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I'm currently having a heated discussion with some friends and a family member about where one of us who was born in 1983 - falls into Generation X or Millennials - I'm saying it's X because the boomers are from 1946-1964 (18 years) but according to "the internet" it says Gen X is from 65-80 (15 years).

I personally feel that a generation is 20 years - why should the boomer generation be worth 18 years while Gen X is only worth 15 years and Millennials are considered anywhere between 1980 to 2000 (20 years)?

So why are the amount of years fluctuating to fit people's little cliques and mindsets when it should be 20 years tops?

I'm currently having a heated discussion with some friends and a family member about where one of us who was born in 1983 - falls into Generation X or Millennials - I'm saying it's X because the boomers are from 1946-1964 (18 years) but according to "the internet" it says Gen X is from 65-80 (15 years). I personally feel that a generation is 20 years - why should the boomer generation be worth 18 years while Gen X is only worth 15 years and Millennials are considered anywhere between 1980 to 2000 (20 years)? So why are the amount of years fluctuating to fit people's little cliques and mindsets when it should be 20 years tops?

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I’ve always been informed that current anthropological data sets generations as twenty year runs. 1921-1940 - “Greatest” 1941-1960 - “Baby Boomer” 1961-1980 - “X” 1981-2000 - “Millennial” 2001-2020 - “Z”

Otherwise, - Yngwie Malmsteen would be a “Baby Boomer” (1963 - Gen X) - Paul McCartney would be “Greatest Generation” (1942 - Baby Boomer) - Julian Lennon, son of John, would be a “Baby Boomer” (1963 - Gen X) - Taylor Hanson of Millennial pop icon band Hanson would be “Gen X” (1983 - Millennial)

What’s funny is that the reason “the internet” wants to screw with the date ranges is because right now nobody on the internet wants to be a Millennial or a Baby Boomer. Older Millennials want to skew the decade into the 1980s, while younger Boomers want to be labeled Gen X. I’ve even met younger Millennials who insist that they’re Gen Z despite being born before the end of the Millennium.

Of course, this is another example of why Gen X could be called the “lost generation;” even their identity is being co-opted by the egomaniacs on either side of their spot.

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And we ('76) loath both the boomers and the millennials.

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It's funny I know a couple people that most would probably be included with gen z as far as lifestyle and vibes who claim millennial for some reason.

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You forgot Gen Y. Alzo gen Z is millenial seeing as how they were born post millennium.

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Gen Y was rebranded as “Millennials” which is why it goes X, Millennial, Z.

Also, X wasn’t so named because of the alphabet but because they were an “unlabeled” generation.

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Millenials were so titled because they would come of age with the millenium.

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Gen X are the cool kids at the back of the bus.