Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
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@thordis my brother was born in 1980, Gen X. I was born in 1981, Millennial.
@szczurtorebkowy@Tattie @thordis @szczurtorebkowy I've always thought the generations start in the middle of the decade since the baby boom began in 1946. Back in the 90s when they started calling us Gen X, in the metrics I read a generation was defined as a 20 year period and Gen X were born from 65-84. But then it changed to cultural periods instead and they shifted the bar so now it's only 15 years between the current young generations. Like our parents are only 15 years older than us!
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis Xoomer (late Boomer) here
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@quixoticgeek @darkphoenix @marjolica @thordis I've been called* "geriatric millennial" so I naturally identify as gen x out of spite, mostly.
*not me, but the people born in my year, etc etc.
@adriano @quixoticgeek @darkphoenix @marjolica @thordis we'll accept you.
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@tieandjeans @thordis Boomer here with some bad news for you: I played Oregon Trail, too, on a mainframe. A friend of mine who went on to work for MECC later ported it to the Apple ][, and from there to other platforms including the PC.
@tieandjeans @thordis All I'm saying is that when I was a kid, I played a lot of Oregon Trail and would happily identify with any Gen Oregon Trail, which isn't that different from you. But I'm a boomer, and that may have been anywhere between one and twenty years before you. Gen X doesn't have an exclusive lock on ancient gaming nostalgia.
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@tieandjeans @thordis All I'm saying is that when I was a kid, I played a lot of Oregon Trail and would happily identify with any Gen Oregon Trail, which isn't that different from you. But I'm a boomer, and that may have been anywhere between one and twenty years before you. Gen X doesn't have an exclusive lock on ancient gaming nostalgia.
@targetdrone
Gen Oregon trail denotes a generation experience in the INTERSECTION of GenX and Millenial. It suggests that computing in your childhood was NOVEL and LIMITED. -
@targetdrone
Gen Oregon trail denotes a generation experience in the INTERSECTION of GenX and Millenial. It suggests that computing in your childhood was NOVEL and LIMITED.@targetdrone
GenX computing goes from punch-card to Atari 2600.
Millennial computing goes from NES through Napster and Neopets.At most points in both directions, some kids were "doing computer," but that was a sociably legible activity. It made you a "computer person" in some way.
Gen Z starts with ubiquitous computing shedding any social distinction.
If your school had a "computer room" but no web browsers, you might be Gen Oregon Trail.
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@targetdrone
GenX computing goes from punch-card to Atari 2600.
Millennial computing goes from NES through Napster and Neopets.At most points in both directions, some kids were "doing computer," but that was a sociably legible activity. It made you a "computer person" in some way.
Gen Z starts with ubiquitous computing shedding any social distinction.
If your school had a "computer room" but no web browsers, you might be Gen Oregon Trail.
Don't you feel that your experience with mainframe computers as a young "late-boomer" put you into a fantastically narrow sub-group? Would you describe those early computing experiences as normative across boomers?
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@crispycat @thordis why are you censoring words on mastodon? Why censor "zoomer"? No offence, just curious.
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@Clem @szczurtorebkowy @thordis
Brought to you by RFK jr.@Darberoom1954 @szczurtorebkowy @thordis it's ok, Tylenol is a great rememdy
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@Darberoom1954 @szczurtorebkowy @thordis it's ok, Tylenol is a great rememdy
@Clem @szczurtorebkowy @thordis
Does it work for brain worms? Asking for a friend.
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@Clem @szczurtorebkowy @thordis
Does it work for brain worms? Asking for a friend. @Darberoom1954 @szczurtorebkowy @thordis have the worms gone full on The Last of Us cordyceps yet and control their every move or are they still in there somewhere? Has your friend started talking like someone ran a cheese grater over their vocal cord? I'm sorry, but it could be too late.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis
Wife & I will be 70 this year.
Techhub people, what's a friendly word for 70+ peeps? ( I'm not in love with the senior word.)
Thanks.
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@thordis
Wife & I will be 70 this year.
Techhub people, what's a friendly word for 70+ peeps? ( I'm not in love with the senior word.)
Thanks.
Bill@OhMrBill Personally I like "elder" - although that isn't terribly specific.
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@Darberoom1954 @szczurtorebkowy @thordis have the worms gone full on The Last of Us cordyceps yet and control their every move or are they still in there somewhere? Has your friend started talking like someone ran a cheese grater over their vocal cord? I'm sorry, but it could be too late.
@Clem @szczurtorebkowy @thordis
He has found this cool cave but now he is hearing "Keep on Running" by milli vanilli.
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@crispycat @thordis why are you censoring words on mastodon? Why censor "zoomer"? No offence, just curious.
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@MedeaVanamonde @thordis @Binder
Especially when you're in the Limited Edition Generation wedged between 2 overstocks -
Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis ... was a misperception
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@goleztrol @ritual @FuturisticRobert @dfx @thordis @szczurtorebkowy 1979 checking in. Just wanted to say you are all pretty rad. Carry on.
@rdp @goleztrol @ritual @FuturisticRobert @dfx @thordis @szczurtorebkowy I’m born 1983 and I can only identify culturally (tv, movies, internet tech) with a limited set of Millennials, but I’m too young to appreciate a lot of what Gen X appreciates. It has felt for several years like I’m stuck between two generations, so I think Xennial applies to me as well.
