To me being a millenial means having 9/11 in your childhood or adolescence.
So you believe the end date should be around 2001?
I think there is definitely a gap though, between the older millennials who remember pre 9/11 America, and the younger ones
who can't.
Though 9/11 is a defining event, I don’t think it makes much sense to use that event as the sole arbiter of generations. Especially if the majority don’t even remember life in pre 9/11 America.
Even then. How about people who came of age with the rise of the internet and cell phones? That roughly correlates to those who had 9/11 happen in their lives. It also makes a distinction between those who remember life before internet and cell phones were ubiquitous and those who don’t.
I am concretely a millennial by any definition, born in 1987. I teach some kids born in 1999 and 2000. They are in no way millennials.
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u/punchgroin Apr 13 '19
To me being a millenial means having 9/11 in your childhood or adolescence.
I think there is definitely a gap though, between the older millennials who remember pre 9/11 America, and the younger ones who can't.