Xennials were born 77-83, aka the Oregon Trail Generation. They had an analog childhood and a digital young adulthood. Source: I am one and also wikipedia
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Me n the boys heading to the library to die of dysentry
Cool what does that make me who grew up the same way but from 95
It makes you that weird guy ;) Just kidding, all of these generation labels are dumb.
Younger millenial. You were cognizant, you were present not only in body but also mind during the "turn of the millennium". That is the key component of a millenial. You didn't just slide out of your mom December 21, 1999, oooo, that makes me a millenial! No, bitch, it does not. It is our collective memories & upbringing that define us as a generation.
You remember where you were, what you were doing when 9/11 happened. Another shared generational experience.
Very young millennial or old gen z, take your pick.
Full of shit? By the time you were 12 we were in the smart phone era. If your parents were ludites, I guess you could be millennial'ish.
Makes me wonder if I, an 87, almost count because my schools were too poor to have updated software. Oregon Trail was my jaaaam.
Nope. Too old, not in those specific years. Sorry but you're a Boomer now.
Xennials were born 77-83 this fits perfect. I'm smack dab in the middle of that range and our 'generation's' defining characteristic is that we're in a constant state of nostolgia because we were on the wave of every new technology as it came out and subsequently fell off. I've had everything from an 8 track player, cassettes, cds, mp3's, limewre to an iphone in my pocket. we played oregon trail, nintendo, playstation, to VR games. We watched phones go from a party line to kids not even knowing what a rotary phone is or how to use one.
I'm in that range, GenX always felt older and Millennial a bit too young though I feel like I can identify with some of each but not all of either generation. I will say it's been a cool experience experiencing technology as this generation, from some places can't even use touch tone phones to internet everywhere(well mostly), and all the nifty stuff in between.
I thought that range was the Oregon Trail generation.
As a self identified Xennial I take offense to this
Good
I once had a discussion with a user on reddit who argued that generation groups like baby boomer, Gen x, millenials etc only applied for USA and other countries were not meant to use them...
Kinda. It was invented in the US to divide everyone and keep you fighting amongst yourselves
The rest of us aren't quite as stupid, but we're getting there
Good for you!
Well, the Dutch wikipedia article on generations has the groups different than the English version. In English, I'm Gen X, in Dutch I'm from the "pragmatic generation".
I would say it applies to a lot of the Anglosphere but I have zero evidence that it applies to every western nation. I'm sure a ton of them have their own names for generations with their own quirks and subcultures.
