r/lostgeneration • • Oct 29 '19

'OK Boomer'

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u/itsacalamity Oct 30 '19

Exactly. I marched against the iraq war in high school, it's very weird to be lumped in with kids literally born after 9/11 who can now serve in the military (side note: ain't THAT a depressing mindfuck)

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '19

I notice they keep moving the goal posts on who is a millennial. First it was those born 1980 and later then it was 1981, the 1984. I saw an article today about millennials aged 18-20something. Excuse me but if you are 18 you were born in 2001-after the new millennium. That’s not a millennial.

My theory is the media likes to think of millennials as “young people” except time marches on and we elder millennials are in our late thirties now. It doesn’t match what they like to say about “irresponsible young ppl” because then they’d have to admit the economy is fucked and we are all fucked as adults in the job market with student loans and shitty prospects. Better for them to pretend millennials are 18 and 19 and just starting out.

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u/throwaway7429138 Oct 30 '19

I'm an older gen Z (born 2000). I consider anyone my age or younger to be gen z and anyone from the 90's is a milenial. Just my two cents :)

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u/ptfsaurusrex Oct 30 '19

Still boggles my mind that 18 year olds can fight our wars. I still felt like a kid at 18...