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Subject: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: OlDsKoOl_fAiRy on 05/15/02 at 06:27 p.m.

~This is interesting.

                 -G.I Generation >Brn 1901 to 1924
                 -Silent Generation >Brn 1925 to 1942
                 -Boomer Generation >Brn 1943 to 1960
                 -13er Generation(or x) >Brn 1961 to 1981
                 -Millenial Generation >Brn 1982 to 2003
                 -Futuristic Generation >Brn after 2003
~http://library.thinkquest.org

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Zella on 05/15/02 at 11:25 p.m.

I loved Strauss and Howe's book "Generations." We have three generations on this board, late boom, 13ers and millenials. It is an interesting mix, and so far, they seem to run true to form.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: southernspitfire on 05/16/02 at 00:53 a.m.

I have never seen this....so now I have a title


a 13er Generation


I can live with that~!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/16/02 at 04:41 a.m.


Quoting:
~This is interesting.

                 -G.I Generation >Brn 1901 to 1924
                 -Silent Generation >Brn 1925 to 1942
                 -Boomer Generation >Brn 1943 to 1960
                 -13er Generation(or x) >Brn 1961 to 1981
                 -Millenial Generation >Brn 1982 to 2003
                 -Futuristic Generation >Brn after 2003
~http://library.thinkquest.org
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I don't know how to argue with this, but I will anyway !  At the risk of being labelled a grumpy old bastard, I was born in 1961 and do not consider myself to be Generation X, or for that matter close to it.

To quote Seinfeld :  "Not that there's anything wrong with that", but I've always considered Generation x-er's to be those who were teenagers in the 80's, which means that it wouldn't have started until the mid 60's at least.  Generation X-er's to me were those who grew up with an array of gadgets and a matching array of choice etc etc.

There you have it - rant for the day !   ;)

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Zella on 05/16/02 at 08:30 p.m.

Strauss & Howe's book focused on America only. The generations may not line up the same in Australia or England. The generational cut-off dates depend on the timing of "Secular Crises" and Spiritual Awakenings" in the U.S.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/16/02 at 09:17 p.m.

I agree with fussbudget on this one. Gen-X is associated with slackers, and I know there aren't any on this board. I think Generation Y or Generation W would be better terms for people born between 1961 and 1976. And Gen-X would be anything between 1976 and 1990, IMHO.

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I don't know how to argue with this, but I will anyway !  At the risk of being labelled a grumpy old bastard, I was born in 1961 and do not consider myself to be Generation X, or for that matter close to it.

To quote Seinfeld :  "Not that there's anything wrong with that", but I've always considered Generation x-er's to be those who were teenagers in the 80's, which means that it wouldn't have started until the mid 60's at least.  Generation X-er's to me were those who grew up with an array of gadgets and a matching array of choice etc etc.

There you have it - rant for the day !   ;)


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Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Goreripper on 05/16/02 at 10:02 p.m.


Quoting:
Strauss & Howe's book focused on America only. The generations may not line up the same in Australia or England. The generational cut-off dates depend on the timing of "Secular Crises" and Spiritual Awakenings" in the U.S.
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They don't line-up the same time-wise, so give or take 5 - 10 years here and there. I'm not sure if the divisions are that definite either, more one slowly overlapping the other.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Zella on 05/16/02 at 10:15 p.m.


Quoting:
I agree with fussbudget on this one. Gen-X is associated with slackers, and I know there aren't any on this board. I think Generation Y or Generation W would be better terms for people born between 1961 and 1976. And Gen-X would be anything between 1976 and 1990, IMHO.

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You need to buy the book and read it. It is not the Generation X of popular culture, nor is it associated with "slackers" by the authors. The book deals with 16 generations of 4 types which have formed a pattern throughout the history of America since the 1600s. Those born 1961-1981 are a "reactive" generation. The previous reactive generation were those born 1882-1900, so you have Harry Truman as a prototype. Get the book. It's well worth the read. "Generations" by Strauss and Howe.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 05/17/02 at 03:16 a.m.


Quoting:
Strauss & Howe's book focused on America only. The generations may not line up the same in Australia or England. The generational cut-off dates depend on the timing of "Secular Crises" and Spiritual Awakenings" in the U.S.
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Ooh, thank gawd for that !  I couldn't stop thinking about it !  :)

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Kryllith on 05/17/02 at 08:08 a.m.

Quoting:
Gen-X is associated with slackers, and I know there aren't any on this board.
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I was going to go on a large tirade in support of this, but I just slacked off.

Kryllith

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Q.Aviator on 08/08/02 at 04:07 p.m.


Quoting:
~This is interesting.

                 -G.I Generation >Brn 1901 to 1924
                 -Silent Generation >Brn 1925 to 1942
                 -Boomer Generation >Brn 1943 to 1960
                 -13er Generation(or x) >Brn 1961 to 1981
                 -Millenial Generation >Brn 1982 to 2003
                 -Futuristic Generation >Brn after 2003
~http://library.thinkquest.org
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wow, that is interesting. i always thought that "Futuristics" were born after 2000.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Kyle on 08/08/02 at 11:03 p.m.

What does someone born in 1961 have in common with someone born in 1981?

And what does someone born in 1982 have with someone who isn't alive yet but will be born next year in 2003?

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Rihana on 01/09/04 at 06:38 p.m.


Quoting:
~This is interesting.

                 -G.I Generation >Brn 1901 to 1924
                 -Silent Generation >Brn 1925 to 1942
                 -Boomer Generation >Brn 1943 to 1960
                 -13er Generation(or x) >Brn 1961 to 1981
                 -Millenial Generation >Brn 1982 to 2003
                 -Futuristic Generation >Brn after 2003
~http://library.thinkquest.org
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G.I was the heroic generation  :D

Jee, now that I think of it well  :o we need GI s to COME BACK!  Are there any still G.Is alive?

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: gamblefish on 01/10/04 at 06:58 a.m.


Quoting:



G.I was the heroic generation  :D

Jee, now that I think of it well  :o we need GI s to COME BACK!  Are there any still G.Is alive?

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My dad is a G.I. He was born in 1919 and fought in WWII. His friends always tell me he was a war hero, but he refuses to talk about it. I think it was a traumatic experience for him to say the least.


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I don't know how to argue with this, but I will anyway !  At the risk of being labelled a grumpy old bastard, I was born in 1961 and do not consider myself to be Generation X, or for that matter close to it.

To quote Seinfeld :  "Not that there's anything wrong with that", but I've always considered Generation x-er's to be those who were teenagers in the 80's, which means that it wouldn't have started until the mid 60's at least.  Generation X-er's to me were those who grew up with an array of gadgets and a matching array of choice etc etc.

There you have it - rant for the day !   End Quote



Hey Fuss, I was born in '61 also, and would never consider myself a Gen-X'er or a slacker!! ;D  Hear Hear!!!!

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Howard on 01/10/04 at 10:48 a.m.

I am a Generation X'er. I love it. ;D


Howard

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Rihana on 01/10/04 at 01:37 p.m.

Quoting:
What does someone born in 1961 have in common with someone born in 1981?

And what does someone born in 1982 have with someone who isn't alive yet but will be born next year in 2003?


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Well, from what I have read, what they have in common is the times they are born in.

People born from 1982 to 2003 will or have spent a part of their youth close or during the millenium. In the case of 13ers, born 1961 to 1981, they have spent some of their youth during the late 60s, 70s or 80s.

But to understand this better, scientificly speaking a person's "youth" includes early childhood (infancy to child), adolescence, and early adulthood (ages 18 to 21).



Oh, and I would just like to add that 13ers are actually people born from 1965 to 1981. That would explain why some of you feel you don't belong to that generation.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/10/04 at 05:02 p.m.


Quoting:



Oh, and I would just like to add that 13ers are actually people born from 1965 to 1981. That would explain why some of you feel you don't belong to that generation.
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I agree with you here. The baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1963. I was born in the early 60s and have always referred to myself as a baby boomer. Someone once tried to convince me that I wasn't a baby boomer. I said that all my siblings (born between 1952-1960) were baby boomers and aren't I the same generation as my siblings? They couldn't argue with that. I don't care what anyone else says-I am a baby boomer and I am d@mn proud of it!



Cat

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Spacewarrior on 01/10/04 at 09:58 p.m.

^Catwoman, I think whoever told you you weren't a Boomer meant that you are not a traditional "Baby Boomer".  i.e., meaning while you were around for certain Boomer events,  you were not old enough to truly be part of stuff like the Civil Rights movement, protest the Vietnam War, go to a Beatles concert, etc, etc.  

You're part of the very tail end of the Boomer generation.  The Baby Boomer's grew up and/or had most their under 25 youth from the 1950's through roughly the mid 1970's.  By the time you turned 20, it was already the 80's.  People born during the years of say 1955 to 1964 are the younger Boomers and stuff like the Vietnam War and the Beatles were simply not relevant your age bracket.  I once had a film proffessor that told me that he had an argument with Tom Hanks over the Vietnam war, and that because Hanks was a younger Boomer he simply could not "get" why the War was such a big deal to the more stereotypical Boomers.      

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: gumbypiz on 01/10/04 at 11:33 p.m.


Quoting:
~This is interesting.

                 -G.I Generation >Brn 1901 to 1924
                 -Silent Generation >Brn 1925 to 1942
                 -Boomer Generation >Brn 1943 to 1960
                 -13er Generation(or x) >Brn 1961 to 1981
                 -Millenial Generation >Brn 1982 to 2003
                 -Futuristic Generation >Brn after 2003
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I always cringed at the thought that I was called a "Gen Xer". Born in '67, I know I don't have much in common with someone born in '81.
It seems that the media is always in love with catgorizing people and putting them in a box.
It's as if previously they had something to tie people together, ie, boomers, hippies, yippies, yuppies..but when it came to describe people that grew up (in the 70-80's) they had no idea of how to descibe or relate.
The boomers (current media) didn't/don't understand their own children (surprise) or care to, and just called them, uh..lets see..Gen X! ::)(where X is the unknown variable, like algebra).
I've seen Gen Xer's described in the 90's as grunge listening, flannel wearing, coffe-drinking weirdo's, without concern for their surrounding or welfare.
Well, I refuse to accept that, it's NOT me (except for being weird, maybe).

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Spacewarrior on 01/11/04 at 00:36 a.m.

^Actually if you were born in 1967 then you are a Gen Xer.  Part of the frontline of Generation X, but an Xer nonethless.  

The reason people born in the 60's got lost in the media shuffle is that you guys weren't given a name until the early 1990's, by which time you were all into your 20's.  

And the media latched onto "Gen X" as a marketing catchphrase and just ran with it.  The guy who wrote the book "Generation X", Douglas Copeland, was born in 1961, and he clearly didn't view himself as a traditional Baby Boomer.  Copeland was 29 in 1990, he really gave it to middle aged people back in the early 90's.  The irony is that he himself is around 42 today.

Subject: Re: **The Five Generations of Today**

Written By: Howard on 01/11/04 at 01:51 p.m.

I was born in 1974 so I kinda lived the Disco/Funk era,80's Pop/Rock and beyond...I was only 5 years old when Disco was still in it's groove. 8)


Howard