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[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can't just go around denying generation theory like that! We must have in groups and out groups! The media won't stand for this insult!

/s

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I was born in 81, so which group I "belong" to seems to change depending on who I'm talking to.

An older person will usually say I'm a Millennial and accuse me of being a bleeding heart liberal who's trying to bankrupt the country, but a younger person will often call me a "boomer" and accuse me of being a right wing conservative who is destroying everything America stands for and is worse than Hitler lol

It's exhausting quite frankly

[-] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

hey that's me! or am I you?

but yes, same. Old people at work shake their head at me. Young people at work shake their head at me.

That said - more and more I find myself relating to the younger ones, even the fresh Zoomers entering the workplace.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah I'm kind of the same lol! Although the Zoomers get really irate when I point out that they've over used "boomer" so much that it effectively has no meaning any more lol

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Well that became apparent when people started calling Biden a Boomer over student loans or whatever at the time. He's older than Boomers.

[-] TrumpetX@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

Xennial: came of age in X but adulted as a millennial.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

This is me. I have younger siblings who are fully Millenial and one becomes actually offended if you say it. He hates millenials and was basically born a boomer. I have learned that age is biological but becoming old is psychological.

[-] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I liked the Oregon Trail Generation. It fits pretty well for this 80's baby. I also fell like I get along with x and millennial equally.

Working in tech, I've been shoulder to shoulder with both a while now. Each generation has it's quirks, but both want to be seen as individuals with their own motivations and boundaries. Like every other human, those can be wildly different but neither of these two groups seem keen on intentionally shitting on someone's day.

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

80 here. I claim xennial. I like the social progress millennials gave us but I can't stand their culture, especially their comedy. It's painfully bad. "Gee my life sure does suck!" yeah real funny Hunter, good job.

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

There are only two genderations!

/s

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They can be the forgotten generation 2 electric genXaloo

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