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These years are so out of whack it's laughable.

Who wrote this and chose these years? Obviously not a kid from the 80s. I was actually there when the term GenX was coined. It was the media's way to describe the sudden violent shift from happy 80s kids wearing florescent shirts, LA Gear with 3 sets of laces and trading Garbage Pail Kids, to the 90s angsty hate your parents grunge and flannel rage against the machine kids. 1965-1980 was NEVER classified and pushing "GenX" back to make someone's chart nice and tidy is a disservice to us that are in those years. You can't be 30yrs old and suddenly get labeled with tweeners that hate the world with a term that was just thought up.

There's never been such a violent shift in youth mentality as the 80s to 90s and to lump them together in a 35 year span is insulting at best. The fact you can tell the difference in "GenX" and "80s kids" proves my point. Zodwraith (talk) 11:21, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GenX was a mentality, not a date on your driver's license. Zodwraith (talk) 11:23, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Generation X vs. Millennials

I’m born in 1983, I was a latchkey kid and I’m Generation X! Not a millennial! 174.214.0.57 (talk) 03:50, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Naw bruh you're a millennial, you were more then likely 10 years old when cobain died. and you graduated in the 2000's... You're not even close to gen x, hell 1980 seems kind of laughable as gen x, should be late 70's as the latest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.152.138.8 (talk) 17:21, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree I was born in 1983 as well, while we may have some Gen X traits we are definitely Millennials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:4A:402:9F10:0:0:0:EC0C (talk) 20:53, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When does Gen Y stop and Gen Z begin? Because I'm pretty young and seriously want to know if I'm at least a Gen Y. 2601:800:C200:6F50:0:0:0:7F39 (talk) 15:57, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Around 1996 or so, 1995-1996 is probably on the cusp leaning Millennial and 1997-1998 is probably on the cusp leaning Gen Z. 2601:4A:400:4280:ACE7:8CA1:25F8:76FA (talk) 04:58, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Music

Hip Hop and Rap need to be added please 2601:8C0:427F:3BD0:5525:7B81:1FB9:8A3F (talk) 18:56, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Wave/Top 40 (MTV music) and Hair Metal need to be added, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.218.3.202 (talk) 00:03, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jilted Generation

Can you please add a nickname for Gen X as being the Jilted Generation? (i.e., Music for the Jilted Generation) 2601:800:C200:6F50:0:0:0:7F39 (talk) 15:56, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 When does Gen Y stop and Gen Z begin? Because I'm pretty young and seriously want to know if I'm at least a Gen Y. [[Special:Contributions/2601:800:C200:6F50:0:0:0:7F39|2601:800:C200:6F50:0:0:0:7F39]] ([[User talk:2601:800:C200:6F50:0:0:0:7F39|talk]]) 15:57, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
+:Around 1996 or so, 1995-1996 is probably on the cusp leaning Millennial and 1997-1998 is probably on the cusp leaning Gen Z. [[Special:Contributions/2601:4A:400:4280:ACE7:8CA1:25F8:76FA|2601:4A:400:4280:ACE7:8CA1:25F8:76FA]] ([[User talk:2601:4A:400:4280:ACE7:8CA1:25F8:76FA|talk]]) 04:58, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 == Music ==