• inverted_deflector@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      Generations cutoffs are a messy thing and the cutoffs are vague(like its already been a few years and the cutoff for gen z is still ambiguous) but generally yeah the cutoff is generally around 1980 or 1979.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah I’m ‘84 - I’m either young gen x or old millennial. I dunno, does it really matter?

        I’ve heard the best way to split it is if the person remembers the Berlin Wall coming down. I only remember it as being a semi-recent historical event when I was a kid, which would make me a millennial.

        However, my brother is ‘80 and he says he remembers it coming down so that would make him Gen X using this method.

        Either way, I like this method better than trying to draw a line at a specific date.

        I think the split between boomers and gen x is watergate.

        The split between millennials and gen Z would be if a person remembers 9/11.

        Covid is probably where I’d put the split between Zoomers and whatever.