I am from the fast passing 'old guard" of "Boomers" with parents straight out of the early "Silent Generation"; having skipped *two gens* completely both of my kids are clearly more toward the end of "Generation Z". Does that actually make me more "hip" (lol a sixties term for sure) than most found here?

After Voting and reading link am curious of your thoughts on this rating assessment in general? [ if on a cusp like LordKAT then say so! ]

Quote"" It's of note that these generations are not linear. Gen X are not the children of the Boomers but of the War Generation. It goes diagonally – the Boomers' parents are the War Generation and their children are Gen Y. Gen X's children are the current ones – Gen Z and you can see them on the streets in all their chav glory.

This is important as it explains why one generation would have little sympathy for the one diagonally opposite – they are not the children or the parents, they are the younger or older brothers or sisters. Gen X are not the children of the Boomers. ""

read more here ( this is a very innocuous poll expect many more votes than posts! )

The places I read before have different dates than your survey. I was always part of the boomers, yours has me as  Gen X.


My kids are squarely in the center of Gen Y.  Go figure.

Whatever, I always was one of the in-betweens.

Being a 57 model that makes me a baby boomer

Generation Z for me,
but daim I feel sorry for the new kids, to much Internet, to little play time outside,

I'm an in-betweener, but reading the article I would def be Gen Y.  So, the oldest Gen Y you can be   People even just a few years older than me are so different from my peers.

Quote from: Natkat on July 21, 2013, 05:37:46 PM
the new kids, to much Internet, to little play time outside,

lol it's not like fearful moms are gonna let ya outside anyway, at least until 18, and then they hope ya never come back? It's not like there's more perverts than before . . . thx to media we just hear about it more?

Where I live they have a parent/child exchange program going . . . if ya don't get along with your "tyrant(s)" you can trade your room for anothers ?

Same. but instead of music, I was buried in a book.

The article falls apart for me in two places...

QuoteGeneration X are known to the Baby Boomers as alienated, poorly educated underachievers with body piercing, who have to work at McJobs, completely dwarfed and culturally overshadowed by the Baby Boomer generation.

Really? So please explain to me how we have gone from the mailbox and the telephone with dial in the early 1980's to the personal computer, laptop, iPad, iPod, smartphone, cellphone, iPhone, tablet not to mention the Internet, broadband, Skype, digital cameras with face recognition and even driverless cars and transport systems?

I'm sceptical because I'm an astrologer. I have similar dates for the generations but link the years to those the planet Pluto spends in each astrological sign.

Pluto in Cancer - 1914-1939. This for me would be the 'Home' Generation. This generation were people concerned with their homes, their homelands, their ethnicity, backgrounds. When this generation was growing up everybody had to have their own home. As a result the suburbs exploded. This was also the period in history when most of the colonies achieved their independence.

Pluto in Leo - 1939 - 1956, and partly 1957 and 1958. This was a generation of people concerned with self-expression. These are the War Babies and Baby Boomers and their motto is 'do your own thing'. This is the generation of people who are never going to grow old. As they get older they share a fanaticism about staying young. These are people who confused advertising and marketing experts because they would splurge money on whatever was important to them but skimp on everything else. This was the generation who rioted on campus and defied authority.. unless of course they were the authority.

Pluto in Virgo - 1956-1971. While the Pluto in Leo generation marched, rioted and protested against authority (a few burning bras and guitars) the Pluto in Virgo generation are more concerned with work, health and service and prefer to be behind the scenes than in the spotlight.

Around this time Uranus (the planets most astrologers associate with genius) was also in Virgo and this is the generation behind revolutionary new ways of working (such as downsizing, working from home), a focus on economies based on service, and breakthroughs in healthcare and communication technology.

Pluto in Libra - 1972-1984. This is a generation concerned generally with art, creativity, justice and partnerships such as marriage. This generation will focus more on art and creativity, it's the generation of people who are pushing for changes in laws, greater social justice and such things as marriage equality i.e gay marriages.

Pluto in Scorpio - 1984-1995. This is a generation of people interested primarily in sexual and spiritual matters. This could be the generation that comes up with the first biological revolution.

Pluto in Sagittarius - 1995-2008. This will be a generation concerned primarily with long distance travelling. Perhaps the first to place the first human on Mars?

Then there's this which I have a problem with..

QuoteGen-X thinking is cynically against the Boomers, whom they generally detest. The electronic dance scene in Europe, extreme 2nd wave feminism, narcotics and dark values are related to this generation, along with deep cynicism and no respect for institutions.

If you are looking for shady goings on, dark deals and narcotics then for me there was no better decade than the 1960's. You could argue that Neptune, the planet of illusion, being in Scorpio (1956-1971) perhaps inspired a belief among many that people could be reborn through narcotics.

Think of how many 'classic' albums from the 1960's were inspired by drugs from people such as the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. How many in this period died prematurely at the age of 27?

The 1960's was also Watergate, Vietnam, and a rising concern for pollution. Nothing was done, that needed Uranus and Pluto to follow Neptune into Scorpio.

In 1971 Neptune left Scorpio and entered Sagittarius. The period of developing albums fuelled by drugs had come to an end. One of the first hits of Neptune in Sagittarius was George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' rising to the top of the charts. The inspiration had now changed, and if you listen to 'My Sweet Lord' you cannot mistake the inspiration of Neptune in Sagittarius and an emphasis on journeys, learning and higher spiritual values.

Didn't vote cause the poll has me as the wrong generation lol.

Quote from: Fitter Admin on July 21, 2013, 06:11:32 PM
Didn't vote cause the poll has me as the wrong generation lol.

lol You losing weight? Reverting back to 'ole self? Becoming younger as you go (as opposed to 'grow')? I remember pics - where is the Admin that I once Loved So ?

Your dates give me a choice between baby boomers and gen X.  Technically I'm a boomer since my father was a WWII vet, but I've always felt I had more in common with the Gen Xers. I'm more of a child of disco than woodstock.

That being said, I think the whole notion of dividing people into generations is creating meaningless classifications.

According to these years, I'm generation Y.
1990, a 90s kid hell yeah.

Quote from: LordKAT on July 21, 2013, 04:52:55 PM
The places I read before have different dates than your survey. I was always part of the boomers, yours has me as  Gen X.


My kids are squarely in the center of Gen Y.  Go figure.

Whatever, I always was one of the in-betweens.

I was going to say exactly the same thing - my mother was  the first year of the baby boom and I was the last year of the baby boom 1962 according to the charts I have seen

my kids are Z's

I'm near the tail end of Y, but those dates have my husband in there too, when he's much more of a gen X-er, born in 79. I see having access to electronics, or being marketed at for, in childhood (video games and computers) as a pretty major cornerstone of the Y gen (having access to the internet in childhood a major part of the Z gen), and X is still just having a TV in the house as a kid.

Seems like a minor quibble, but the amount of information we were bombarded with as kids has a pretty big impact on how we interact with the world later on in life.

Quote from: JulieR on August 01, 2013, 02:23:34 PM
I am solidly a boomer, born in 1953, but I've always felt I'm on the tail end of what's usually considered boomers.  Could there be another generation or 2 that are missing?  What of hippies?  I almost was a hippie, and my older brother (born in 1951) definitely fits the "hippie" mold....

That's funny - I pretty much am a hippie - I am really far left wing - I am vegan - listen to weird music - but I am out of the wrong generation - I came too late 1962

I'm apparently Generation Z, born to Generation X, but that's where we finish fitting the generation mold.  In terms of my general generation I agree with the stereotypes laid out in the article -- which I suppose is why the stereotype is there -- but personally although yes, I'm having sex younger than other generations might have done, I'm not contributing to starting a new generation which follows sooner than any other generation has done before.  And that's not just because I'm trans, and as a straight male I can't carelessly spawn a child with my girlfriend, it goes against my whole ethos on what  I want my eventual family to be to have a kid while I'm still, in many peoples' eyes, not much more than a child myself.

Solid X here, understand the ways of the boomers so I can "work hard" and "put in my time" and now I work for a very balanced life, a life that a Gen Y stereotype would die for but with the earnings boomers would envy. 

Cynical yeah, sandwiched between a generation that is selfish and all about logging hours at the office (boomers) and those that are too lazy to put in the time in the trenches in order realize earnings and advancement in career (gen Y). 

Of course that's all stereotypical nonsense, so who cares...

According to your poll I would be a Y but I've also had other people refer to me as gen X, where the birth years end in the 1980s according to Wiki. I wouldn't be classed as a millennial having been born in 1979. I consider myself an "80s kid".

DegenerationX seems to fit the bill. I used to be despised by those of my own generation. Now that I'm over 50, suddenly my own generation accepts me.

Generation Y. Having been born in 1989 makes me a pretty solid gen-y kid no matter which source you'd look at.