Title of millennial?

[thecolorsblend]

The issue, #1 is this forum also mislabels us. Millennials according to the census is 1980 to 1994. I will also say this. Someone born in 1980 will be a world apart from someone born in 1994.

I've mentioned this a few times too but the inaccurate definition of Millennial remains here on CF.

You are correct that people born in 1980 have had a very different life than the younger spectrum. But I rationalize it. There will always be somebody born on the borderline. It's normal for any generation.

Countless articles suggest millennials are less active at doing "you know what" with others than Gen X was and inappropriate content is probably the reason why.

I don't think that's why. That's a factor but I don't think it's the main issue.

To put it in short, millennials are really the first that embraced a world of artificial pleasures compared to the real versions (food, sex, family), fantasy worlds (virtual reality, virtual player games, pleasing your social media audience while drowning in debt, self hate and depression), independence (not getting married, not having kids, being self employed or not staying in the same job very long), and the list goes on.

I don't see where we had a choice about that. Growing up in a broken home was very much the norm for most of us, the economy went bad in 2001, then it imploded entirely under President Bush, upper spectrum Millennials found it impossible to build an actual career as a foundation for starting a family, etc. Because it's tough to do that when you're working two jobs and sharing an apartment with two other guys in the same position you're in.

Under the circumstances, I don't knock Millennial guys who settled for having enough money to order a pizza for their video game tournaments on Friday nights. What else did they have going on? They found happiness where they could.

But nothing happens in a vacuum. I find that most Millennials are really not all that greedy. Because when were we ever able to be greedy? We're not perfect but I think we have a lot going for us. As a group, we typically don't have much use for unrestrained capitalism. Probably because unrestrained capitalism has never visibly benefited us.

 

[Lavaduder]

An insult. I hate my own generation at times.

Anecdotally, the older millennials tend to be more into more into new age atheism and socialism, the younger ones tend to be more into LGBT and feminism issues.

Gen Z is comparatively conservative. At least in a vacuum for their age.
Not sure why.

Zoom-Zooms are NOT conservative. While I will admit there is less Progressive thought. TikTok has shown me they love being degenerates.

 

[thecolorsblend]

An insult. I hate my own generation at times.



Zoom-Zooms are NOT conservative. While I will admit there is less Progressive thought. TikTok has shown me they love being degenerates.

Not sure if this is what's meant by "conservative" but...

 

[Stephany96]

I think of someone young, even though I am young. I think of it as a generation that I don't feel part of and is almost too "modern" for my liking. It's a generation with different views, religions, beliefs and political stances.

 

[Justin-H.S.]

Soy products.

 

[Swan7]

Nothing. Though it does constantly remind me of the Millennial Kingdom, so I am always thinking about it whenever I hear/read someone saying "Millennial".

But otherwise it has no meaning for me as to the world.

 

[angelT17]

What do you associate with the term millennial?

Self-expressive, adaptive, creatives

 

[Sketcher]

An overused label.