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Topic: Generation X or Y
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peace
Knowflake Posts: 18
From: Honolulu,HI
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted September 07, 2005 09:38 AM
 
For the past couple of years,I did some research on the Generation gap.According to social security,Boomers were born tween 1946-1964.My husband(a baby boomer)told me that there is no such thing as a gap nowadays.There was only a gap between the GI's(born who knows when)and the Boomers.I was 1978.Am I an X or Y?.Also,can someone give me thier own demogarphic list?. Thanks  IP: Logged |
proxieme
Knowflake Posts: 4973
From: Southern 'Bama
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted September 09, 2005 11:54 PM
I wish I could help - being 1980 born, I'm in the same boat.IP: Logged |
LibraSparkle
Moderator Posts: 5258
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 10, 2005 12:06 AM
Aloha! I don't really know either.BUT, I did live in Aina Haina for about a year. Welcome to the board!  IP: Logged |
ScotScorp
Knowflake Posts: 447
From: Saint Louis, Missouri
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 10, 2005 12:19 AM
http://users.metro2000.net/~stabbott/genxintro.htm I was born in 1974, and knew in high school that I was part of Gen X. The website above states information about both X and Y. Good luck!
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Scorpio/Leo/Leo "All things are bound together. All things connect." Chief Seattle IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 2143
From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted September 10, 2005 01:15 AM
I haven't looked at that site, but I'm pretty certain 70's children are Gen Xers.Did you know that Generation X was the name of Billy Idol's first band? IP: Logged |
peace
Knowflake Posts: 18
From: Honolulu,HI
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted September 12, 2005 06:33 PM
According to what I watched on tv MTV was launched 8/1/1981.I was only 3 yrs. old obviously I wouldn't know.Also,I didn't hear about Reagan until 1984!.A little too late I would say.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 2143
From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted September 12, 2005 07:40 PM
lol...I learned of Billy Idol's old band WAY after the fact. It was on an early 80's punk collection I bought. For awhile there I was liking bands retroactively. I'd been around in their hayday, but never noticed them until they weren't popular anymore. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 1381
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 14, 2005 10:10 PM
I'm a Boomlet.  IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 1768
From:
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted September 14, 2005 10:57 PM
1954...a boomer and a hippie.....
I thought X was those born from 1964 to 1979 and everyone born in the 80s is a Y.
So what are those born in the 90s and 2000 to now?IP: Logged |
peace
Knowflake Posts: 18
From: Honolulu,HI
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted September 15, 2005 02:22 AM
Future uncertain,
How are you a boomlet?.I thought people born in the late 70's til 90's were boomlets.IP: Logged |
cynicalpsychic
Knowflake Posts: 31
From: osaka, japan
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted September 15, 2005 09:39 AM
a distinction that i once read about and liked lies in the "wanted"-ness of the children. apparently a lot of the child rearing literature from when gen-xers were first born centered a lot on the idea that you shouldn't let children get in the way of what *you* want.
thoughts tended to shift in the early 80s when more people were planning when to have their children because they actually wanted them. think the introduction of those "baby on board"signs.
love,
shannonIP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 1768
From:
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted September 15, 2005 09:47 AM
My son was born in 81...I had one of those T-shirts! 
Another said "I'm on my way!"
And "Coming soon! Watch out!  IP: Logged |
peace
Knowflake Posts: 18
From: Honolulu,HI
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted September 18, 2005 09:22 AM
Here's my demogarphics:Sllent(Seniors)born:1933-1945
Voice of their generation:Elvis Presley Baby Boomers born 1946-1964
Voices of their generation:Beatles & Eagles Xer's born 1965-1976
Voices of their generation:Gun & Roses,Nirvana Yer's born 1977-1995/6
Voices of their generation:Backstreet Boys,Clay Aiken too many to name. Difference between X & Y: Xer's:
Drive by shootings
GAP
Cable tv Yer's:
School shootings
Abercrombie & Fitch
Internet My friend who is an Xer thinks us Yer's are spoiled and overconfident. IP: Logged |
Yang
Knowflake Posts: 966
From: Somewhere over the Clouds
Registered: May 2004
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posted September 18, 2005 03:54 PM
I am part of the Y generation.( born in'83).I think children born now,and recently, are known as the .com generation! Not too sure though! IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 1381
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 18, 2005 09:47 PM
Hey Peace!I'm a '76 baby. So this would make me a Boomlet if I read the article correctly. Right? *I found your post on the voices of each generation funny... I just put down a book I'm reading on Nirvana so I could check in here at LL! Cool! IP: Logged |
peace
Knowflake Posts: 18
From: Honolulu,HI
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 04:10 AM
Future uncertain,
I knew you'd laughed about the voice of Gen Y.What's strange is that these 2 artists seem to grab people,and it's not just teens.Do you agree/disagree that us Yer's are spoiled and proud of it?.Hmm.IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 1381
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 08:04 AM
Technically, I'm an X, but barely!  I'm at the very tail end of '76. But I have noticed a certain disrespect among the Y's for anyone who is older. I work in a restaurant and when I started working it was normal to kind of "concede" to those who were older, know what I mean? The kids who come in now just don't care. They tend to be mouthier and self-absorbed. I don't know if it's a Y thing or just this town...!IP: Logged |
proxieme
Knowflake Posts: 4973
From: Southern 'Bama
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted September 19, 2005 08:37 AM
As I said, born in '80...but don't particularly feel a part of any "generation"...especially not given those descriptions and role models.IP: Logged |
peace
Knowflake Posts: 18
From: Honolulu,HI
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted September 19, 2005 08:39 AM
Future uncertain,
What sign are you?.I'm a Virgo female myself.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 2143
From: Pleasanton, CA, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted September 19, 2005 12:32 PM
She's a Sagittarius, but she seems different than a lot of the Sags I know (in a good way). IP: Logged |
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