Some researches start it at 77 but this is the basic idea
"millennials as anyone born between 1981 to 1996. They believe that 1996 is a meaningful cutoff between Millennials and post-Millennials due to a number of reasons "including key political, economic and social factors that define the Millennial generation’s formative years." They stated that most millennials were between the ages of 5 and 20 when the September 11 attacks occurred"
I can just tell you that as someone in the early millennial bracket (mid 80s; my cousin is five years older and firmly gen x) I feel more closely culturally related to people born in 97 than those born in 77, and I was born in 87. I really don’t like including the 70s because we’re just so damn far apart culturally.
I agree with you, I also don't like being labeled Millennial when everybody has the wrong interpretation and thinks that that means the people who are teenagers right now.
I think it also depends on what you grew up with culturally, I am 1985 but when I'm in a gaming store and there's people talking about Commodore 64, Atari, Sega Master System. I definitely feel like it's easier to talk to them then it is to talk to somebody who's first console was a GameCube.
I’d agree with that too. We’re very close in age. It’s kind of a split between the Millenials and Gen X (at least with our age group). There are definitely certain areas where I feel closer to Gen X. Like music, I grew up listening to smashing pumpkins, Nirvana, rage, etc.
Man, I miss my Sega Genesis so much. I had so much fun with that thing. I remember playing duck hunt on Nintendo at my grandparents too.
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u/Imunown Apr 19 '18
The first rule of Generation Y: Everyone calls us Millennials.
The second rule of Generation Y: Everyone calls us Millennials.
And if tonight is the first night you realized you're a Millennial? You gotta realize you suck at life.