Serious question. What the hell IS a Millenial, anyway? I mean, Boomers were born from end of WWII to 1964. Gen-X was from there until the 80's with the advent of the PC (let's just say 1984 for the hell of it). After that we had Gen-Y until they renamed them "Millenials". AFAIK, even kids born today are still considered "Millenials".
Here's why I ask, because I have a bit of a problem with this.
With the boomers, it was a pretty clear delineation. It coincided with an increase in birth rates. For Gen-X they decided to basically cut it off with the advent of the PC, stating that kids that grew up in a world with PC's their entire lives were "the next generation" (or Millenials). I don't consider a kid born in 1984, who grew up with computers throughout their childhood to be similar to kids born in the mid 1990's who grew up with the internet, or even kids born in the 2000's who have grown up with cell phones.
I rarely find people in those age groups that seems very similar or really identify with each other. A simple decade seems to be a major generational differentiator. At this point we have Millenials spanning 4 freaking decades!!!
What the hell IS a Millenial, anyway?
This is the real question, isn't it. Babies are being born all the time so how do you define any generation at all? You have to pick out sociocultural phenomena that some critical majority of an age range will experience (80%?). Example: I and 97% of people my age didn't get a cell phone until after high school. That changed two years later - EVERYONE got cell phones in high school. And smartphones within another two years.
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