial. I love how everything seems to exist to appeal to my generation(at least games/anime wise), I wonder when that will stop haha.
Nod, and it has nothing to do with the term. Its just there is probably one of the largest differences between someone born in 1981-83 and someone born 1993-96. Ask someone born in the early 90s what a pager is, dial up internet, fall of the Berlin wall, 9/11, etc etc.
I don't personally have a memory of the fall of the wall, but I do distinctly remember watching my parents and seeing their reaction. I also remember exactly where i was in college when 9/11 happened. Comparing that to someone born in the early-mid 90's...yah nah. I didn't have my first Nokia brick phone till I was out of high school.
I'm 24 and definitely remember pagers (Didn't use one, but i do remember older people carrying them), dial up internet, and 9/11. Berlin wall no.
I'm German, so perhaps it differs a bit, but I'll answer!
Samurai Jack vs Chowder - I don't know either of those.
Pre-movie Spongebob vs post - I watched it before the movie came out, but also watched it for a little while after it was out.
Jackie Chan Adventures vs Skunk Fu! - Jackie Chan of course! I never heard of Skunk Fu though.
Xiaolin Showdown vs Secret Saturdays - I know the first one, but haven't watched it. I don't know the second one.
Additional: I watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Home Improvement, Quincy, M. E., Columbo, Magnum and Murder, She Wrote and The Cosby Show as a kid on TV. I don't know if those were all re-runs or if they release so late in Germany.
In terms of Anime, my first one was Detective Conan, followed by Pokémon Indigo League, Yu-Gi-Oh, Inuyasha and One Piece.
So, what is your verdict? :D
A Boomer? Good god no. I grew up watching Brady Bunch re-runs every afternoon waiting for our parents to get home from work. The movie was made to appeal to our nostalgia.
Gen X. We had a little TV on top of our broken TV and catching an ass whooping was business as usual.
You were seven when 9/11 happened, I was in college. No offense, you had no idea what was happening. 9/11, the move from pagers-cell phones-smart phones, dial up-broadband, etc. these are generational defining moments. Shit isn't remotely the same. Was born 1981.
I think it will have to end sometime soon. People are aging out, settling down and starting families.
Well I don't even consider 81 millennial as i mentioned before. I feel like 83-84 onward is more true millennial.
Baby boomers are a direct result of a major historical event...the ending of WWII and with it a huge uptick in birthrates. I'd agree that most generations have a very fuzzy grey line between the except for Boomers.. they're literally the result of that event and the shift in attitudes, culture, and lifestyles are very clear cut from that same event.
I was born in 82, my ex's daughter in 96. The fact that we're part of the same generation is crazy.
That's almost a 14 year gap.
Born 1984 so I'm a Lazy Millennial killing industries while eating my avocado on toast (which ironically I really love!).
Millennial/Gen Z. Born in 95 so I'm on the border there, where I remember 9/11, but was very young and also always had internet.
I'm in that weird cutoff of being a millennial but being so close to Gen Z that I'm considered a pioneer since I'm more of a mid generation.
I had a traditional childhood and then spent most of my early tweens trying to explain to my parents that no one plays outside anymore and everyone is on their phones or computer.
I had a traditional childhood and then spent most of my early tweens trying to explain to my parents that no one plays outside anymore and everyone is on their phones or computer.
Very Late 78. I don't identify as Gen X, sorry. Those guys are well into their 50s. I met my first girlfriend online when I was a sophomore in high school. Gen X people -- people around, say, Eddie Vedder's age -- have no concept of what that is like, or in general what my life was like growing up. I also was not into music until heavy alternative stuff started coming out in the 90s; Gen Xers were all into 70s and 80s new wave stuff that I 100% skipped.
I'm a Xennial aka Oregon Trail Generation aka Generation Catalano. I'd happily vote that way if the poll let me, but I ain't touching this one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials
I'm a Xennial aka Oregon Trail Generation aka Generation Catalano. I'd happily vote that way if the poll let me, but I ain't touching this one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials
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I know a lot of people have different definitions of what these mean. The Pew Research Center defines them as such:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Yeah I classify as Gen X (barely, Born early 1980)
Growing up in the 80's I always considered myself part of Gen X.
81. But because I am French, I am like born in the late 70s from the pov of american mass media and 90s from the pov of weebs.
93, Late Millennial. I think 96 being the cut off is too generous, 95 is the last absolute year for the Millennials and 96 is where Gen Z starts. I'd also argue that 1990-1994 millenials also exist in their own unique sub-generation but that is another arguement entirely. Gen X and millenials blend together and can find common ground, but the cut off point between late millenials and Gen Z is a giant fucking cliff. Anyone born in that 5 year spectrum are the people who literally grew up parallel with technology, we got to experience both the pre-internet boom and the post internet world, while being in tandem too young to experience the early days properly while being a tad bit too old to truly understand and enjoy social media like Gen Z. But yeah, after 1994 the generation gap is definitely the largest it has been in modern western Civilization for a good while.
Depends on where you look, you could easily be a millennial. I've seen many places state GenY starting in 1979.