(08-16-2019, 12:58 PM)Ghost Wrote:(08-16-2019, 11:19 AM)gabrielle Wrote:(02-22-2019, 04:23 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote: The current pop cultural definition seem to be:
Xennial 1978-1985
Millennial 1986-94
Gen Z 1995-2009
Gen Alpha 2010+
They base it on things like type of cartoons and toys one experienced in childhood. 1995 was chosen as the beginning of gen Z because Internet Explorer was launched back then.
I see these definitions shared on social media and find it rather annoying. A span of 14 years, let alone 7 years, is hardly a "generation." Especially since the people insisting on these definitions don't seem to feel the need to subdivide older generations in this way. In fact, young people on social media rail against "baby boomers" without mentioning other generations at all, as if they see anyone with gray hair on their head as a baby boomer.
That's actually 15 and 8 years.
Still not a generation.
Quote:If there were actually 7-year microgenerations, this breakdown would be the best to work with:
1970-1976: Nintendo Generation (probably the main Nintendo crowd of the 80's)
1977-1983: Oregon Trail Generation (name is a very obvious synonym to Xennials)
1984-1990: Recession Generation (they were the ones most affected by the Recession)
1991-1997: Electropop Generation (electropop teens/adolescents)Reply
1998-2004: Club Penguin Generation (people born during this 7-year range were probably the majority of Club Penguin players)
2005-2011: iGeneration (born during the rapid digitalization from the start of Web 2.0 to the point where iPhone sales overtook PC sales in 2011)
I'm not sure my age group should be defined by Nintendo. It was just a game we played. Video games were quite simple those days and not really worth geeking out too much over. Maybe it's just that I never found them interesting personally. But I think a more apt name would probably have something to do with the end of the Cold War, this was a very important event in our coming-of-age years and I think it made a lasting impression on our collective psyche.