What year should be the cutoff to be a millennial?

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

how can a baby have any effect to whats going on in 2000? Someone born in 2000 is a gen Z.

I repeat what I said if you were born in the millennium you should be called a millennial... it's not about effect. 85% of people on this planet cannot have any effect of what will go on on the world.

This will cause less confusion because it just makes soo much sense, furthermore the decade starts off at 0.

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

It's the most telling difference imo...

I mean the internet has been around for a few decades now....But I can remember when I first used it...and it was in 1996 and my HS library had two computers that had access to it. My parents would later get windows 95 in 1997. BUT prior to 1995, the internet was just unheard of amongst most people...completely unimaginable. We're in most ways the last generation to do things the same way our parents and grand parents did.

Yep. People keep saying well computers and the internet existed for awhile but I'm taking when it became mainstream to where every home had it

not when u had nothing but chat rooms and a phone call would cut u off and u can only be on a little at a time. Can't compare it to social media now and kids living on the net through their phone

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

I know they count it in 20 year increments but I was born in the early 90s so I consider people between 86 and 96 in my generation.

If I was to make an official declaration on millennials it would be this, if you were inside a classroom on 9/11 you're a millennial.

To get even more specific, I would say if you can remember vividly where you were and what you were doing at school on 9/11, then you are a millennial. So that would probably cut out a couple early 90s kids.

 

[Londilon]

I repeat what I said if you were born in the millennium you should be called a millennial... it's not about effect. 85% of people on this planet cannot have any effect of what will go on on the world.

while the rest of the world doesn't give a single care about your personal definition and see people who are born in the 2000 as gen Z.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

people born in 85+ were also in a classroom (high school)

True. It's probably more like 83 to 94/95, like @Klarifeye The Great said. I don't think seniors were as affected by as much as all the kids between K and 11th were.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

while the rest of the world doesn't give a single care about your personal definition and see people who are born in the 2000 as gen Z.

nobody cares about yours either... a question was asked on a message board and you quoted me

I'm saying logically speaking it makes sense

 

[Londilon]

Yep. People keep saying well computers and the internet existed for awhile but I'm taking when it became mainstream to where every home had it

not when u had nothing but chat rooms and a phone call would cut u off and u can only be on a little at a time. Can't compare it to social media now and kids living on the net through their phone

Windows 95 was a big deal and a lot of people refused to upgrade to windows 2000.

True. It's probably more like 83 to 94/95, like @Klarifeye The Great said. I don't think seniors were as affected by as much as all the kids between K and 11th were.

Why wouldn't a senor in high school not be effected just a junior be effected?

 

[JerseyBoy23]

To get even more specific, I would say if you can remember vividly where you were and what you were doing at school on 9/11, then you are a millennial. So that would probably cut out a couple early 90s kids.

That's an interesting take. Most of the people in my grade were born in late 89, 90, and early 91 so I know to this day we remember the first kid that got to leave school.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Yeah some people had computers but I'm taking about when it boomed to the point where everyone had to have a computer which wasn't till late 90's 2000

My friend had it around 96 and u could go in chat rooms but that was the extent. And the phone rang and got u off it so u couldn't stay on long

It's not like now where I have social media and people are on it all the time

i'm done discussing this since one, you've limited generations to technology, and further limited it to its penetration rate....and then seem to be further limiting that to "well deeray an nem aint have it yet"

most publications have it as 80/82-94/96...people on the older end or younger end of a generation will always have the cusp mentality where they may feel affinity toward two generations, so you want to feel that way, fine, but that doesn't change much objectively. someone born in 83 with older siblings will likely feel more of that cusp effect than someone born in 83 with younger siblings.

 

[Londilon]

nobody cares about yours either... a question was asked on a message board and you quoted me

I'm saying logically speaking it makes sense

all your generation will be known for is the trash rappers and IG thot Kylie Jenner you produced.

 

[filial_piety]

Yep. People keep saying well computers and the internet existed for awhile but I'm taking when it became mainstream to where every home had it

not when u had nothing but chat rooms and a phone call would cut u off and u can only be on a little at a time. Can't compare it to social media now and kids living on the net through their phone

I mean if we're getting technical about it...I think the internet was a military tool back in the 60s and I think there are remnants of chatrooms from back in 1991. But I think I speak for most people who were around in that time that they probably hadn't heard of or used the internet until the late 90s. Millennials IMO can't really recall any of that...those are people who's earliest recollections are when Windows 95 came out...and 9/11 happened.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Windows 95 was a big deal and a lot of people refused to upgrade to windows 2000.

Why wouldn't a senor in high school not be effected just a junior be effected?

Maybe I'm thinking too much of them but so many countries consider 18 to be the age where your officially an adult, meaning those seniors made it to 18 or near 18 without dealing with air raid drills or 9/11.

 

[Y2Dre]

"New nikkas" was born in 97 and beyond.

 

[Ohene]

Honestly....anybody aged 32,33 and below is probably a millennial. That's when you begin to see a difference in the behavior / mentalities for what its worth i think.

So like 1985

Windows 95 was a big deal and a lot of people refused to upgrade to windows 2000.

Why wouldn't a senor in high school not be effected just a junior be effected?

affected breh

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

I was born in 80 so i know im not one but I find it interesting that there's so many different opinions of when the millennial generation starts.

I've seen anywhere from like 81-86 being the start. Now it seems they are saying millennials start in 82.

Imo I don't think early 80's should be included in the millennial category. What does someone born in 82 have in common with someone born early 90's? Two completely different experiences

Millennials to me grew up with technology. Had computers at an early age. Had cellphones or at least cellphones becoming popular and available when they were at least very early teenagers

They say 82 is the cut off... My year too. I didn't know I was a "millennial" till last year

tail end I guess but I don't think a strict date can define that generation. Anyone that grew up in the 90's lived that is not a millennial to me. We saw the transition from analog to digital world the pre post internet era and the drastic impact technological advancements have had on society in a short time. I can't relate to kids who are born with cellphones in hand, flat screens and a world of social media being the norm. We don't share a similar experience

A lot of millennials for better or worse have been shaped by the media and technology in their lives down to how they interact in public. They have a unique outlook and perspective on life that is their own. We grew up in with local cultures that were cultivated out of isolation for lack of the internet as the ultimate bridge between populations that are otherwise distant. Millennials have a broader access to life yet have regressed in terms of social skills...

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