12-15-2020, 12:17 AM
(12-13-2020, 11:10 AM)Ghost Wrote: I see generation-related threads and posts on Reddit, PersonalityCafe, and Twitter and they are quite different from the generation definitions I see on here, which are more sociological/historical/political based.
Cultural Range
Cultural generations tend to be around 15-18 years in length and are more based on mainstream pop culture trends.
My cultural ranges for generations:
- GI: 1910-1927
- Silents: 1928-1945
- Baby Boomers: 1946-1961
- Gen X: 1962-1980
- Millennials: 1981-1997
- Gen Z: 1998-2014
- "Gen Alpha": 2015+
Historical Range
Historical/cultural/sociological generations are longer in length and are generally 20-25 years in length. They are based on having four generations in 80-100 year saecula.
My historical ranges for generations:
- GI: 1901-1924
- Silents: 1925-1942
- Baby Boomers: 1943-1960
- Gen X: 1961-1981
- Millennials/Civics: 1982-2002
- Homelanders/New Artists: 2003-2021
- Neo-Prophets: 2022+
Culturally, the Lost Generation were soldiers of WWI, so they can't include birth years up to 1909. Culturally and sociologically, GIs have to start around 1901, making them match through Gen X at least.
For recent generations, the labels shift rapidly. For example, "Gen Y" originally referred to birth years in the 1970s who came of age in the good economic times after the Cold War ended; now those birth years solidly grouped with Gen X, and "Gen Y" means early Millenials. "Gen Z" originally referred to late millenials born in the 1990s; now it refers to postmillenials. What seems to happen is that culture tries to break down generations more finely when they are young, but come into agreement with sociological generations with time.