Guy Lists Why Millennials Are ‘The Most Unique Generation Of All Time’ And His Twitter Thread Goes Viral
The war between the generations never ends and each group seems to think they have all the answers, but no matter who is fighting who it seems millennials are always at the center of it. Whether they are lecturing baby boomers on how easy their generation had it compared to them, or educating generation z on all the tech “struggles” they will never know about, one thing is for sure being a millennial is a strange time to be from.
You feel like you are simultaneously from the future and the past depending on who you are talking to. One Twitter user tried to not only sum this feeling up but share why it was, in fact, positive and people agree he has some points.
This Twitter user took to the platform to explain why millennials are ‘the most unique generation of all time’
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User @zedinfluencer began his thread by clarifying that people born between 1985 and 1995 are the most unique of all the generations. It is safe to assume that the user probably setting dates to define the “millennial generation,” however, Pew Research Centre announced in 2018 that from now on they would only be applying the term “millennial” to people born between 1981 and 1996.
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He broke down the differences into categories of the evolution of technology, work mentality and the relationship with tradition and explained why millennials had the benefit of sitting in the middle of both worlds.
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So what’s so important about dividing and defining these generations anyway? Michael Dimock, president of Pew Research Center wrote in the same blog post that one primary reason is for research, “Generational cohorts give researchers a tool to analyze changes in views over time. They can provide a way to understand how different formative experiences (such as world events and technological, economic and social shifts) interact with the life-cycle and aging process to shape people’s views of the world.”
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So what kind of formative experiences have millennials gone through? They went through a world transformed by 9/11, the first black president, an economic recession, rapid shifts in technology (remember dial-up) and social media. Through all these changes people born in this era became generational chameleons.
Many people in the comments agreed and added more points to his argument
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While others wanted to prove him wrong
Still, there is no exact science to these groupings. Millennials and Gen z both span over 16 years, while the Baby Boomer era crosses over the course of 19 years.
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Do these people not realise that Gen X existed? We aren't Baby Boomers, we aren't Millennials. We're the ones in between that not only created the best music in human history but ALSO saw it all and are ALSO still young but old enough not to act like tw*ts. I say we're the best and Millennials are pale imitations.
EXACTLY! Those born in 1995 would not have experienced technology pre-internet and cellphones. Maybe as a young child, but not when you're coming of age like he's talking about. Gen X is actually the generation to bridge that gap. We went from 8 tracks to CDs, landlines to cellphones and saw the rise of the personal computer and internet. He's wrong, not those BORN 1985-1995 but grew up during that time frame. He completely forgot we existed.
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I don't know if millennials are the most unique generation. After reading this post, I'm fairly sure they're the most self-entitled one. GenXers did the same without all the song and dance.
Wait until you meet GenY. You will find that the exceptions are the ones making change, the rest are shopping on Amazon and immune to anything but instant gratification.
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The idea that there are concrete generational divides and that you can slot people neatly into categories is total bunk. No research has ever supported the idea. People are entranced by the possibility of finding a group identity and insight into their own personality. (I'm a Sagittarius, INFJ, a kinetic learner, and my love language is messages of affirmation.) They can be fun and help people prioritize which personal qualities they would like to present to the world, but most of these categories are useless when it comes to meaningful information. Short version: If you say, "Millennials are X whereas Baby Boomers are Y," you're perpetuating bad logic.
Agreed, this naming of generations is getting very old fast, as well as this inter-generational back-and-forth nonsense. When we were young and in our 20's, we couldn't believe how the old folks could be the way they were, now we're old and things are much the same. I was born in '55 and there's nothing in common, for me, with people born after '60 as a generation. If you went to college from '69-'73, your experience was at least a generation away from the years '75-'79. Generations last about six years, at most, I would say. That's too many clever names to come up with.
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Typical ignorant Millennial BS. Even WITH all the worlds knowledge right in their hands they still manage to make the wrong conclusions :-/ As a proud generation X-er born in '73: in the age of analogue landlines, video rental stores, NO internet & NO mobile phones. Remembering those days families had rotary phones, the family phone situated in the living room, introduction of this new thing called home computer (Commodore or MSX), the very first Atari game computer, VHS/Betamax machines, cassette tapes, the very FIRST walkman, the release of the very first Video laser players, remember that mini-disk? The very first 8 inch floppy disk, the very first mobile GSM national phone networks, the first launch of the internet + remembering that a download speed of 125kbps was considered FAST, those times were take away actually meant that YOU would come yourself & take away your meal. Also those times where typical Dutch summers were WET & COLD with almost NO sun, today our summers are almost "tropical" in comparison. Christ I feel old right now. I sometimes wonder how many Gen-X-ers are frequent BP visitors...... :-)
I had an ATARI 800. Do you remember the first time you used a walkman with dolby and sound moved from one side to the other.. Mr. Roboto by Styx practically short-circuted my brain. atari800-5...838b94.jpg 
This guy is full of s**t. I am not millenial and I dont give my money for an email. Everybody has traditions. Not all millenials work smart. And x generation dont only work hard. Be a little humble, you need to learn a lot.
What a load of s**t. This applies more to Generation X than Millennials anyway. Generation X is the one that bridged the divide between the non-internet world and the internet world...message boards appeared when I was in my early teens, in the early 80's. Like many Millennials, he thinks the world he knows was invented the day he was born, and when he talks about the generation before, he seems to be talking about Baby Boomers.
Saying that anyone born before 1985 will fall for internet scams is absurd. People love to think that their generation is more intelligent than the one before don't they!!?
Aren't this younger generation cute? They are just so clueless.
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Doesn't every generation think they're the most important/ special/ unique? It's human nature I think (but also this is very cringeworthy!)
I get his point but he’s extending those attributes too far. This pertains more to people born in the very late 70’s to mid/late 80’s. Someone born in the 90’s cannot relate to this stuff. It’s stupid to lump 90’s babies in with any of this. They try so hard to be included but they don’t belong at all.
What I find most amusing about "millennials" is that they really are convinced that they are relevant. Dream on kiddos!!!!!
Actually Millennials are from 1981 to 1996 according to google. However I actually prefer the 1985-1995 thing. If your like me and hit puberty and smoked a joint before Kurt Cobain died I don't think you should be considered a millennial. There should be a very specific classification for those born 1981-1985. We're not exactly generation x but I feel were further away from millennials than X. If you had a set of playing Cards from Desert Storm your not a millennial. But we're definitely not X, no we never new Michael Jackson was black lol. But we all remember running home to delete that message from the principal
I was born in 84. There are some negative millennial qualities I don't identify with at all!! Besides, we only got a pc when I was eleven, and didn't get internet till late on(dial-up obv!), I used a type writer throughout my childhood, I was the first person in my family to get a brick mobile phone when I was 16. Maybe I'm not typical in some ways. We never even had an answer phone in our house!! The land phone was antique and you had to dial the wheel to put the number in.
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It is quite important to notice that terms like 'Millennial' or "Generation X' apply only to the American society as they refer to specific social events typical to that country. These had some counterparts in Western Europe, but people in China, Soviet Union or India did not live through the same events Americans did.
Very self-congratulatory, special flower. I'm 50. I went from learning to type on a manual typewriter and clicking the dial to change from one of four tv stations on a b&w rabbit ear tv... we then moved through paid (!) cable services then to satelite, fiber optic and now streaming services... I dialed rotary phones glued to a wall, learned to type on a typewriter. I learned to code in Basic in elementary school on the first home/school computers (cassette recorder to save!), and played video games on a console plugged into tv. As a teen I worked in retail, ordering with punch cards and using clattety mechanical credit card swipers (call in for authorization over $150!). We piloted one of the first electronic transaction terminals using credit cards at that store. Music was delivered on 33s, 45s, 8-track tape, cassettes, cds, torrents, and streaming services. Remember ICQ and intra-university dial up chat services? No honey, you aren't the transitional generation.
I also did many of the things you mentioned, (not all!) and I'm 34, I'm irregular it seems!! We had a small black and white telly for a segment of my childhood, Four channels, colour was too expensive. My neighbour had a console plugged into her tv, around 1988/9. My eleventh birthday present was an electric type writer. I even worked in one or two places still using punch cards. You make a good point, the article is irritating.
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Yup, they are the generation that is full of it. And I do not mean pasta.
Firstly, If you have to identify yourself as an influencer you have missed the PLOT. I think people born in the 40's, 50's 60's and 70's are the most unique. Before Internet and Most mainstream tech - Adopted mainstream tech and then made it our B17ch :)
Yeah my dad is gen x and he could tell me about everything changing in the 1980s to 2000s
I'm so sick and tired of this whole generation topic. Why do peple think it matters? Why do they always try to find reasons to look down at the others? I was born in 1974 and I grew up with cassettes, VHS, Walkman, Pong and Atari. I had an Amiga 500 and learned at school to work with Windows 3.11. I bought my first PC in 1996 and have 5 email addresses. I have seen everything, from AOL to Napster, Facebook, weblogs, Twitter, Snapchat and whatnot. Yet I have a lot of respect for my parents for teaching me moral values, discipline, and good taste in music and fashion. I don't care if they are tech-savvy or not. My silblings were born 10-11 years after me, and they respect me as well. My brother is happy if he finds some new meme or video that I haven't seen yet, calling full of excitement "I defeated the internet queen!" Now I am a dinosaur for not eating tide pods and spoons full of cinnamon? So be it.
Can I just comment on the opening line that says “the war between generations never ends”? The war never ends because media like Bored Panda makes this discussion a talking point, drawing differences and trying to pit people from different generations against each other to compare who’s better. Can we just agree that each generation is unique to their own and each have strength & weaknesses and let’s move on to other topic so we can get this war over with
I'm born in 76 and very often I have a feeling people think we are unable to understand technology or c**p like that... You know we actually are the generation that could first AFFORD that, right ? :D Stop to put everyone in little boxes ;)
Wow, a lot of naive arrogance there. Gen X was raised entirely pre-internet/digital/cellular, saw the arrival of all those technologies in our teens and early twenties, taught our children how to use them, and still young enough to be receptive to new technologies and trends but old enough to appreciate every step forward since the days of analog and be skeptical of their effects on society and culture. We've lived through four decades too, and changes we've witnessed firsthand have been sweeping. Take it down a notch millenials, you're not that special.
LOL - Think they're great because they're living the life previous generations built/invented for them. Let's wait a couple of decades and see what they accomplish - if anything.
Shallow generation to think that because they are up to date with technology they are smart and special. Perhaps they have too much time in their hands to constantly tinker in their gadgets. They did not go through a time of strife and chaos that after fighting to stay alive, you need to rebuild your society. Why would the younger generation mock the sacrifices of generations before them? Explorations, inventions and creativity flourished and accelerated in the 21st century when mankind established relative peace after the two world wars. So how does that make the millenials special? I am a Gen X and I would not even dare say that I am better than those who lived before me. I have a better quality of life though.
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Whoever that person is that says they were born in 91 and can't remember the dawn of the internet or birth of CDs? I do not know where they were at, because I was born in 91 and remember it very well.
I thought millennials is from 1982, im glad and feel blessed that I was born in the 80s.
Lol this is stupid, you could easily argue every generation is "the most unique". Also for the record I'm not a millennial and yet still I experienced all of this too haha... This is just a few millennials wanting to feel special
I agree. Maybe the generation that invented language is the most unique, or the wheel!???
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The Generation X just got bypassed again :( The qualities that millennial kid mentioned actually belonged to Gen X. But anyway that's OK, we would rather quietly do our own thing than brag everything. We don't need anyone's approval. And personally, I don't care about it either. All these generational classifications are at best very subjective to the demographer's opinion and are too centered for upper and middle class Westerners. The starting year for the Millennial generation is pegged between 1977-1982 with most definitions settling at 1981-1982 while the ending years is pegged from 1996-2004 with most settling between 1996-2000. Same with Generation X although the ending cut-off year is more controversial than the starting cut-off year. I was born in early 1980 and I find it ridiculous that people my age are grouped in with the 80s and 90s babies who I absolutely don't relate to. Let's face it, most of us 1980 babies have far more in common with the 70s babies than with the early 80s babies, let alone the 90s babies. We came of age in 1998, turned 20 in 2000 & not in 2001 (the new millennium & 21st century). Except for the few lucky rich ones, most of us didn't have internet until 20. I had my first clunky cellphone at 20 and the very first time I used a computer was in high school but even at my early 20s, my computer proficiency were far below average.
Recently, I read a blog at E Care Behavioral Health Institute and It came to me that world has gotten so advanced that we have plenty of options to choose from. Millienials are confused and scared of making decision, they have uncertainity regards their future.
I think he got the dates mixed up. I believe it's actually 75-85ish being born. If you were born in '85, but the time you were say, 7 it was already 1992. if '95 it's 2002 when your 7. You barely know about the beginnings of boy bands, you missed AOL, you missed ATARI and Commodore and the first Nintendo. You missed things like the OJ trial, even 9/11. By miss I mean you'd be too young to remember or know the significance of it all. You missed the LA riots and Rodney King (the first on camera/video of Police brutality). You missed pagers and MTV when it was just music. You missed using a typewriter, then a dos printers, then microsoft word. Missed using the dewey decimal system and micro fiche and moving to computer catalogs and then google. From using tv's with v-hold and bunny ears to cable and the beta max/VHS war, the VCR's, laser disc, to cd's to dvds being born from '85-'95 is NOT the most interesting. Gen X or xennials grew up using and throughout the tech revolution.
well, i realized and said this 2 solid years ago. Anyway, good to see other people who think the same way with me. I was born in 1991 btw:)
The more accurate statement would be "the most unique generation in the meantime". Then you'll pass the torch on to the guys following your tracks, while the world evolves further around you.
People who grew up during the Renaissance or the Enlightenment might have something to say about this 'Golden Generation' thing. Plus think of World War II: Within six years they developed jet engines, space rockets (sort of), radar, stealth technology and computers, and people who lived through the industrial revolution saw huge change too.
Well... First of all, that guy is full of sh!t. No one is better than other. Second: here goes the chart (for USA patterns): greatest generation (1901-1927) | silent generation (1927-1945) | baby boomers (1946-1960's) | generation X (1960's- 1980's) | millenials (1980's -1999) | generation Z (2000-....). :::::: Generation X saw the "old world" and the optimism of baby boomers falling apart, at the same time as technology started to be accessible for domestic use. People from Generation X started disbelieving concepts like "the hard working", "keep your job to pay your house" or "academic success will provide you all". In late 80's, the term Slacker Generation was used to to define the "a branch" of the Generation X who was, now, to apatic and couldn't care less with the hard working and expensive houses. In the 90's, that generation went deep into the internet boom, and was called Millenial... As you see, this is not a fight of good or stupid generations: it's a process.
1 minute video that says it all: https://youtu.be/BYaqh--Uhx0
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"The generation before us knew no questions" :) oh man, you couldn't be more wrong... and then I saw in the comments section one GenX "member" claims they created the "best music in human history" :) I don't know which one is more self-entitled but honestly if your best arguments are such questionable statements you should think twice before claiming you are "the best"
Here in Brazil we have no idea what this generation x/y/z thing is. We only have three classes of people: people, old people and new people eheheh. Look, I was born in 1968, I'm 51 years old. I played video game as a kid, I play video games on my computer nowaday. I watched StarWars at the premiere, at the movies and watched yesterday the Avengers End Game and I was thrilled in the same way. I know how to use a rotatory phone and I know how to use a smartphone. My first computer was a ZX spectrum (which I bought with my salary, it was not a gift from daddy or mommy), I went through MSX, PC and now I'm writing this sitting on my couch, looking at my tv where my pc is connected. So, why would not I know how to do something that was not taught from the 70's until the years 2019? Even my mother, who is 82, knows how to use a smartphone to make video calls over Whatsapp! Honestly, I do not understand this fixation about generations and their talents / defects that you speak here. Someone could explain if for me?
Apparently, Pete Buttigieg is a millennial, and it seems to have gotten some people excited. And him being openly gay is also cause for excitement. I'm wondering if he has what it takes to become President without those two things being factored in. And the way I see it, the greatest generation(s) was/were born before 1945, because they dealt with the Wall Street Crash in 1929, which affected more than just America, and then they put a stop to Hitler 16 years later. Sure, there have been great people born since 1945, but they were few and far between when compared to people like Churchill, Einstein, and even the Curies.
Well, actually a lot of this things can be adjusted to any generation. I'm prettey sure the 1785-1795 generation knew the "old school music" like Bach or Handel, but could also keep up with the new ones, like Haydn or Beethoven xd How about the people living at the times of Industrial Revolution? Weren't they unique and didn't they see many things we haven't ever seen? Questioning the tradition? For God's sake, every, every, every single generation does that. And tell me the nostalgia of the pre-WWII 1920s generation... People just so desperately wants to be unique - but isn't it much more unique to be one and the only one you, than belonging to the "unique generation" with millions of other people?
Five words: Richard Hell and the Voidoids. The generation - possibly a century from now - that can finally figure it what the f*ck the song "Blank Generation" actually means wins the best gen award...you'll get a cookie.
Well his talking about generation X (1980-1990) but also some generation Y (or millenials). Really depends how you lived and how you were raised. I remember most of those things his talking about and I was born in -87. I remember using these 🕹🖨💾🎞☎️ and waiting for my friends somewhere before I got my first mobile phone. You can’t generalize everything. Also: https://communityrising.kasasa.com/gen-x-gen-y-gen-z/
I remember thinking, 'wow, nowadays you can get movies sent in the mail. These are modern times!'
Do these people not realise that Gen X existed? We aren't Baby Boomers, we aren't Millennials. We're the ones in between that not only created the best music in human history but ALSO saw it all and are ALSO still young but old enough not to act like tw*ts. I say we're the best and Millennials are pale imitations.
EXACTLY! Those born in 1995 would not have experienced technology pre-internet and cellphones. Maybe as a young child, but not when you're coming of age like he's talking about. Gen X is actually the generation to bridge that gap. We went from 8 tracks to CDs, landlines to cellphones and saw the rise of the personal computer and internet. He's wrong, not those BORN 1985-1995 but grew up during that time frame. He completely forgot we existed.
Load More Replies... I don't know if millennials are the most unique generation. After reading this post, I'm fairly sure they're the most self-entitled one. GenXers did the same without all the song and dance.
Wait until you meet GenY. You will find that the exceptions are the ones making change, the rest are shopping on Amazon and immune to anything but instant gratification.
Load More Replies... The idea that there are concrete generational divides and that you can slot people neatly into categories is total bunk. No research has ever supported the idea. People are entranced by the possibility of finding a group identity and insight into their own personality. (I'm a Sagittarius, INFJ, a kinetic learner, and my love language is messages of affirmation.) They can be fun and help people prioritize which personal qualities they would like to present to the world, but most of these categories are useless when it comes to meaningful information. Short version: If you say, "Millennials are X whereas Baby Boomers are Y," you're perpetuating bad logic.
Agreed, this naming of generations is getting very old fast, as well as this inter-generational back-and-forth nonsense. When we were young and in our 20's, we couldn't believe how the old folks could be the way they were, now we're old and things are much the same. I was born in '55 and there's nothing in common, for me, with people born after '60 as a generation. If you went to college from '69-'73, your experience was at least a generation away from the years '75-'79. Generations last about six years, at most, I would say. That's too many clever names to come up with.
Load More Replies... Typical ignorant Millennial BS. Even WITH all the worlds knowledge right in their hands they still manage to make the wrong conclusions :-/ As a proud generation X-er born in '73: in the age of analogue landlines, video rental stores, NO internet & NO mobile phones. Remembering those days families had rotary phones, the family phone situated in the living room, introduction of this new thing called home computer (Commodore or MSX), the very first Atari game computer, VHS/Betamax machines, cassette tapes, the very FIRST walkman, the release of the very first Video laser players, remember that mini-disk? The very first 8 inch floppy disk, the very first mobile GSM national phone networks, the first launch of the internet + remembering that a download speed of 125kbps was considered FAST, those times were take away actually meant that YOU would come yourself & take away your meal. Also those times where typical Dutch summers were WET & COLD with almost NO sun, today our summers are almost "tropical" in comparison. Christ I feel old right now. I sometimes wonder how many Gen-X-ers are frequent BP visitors...... :-)
I had an ATARI 800. Do you remember the first time you used a walkman with dolby and sound moved from one side to the other.. Mr. Roboto by Styx practically short-circuted my brain. atari800-5...838b94.jpg
This guy is full of s**t. I am not millenial and I dont give my money for an email. Everybody has traditions. Not all millenials work smart. And x generation dont only work hard. Be a little humble, you need to learn a lot.
What a load of s**t. This applies more to Generation X than Millennials anyway. Generation X is the one that bridged the divide between the non-internet world and the internet world...message boards appeared when I was in my early teens, in the early 80's. Like many Millennials, he thinks the world he knows was invented the day he was born, and when he talks about the generation before, he seems to be talking about Baby Boomers.
Saying that anyone born before 1985 will fall for internet scams is absurd. People love to think that their generation is more intelligent than the one before don't they!!?
Aren't this younger generation cute? They are just so clueless.
Load More Replies... Doesn't every generation think they're the most important/ special/ unique? It's human nature I think (but also this is very cringeworthy!)
I get his point but he’s extending those attributes too far. This pertains more to people born in the very late 70’s to mid/late 80’s. Someone born in the 90’s cannot relate to this stuff. It’s stupid to lump 90’s babies in with any of this. They try so hard to be included but they don’t belong at all.
What I find most amusing about "millennials" is that they really are convinced that they are relevant. Dream on kiddos!!!!!
Actually Millennials are from 1981 to 1996 according to google. However I actually prefer the 1985-1995 thing. If your like me and hit puberty and smoked a joint before Kurt Cobain died I don't think you should be considered a millennial. There should be a very specific classification for those born 1981-1985. We're not exactly generation x but I feel were further away from millennials than X. If you had a set of playing Cards from Desert Storm your not a millennial. But we're definitely not X, no we never new Michael Jackson was black lol. But we all remember running home to delete that message from the principal
I was born in 84. There are some negative millennial qualities I don't identify with at all!! Besides, we only got a pc when I was eleven, and didn't get internet till late on(dial-up obv!), I used a type writer throughout my childhood, I was the first person in my family to get a brick mobile phone when I was 16. Maybe I'm not typical in some ways. We never even had an answer phone in our house!! The land phone was antique and you had to dial the wheel to put the number in.
Load More Replies... It is quite important to notice that terms like 'Millennial' or "Generation X' apply only to the American society as they refer to specific social events typical to that country. These had some counterparts in Western Europe, but people in China, Soviet Union or India did not live through the same events Americans did.
Very self-congratulatory, special flower. I'm 50. I went from learning to type on a manual typewriter and clicking the dial to change from one of four tv stations on a b&w rabbit ear tv... we then moved through paid (!) cable services then to satelite, fiber optic and now streaming services... I dialed rotary phones glued to a wall, learned to type on a typewriter. I learned to code in Basic in elementary school on the first home/school computers (cassette recorder to save!), and played video games on a console plugged into tv. As a teen I worked in retail, ordering with punch cards and using clattety mechanical credit card swipers (call in for authorization over $150!). We piloted one of the first electronic transaction terminals using credit cards at that store. Music was delivered on 33s, 45s, 8-track tape, cassettes, cds, torrents, and streaming services. Remember ICQ and intra-university dial up chat services? No honey, you aren't the transitional generation.
I also did many of the things you mentioned, (not all!) and I'm 34, I'm irregular it seems!! We had a small black and white telly for a segment of my childhood, Four channels, colour was too expensive. My neighbour had a console plugged into her tv, around 1988/9. My eleventh birthday present was an electric type writer. I even worked in one or two places still using punch cards. You make a good point, the article is irritating.
Load More Replies... Yup, they are the generation that is full of it. And I do not mean pasta.
Firstly, If you have to identify yourself as an influencer you have missed the PLOT. I think people born in the 40's, 50's 60's and 70's are the most unique. Before Internet and Most mainstream tech - Adopted mainstream tech and then made it our B17ch :)
Yeah my dad is gen x and he could tell me about everything changing in the 1980s to 2000s
I'm so sick and tired of this whole generation topic. Why do peple think it matters? Why do they always try to find reasons to look down at the others? I was born in 1974 and I grew up with cassettes, VHS, Walkman, Pong and Atari. I had an Amiga 500 and learned at school to work with Windows 3.11. I bought my first PC in 1996 and have 5 email addresses. I have seen everything, from AOL to Napster, Facebook, weblogs, Twitter, Snapchat and whatnot. Yet I have a lot of respect for my parents for teaching me moral values, discipline, and good taste in music and fashion. I don't care if they are tech-savvy or not. My silblings were born 10-11 years after me, and they respect me as well. My brother is happy if he finds some new meme or video that I haven't seen yet, calling full of excitement "I defeated the internet queen!" Now I am a dinosaur for not eating tide pods and spoons full of cinnamon? So be it.
Can I just comment on the opening line that says “the war between generations never ends”? The war never ends because media like Bored Panda makes this discussion a talking point, drawing differences and trying to pit people from different generations against each other to compare who’s better. Can we just agree that each generation is unique to their own and each have strength & weaknesses and let’s move on to other topic so we can get this war over with
I'm born in 76 and very often I have a feeling people think we are unable to understand technology or c**p like that... You know we actually are the generation that could first AFFORD that, right ? :D Stop to put everyone in little boxes ;)
Wow, a lot of naive arrogance there. Gen X was raised entirely pre-internet/digital/cellular, saw the arrival of all those technologies in our teens and early twenties, taught our children how to use them, and still young enough to be receptive to new technologies and trends but old enough to appreciate every step forward since the days of analog and be skeptical of their effects on society and culture. We've lived through four decades too, and changes we've witnessed firsthand have been sweeping. Take it down a notch millenials, you're not that special.
LOL - Think they're great because they're living the life previous generations built/invented for them. Let's wait a couple of decades and see what they accomplish - if anything.
Shallow generation to think that because they are up to date with technology they are smart and special. Perhaps they have too much time in their hands to constantly tinker in their gadgets. They did not go through a time of strife and chaos that after fighting to stay alive, you need to rebuild your society. Why would the younger generation mock the sacrifices of generations before them? Explorations, inventions and creativity flourished and accelerated in the 21st century when mankind established relative peace after the two world wars. So how does that make the millenials special? I am a Gen X and I would not even dare say that I am better than those who lived before me. I have a better quality of life though.
Load More Replies... Whoever that person is that says they were born in 91 and can't remember the dawn of the internet or birth of CDs? I do not know where they were at, because I was born in 91 and remember it very well.
I thought millennials is from 1982, im glad and feel blessed that I was born in the 80s.
Lol this is stupid, you could easily argue every generation is "the most unique". Also for the record I'm not a millennial and yet still I experienced all of this too haha... This is just a few millennials wanting to feel special
I agree. Maybe the generation that invented language is the most unique, or the wheel!???
Load More Replies... The Generation X just got bypassed again :( The qualities that millennial kid mentioned actually belonged to Gen X. But anyway that's OK, we would rather quietly do our own thing than brag everything. We don't need anyone's approval. And personally, I don't care about it either. All these generational classifications are at best very subjective to the demographer's opinion and are too centered for upper and middle class Westerners. The starting year for the Millennial generation is pegged between 1977-1982 with most definitions settling at 1981-1982 while the ending years is pegged from 1996-2004 with most settling between 1996-2000. Same with Generation X although the ending cut-off year is more controversial than the starting cut-off year. I was born in early 1980 and I find it ridiculous that people my age are grouped in with the 80s and 90s babies who I absolutely don't relate to. Let's face it, most of us 1980 babies have far more in common with the 70s babies than with the early 80s babies, let alone the 90s babies. We came of age in 1998, turned 20 in 2000 & not in 2001 (the new millennium & 21st century). Except for the few lucky rich ones, most of us didn't have internet until 20. I had my first clunky cellphone at 20 and the very first time I used a computer was in high school but even at my early 20s, my computer proficiency were far below average.
Recently, I read a blog at E Care Behavioral Health Institute and It came to me that world has gotten so advanced that we have plenty of options to choose from. Millienials are confused and scared of making decision, they have uncertainity regards their future.
I think he got the dates mixed up. I believe it's actually 75-85ish being born. If you were born in '85, but the time you were say, 7 it was already 1992. if '95 it's 2002 when your 7. You barely know about the beginnings of boy bands, you missed AOL, you missed ATARI and Commodore and the first Nintendo. You missed things like the OJ trial, even 9/11. By miss I mean you'd be too young to remember or know the significance of it all. You missed the LA riots and Rodney King (the first on camera/video of Police brutality). You missed pagers and MTV when it was just music. You missed using a typewriter, then a dos printers, then microsoft word. Missed using the dewey decimal system and micro fiche and moving to computer catalogs and then google. From using tv's with v-hold and bunny ears to cable and the beta max/VHS war, the VCR's, laser disc, to cd's to dvds being born from '85-'95 is NOT the most interesting. Gen X or xennials grew up using and throughout the tech revolution.
well, i realized and said this 2 solid years ago. Anyway, good to see other people who think the same way with me. I was born in 1991 btw:)
The more accurate statement would be "the most unique generation in the meantime". Then you'll pass the torch on to the guys following your tracks, while the world evolves further around you.
People who grew up during the Renaissance or the Enlightenment might have something to say about this 'Golden Generation' thing. Plus think of World War II: Within six years they developed jet engines, space rockets (sort of), radar, stealth technology and computers, and people who lived through the industrial revolution saw huge change too.
Well... First of all, that guy is full of sh!t. No one is better than other. Second: here goes the chart (for USA patterns): greatest generation (1901-1927) | silent generation (1927-1945) | baby boomers (1946-1960's) | generation X (1960's- 1980's) | millenials (1980's -1999) | generation Z (2000-....). :::::: Generation X saw the "old world" and the optimism of baby boomers falling apart, at the same time as technology started to be accessible for domestic use. People from Generation X started disbelieving concepts like "the hard working", "keep your job to pay your house" or "academic success will provide you all". In late 80's, the term Slacker Generation was used to to define the "a branch" of the Generation X who was, now, to apatic and couldn't care less with the hard working and expensive houses. In the 90's, that generation went deep into the internet boom, and was called Millenial... As you see, this is not a fight of good or stupid generations: it's a process.
1 minute video that says it all: https://youtu.be/BYaqh--Uhx0
Load More Replies... "The generation before us knew no questions" :) oh man, you couldn't be more wrong... and then I saw in the comments section one GenX "member" claims they created the "best music in human history" :) I don't know which one is more self-entitled but honestly if your best arguments are such questionable statements you should think twice before claiming you are "the best"
Here in Brazil we have no idea what this generation x/y/z thing is. We only have three classes of people: people, old people and new people eheheh. Look, I was born in 1968, I'm 51 years old. I played video game as a kid, I play video games on my computer nowaday. I watched StarWars at the premiere, at the movies and watched yesterday the Avengers End Game and I was thrilled in the same way. I know how to use a rotatory phone and I know how to use a smartphone. My first computer was a ZX spectrum (which I bought with my salary, it was not a gift from daddy or mommy), I went through MSX, PC and now I'm writing this sitting on my couch, looking at my tv where my pc is connected. So, why would not I know how to do something that was not taught from the 70's until the years 2019? Even my mother, who is 82, knows how to use a smartphone to make video calls over Whatsapp! Honestly, I do not understand this fixation about generations and their talents / defects that you speak here. Someone could explain if for me?
Apparently, Pete Buttigieg is a millennial, and it seems to have gotten some people excited. And him being openly gay is also cause for excitement. I'm wondering if he has what it takes to become President without those two things being factored in. And the way I see it, the greatest generation(s) was/were born before 1945, because they dealt with the Wall Street Crash in 1929, which affected more than just America, and then they put a stop to Hitler 16 years later. Sure, there have been great people born since 1945, but they were few and far between when compared to people like Churchill, Einstein, and even the Curies.
Well, actually a lot of this things can be adjusted to any generation. I'm prettey sure the 1785-1795 generation knew the "old school music" like Bach or Handel, but could also keep up with the new ones, like Haydn or Beethoven xd How about the people living at the times of Industrial Revolution? Weren't they unique and didn't they see many things we haven't ever seen? Questioning the tradition? For God's sake, every, every, every single generation does that. And tell me the nostalgia of the pre-WWII 1920s generation... People just so desperately wants to be unique - but isn't it much more unique to be one and the only one you, than belonging to the "unique generation" with millions of other people?
Five words: Richard Hell and the Voidoids. The generation - possibly a century from now - that can finally figure it what the f*ck the song "Blank Generation" actually means wins the best gen award...you'll get a cookie.
Well his talking about generation X (1980-1990) but also some generation Y (or millenials). Really depends how you lived and how you were raised. I remember most of those things his talking about and I was born in -87. I remember using these 🕹🖨💾🎞☎️ and waiting for my friends somewhere before I got my first mobile phone. You can’t generalize everything. Also: https://communityrising.kasasa.com/gen-x-gen-y-gen-z/
I remember thinking, 'wow, nowadays you can get movies sent in the mail. These are modern times!'
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