So what is a Gen x or Gen y? First off Gen means generation. Now that I am done with definitions, here it goes. Many will argue that my dates are wrong, some will say right on. I find Gen x is from 1965 to 1976 to as late as 1982. Gen Y overlaps as well, 1977 to 1995/2001.* Generations are not clear cut, I say its due to the country we live in. Some people experience new technology and advancements before other therefore tossing them into a new segment of the population.
Generation X - raised by the career and money conscious Boomers amidst the societal disappointment over governmental authority and the Viet Nam war and the scoff-law attitudes coming out of the protest times; school problems about drugs; late to marry (after cohabitation) and quick to divorce...many single parents; are iconographic...clothes lables are large & shows of caring (turning out for a worthy-cause rally) are fully sufficient expressions (while government, charities, agencies will see to the work of it); want what they want and want it now but struggling to buy; conversationally shallow because relating consists of shared time watching video movies; short on loyalty & wary of commitment; all values are relative...must tolerate all peoples; self-absorbed and suspicious of all organization; computer generation; survivors as individuals; cautious; skeptical, unimpressed with authority, self-reliant. **
I would say that's me. I totally agree Gen x end at 1982 and gen Y starts at 1983. I born in 1981 and my wife in 1983, we have great differences and similarities. She however does not fit the mold of a true Gen x person. I have always hated and rebelled at authority. Not because I was cool but because I saw the rules as dumb and just an excuse to keep the youth down. We were flaming youth and our power was our age! Now we are old, broke down, and parents. Times change.
Generation Y - Facebook, MySpace, SMS and other instant communication technologies may explain Generation Y's reputation for being peer oriented and for seeking instant gratification. Generation Y, like other generations, is shaped by the events, leaders, developments and trends of its time. Members of this generation are facing higher costs for higher education than previous generations.**
I had no idea about most of this social media stuff until I met Amelia. AOL instant messenger was the first, Myspace was next, now Facebook is the king of all media. Sorry Howard Stern, Gen X figure head, you have been placed in the dinosaur category. I see parts of both X and Y in people born from 1976 to 1985. Chances are its because of family. Brothers or sister imposing their views upon the others. Life does that. same with sex education. People with older siblings have a higher fundamental grasp of sex at an earlier age than only children. I found that out from my old friend Charles. I knew nothing and during kindergarten nap time we had sex education lessons. He had 2 older brothers, one was a teen at that time.
I see X as the rules stink, give me a job, give me that new toy, give me my way type of people. It has to do with our parents, the baby boomers part 2 (1955-1965)**. That is the way we all were raised to some extent. The Y folks had parents with a slightly higher grasp on reality. Less pot smoking I'd say. They however, turned into computer geeks. now computer geeks rule the world. I say Gen Y wins. Us Gen Xer's need one more good revolute to retake the world. Wait.... We have no music to phase this revolute to, Kurt is dead and alternative has turned into Linkin park and some rap rock garbage. Screw it. Lets just watch TV.
Below are the * and **, citations. Also, if you do not understand a segment I write sorry. I write like I talk most of the time. It is like I am preaching in a comical form.
*http://theechoboom.com/2010/09/dateage-range-of-baby-boomers-generation-x-and-generation-y/
**http://askville.amazon.com/cut-birth-dates-generations-baby-boomers-gen-Gen-generation/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=9298486
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