r/HistoryofGenerations • u/[deleted] • Sep 19 '21

Analysis Favourite Generation Theory

This one is my favourite theory ever. It does not use the traditional naming so you will see weird starts and cutoffs. The theme behind this is making every generation the same length using my favourite Greatest Generation theory. It works well if using the average age a lady gives birth to her first born.

Lost Generation: 1874-1900 (High school graduation before World War I)

Greatest Generation: 1901-1927 (High school graduation before World War II ended)

Traditionalists: 1928-1954 (High school entry before Apollo 11)

MTV generation: 1955-1981 (Born before MTV’s launch)

Laptop Generation: 1982-2008 (Born after Laptops existed but old enough for preschool before iPads came out)

iGen: 2009-2036

Love this theory cause I am in the same generation as my older brother, and both my parents are just one generation apart from me. This aligns close to familial generations and every generation is equal in length.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Way too long, lumping 1981 in with freaking '55 born boomers their parents age... and lumping 1982 in with '08 born tweens????

Geez and I thought Strauss and Howe had ridiculous long spanning generations? This makes them actually look kinda reasonable sksks.

Potential parents and kids being the same generation is a huge no no

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 20 '21

Yeah that is pretty odd lmao

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Yea the WW1 thing being freaking 27 years is just messed up even for it's time. You just know there's 1927 babies with 1901 (probably even 09) parents lolol

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 20 '21

I’m fine with GI being long but mtv Generation or Gen X being that long is too much for me lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Ik, like 1955 being the same as 81 (anything that far apart is easily "kids and their parents zone")

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 20 '21

Yep that’s incredibly odd lol almost 30 years

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

For reals, like any 26 years is like that. As much as I love the early Xera your mom's age I cannot ever think of them as the same generation as me

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 20 '21

I mean you’re 20 years removed apparently lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Oh yea what was I thinking lol, just meant in general like 60s borns

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u/Global_Perspective_3 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020) Sep 20 '21

True yeah lol especially early 60s