#Gen Z | Millennial | Zillennial

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Gen Z, Millennial, Zillennial? Find Your Generation — And What It Means — By Year

— By Stephen J. Beard and Veronica Bravo | October 08, 2024

Generation breakdown Veronica Bravo, Getty Images

Where Were You When The Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded?

The answer to that question is just one example of how generations identify with a shared experience. Baby boomers may have watched from a break room at the office or heard about it on the radio. Many Generation X kids sat in a classroom and watched live on television as the first space-bound teacher, 36-year-old Christa McAuliffe, perished with six fellow astronauts. The earliest millennials may have witnessed this moment, too, but would probably be too young to remember.

Then there's the rest of us − the roughly 44% of Americans living today (and growing) − who were born after the disaster in January 1986 and did not share the impact it had on the country.

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And that's how shared generational experiences work. Identifying with a generation becomes a shorthand for references to shared common cultural experiences, advances in technology and behaviors forged by witnessing collective significant historical events. Generational identity also informs policy-making, particularly around marketing, health care and retirement.

An ESRI analysis of the predominant generation by location in the country shows a higher concentration of millennials in larger urban areas like Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, while baby boomers make up the largest generational subset in vast swaths of rural areas.

Years When Each Generation Was Born

While pigeonholing someone to a particular generation based solely on birth year isn't a perfect way to determine that person's identity, it helps policymakers establish a baseline for where that person is the age range. Here are the widely accepted year ranges that define today's generations:

Another example of a generational cultural touchstone is the way we consume music. From the early days of vinyl records and radio to cassettes and CDs to streaming services and social media platforms, music listening formats are nearly baked in to each generation's formative years.

In 2023, millennials maintained their place as the largest segment of the U.S. population, a trend that began in 2019 when they surpassed baby boomers because of aging.

Generations and Race in The US

Grouping generational identities by race and ethnicity helps paint a broad picture of how U.S. demographics are changing. In 2023, Gen Alpha was the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, with whites making up less than half of the population of people born in the Gen Alpha birth years (2013 to present).

How Generational Identity Affects Retirement Outlooks

Though age, as the saying goes, is just a number, categorizing people by age can help researchers frame discussions around important age-specific issues like retirement. According to a report in June by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, nearly half of all workers across four generations from baby boomers to Gen Z either plan to retire past age 65 or not retire at all.

But the confidence in retiring at or before age 65 drops sharply with age: 63% of Gen Z respondents are confident in retiring by 65 versus only 48% of Gen X with similar plans.

— SOURCES: Pew Research Center; Annie E. Casey Foundation; Purdue Global; Transamerica Center For Retirement Studies

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Buy us a coffee ☕️

[boudicasrage]

I believe we are all deeply sexually traumatized from being exposed to porn on the internet at a young age

[spike-and-faye]

wait not cowboy bebop?????

It’s giving

~anime~

It’s giving

~jazz~

It’s giving

~space~

Its the existentialism for me 💀😭

Slaye valentine. No notes. Send tweet

Gren go off GNC Zaddy 🗿🗿🗿

Spike is rizz-pilled and gyat coded. BDE.

Um anyone who says boogie Woogie Feng Shui is mid bouta catch this fade aight shit fuckin slaps

I’m low key big mad @ all the cheugy ass girlies who gaslight themselves into hating on Julia. like go touch some grass babe ~ I’m a Faye simp too but it’s giving pick me. Girls’ girls stan 2 qweens

Not me in my basic bitch spike and Faye ship era (pro tip the era is infinity) .. not girlboss nepo baby x beige flag sadboi snacc . Chat hear my out these two do NOT pass the vibe check iykyk. Yes queen give us nothing

Vicious is a sussy baka w réal main character energy but why he ate that fit tho

Cigarettes are ✨girl dinner✨

Ur tweakin if you think Vincent was not kinda bussin 👀 I mean biological terrorism really ain’t it but he do he kinda cute tho

ACAB

but fr Jets a réal one, his man titties have won the game, he’s based as fuck, and he’s my emotional support gruff daddy. Fax. no cap 💅🏼

[faithfromanewperspective]

also just astonished at how quickly we as a generation went from ‘we’re struggling we’re gonna actually talk about our mental health so it’s not a taboo topic’ to *jaded and cynical and too traumatised by a lack of support to be vulnerable anymore and unable to hold a conversation with someone else about their struggles*

we became just like our parents over the course of the last 15 years

[myzillennialmemories]

My old room from high school. Anyone else used to have their walls completely covered in magazine posters?

[thegraftedbranch]

"Pics or it didn't happen" — Litany Against Bullshit

[polaraaace]

Original

[g0tmilkx3]

That tiny gap between the youngest millennials and the oldest gen zers is actually huge

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[pumpkinland]

Zillennials are young enough to not be taken seriously and old enough to not be taken seriously, but not old enough to be taken seriously nor young enough to be taken seriously

[anothergameofwickedgrace]

I'm sick as fuck at people under 22 acting like anyone older than them is the fucking crypt keeper. And like you should just expire for daring to age.

That's ageist as fuck.

Woman alone get told they're worthless after 25 and you assholes are perpetuating the same fucking rhetoric.

People in their 20s, 30s, and even 40s are not old, you fucking babies. Grow up. Fr. Because one day you will age too and I hope you're treated the way you treat others.

I'm also so fucking done with teens and younger adults demonizing people over 25 in fandom space. Because apparently when you get older you lose all your interests??? And you're not allowed to have fun? You guys know the people that run the events and all the famous cosplayers are usually over 30? That the people who make the content you like are almost always (gasp) adults over 25??

Just fucking stop with hating people older than you for the crime of being born before you. Its gross and you are a shitty person. You are not better than them because you're younger.

Also I'd also like to say that trying to prevent old people from voting is both ageist and ableist as fuck. Heaven forbid older (and usually disabled) people get a say in the society they live in. Should they just live without representation until they die? That's not ok. Its actually really fucked up!

STOP. OTHERING. PEOPLE. That is some conservative bullshit. Turning against someone for existing in a way you find lesser. Making fun of people for aging even though everyone will. Even though it's already hard enough alone. Just stop. Go to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars.

I don't ever remember anyone I know acting so hateful to people for being older when I was a teenager. So why, in a generation who likes to say they're for acceptance and equality and kindness, are you so hateful and discriminatory? Put your money where your fucking mouth is and use some empathy and understanding on people who are different than you. I shouldn't have to tell this to self proclaimed left leaning people.

You love to pretend you're better than all those "stupid old people", so why don't you fucking act like it? Why can you only see things in black and white? Why are you cruel to people who haven't done you anything, but just dared to exist over the age 22? If this is the hateful way you treat and talk about people, then I understand why you act this way. Because you are a fucking child. A baby. Teenagers are fully functioning people who have the ability to understand nuance. You don't get to plead innocence due to age. Sorry. You want to be taken seriously, so understand your words have consequence. You are not immune to criticism.

Stop being ageist. Just stop. You'll thank me later when harmful rhetoric isn't aimed at you when you get older.

[erela-tsisdu]

While I have seen plenty of antisemitic zoomers from browsing Tumblr (and other websites), I'm actually real tired of people singling them out as being uniquely antisemitic when I've seen just as many millennials & gen xers spreading blood libel & kissing Hamas & Hezbollah's asses.

In fact, most people I've had to block for supporting terrorist groups have been over 30.

The Mastodon instance I left recently for antisemitism was mostly filled with people over 30.

My mom is in a lot of leftist gen x groups & has lost friends over defending Jewish people.

Gen z is not unique for antisemitism, and I'm honestly tired of people somehow acting like it is when I've been seeing people older than me claiming Hamas wasn't radicalized until recently, Jews (((zionists))) are a plague & use zionist money to spread propaganda. Oh, and that Jews have believed in fairytales since biblical times to commit many genocides.

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Xillennial=between Gen X and Millennial

Zillennial=between Millennial and Gen Z