Is it people who were born in the 90s, people who were kids in the 90s, or people who went to/graduated high school in the 90s? I'm sorry if i ask a question like this. I don't mean to irritate anyone. It's just I have seen this on Facebook and a few other sites and some people said that 90s kids are not the 90s generation. I'm confused about this.

Here is a link someone talking about it.

http://www.amirite.com/748099-90s-kids-are-not-the-90s-generation-your-generation-is-considered-your-high-school-years-so-the

Here is another one

https://www.facebook.com/90sBabiesOnly/photos/a.289855911116351.49980.289540911147851/530570707044869/?type=1

No, The Who were the 60s generation.  It was theirs in 1965

No, The Who were the 60s generation.  It was theirs in 1965
Are you talkin' about my generation?

Are you talkin' about my generation?


I am, one which I can see for miles

I am, one which I can see for miles
But we wouldn't get fooled again.

I am not part of the 90s generation. This one is clear. I was too young...

The '90s generation' are probably those who were in their late teens/20s/early 30s in the 90s. Roundabout 1960/65-80.

Was it the same for the generation of the 1890's?

I am not part of the 90s generation. This one is clear. I was too young...

The '90s generation' are probably those who were in their late teens/20s/early 30s in the 90s. Roundabout 1960/65-80.

I think you are right because if that was the case, I would part of the 00s generation. As for late teens, do you mean 16-19 or 15-17?



Was it the same for the generation of the 1890's?
No, just the 1990s. The 1890s generation would have been the people enjoying the culture of the Old West days.


No, The Who were the 60s generation.  It was theirs in 1965
Hahaha. good one ;)

No, just the 1990s. The 1890s generation would have been the people enjoying the culture of the Old West days.

Not all were enjoying the culture of the Old West days, how about those in the east?

Not all were enjoying the culture of the Old West days, how about those in the east?
They may have had their own. but I have read history text books and most of the time, it is never mentioned what other culture was there during the 1890s or before.

They may have had their own. but I have read history text books and most of the time, it is never mentioned what other culture was there during the 1890s or before.
Did it mention the Victorian culture in Great Britain?

Did it mention the Victorian culture in Great Britain?


Victorian culture was very much part of America too!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_America

Did it mention the Victorian culture in Great Britain?
I think they did, but I dont remember since I havent read a history textbook for a few years.

As for late teens, do you mean 16-19 or 15-17?


16-19 IMO, however I don't think that 80s birth years belong to it, so teenagers of the late 90s do not count.

If you were born before 1987, I doubt you would remember all of the 90s.

I was born in '88 and my earliest memory was in the spring of 1991, I was about 2 and a half years old!

16-19 IMO, however I don't think that 80s birth years belong to it, so teenagers of the late 90s do not count.
Would you consider it the people who went to high school during that time?


If you were born before 1987, I doubt you would remember all of the 90s.

I was born in '88 and my earliest memory was in the spring of 1991, I was about 2 and a half years old!
Do you mean after?

The 1890s generation would have been the people enjoying the culture of the Old West days.

and the people riding on horses.

and the people riding on horses.
I forgot about that. They used horses as transportation until cars were invented.

Would you consider it the people who went to high school during that time?
Do you mean after?


Yes.

and the people riding on horses.
That sounds like stereotyping.

I forgot about that. They used horses as transportation until cars were invented.
From knowledge gained of the Old West, not everyone could own a horse. 1886 is regarded the year of birth of the modern automobile, but that was in Germany. Trains were available for transportation. The Reno Brothers started train robberies in 1866.

I forgot about that. They used horses as transportation until cars were invented.



horses were a source of transportation back in those days.

horses were a source of transportation back in those days.
Legs were available too.

Was it the same for the generation of the 1890's?


The famous 1890s war of "No we are not an 1890s generation/ Yes we are the 1890s generation"

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/Combat_de_marracuene.jpg

The final score was 7 to 5, in ten innings.

The famous 1890s war of "No we are not an 1890s generation/ Yes we are the 1890s generation"

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/Combat_de_marracuene.jpg

The final score was 7 to 5, in ten innings.
Is Major Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier featured in this painting?

Is Major Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier featured in this painting?


Should he have been?
Was Major Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier more of an 1880s generation guy, or 1890s? or 1870s?

Should he have been?
Was Major Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier more of an 1880s generation guy, or 1890s? or 1870s?
Being born in 1852, would he be a 1860s generation guy?

Being born in 1852, would he be a 1860s generation guy?


Maybe, but remember..

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6460315648/h21EFBF57/

Now this is getting confusing...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VYijezbpiOU/TncsCAVkKMI/AAAAAAAABJI/cjQKUkJgges/s1600/IMG_0366.JPG

...2011 being 1860 kids, the days when kids were slaves to their parents.

Now this is getting confusing...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VYijezbpiOU/TncsCAVkKMI/AAAAAAAABJI/cjQKUkJgges/s1600/IMG_0366.JPG

...2011 being 1860 kids, the days when kids were slaves to their parents.
Child on the right... stop picking your nose!

Legs were available too.


they did a lot of walking for exercise.

Now this is getting confusing...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VYijezbpiOU/TncsCAVkKMI/AAAAAAAABJI/cjQKUkJgges/s1600/IMG_0366.JPG

...2011 being 1860 kids, the days when kids were slaves to their parents.


that was well over 150 years ago.

they did a lot of walking for exercise.
Walked long distances, even Charles Dickens wrote about this in his novels.

that was well over 150 years ago.
Teaching them how to be slaves.

From knowledge gained of the Old West, not everyone could own a horse. 1886 is regarded the year of birth of the modern automobile, but that was in Germany. Trains were available for transportation. The Reno Brothers started train robberies in 1866.
I actually forgot they had trains in old west. thank you for reminding me. Did they also have lots of train robberies?

I actually forgot they had trains in old west. thank you for reminding me. Did they also have lots of train robberies?


Wasn't there a Great Train Robbery? ???

I actually forgot they had trains in old west. thank you for reminding me. Did they also have lots of train robberies?


The Reno Brothers did lots of train robberies.

Wasn't there a Great Train Robbery? ???
Famous train robberies

Great Gold Robbery of 1855, United Kingdom - France (1855)
Union Pacific Big Springs robbery, California, USA (1877)
Canyon Diablo Train Robbery, Arizona, USA (1889)
Fairbank Train Robbery, Arizona, USA (1900)
Rogów raid, Poland (1906)
Bezdany raid, Lithuania (1908)
Baxter's Curve Train Robbery, Texas, USA (1912)
Kakori Train Robbery, India (1925)
Japeri Train Robbery, Brazil (1960)
Great Train Robbery, United Kingdom (1963)
Sallins Train Robbery, Ireland (1976)

Wasn't there a Great Train Robbery? ???
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The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent short Western film written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter. At ten minutes long, it is considered a milestone in film making, expanding on Porter's previous work Life of an American Fireman. The film used a number of innovative techniques including composite editing, camera movement and on location shooting. The film is also the first to introduce the technique of cross cutting, in which two scenes appear to occur simultaneously but in different locations. Some prints were also hand colored in certain scenes.

The Great Train Robbery was directed and photographed by Edwin S. Porter, a former Edison Studios cameraman. Actors in the movie included Alfred C. Abadie, Broncho Billy Anderson and Justus D. Barnes, although there were no credits. Though a Western, it was filmed in Milltown, New Jersey. In 1990, The Great Train Robbery was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Famous train robberies

Great Gold Robbery of 1855, United Kingdom - France (1855)
Union Pacific Big Springs robbery, California, USA (1877)
Canyon Diablo Train Robbery, Arizona, USA (1889)
Fairbank Train Robbery, Arizona, USA (1900)
Rogów raid, Poland (1906)
Bezdany raid, Lithuania (1908)
Baxter's Curve Train Robbery, Texas, USA (1912)
Kakori Train Robbery, India (1925)
Japeri Train Robbery, Brazil (1960)
Great Train Robbery, United Kingdom (1963)
Sallins Train Robbery, Ireland (1976)
Damn, the US trains were robbed more than trains in other countries.

Damn, the US trains were robbed more than trains in other countries.
All down to the vastness of the country, areas are desolate.

All down to the vastness of the country, areas are desolate.
You mean when most areas were empty?

You mean when most areas were empty?
The wilds of Utah, Arizona, etc.

The wilds of Utah, Arizona, etc.
Ahh now I see. Yeah, During most of the old west, Almost the whole west was huge desert. Can you believe how much water they had to drink to not stay thirsty?

Ahh now I see. Yeah, During most of the old west, Almost the whole west was huge desert.
Before the towns and cities were built, Las Vegas was founded in 1905

Before the towns and cities were built, Las Vegas was founded in 1905
So it is 109 years old. Thats a long time.

Can you believe how much water they had to drink to not stay thirsty?
Fresh water was a rarity, so drinking prepared drinks was healthier, so the bars did a good trade in alcoholic drinks, like whiskey.

Shall we talk about the 1790s now? French Revolution time! Robespierre, Louis XVI and all that

Shall we talk about the 1790s now? French Revolution time! Robespierre, Louis XVI and all that
The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 that profoundly affected French and modern history, marking the decline of powerful monarchies and churches and the rise of democracy and nationalism. Popular resentment of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and aristocracy grew amidst an economic crisis following two expensive wars and years of bad harvests, motivating demands for change. These were couched in terms of Enlightenment ideals and caused the convocation of the Estates-General in May 1789. The first year of the Revolution saw members of the Third Estate proclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June, the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and a march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October. The next few years were dominated by struggles between various liberal assemblies and right-wing supporters of 90s generation of the monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms. A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI, a 60s generation, was executed the next year.

http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0370-french-revolution.php

A member of the 1790s generation can be seen on the far left, wishing he was younger so that he would not be executed.

http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0370-french-revolution.php

A member of the 1790s generation can be seen on the far left, wishing he was younger so that he would not be executed.
Rats!!!! The picture did not work...

Shall we talk about the 1790s now? French Revolution time! Robespierre, Louis XVI and all that
I think it was more wine than water that was drunk in France at the time.

Famous train robberies

Great Gold Robbery of 1855, United Kingdom - France (1855)
Union Pacific Big Springs robbery, California, USA (1877)
Canyon Diablo Train Robbery, Arizona, USA (1889)
Fairbank Train Robbery, Arizona, USA (1900)
Rogów raid, Poland (1906)
Bezdany raid, Lithuania (1908)
Baxter's Curve Train Robbery, Texas, USA (1912)
Kakori Train Robbery, India (1925)
Japeri Train Robbery, Brazil (1960)
Great Train Robbery, United Kingdom (1963)
Sallins Train Robbery, Ireland (1976)


were there train robberies in the 90's?

Shall we talk about the 1790s now? French Revolution time! Robespierre, Louis XVI and all that


How about Napoleon?

How about Napoleon?
Which Napoleon?

Which Napoleon?


The only one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-eafUBULWA

Which Napoleon?


Bonaparte.

Bonaparte.
Which one, there are four of them:

Napoleon Charles Bonaparte (1802–1807), prince of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte (1804–1831), King of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891), son of Napoleon I's brother Jerome
Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte (1839–1899), grandson of Napoleon I's brother Lucien

Bonaparte.
The famous Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769, so is he of 90s generation?

The only one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-eafUBULWA
I have always liked the flip-side to this.

Have any of you seen the battle between Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon Dynamite? It's hilarious.

Which one, there are four of them:

Napoleon Charles Bonaparte (1802–1807), prince of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte (1804–1831), King of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891), son of Napoleon I's brother Jerome
Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte (1839–1899), grandson of Napoleon I's brother Lucien


There were 4 of them?  :o

The famous Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769, so is he of 90s generation?


1700's generation.

There were 4 of them?  :o
5 of them!


The famous Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769, so is he of 90s generation?

Which one, there are four of them:

Napoleon Charles Bonaparte (1802–1807), prince of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte (1804–1831), King of Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis
Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891), son of Napoleon I's brother Jerome
Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte (1839–1899), grandson of Napoleon I's brother Lucien

Is this Generation Y or Generation Why?

Is this Generation Y or Generation Why?
Anything to do with the Y Chromosome?

Is this Generation Y or Generation Why?


Generation Z.

Generation Z.
Is there a Z Generation?

Generation Z.
There again, is there a W Generation?

Is there a Z Generation?


I believe so.

A is ~2006 and younger.
Z is ~1994 and younger.
Y is ~1982 and younger.

A is ~2006 and younger.
Z is ~1994 and younger.
Y is ~1982 and younger.


What is Generation X?

What is Generation X?
The generation that wants to be on The X Factor?

What is Generation X?


Earlier than 1982... 1970?

Earlier than 1982... 1970?
So Napoleon Bonaparte is not Generation X?

Earlier than 1982... 1970?


I think you're right.

So Napoleon Bonaparte is not Generation X?


He was. 1970+ is Gen X Reloaded.

He was. 1970+ is Gen X Reloaded.
Even Adam and Eve?

He was. 1970+ is Gen X Reloaded.


But he was born in the 1700's.

He was. 1970+ is Gen X Reloaded.
Should it read 1970- if the person is older?

Yes, or <1970

But he was born in the 1700's.


He is the original Gen X. You are Gen X reloaded.

Should it read 1970- if the person is older?


Yes I believe it should.

He is the original Gen X. You are Gen X reloaded.


Why are we "reloaded"? ???

Why are we "reloaded"? ???


Because you are part of the new X.

Why are we "reloaded"? ???
I have just reloaded, I have just had dinner.

He is the original Gen X. You are Gen X reloaded.
Reloaded as in "The Matrix"?

He was. 1970+ is Gen X Reloaded.
I would say Napoleon Bonaparte is more than +?

Because you are part of the new X.


Should we be the old X?

He was. 1970+ is Gen X Reloaded.
...or in Napoleon's case Génération X Reloaded.

Should we be the old X?
I feel old...

Should we be the old X?
Ex or X?

...or in Napoleon's case Génération X Reloaded.


Napoleon was also in a comedy film.

I feel old...


you're not as old as you feel.

Napoleon was also in a comedy film.
Do you mean the film Beethoven?

Napoleon was also in a comedy film.
Napoleon Dynamite?

Napoleon was also in a comedy film.
There is a film Napoléon, a 1927 epic silent French film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of Napoleon's early years. On screen, the title is Napoléon vu par Abel Gance, meaning "Napoleon as seen by Abel Gance". The film is recognised as a masterwork of fluid camera motion, produced in a time when most camera shots were static. Many innovative techniques were used to make the film, including fast cutting, extensive close-ups, a wide variety of hand-held camera shots, location shooting, point of view shots, multiple-camera setups, multiple exposure, superimposition, underwater camera, kaleidoscopic images, film tinting, split screen and mosaic shots, multi-screen projection, and other visual effects. A revival of Napoléon in the mid-1950s influenced the filmmakers of the French New Wave.

About 30 years ago I saw this film.

Napoleon was also in a comedy film.
Kubrick fans and film buffs have wondered about the director’s mysterious unmade film on Napoleon Bonaparte. Slated for production immediately following the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick’s "Napoleon" was to be at once a character study and a sweeping epic, replete with grandiose battle scenes featuring thousands of extras. To write his original screenplay, Kubrick embarked on two years of intensive research; with the help of dozens of assistants and an Oxford Napoleon specialist, he amassed an unparalleled trove of research and preproduction material, including approximately 15,000 location scouting photographs and 17,000 slides of Napoleonic imagery. No stone was left unturned in Kubrick’s nearly-obsessive quest to uncover every piece of information history had to offer about Napoleon. But alas, Kubrick’s movie was not destined to be: the film studios, first M.G.M. and then United Artists, decided such an undertaking was too risky at a time when historical epics were out of fashion.

Do you mean the film Beethoven?


I think it was Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WkKZJVG5wTk/TTvDHvLFjmI/AAAAAAAC-5g/E2XJiP_ePOI/s1600/MovieQuiz_1282-01.jpg

Napoleon Dynamite?


Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

I think it was Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WkKZJVG5wTk/TTvDHvLFjmI/AAAAAAAC-5g/E2XJiP_ePOI/s1600/MovieQuiz_1282-01.jpg
Played by James Tolkan, Napoleon was also featured in Woody Allen's "Love and Death".

I think it was Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WkKZJVG5wTk/TTvDHvLFjmI/AAAAAAAC-5g/E2XJiP_ePOI/s1600/MovieQuiz_1282-01.jpg
Alain Chabat can be seen as Napoleon Bonaparte in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian".

Alain Chabat can be seen as Napoleon Bonaparte in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian".


You mean this guy who played Napoleon? ^

You mean this guy who played Napoleon? ^
Alain Chabat as Napoleon Bonaparte

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121102120407/la-nuit-au-muse/fr/images/2/2d/Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte.png

Alain Chabat as Napoleon Bonaparte

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121102120407/la-nuit-au-muse/fr/images/2/2d/Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte.png


What about the other guy who portrayed Napoleon?

What about the other guy who portrayed Napoleon?
Which other guy?

Which other guy?


the guy who played Napoleon in Bill And Ted.

the guy who played Napoleon in Bill And Ted.
Terry Camilleri?

Terry Camilleri?


Yes that guy. Is he actually French?

Yes that guy. Is he actually French?
Terry Camilleri (born 1949) is an Australian actor born in Malta.

What about the other guy who portrayed Napoleon?
The British actor Ian Holm played Napoleon in Terry Gilliam's "The Time Bandits".

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YLZ8gi-K1y8/T_MzT0b8MjI/AAAAAAAABR4/mB2Sf8u4v6M/s1600/napoleon.jpg

How about Napoleon?
It was yesterday April 11th, in 1814 that Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba.

Several alternative names have been proposed by various people: Generation We, Global Generation, Generation Next and the Net Generation. Millennials are sometimes also called Echo Boomers, referring to the generation's size relative to the Baby Boomer generation and due to the significant increase in birth rates during the 1980s and into the 1990s. In the United States, birth rates peaked in 1990 and a 20th-century trend toward smaller families in developed countries continued.

Is this the end of Napoleon?

http://www.mrodenberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Napoleons-Tomb.jpg

How about Napoleon?
Is Marie Antoinette 90s generation?

Is Marie Antoinette 90s generation?


No, she isn't.

No, she isn't.
American sociologist Kathleen Shaputis labeled Millennials as the boomerang generation or Peter Pan generation, because of the members' perceived tendency for delaying some rites of passage into adulthood, for longer periods than most generations before them. These labels were also a reference to a trend toward members living with their parents for longer periods than previous generations.

The 2011 publication "The Generation X Report", based on annual surveys used in the Longitudinal Study of today's adults, finds that Gen Xers, who are defined in the report as people born between 1961 and 1981, are highly educated, active, balanced, happy and family oriented. The study dispels the materialistic, slacker, disenfranchised stereotype associated with youth in the 1970 and 80s. Various questions and responses from approximately 4,000 people who were surveyed each year from 1987 through 2010 made up the study. Clive Thompson, writing in Wired magazine in 2014 claimed that the differences between Generation X and its predecessors, and followers had been over-hyped, quoting Kali Trzesniewski, a scholar of life-span changes as saying, "Despite constant handwringing over generational shifts, the basic personality metrics of Americans have remained remarkably stable for decades." Thompson concluded, "The real pattern here isn’t any big cultural shift. It’s a much more venerable algo­rithm: How middle-aged folks freak out over niggling cultural differences between themselves and twentysomethings."

No, she isn't.
How is Marie Antoinette defined?

Is it people who were born in the 90s, people who were kids in the 90s, or people who went to/graduated high school in the 90s? I'm sorry if i ask a question like this. I don't mean to irritate anyone. It's just I have seen this on Facebook and a few other sites and some people said that 90s kids are not the 90s generation. I'm confused about this.

Here is a link someone talking about it.

http://www.amirite.com/748099-90s-kids-are-not-the-90s-generation-your-generation-is-considered-your-high-school-years-so-the

Here is another one

https://www.facebook.com/90sBabiesOnly/photos/a.289855911116351.49980.289540911147851/530570707044869/?type=1


I think it applies to those born in the late 60s / early 70s who spent their 20s in the 90s.

I was 1990-1996 I was teenager and then I was an adult for the most part late 90s to early 00s.  :)

If you were in your teens/early twenties in the 90s.  Basically "Generation X."  GenXers were to 90s culture what Millennials are to the late 2000s-early 10s.

If you were in your teens/early twenties in the 90s.  Basically "Generation X."  GenXers were to 90s culture what Millennials are to the late 2000s-early 10s.


I thought people born before 1980 were Generation X? ???

In an attempt to make a legit, non-smart*ss answer to the OP (despite being months ago now, I see someone bumped it)...

Obviously anyone can like something, including stuff from before you're born/before you remember, and there's sometimes adults over 25/over 30 or even over 40 who can still be into current pop culture... but generally speaking when someone talks about "their time" I think it can mean Elementary but especially middle/high school and college years. Like age 8-10 to 25.

So if you're applying that to the entire 90s and talking about children, teens and early 20somethings, that's a huge age range right there, like 1965-1990 born!  :D

I guess I'd say anyone from an early 90s grunge teen up to a late 90s casual kid fan of pop culture could pass. If you're more talking about pure 90s kids, then I'd say circa 1977-1987 born.

In an attempt to make a legit, non-smart*ss answer to the OP (despite being months ago now, I see someone bumped it)...

Obviously anyone can like something, including stuff from before you're born/before you remember, and there's sometimes adults over 25/over 30 or even over 40 who can still be into current pop culture... but generally speaking when someone talks about "their time" I think it can mean Elementary but especially middle/high school and college years. Like age 8-10 to 25.

So if you're applying that to the entire 90s and talking about children, teens and early 20somethings, that's a huge age range right there, like 1965-1990 born!  :D

I guess I'd say anyone from an early 90s grunge teen up to a late 90s casual kid fan of pop culture could pass. If you're more talking about pure 90s kids, then I'd say circa 1977-1987 born.
what I bolded is true. Anyone can definitely like things no matter what time period it's from. Youre also correct about this, When I hear people about their days of the past, its usually elementary to college. As for the 90s kid thing, here is someone saying that the 90s kids are not the 90s generation

http://www.amirite.com/748099-90s-kids-are-not-the-90s-generation-your-generation-is-considered-your-high-school-years-so-the


I thought people born before 1980 were Generation X? ???
You guys are X. I would never consider most 70s babies Ys as they grew up in an analog world before technology took over.

what I bolded is true. Anyone can definitely like things no matter what time period it's from. Youre also correct about this, When I hear people about their days of the past, its usually elementary to college. As for the 90s kid thing, here is someone saying that the 90s kids are not the 90s generation


This is very true too. :) Yeah, some people would say that children (of any time) weren't "really there" but I disagree. Sure they may not have been able to have the full experience (i.e. adult things like driving, dating, clubbing, or working) but I think we begin developing meaningful memories at like age 5, not 15. At least I did.

There were a lot of remnants of 90s culture into the early and even mid 2000s, so that throws it off a bit too. Probably why even alot of modern teens say they're "90s kids" and really want to be.

All in all I'd say anyone born up to 1993 or 94 is old enough to be at least a partial 90s kid.

This is very true too. :) Yeah, some people would say that children (of any time) weren't "really there" but I disagree. Sure they may not have been able to have the full experience (i.e. adult things like driving, dating, clubbing, or working) but I think we begin developing meaningful memories at like age 5, not 15. At least I did.

There were a lot of remnants of 90s culture into the early and even mid 2000s, so that throws it off a bit too. Probably why even alot of modern teens say they're "90s kids" and really want to be.

All in all I'd say anyone born up to 1993 or 94 is old enough to be at least a partial 90s kid.
Actually we start making memories at age 3. It has been researched that people can remember things back when they were 3 years old. I agree about the remainings of the 90s, they were still there during the first half of the 00s and thats why I've been hearing from people born in the late 90s/early 00s say they grew up in that time even though they werent born or they were just a baby during that period. Last, thats true as well. People born in the first half of the 90s and before were old enough to remember the 90s or some of it before 2000 came.

If you were in your teens/early twenties in the 90s.  Basically "Generation X."  GenXers were to 90s culture what Millennials are to the late 2000s-early 10s.


First wave Gen Xers were in their teens and sometimes early 20s in the 80s.

First wave Gen Xers were in their teens and sometimes early 20s in the 80s.


True, but the core of GenX was that age in the early 90s.  I wouldn't consider anybody 70s-born to be a Millennial.

True, but the core of GenX was that age in the early 90s.  I wouldn't consider anybody 70s-born to be a Millennial.


Actually, I think the 80s was THE decade for Generation X. The people who were born in the 60s are as Generation X as they come. 70s, not so much in my opinion. I notice that 60s babies were/are more mature and responsible while still retaining a sense of fun, while 70s babies seem like they haven't grown up yet and refuse to think they're getting old.

I honestly don't think people born from 1975-1981 are either X or Y because they were still very young when the 2000s started and they were still the target audience of the music, movies, and TV shows, as well as setting the fashion trends. As a matter of fact, I think the late 90s/early 2000s period defines that entire group of people.

IMO, Generation X are those who were 'real' kids in the 80s and teenagers/young adults in the mid 90s.
Basically those who are 10-15 years older than me.

What's interesting is if you look as 20somethings in the 90s (someone born around 1970), some of them already were starting families and careers, and I've talked to quite a few who already hated grunge and other current pop culture, despite only being like 24 or 25, and tended to cling to the 80s for everything they liked.

Yet on the other hand, you have people (think Randall and Dante from Clerks, or the whole cast of Reality Bites) who were still in their having fun and party all night stage, and were cynical like the 90s themselves were. I'd consider them to be much more Xers and part of the 90s culture. I generally see Xers as more tied to the 80s and that the 90s was secondary. Like if you grew up with MTV and VH1 playing music, or when cable was new and cool.

Me? As a September 1981er for what its worth, I think pop culturally I was born in 1965 at heart ;) but I still "feel like a young guy". Not a kid or even a 19 or 20 year old, but a youthful young guy, and although I'm way more selective about what I like, I do like some current pop culture, and love modern technology.

IMO, Generation X are those who were 'real' kids in the 80s and teenagers/young adults in the mid 90s.
Basically those who are 10-15 years older than me.


That would be a tiny generation. Generation X is much bigger than that.

That would be a tiny generation. Generation X is much bigger than that.


My definition actually includes the ~1965-80 borns. That's a 15-year-generation. The older part of X were rather kids of the 70s, that's true though. But they were all still quite young in the 90s.

Actually, I think the 80s was THE decade for Generation X. The people who were born in the 60s are as Generation X as they come. 70s, not so much in my opinion. I notice that 60s babies were/are more mature and responsible while still retaining a sense of fun, while 70s babies seem like they haven't grown up yet and refuse to think they're getting old.

I honestly don't think people born from 1975-1981 are either X or Y because they were still very young when the 2000s started and they were still the target audience of the music, movies, and TV shows, as well as setting the fashion trends. As a matter of fact, I think the late 90s/early 2000s period defines that entire group of people.


1975-1981 are pure Generation X in my opinion.  Anybody in that age group would have been too old for the teen pop explosion of the late '90s, which I believe was the first pure Gen-Y fad.  People in that age group, with the exception of people born in 80 and 81, probably graduated high school in a pre-Internet era.  They have vivid knowledge of the political atmosphere in the late 80s and early 90s that brought about the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union.  The oldest Millennials only barely remember that and most of them don't at all.

1975-1981 are pure Generation X in my opinion.  Anybody in that age group would have been too old for the teen pop explosion of the late '90s, which I believe was the first pure Gen-Y fad.  People in that age group, with the exception of people born in 80 and 81, probably graduated high school in a pre-Internet era.  They have vivid knowledge of the political atmosphere in the late 80s and early 90s that brought about the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union.  The oldest Millennials only barely remember that and most of them don't at all.


I think the 80s are the X decade so the last pure X would be born around 76/77. Remembering the entire 80s decade should be a prerequisite for being pure X. 78-81 are cuspers. I also put 1964 into the X category because they were getting into things like new wave of the late 70s/early 80s. They also don't remember much of the boomer decade, the 60s except towards the end.

I honestly don't think people born from 1975-1981 are either X or Y because they were still very young when the 2000s started and they were still the target audience of the music, movies, and TV shows, as well as setting the fashion trends. As a matter of fact, I think the late 90s/early 2000s period defines that entire group of people.

Don't you mean 1974? ???

1975-1981 are pure Generation X in my opinion.  Anybody in that age group would have been too old for the teen pop explosion of the late '90s, which I believe was the first pure Gen-Y fad.  People in that age group, with the exception of people born in 80 and 81, probably graduated high school in a pre-Internet era.  They have vivid knowledge of the political atmosphere in the late 80s and early 90s that brought about the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union.  The oldest Millennials only barely remember that and most of them don't at all.


I feel more like an XY cusper. I feel like an honorary 1982er (:)) perhaps because I graduated in 2000 and many of my best friends and the kids I knew in my last two years were 82ers and early 83ers.

My first strong political memories are Bill getting elected in late 1992/early 1993 and his speeches and coverage. It's interesting that I remember so much music and video games from the 80s (even as far back as 1985) but I didn't start paying attention to news events and politics until the early-mid 90s.

1975-1981 are pure Generation X in my opinion. Anybody in that age group would have been too old for the teen pop explosion of the late '90s, which I believe was the first pure Gen-Y fad. People in that age group, with the exception of people born in 80 and 81, probably graduated high school in a pre-Internet era. They have vivid knowledge of the political atmosphere in the late 80s and early 90s that brought about the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union. The oldest Millennials only barely remember that and most of them don't at all.


Although many people have already countered your opinion, here are some things you need to know.

1975-1981 are pure Generation X in my opinion.

People's views on the matter change as time goes on. Here is a link from 2004:http://www.socialmarketing.org/newsletter/features/generation3.htm It says that Generation X was those born from 1966 to 1976! It says Millennials were born from 1977 to 1994, and Generation Z were from 1995 to "present". There are even more of these posts on the internet. This is heavily debated. It's things like these that solidified my decision to say that X/Y cuspers were born in the years 1975-1981. To me, Boomer/X cuspers are those who were born from 1958-1964. I think the Millennial/Digital Native cusper ranger is small: those who were born from 1994-1998.

They have vivid knowledge of the political atmosphere in the late 80s and early 90s that brought about the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union.
Maybe the ones born in 1975-1978 but not the people born from 1979-1981 as they would have been middle schoolers at that point in time.

Anybody in that age group would have been too old for the teen pop explosion of the late '90s, which I believe was the first pure Gen-Y fad.
Debatable, Spice Girls and Hanson experienced massive sales and I would not be surprised if people in this age range were fans of their music. Teen pop in general experienced such huge sales that I really don't believe that all of that was from just middle schoolers and high schoolers.

In the first half of the 90s I was exposed to the more adult contemporary things than teen things
I remember songs like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDiK2uy3DU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW91Eoiooes

It's just too bad that the adult contemporary 90s songs seem forgotten.

In the first half of the 90s I was exposed to the more adult contemporary things than teen things
I remember songs like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDiK2uy3DU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW91Eoiooes

It's just too bad that the adult contemporary 90s songs seem forgotten.


It's been discussed in a few threads how the slow, "soft rock" songs of the 1980s and 90s are nowhere to be found today.  That's actually a genre I kind of miss.  Adult Contemporary today is extremely selective on the '90s, generally only playing songs that have aged pretty well.  My local AC station is mostly '00s and '10s these days.

It's been discussed in a few threads how the slow, "soft rock" songs of the 1980s and 90s are nowhere to be found today.  That's actually a genre I kind of miss.  Adult Contemporary today is extremely selective on the '90s, generally only playing songs that have aged pretty well.  My local AC station is mostly '00s and '10s these days.


AC these days doesn't seem like AC. It's more like the same songs teens listen to with the rap verses taken out.

1974-1983 Spans the 90s generation but I would further split it into 4 groups

1974-1975 = Saved by the Bell/80s 90s transition Generation
1976-1977 = 90210/Clarissa Generation/Early 90s generation
1978-1981 = Main 90s generation/ JTT Generation
1981-1983 = Late 90s generation/American Pie generation

Interesting, how would you split up the 2000s generation?

Would you say there is a split between the class of 2003 and 2004?

AC these days doesn't seem like AC. It's more like the same songs teens listen to with the rap verses taken out.


that's what I'm hearing.

Interesting, how would you split up the 2000s generation?

Would you say there is a split between the class of 2003 and 2004?

Class of 02-03 would be Y2K generation, the kinds of people into the things of Woodstock 99. They are to the 00s what Saved by the Bell was to the 90s.   
Class of 04-05 are the types who are early and mid 00s teens but only adopt early 2000s teen culture and take it up through the mid 2000s. They are the types to act like 2001 in 2004/2005 while the rest of the school was moving with the times.
Class of 06-08 are the types who take the main 00s trends to the extreme
Class of 09-11 are the types who got the later 00s trends but never took them to the extreme

There was a marked difference in attitude between the true mid 2000s generation and the late 2000s generation despite being into a lot of the same trends. Someone from the class of 07 would be wearing bling, extremely baggy outfits like in the videos, talking the same slang, learning gang signs and showing off dollar bills in public places.

Someone in the class 09 would casually listen to the music and be into it but wouldn't take it that far typically.

Someone in say the class of 08 would dress emo, talk about wanting to cut and how horrible his life is and how everyone should feel sorry for him. Class of 2010 might dress that way and listen to some music but wouldn't take it as seriously.

Yes there was a split between class of 03 and class of 04 and there is also a split between 05 and 06. Class of 04 and 05 are the lost middle child between the Y2K generation and the core 2000s Emo generation. However, people assume we had the exact same experience as the rest of the 00s teens. Class of 04 and 05 kept 2001 type culture up through 2005 like pop punk and nu metal but weren't like class of 03. They didn't move with the 2000s trends as quickly though and weren't as big on social networking sites either except for maybe AIM until they graduated. Why do you think classes of 04 and 05 were so isolated?

Class of 02-03 would be Y2K generation, the kinds of people into the things of Woodstock 99. They are to the 00s what Saved by the Bell was to the 90s.   
Class of 04-05 are the types who are early and mid 00s teens but only adopt early 2000s teen culture and take it up through the mid 2000s. They are the types to act like 2001 in 2004/2005 while the rest of the school was moving with the times.
Class of 06-08 are the types who take the main 00s trends to the extreme
Class of 09-11 are the types who got the later 00s trends but never took them to the extreme

There was a marked difference in attitude between the true mid 2000s generation and the late 2000s generation despite being into a lot of the same trends. Someone from the class of 07 would be wearing bling, extremely baggy outfits like in the videos, talking the same slang, learning gang signs and showing off dollar bills in public places.

Someone in the class 09 would casually listen to the music and be into it but wouldn't take it that far typically.

Someone in say the class of 08 would dress emo, talk about wanting to cut and how horrible his life is and how everyone should feel sorry for him. Class of 2010 might dress that way and listen to some music but wouldn't take it as seriously.

Yes there was a split between class of 03 and class of 04 and there is also a split between 05 and 06. Class of 04 and 05 are the lost middle child between the Y2K generation and the core 2000s Emo generation. However, people assume we had the exact same experience as the rest of the 00s teens. Class of 04 and 05 kept 2001 type culture up through 2005 like pop punk and nu metal but weren't like class of 03. They didn't move with the 2000s trends as quickly though and weren't as big on social networking sites either except for maybe AIM until they graduated. Why do you think classes of 04 and 05 were so isolated?
What type of trends?

Class of 02-03 would be Y2K generation, the kinds of people into the things of Woodstock 99. They are to the 00s what Saved by the Bell was to the 90s.   
Class of 04-05 are the types who are early and mid 00s teens but only adopt early 2000s teen culture and take it up through the mid 2000s. They are the types to act like 2001 in 2004/2005 while the rest of the school was moving with the times.
Class of 06-08 are the types who take the main 00s trends to the extreme
Class of 09-11 are the types who got the later 00s trends but never took them to the extreme

There was a marked difference in attitude between the true mid 2000s generation and the late 2000s generation despite being into a lot of the same trends. Someone from the class of 07 would be wearing bling, extremely baggy outfits like in the videos, talking the same slang, learning gang signs and showing off dollar bills in public places.

Someone in the class 09 would casually listen to the music and be into it but wouldn't take it that far typically.

Someone in say the class of 08 would dress emo, talk about wanting to cut and how horrible his life is and how everyone should feel sorry for him. Class of 2010 might dress that way and listen to some music but wouldn't take it as seriously.

Yes there was a split between class of 03 and class of 04 and there is also a split between 05 and 06. Class of 04 and 05 are the lost middle child between the Y2K generation and the core 2000s Emo generation. However, people assume we had the exact same experience as the rest of the 00s teens. Class of 04 and 05 kept 2001 type culture up through 2005 like pop punk and nu metal but weren't like class of 03. They didn't move with the 2000s trends as quickly though and weren't as big on social networking sites either except for maybe AIM until they graduated. Why do you think classes of 04 and 05 were so isolated?

Ok, I was class of 2004. What trends specifically do you mean? Emo wasn't a thing at my school. We had the metal band fans who wore concert t-shirts and pants with chains and straps, typically black clothing. There were some skaters, and the rest leaned towards preppier style. I listened to nu metal, and some pop if I was in the mood for it. I blogged on Livejournal and Greatestjournal (when it existed) my senior year and used to download songs and chat in 2000 when I was in 9th grade. I had all three messaging programs. Kids more into the blogging were a grade below me, but that's only as far as I knew because some of those individuals told me. Kids in my grade I don't know. I'd get email forwards and jokes in the earlier years of high school, but less so at the end of it. Now nobody does.

1974-1983 Spans the 90s generation but I would further split it into 4 groups

1974-1975 = Saved by the Bell/80s 90s transition Generation
1976-1977 = 90210/Clarissa Generation/Early 90s generation
1978-1981 = Main 90s generation/ JTT Generation
1981-1983 = Late 90s generation/American Pie generation


Haven't been on in a few days, but I agree with this. The American Pie teens sums up people around my age more than anything else. ;D

I'd probably say anyone born up to 1987-88 seems 90s, perhaps because they'd be old enough to at least remember pretty much the whole 90s, and because they were at least becoming teens or close to it by 1999.

Haven't been on in a few days, but I agree with this. The American Pie teens sums up people around my age more than anything else. ;D

I'd probably say anyone born up to 1987-88 seems 90s, perhaps because they'd be old enough to at least remember pretty much the whole 90s, and because they were at least becoming teens or close to it by 1999.


It's weird how people born in 1988 seem a lot more 90s influenced than people born in 1978 seem 80s influenced.

Being born in 1985, I tend to have quite a bit in common with people born as early as 1981 or as late as 1991.  People born in that range I would say I share the same life experience with.  Of course there are subtle differences.  Someone born in 1991 was probably into Spongebob and I'm too old for it, but we both were into things like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and Animaniacs.  A 1991er was probably obsessed with Pokemon.  Some people my age were into it while others, like myself, thought themselves too old and mature. People born after 1991 or before 1981 seem like they are from another era.

It's weird how people born in 1988 seem a lot more 90s influenced than people born in 1978 seem 80s influenced.


Yeah I've thought about that lots too, especially since I was (or at least I felt like) one of the few 80s obsessed people in my age range. Maybe circa 1978ers secretly did still like them from childhood, but rejected it or felt like they were too cool for neon clothes, power ballads, and cheesy but wholesome sitcoms once they got to their rebellious/party teenage and early 20s years?

I think the 90s are probably magical to alot of circa 1988ers since so much of the pop culture was kid-friendly, and its kinda the last decade that was "simpler" where things like TV and rock music were still king. The prevalence of the (basic) internet throughout the entire 2000s and the modern high speed one once they were High School seniors in 2005-06 also made it easier to share and keep older things alive.

Being born in 1985, I tend to have quite a bit in common with people born as early as 1981 or as late as 1991.  People born in that range I would say I share the same life experience with.  Of course there are subtle differences.  Someone born in 1991 was probably into Spongebob and I'm too old for it, but we both were into things like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and Animaniacs.  A 1991er was probably obsessed with Pokemon.  Some people my age were into it while others, like myself, thought themselves too old and mature. People born after 1991 or before 1981 seem like they are from another era.
So were people born after 1991 (except late 90s). Animaniacs were airing new episodes until 1998 and re-ran until sometime in 2003. Power Rangers not only had the TV show, but they had the toys as well, so most 90s babies could have played with the toys (their popularity was longer than the TV show). Same thing with TMNT, there were toys as well making kids being interested in them as young 3 and 4. The show continued its run until it ended in 1996 therefore most people born after '91 could have wanted TMNT things and it would continue even after show ended as certain toys dont disappear when the show's run is over.

Being born in 1985, I tend to have quite a bit in common with people born as early as 1981 or as late as 1991.  People born in that range I would say I share the same life experience with.  Of course there are subtle differences.  Someone born in 1991 was probably into Spongebob and I'm too old for it, but we both were into things like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and Animaniacs.  A 1991er was probably obsessed with Pokemon.  Some people my age were into it while others, like myself, thought themselves too old and mature. People born after 1991 or before 1981 seem like they are from another era.


Yeah dude, I'd say there's probably always about a 5-7 year buffer zone around either side of anyone's age, where you know you're always on somewhat familiar territory. Of course on places like this board, we're all gonna tend to skew old school...but I know even a "not old school" 1987 or 1988er grew up with enough of the stuff I did to not make me feel old. After that it gets iffy.

Do you feel like (for example) late 70s/1980ers grew up with a few things you didn't?

Do you feel like (for example) late 70s/1980ers grew up with a few things you didn't?


My sister was born in the late 70s. Except for her very clear 80s/pre-Fall of the Berlin Wall memories, I don't think she grew up that differently. She handed a lot of her toys/books and stuff down to me, so I was very aware of the 80s pretty early. In addition to that, she taught me a lot. That's probably quite different if you are the older sibling and I feel, that those people are much more 'new school', even though they were born in the same year like me.

I would say, it's more the oher way round. I grew up with some stuff late 70s/early 80s borns didn't: For example my later childhood/teenhood was more defined by computers and later also the internet. Late 70s and early 80s borns (those who were 18 before 2000 hit) were probably the last 'old schoolish' teenagers.

My sister was born in the late 70s. Except for her very clear 80s/pre-Fall of the Berlin Wall memories, I don't think she grew up that differently. She handed a lot of her toys/books and stuff down to me, so I was very aware of the 80s pretty early. In addition to that, she taught me a lot. That's probably quite different if you are the older sibling and I feel, that those people are much more 'new school', even though they were born in the same year like me.

I would say, it's more the oher way round. I grew up with some stuff late 70s/early 80s borns didn't: For example my later childhood/teenhood was more defined by computers and later also the internet. Late 70s and early 80s borns (those who were 18 before 2000 hit) were probably the last 'old schoolish' teenagers.


I agree late 70s and early 80s borns were the last old schoolish teens.

I don't agree you wouldn't be exposed to the 80s if you were the oldest though. I was the oldest and got a lot of 80s exposure through parental influence and having aunts and uncles that were the age of the brat packers, born in the 60s and early 70s, especially my uncles born in the early 70s. My dad played the arcade games like Pacman and Galaga in the early 80s and showed me those games as a kid. My mom listened to a lot of 80s music too. I regularly heard songs like this in the car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ysoohV_zA

I don't agree you wouldn't be exposed to the 80s if you were the oldest though. I got a lot of 80s exposure through parental influence and having aunts and uncles that were the age of the brat packers, born in the 60s and early 70s.


I didn't say that you wouldn't be exposed to the 80s if you were the oldest. But it can be a benefit if you are the younger one, because you will be directly exposed to stuff that was around just before your birth. A sibling is probably also the one who you relate to the most when you are a kid.

Most stuff that has been bought only for me looks more modern as it is from the late 80s and the 90s. My sister's stuff was mostly from the first half of the 80s and even 1979.

True, if you have younger parents, they can also influence you with current pop culture. My parents however were in their 30s and 40s respectively when I was a kid and weren't so much interested in current music and stuff. My father is a 49er and his time were the 70s. I also grew up with some 70s music, but I was always aware of the fact that this was not even close current music.

Do you feel like (for example) late 70s/1980ers grew up with a few things you didn't?

Like what for example?  ???

Like what for example?  ???


That's actually what he asked for.

True, if you have younger parents, they can also influence you with current pop culture.

My Parents are older and they listened to Doo-Wop 50's music growing up especially My Father who enjoyed that kind of sound.

I thought people born before 1980 were Generation X? ???


That's true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X

Generation X

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Demographers, historians, and commentators use beginning birth dates ranging from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

Origin

The term Generation X was coined by the Magnum photographer Robert Capa in the early 1950s. He used it later as a title for a photo-essay about young men and women growing up immediately after the Second World War. The project first appeared in Picture Post (UK) and Holiday (US) in 1953. Describing his intention, Capa said "We named this unknown generation, The Generation X, and even in our first enthusiasm we realised that we had something far bigger than our talents and pockets could cope with." The term was used for various subcultures or countercultures after the 1950s.

The name was popularized by Canadian author Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, concerning young adults during the late 1980s and their lifestyles. While Coupland's book helped to popularize the phrase Generation X in a 1989 magazine article he erroneously attributed it to English rock musician Billy Idol. In fact, Billy Idol had been a member of the punk band Generation X from 1976–1981, which was named after Deverson and Hamblett's 1965 sociology book Generation X – a copy of which was owned by Idol's mother.

Characteristics and definition

Gen X is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom describing a generational change from the Baby Boomers.

In a 2012 article for the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, George Masnick wrote that the "Census counted 82.1 million" Gen Xers in the U.S. The Harvard Center uses 1965 to 1984 to define Gen X so that Boomers, Xers and Millennials "cover equal 20-year age spans". Masnick concluded that immigration has filled in any birth year deficits during low fertility years of the late 1960s and early 1970s

Jon Miller at the Longitudinal Study of American Youth at the University of Michigan wrote that "Generation X refers to adults born between 1961 and 1981" and it "includes 84 million people" in the U.S.

The 2011 publication "The Generation X Report", based on annual surveys used in the Longitudinal Study of today's adults, finds that Gen Xers, who are defined in the report as people born between 1961 and 1981, are highly educated, active, balanced, happy and family oriented. The study dispels the materialistic, slacker, disenfranchised stereotype associated with youth in the 1970 and 80s. Various questions and responses from approximately 4,000 people who were surveyed each year from 1987 through 2010 made up the study. Clive Thompson, writing in Wired in 2014 claimed that the differences between Generation X and its predecessors, and followers had been over-hyped, quoting Kali Trzesniewski, a scholar of life-span changes".

In 2012, the Corporation for National and Community Service ranked Generation X volunteer rates in the U.S. at "29.4% per year", the highest compared with other generations. The rankings were based on a three-year moving average between 2009 and 2011.

In the preface to Generation X Goes Global: Mapping a Youth Culture in Motion, a collection of global essays, Professor Christine Henseler summarizes it as "a generation whose worldview is based on change, on the need to combat corruption, dictatorships, abuse, AIDS, a generation in search of human dignity and individual freedom, the need for stability, love, tolerance, and human rights for all."

In cinema, directors Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Jane Campion, Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater and Todd Solondz have been called Generation X filmmakers. Smith is most known for his View Askewniverse films, the flagship film being Clerks, which is set in New Jersey circa 1994, and focuses on two bored, convenience-store clerks in their twenties. Linklater's Slacker similarly explores young adult characters who were more interested in philosophizing than settling with a long-term career and family. Solondz' Welcome to the Dollhouse touched on themes of school bullying, school violence, teen drug use, peer pressure and broken or dysfunctional families, set in a junior high school environment in New Jersey during the early to mid-1990s. While not a member of Generation X himself, director John Hughes has been recognized as having created a series of classics "that an entire generation took ownership of with films like The Breakfast Club,Sixteen Candles and Weird Science".

Gen Xers are often called the MTV Generation. They experienced the emergence of music videos, new wave music, electronic music, synthpop, glam rock, heavy metal and the spin-off glam metal, punk rock and the spin-off pop punk, alternative rock, grunge, and hip hop.

Compared with previous generations, Generation X represents a more apparently heterogeneous generation, openly acknowledging and embracing social diversity in terms of such characteristics as race, class, religion, ethnicity, culture, language, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

Unlike their parents who challenged leaders with an intent to replace them, Gen Xers are less likely to idolize leaders and are more inclined to work toward long-term institutional and systematic change through economic, media and consumer actions.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Generation X statistically holds the highest education levels when looking at current age groups

Pursuant to a study by Elwood Carlson on "how different generations respond in unique ways to common problems in some political, social, and consumption choices", the Population Reference Bureau, a private demographic research organization based in Washington, D.C., cited Generation X birth years as falling between 1965 and 1982. On the first page of the study, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe's definition of a "cohort generation" is cited. They define Generation X by the years 1961 to 1981.

In 2008, Details magazine editor-at-large Jeff Gordinier released his book X Saves the World -- How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking.

Economy

Studies done by Pew Charitable Trusts, the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation and the Urban Institute challenged the notion that each generation will be better off than the one that preceded it.

A report titled Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well? focused on the income of males 30–39 in 2004 (those born April 1964 – March 1974). The study was released on May 25, 2007 and emphasized that this generation's men made less (by 12%) than their fathers had at that same age in 1974, thus reversing a historical trend. It concluded that per year increases in household income generated by fathers/sons have slowed (from an average of 0.9% to 0.3%), barely keeping pace with inflation. "Family incomes have risen though (over the period 1947 to 2005) because more women have gone to work, supporting the incomes of men, by adding a second earner to the family. And as with male income, the trend is downward".

Generation Flux is a neologism and psychographic designation coined by Fast Company for American employees who need to make several changes in career throughout their working lives because of the chaotic nature of the job market following the Financial crisis of 2007–08. Those in "Generation Flux" have birth years in the ranges of Generation X and Millennials.

Entrepreneurship

According to authors Michael Hais and Morley Winograd, "small businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit that Gen Xers embody have become one of the most popular institutions in America. There's been a recent shift in consumer behavior and Gen Xers will join the “idealist generation” in encouraging the celebration of individual effort and business risk-taking. As a result, Xers will spark a renaissance of entrepreneurship in economic life, even as overall confidence in economic institutions declines. Customers, and their needs and wants (including Millennials) will become the North Star for an entire new generation of entrepreneurs".

United Kingdom

A 2008 article by The Observer, sister newspaper of The Guardian, cites the Generation X birth years as falling between 1965 and 1982; the same article later describes Generation Y as being born between 1982 and 2002. The writer states that Generation Xers were "labelled by some" as the "'me generation' of the Eighties." Another piece written by a Guardian journalist in 2011 uses 1961 to 1981 for this generation.

The Telegraph cites Generation X birth dates as falling between a longer time span (1965–1985), In 2007, The Independent estimated an earlier range of birth dates (1963–1978) compared to other writers or researchers. However, the newspaper's 2010 article titled "Generation X: A mid-life crisis" uses the 1961 to 1981 date range. The BBC News article about a lack of "mid-career volunteers" in their 20s provides a Generation X age range, which, being written in 2007, would suggest birth years that fall between 1962 and 1982.

The Daily Express article in December 2013 discusses the impact the recession has had on the generation "born between 1961 and 1981." Despite "a good degree" and desired job skills, "they discovered that there is no job security and everywhere there are cutbacks on staff, salaries and benefits," Jan Etherington writes.

In February 2014, The International Business Times UK reported that top British graduates today were "more likely to be attracted to working independently as a freelancer for multiple companies, than looking for a job for life with one employer." According to Kjetil Olsen of Elance, the company which conducted the study, "the big issue for Generation X (born 1961 and 1981) was the end of a job for life," unlike "today's Generation Y (born 1982 to 1993) who appear to be seriously questioning the nature of having a traditional job at all."

Canada

One author, and professor at the University of Toronto, David Foot, divides the generation born after the baby boomers into two groups in his book Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift: Generation X, born between 1960 and 1966; and the "Bust Generation", born between 1967 and 1979. In his opinion, those born between the periods of 1947–1966 were the Baby Boomers, where in Canada they were the largest boom of the industrialized world (relative to population). This large boom complicated the job market for the upcoming generation. However, it is also common in Canada to represent Generation Xers using the date ranges 1961–1981 or 1965–1981.

Australia and New Zealand

A Sydney Morning Herald article defined Generation X as "those born roughly between 1963–1980." The Australian Bureau of Statistics use a 1965–1981 birth range to define Generation X.

Sources in New Zealand, including the country's labour statistics, define Gen X between the years 1965 and 1981. According to a December 2013 article from The New Zealand Herald, a study done by researcher Dr. Kristin Murray of Massey University claims to have "debunked stereotypes about workers of different generations" who "may have more in common than we may think." She found that though there were cultural differences between those in their twenties and those in their mid-thirties, "those cultural differences weren't reflected in underlying values and motivations." But, she found that Generation X-ers (1965–1981) and Baby Boomers (1946–1964) were "most alike." However, Dr. Murray clarifies that her study "focused on values, so there could still be differences in behavior between age groups." Jason Walker, who is the New Zealand managing director for job recruitment company Hays, disagrees with Dr. Murray's findings. His company's research showed that Generation X members worked their way up the corporate ladder, advancing by learning new job skills. The Baby Boomers were dependent on their employers to take care of them if they worked hard. The "technologically savvy" Generation Y members, on the other hand, were "more risk-taking in their careers" and expected "fast-paced results." If they weren't challenging enough, or if they felt like they were in a dead-end job, they would move on.

The shorter birth year definitions are shorthand for fertility rates. Gen Xers (as a cultural generation) look beyond demographics to define themselves by a shared location in history, common beliefs, attitudes and values (and a common perceived membership). Defining Gen X purely by demographic bulges and busts (like the Census) misses key cultural indicators that a very different set of young people has come along. Commentators who set Millennial birth boundaries starting in the late-70s often make the same assumptions using fertility rates to define birth dates rather than shared beliefs, attitudes and values. Children born in the early 1960s and after had a very different coming of age experience than those born in the late 1950s. Some of the most influential cultural definers of Gen X were born during the period between 1961 and 1964.