Born in 1979 as I was, depending on the definition used, I'm either part of the very tail end of "Generation X" or the very leading edge of "Generation Y." I'm deprived, and I imagine many of you are in the same boat: I've never felt like I had a good label I could use to give everyone else a preconceived notion of how sarcastic or optimistic I might turn out to be. Huge social disadvantage.
One thing I am sure of is that I'd rather not be in Gen-Y, where they keep all the Millennials. Gross.
This sort of "tweener" generation, I don't know how long it lasted, but I feel like it's more tech-savvy than those who came before, but it had to learn its way around the internet rather than being born literally on Twitter already, as kids much younger than me apparently are. The internet was an exciting novelty when I was starting high school. And the way tech comes and goes, if you say "AOL" or "Napster" to some people, they think you might be talking about a Brontosaurus.
I kind of like the label "Oregon Trail Generation." Which is why I made this thread, to share that link. We don't have a thread for making fun of Millennials, so this is now that.
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