TIMESTAMPS The five generations 0:57 The Traditionalist generation 1:49 The Baby Boomers 2:30 The Gen Y 3:24 The Millenials 4:30 The Gen Z 5:31 What Millennials and Centennials have in common 6:35
what defines your generation is what you have in common for example someone born in 1994 or 1995 may have more in common with Gen Z than Millennials whereas someone born in 1984 or 1989 may have more in common with Millennials like them, they said Late Baby Boomers tend to have more in common with Gen X, I believe the Generation that is born closer to the next Generation will have more in common with the next one, than the one it already is
Love how you skip over millennials going through Iraq, Afghanistan, 9-11, recession, Banker bailout and of course the attack on the middle class by outsourcing jobs.
@@GenXer71 We were and we were much more absorbent of the significance. Many of us lost everything... more than once. The Middle Class is gone and the American Dream no longer exists for people born here. LOL
Justin Červený Older millennials born in early 80s fought in Iraq Afghanistan when they graduated 1998-2001 yeah. Those were brave times those 80s babies fighting in Iraq
They very well can’t go listing off all the historical events that happened in that period of time that could have shaped the generations lives, you tryvit
Love how y’all don’t even talk about this affecting gen z a million times worse. For example Columbine influences others and now it’s not uncommon for shootings. Plus bombings are commons and we still have wars like that going on. Plus our recession
Gen Y grew up on MTV as well as adult swim. Gen Z ruined MTV though with their worthless reality shows about absolutely nothing but drama and ignorance
An important marker for Gen X was left out. We are the MTV generation. You did mention music defined my generation, which is true, more specifically music videos MTV. Where as music was important to boomers too but they grew up with music on the radio rather than music videos.
I'm a boomer born in 1957 but I love the music from the gen Xers generation! I look at gen Xers and think Wow! They sure can speak their minds when they don't like something! I babysat kids of that generation. I rather admire them because Xers are sassy!💖
Yeah, Gen X is responsible for creating some of the best music ever created. And not only that, but Gen X also united the music industry with other entertainment industries like never before or after. Music peaked when they were in the business. Everything has been downhill after that and people are too lazy and talentless to apply the brakes now.
And then they respond and adapt to it and in turn leave their mark to the next one! Everybody is going to have a different experience and do differently. But humanity always advances.
You're right. I remember black and white TV and only three stations. And we plucked em out of the air. Nothing digital except the first clocks. Phones were all wired lines.
technically i'm gen Z but i'm an older gen Z (i'm 22, born in 1996) and i def don't relate to current 15 year olds and their memes, but i also don't relate to 32 year olds terribly well. i relate more with young millenials born after 93.
Same here, though the media is covering the younger members of Gen Z, then consider the oldest Gen Z members like you and me millennials it's irritating,
I actually think that the boundary is for those born after 2007 when the internet became almost universally everywhere - these people will grow up with the internet from birth. For people before that age, the internet was a luxury until their teen years.
When buying Traditionalist - Do I really need this? Boomer - What brand again? Gen X - What freebies come with it? Warranty? Millenials - Wait. I am Googling the makers website...and reviews.... Gen Z- Does it work with an app? Let me check some influencers.
the last one is only accurate for the vocal minority sector of gen z. most of gen z frowns upon that stuff, i believe. things the vocal minority does is: tiktoks, influencing, excessive use of phones, etc.
@Got Any Grapes? the lost generation is the very first generation dated, between the 1870s and 1898, but there are no people from the Lost Generation left, hes wrong.
If you remember growing up with landline phones (maybe even rotary dial phones), cable TV meant channels 2-13 (and if you were real lucky had the cable converter box with a dial that went up to channel 36, but half the channels were "scrambled"), no internet until you were at least in college, and you are familiar with Max Headroom, McGruff the Crime Dog, "This is your brain on drugs", and "Give a Hoot, don't Pollute!", you are Gen X.
Fuktrumpsupporters Tj We did have a rotary phone actually. My grandma still had one she had never gotten rid of and my dad took it when she passed. I’m pretty sure my sister still has it.
Unlike MySpace, Facebook rooted itself into the college culture and then into the business world as those college students moved into the work force and businesses established Facebook pages. Myspace didn't do that. They focused more on the individual and music and personalization.
When I was in school, I remember they made us watch some movie about a dude going off into space. I didn't pay attention. Or maybe I did. I think maybe he was rich, wasn't home, an alcoholic, & maybe I'm making that up. 🤔🤷 But I know that movie happened. I think his family watched him on tv, & it shows family and friend scenes like that
They crowded us 2-3 classes in each room to watch, since the schools only had enough TV's for about a third of the classrooms. I remember when it exploded, one teacher quickly shut it off, then the three of them huddled up to decide what to say...I was in first grade at the time.
Turned 13 that day. Running late for school. Remember feeling sick bc they delayed the launch & i still* thought: It's too cold. Walked into my Junior High School, and everyone was crying. Horrific day. We all just cried & cried.
That's hilarious I had a millennial tell me if you remembered Y2K you are a millennial I am apparently Gen X but I know that I was in a high school class I believe it was a civics class they shut it down and we all watched it on one of those rolling Square TVs. I also thought it was funny that they mention counterculture in relation to Woodstock but now Republicans are using the word to make to describe things the millenials and the new kids want to cancel because of their strong feelings about social justice issues that they don't really understand.
That’s what is the most disturbing about Gen Z: They can be children of Gen X or Gen Y. The downside is depending on which generation their parents belong to play a a HUGE role in their behaviour.
I'm a Gen Y and I will try my best not to let my children be addicted to their phones or even video games but you cannot always control your children especially as they grow older. And I would appreciate if people stopped stereotyping a whole group of people just because they were born at a certain time! I remember playing outside pre-internet and yeah...
@@svasianfilipiname6603 but Mrs S V, playing outside shouldn't be a momentous achievement, there is more than that to life. I hear a lot of these kids talking about how they used to go outside, and all I can imagine is kids with glossy nicely trimmed bangs and colored striped white turtleneck Sweater as they run around in the sunny grass chasing each other and climbing trees. But I happen to wonder what about the other memories, visiting cities? Parks? Automobile drives everyday which I remember fondly, going to shops such as JC penney or Sears meeting its demise by the 1980s.. the neighborhood wasn't the only part of life, and there is so much beauty once you pass even that
For Gen X, you left out some very important things that shaped our generation, one of them being that divorce rates skyrocketed during our generation (I am a Gen Xer), so many of us experienced our parents getting divorced, and that really affected many of us deeply - even those whose parents never got divorced.
Derek Atkins I'm gen z and my parents are divorced and I have a great stepdad and I visit my dad on the weekends and I get double the presents so ok boomer
Spuggeti 69 Honey, if you are going to insult somebody, be accurate about it. “OK boomer” Is an insult towards a a Baby Boomer, not a GenXer. Wrong generation. Trying to be edgy and end up showing your stupidity instead. 🤣
Kosher Another person trying to sound smart but actually showing their stupidity. I recommend you rewatch this video from 0:35. Or better yet, do a bit of research. Google is free. Look up the definition of what a generation is and the definition if a baby boomer. 🙄
Yeah. And the rise of corporate greed, being told by boomers that we were useless and will never be anything, increase in prices, devaluing of the dollar, threat of nukes, Russia vs the USA, fall of he Berlin wall and a ton more. Gen X gets the shaft in most videos. We are the not seen not heard generation. Also the last one before hellicopter parenting began lol.
@@Yahriel don't know what generation ur from but EVERYONE well almost everyone knows the importance of WIFI. U can't even download some apps with regular internet
I believe that those born between 1984 and 1992 are the group of people that serve as the bridge between Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z. People born in those years most likely have some experiences similar to those of the Gen X and Gen Z. I am a '91 kid but grew up with MTV and grunge-punk music similar to Gen X. I also grew up with the same shows that most Gen X probably watched that time. My tendencies and experiences also is leaning towards to Gen Z since my age gap with them is not that far.
same here ... we have advantages of both the generation .. cutting of all the disadvantages we can connect to both the generations .. we are called as young millenials born after 94
@@KingDayDayDay00 Honestly those who were born between 1995 and 1999 are milleanials but very young milleanials. And actually those who were born between 1980 and 1985 are not pure milleanials, they are Xenials, somewhere between milleanials and Gen X but those who were born between ,say 1991 and 1996 are definitely milleanials.
Just call me optimistic, but i believe in the Millennials and the Centennials! They are smart and they do expect fast results! Just because they love technology does not mean that they are lazy! I am a Boomer and i have all the generations in my family. When i am in need of tech advice, i can always count on them! Labels don't mean a darn thing! I wish we did not use them!
difference between gen z and gen alpha: gen z: bring back the home button! gen alpha: what's a home button? (gen z = born 1996 - 2010) (gen alpha = born 2011 - 2025)
I am a Generation X Woman and proud of it. I grew up as a little girl in the 1970s and a Teenager Lady in the 1980s. I missed the music, Group Bands, Variety Shows,Soul Train, America Bandstand, Cartoons on Saturdays,fashion,hairstyles, sitcoms shows,board games and family togetherness in the 70s. I missed the Arcades,Malls,Game Shows,more sitcom shows,movies,Drive Ins,MTV & Video Soul on BET music videos of the 80s. We had problems like all Generations,but we did not have any School Shootings that I can recall. Also I still have a home phone long cord that I talked on daily,my answering machine,VCR,Cassette Player and a Record Player to play my Albums that I still have from the 70s,80s and early 90s. If only we had a Time Machine.
I'm almost 34, and Millennial, the thing is the older you get in that generation racket the more conservative you might think about all aspects of life, even if you are a liberal.. But you still love the modern conveniences of today.. GenZ, is about to kick off in just 5 years before they will make bigger influences in the media.. The Boomer Media will likely bash them as hard as us.. It is wise for us Millennials to help them GenZ's, and not bash them for their generational leap of age. The baby boomers and their media bashing campaign has taken its shape that most baby boomers themselves are very insecure about their differences compared to ours..
Same here. I'm almost 35 and part of the millennial generation, but I feel more like a mix of Baby Boomer, Gen X & Millennial because of my family upbringing (people often tell me that I have an old spirit).
Im 29 and i in no way feel linked to millenialls i feel more x tbh i remember exactly where i was at 9/11 and i remember my first fone also all these crazy younger ppl with blue or green or red hair ps:did u notice how it seems to be hyper colours that the use in everything from makeup hair clothes its not just red its highlighted neon red
I was born in late 1977 which makes me a Gen X and considering that I'm just 3 years older than the oldest Millennials so how is it possible that I share more collective experiences with folks born in 1965 who were old enough to be my high school teacher than with fellow high school students born in 1980 who were just 2-3 years behind me? Especially those born in 1979, they're in the same class with 1980 babies, finished school and entered the workforce at the same time with the '80 babies and yet it says 1979 babies share more with 1965 babies?? It doesn't make sense to me.
I was born in 2000, so I’m definitely a part of Gen Z. However, having parents born in the late sixties as well as growing up in a conservative and low-income household, I find my experiences to be much more similar to that of millennials than other Gen Z-ers. Like they said in the video, I obviously don’t remember the events of 2001, but my family also didn’t have a computer in the home or internet access until I was 9 or 10, more comparable to many millennials than children born today who are so much more submersed in technology.
same! I was also born in 2000 but my parents are boomers and I mostly grew up with tapes and VHS, and I still don't use cell phones that much, so I just call myself a millenial (I'm not born in the USA either, so that makes a difference as well).
I actually think that the generation ends at 2007 because only afterwards did universal internet become common for young children. Before that, most Gen Z seem to share the same similarities as those born in late 1980s.
@@djkingcock434 Actually if you look it up, depending on the source Millenials can be born until the year 2000 (since it's still part of the 20th century). Also, tapes and old technology weren't my interests, they were just the most modern technology that was popular in my country at that time.
Generations with internet overall average: Generation X: I bought a brand new computer with AOL! (1997) Millennials: I have wireless internet on my laptop! (2007) Generation Z: I have an IPhone 9 with unlimited internet! (2019) 1997: I’ve tried calling you for the past hour! Are you finally done on the internet? What were you doing? 2007: where were you? I tried calling you? We’re you on your laptop? 2019: where were you? Did you forget your phone, have it on silent, or asleep)
Born in '95. I relate mostly to older Gen Zs or younger Millenials. Although I honestly can relate more to Gen Z. Especially with technology, social media, certain aspects of language etc. I've met a lot of people from both gens and they do seem very alike but the younger the individual the more refined, in-depth, and centered their life is around the smart phone and social media.
Yeah I know what you mean, I was born in 1996 and consider my birth year the first true Gen Z birthyear, 1995 is kind of a could be either/or birth year, kind of like 1979 with Gen X and Millennials.
I’m a Generation Y, because I was born in 1984 and I’ll be turning 36 in less than 4 months from yesterday. And to mention that, us Millennials were not born in between 1980 to 1995, we were born in between 1981 to 1996.
@LebowskiPlays it’s ok u will get through life and all the challenges u face only make u stronger. Just live life the way u want it and ignore other people who make u feel uncomfortable 😣
I like trying to remember how life was when an oldie comes on the radio. Not just the memories but how different life was. The whole atmosphere of just walking down the street, the way u spent your time, the way the people around were, the things that were and weren't accepted, etc. It's amazing how much things change.
Yeah I remember Ben 10, I used to watch it when I was 6 or 7 years old, it used to be my favorite cartoon, I liked the Humongasaur the best, but back to the topic, it's very mind blowing as to how quick things have changed.
The breakfast club was a good snap shot of Gen X. Technology feels new and challenging to me but it’s natural to my children. In my youth I was always out and about my kids spend much time at home on there phones and tablets. With no cell phones no iPads no computers life was altogether different in the 70’s and 80’s.
Marc Scordato I’m a Gen X, born at the end of 79. Technology doesn’t feel new and challenging to me, but I’m not as into it as my kids. They’re def more technology savvy than me.
I agree but those Gen Xers born in the mid to late 1960s would have been in their 20s in the mid 1980s so they are the breakfast club segment....the rest of us Gen Xers are MallRats and Clerks
A lot of Gen X and Baby Boomers insult the millennial generation when actually we had more in common than they give us credit for. They say we grew up attached to screens, but we really didn't. Only the super spoiled or super rich millennials maybe. I played outside and rode bikes when I was a kid, none of my friends had computers or cell phones, tablets didn't exist yet, Netflix didn't exist yet. iPods were brand new and technology like that wasn't considered suitable for kids by our parents. I listened to cassette tapes and CDs on my walkman. Watched VHS and later on DVD. Used a landline phone that was attached to the wall with a twisty cord. That was technology in my childhood. Things started to change when I was in middle school. I got my first video game system, we got our first family computer which I had very limited access to, it ran on our phone line so we couldn't be online very long bc my parents didn't want to miss important phone calls. 😂 A few of the lucky kids got a cell phone, but I didn't. Flash forward to my 10th and 11th grade high school years and this is when things start to change rapidly again. I get my first cell phone which was a flip phone that only does calls and text lol, we get wifi, I get my first iPod the iPod Nano, we get cordless house phones which were so cool and new to me, then we suddenly have video game systems with cordless controllers, and then Netflix. When I'm in 12th grade I get my first laptop. I don't get my first smartphone until I was in college and bought it myself and again I didn't have a tablet until a few years later when I bought it myself. But all this new technology came around when Millenials were in their late teens or early adulthood. I am towards the very end of the millennial generation. Now we have all these smart devices and bluetooth too which I've only jumped on within the past year or so. But this stuff didn't exist when I was a child or my family just didn't have it. I remember my parent's first DVD player they ever bought and remember thinking that was such cool technology at the time, no more rewinding tapes 😂 We had a huge collection of DVDs and CDs even when I was in high school. Now we just stream everything. My high school years were probably very different from past generations, but my actual first 14 years of childhood were not really that different compared to generations before me.
Silly Sav, sounds like you were born like 82 or 84. I think that there's an understanding that the oldest Millennials aren't the same as the youngest Millennials. But the kids that were born in the later 80s and 90s are quite a bit different from the Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers.
Born in the late 70s, I'm part of a group that spans the bridge between Generation X and the millennials. We share so many characteristics in common with both Generations that we've been called xennial. I think are most defining characteristic is that most of us were in college the first time we used the internet and got our first cell phones as young adult. Although I've always thought that this characteristic alone makes my Mini generation unique, the more I study Generations the more I realize that or certainly not the only generation to share characteristics with multiple Generations.
All these Generations have traits that are great. The one connection that we all have is that we are all on planet Earth together right now. That is awesome.
@@amyangell2378 we aren't one thing or the other, we are in between. Many of the things true for many Gen X don't apply to us well, and many of the Millennial things do, but not as much. Generations are imperfect shoe-horning attempts to define types.
Most Gen-X kids used computers as early as elementary school. I was born in 73 and computers were very much a thing in my school experience, and no we weren't upper-class by any measure.
Millennials are 26 years old to 40 years old (1980-1994), Gen Z is 8 years old to 25 years old (1995-2012, and Gen A (AKA Alpha) are 1 year old to 7 years old (2013- 2025). There are still people who where born right before, during, or right after the Spanish Flu pandemic and WW1 who are a different generation Also, there are 9 living generations in the USA.
@@AlbertaRose94 My dad was the oldest of all the friends I knew growing up, but my brother knows a 2003 who’s dad was born in 1949 or 1950. My bro is also a twin of mine
*(PEW Research Center) has announced that 1981-1996 IS the exact timeline for the Millennial Generation.* PEW is far more reliable than you may think. If you do a quick search online or do research for yourself, you’d find that Pew Research Center is regarded as a VERY reliable site since it was created in 2004. Pew Research Center has an excellent reputation for being fair, accurate, and reliable. It is a “nonpartisan, nonprofit, and employs high quality researchers who generally use the best possible practices”. Unfortunately every generation has a cut-off year whether we choose to disagree or not. Let’s say someone was born in 1965, that represents “Generation X”. Though he may relate to someone who was born in 1964 which is the cut-off year for “Baby Boomers” doesn’t not make them still categorized as being Generation X. Its more based on societal events, then technological events.
Pew Research Center says Millennial is 1981-1996, whereas Gen Z is 1997-2012. But I believe using clear-cut borders doesn't make any sense to begin with. For example, I was born in January '97 myself. Do you mean to tell me someone who was born a few days or weeks earlier is supposed to be a completely different generation, whereas I'm supposed to share a generation with people born in December '12, people I'm almost 16 years older than and who haven't even had their 9th birthday?
Hmm, the same could be said about the Y/Z border: 1990-1995 born people, I didn't grow up with DOS and floppies, but I also didn't grow up with social media and smartphone either. I wonder if we are the weeb generation, that could be a trait of the late Gen Y/early Gen Z, remembering the anime/japanese stuff hype of the early 00's., when every kid was into pokémon, digimon, yu gi oh, etc.
I consider you part of the iGeneration. As there has never been a time where you were alive to where internet access was not available to you. My family first got internet access in 1994, and at the time, even a 28.8Kpbps connection was amazing. Dialup opened up the modern internet communication that we are so familiar with today.
I´m 1975 but I had very early a PC, Internet since 1994 and a Smartphone since 2009. So I like to use technology but also the communication face to face. And older Gen X told me that I behave sometimes like a Millenial. For me it´s all about the mix, so I would also call myself a Xennial.
Born in 81. I'll never identify with Millenials because a) I was old enough to remember walking to the "record store" to buy grunge albums on **cassette tape** and b) didn't grow up with a computer in the house. I was Gen X when I was watching Reality Bites and Wayne's World when they came out and I'm still Gen X.
To me, the Millennial Bashing is just a sequel to all the Generation X Bashing that was going on when I was in Middle School. Thing of it is, I think it's the same generation from media circles who started the fads of bashing both.
GEN X was never talked about at all...boomers n millenials are somehow talked about like crazy i noticed they both glorify the hippy movement ...now i see boomers tryna act like old timers like they didnt act that way ..lol
@Michael Anderson You'll get your chance to be the grumpy old person. When it becomes cool to have the friar haircut, you can lecture your grandson about how we wore manbuns in my day.
How is it the Millennials keep going up in age??? I’m 36 years old, I have nothing in common with Millennials.i grew up watching Lavern and Sherly, and He-Man I’ve never had social media unless you count UA-cam I didn’t get a cell phone until I was 25, I drive a 74 ford truck, and shoot guns on the farm I live on, I was in BCT (Basic Training) with the US Army on 9/11/2001. Does this sound millennial at all?
Steven Michael,wow you mentioned Laverne & Shirley.I was a little girl in the 1970s and they were in my time I am a Generation X woman. You have an older Soul to yourself and that is great to have.
All this is grouping people by age and what as a whole they identify with. What you are exposed to and accomplish is an individual experience, (a fabulous one at that) but your personal habits don't change the grouping of the average, which in this example is grouped by experiences collectively shared. Like a rainbow we all make a collective group, some falling outside the average. Congradulations, you are NOT average in the group of which you are defined as...nothing wrong with that!
Do those things you mentioned sound millennial? ....did you not listen to this man speak? narcissist.lazy..they say millenials want success fast not to do the hard work n build up ....we personally dont know you ...my gen x trait is cynical...we dont believe everything we hear...people say anything to make themselves look good
I love hearing that! I tried to instill a lot of those values in my children too. Especially being kind to all people but especially the older crowd. Too many people walk by you and not even look at you and smile. I applaud whoever taught you that!
I think that's common. I was born right on the crux between Gen Y and Millenials. But I was brought up by a very strict Irish catholic family, wasn't allowed to listen to music, never could watch MTV, wasn't allowed out on my own until I was much older than my peers. So I think there are a lot of people with these cross generational experiences.
I never heard of defining generations by their memory or emotional connections to events. I really like this form of catagorization though. I was born in 1996 and feel closer related to millenials then gen z. I was living in DC during 9/11 so I do have a more vivid memory of the event than most people my age. I also went to boarding school and I had a land line in my dorm so I didn't get my first cell phone until senior year of high school before going off to college.
It’s a little more nuanced. I’m Gen X. I don’t really count the first half of Millenials as “millenials” with regard to the stereotypes of them. They didn’t grow up with mobile phones and social media. The first time they used the internet, they were in Jr. high and they did it over a dial-up connection. I consider Millenials born before 1990 as more like Gen X v1.1
I was born 1979, I consider myself a Generation X. Growing up as a kid in the 80s was fun. I was always Outdoors, I grew up in a small town with farmland and forests, riding my bike, building forts, trekking trails to hidden water falls. When I wasn't in school or outside, Saturday morning cartoons was that time we look forward to. I am glad I didn't grow up with internet, smartphones, dependency for Wi-Fi and the constant need to look at a screen. If work or everyday life didn't require me to have this technology now I wouldn't use it. I would still be okay with the landline and if I'm elsewhere find a phone booth. The dependency on technology could be a downfall, cuz if the system crashes... OMG what will we do.
ALL MY GEN Y/Millenials, we’re the last of a dying breed. Born in 1989, I can remember using dial-up connection and rewinding my VHS tape with my fingers. And having to wait to tape videos on VHS before social media/youtube became thing. To add; I believe “late boomers” born 1961-1964 are called generation jones or Xoomers(X & boomer). And Gen-Z I’ve read ends around 2010. Gen Alpha (2011-2025) and then I guess after that would be Gen Beta 🤷🏾♀️ (2026 - 2041) I guess, oh man guess the term “Ok Millenial” will be a thing then 😩
I should technically be Gen Z but I can relate much more to you guys, as I was born in a 3rd world country, where these things were new even after 2005 or something.
Born in ‘84, but was raised more Gen X. Idk maybe being born in raised in rural south USA made us more like Gen X and not Gen Y. I don’t related to GenY or Z.
Kids shows both millennials and gen z always trying to claim: Kim possible Courage the cowardly dog Avatar the last airbender That's so raven Invader zim Danny phantom Teen titans Samuri jack
Meh I watched all of those as a child tho even throw in Billy and Mandy, Lelo and Stitch, Ed Edd and Eddie theres so many good ones. I remember being scared of Courage the Cowardly Dog. Millennials def grew up with most of those even the late ones like myself ('98). My brother is a Gen Z ('04) he definitely wasn't watching those.
I was born in ‘62 but I never felt I was a Boomer. Deep Purple and The Who got me more excited than the Everly Brothers and the Beatles. Glad to see they’re including people born after ‘61 in Gen X.
I'm the same. The only thing I have in common with boomers is that my best friend is one. She's six years older than I am. I totally identify as Gen X.
I'm a millennial and I have baby boomer parents. A lot of kids my age had cell phones by middle school but my parents wouldn't get me one. They said phones are not for kids. Now I'm an adult and I see toddlers with cell phones. *Edit: I think the only things a cell phone did back then was call and text
The people who were born in the year 1996-2004 don’t identify themselves as gen-z. There should be a generation between the millennials and the centennials because we don’t associate ourselves with kids who are obsessed with Jake Paul. btw, I was born in 2003. My country is not developed (it is still a developing country) so, not everyone had access to the internet. It was seemed to be a lavish thing if you have an access to it back in the day. My childhood was far from technologies, the only one I had access to is the television.
i identify as a GenZ (i was born 2003) i don't think there should be a generation in between GenY and Z, we are just the older part of GenZ, yes we do not relate to the younger part of our Generation but that doesn't mean we are not genZ
@@blackmirrah5375 nah, 90s babies didn't have smartphones because us 90s babies/early 2000s kids were watching TV and playing on desktops. 2000s babies/ 2010s kids are gen z and meme kids with fortnite and 2000s babies Tide Pod eaters and social media, smartphone
@@TheLastMillennials meme kids ? Memes are there from 2010's and I was in my teens these years so.... I think millennials are the meme kids ...who make and shared memes
@@blackmirrah5375 no! Millennials are not meme kids, 90s kids watch TV more than memes and social media. So millennials are TV kids more then memes social media kids 2000s babies
I always thought a better way to do it, would be to simply add 18 years each time (time to adulthood): 1892-1910 Lost Generation (raised during the spread of electricity and birth of telecommications, fought in WW1) 1910-1928 G.I. Generation (raised during the birth of cinema, raised during WW1, fought in second WW2) 1928-1946 The Traditionalists (saw the widespread use of Radio, raised during the great depression and WW2 ) 1946-1964 The Baby Boomers (Born after WW2 during the population Boom, raised at the start of the cold war era and saw nuclear weapon build up.) 1964-1982 Generation X/MTV Generation (raised during the Music & TV revolution, civil rights movements and space exploration) 1982-2000 Generation Y/Milennials (Raised using computers, cell phones & digital technologies, raised during the fall of USSR, born up-to the millennium) 2000-2018 Generation Z/Centennials (Raised using smart phones, smart tech & the internet, saw the rise of terrorism, born after the millenium) (With a little bit of crossover each time)
I was born in 1998 but I definitely don't consider myself a Millennial. I'm a rightwing conservative who doesn't believe in hate speech. So like, yeah.
@@SEYMOREOUTDOORS it was 4 weeks straight the only thing on tv. If you dont remember every little thing about 9.11. , you wasnt old enough, so you're a Zer. I remember how i came back from school, sparked up a joint, sad back and watched my favorite court Show. (Started smoking around 14) Suddenly tv programm was cut off for special News and from that point the only thing in the World for 4 weeks was WTC, Al Quaida, Bin Laden etc. Saw the first tower collapse and i knew this will be the beginning of the end. Since that day the World ist going straight down the hill.
@@roko.one4466 I said I remember it, but small details such as the names of the people who were on the plane.. those are minor details that are not a strong enough reason to classify some one as a Gen Z lol. Your commented would be true if I said I didn't remember anything at all.
@@roko.one4466 I'm sorry you had to experience that, it was a terrifying day for all of us. Some people just intake trauma/dramatic events differently and also cope differently. This does not mean their opinion/experience changes what happened.
Omid Films I was a sophomore in high school and they pushed a tv in home room and we all watched in horror. I remember immediately thinking we’re going to war and my brother who was a Marine was going and my other brother, I his 20’s at the time would be drafted. When I got home is when the 2nd plane hit. Just remember crying and crying thinking about all the people that were losing their lives that entire day and even after. We knew that America was changed forever
I was born in 1997 so technically I’m Gen Z, but I connect more to Gen Y because I saw technology build and expand. Back in the early 2000s we had flip phones, whereas most in Gen Z grew up already knowing about Apple products like IPhones and tablets. I also grew up with some pretty rad cartoons that most of Gen Z doesn’t know about. The old Teen Titans and original Power Puff Girls, Ed Edd N Eddy, Tom and Jerry, lots of shows that Gen Z wouldn’t have a clue about if you asked them now. I don’t remember where I was during 9/11, I was too young, but I remember a lot of other things from back then that connect me more with Gen Y than Gen Z. Plus I’m 21 and most of Gen Z is in Middle or high school so like. Awkward.
A Garcia If you think growing up with a flip phone vs an iPhone puts you in a different generation, think about how early Gen Y people feel. Most of us had NO CELL PHONE until high school or college. If you didn’t go through grade school with the option to turn papers in either printed OR handwritten because most families didn’t have printers at home, then you don’t have more in common with Gen Y than Gen Z. You watched technology grow (every generation has and will) but not in the same ways.
A Garcia I think what they get wrong is that generation z always had smartphone which is not true but I would say Generation z has it much easier. They had technology, it got better over time. Not gen alpha which is are kids born 2010 and up were born into the smartphones and quicker WiFi
This video does a good job explaining how generations are just made up. Because really, they're nonsense. Similar characteristics exist between people of similar ages, but that does not define the whole group. The bad part is how ignorant some people are when they say, "young people are attached to their phones," when in a room full of them, but no one is actually on their phone. People take this stuff to heart when they should really just use it to gauge how different it is to live now than how it was then. Don't complain about the differences either. Be happy there's innovation, it shows progress in society.
As a millenial, I agree. I like to consider myself a higher quality millenial, born from Gen X, instead of the piece of trash boomer and mostly all of my energy in this world is provided by Gen X and some of the better Boomers.
I agree for the most part, however I believe that there are a few other important factors to consider that determine a persons attachment to a generation. Such as environment, I have noticed that for the most part (not a rule by any means.) people that grow up in less populated areas and are or are raised by elderly parents or grandparents tend to be slightly behind in cultural attachment and actions than the rest of the people born at the same time in big cities. The video did touch on this briefly at the end but left out the part about surrounding environment.
I'm Generation X. Born in 1967. I remember when the term Generation X was coined. I remember certain aspects of the early 70's like movies and TV shows, but I don't remember the Vietnam War raging or Nixon as president. I was oblivious to politics and news. First president I remember was Gerald Ford. First movie seen in a theater was Snoopy Come Home. Glad I grew up in the times I did (but I wish I was a young adult in the late 60's into the 70's). I easily adapted to the new technology cropping up. 70's and 80's were an awesome time to be a kid. The 90's was what I call the 'last gasp' decade living off the fumes of the 80's (at least in terms of 'pop culture', movies and music). Downhill ever since. It's great everything is at your fingertips nowadays, but it removes any and all 'magic' and 'mystique' of a lot of things.
Colossus Forbin,I totally agree with you. I also was born at the end of the 1960s. I have always wanted to be a Teenager Lady or in my 20 all during the 1970s. The 1970s would always be my favorite Decade. The early 1980s were great the 1990s were hanging on by a thread. 2000s eh and nowadays well,Its all over with and this is my opinion but my profile name sums it up.
You are totally correct as a Gen X-er born in the late 70s, I agree that the 80s were freakin awesome, but things changed and started to spiral in the 90s...and by early 2000s..it is a different America...
@@nameless9767 "made up"? You understand they have a purpose? Boundaries are everywhere. Your yard has boundaries, relationships have boundaries, your body & nervous system has boundaries. Otherwise what.. you can live wherever you want and you pay taxes wherever you choose and benefit from the other country infrastructure? So you pay taxes in country that have the lowest, live where the climate is the best with best landscape and house prices, then you expect your country to let you get healthcare where you choose and they foot the bill. And you expect to go to the restaurant and be served in your own language? And pay in your country's currency. And have your food standards and sanitary installations. And you follow the laws of whichever country you want? Wake me up when you've built the infrastructure for housing and healthcare in Antarctica I'll wait. Countries are systems and you are free to choose whatever system you want with it's pros and cons if they accept you.
My father was born in 1895. He was 68 when he fathered me. He lived until I was 32. He experienced both world wars along with the sinking of the Titanic and the Great Depression. I lived in New York City and recall many nights and Studio 54 as well as the beginning of MTV. I briefly recall the moon landing as well as the Cold War traveling to Eastern Germany before the fall of Berlin Wall. I also recall the Space Shuttle explosion as well as Y2K and 9/11. Here I am having my first kid at 56. To think the generation gap between just our 3 different generations!
You were probably born in 1963 then so you are on the cusp of Boomers and Gen X. Your father is in the Lost Generation, like 4 generations before you. And he lived until he was 100?
Millenials and Centennials have the most similarities can actually relate to one another and that's the reason why these two generations got the most bashings from the older generations. Interesting to note that these two generations are tech savvies.
I was born in 1995 so I am on the cusp of the Millennial generation, that being said I do note that I have adopted characteristics of both gen Y and gen Z; which I think is quite beneficial.
I'm born in 1996. I identify as part of the millennials for sure, but I am reeeeally close to the boundary. Frankly, I don't see too many differences between the generations, but that might be because those that belong to the next generation are almost the same age as me.
According to the Internet, there's nothing good about being a Millennial. So there's no way you could have adopted anything beneficial from being a Millennial.
Im a Millennial raised by Boomers. I am more old fashioned in many ways but have the knowledge for the now. I choose to do things the hard way and back to basics. This is one brave video. The generation labelling could cause a giant trolling war 😂😂😂
I am a " XenniaL " at 1980 right at the very, very end of a cynical generation X, I lean more X but have a boatload of Millennial traits and us circa 1980 never fit-in, anywhere ...
@@Rami358able ...it's gonna be tough brother, just do not EVER let the older Millennials ever use you up and spit you out in the work place, trust GEN-Z before them if I have learned anything I could of changed, I'll pass that advice off to you.,... For some strange reason some of my best and most loyal friends been all born just a few years before me though, 1978 precisely... ODD....
@@Rami358able BTW: ...My nephew Jude is the same year as you, born in the blizzard of 1996 in Philadelphia, I still remember walking and falling as a teenager to see him, lol... Anyway, he has allot of anger problems but to me, cool as cash I just feel sorry for him as he did not have it easy growing up as I got to see first hand... He went into the army last I heard he is in there still as some type of army-police... GL bud....
...Also, sorry for the rambling however if you are truly "one of us" you will have no problem reading thru it and understanding my language of ramblings and switching topics, LOL.... ...If I am aware that I do it, then I can not be Cray, Cray(?) .....Right? LOL...
Born April 1976, so am I Gen X or a Millennium generation? I'm still uncertain about this.... I recognize the theme songs of "Family Ties" and "Rug Rats" and even older shows such as "Fraggle Rock". Other favorite shows of mine were "Silver Hawks", and "She-Ra". I think I was born during a sought of technology transition, so I'm still confused how to categorized myself in this way
TIMESTAMPS
The five generations 0:57
The Traditionalist generation 1:49
The Baby Boomers 2:30
The Gen Y 3:24
The Millenials 4:30
The Gen Z 5:31
What Millennials and Centennials have in common 6:35
BRIGHT SIDE New idea of providing the timestamps is awesome......It leads to easy finding the topics
BRIGHT SIDE early
The Gen X 3:24**
BRIGHT SIDE tysm for that😘😘
BRIGHT SIDE please reply how long will humanity survive
So what defines your generation?
-memes
the jeans i wear
#GenZ
what defines your generation is what you have in common for example someone born in 1994 or 1995 may have more in common with Gen Z than Millennials whereas someone born in 1984 or 1989 may have more in common with Millennials like them, they said Late Baby Boomers tend to have more in common with Gen X, I believe the Generation that is born closer to the next Generation will have more in common with the next one, than the one it already is
Same, brother.
RIGHT i think the Gen Z we are the funniest generation and the most creative
Born in 2000...never gonna forget my age 😂
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In 2050 you will litterally be 50 😂
😂
It’s so convenient 😂
that's why I never had to count
Millenials: We are the best and simultaneously the worst generation ever
Generation Z: *Hold my "non alcoholic beverage"*
yus lol xddd
How can my generation, the Millennials, be the best and the worst generation ever?
lol , what are you American!!
@@meher2096 Of course I'm American, but that doesn't answer my question.
@@PsychedelicCharm wasn't replying to your question , I was replying to the main comment about drinking age🤦🏻♂️
*I'm 17 and don't have a phone*
* Laughs in Asian parents *
Oshaz Fatima how you commenting tho,
@@ogkubzscouter743 at that time ( mom's phone )
Now I have my own ✌🏻
@@ogkubzscouter743 desktop PCs and Laptops can be used to make comments. no one needs smartphones.
I saw this somewhere else
Relatable!!
Love how you skip over millennials going through Iraq, Afghanistan, 9-11, recession, Banker bailout and of course the attack on the middle class by outsourcing jobs.
Yeah and GenXers were right there with you
@@GenXer71 We were and we were much more absorbent of the significance. Many of us lost everything... more than once. The Middle Class is gone and the American Dream no longer exists for people born here. LOL
Justin Červený Older millennials born in early 80s fought in Iraq Afghanistan when they graduated 1998-2001 yeah. Those were brave times those 80s babies fighting in Iraq
They very well can’t go listing off all the historical events that happened in that period of time that could have shaped the generations lives, you tryvit
Love how y’all don’t even talk about this affecting gen z a million times worse. For example Columbine influences others and now it’s not uncommon for shootings. Plus bombings are commons and we still have wars like that going on. Plus our recession
millennials: know exactly where they were when 9/11 happened
gen z: knows exactly where they were when area 51 raid was supposed to happen
Bambi Palmer XD
Lily G I know where exactly where I was when 9/11 happened and I was in my 20s but I’m a generation X so idk bruh lol
unfortunately in school
Gen X was more aware that day though. You guys were still little kids. I was 23.
😂😂😂💯
Generation X : MTV
Generation Y : [ adult swim ]
Generation Z : Snapchat
Ayy sc
I’m generation z but don’t like sc and would much rather watch adult swim
Gen Y grew up on MTV as well as adult swim. Gen Z ruined MTV though with their worthless reality shows about absolutely nothing but drama and ignorance
@@ahhwe-any7434 money for nothin.
@@jasonlove5366 Chcks for free (look at that, look at that)
An important marker for Gen X was left out. We are the MTV generation. You did mention music defined my generation, which is true, more specifically music videos MTV. Where as music was important to boomers too but they grew up with music on the radio rather than music videos.
I'm a boomer born in 1957 but I love the music from the gen Xers generation! I look at gen Xers and think Wow! They sure can speak their minds when they don't like something! I babysat kids of that generation. I rather admire them because Xers are sassy!💖
Yeah, Gen X is responsible for creating some of the best music ever created. And not only that, but Gen X also united the music industry with other entertainment industries like never before or after. Music peaked when they were in the business. Everything has been downhill after that and people are too lazy and talentless to apply the brakes now.
Who remembers AMV 👍
I’m the iPod generation
Generation X was practically responsible for the culture of the 1990s. The 80s belonged to the late boomers mostly and very young Gen X.
If you need WiFi to locate a restroom, then you have a whole other set of issues.
longstrongdong nice grammar noob
Sum Randum Guy you’re acting like a gen alpha
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@Superior Yeeter it does now :V
😂😂😂
Where my gen Z squad 😎
Nowhere L:OL
It says i'm both millenial and gen z...Millenial i find is more awesome. Gen z is like....blah. But i'm both so whatever
Here
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@@shabamtv1971 what what are you saying? nonsense?
@@muhammad.2 It's not nonsense.
Mid 90's is millenials but its gen z and millenials...it falls in both. end of story.
I really don't understand how a generation can be better or worst? Every generation lives in the world the previous generation created!
We oughta do better
And then they respond and adapt to it and in turn leave their mark to the next one! Everybody is going to have a different experience and do differently. But humanity always advances.
True but i guess its based on mindsets if yk what i mean
@@FutureMan420Blazer We hope!!
And the previous generation may have created a worse world and raised their children poorly. Cough *boomers* cough
Gen X. Spanning the analogue to digital age. The most unique.
You're right. I remember black and white TV and only three stations. And we plucked em out of the air. Nothing digital except the first clocks. Phones were all wired lines.
Born 1972 here! The 80’s is the best era ever in history!
Tablet Babies
Millennials and early generation Z were also alive when there wasn’t smart phones everywhere and before tons of technology
@@janice8523 1970 here agree
technically i'm gen Z but i'm an older gen Z (i'm 22, born in 1996) and i def don't relate to current 15 year olds and their memes, but i also don't relate to 32 year olds terribly well. i relate more with young millenials born after 93.
Same here, though the media is covering the younger members of Gen Z, then consider the oldest Gen Z members like you and me millennials it's irritating,
Im 21 so I can relate
I actually think that the boundary is for those born after 2007 when the internet became almost universally everywhere - these people will grow up with the internet from birth. For people before that age, the internet was a luxury until their teen years.
Yup you’re definitely a millenial. I’m 24(94), my sister 22(96) and we do the same things.
I'm 18 and I am like the rest Gen z
Only Gen Z squad can like this
Just want to check how many GenZ are there!
Im zen z 18 years old.woohoo.
@alex tales I'm 12
15💪💪
im 10
so im a genz
@alex tales you're gen alpha
The question is what it will be after generation Z?
Air Elegant - Nothing. End of the world.
Techno- space explorers.. Gen A for Generation Alien life.
Generation GI Millenial Silent Baby XYZ Boomers
Generation Alpha I believe.
Generation AA
When buying
Traditionalist - Do I really need this?
Boomer - What brand again?
Gen X - What freebies come with it? Warranty?
Millenials - Wait. I am Googling the makers website...and reviews....
Gen Z- Does it work with an app? Let me check some influencers.
the last one is only accurate for the vocal minority sector of gen z.
most of gen z frowns upon that stuff, i believe.
things the vocal minority does is: tiktoks, influencing, excessive use of phones, etc.
There are actually 6 generations right now. They forgot to mention Generation Alpha, for those who were born since 2010. They aren't Gen Z at all.
There is actually 8 he left out the greatest generation and forgot the lost generation
@Got Any Grapes? the lost generation is the very first generation dated, between the 1870s and 1898, but there are no people from the Lost Generation left, hes wrong.
Mr Zurkon no one born in the 90s are teenagers they’re all in their 20s
Generation Alpha are those little kids who are on their parent's tablets all day
I would say gen z is around 1997-2013
If you remember growing up with landline phones (maybe even rotary dial phones), cable TV meant channels 2-13 (and if you were real lucky had the cable converter box with a dial that went up to channel 36, but half the channels were "scrambled"), no internet until you were at least in college, and you are familiar with Max Headroom, McGruff the Crime Dog, "This is your brain on drugs", and "Give a Hoot, don't Pollute!", you are Gen X.
Yes! Perfect analogy! Try explaining the concept of a party line to the younger generations.
Haha, party lines - blast from the past.
High five, fellow X'ers!
Bruh I can assure you that millennials grew up with land lines phones.
Fuktrumpsupporters Tj We did have a rotary phone actually. My grandma still had one she had never gotten rid of and my dad took it when she passed. I’m pretty sure my sister still has it.
That was me!
RIP Myspace
RIP Tumblr
Now...
I'm waiting fb
Tumblr is cancer... full of SJWs
i'm hoping for its demise... what a stain on society
Unlike MySpace, Facebook rooted itself into the college culture and then into the business world as those college students moved into the work force and businesses established Facebook pages. Myspace didn't do that. They focused more on the individual and music and personalization.
crypandora66 most gen z kids i know don't even have a facebook. i don't think it's going to last.
@@maurapukiki FB has been around for 15 years and is showing no signs of slowing down.
I'm gen Z and my parents says that I can get my phone when I'm highschool.
*got phone when I'm G5
I got my phone at age 7
(First)
If you were in school when the Challenger space shuttle exploded in 1986. You are a gen xer.
When I was in school, I remember they made us watch some movie about a dude going off into space. I didn't pay attention. Or maybe I did. I think maybe he was rich, wasn't home, an alcoholic, & maybe I'm making that up. 🤔🤷 But I know that movie happened. I think his family watched him on tv, & it shows family and friend scenes like that
Fifth grade. Christy mccollough. Remember it well... Born in 76
They crowded us 2-3 classes in each room to watch, since the schools only had enough TV's for about a third of the classrooms. I remember when it exploded, one teacher quickly shut it off, then the three of them huddled up to decide what to say...I was in first grade at the time.
Turned 13 that day. Running late for school. Remember feeling sick bc they delayed the launch & i still* thought: It's too cold. Walked into my Junior High School, and everyone was crying. Horrific day. We all just cried & cried.
@@kentuckyboy541 4th grade for me.
Lol, gen y and z are defined by SpongeBob memes? Why is that so accurate?
No.........
🅱eanz
It's more a gen z thing, gen y had Futurama memes.
don't forget Shrek memes
Because most of us Gen Y were in a weird age, when SpongeBob became popular.
I know exactly where I was during 9/11 thank you very much, I was an unfertilized egg living my best life
Same
Surprise shady!!!
I was sitting in the sky being the famous morning star
Same
That's hilarious I had a millennial tell me if you remembered Y2K you are a millennial I am apparently Gen X but I know that I was in a high school class I believe it was a civics class they shut it down and we all watched it on one of those rolling Square TVs. I also thought it was funny that they mention counterculture in relation to Woodstock but now Republicans are using the word to make to describe things the millenials and the new kids want to cancel because of their strong feelings about social justice issues that they don't really understand.
That’s what is the most disturbing about Gen Z: They can be children of Gen X or Gen Y. The downside is depending on which generation their parents belong to play a a HUGE role in their behaviour.
I'm a Gen Y and I will try my best not to let my children be addicted to their phones or even video games but you cannot always control your children especially as they grow older. And I would appreciate if people stopped stereotyping a whole group of people just because they were born at a certain time! I remember playing outside pre-internet and yeah...
@@svasianfilipiname6603 but Mrs S V, playing outside shouldn't be a momentous achievement, there is more than that to life. I hear a lot of these kids talking about how they used to go outside, and all I can imagine is kids with glossy nicely trimmed bangs and colored striped white turtleneck Sweater as they run around in the sunny grass chasing each other and climbing trees. But I happen to wonder what about the other memories, visiting cities? Parks? Automobile drives everyday which I remember fondly, going to shops such as JC penney or Sears meeting its demise by the 1980s.. the neighborhood wasn't the only part of life, and there is so much beauty once you pass even that
im gen z and born from 2 boomers (1964)
:)))))
and gen y or gen x can be children of boomers
For Gen X, you left out some very important things that shaped our generation, one of them being that divorce rates skyrocketed during our generation (I am a Gen Xer), so many of us experienced our parents getting divorced, and that really affected many of us deeply - even those whose parents never got divorced.
Derek Atkins I'm gen z and my parents are divorced and I have a great stepdad and I visit my dad on the weekends and I get double the presents so ok boomer
Spuggeti 69 Honey, if you are going to insult somebody, be accurate about it. “OK boomer”
Is an insult towards a a Baby Boomer, not a GenXer. Wrong generation. Trying to be edgy and end up showing your stupidity instead. 🤣
@@purplefire8140 Boomer is a personality, not an age.
Kosher Another person trying to sound smart but actually showing their stupidity. I recommend you rewatch this video from 0:35. Or better yet, do a bit of research. Google is free. Look up the definition of what a generation is and the definition if a baby boomer. 🙄
Yeah. And the rise of corporate greed, being told by boomers that we were useless and will never be anything, increase in prices, devaluing of the dollar, threat of nukes, Russia vs the USA, fall of he Berlin wall and a ton more. Gen X gets the shaft in most videos. We are the not seen not heard generation. Also the last one before hellicopter parenting began lol.
A nearby bathroom is way more important to me, than a WiFi connection. 😂
seriously. Besides, if you don't have WiFi, you can just use your phone/tablet's data plan.
I'd rather not pay like 50 dollars extra for going over my data over holding it for another 30 minutes to find a bathroom, but thats just me.
Ikr lol
@@Yahriel don't know what generation ur from but EVERYONE well almost everyone knows the importance of WIFI. U can't even download some apps with regular internet
Unlimited does exist people...
A gen Z + iq level of 140
Maximum depression = psychopathic personality
King 1993 looks bout right
no
Yay S-Bahn!
Salman farshi
Salman Farshi lol
I believe that those born between 1984 and 1992 are the group of people that serve as the bridge between Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z. People born in those years most likely have some experiences similar to those of the Gen X and Gen Z. I am a '91 kid but grew up with MTV and grunge-punk music similar to Gen X. I also grew up with the same shows that most Gen X probably watched that time. My tendencies and experiences also is leaning towards to Gen Z since my age gap with them is not that far.
‘91 baby here too! I’m happy with my generation 👍🏻
Yea man felt like old school and new school at the same kind. Can hang out with father and his son comfortably 🤣
1995 5 95 who iam familesssssss
I'm 24 going on 25 and I feel 50% millennial and 50% Gen Z.
You're the oldest of gen z that's why.
same here ... we have advantages of both the generation .. cutting of all the disadvantages we can connect to both the generations .. we are called as young millenials born after 94
@@KingDayDayDay00 Honestly those who were born between 1995 and 1999 are milleanials but very young milleanials. And actually those who were born between 1980 and 1985 are not pure milleanials, they are Xenials, somewhere between milleanials and Gen X but those who were born between ,say 1991 and 1996 are definitely milleanials.
I'm literally the same. Totally in between so what are we?
@@ForeverExistential We are best of both the worlds .
Just call me optimistic, but i believe in the Millennials and the Centennials! They are smart and they do expect fast results! Just because they love technology does not mean that they are lazy! I am a Boomer and i have all the generations in my family. When i am in need of tech advice, i can always count on them! Labels don't mean a darn thing! I wish we did not use them!
riffle queen Thanks a lot for appreciating my generation (Gen Z/Centennials)!
Char lotte, You are So welcome! I'm just telling the truth! You are OUR FUTURE!
Im gen z 😝☺️
Today I asked a baby boomer for help with physical mail. We need each other
indeed!
I'm waiting for the day that some kid looks at me and says "Ok millennial" 🤣 😎🤙
Millenials "We all have ADD!"
GEN Z "We all have Autism, and a gluten sensitivity."
Which prob'ly comes from Technology and bad food cropping
And Gen X has nothing of all this
@@Laurent69ftm No- we were just going to rot out our brains from watching too much TV (which is kinda true- watching too much tv IS bad!).
Gen X "What channel is Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman on?"
The reason more people say they have these diseases is because they’re easier to diagnose
difference between gen z and gen alpha:
gen z: bring back the home button!
gen alpha: what's a home button?
(gen z = born 1996 - 2010)
(gen alpha = born 2011 - 2025)
423adriana exactly
Yep
Bring back the headphone jack
@@djsickbeatz4005 Yes!!! They need to bring back the headphone jack. It is ridiculous when I am charging my phone on my bed while listening to music.
I agree the home button should be back on both the apple and Samsung devices! I am 18 lol
So I'm a millennial. So I was made with sugar and spice and everything nice with a hint of chemical x.
I am a centennial but I know that reference.17yo
Daniel Cardenas mmmhh poetry
No, you're made from snips, snails, and puppy dog tails.
Ah I remember when power puff girls was a good show
Was
"Generation X, their society abandoned them and they liked music or something, now onto something people actually care about." -Bright Side
You know what’s funny I’m a gen z kid and my parents are baby boomers lol
Oh mine are Gen X
Millennial here. Parents are boomers.
My parents are late gen x born late 60s
And I'm gen Z
I'm a Gen X (1974) My parents were born in 1929 and 1940, pre baby boomers.
Gen x, when MTV was great and phones had 12 foot long cords attached to them.
That was gen Y broski.
Mikey C23 No, gen X kids were school age in the 80s. MTV was good then and cordless phones only existed in the movies or the super rich.
I had phones like that at home when I was very young. -Millenial-
We had the Solid Gold Dancers!
I am a Generation X Woman and proud of it. I grew up as a little girl in the 1970s and a Teenager Lady in the 1980s. I missed the music, Group Bands, Variety Shows,Soul Train, America Bandstand, Cartoons on Saturdays,fashion,hairstyles, sitcoms shows,board games and family togetherness in the 70s. I missed the Arcades,Malls,Game Shows,more sitcom shows,movies,Drive Ins,MTV & Video Soul on BET music videos of the 80s. We had problems like all Generations,but we did not have any School Shootings that I can recall. Also I still have a home phone long cord that I talked on daily,my answering machine,VCR,Cassette Player and a Record Player to play my Albums that I still have from the 70s,80s and early 90s. If only we had a Time Machine.
For my age (30 ish...) I suppose to be a millennial, however In the way my parents raise me and how I act in general, I’m more like the generation X.
Fany Sweeney 30ish? Just say your age. lol
I'm almost 34, and Millennial, the thing is the older you get in that generation racket the more conservative you might think about all aspects of life, even if you are a liberal..
But you still love the modern conveniences of today..
GenZ, is about to kick off in just 5 years before they will make bigger influences in the media..
The Boomer Media will likely bash them as hard as us..
It is wise for us Millennials to help them GenZ's, and not bash them for their generational leap of age.
The baby boomers and their media bashing campaign has taken its shape that most baby boomers themselves are very insecure about their differences compared to ours..
Same here. I'm almost 35 and part of the millennial generation, but I feel more like a mix of Baby Boomer, Gen X & Millennial because of my family upbringing (people often tell me that I have an old spirit).
Im 29 and i in no way feel linked to millenialls i feel more x tbh i remember exactly where i was at 9/11 and i remember my first fone also all these crazy younger ppl with blue or green or red hair ps:did u notice how it seems to be hyper colours that the use in everything from makeup hair clothes its not just red its highlighted neon red
He got the years wrong because gen x goes until 1984
I was born in late 1977 which makes me a Gen X and considering that I'm just 3 years older than the oldest Millennials so how is it possible that I share more collective experiences with folks born in 1965 who were old enough to be my high school teacher than with fellow high school students born in 1980 who were just 2-3 years behind me? Especially those born in 1979, they're in the same class with 1980 babies, finished school and entered the workforce at the same time with the '80 babies and yet it says 1979 babies share more with 1965 babies?? It doesn't make sense to me.
I was born in 2000, so I’m definitely a part of Gen Z. However, having parents born in the late sixties as well as growing up in a conservative and low-income household, I find my experiences to be much more similar to that of millennials than other Gen Z-ers. Like they said in the video, I obviously don’t remember the events of 2001, but my family also didn’t have a computer in the home or internet access until I was 9 or 10, more comparable to many millennials than children born today who are so much more submersed in technology.
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same! I was also born in 2000 but my parents are boomers and I mostly grew up with tapes and VHS, and I still don't use cell phones that much, so I just call myself a millenial (I'm not born in the USA either, so that makes a difference as well).
I actually think that the generation ends at 2007 because only afterwards did universal internet become common for young children. Before that, most Gen Z seem to share the same similarities as those born in late 1980s.
Koals too bad you aren’t, it’s about birth rates and era not relating to other people’s interests
@@djkingcock434 Actually if you look it up, depending on the source Millenials can be born until the year 2000 (since it's still part of the 20th century). Also, tapes and old technology weren't my interests, they were just the most modern technology that was popular in my country at that time.
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Generations with internet overall average:
Generation X: I bought a brand new computer with AOL! (1997)
Millennials: I have wireless internet on my laptop! (2007)
Generation Z: I have an IPhone 9 with unlimited internet! (2019)
1997: I’ve tried calling you for the past hour! Are you finally done on the internet? What were you doing?
2007: where were you? I tried calling you? We’re you on your laptop?
2019: where were you? Did you forget your phone, have it on silent, or asleep)
Born in '95. I relate mostly to older Gen Zs or younger Millenials. Although I honestly can relate more to Gen Z. Especially with technology, social media, certain aspects of language etc.
I've met a lot of people from both gens and they do seem very alike but the younger the individual the more refined, in-depth, and centered their life is around the smart phone and social media.
Yep, sad and pathetic. Better them then me
Ya me too
I just posted this comment as well
i'm 1994
*I hear by dub us Zillenials*
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Yeah I know what you mean, I was born in 1996 and consider my birth year the first true Gen Z birthyear, 1995 is kind of a could be either/or birth year, kind of like 1979 with Gen X and Millennials.
And themselves. Gen z were raised by gen X. The hair metal and spandex guys raised gen z.
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I think that 96-04 should be like considered like a transition generation, because they’re widely different than most Gen Ys and Gen Zs
Captain Crete 96-03 in my opinion
Noah White I’m 03, but I’m friends with a lot of 04s and they’re honestly not different at all, but 05s are just completely different
Danny, Shaymin, and Friends I mean different as in not one bit like me
93-99.
Dude you play Minecraft
I’m a Generation Y, because I was born in 1984 and I’ll be turning 36 in less than 4 months from yesterday. And to mention that, us Millennials were not born in between 1980 to 1995, we were born in between 1981 to 1996.
Lol you 84 close t0 80s not close to 95 😂
Im ashamed of being gen z, when i say what gen i am they all be like ooh do youu have tiktok and all that BS.
I hate my life
Welcome to existential nihilism, my friend.
Yours, an older millennial.
Just Joking now...
don't be ashamed of anything, bro!
Exactly, people ask me the exact same question on a daily basis FML.
@LebowskiPlays it’s ok u will get through life and all the challenges u face only make u stronger. Just live life the way u want it and ignore other people who make u feel uncomfortable 😣
Don't worry millennials are worse
Same here
I like trying to remember how life was when an oldie comes on the radio. Not just the memories but how different life was. The whole atmosphere of just walking down the street, the way u spent your time, the way the people around were, the things that were and weren't accepted, etc. It's amazing how much things change.
you sound old and wise....remember BEN 10? kids nowadays will never know smh
What's radio?
Yeah I remember Ben 10, I used to watch it when I was 6 or 7 years old, it used to be my favorite cartoon, I liked the Humongasaur the best, but back to the topic, it's very mind blowing as to how quick things have changed.
The breakfast club was a good snap shot of Gen X. Technology feels new and challenging to me but it’s natural to my children. In my youth I was always out and about my kids spend much time at home on there phones and tablets. With no cell phones no iPads no computers life was altogether different in the 70’s and 80’s.
Marc Scordato I’m a Gen X, born at the end of 79. Technology doesn’t feel new and challenging to me, but I’m not as into it as my kids. They’re def more technology savvy than me.
I feel Clerks better represents Gen X, but I know people love Breakfast Club.
I agree but those Gen Xers born in the mid to late 1960s would have been in their 20s in the mid 1980s so they are the breakfast club segment....the rest of us Gen Xers are MallRats and Clerks
A lot of Gen X and Baby Boomers insult the millennial generation when actually we had more in common than they give us credit for. They say we grew up attached to screens, but we really didn't. Only the super spoiled or super rich millennials maybe.
I played outside and rode bikes when I was a kid, none of my friends had computers or cell phones, tablets didn't exist yet, Netflix didn't exist yet. iPods were brand new and technology like that wasn't considered suitable for kids by our parents. I listened to cassette tapes and CDs on my walkman. Watched VHS and later on DVD. Used a landline phone that was attached to the wall with a twisty cord. That was technology in my childhood.
Things started to change when I was in middle school. I got my first video game system, we got our first family computer which I had very limited access to, it ran on our phone line so we couldn't be online very long bc my parents didn't want to miss important phone calls. 😂 A few of the lucky kids got a cell phone, but I didn't.
Flash forward to my 10th and 11th grade high school years and this is when things start to change rapidly again. I get my first cell phone which was a flip phone that only does calls and text lol, we get wifi, I get my first iPod the iPod Nano, we get cordless house phones which were so cool and new to me, then we suddenly have video game systems with cordless controllers, and then Netflix. When I'm in 12th grade I get my first laptop. I don't get my first smartphone until I was in college and bought it myself and again I didn't have a tablet until a few years later when I bought it myself.
But all this new technology came around when Millenials were in their late teens or early adulthood. I am towards the very end of the millennial generation. Now we have all these smart devices and bluetooth too which I've only jumped on within the past year or so. But this stuff didn't exist when I was a child or my family just didn't have it. I remember my parent's first DVD player they ever bought and remember thinking that was such cool technology at the time, no more rewinding tapes 😂 We had a huge collection of DVDs and CDs even when I was in high school. Now we just stream everything. My high school years were probably very different from past generations, but my actual first 14 years of childhood were not really that different compared to generations before me.
Silly Sav, sounds like you were born like 82 or 84. I think that there's an understanding that the oldest Millennials aren't the same as the youngest Millennials. But the kids that were born in the later 80s and 90s are quite a bit different from the Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers.
Born in the late 70s, I'm part of a group that spans the bridge between Generation X and the millennials. We share so many characteristics in common with both Generations that we've been called xennial. I think are most defining characteristic is that most of us were in college the first time we used the internet and got our first cell phones as young adult.
Although I've always thought that this characteristic alone makes my Mini generation unique, the more I study Generations the more I realize that or certainly not the only generation to share characteristics with multiple Generations.
Early and late millennials have bit differences in their ideologies and activities.
All these Generations have traits that are great. The one connection that we all have is that we are all on planet Earth together right now. That is awesome.
Riding the NEW AGE wave with you, bro!!
Except them filthy millennials
wait until the next generation starts going to mars...there goes your connection
As usual, Gen-X gets glossed over. Par for the course.
Who?
True👍 I was born 78 at the end of x so people think I'm a millennial but I'm actually a gen x😒
Ttruth is, late Boomers took the best of Gen X and folded them in with us...cut loose the rest...
@@amyangell2378 we aren't one thing or the other, we are in between. Many of the things true for many Gen X don't apply to us well, and many of the Millennial things do, but not as much. Generations are imperfect shoe-horning attempts to define types.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I'm ok with that to be honest. Let the other generations tear into each other.
Most Gen-X kids used computers as early as elementary school. I was born in 73 and computers were very much a thing in my school experience, and no we weren't upper-class by any measure.
That's why we all die of dysentery when we try to go to Oregon. 😉
Millennials are 26 years old to 40 years old (1980-1994), Gen Z is 8 years old to 25 years old (1995-2012, and Gen A (AKA Alpha) are 1 year old to 7 years old (2013- 2025). There are still people who where born right before, during, or right after the Spanish Flu pandemic and WW1 who are a different generation
Also, there are 9 living generations in the USA.
You can tell the narrator is a "Millennial".
That's what I was thinking.
YEP!
Who's cares
How? He sounds like a Gen Xer to me!
He says we multiple times when talking about milenials
oh how I miss the excitement of Gen X music of the 80’s & 90’s! 🤘🏻
Totally agree with the 80s. You can have the 90s.
It's also the kind of music that millennials grew up on.
Agreed. Best music. Ever.
I love 90s music.
JediMasterBubba 90s was better
I was born in 1983, I consider myself gen X, I think it's more mindset and upbringing.
I was born in 2002, my upbringing was sort of like millennials because I had a boomer dad.
I was born 1992 and totally agree it's mostly about mindset and upbringings 🤘
@@mustasheolll2020 WOW! Given that the Baby Boom ended in 1964, that’s quite the age gap.
@@AlbertaRose94 Yep, my dad was born in 1954 and my mom in 1964. So both my parents are boomers, my dad’s right in the center my mom is at the cusp.
@@AlbertaRose94 My dad was the oldest of all the friends I knew growing up, but my brother knows a 2003 who’s dad was born in 1949 or 1950. My bro is also a twin of mine
Baby Boomers: Put a man on the Moon
Millenials: Put a man in the ladies room
According to statistics most millionaires are millennials soooooo
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*(PEW Research Center) has announced that 1981-1996 IS the exact timeline for the Millennial Generation.*
PEW is far more reliable than you may think. If you do a quick search online or do research for yourself, you’d find that Pew Research Center is regarded as a VERY reliable site since it was created in 2004. Pew Research Center has an excellent reputation for being fair, accurate, and reliable. It is a “nonpartisan, nonprofit, and employs high quality researchers who generally use the best possible practices”. Unfortunately every generation has a cut-off year whether we choose to disagree or not. Let’s say someone was born in 1965, that represents “Generation X”. Though he may relate to someone who was born in 1964 which is the cut-off year for “Baby Boomers” doesn’t not make them still categorized as being Generation X. Its more based on societal events, then technological events.
Link to source ??
I'm a xennial
Facts Im Xennial.
Pew Research Center says Millennial is 1981-1996, whereas Gen Z is 1997-2012.
But I believe using clear-cut borders doesn't make any sense to begin with. For example, I was born in January '97 myself. Do you mean to tell me someone who was born a few days or weeks earlier is supposed to be a completely different generation, whereas I'm supposed to share a generation with people born in December '12, people I'm almost 16 years older than and who haven't even had their 9th birthday?
@@Rami358able I'd say 1995-1999 are a transition between millenials and Gen Z.
You forgot Xennials. 1977-1984 Microgeneration spanning late GenX and earliest of Millenials. Also referred to as the "Oregon Trail Generation"
Hmm, the same could be said about the Y/Z border: 1990-1995 born people, I didn't grow up with DOS and floppies, but I also didn't grow up with social media and smartphone either. I wonder if we are the weeb generation, that could be a trait of the late Gen Y/early Gen Z, remembering the anime/japanese stuff hype of the early 00's., when every kid was into pokémon, digimon, yu gi oh, etc.
I consider you part of the iGeneration. As there has never been a time where you were alive to where internet access was not available to you. My family first got internet access in 1994, and at the time, even a 28.8Kpbps connection was amazing. Dialup opened up the modern internet communication that we are so familiar with today.
I´m 1975 but I had very early a PC, Internet since 1994 and a Smartphone since 2009. So I like to use technology but also the communication face to face. And older Gen X told me that I behave sometimes like a Millenial. For me it´s all about the mix, so I would also call myself a Xennial.
How dare you sir put a "-nnials" on my generation! I'm generation X period!
@@RobbeSeolh Y/Z border is 95 to 98, they can have traits of both generations, or have nothing in common with either
Born in 81. I'll never identify with Millenials because a) I was old enough to remember walking to the "record store" to buy grunge albums on **cassette tape** and b) didn't grow up with a computer in the house. I was Gen X when I was watching Reality Bites and Wayne's World when they came out and I'm still Gen X.
Millennials: I wish my depression could be taken away just like Blockbuster
Gen Z: *BLOC*
You don't know how hard it is to find that
Ok boomer
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Lol so true
Still have Blockbuster card.
Where my fellow Gen Xers at?
I guess I would fall into Gen X. 1970 ;)
Stephanie S Gen X here!
1980
1980...Gen x here!
1979, I am Xer
To me, the Millennial Bashing is just a sequel to all the Generation X Bashing that was going on when I was in Middle School. Thing of it is, I think it's the same generation from media circles who started the fads of bashing both.
GEN X was never talked about at all...boomers n millenials are somehow talked about like crazy i noticed they both glorify the hippy movement ...now i see boomers tryna act like old timers like they didnt act that way ..lol
@Michael Anderson you mean in each state shyt there a bunch of them here in NYC..so im pretty sure there are millions of them
I feel in many ways we are the best and worst gen, very paradoxical and confusing in more ways than one.
It's always the older people putting down the younger people.
@Michael Anderson You'll get your chance to be the grumpy old person. When it becomes cool to have the friar haircut, you can lecture your grandson about how we wore manbuns in my day.
You forgot generation alpha, from around 2010 to the present
I was born in August 2010 am I from gen alpha?
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Yes they will fix the world more after we do.
I was born in 2010. And im a Late Gen Z. Not Alpha. I don't relate to someone born in 2012 but do relate to someone born in 2007-2009.
How is it the Millennials keep going up in age??? I’m 36 years old, I have nothing in common with Millennials.i grew up watching Lavern and Sherly, and He-Man I’ve never had social media unless you count UA-cam I didn’t get a cell phone until I was 25, I drive a 74 ford truck, and shoot guns on the farm I live on, I was in BCT (Basic Training) with the US Army on 9/11/2001. Does this sound millennial at all?
Steven Michael :
Indeed you're Gen. X: 1965-'84
Steven Michael,wow you mentioned Laverne & Shirley.I was a little girl in the 1970s and they were in my time I am a Generation X woman. You have an older Soul to yourself and that is great to have.
All this is grouping people by age and what as a whole they identify with. What you are exposed to and accomplish is an individual experience, (a fabulous one at that) but your personal habits don't change the grouping of the average, which in this example is grouped by experiences collectively shared. Like a rainbow we all make a collective group, some falling outside the average.
Congradulations, you are NOT average in the group of which you are defined as...nothing wrong with that!
Your anime-ish profile pic is fine work of a 2000's teen, dorko
Do those things you mentioned sound millennial? ....did you not listen to this man speak? narcissist.lazy..they say millenials want success fast not to do the hard work n build up ....we personally dont know you ...my gen x trait is cynical...we dont believe everything we hear...people say anything to make themselves look good
Although I’m 28, I’m weirdly more connected to the traditional generation...
Well, my values.
Dr. Honey Trap Bih • Astro your name says it all
Respectable
I love hearing that! I tried to instill a lot of those values in my children too. Especially being kind to all people but especially the older crowd. Too many people walk by you and not even look at you and smile. I applaud whoever taught you that!
Dr. Honey Trap Bih • Astro my daughter is 28 also and she’s a mixture of traditional and Gen X. I’m Gen X 47 years old
I think that's common. I was born right on the crux between Gen Y and Millenials. But I was brought up by a very strict Irish catholic family, wasn't allowed to listen to music, never could watch MTV, wasn't allowed out on my own until I was much older than my peers. So I think there are a lot of people with these cross generational experiences.
I never heard of defining generations by their memory or emotional connections to events. I really like this form of catagorization though. I was born in 1996 and feel closer related to millenials then gen z. I was living in DC during 9/11 so I do have a more vivid memory of the event than most people my age. I also went to boarding school and I had a land line in my dorm so I didn't get my first cell phone until senior year of high school before going off to college.
U are Gen z 1996 u lived only r years through the 90s hardly experiencing the 90s
@@tecksonthevibranium8206 They never said they weren’t gen z, they just said they relate more (feel closer related) to millennials…
Same here!
@@tecksonthevibranium8206 okay but why don't we understand the new slang gen z is using?? 🤷🏽♀️ Just saying
It’s a little more nuanced. I’m Gen X. I don’t really count the first half of Millenials as “millenials” with regard to the stereotypes of them. They didn’t grow up with mobile phones and social media. The first time they used the internet, they were in Jr. high and they did it over a dial-up connection. I consider Millenials born before 1990 as more like Gen X v1.1
I was born 1979, I consider myself a Generation X. Growing up as a kid in the 80s was fun. I was always Outdoors, I grew up in a small town with farmland and forests, riding my bike, building forts, trekking trails to hidden water falls. When I wasn't in school or outside, Saturday morning cartoons was that time we look forward to. I am glad I didn't grow up with internet, smartphones, dependency for Wi-Fi and the constant need to look at a screen. If work or everyday life didn't require me to have this technology now I wouldn't use it. I would still be okay with the landline and if I'm elsewhere find a phone booth. The dependency on technology could be a downfall, cuz if the system crashes... OMG what will we do.
ALL MY GEN Y/Millenials, we’re the last of a dying breed.
Born in 1989, I can remember using dial-up connection and rewinding my VHS tape with my fingers. And having to wait to tape videos on VHS before social media/youtube became thing.
To add; I believe “late boomers” born 1961-1964 are called generation jones or Xoomers(X & boomer).
And Gen-Z I’ve read ends around 2010.
Gen Alpha (2011-2025)
and then I guess after that would be Gen Beta 🤷🏾♀️
(2026 - 2041) I guess, oh man guess the term “Ok Millenial” will be a thing then 😩
Ok Alpha.
And then our kids will start saying “ok zoomer”
Gi Joe's, Super Nintendo and VHS tapes all day.
I should technically be Gen Z but I can relate much more to you guys, as I was born in a 3rd world country, where these things were new even after 2005 or something.
I gen Z
Born in 1972, I'm very Generation X.
Correct.
Born in ‘84, but was raised more Gen X. Idk maybe being born in raised in rural south USA made us more like Gen X and not Gen Y. I don’t related to GenY or Z.
Kids shows both millennials and gen z always trying to claim:
Kim possible
Courage the cowardly dog
Avatar the last airbender
That's so raven
Invader zim
Danny phantom
Teen titans
Samuri jack
Meh I watched all of those as a child tho even throw in Billy and Mandy, Lelo and Stitch, Ed Edd and Eddie theres so many good ones. I remember being scared of Courage the Cowardly Dog. Millennials def grew up with most of those even the late ones like myself ('98). My brother is a Gen Z ('04) he definitely wasn't watching those.
Lord im a gen z and i watched all those ur brother just the rarity
Don’t forget drake and josh and Keenan and kel
Lord I watched those with my two millennial siblings (01) baby here
Millennial a don’t want none of that sh*t besides Samurai Jack.
I was born in ‘62 but I never felt I was a Boomer. Deep Purple and The Who got me more excited than the Everly Brothers and the Beatles. Glad to see they’re including people born after ‘61 in Gen X.
I was born 1968 Generation X (baby bust).
I wouldn’t want it any other way.
I'm the same. The only thing I have in common with boomers is that my best friend is one. She's six years older than I am. I totally identify as Gen X.
tobago, Indeed. Well put. Life was good then.
You might be the untalked about Generation Jones.
Being Lauren I’ve never heard about that until now. Thank you.
I have gen x parents and its annoying considering i need technology for school now but i would rather have a reliable bathroom than reliable wifi😂😂
Same I use the phone for 30 seconds my Hispanic parents stop using your phone and they use it more than me
I'm a millennial and I have baby boomer parents. A lot of kids my age had cell phones by middle school but my parents wouldn't get me one. They said phones are not for kids. Now I'm an adult and I see toddlers with cell phones.
*Edit: I think the only things a cell phone did back then was call and text
I did not have a laptop either until I was 17
1989 babies? ☝🏽
me 2009😓
2005
@@oukaciemilie9225 that was my first year of high school
Nope, 2010.
@@ammamam3618 how do you even know how to comment on UA-cam at 10? 😂😂😂
The people who were born in the year 1996-2004 don’t identify themselves as gen-z. There should be a generation between the millennials and the centennials because we don’t associate ourselves with kids who are obsessed with Jake Paul.
btw, I was born in 2003. My country is not developed (it is still a developing country) so, not everyone had access to the internet. It was seemed to be a lavish thing if you have an access to it back in the day. My childhood was far from technologies, the only one I had access to is the television.
96-2000 in understandable but anyone born '01 onwards is 100% Gen Z
Yes I must ask, who is Jake Paul. Ha Ha! Never mind I did an internet search.
stryderzer0 2003 babies grew up watching all the shows 98-2002 babies did and even saw them at school so I think she's right
i identify as a GenZ (i was born 2003) i don't think there should be a generation in between GenY and Z, we are just the older part of GenZ, yes we do not relate to the younger part of our Generation but that doesn't mean we are not genZ
anyone born below during or below 2003 are like the older gen z's and had a very different experience growing up than those born in 2004 and up
I rather call myself a 90's Baby.
People born in 90's created memes ..vines...grew up with internet... From Nokia to a smartphone with 4g
@@blackmirrah5375 nah, 90s babies didn't have smartphones because us 90s babies/early 2000s kids were watching TV and playing on desktops. 2000s babies/ 2010s kids are gen z and meme kids with fortnite and 2000s babies Tide Pod eaters and social media, smartphone
@@TheLastMillennials meme kids ? Memes are there from 2010's and I was in my teens these years so.... I think millennials are the meme kids ...who make and shared memes
@@TheLastMillennials social media is there since 2004 tho
@@blackmirrah5375 no! Millennials are not meme kids, 90s kids watch TV more than memes and social media. So millennials are TV kids more then memes social media kids 2000s babies
I always thought a better way to do it, would be to simply add 18 years each time (time to adulthood):
1892-1910 Lost Generation (raised during the spread of electricity and birth of telecommications, fought in WW1)
1910-1928 G.I. Generation (raised during the birth of cinema, raised during WW1, fought in second WW2)
1928-1946 The Traditionalists (saw the widespread use of Radio, raised during the great depression and WW2 )
1946-1964 The Baby Boomers (Born after WW2 during the population Boom, raised at the start of the cold war era and saw nuclear weapon build up.)
1964-1982 Generation X/MTV Generation (raised during the Music & TV revolution, civil rights movements and space exploration)
1982-2000 Generation Y/Milennials (Raised using computers, cell phones & digital technologies, raised during the fall of USSR, born up-to the millennium)
2000-2018 Generation Z/Centennials (Raised using smart phones, smart tech & the internet, saw the rise of terrorism, born after the millenium)
(With a little bit of crossover each time)
it all makes more sense like that xd
Civil rights were in the 60s, before older Xers knew what was going on.
yup I agree with this more. And some the people in the overlapping years may not identify with either sometimes.
But then again I was born in 2004 and I can relate to ppl born in the late 90s way more than the jake Paul Tiktok kids
I was born in 1998 but I definitely don't consider myself a Millennial. I'm a rightwing conservative who doesn't believe in hate speech. So like, yeah.
My boyfriend was born in 1995 and I was born in 1999, I’m still shook by the fact that we have a generation gap now! 💀
Lol. Im from 1989 and my bf from 1978. 😂😂😂 i cant handle the milennial stereotypes. I have a lot in common with him
Gen Z where we all at!?
physco gurl here!
Hello!!!
I'm born in 1996, I don't even know what I am.
@@LittleSparklingStars ig Gen Z
right here friend. born 2000
Remembering 911 is a great cut off point
I remember it but not every exact detail, but that doesn't mean I should be classified as a generation z..
@@SEYMOREOUTDOORS it was 4 weeks straight the only thing on tv. If you dont remember every little thing about 9.11. , you wasnt old enough, so you're a Zer.
I remember how i came back from school, sparked up a joint, sad back and watched my favorite court Show. (Started smoking around 14)
Suddenly tv programm was cut off for special News and from that point the only thing in the World for 4 weeks was WTC, Al Quaida, Bin Laden etc.
Saw the first tower collapse and i knew this will be the beginning of the end. Since that day the World ist going straight down the hill.
@@roko.one4466 I said I remember it, but small details such as the names of the people who were on the plane.. those are minor details that are not a strong enough reason to classify some one as a Gen Z lol.
Your commented would be true if I said I didn't remember anything at all.
@@roko.one4466 I'm sorry you had to experience that, it was a terrifying day for all of us. Some people just intake trauma/dramatic events differently and also cope differently. This does not mean their opinion/experience changes what happened.
Omid Films I was a sophomore in high school and they pushed a tv in home room and we all watched in horror. I remember immediately thinking we’re going to war and my brother who was a Marine was going and my other brother, I his 20’s at the time would be drafted. When I got home is when the 2nd plane hit. Just remember crying and crying thinking about all the people that were losing their lives that entire day and even after. We knew that America was changed forever
generation x: Born in the 70s, in grade school when Reagan was president.
I was born when Kennedy was president
I was born when Donald Trump was president
Born in 1970, in late elementary school then in jr hi and high school when Reagan was president. Senior in HS when Bush 1 elected.
Stuck between x and millennial born 78
@@amyangell2378 you're just a GenXer in denial lulz
It’s the year 2018 so we can say this is
Millennials: ages 22-37
Generation z: ages 9-21
No back in time they said it was 2010 but now gen Z wannabes came
I was born in 1997 so technically I’m Gen Z, but I connect more to Gen Y because I saw technology build and expand. Back in the early 2000s we had flip phones, whereas most in Gen Z grew up already knowing about Apple products like IPhones and tablets. I also grew up with some pretty rad cartoons that most of Gen Z doesn’t know about. The old Teen Titans and original Power Puff Girls, Ed Edd N Eddy, Tom and Jerry, lots of shows that Gen Z wouldn’t have a clue about if you asked them now. I don’t remember where I was during 9/11, I was too young, but I remember a lot of other things from back then that connect me more with Gen Y than Gen Z.
Plus I’m 21 and most of Gen Z is in Middle or high school so like. Awkward.
A Garcia Tom and Jerry cartoons? I think those date back to the Traditionalist generation (1940’s)
A Garcia If you think growing up with a flip phone vs an iPhone puts you in a different generation, think about how early Gen Y people feel. Most of us had NO CELL PHONE until high school or college. If you didn’t go through grade school with the option to turn papers in either printed OR handwritten because most families didn’t have printers at home, then you don’t have more in common with Gen Y than Gen Z. You watched technology grow (every generation has and will) but not in the same ways.
A Garcia I think what they get wrong is that generation z always had smartphone which is not true but I would say Generation z has it much easier. They had technology, it got better over time. Not gen alpha which is are kids born 2010 and up were born into the smartphones and quicker WiFi
I say gen z starts at 2000
Hannah Walkosak lol no dude
This video does a good job explaining how generations are just made up. Because really, they're nonsense. Similar characteristics exist between people of similar ages, but that does not define the whole group. The bad part is how ignorant some people are when they say, "young people are attached to their phones," when in a room full of them, but no one is actually on their phone. People take this stuff to heart when they should really just use it to gauge how different it is to live now than how it was then. Don't complain about the differences either. Be happy there's innovation, it shows progress in society.
Exactly!
I wholeheartedly agree !
Generation X is the gold of all generations. 1978
At least you're not some 20 year old who thinks the millennial generation is the best of all.
As a millenial, I agree. I like to consider myself a higher quality millenial, born from Gen X, instead of the piece of trash boomer and mostly all of my energy in this world is provided by Gen X and some of the better Boomers.
@@Amadeus_Eisenberg lol im gen z and i was born from a millennial
I'd like to say Boomers and Gen X had the most talent. Especially with how they made TV shows and such.
I’m a millennial raised by traditionalists! Very hard to find others to relate to.
I agree for the most part, however I believe that there are a few other important factors to consider that determine a persons attachment to a generation. Such as environment, I have noticed that for the most part (not a rule by any means.) people that grow up in less populated areas and are or are raised by elderly parents or grandparents tend to be slightly behind in cultural attachment and actions than the rest of the people born at the same time in big cities. The video did touch on this briefly at the end but left out the part about surrounding environment.
I'm Generation X. Born in 1967. I remember when the term Generation X was coined. I remember certain aspects of the early 70's like movies and TV shows, but I don't remember the Vietnam War raging or Nixon as president. I was oblivious to politics and news. First president I remember was Gerald Ford. First movie seen in a theater was Snoopy Come Home. Glad I grew up in the times I did (but I wish I was a young adult in the late 60's into the 70's). I easily adapted to the new technology cropping up. 70's and 80's were an awesome time to be a kid. The 90's was what I call the 'last gasp' decade living off the fumes of the 80's (at least in terms of 'pop culture', movies and music). Downhill ever since. It's great everything is at your fingertips nowadays, but it removes any and all 'magic' and 'mystique' of a lot of things.
Colossus Forbin,I totally agree with you. I also was born at the end of the 1960s. I have always wanted to be a Teenager Lady or in my 20 all during the 1970s. The 1970s would always be my favorite Decade. The early 1980s were great the 1990s were hanging on by a thread. 2000s eh and nowadays well,Its all over with and this is my opinion but my profile name sums it up.
You are totally correct as a Gen X-er born in the late 70s, I agree that the 80s were freakin awesome, but things changed and started to spiral in the 90s...and by early 2000s..it is a different America...
@@Vernonu9,one word TRUE👏👏
@@lastdays3148 yeah, basically when the leftists started getting more and more into control and started sabotaging our society
Colossus Forbin FACTs
Did I just hear borders on a map are useless?
😂😂😂😂
They tried to sneak that one in there. I noticed it too
yep came to call it out.. a little leftist propaganda included for the NPC reader..
not useless, still just stuff we made up
@@nameless9767 "made up"? You understand they have a purpose? Boundaries are everywhere. Your yard has boundaries, relationships have boundaries, your body & nervous system has boundaries.
Otherwise what.. you can live wherever you want and you pay taxes wherever you choose and benefit from the other country infrastructure? So you pay taxes in country that have the lowest, live where the climate is the best with best landscape and house prices, then you expect your country to let you get healthcare where you choose and they foot the bill. And you expect to go to the restaurant and be served in your own language? And pay in your country's currency. And have your food standards and sanitary installations. And you follow the laws of whichever country you want?
Wake me up when you've built the infrastructure for housing and healthcare in Antarctica I'll wait.
Countries are systems and you are free to choose whatever system you want with it's pros and cons if they accept you.
My father was born in 1895.
He was 68 when he fathered me. He lived until I was 32. He experienced both world wars along with the sinking of the Titanic and the Great Depression. I lived in New York City and recall many nights and Studio 54 as well as the beginning of MTV. I briefly recall the moon landing as well as the Cold War traveling to Eastern Germany before the fall of Berlin Wall. I also recall the Space Shuttle explosion as well as Y2K and 9/11. Here I am having my first kid at 56. To think the generation gap between just our 3 different generations!
wow very cool!
You were probably born in 1963 then so you are on the cusp of Boomers and Gen X. Your father is in the Lost Generation, like 4 generations before you. And he lived until he was 100?
Millenials and Centennials have the most similarities can actually relate to one another and that's the reason why these two generations got the most bashings from the older generations. Interesting to note that these two generations are tech savvies.
I was born in 1995 so I am on the cusp of the Millennial generation, that being said I do note that I have adopted characteristics of both gen Y and gen Z; which I think is quite beneficial.
I'm born in 1996. I identify as part of the millennials for sure, but I am reeeeally close to the boundary. Frankly, I don't see too many differences between the generations, but that might be because those that belong to the next generation are almost the same age as me.
Millenials date until ‘99 in Every other reference point so you’re a millennial regardless
michaelsoper98 No, the cut off for millennials is 1996.
michaelsoper98 But I have also seen other places on the web say Gen Z starts at 1995.. but 1999 is without a question not a millennial
According to the Internet, there's nothing good about being a Millennial. So there's no way you could have adopted anything beneficial from being a Millennial.
Im a Millennial raised by Boomers. I am more old fashioned in many ways but have the knowledge for the now. I choose to do things the hard way and back to basics. This is one brave video. The generation labelling could cause a giant trolling war 😂😂😂
I can relate very much also millennial
I am a " XenniaL " at 1980 right at the very, very end of a cynical generation X, I lean more X but have a boatload of Millennial traits and us circa 1980 never fit-in, anywhere ...
This is so me! I guess I fit into this category. I was born in 1981 but lean more towards the X generation.
@@Rami358able ...it's gonna be tough brother, just do not EVER let the older Millennials ever use you up and spit you out in the work place, trust GEN-Z before them if I have learned anything I could of changed, I'll pass that advice off to you.,... For some strange reason some of my best and most loyal friends been all born just a few years before me though, 1978 precisely... ODD....
@@Rami358able BTW: ...My nephew Jude is the same year as you, born in the blizzard of 1996 in Philadelphia, I still remember walking and falling as a teenager to see him, lol... Anyway, he has allot of anger problems but to me, cool as cash I just feel sorry for him as he did not have it easy growing up as I got to see first hand... He went into the army last I heard he is in there still as some type of army-police... GL bud....
...Also, sorry for the rambling however if you are truly "one of us" you will have no problem reading thru it and understanding my language of ramblings and switching topics, LOL.... ...If I am aware that I do it, then I can not be Cray, Cray(?) .....Right? LOL...
Born April 1976, so am I Gen X or a Millennium generation? I'm still uncertain about this.... I recognize the theme songs of "Family Ties" and "Rug Rats" and even older shows such as "Fraggle Rock". Other favorite shows of mine were "Silver Hawks", and "She-Ra". I think I was born during a sought of technology transition, so I'm still confused how to categorized myself in this way