Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 3!??

[jimmy olsen]

IIRC 1982-2001 is Generation Y.

[Maximus]

Why don't we dissect one of them and settle the question.

[Syt]

I'd think I'm an Xer, but I really don't care enough.

[Ideologue]

So, is this anti-tainted?

[The Brain]

IIRC 1982-2001 is Generation Y.

Y indeed.

[Josquius]

Generation Y comes after X then after Y IIRC is Millenials.

[dps]

What are they gonna title this one?  "Bill and Ted's Hip Replacement Surgury"?

[Barrister]

Well I for one would pay good money to see a new Bill and Ted movie.

Too bad there'd be no George Carlin.

[Razgovory]

I'd think I'm an Xer, but I really don't care enough.

Germans don't count!

[CountDeMoney]

I'd think I'm an Xer, but I really don't care enough.

Germans don't count!

That one went so far over your head, it left contrails.

[grumbler]

I think your post suggests 30 year olds are actually the tail end of Gen X.

While technically you're right, they do separate generations into shorter subgroups to be more descriptive. Like the early boomers are the "protest generation" while late boomers are the "me generation".

I think your posts suggests that I actually meant something serious in my post. 

I find the (mis)labeling of generations to be (mis)leading because it exaggerates similarities within an age group and differences between them.  People are just people.  "Protest generation" and "me generation" are concepts without meaning.

[Slargos]

I think your post suggests 30 year olds are actually the tail end of Gen X.

While technically you're right, they do separate generations into shorter subgroups to be more descriptive. Like the early boomers are the "protest generation" while late boomers are the "me generation".

I think your posts suggests that I actually meant something serious in my post. 

I find the (mis)labeling of generations to be (mis)leading because it exaggerates similarities within an age group and differences between them.  People are just people.  "Protest generation" and "me generation" are concepts without meaning.

There's one thing typical about people.. 

That they're people. 

[Fate]

Have they settled on names for post Gen X generations yet? What are 30 year olds called, what are 20 year olds called?

20-year-olds and 30-year-olds are part of the same generation.  A generation these days is still about 20 years.

I think the settled term for the generation born between 1985 and 2005 is the "Loser Generation."  Being offspring of the dreadful Gen-Xers, how could it be otherwise?

Eh... I was born in 1986, my parents are definitely baby boomers.

[The Minsky Moment]

The official list.

Born in:
Pre 476: Here be grumblers
476- 1859: Life expectancy too short for generations
1860-1880: Electric Power Generation
1880-1900: The Lost Generation
1901-1908: The Found Generation
1909- 1924: The War Atrocities Generation
1925-1935: The Silent Generation
1935-1945: The Get off my Lawn Generation
1945-1965: The Generation that would not Shut up
1966-1981: The Generation that Couldn't be Bothered to Get a Name
1982-2005: The Emo (Mew?) Generation
2005-?       : The Vast Progeny of Ed (and a few others)

[citizen k]

The official list.

Born in:
Pre 476: Here be grumblers
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2005-?       : The Vast Progeny of Ed (and a few others)

Wow Minsky, you really know how to bring the big picture into focus.