worst generation

I've seen a 1980 birthday cutoff for gen x before

yeah nobody who was born in 1976 is a millenial sorry grandma, you have this:

http://www.mrmediatraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/X-Factor.jpg

yeah i thought 80 was the generally agreed upon battle line

i agree that it's 1980. i was quoting wiki in my post way above. wiki is wrong tho.

wiki bullshit

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom ended. While there is no universally agreed upon time frame, the term generally includes people born from the early 1960s through the early 1980s, usually no later than 1981 or 1982.

Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials or the ME generation), Generation Next, the Net Generation the Echo Boomers are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when the Millennial generation starts and ends, and commentators have used birth dates ranging somewhere from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s, early or mid 1990s, or as late as the mid 2000s. Net Generation, The most common range reflects births from 1980-1999 giving a child born in 1980 time to grow into adulthood and be able to reproduce their own offspring at the turn of the millennium.

i worked at a video store

wait gen Y = millennials?

I thought there was a Gen Y THEN Millennials

ugh these definitions are so stupid

tbf unless you really connect well to only people younger or older there seems to be kind of a 1978ish-1983ish island of people who don't really identify as either

maybe we should call those of u straddling the gen x/millennial boundary "the ilx generation"

max, u are def gen Y

i worked at a video store

― max, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:24 PM (22 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

generational traitor

I wore Doc Martens
is that a Gen X thing

Proud vote for boomers. It basically came down to the Osmonds vs. Sister Hazel--close, but the Osmonds won.

its NOT gen y

we are MILLENNIALS

Oops...I was voting for the best generation. Major error.

w/e

love it when boomers accidentally vote for the wrong candidate

Get off my lawn!

^loves all the money

gen x guide:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vZwh7nfzL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-64,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

http://theslackerfactor.com/

giving a child born in 1980 time to grow into adulthood and be able to reproduce their own offspring

If they fail this requirement, actual speciation has occurred.

i did my part

of course my mommy + daddy called the hospital to talk the doctor who delivered my baby bc the doctor was just not listening to me and it was very frustrating and so i went to my calm place and played some xbox 360 while they handled all the logistics

Boomers worst.

ECHO BOOMERS

graph of shitty NYT op-ed writers by generation

thomas friedman (b. 1953) - baby boomer
ross douthat (b. 1979) - gen X
david brooks (b. 1961) - gen X
maureen dowd (b. 1952) - baby boomer

some other writers

jonah goldberg (b. 1969) - gen X
kathleen parker (b. 1951) - baby boomer
jennifer rubin (b. 1968) - gen X
kathryn jean lopez (b. 1976) - gen X

<drops mic>

― Mordy, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Mordy who are your favorite political writers under 30?

ezra klein, alex pareene

zizek's wife

Renata Salecl (b. 1962) - Generation X!

he's not married to her anymore

:'(

;_;

i am starting a millennial posting system on ilx for marginalized millennial ilxors. good - or even just mediocre - posts will now get a gold star. this will encourage everyone to post and we should praise ppl for posting. even if that particular post isn't very good, millennials need to know that just trying is good enough. also, participation trophies for everyone.

http://blog.wegohealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Gold-star-sticker.jpg

i'm a part of this "ILX generation," where are my entitlements.

if you get 5 gold stickers, you can pick any of the following bandaids from the bandaid drawer: powder puff girls, dinosaurs, adventure time

also free ipads

where are my entitlements.

http://www.wepostit4u.com/images/Auctions/powerpuffstickers112.JPG

you may have one. two if you ask nicely.

but if only some millennials get 5 gold stars and others only get 1 that will create resentment; everyone should get an equal allotment of gold stars

I DEMAND PARTICIPATORY STARS

is Draw Something the ultimate millennial game, since there's no actual competition?

students who fail to get five or more stars will get an extra ten minutes to work on their posts to make up for their specific posting challenges. they also now have access to the ilx remedial room (aka 77).

pretty sure millenials kick ass at competitive video games so that's maybe not the best road to walk down xp

draw something is pretty competitive! i feel like it could come to fisticuffs sometimes.

how is it competitive, tho? There's no winning or losing, the entire point of the game is to work together for your mutual benefit.

millenials realize that the only true competition is w/ yourself

arbitrary generational delineations are the new astrological signs, let's use them to make reductive characterizations of huge swathes of the population

I go up to people in parties and try and predict their gen

Silents: the path to riches will thwart you with good intentions. Avoid hats. Wednesday will bring a vacation.

Greatests: heavy is the head that wears the crown. Luck comes in sevens. Friday has a present for you.

Xers: Get up on the down stroke. Find pleasure in birds. There's a warm treasure on Saturday.

Millennials: be on the lookout for a swarthy gentleman bearing gifts on horseback. Avoid the color red. Find inner strength on Tuesdays.