What kid of things define teens of the 90's and teens of the 00's, I would def. have to say things are alot more compliated now for a teen versus the 90's, their is also a complete change in the style of clothes each wear same with music also.

I think 90s teenagers got out and about more.  Today's teens don't hang around at malls and fast food joints like 90s/80s teens did.

I also think 90s teens had more aggressive personalities.  2000s teens seem to just have a "whatever" attitude.

I was a teen from 1997 to 2004  :D

Though I was still "90's"...  ::)

Some Zeroes teen like the same music teens liked 5, 10, or even 15 years ago, but generally I'd call '00s teens either completely absorbed into hip hop, emo, or American Idol, or have an "alternative" taste like indie or classic rock. 

As for TV, teens in the Zeroes like the reality shows and animated sitcoms, teens in the Nineties seemed to like MTV and animated sitcoms.  The Zeroes teens are much less angsty and more "whatever"-ish, for sure.

Overall, a '90s high school atmosphere is much more '00s-like than '80s-like.

I think 90s teenagers got out and about more.  Today's teens don't hang around at malls and fast food joints like 90s/80s teens did.

I also think 90s teens had more aggressive personalities.  2000s teens seem to just have a "whatever" attitude.


I used to be out every day. I stay in more now than I did then. Mostly because my friends all work and go to colleges in different states. I used to go to the mall all the time. Every single weekend my friends and I would go there and hang out with kids from all over the town.  In our junior year we were there every day after we'd skateboard. I have no interest in it now really. Enless i'm buying something I go there. Malls are a great place for teens!

I think nothing much has really changed except fashon.etc. I still see heaps of teens crawling about fast-food joints, the local mall (it's like a zoo in there) etc. I think their taste in musics has definately changed, and many of 00s teens tend to be more interested in studying.etc and getting good grades than being a teenager. Being a 00s teen myself (from 1999-2005) I can't really vouch for the 90s. I know there was something different about the older years when I started high school though.

I think the main difference between 90's and 00's teens isn't music(as most 00's music is just a watered down version of 90's music) but like you guys said attitude. Like Trimac said 00's teens seem to concentrate much more on grades and studying than did 90's teens. I'm an 00's teen too(2000-2005 or 2007) so this is just a guess but it seems pretty accurate.

I think the main difference between 90's and 00's teens isn't music(as most 00's music is just a watered down version of 90's music) but like you guys said attitude. Like Trimac said 00's teens seem to concentrate much more on grades and studying than did 90's teens. I'm an 00's teen too(2000-2005 or 2007) so this is just a guess but it seems pretty accurate.


'00s kids are definitely nerdier.  Hell, it's almost cool to be a nerd today.

'00s kids are definitely nerdier.  Hell, it's almost cool to be a nerd today.



Yeah, the whole "picking on nerds thing" kinda died in the 80's it seems like. Today nobody picks on nerds anymore(not that that's a bad thing :))

Yeah, the whole "picking on nerds thing" kinda died in the 80's it seems like. Today nobody picks on nerds anymore(not that that's a bad thing :))


I'd probably say it died in the late '90s.  Nowadays you need to be kind of geeky to get along, since there's so much computer stuff.

I'd probably say it died in the late '90s.  Nowadays you need to be kind of geeky to get along, since there's so much computer stuff.



I wonder if Weezer had anything to do with that? ;D

I wonder if Weezer had anything to do with that? ;D


;D

People in the '00s are far more driven, almost too driven, and seem to have more of a teen-yuppieish "work hard, play hard" and aggressively preppie thing going on.

Some Zeroes teen like the same music teens liked 5, 10, or even 15 years ago, but generally I'd call '00s teens either completely absorbed into hip hop, emo, or American Idol, or have an "alternative" taste like indie or classic rock. 

As for TV, teens in the Zeroes like the reality shows and animated sitcoms, teens in the Nineties seemed to like MTV and animated sitcoms.  The Zeroes teens are much less angsty and more "whatever"-ish, for sure.

Overall, a '90s high school atmosphere is much more '00s-like than '80s-like.


I disagree. I graduated high school in 1994 and the high school atmosphere at that time was not anything close to 00s. Maybe late 90s but now early 90s.

I disagree. I graduated high school in 1994 and the high school atmosphere at that time was not anything close to 00s. Maybe late 90s but now early 90s.


Well, to be honest I really can't remember the first third of the '90s at all and I didn't even start preschool until 1994ish.  The atmosphere, say from 1994 Boy Meets World episodes is pretty different, if that's a fair reference point.

Well, to be honest I really can't remember the first third of the '90s at all and I didn't even start preschool until 1994ish.  The atmosphere, say from 1994 Boy Meets World episodes is pretty different, if that's a fair reference point.


See, I can remember 93 and 94 very clearly.  I can even remember quite a bit from 92(although 90 and 91 are pretty fuzzy).  Young'un. :P

See, I can remember 93 and 94 very clearly.  I can even remember quite a bit from 92(although 90 and 91 are pretty fuzzy).  Young'un. :P


;D

My clear memory begins probably around 1996ish.  It's not really like yesterday until maybe the turn of 1998.  Anything from then on is pretty much like yesterday.

My clear memory begins in like 1994, maybe, or 1995...I can remember some 1992 and 1993 stuff, though, pretty well.

I think the earliest memory I had was back in 1989 when I was just 3...apart fom that it's really patchy until I was 5.

I was also going to point out 00s teens seem to be nerdier. It seems education is even more important these days, since it's so competitive. Nerds are becoming more integrated into society. I mean, it's becoming harder to define a 'true nerd' though they do exist. They would probably the ones who seriously have no social life and do nothing but study on weekends.etc. In that respect I was a semi-nerd in high-school, though I know many nerds who weren't study-freaks. I myself was a pretty mediocre-student; I only studied when I had to, and did best at subjects I liked (like Geography, which I basically never studied) where I got top of the year for one semester (not to boast).

They also seem to have more respect for their parents (that's just a theory), the 'them against us' attittude seeming less pronounced.

I think the earliest memory I had was back in 1989 when I was just 3...apart fom that it's really patchy until I was 5.

I was also going to point out 00s teens seem to be nerdier. It seems education is even more important these days, since it's so competitive. Nerds are becoming more integrated into society. I mean, it's becoming harder to define a 'true nerd' though they do exist. They would probably the ones who seriously have no social life and do nothing but study on weekends.etc. In that respect I was a semi-nerd in high-school, though I know many nerds who weren't study-freaks. I myself was a pretty mediocre-student; I only studied when I had to, and did best at subjects I liked (like Geography, which I basically never studied) where I got top of the year for one semester (not to boast).

They also seem to have more respect for their parents (that's just a theory), the 'them against us' attittude seeming less pronounced.


I think it has to do with us Gen Yers being the first generation to have "cool parents" (the baby boomers) who were relatively like us in high school in that they partied, like rock/r&b music, did drugs and drank alot, had sex, etc. So there's less of a generation gap between the boomers and Yers than say even the silenters and the Xers. Sometimes, parents supporting their kids' drug and alcohol habits or feeling guilty about reprimanding them about it because they did it as teenagers and still have fond memories of it goes more than a bit too far.

They also seem to have more respect for their parents (that's just a theory), the 'them against us' attittude seeming less pronounced.


I'm gonna miss the days when being nice was uncool, it makes it less fun to be nerdy/responsible.

I think it has to do with us Gen Yers being the first generation to have "cool parents" (the baby boomers) who were relatively like us in high school in that they partied, like rock/r&b music, did drugs and drank alot, had sex, etc. So there's less of a generation gap between the boomers and Yers than say even the silenters and the Xers. Sometimes, parents supporting their kids' drug and alcohol habits or feeling guilty about reprimanding them about it because they did it as teenagers and still have fond memories of it goes more than a bit too far.


The generation before the Baby Boomers and before weren't as 'uncool' as people often think. They did all those things as well (maybe minus the Rock and r'n'b, back then Jazz was probably the 'devil's music'), just wasn't as well known. I actually think parents attittude to alcohol, drugs.etc was actually more liberal in the Boomer era than now; there wasn't so much media demonisation of drug use.etc.

I myself never really involved in that. Mainly because I was a nerd, and nerds didn't do those sort of things.

The generation before the Baby Boomers and before weren't as 'uncool' as people often think. They did all those things as well (maybe minus the Rock and r'n'b, back then Jazz was probably the 'devil's music'), just wasn't as well known. I actually think parents attittude to alcohol, drugs.etc was actually more liberal in the Boomer era than now; there wasn't so much media demonisation of drug use.etc.

I myself never really involved in that. Mainly because I was a nerd, and nerds didn't do those sort of things.


According to my parents, most parents in the '60s and '70s just didn't know alot about drugs.

The generation before the Baby Boomers and before weren't as 'uncool' as people often think. They did all those things as well (maybe minus the Rock and r'n'b, back then Jazz was probably the 'devil's music'), just wasn't as well known. I actually think parents attittude to alcohol, drugs.etc was actually more liberal in the Boomer era than now; there wasn't so much media demonisation of drug use.etc.

I myself never really involved in that. Mainly because I was a nerd, and nerds didn't do those sort of things.


I think the people for whom rock was the "devil's music" in high school started in like 1937 or 1938.

Actually, the Blues - 'Coloured music' and even primative African music was seen as the 'devil's music.' Dancing was seen as a primitive, lewd and would lead to uncontrollable promiscuity. Well, anything apart from ball-room dancing with chaperones.

Actually, the Blues - 'Coloured music' and even primative African music was seen as the 'devil's music.' Dancing was seen as a primitive, lewd and would lead to uncontrollable promiscuity. Well, anything apart from ball-room dancing with chaperones.


That's a bit of an exaggeration, or more than a bit of one. Teens would go to parties in the '20s-'50s period and listen to swing music and dance dances like the "foxtrot" and the "Lindy", or listen to traditional pop. People "petted." The conformity of the pre-'60s period has been exaggerated to conform to our societal duty of making boomers feel special.

I think it has to do with us Gen Yers being the first generation to have "cool parents" (the baby boomers) who were relatively like us in high school in that they partied, like rock/r&b music, did drugs and drank alot, had sex, etc. So there's less of a generation gap between the boomers and Yers than say even the silenters and the Xers. Sometimes, parents supporting their kids' drug and alcohol habits or feeling guilty about reprimanding them about it because they did it as teenagers and still have fond memories of it goes more than a bit too far.


A lot of Gen Xers had Boomer parents as well.  My own parents are Boomers that came of age in the 50s and 60s, they were born in 1945 and 1947.  It's usually only the frontline of Generation X (people born in the 60s) that have parents that were part of the Silent Generation.  But even older Xers can have Boomer parents.  However you may be thinking of the younger Baby Boomers that went to high school in the 70s, which are likely what your parents are...i.e., born from 1956 to 1963 or something like that.  That younger Boomer crowd are not even really "true Boomers".  They are, but they really aren't at the same time.  It would be like some future kid thinking his parents that were born in 1983 are pure Gen Xers, simply because he doesn't know any better.

There is a main difference of ten years.

I disagree. I graduated high school in 1994 and the high school atmosphere at that time was not anything close to 00s. Maybe late 90s but now early 90s.


I agree.

A lot of Gen Xers had Boomer parents as well.  My own parents are Boomers that came of age in the 50s and 60s, they were born in 1945 and 1947.  It's usually only the frontline of Generation X (people born in the 60s) that have parents that were part of the Silent Generation.  But even older Xers can have Boomer parents.  However you may be thinking of the younger Baby Boomers that went to high school in the 70s, which are likely what your parents are...i.e., born from 1956 to 1963 or something like that.  That younger Boomer crowd are not even really "true Boomers".  They are, but they really aren't at the same time.  It would be like some future kid thinking his parents that were born in 1983 are pure Gen Xers, simply because he doesn't know any better.


My parents are '55ers, my friends parents were mostly born in the late '50s or so on average, to the early '60s and including the mid '50s. But they're "'70s people", and the '70s was in alot of ways the decade that the drug-sex thing saturated American life.

A lot of Gen Xers had Boomer parents as well.  My own parents are Boomers that came of age in the 50s and 60s, they were born in 1945 and 1947.  It's usually only the frontline of Generation X (people born in the 60s) that have parents that were part of the Silent Generation.  But even older Xers can have Boomer parents.  However you may be thinking of the younger Baby Boomers that went to high school in the 70s, which are likely what your parents are...i.e., born from 1956 to 1963 or something like that.  That younger Boomer crowd are not even really "true Boomers".  They are, but they really aren't at the same time.  It would be like some future kid thinking his parents that were born in 1983 are pure Gen Xers, simply because he doesn't know any better.


My parents are late Boomers.  Gen Yers can also have Gen X parents, my best friend born in 1993 has parents born in the latter '60s.  Boomers can actually be the parents of Gen Xers, Gen Yers, and Gen Zers.

Most of my peers have parents that were born anywhere from a time span covering 1935 to 1953.  With a real focus on people born in the 1940s. 

I did know a couple of people that had younger Boomer parents, (his parents were born in 1959 or something) and they had them when they were in high school.   

My parents are late Boomers.  Gen Yers can also have Gen X parents, my best friend born in 1993 has parents born in the latter '60s.  Boomers can actually be the parents of Gen Xers, Gen Yers, and Gen Zers.


I totally expect anyone born in 1993--+ to see me as a parent type figure.  I mean I graduated high school in 1993.  I AM old enough to be their father!  Some people my age started getting married and having kids (planned pregnancies) as early as the mid 90s when they were only 19.  My own nephew was born in 1997.

Even a couple years back a friend of mine that works with kids told me that the children that were born after 1992 see him differently compared to the kids born in 1989 or so.   

I totally expect anyone born in 1993--+ to see me as a parent type figure.  I mean I graduated high school in 1993.  I AM old enough to be their father!  Some people my age started getting married and having kids (planned pregnancies) as early as the mid 90s when they were only 19.  My own nephew was born in 1997.

Even a couple years back a friend of mine that works with kids told me that the children that were born after 1992 see him differently compared to the kids born in 1989 or so.   


So would you say those born in the early nineties (that is, 1990-1992) are more or less the same biological generation as you, whereas 1993+ is the next one?

^No.  It's just that I would be a bit shocked, perhaps even a bit offended if anyone your age (born in 1990) thought of me as a father figure, even though there were people that had kids when they were 14 and 15 years old.  My friend who worked with kids a few years ago even said so much, that people your age saw him as an older buddy type, whereas a kid born in '93 or '94 tended to view him as a parent. 

But I would not have the same surprised reaction to anyone born in 1993 or after.  I kinda expect them to see me as parental type, though even for them I'd still be a young dad.  There were people my age that got married and started families in the mid 90s when they were only 19 or 20.  That does happen.

^No.  It's just that I would be a bit shocked, perhaps even a bit offended if anyone your age (born in 1990) thought of me as a father figure, even though there were people that had kids when they were 14 and 15 years old.  My friend who worked with kids a few years ago even said so much, that people your age saw him as an older buddy type, whereas a kid born in '93 or '94 tended to view him as a parent.   

But I would not have the same surprised reaction to anyone born in 1993 or after.  I kinda expect them to see me as parental type, though even for them I'd still be a young dad.  There were people my age that got married and started families in the mid 90s when they were only 19 or 20.  That does happen.


Ah. I see :)

My parents are late Boomers.  Gen Yers can also have Gen X parents, my best friend born in 1993 has parents born in the latter '60s.  Boomers can actually be the parents of Gen Xers, Gen Yers, and Gen Zers.



Yeah, even though I was born in '87 both my parents are Gen X. Even though my dad was born in '64 so he's arguably Gen X, my mom was born in 1969 and was just 18 when I was born, so she's defidently Gen X. As far as the parental figure thing I think you really have to be at least 18 years older than somebody to really view them as a parental figure. Anyone born after 1969 really dosent seem like a parent to me but someone born before '69 defidently does. Likewise I would think someone born 2005+ might see me as a parental figure but probably not anybody born before that.

Yeah, even though I was born in '87 both my parents are Gen X. Even though my dad was born in '64 so he's arguably Gen X, my mom was born in 1969 and was just 18 when I was born, so she's defidently Gen X. As far as the parental figure thing I think you really have to be at least 18 years older than somebody to really view them as a parental figure. Anyone born after 1969 really dosent seem like a parent to me but someone born before '69 defidently does. Likewise I would think someone born 2005+ might see me as a parental figure but probably not anybody born before that.


Yeah, although my parents are Boomers they could have easily been X, so I would say anyborn born in 1969 or earlier could be my mom or dad (although since the Gen Xers are so cool they don't seem near as parental as before born pre-'64).  The people born in the '80s are my older peers, hell even the people born in the '70s are like my older cousins or cool young uncles. 

As for people who would see me as their dad, well they'll probably not be born until the last couple years of this decade, but I have to say anyone born after 1995 seems like a baby to me.

Yeah, although my parents are Boomers they could have easily been X, so I would say anyborn born in 1969 or earlier could be my mom or dad (although since the Gen Xers are so cool they don't seem near as parental as before born pre-'64).  The people born in the '80s are my older peers, hell even the people born in the '70s are like my older cousins or cool young uncles. 

As for people who would see me as their dad, well they'll probably not be born until the last couple years of this decade, but I have to say anyone born after 1995 seems like a baby to me.



Oh defidently. Even though they probably wouln't see me as there dad, anyone born in the mid-90's+ seems like a totally different generation to me.

Oh defidently. Even though they probably wouln't see me as there dad, anyone born in the mid-90's+ seems like a totally different generation to me.


Yeah, the mid '90s is odd because their little kid years (and I'm talking really little, like 1 to 4) would be in the late nineties, which I remember really well.  Unlike say a 1992er or 1993er who I wouldn't remember a time before their birth.

Yeah, the mid '90s is odd because their little kid years (and I'm talking really little, like 1 to 4) would be in the late nineties, which I remember really well.  Unlike say a 1992er or 1993er who I wouldn't remember a time before their birth.



Yeah that's true too. Since I can remember 1992+ pretty good those guys really do seem alot yonger than a 1991er or before since I cant remember those years quite as good.

Yeah that's true too. Since I can remember 1992+ pretty good those guys really do seem alot yonger than a 1991er or before since I cant remember those years quite as good.


Yeah that's why I see 1994ers and on as "babies", even though the oldest of them are 12, because I can remember 1994 a little bit.  Unlike a 1991er, '92er or '93er, and of course 1987-1989 who are pretty much the same age as me.

Yeah that's why I see 1994ers and on as "babies", even though the oldest of them are 12, because I can remember 1994 a little bit.  Unlike a 1991er, '92er or '93er, and of course 1987-1989 who are pretty much the same age as me.


Even people graduating in 2004 seem to be pretty much the same age as I am, I was friends with alot of '86ers in '03 when I was 13 and they were 17.

Even people graduating in 2004 seem to be pretty much the same age as I am, I was friends with alot of '86ers in '03 when I was 13 and they were 17.



Yeah, same with me. People born in 1982/1983 dont really seem that much older than me since when I was coming in to high school they were seniors and I hung out with some of them during my freshman year.

Even people graduating in 2004 seem to be pretty much the same age as I am, I was friends with alot of '86ers in '03 when I was 13 and they were 17.


86ers seem a little older to me, but yeah they definitely seem like "peers".  I don't even get a "big brother" sense from them.

That's funny, I don't really know anyone born in the 1982-85 period, though I know quite a few born in 1986-1990. I guess our year group tended to stick to our own year...

That's funny, I don't really know anyone born in the 1982-85 period, though I know quite a few born in 1986-1990. I guess our year group tended to stick to our own year...



yeah ... where the hell are these early '80s people.  I notice late '70s and late '80s, but early '80s?  They're a rare breed it seems.

Most of the teen pop stars of the late 90s/early 00s were early 80s babies.

E.g. Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, Beyonce.etc.

yeah ... where the hell are these early '80s people.  I notice late '70s and late '80s, but early '80s?  They're a rare breed it seems.


I know a few 1982ers and some 1979ers, and they seem to be somewhere in between the two groups. But alot of them seem to have followed the lead of younger Gen Yers and become part of the urban hipsteratti who aren't still in high school. But there's definitely some truth to that 1985-1990 people stick together, because we're just too Y for our own good.

Were fertility rates lower during that era? I know it was definitely the case during the 40s, 50s and 60s. They say the 'peak boomer' period was 46-55, and then there was a definite dip in birth rates from 1955-1965 or so, then an increase. It is possible there was a lull in birth-rates partly due to it being a 'transition' period between one Generation and the Next (in this case Gen X and Gen Y).

I know a few 1982ers and some 1979ers, and they seem to be somewhere in between the two groups. But alot of them seem to have followed the lead of younger Gen Yers and become part of the urban hipsteratti who aren't still in high school. But there's definitely some truth to that 1985-1990 people stick together, because we're just too Y for our own good.



This is very true. 1985-1990 is pretty much peak Y so maybe that is the reason we stick together.

Actually...the US birth rates (not sure about the Australian birth rates) peaked all time in 1955, declined to 1963 slowly, then dropped precipitously and kept dropping to 1976, the all-time low birth year, which is why there are fewer Gen Xers. It then grew in the late '70s and kept slowly growing in the early '80s, and began rapidly advancing through the mid '80s to 1990, one of the highest years since the mid-50s. It slowly declined to 1992 and then started falling out at 1993, remained low through the '90s, with alot of babies being born in '00 and it sort of slowly declining since then.

This is very true. 1985-1990 is pretty much peak Y so maybe that is the reason we stick together.


Yeah, plus we were all in high school around 2004.

Yeah, plus we were all in high school around 2004.


Yeah, we were all in HS 2003-early 2005, which was the absolute peak of the '00s.

Yeah, plus we were all in high school around 2004.



Yeah, 2004 was the year that everyone born in 1986-1990 was together in high school so that makes since.

Yeah, 2004 was the year that everyone born in 1986-1990 was together in high school so that makes since.


I kind of think of late 1985-early 1990 as the prime '00s kids.  They're like Gen Y's equivalent to the Brat Pack.

Yeah, 2004 was the year that everyone born in 1986-1990 was together in high school so that makes since.


I graduated in 2003...which was the normal age (17) over here (we leave at age 17, don't know about America).

I said this in another thread and I'll repeat it here. 

I find it very interesting that people who are 20 or 21 today in 2006 tend to seem to identify themselves as more "'00s kids" then "'90s kids".  Whereas people who were 20 or 21 in 1996 (about my age) tended to still view themselves as "'80s kids" rather then "'90s kids".

I'm a 90s kid, but a 00s teen.  :)

I'm a 90s kid, but a 00s teen.  :)


Same here  8)

I'm a 90s kid, but a 00s teen.  :)



Ditto ;) and I would say that I'm rather glad I'm a 90's kid instead of an 00's kid.

I kind of think of late 1985-early 1990 as the prime '00s kids.  They're like Gen Y's equivalent to the Brat Pack.


Yeah, we're the "brat pack", though I'd say it goes until mid-90, like the end of those graduating in '08. What are we, the MySpace Mongers and iPod Imbeciles  ;) ? We need to think of a better Brat Pack-like name.

Ditto ;) and I would say that I'm rather glad I'm a 90's kid instead of an 00's kid.


Ya I'm a '90s kid and '00s teen.

Yeah, we're the "brat pack", though I'd say it goes until mid-90, like the end of those graduating in '08. What are we, the MySpace Mongers and iPod Imbeciles  ;) ? We need to think of a better Brat Pack-like name.


Yeah, the late 1990ers seem like a *slightly* different people.  I'm kind of defensive about this since I have a nagging (but almost certainly untrue) suspicion that I was actually born in 1991.  I have OCD, so I get worried about such silly things, but I'm almost totally sure I was born in '90.  ;) :D

Yeah, the late 1990ers seem like a *slightly* different people.  I'm kind of defensive about this since I have a nagging (but almost certainly untrue) suspicion that I was actually born in 1991.  I have OCD, so I get worried about such silly things, but I'm almost totally sure I was born in '90.  ;) :D


The thing about the late 1983-mid 1985ers and the late 1990-mid 1992 people is while they're still basically pure Y, they sparkle a bit less in their Yness than the late 1985-mid 1990 bunch in HS around 2004, which I'm semi-proud to belong to.

The thing about the late 1983-mid 1985ers and the late 1990-mid 1992 people is while they're still basically pure Y, they sparkle a bit less in their Yness than the late 1985-mid 1990 bunch in HS around 2004, which I'm semi-proud to belong to.


Yeah they're not the peak.  I wouldn't say they're not full Yers though, just because they're slightly younger than me.  They're not as deep in the generation, but they're still definitely the youngers of our people.  I'd say late 1993ers are the first people that aren't fully with us in our experience of time as 1990ers.

Yeah they're not the peak.  I wouldn't say they're not full Yers though, just because they're slightly younger than me.  They're not as deep in the generation, but they're still definitely the youngers of our people.  I'd say late 1993ers are the first people that aren't fully with us in our experience of time as 1990ers.



Yeah late 1993ers-early 1994ers are the absolute first group that feels really different from me. Maybe it's because of there limited 90's experince.

The thing about the late 1983-mid 1985ers and the late 1990-mid 1992 people is while they're still basically pure Y, they sparkle a bit less in their Yness than the late 1985-mid 1990 bunch in HS around 2004, which I'm semi-proud to belong to.


Yeah, they don't SCREAM 'GenY' like those born in between. They more whisper it in a subtle manner. 

You guys just analyze this sh*t to death.  I keep asking myself why I even keep dropping into these threads.  It's like almost like a train wreck that you can't look away from.

You guys just analyze this sh*t to death.  I keep asking myself why I even keep dropping into these threads.  It's like almost like a train wreck that you can't look away from.


I'm in exactly the same boat as you, Chris MegatronTHX. Just can't help it. I think it's because it's the only instance of people actually being passionate - or totally obsessed about something, and being swept up in all of it.

Threads like,

'differences between 90s and 00s teens'
'pluses and minuses of 00s/90s'
'How are the 90s and 00s different'
'When did the 90s really end?'
'When did the 90s REALLY end?'
'When did the 90s REALLY REALLY end?'

I can say that the discussion is almost totally driven by three or four members (to a lesser extent myself). So it's a nice little sub-community of 3-4 members, kind of a rare thing in msg boards these days.

You guys just analyze this sh*t to death.  I keep asking myself why I even keep dropping into these threads.  It's like almost like a train wreck that you can't look away from.


You know something? If we're interested in analyzing it, it's really none of your f*cking business.

That and well...I think late 1992ers seem sorta different because they probably can't remember the whole mid-90s zeitgeist when everyone wore backwards baseball caps and flannel, seemingly.

I'm in exactly the same boat as you, Chris MegatronTHX. Just can't help it. I think it's because it's the only instance of people actually being passionate - or totally obsessed about something, and being swept up in all of it.

Threads like,

'differences between 90s and 00s teens'
'pluses and minuses of 00s/90s'
'How are the 90s and 00s different'
'When did the 90s really end?'
'When did the 90s REALLY end?'
'When did the 90s REALLY REALLY end?'

I can say that the discussion is almost totally driven by three or four members (to a lesser extent myself). So it's a nice little sub-community of 3-4 members, kind of a rare thing in msg boards these days.



Totally, and one of 'em. ;D. Seriously I have posted at least once in every one of these kinds of threads. I dont really know why I guess I just haven't gotten tired of them yet.

Teens of today seem a lot more spoiled.  When I was in high school (in the early to mid 90's)....people drove around junk cars, but were happy to have wheels...nowadays, I see these kids (looking not much older than 16 or 17) driving these sports cars, Hummers, and other very expensive cars.  Also, when I was in high school....not too many of us had cell phones, and other technological things, as teens of today thrive upon.

ok, i know that were talking about highschoolers but i'll make this quick.

ok, im only in sixth grade ( i'm turning 13 in may) and i hate the majority of my fellow sixth graders. the kids on my bus are always asking eachother if they want to go to cvs pharmacy. (i've been asked a few times too.) it's soo stupid. they go to cvs and just hang out. they dont buy anything. just hang out. i hate those kind of kids. they just go places and take up space. i saw a couple of kids hanging out at the outdoor shopping center where we live. they were just wandering around. taking up space. not buying anything. it just annoys me. there's this one girl (everyone thinks she's really hot but shes not) who was talking about how she'd kissed her boyfriend 9 times and how they were gonna make out. and another who was complaining that if she got braces she wouldn't be able to make out with her boy friend. another was telling one guy that he was obsessed with her friends "boobs." the girl doesn't even have boobs yet. she's completely flat chested. they all think they're so grown up. and i know im not either. i'm just as old as they are. i just can't stand them. (most of them)

ok, i know that were talking about highschoolers but i'll make this quick.

ok, im only in sixth grade ( i'm turning 13 in may) and i hate the majority of my fellow sixth graders. the kids on my bus are always asking eachother if they want to go to cvs pharmacy. (i've been asked a few times too.) it's soo stupid. they go to cvs and just hang out. they dont buy anything. just hang out. i hate those kind of kids. they just go places and take up space. i saw a couple of kids hanging out at the outdoor shopping center where we live. they were just wandering around. taking up space. not buying anything. it just annoys me. there's this one girl (everyone thinks she's really hot but shes not) who was talking about how she'd kissed her boyfriend 9 times and how they were gonna make out. and another who was complaining that if she got braces she wouldn't be able to make out with her boy friend. another was telling one guy that he was obsessed with her friends "boobs." the girl doesn't even have boobs yet. she's completely flat chested. they all think they're so grown up. and i know im not either. i'm just as old as they are. i just can't stand them. (most of them)


That sounds like my 6th grade class. People going out for "dates" and making burn books about each other, basically.

Thank goodness it wasn't so prevalent when I was that age. We actually acted like kids back then. A bit like that Simpsons episode when that new girl whose really popular comes to Springfield elementary, and ...well you pbly know the rest.

Yeah, the mid '90s is odd because their little kid years (and I'm talking really little, like 1 to 4) would be in the late nineties, which I remember really well.  Unlike say a 1992er or 1993er who I wouldn't remember a time before their birth.


Interesting, I guess when you can clearly remember a time someone was born, if not before, it does kinda put them into a different peer group. I have scattered memories of 1985 and '86 (and perhaps a few teeny snippets of '84 too), so that's no big deal, but I vividly recall when my younger cousin was born in '88.

However, expect this stuff to change with time (let's face it, age gaps decrease in significance as both parties get older ;)), but for the time being, this is how I see others. Perhaps for guys like Donnie, who are '90ers, moving it ahead 8 or 9 years would be similar to your experiences as well. :)

1995+: Young kids
1992-94ers: Transitional between above and below.
1987-91ers: Younger brother/sister types. Notably younger than me, but still similar enough to relate/be friends with them.
1983-86ers: Slightly younger peers. Semi noticeable differences to me, but I still think of them totally on my "level".
1981ers (and, what the heck, '82ers too, since I was born late in the year, and also graduated in '00): Same as me. :)
1975-80ers: Older, but still peerlike in basically every way. I've always felt like a "little 77er" for instance.
1962-74ers: "Babysitter"/older buddy type adults
1950-61ers: Younger parental figures. I still share some of their experiences and can be friends with them, though.
1935-49ers: Older parental figures. There's still a shred of likeness, but they've always definitely been older.
Pre-1935ers: Grandparent-types.