• HRDS_654@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My favorite part about generations is how the cut off changes with every source I look at. Like, technically I’m a millennial, but I was born in '81 which is only sometimes part of the millennial age range and never part of the gen x age range. It’s almost as if generations are entirely fabricated and not real.

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      1 year ago

      Y’know, it’s almost exactly as if generations are entirely fabricated and not real. Good point, friend-o.

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      The line between generations isn’t a date, it is collective experience. For example, the split between Gen X and Millennials is digital technology. And whether one’s experience more closely aligns to either generation is entirely down to the individual - and thus, not a rigid date.

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      I think for that age range it kinda depends on when you entered the work force. Straight out of high school? Probably identity more with Gen X

      In college for a while and graduated into the Great Recession? Probably more Millenial. That’s my uninformed take anyway