I say 2009.

You mean the 80s are old???

Daahuude.

Seriously though, I've been asking myself that same question since Y2k. I think it happens 2010....

then folks like myself, will be in their 30s and *gulp* staring down 40 with the brakes on.

You mean the 80s are old???

Daahuude.

Seriously though, I've been asking myself that same question since Y2k. I think it happens 2010....

then folks like myself, will be in their 30s and *gulp* staring down 40 with the brakes on.


In the late twenty-teens I'll be almost 30!

in the next decade when the 90s generation hits their 30s.

in the next decade when the 90s generation hits their 30s.


What is the nineties generation??? I'd say 1977 to 1985. 

Actually, no.  90s gen is 1974 to 1985.

-FHF

Actually, no.  90s gen is 1974 to 1985.

-FHF


I disagee with that, I have a teacher born in '75 and she's always talking about growing up in the '80s. I think it's more 1977-1987, but it really depends on each individual. I put myself in the tail end of the 90s generation, but I'm also part of the '00s generation. Really the '90s and '00s are the same generation which is gen y of course, and '70s and '80s would be generally be gen x.

I disagee with that, I have a teacher born in '75 and she's always talking about growing up in the '80s. I think it's more 1977-1987, but it really depends on each individual. I put myself in the tail end of the 90s generation, but I'm also part of the '00s generation. Really the '90s and '00s are the same generation which is gen y of course, and '70s and '80s would be generally be gen x.


I disagree, with respect, that the 90s are more Gen Y.  The first half of the nineties, up to and including 1996 is more Gen X (I mean the nineties, with Grunge and Beavis and Butthead, is what created the moniker Gen X, but yes the eighties are Gen X too).  1997 up to now and probably up to about 2012 is the Gen Y period.  70s is definitely Boomer gen.  My parents are late boomers born between '59 and '64 (I have a stepdad), and they partially grew up in the eighties!  Seventies is definitely Baby Boomer, although the end of it. 

But it depends on the person.  I'm 1990-born and I consider myself Late Gen Y, but not Tail-end.  You wouldn't call me Gen Z would you, bbigd04?  I guess the 90s gen, at the earliest, would more be 1976-1985.  1986 or 1987 isn't the nineties generation, it's the 00s generation.  I mean, hell, these kids could of been into Power Rangers and probably wouldn't be buying records until 1997 at the earliest.  But the late 90s are part of their time, but that doesn't really count for much in my book.

On the other hand, somebody born in 1978 could hate the nineties and could of gotten into eighties music towards the end of the decade, and could squeeze in as a "Child of the Eighties".

I guess I'd say "the Time" of each gen is like this":

Pre-Silent: Born 1914-1930  Time 1933-1954
Silent:      Born 1930-1945  Time 1955-1963 (short period)
Baby Boomer: Born 1946-1964 Time 1964-1980
Gen X: Born 1965-1978 Time 1981-1996
Gen Y: Born 1979-1994 Time 1997-now+
Gen Z: Born 1995-now+

I disagree, with respect, that the 90s are more Gen Y.  The first half of the nineties, up to and including 1996 is more Gen X (I mean the nineties, with Grunge and Beavis and Butthead, is what created the moniker Gen X, but yes the eighties are Gen X too).  1997 up to now and probably up to about 2012 is the Gen Y period.  70s is definitely Boomer gen.  My parents are late boomers born between '59 and '64 (I have a stepdad), and they partially grew up in the eighties!  Seventies is definitely Baby Boomer, although the end of it. 

But it depends on the person.  I'm 1990-born and I consider myself Late Gen Y, but not Tail-end.  You wouldn't call me Gen Z would you, bbigd04?  I guess the 90s gen, at the earliest, would more be 1976-1985.  1986 or 1987 isn't the nineties generation, it's the 00s generation.  I mean, hell, these kids could of been into Power Rangers and probably wouldn't be buying records until 1997 at the earliest.  But the late 90s are part of their time, but that doesn't really count for much in my book.

On the other hand, somebody born in 1978 could hate the nineties and could of gotten into eighties music towards the end of the decade, and could squeeze in as a "Child of the Eighties".

I guess I'd say "the Time" of each gen is like this":

Pre-Silent: Born 1914-1930  Time 1933-1954
Silent:      Born 1930-1945  Time 1955-1963 (short period)
Baby Boomer: Born 1946-1964 Time 1964-1980
Gen X: Born 1965-1978 Time 1981-1996
Gen Y: Born 1979-1994 Time 1997-now+
Gen Z: Born 1995-now+


I read somewhere that generation y's  are called millenium babies, and born from 1982 - 2002.

Pre-Silent: Born 1914-1930  Time 1933-1954
Silent:      Born 1930-1945  Time 1955-1963 (short period)
Baby Boomer: Born 1946-1964 Time 1964-1980
Gen X: Born 1965-1978 Time 1981-1996
Gen Y: Born 1979-1994 Time 1997-now+
Gen Z: Born 1995-now+
I was born in 1966 and my girlfriend in 1980, does this make me an X having sex with a Y?  :D

I was born in 1966 and my girlfriend in 1980, does this make me an X having sex with a Y?  :D


It makes you a pervert.  ;D  :D

I think the dates are a little off.

Some have Gen X going from 1961 to 1981, and even 1964 to 1984.

It makes you a pervert.  ;D  :D
it's not as big an age gap as hollywood stars, look at Nick Cage and Micheal Douglas (lucky Bastard)

it's not as big an age gap as hollywood stars, look at Nick Cage and Micheal Douglas (lucky Bastard)


True  ;D  The joke was in good taste.

I disagree, with respect, that the 90s are more Gen Y.  The first half of the nineties, up to and including 1996 is more Gen X (I mean the nineties, with Grunge and Beavis and Butthead, is what created the moniker Gen X, but yes the eighties are Gen X too).  1997 up to now and probably up to about 2012 is the Gen Y period.  70s is definitely Boomer gen.  My parents are late boomers born between '59 and '64 (I have a stepdad), and they partially grew up in the eighties!  Seventies is definitely Baby Boomer, although the end of it. 

But it depends on the person.  I'm 1990-born and I consider myself Late Gen Y, but not Tail-end.  You wouldn't call me Gen Z would you, bbigd04?  I guess the 90s gen, at the earliest, would more be 1976-1985.  1986 or 1987 isn't the nineties generation, it's the 00s generation.  I mean, hell, these kids could of been into Power Rangers and probably wouldn't be buying records until 1997 at the earliest.  But the late 90s are part of their time, but that doesn't really count for much in my book.

On the other hand, somebody born in 1978 could hate the nineties and could of gotten into eighties music towards the end of the decade, and could squeeze in as a "Child of the Eighties".

I guess I'd say "the Time" of each gen is like this":

Pre-Silent: Born 1914-1930  Time 1933-1954
Silent:      Born 1930-1945  Time 1955-1963 (short period)
Baby Boomer: Born 1946-1964 Time 1964-1980
Gen X: Born 1965-1978 Time 1981-1996
Gen Y: Born 1979-1994 Time 1997-now+
Gen Z: Born 1995-now+


Gen x is not only 13 years lol, everybody tries to chop gen x into this sort of exclusive 12 year club, it's just as long as any other generation. A generation has to be around 20 years. And y does not end in 1994. And about the 90s generation, now if you're talking coming of age in the '90s, then the '90s generation is really basically the later half of gen x. But if your talking "child of the 90s", that could include anybody who spent a majority of their childhood in the 90s, I'd say anybody born up to 1990, but that's up to the individual. And like I said I am a child of the '90s and '00s, anybody born in the mid-late 80s is that way. I really don't get your argument about someone born in 1978 squeezing in as a child of the '80s because they didn't like '90s music, I experienced just as much of the '90s as they did the '80s, but they squeeze in for the the '80s and I can't squeeze in for the '90s.

Boomers- 1946-1964
Gen x- 1965-1982
Gen y- 1983-2001
Gen z- 2002-2020?

I think the dates are a little off.

Some have Gen X going from 1961 to 1981, and even 1964 to 1984.


or even 65-85. Everyone has their own definition.

What about those of us who grew up in the eighties and nineties? I don't get how a generation can be twenty years. Take my family for example: I was born in 83 and my little sister was born a decade later in 93. What do we share in common, besides blood? If GenY goes from 1980 to 2000, than that's saying I'm part of the same generation as someone born in 1997 or even 1998/99. My little sister knows as much about the nineties as I know about the eighties. I bought my first cassetes around 1990 to 91. She wasn't even conceived at that point, while I was listening to Mc Hammer, New Kids On the Block, Mettalica's Black Album, Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, etc. I believe her first album was something by Nsync, Britney Spears, or the Backstreet Boys, and that was only a few years ago. I hate just about everything these young kids are into.

What does a kid born after 1990 know about the Raccoons, Video Power, My Two Dads, Out of This World, Curly Sue, Innerspace, Three Men and a Baby, and on and on and on. I'm sorry but the life experiences are just so different, in so many ways. I'm not generation X? I remember the day Kurt's death was announced on the radio. I knew about Nirvana, I had heard their songs and seen their videos. I watched Mtv during the height of grunge, listened to the hits of the day on the radio. Someone born in 1990 was learning their ABCs and listening to Raffi when Kurt shot himself.

What about those of us who grew up in the eighties and nineties? I don't get how a generation can be twenty years. Take my family for example: I was born in 83 and my little sister was born a decade later in 93. What do we share in common, besides blood? If GenY goes from 1980 to 2000, than that's saying I'm part of the same generation as someone born in 1997 or even 1998/99. My little sister knows as much about the nineties as I know about the eighties. I bought my first cassetes around 1990 to 91. She wasn't even conceived at that point, while I was listening to Mc Hammer, New Kids On the Block, Mettalica's Black Album, Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, etc. I believe her first album was something by Nsync, Britney Spears, or the Backstreet Boys, and that was only a few years ago. I hate just about everything these young kids are into.

What does a kid born after 1990 know about the Raccoons, Video Power, My Two Dads, Out of This World, Curly Sue, Innerspace, Three Men and a Baby, and on and on and on. I'm sorry but the life experiences are just so different, in so many ways. I'm not generation X? I remember the day Kurt's death was announced on the radio. I knew about Nirvana, I had heard their songs and seen their videos. I watched Mtv during the height of grunge, listened to the hits of the day on the radio. Someone born in 1990 was learning their ABCs and listening to Raffi when Kurt shot himself.



Well I feel the same way about being in the same generation as someone born lets say in 1997, but there are always be many differences between those born in the early part of a generation and those born toward the end. You were born in early gen y, so you probably have more things in common with late gen xers than late gen y of course.

What about those of us who grew up in the eighties and nineties? I don't get how a generation can be twenty years. Take my family for example: I was born in 83 and my little sister was born a decade later in 93. What do we share in common, besides blood? If GenY goes from 1980 to 2000, than that's saying I'm part of the same generation as someone born in 1997 or even 1998/99. My little sister knows as much about the nineties as I know about the eighties. I bought my first cassetes around 1990 to 91. She wasn't even conceived at that point, while I was listening to Mc Hammer, New Kids On the Block, Mettalica's Black Album, Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, etc. I believe her first album was something by Nsync, Britney Spears, or the Backstreet Boys, and that was only a few years ago. I hate just about everything these young kids are into.

What does a kid born after 1990 know about the Raccoons, Video Power, My Two Dads, Out of This World, Curly Sue, Innerspace, Three Men and a Baby, and on and on and on. I'm sorry but the life experiences are just so different, in so many ways. I'm not generation X? I remember the day Kurt's death was announced on the radio. I knew about Nirvana, I had heard their songs and seen their videos. I watched Mtv during the height of grunge, listened to the hits of the day on the radio. Someone born in 1990 was learning their ABCs and listening to Raffi when Kurt shot himself.



So you're saying I (a 1990er) is Gen Z??  Sorry but I don't share anything in common with people born after 1994.  Infact I share little in common with people born in '94 itself.  My friends are all born from '87 to '93. 

But I don't think you're saying that. I think you're saying a gen can't be twenty years.  I agree (well for cultural not biological gens).  In my opinion Generation Y is 1979-81 to 1992-1995, depending on the person.  1978-1983 I guess is a transitional from X to Y and 1993-1995 is a transitional from Y to Z. 

I'm DEFINITELY a Gen Y in my opinion.  9/11, South Park, Chapelle's Show, Britney Spears (yes my bro had their cd in '99 and I did like it at the time).  I remember Tamagotchis, Pokemon, Furbys.  Among countless other things.  Hell, I even got some 80s in me in the form of holdovers and hand-me-downs. I'm not exactly proud of being a Yer but it's better than being Z. 

I say if you remember the world before 9/11 well than you're Y, if not you're Z. That line is about 1994 or 1995.

But I do think people born in '86 and before have a different view on time than me.  Perhaps even '87 and before.  Because after all I can remember almost nothing of anything before 1994.

well, I think as you get older your generation widens. Consider that someone born in 1947 is technically in the same generation as someone born in 1961. However, generally speaking these will have more in common than a person born in 1970 or later.

So you may not think you have much in common with a someone born post 1994, but give it a few years. You're only 15(14) and your generation has yet to define itself to such apoint where you can see links or not.

well, I think as you get older your generation widens. Consider that someone born in 1947 is technically in the same generation as someone born in 1961. However, generally speaking these will have more in common than a person born in 1970 or later.

So you may not think you have much in common with a someone born post 1994, but give it a few years. You're only 15(14) and your generation has yet to define itself to such apoint where you can see links or not.




I guess it depends on how long Post-Millenium culture is around.

You said "9/11, South Park, Chapelle's Show, Britney Spears (yes my bro had their cd in '99 and I did like it at the time).  I remember Tamagotchis, Pokemon, Furbys."

Well, for me the nineties was about none of this stuff. Let me give you a picture of what the nineties was like for me. When I went to school all the guys would imitate Beavis and Butthead. It was during the height of their popularity. I even remember getting my first glimpse of the terrible two as a short on Liquid Television (1991), this was before Beavis and Butthead became it's own series. 

I had arguments with my dad about the O.J. Simpson trial, I thought he was innocent because he was an athlete and because I loved the Naked Gun movies. I bet someone born after 1990 knows and remembers little about what was the trial of the century and a historic milestone, while I remember watching the news coverage of the White Bronco speeding away from police.

I met the first Bush while he was still president. Friend's of my family had some sort of connections either with the military or government. Somehow we got to go along with them to greet Air Force One when it touched down in Phoenix. I have pictures of the plane, of me and my best friend and our families shaking the hand of the George Bush Sr. I'll scan the photos later when I get access to a scanner.

Go through all the historical events that shaped the nineties, and ask yourself 'do you remember any of them? Do you remember the first election? Do you remember Ross Perot? What does 'Read My Lips, No New Taxes' mean to you? How about the Oklahoma City Bombing, the first Gulf War, finding out Magic had Aids? I remember watching an ad for this public service video with Arsenio Hall and Magic Johnson called ""Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You".

I remember when I was much younger, my dad would usually let me and my sister stay up with him to watch Night Court. This happened all the time when we slept at his house, it was a nice treat for us.

And I have alot more stories I could tell. The point is that all my stories are very, very, very different  from those of younger Gen Y. I also have a sister who's three years older than me. We share our whole lives together, grew up together. She would introduce me to new music, new trends, new fashion. Having an older sibling helps put you ahead of the curve. You emulate them a little, look up to them and their friends, who are sort of an example for you.

My little sister (born in 93) is now going through elementary school (grade five or six I think), while I'm going into my third year of college and my older sister already has her degree and is marching into her career path.

You said "9/11, South Park, Chapelle's Show, Britney Spears (yes my bro had their cd in '99 and I did like it at the time). I remember Tamagotchis, Pokemon, Furbys."



I never said I saw these things as nineties, in fact to me they were the precursors to the 2000s.  I was just saying that I think I'm a true Yer, whether that's a good thing or not.  Yes, except for Beavis and Butthead I have little firsthand experience of that stuff (although I remember Saved by The Bell vaguely and when arcades were still popular). 

So you're saying that to 1991 and up, the 90s is "before their time"?  That sounds about right.  I'm 1990, so I know the nineties a bit.  But yeah, the OJ Trial was more sometime I remember from talk later than remembering it actually happen (although I can remember some things from 94-95).  To be honest, the first big news thing that meant anything to me was the Princess Diana death in 1997 or early '98.

90s were definitely an interesting decade. To me, the 90s didn't become the 90s until Clinton became president. Just my opinion.

But there were many significant events in the 90s...that were tragic and mindboggling.

When OJ made his Bronco run, I was a bus boy at a Holiday Inn. I remeber seeing on a 100 inch t.v. we had at the hotel, his uh high speed getaway.

90s were definitely an interesting decade. To me, the 90s didn't become the 90s until Clinton became president. Just my opinion.

But there were many significant events in the 90s...that were tragic and mindboggling.

When OJ made his Bronco run, I was a bus boy at a Holiday Inn. I remeber seeing on a 100 inch t.v. we had at the hotel, his uh high speed getaway.




Yeah, I've always seen the first couple years of the nineties (90, and to a lesser extent 91) as more a holdoff of the 80s.

I'm on the line of Gen X and Y, having been born in late 1981. Like I've said on here before, I truly can say I was born at a definite "crossroads" considering what to start calling "my time."

To be honest though, I think I could say my time was both the 80's and 90's/now. If I was 8 when the decade changed. However, if we're simply going on the time of birth alone -- and not personal tastes, etc -- it's probably more 90's. I was trying to think if the "average" person born in 1981/82 (late in the year, so I'm rounding up!) would have more in common, experience-wise with someone born in 1977/78 or 1985/86.

I was just thinking of High School (hence the 4 years). When I was a Freshman, I think I had alot more in common with the then-seniors (born around '78) as far as tastes went, but when I was a senior, I had more in common with the then-Freshmen (b. 1985) as far as general personality, but less with culture/music/movies, etc.

We didn't really have the Internet then, but I do recall around 1994, hearing the Eddie Money song "Take me Home Tonight" on a classic rock station. At first I thought, How could this be? I remember when this came out a few years ago! But I then considered that a kid who was like, 9 or 10 (I was 12) wouldn't have remembered hearing it in 1986 when it was new. So even then, I knew what it was like to feel "old" in a certain sense, LOL! :D


Having an older sibling helps put you ahead of the curve. You emulate them a little, look up to them and their friends, who are sort of an example for you.


I agree with this. In my case (was an only child), I can thank my parents for putting "ahead of the game" so to speak. I still remember riding around in the car with them (mom in particular) listening to the radio, or when we'd go to the mall to get new tapes, etc. H*ll, my dad was already in his 40's at the time and he liked a bit of the culture too, so the idea that a kid is "supposed" to not like their parents/older generation's stuff seemed totally foreign to me, LOL.

Most of the other kids I knew -- either kids of my folks' friends, or my classmates -- seemed to be into music, Nintendo games and all, so that never once struck me as different or anything. Around 1989/90, movies could be added to the list too.

In any event, I think since the shift from the 90's to the 2000's is less subtle than the 80's to the 90's, it'll take longer for the 90's to be thought of as retro or old. For instance, a kid today might make fun of a style from 1993, but that's more because of the length of time ago, as opposed to the style itself.

The opposite could be said for the early 90's. In 1993, something from 4 years ago could be easily remembered, so if you wore something from 1989, they weren't so much making fun of how long ago it was, but it was more to announce that the 90's culture was "in", if that makes sense.

I disagee with that, I have a teacher born in '75 and she's always talking about growing up in the '80s. I think it's more 1977-1987, but it really depends on each individual. I put myself in the tail end of the 90s generation, but I'm also part of the '00s generation. Really the '90s and '00s are the same generation which is gen y of course, and '70s and '80s would be generally be gen x.


Yeah I was born in 1975, and I feel more at home with the 80s too.  But I doubt your teacher hates the 90s.  I know I never did, I've always thought the 90s were pretty cool.  It just didn't have that magic, comfy feeling of home the way the 80s did, but it was still a pretty cool decade to come of age in.   Most of our teenage life was spent in the early and mid 1990s, so I don't hate the decade. 

It's just that if you spent ages 4 to 14 in the 80s, and then ages 14 to 24 in the 90s....both decades were your youth, but which time would feel more like your "growing up" years?  The 80s would, I did more growing up growing up then.  The 90s were more about high school and college, it wasn't the same as the 80s.

I don't know when my generation starts and ends.  I see everyone born in the 70s as my generation, and people born in the late 60s too.  Though Surprisingly, I find that I do tend to have a lot in common with people born in the early 80s too.  Early 80s people still know a lot about what I grew up with, so they get all my 80s jokes and pop cultural refrences, despite being 4, 5 to 7 years younger then me.  They still know what I'm talking about and don't look at me funny if I crack a joke about Mr. T, Boy George, New Kids, The Transformers or Rocky IV.  I always thought someone born around 1981 would have been way too young to remember some of those things, but they remember way more then I thought they would.  It's these kids born in the mid 80s that are noticeably different.  I talk to them and their like "Huh?"  "Who, what, where?"   A kid born in 1985 is more of a pure Gen Yer.         

Yeah I was born in 1975, and I feel more at home with the 80s too.  But I doubt your teacher hates the 90s.  I know I never did, I've always thought the 90s were pretty cool.  It just didn't have that magic, comfy feeling of home the way the 80s did, but it was still a pretty cool decade to come of age in.   Most of our teenage life was spent in the early and mid 1990s, so I don't hate the decade. 

It's just that if you spent ages 4 to 14 in the 80s, and then ages 14 to 24 in the 90s....both decades were your youth, but which time would feel more like your "growing up" years?  The 80s would, I did more growing up growing up then.  The 90s were more about high school and college, it wasn't the same as the 80s.

I don't know when my generation starts and ends.  I see everyone born in the 70s as my generation, and people born in the late 60s too.  Though Surprisingly, I find that I do tend to have a lot in common with people born in the early 80s too.  Early 80s people still know a lot about what I grew up with, so they get all my 80s jokes and pop cultural refrences, despite being 4, 5 to 7 years younger then me.  They still know what I'm talking about and don't look at me funny if I crack a joke about Mr. T, Boy George, New Kids, The Transformers or Rocky IV.  I always thought someone born around 1981 would have been way too young to remember some of those things, but they remember way more then I thought they would.  It's these kids born in the mid 80s that are noticeably different.  I talk to them and their like "Huh?"  "Who, what, where?"   A kid born in 1985 is more of a pure Gen Yer.         


That is very true about the 90s.  They were cool and all, but although I wasn't around in the 80s the 90s simply weren't magical the way the 1980s were.  At least it seems that way to me.  The 90s, old school yes, but there wasn't the buzz the 80s had.  It doesn't feel the way today does and it's not an ugly atmosphere like now but it's not magical the way the 80s air is. 

I don't think the 90s is a Gen Y decade though.  90s is more X in my opinion, well up to about 1996.  1997 and on is more Gen Y, 1995 and 96 are sorta transitional in that early 80s kids were young teens by then but the 70s kids weren't yet mature adults.  1990-94 is Gen X and really inhabited by the same generation the 80s was although it was noticeably different from 1984 or even 1988.

Kids born after 1983 really seem to not know the 80s at all.  83ers seem to think of the 1988-1990 period as the whole 80s the way kids born from about 1988-1993 think the 90s is just 1998-2001.

That is very true about the 90s.  They were cool and all, but although I wasn't around in the 80s the 90s simply weren't magical the way the 1980s were.  At least it seems that way to me.  The 90s, old school yes, but there wasn't the buzz the 80s had.  It doesn't feel the way today does and it's not an ugly atmosphere like now but it's not magical the way the 80s air is. 

I don't think the 90s is a Gen Y decade though.  90s is more X in my opinion, well up to about 1996.  1997 and on is more Gen Y, 1995 and 96 are sorta transitional in that early 80s kids were young teens by then but the 70s kids weren't yet mature adults.  1990-94 is Gen X and really inhabited by the same generation the 80s was although it was noticeably different from 1984 or even 1988.

Kids born after 1983 really seem to not know the 80s at all.  83ers seem to think of the 1988-1990 period as the whole 80s the way kids born from about 1988-1993 think the 90s is just 1998-2001.

well i was born in 1988 but i like a lot of 80's and 90's stuff then then most of the stuff we have now i still dress like it's the 90's in a way i still still wear baggy pants but i think the 90's rellay ended in 2002 just because thats the last time i would buy a CD that was good and still sounded 90's this si show the 90's go 4 me 1992 2002 lol

If you watch Total Recall, you'll see a major fashion change. Watch Billy Madison. Nobody wears those tight jeans and big Nike shoes with the tongue sticking out anymore. Nobody has that really dorky pony-tail hair for boys anymore. Nobody tucks in their shirts anymore. Billy Madison is a good example of fashion change over the course of ten years. What's with those backwards caps? OUTDATED!

Here is my idea of how the generations are mapped out:

Pre-Silent (Builder):  1901-1927      Time:  1914-1928
Silent:  1929-1945                        Time:  1936-1953
Boomer:  1946-1964                     Time:  1954-1978
Generation X:  1965-1982              Time:  1974-1990
Generation Y:  1983-1998              Time:  1997-2012
Generation Z:  1999+                    Time:  2007+

If you watch Total Recall, you'll see a major fashion change. Watch Billy Madison. Nobody wears those tight jeans and big Nike shoes with the tongue sticking out anymore. Nobody has that really dorky pony-tail hair for boys anymore. Nobody tucks in their shirts anymore. Billy Madison is a good example of fashion change over the course of ten years. What's with those backwards caps? OUTDATED!


The backward cap thing probably is outdated.  I don't see any teenagers wearing that style.  But I do see many 25 year olds that are probably still stuck in 1995 thinking that backward cap style is still cool.

Did anyone ever tuck in their shirts though?  It was never cool to tuck in your shirt.  Unless you are talking about the current style of leaving your dress shirt tail out.  That's more of a in the moment fashion that will probably look stupid by 2009.