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Nighthawk76 · 12-08-2005, 01:58 AM

Why is it that advertisers, sociologists and all those type of people feel it nessesary to devide people up into little groups and then create a stereotype to define how each person in a certain group is going to think, act and feel? A perfect example is how all of us have been devided up into generations. If you are a man or woman born between 1946 and 1964 you are considered a "Baby Boomer". If you are a man or woman born between 1965 and 1977 (like me) you have the proud honor of being a memeber of "Generation X". And if you were born between 1978 and 1995 you are "Generation Y".

It wasn't until I was in college that I learned that I was a memeber of Generation X. I rememeber thinking to myself "Generation what?" I was reading an article in a magazine about Generation X. What was most ammusing about the entire article was that none of the labels given to Generation X applied to either me or my friends.

When did we all stop being people or humans?

dawsongirl · 12-08-2005, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Malone

When did we all stop being people or humans?

When someone got really bored (or high) and came up with this nifty classification idea!!

I'm a Y?? Hell, I have almost nothing in common with Y'ers. How much could I have in common with a 10 year old?

Brent88 · 12-08-2005, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Malone

Why is it that advertisers, sociologists and all those type of people feel it nessesary to devide people up into little groups and then create a stereotype to define how each person in a certain group is going to think, act and feel? A perfect example is how all of us have been devided up into generations. If you are a man or woman born between 1946 and 1964 you are considered a "Baby Boomer". If you are a man or woman born between 1965 and 1977 (like me) you have the proud honor of being a memeber of "Generation X". And if you were born between 1978 and 1995 you are "Generation Y".

It wasn't until I was in college that I learned that I was a memeber of Generation X. I rememeber thinking to myself "Generation what?" I was reading an article in a magazine about Generation X. What was most ammusing about the entire article was that none of the labels given to Generation X applied to either me or my friends.

When did we all stop being people or humans?

I don't know...

Chad Michael Murray · 12-08-2005, 08:28 AM

Just out of curiousity, what are all of the traits that they say about Generation X and Y? I've never really heard it in detail before, and I'm curious to know what they have to say.

I actually think it's sort of silly, myself...to think that ALL of the people born within one time period are all supposedly alike. If that's true, then why do you find so many drastically different people in high school who are all your age?

robyrob · 12-08-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Malone

When did we all stop being people or humans?

when they tattooed that bar code on the back of our heads.

PZelda · 12-08-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

When someone got really bored (or high) and came up with this nifty classification idea!!

I'm a Y?? Hell, I have almost nothing in common with Y'ers. How much could I have in common with a 10 year old?

You're telling me.

I like to think I have more stuff in common with the 1984ers since, well, we're cool like that.

And besides...We grew up in a different time period than the 10-year-olds today. We lived through stuff they didn't. We experienced things in our childhood that 10-year-olds will never get to experience, like how not everybody had a computer at home in the 80's and there was no such thing as kids owning cell phones. I'm not at all that much older but I find it insulting to be a Generation Y person.

Fonzarelli · 12-08-2005, 11:04 AM

I have no idea, I justed wanted to say your signature and avatar are great!

Number 9 Dream · 12-08-2005, 11:06 AM

It's so weird to me to see people on S.O. that were born in 1992

I feel old now.

Moonlight Lady · 12-08-2005, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by retrogirl82

It's so weird to me to see people on S.O. that were born in 1992

I feel old now.

Join the club.

Sterling Holobyte · 12-08-2005, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

when they tattooed that bar code on the back of our heads.

They tattooed your bar code on?

They just rubber stamped mine on.
10 cents, phffft!

dawsongirl · 12-08-2005, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PZelda

I'm not at all that much older but I find it insulting to be a Generation Y person.

Me too. Especially since for years, I thought I was X. Well, I'm double XX, but that's just a girl thing.

Dutabi84 · 12-08-2005, 03:52 PM

Until now, I coulda sworn I was generation X. Shows how much I know about that. I didn't really know they had stereotypes for each of these generations, either.

PZelda · 12-08-2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by retrogirl82

It's so weird to me to see people on S.O. that were born in 1992

I feel old now.

Wait until kids born in 1993 and 1994 start registering here. Egads! Scary...

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Me too. Especially since for years, I thought I was X. Well, I'm double XX, but that's just a girl thing.

Me too, haha. I feel that people who were born between 1980 to 1985 should be in one group and the ones born between 1986 to 1989 be put in another group. The first one because we ACTUALLY REMEMBER the 80's and the last one because more than likely they don't. That has always bugged me.

dawsongirl · 12-08-2005, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PZelda

Wait until kids born in 1993 and 1994 start registering here. Egads! Scary...

Me too, haha. I feel that people who were born between 1980 to 1985 should be in one group and the ones born between 1986 to 1989 be put in another group. The first one because we ACTUALLY REMEMBER the 80's and the last one because more than likely they don't. That has always bugged me.

That's true. I was born in 79, but don't remember the 70s for anything...those two months are just a HUGE blur.

Nighthawk76 · 12-08-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PZelda

Wait until kids born in 1993 and 1994 start registering here. Egads! Scary...

Me too, haha. I feel that people who were born between 1980 to 1985 should be in one group and the ones born between 1986 to 1989 be put in another group. The first one because we ACTUALLY REMEMBER the 80's and the last one because more than likely they don't. That has always bugged me.

Allison, I hope you don't take this the wrong way but you are certainly not Generation X. In a case like Cathy's, who was born in 1979, she would pretty much have the same views and feelings as members of Generation X though she is labled as Generation Y. As someone who was born in 1985 you really cannot remember much about the 1980's as a whole just as I can't remember much about the 70's except for a few things here and there. I think some of the qualifications of being an Gen Xer is being able to remember the destruction of the space shuttle in 1986 (sort of like all Baby Boomers remember where they were when JFK was shot), remembering Iran Contra, watching certain television shows (Family Ties for example) when they were in first run.

According to the article that I read back in college Generation Xers were born during a stretch of time when few babies were being born (1965-1977). I guess in 1978 there was a major increase in births. We were the first Generation to grow up with devorce being a normal way of life. We remember a president that people actually respected. The negative stereotypes concerning Xers is that we are suppose to have a negative outlook on life. We are supposed to lack focus and direction. We were accused of wasting our lives away watching rock videos and Beavis and Butthead. The whole Gen X label was meant to be a put down. We were supposed the be "the lost generation". I don't know what the lables put on Generation Y are.

12-08-2005, 01:58 AM	#1
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	Generation What? Why is it that advertisers, sociologists and all those type of people feel it nessesary to devide people up into little groups and then create a stereotype to define how each person in a certain group is going to think, act and feel? A perfect example is how all of us have been devided up into generations. If you are a man or woman born between 1946 and 1964 you are considered a "Baby Boomer". If you are a man or woman born between 1965 and 1977 (like me) you have the proud honor of being a memeber of "Generation X". And if you were born between 1978 and 1995 you are "Generation Y". It wasn't until I was in college that I learned that I was a memeber of Generation X. I rememeber thinking to myself "Generation what?" I was reading an article in a magazine about Generation X. What was most ammusing about the entire article was that none of the labels given to Generation X applied to either me or my friends. When did we all stop being people or humans?

12-08-2005, 08:28 AM	#4
Chad Michael Murray Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,493	Just out of curiousity, what are all of the traits that they say about Generation X and Y? I've never really heard it in detail before, and I'm curious to know what they have to say. I actually think it's sort of silly, myself...to think that ALL of the people born within one time period are all supposedly alike. If that's true, then why do you find so many drastically different people in high school who are all your age?
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12-08-2005, 03:52 PM	#12
Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	Until now, I coulda sworn I was generation X. Shows how much I know about that. I didn't really know they had stereotypes for each of these generations, either.