03-10-2020, 04:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2020, 04:32 PM by Cocoa Puff.)
(03-09-2020, 11:41 PM)Ghost Wrote: I feel like Generation Z = / = Homelander.
People born in 1997-2001 are usually seen as Gen Z (for 97-98 or 97-99, it'd be a cusp but on the Z side overall, depending on the person), but the earliest year you'd usually see classified as a Homelander is 2002.
2003 and 2005 are usually the two most common starting points for Homelanders; 2003 because they were born after the establishment of Homeland Security and 2005 because Strauss and Howe said so.
Exactly. Generation Z is not the same as a Homelander. For Gen Z, late '90s and early '00s borns (give or take mid '90s and '00s) seem to always be mentioned when talking about "Gen Z", but Homelanders would really describe those born after the establishment of Homeland Security in very late 2002. The very earliest that the Homeland Gen could start is 9/11, because that is the event that changed the US, and maybe the world forever, however, even with the late 2001/2002 babies, it does not make that much sense to be Homelanders. Basically, "Gen Z" should be the last wave, or last gasp of the Millennial generation, while the Homeland gen is a whole different generation that could start in either 2003 or 2005. I prefer 2003, not just because I was born in 2002, but for the reasons that were mentioned above.