Youth of Today - Gen Y

[eunhye]

Good article.

Tough political realities quiet youth 'Obamamania' - Yahoo! News

Such is the fate of Generation Y, as they're known, both praised for their willingness to volunteer but also maligned as the "entitlement generation" — eager to help but unsure how to deal with tumultuous times that are a first for many of them.

I'm 29 so I would be gen x?

[wipers]

It's like the 1960's all over again. Youth feel compelled to do something but their laziness takes over and they just bitch about it instead.

[Stilzkin]

Good article.

Tough political realities quiet youth 'Obamamania' - Yahoo! News



I'm 29 so I would be gen x?

gen x is 1960s to 1970s, gen Y is late 1970s to early 1990s

[Xpression]

no way man.. I did something once, for a little while. But then I said "fuck it, i'm not making any money doing something" so I went back to school.

[Epical]

Generation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

* Generation X is the generation generally defined as those born after the baby boom ended,[8] extending from the early-to-mid 1960s to late 1970s. They associated with the pop culture of their youth in the 1980s to the early 1990s.[9] Other names used interchangeably with Generation X are Reagan Generation,[citation needed] 13th Generation,[7] and Baby Busters.

* Generation Y is also known as Generation Next or the Millennials.[10] Generation Y spans from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

* The following Generation, referred to as Generation Z, and various other names, was born between the early-1990s and end of the 2000s.[23][24][25]

[Meph]

so what happens after 2010? Generation AA?

[Ksandra]

gen x is 1960s to 1970s, gen Y is late 1970s to early 1990s

Generation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i was born in 1980 and adults always referred to us as generation X Oo so weird....

[Jodwahh]

1981 for me, I always thought I was part of gen-x too. Well live and learn.

[Priran]

Generation AA?

I did not learn my AA BB CC's, god god damnit damnit.

[quannum]

I did not learn my AA BB CC's, god god damnit damnit.

I want a vending machine that sells vending machines, it'd have to be real fuckin big

[Conduit]

Thought this was gonna be about the band.

[Darus Grey]

1981 for me, I always thought I was part of gen-x too. Well live and learn.

You are if you identify with the culture of that period more than the mid90s+

It's not a "set" deadline, it's just a reference to cultural cues.

If you understand a joke about an 80s sitcom that you watched *during the 80s*, then you can consider yourself part of gen X.

[Boyiee]

I did not learn my AA BB CC's, god god damnit damnit.

Sure you did.

Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae ... Ax Ay Az Ba Bb Bc

[Elesirdur]

I think the identifiable trait of GenX'ers was coming of age and into the marketplace during a time of recession and upheaval in the mid- to late-80s and even into the early 90s. Most GenX members are in their thirties and forties now, though the similarities between GenX and GenY in dealing with economic hardships are growing much more similar.

[Khajit]

I thought we would be on Z by now. since the generation before me was x(was slightly too young), therefore my one should in theory be y , and therefore the new generation starting up under me should be z. Or does the generation not get counted until they're about 25~30?

[Kaslo]

Generation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I always hated the term Gen Y, no other group plays on the previous's name, such a cop out.

Millennials is the proper term imo

[Kainsin]

I've seen 1975-1981 be called the X-Y cusp as there was no real moment when Gen X stopped and Gen Y started.

I was born in 1981 and while I'm old enough to remember a time without internet and actually take responsibility for my actions, I don't have some of the experiences that the 30-something year olds that I know have.

[Olo401]

gen x is 1960s to 1970s, gen Y is late 1970s to early 1990s

Actually 1955-1968 (or those too young to be drafted for Vietnam but who grew up during that period) is referred to by an obscure name, Generation Jones. Not sure where that name came from, but I think of them more as the "Dazed & Confused" generation.

And yeah, the switch from GenX to GenY is tough to nail down.. I'd say it's anywhere between 1985 and 1990. GenY has been done for a long time though - it ended with the turn of the century.

[Meph]

I did not learn my AA BB CC's, god god damnit damnit.

I doubt they would go with gen A after Z, Boyiee is with me on this one

[Demosthenes11]

ITT: eunhye's retardation ignored in favor of semantics

sorry bro, but you are more boring than wiki'ing generation