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I'm Proud to say I'm Generation X 1965-1980. The following is quoted from another article by Pew Research about Generation X:

Gen Xers are bookended by two much larger generations – the Baby Boomers ahead and the Millennials behind – that are strikingly different from one another. And in most of the ways we take stock of generations – their racial and ethnic makeup; their political, social and religious values; their economic and educational circumstances; their technology usage – Gen Xers are a low-slung, straight-line bridge between two noisy behemoths.

To be fair, there are a few metrics that don’t fit this straightforward pattern of generational evolution. For example, over the course of their voting lives, older Gen Xers have tended to be more Republican than both older Boomers and younger Millennials. Also, Xers are more pessimistic than both of those larger generations that they’ll have enough money for their retirement – though some of that negativity is doubtless tied to the economic stresses of middle age.

Gen Xers also stand out in another way. In 2010 when Pew Research asked adults of all ages if they thought their own generation was unique, about six-in-ten Boomers and Millennials said yes. But only about half of Gen Xers said the same. And even among those who did, there was very little consensus about why they are distinctive.

One reason Xers have trouble defining their own generational persona could be that they’ve rarely been doted on by the media. By contrast, Baby Boomers have been a source of media fascination from the get-go (witness their name). And Millennials, the “everybody-gets-a-trophy” generation, have been the subject of endless stories about their racial diversity, their political and social liberalism, their voracious technology use, and their grim economic circumstances.

"For Xers, there’s one silver lining in all this. From everything we know about them, they’re savvy, skeptical and self-reliant; they’re not into preening or pampering, and they just might not give much of a hoot what others think of them. Or whether others think of them at all."
 
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Gen X here


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Lucked out on what? I’m proud to be a millennial.
 
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There are a few different millennial start dates. I was born in 82 and didn't grow up with a cell phone. I will never consider myself a millenial.
 
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Suites me just fine. Made Gen x by a couple of years. I knew I was different. The wife, well she’s a
Millennial.
 
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Millennial.. I’ve heard I am and I’m not for the last 10 years.
 
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Shit ‘81 here, I guess I’m a millennial.
 
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End of the boomers for me, but I did like Generation X back then..
 
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1979 barely got Gen X thank god.

My wife is a millennial.
Since I’m obviously superior to her maybe she will listen to me more....
 
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JD Dearden said:
There are a few different millennial start dates. I was born in 82 and didn't grow up with a cell phone. I will never consider myself a millenial.
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That’s a good point, if your early childhood didn’t involve online bullying then you’re not a true millennial
 
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Wutluv said:
That’s a good point, if your early childhood didn’t involve online bullying then you’re not a true millennial
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If I am than there are two very different type of millenials. I played in the dirt around homes being built and building jumps for our bikes. No internet, never had video games, no social media.
 
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about some's it up
Gen x but almost baby boomer 1965.
 
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I'm gen-x and consider the women I just had a date with a millennial. Her phone was going off on the entire date.
 
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Gen X here and so is my wife. Remember millennials have been fighting and dying in the Middle East for this country for over a decade now. Perhaps if we weren’t wasting the good ones fighting shit birds over there the shit heads here would be less noticeable.

They deserve respect not to be lumped in with the assholes of every generation.
 
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I think parenting has more to do with this than age. I have 2 boys 22 and 25 my oldest does seem to show signs of entitlement, everywhere else he seems like a Genx. My youngest, well he is through in and out Genx. Just from what I see on both. Of coarse I am and old fart. What do I know?
 
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Gen X , also. 1967[emoji202]

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Don’t assume my generation.

I associate with Gen X. lol
 
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well my 3 sons are now considered Millennials...

they just might not fit the typical agenda...

all 3 marrieds, homeowners, careers, w/ children and Republicans


GODBLESS AMERICA!
 
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rmarion said:
well my 3 sons are now considered Millennials...

they just might not fit the typical agenda...

all 3 marrieds, homeowners, careers, w/ children and Republicans


GODBLESS AMERICA!
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oh get out of here.... I'm def not a millennial, thats total bs.

I'd say 1990+ is the cut off.
 
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Lol if the generation you're a part of defines you or your success you've got bigger problems


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