What the f*ck is Vid?

Maybe some of you don\'t know what Baby Boomers are.  They are children of parents who returned from WWII and had kids in the new, wonderous cold war 1940s - 1950s United States.  Thus no baby boomer could have been born before 1945.

My dad was born in 1937, so he is not a Baby Boomer.  When Douglas Coupland published the book Generation X in 1991, he was describing his own generation, which was a 5 or 6 years older than mine.  Therefore his parents were not Baby Boomers either.

I think I\'m almost as young as you can be and still be called Generation X, so maybe Vid is not.  What followed me is Generation Y, and the slacker generation followed them.  I like that phrase.  That\'s most of you.  

[GmanJoe]

Baby Boomers refer to the generation born soon after WW2.

The college students of the 60\'s are considered Baby Boomers. They\'re the ones who started the sexual revolution (thanks to the "repressed" 50\'s), Motown, hard rock (which gave way to metal), coined the term "Flower Power"...etc etc.

Gen X are the off springs of the Boomers.

My father is NOT part of the Baby Boomers. He was born just before the beginning of WW2. He remembers seeing the Japanese planes get shot down by American P-38\'s. My mother is part of the baby boomers.

Me? Who cares. I wasn\'t born in the US.

In the grand perspective of things, who really cares about any of this?

[GmanJoe]

Yep. We\'re all gonna die (except me) anyway.

[videoholic]

Originally posted by Coredweller
Maybe some of you don\'t know what Baby Boomers are.  They are children of parents who returned from WWII and had kids in the new, wonderous cold war 1940s - 1950s United States.  Thus no baby boomer could have been born before 1945.

My dad was born in 1937, so he is not a Baby Boomer.  When Douglas Coupland published the book Generation X in 1991, he was describing his own generation, which was a 5 or 6 years older than mine.  Therefore his parents were not Baby Boomers either.

I think I\'m almost as young as you can be and still be called Generation X, so maybe Vid is not.  What followed me is Generation Y, and the slacker generation followed them.  I like that phrase.  That\'s most of you.  

Um, my dad was born in 47.  My mom in 49.  You guys think I\'m like 45 or something?

[Titan]

I\'m so freaking confused right now. Is there a website that can help me out here?

Vid, we are some of the last of the Gen Xers.  10 years prior to us, started off our Generation X.  Now we are onto Gen Y, thus Vivi,  you are Gen Y. (or as mm so blantantly put it, the slacker generation)

Brad

This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life if you\'re a gen Xer:

- Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool.

- Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible out there.

- Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia\'s breasts or Han Solo\'s butt.



I guess I\'m f*ck\'n gen y....how ghey

*wait, there\'s more
"In their book 13th Gen, authors Bill Strauss and Neil Howe define Generation X as those born between 1961-1981"

born in \'82 here, so I\'m still ghey....

*final edit*
I guess the less ghey version of Gen Y, is Nexter;

nexter
(NEKS.tur) n. A person who is part of the generation born in 1978 or later.

Backgrounde:
Today\'s word is a tribute to big-time corporate marketing. In the late 90s, Pepsi aimed its "Generation Next" ad campaign directly at the youth market, even securing contracts to place vending machines — and, controversially, lots of advertising — in schools throughout North America. This youth focus caused the phrase Generation Next to become a synonym for Generation Y, and before you know it a marketing slogan appeared to have a demographic seal of approval. Members of this group became known as Generation Nexters, then Gen-Nexters, and finally just Nexters or nexters.

Note, however, that Pepsi didn\'t invent the phrase Generation Next. It was already kicking around the culture as a play on the generation that came after Generation X. The earliest use I could find is from 1993.

Note, too, that although my definition appears definite regarding the starting year of this generation, there is no such thing as definitive in the fuzzy science of demographics. Some authorities place the generation\'s initial birth year at 1980, others 1982. Some demographers even say the generation stopped in 1995 and that the kids born since then are the millennium busters or millennium kids. At this point we shrug our shoulders, say "Oy!," and move on with our lives.

yeah, i always though gen x\'s were born between those dates too.

gen y sounds kinda depressing.

I\'m generation X then.

[CHIZZY]

theomen\'s star wars references describe me perfectly....

[videoholic]

FUnny because the star wars reference fit me perfectly.  I was born in 70.  Not sure of the date.

yeah I am late, late, late Gen Xer, but still I am Gen X. (born in 1978).  Only one place have I ever seen that had Gen Y starting at 78, or earlier.

Originally posted by theomen
"In their book 13th Gen, authors Bill Strauss and Neil Howe define Generation X as those born between 1961-1981"
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nexter
(NEKS.tur) n. A person who is part of the generation born in 1978 or later.

Wait, So I\'m Generation X and a Nexter? (1980)

I should be vexed right now. Surprisingly(?) I am not.

[CHIZZY]

born in \'73... I remember seeing star wars at the drive in... My parents had a ford pinto station wagon, and they let my twin bro
and I sit on the roof in our footy pajamas...