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[dave_d]

Oh come on, none of us Gen-X'ers posted this?

 

[uncreativename]

I always thought Gen X cutoff was like 1977, but I don't have any source for that. It was more just a feeling. Over the last few years I've seen a lot of talk about the generational divides, and the cutoff is always listed as 1980.

I guess that makes me the tail end of Gen X, but it doesn't feel like it most of the time when I hear Gen X talk about their childhoods in the 70's and teenage years in the 80's.

I'm just thankfull I was a teenager during the 90's and a young adult during the 2000s - peak American civilization.

I was kinda jealous of people your age + early 80s millenials, you got to live through Grunge. Pretty sure by the time I even knew who Kurt Cobain was he was already dead.

On the other hand, us late 80s millenials got to be the perfect age for Pokemon and Harry Potter and mid-late 90s/2000s videogames :] .

 

[LordCBH]

A millennial. A very anxious and moody millennial.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

The jilted generation

 

[Unknown Soldier]

These poll results are..... basically what I expected lol

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

Because they're most likely dead bro.

I'm not dead though, I'm living the high life! Thanks for the gold!

 

[Idleyes]

I'm not dead though, I'm living the high life! Thanks for the gold!

My bad OG gangsta. I'll tread lightly from here on out.

 

[rm082e]

I was kinda jealous of people your age + early 80s millenials, you got to live through Grunge. Pretty sure by the time I even knew who Kurt Cobain was he was already dead.

On the other hand, us late 80s millenials got to be the perfect age for Pokemon and Harry Potter and mid-late 90s/2000s videogames :] .

I was in middle school in the early 90s. I was way into Metallica's Black album, Alice in Chains' Dirt, and Pearl Jam's Ten. I played guitar and bass so it was an awesome time for music.

I saw Tool on the aenima tour in '97 at a local theater and I remeber the ticket was $18.50 for general admission - I was right in front of Justin Chancellor when he kicked off Fourty-Six and Two. A core memory for sure!

I missed Pokémon and Dragon Ball entirely. I did get sucked into the Harry Potter books when I was in college just because of the cultural zeitgeist.

 

[Sybrix]

These poll results are..... basically what I expected lol

Yup lol.

Funny how no one under the age of 25 is on here or any forum tbh.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I'm Gen-X but right on the cusp, so really don't feel too much kinship with any given generation.

Since I was on the internet from like the age of 12 I am kind of like a millennial but I think you should get beaten up for watching anime.

 

[Bojji]

I'm Gen-X but right on the cusp, so really don't feel too much kinship with any given generation.

Since I was on the internet from like the age of 12 I am kind of like a millennial but I think you should get beaten up for watching anime.

I didn't have similar interests with most of the people my age (1989) - videogames, internet and anime, few years ago I found out that this is the dominat culture of Gen Z, lol.

So I was ahead of my time... I can talk with many zoomers without problems (outside of when they use some idiotic new words).

 

[Woggleman]

Gen x born 12/30/1977

 

[deriks]

Proud millennial of 89

We got the last real movie and music stars. Tech was fun for the sake of fun, not an agressive epenis like asking thing or worrying about the government censoring our shit

Saw a lot of old analog tech, worked within the transition to new, and he we are

 

[DAHGAMING]

1988 Millenial , but I identify as gen Xbox

 

[Insane Metal]

I'm of the sane gen.

 

[p_xavier]

Millenial representimg.

 

[uncreativename]

Yup lol.

Funny how no one under the age of 25 is on here or any forum tbh.

It's weird. To me, forums are objectively better than Reddit or X or Bluesky. You can bump threads so it's possible to have a real long-term disccusion, you can see people's avatars properly because they're not circles. You can easily search for what you're looking for. What's not to like

 

[WoJ]

Millennial. Born in 1982. My birthday is tomorrow actually. I lol'd that no one voting was anything buy Gen X or Y.

 

[epicurius-seven]

It's weird. To me, forums are objectively better than Reddit or X or Bluesky. You can bump threads so it's possible to have a real long-term disccusion, you can see people's avatars properly because they're not circles. You can easily search for what you're looking for. What's not to like

It's almost like modern communication platforms are quicksand by design.

 

[PonyStation4]

Yup lol.

Funny how no one under the age of 25 is on here or any forum tbh.

 

[epicurius-seven]

 

[DeafTourette]

Gen X. The best generation

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[PlayofSparta]

Millennial. 1992.

 

[StueyDuck]

What generation do you want me to be?

 

[RJMacready73]

Gen X born at the perfect time, best time to be a kid early 80's, best time to be into gaming late 80's/early 90's, best time to be into partying/raving 90's, best time to buy a house late 90's/00's... I genuinely feel sorry for all those that came after, you missed out on running around fields with your mates from sun up to sun down as a kid, proper gaming generations and arcades, you missed out on going clubbing and getting absolutely wasted without 400fuckers filming you for Snapchat and sure as shit missed out on affordable homes and last but not least you missed out on a time when nobody gives a shit about politics

 

[DeafTourette]

Gen X born at the perfect time, best time to be a kid early 80's, best time to be into gaming late 80's/early 90's, best time to be into partying/raving 90's, best time to buy a house late 90's/00's... I genuinely feel sorry for all those that came after, you missed out on running around fields with your mates from sun up to sun down as a kid, proper gaming generations and arcades, you missed out on going clubbing and getting absolutely wasted without 400fuckers filming you for Snapchat and sure as shit missed out on affordable homes and last but not least you missed out on a time when nobody gives a shit about politics

Amen!

 

[HRK69]

Millennial baby

 

[John Marston]

 

[uncreativename]

Oh, my mum used to give those to us too, even though I'm a millenial. See you at 100 :]

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Zoomers look at message boards the same way we look at Usenet. They're all on Discord now.

1981 here, love Usenet... actually it's where I get most of my 'streaming' content these days (I haven't checked the copyright but I'm sure it's all on the up-and-up). And I use Discord plenty, though more for direct communication with friend groups and the occasional LFG Discord, and not so much anything approximating the function of GAF for example.

I don't particularly want to be considered a millennial... Half of my high school class would've been 1980. Okay. Well less than half. But you know what, the fucking football coach's son was in my class and apparently he was born in fucking 1979. And he was drafted to the NHL (but didn't actually make the NHL, probably because his career was bullshit built on pushing around kids 20 months younger than him... what a motherfucker), anyway what was I talking about?

I guess I'll just raise my fist to the sky and call myself Millennial X. A man without a tribe. One foot each in two different worlds. Familiar to both, accepted by neither.

(definitely more of a Millennial reference there but I rock out a lot more to Gen X music for sure)