Any Millennials here?

[Ringo84]

Just out of curiosity: is there anyone here that was born in the 1980s? It'd be cool if there was a sizeable "Millennial" DU population.
Ringo

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I was born in '85.

[TheMightyFavog]

2. I was born in 1980

Does that count?

[Ringo84]

4. Sure.

We're supposedly 1980- about 2003.
Ringo

[Odin2005]

32. I've read that the Millenial Generation goes from 1982 to 2003.

At least according to a book I've read called The Fourth Turning by historians William Strauss and Neil Howe.

[Lyric]

3. I was born in 1979.

I guess I just missed it.

However, my little boy is a true "Millenium" baby, born in May of 2000. :)

[Reverend_Smitty]

5. I was born in 84...

I thought I was generation Y...I've never heard the term Millennial before

[Ringo84]

8. Me too March 1984

Nobody has really settled on a name for us. Some (but not me) object to the term "Generation Y" because they feel that it makes us sound like we're just a copy of the Gen Xers.

Millennial...Generation Y...Nintendo Generation - we can use whatever everyone generally agrees on here. If you were born in the 1980s and grew up in the 90s, you're one of us.

:toast:
Ringo

[Reverend_Smitty]

11. cool...I'm quite partial to Nintendo generation...

because I'm quite surprised that I haven't developed arthritis in my thumbs from years of playing games like Super Mario Brothers

BTW I was born in March 1984 too...the 22nd to be exact

[Ringo84]

13. I was the 31st!

Oh yeah... though I love newer games like GTA: San Andreas, I will probably never stop playing the original Super Mario series. I LOVE those games!

It's nice to meet you, Rev! We're practically brothers, having been born only nine days apart! Wish I had posted this thread earlier.

:toast:
Ringo

[Reverend_Smitty]

15. A brother and a sister actually

:) but yes it is always nice to meet someone the same age as me! :hi:

[Ringo84]

16. Oh - Sorry! [end]

[Reverend_Smitty]

17. quite alright...

gender is difficult to determine over the net

[Ringo84]

25. Hey, Rev

Is it OK if I add you as a Buddy? It's OK if you say no.
Ringo

[Reverend_Smitty]

26. Sure!

Sorry for the late reply :hi:

[Ringo84]

28. No problem. [end]

[ghostsofgiants]

19. I like Nintendo generation too.

And not that you care, but you were born on the exact same day as my cousin.

[LeftyMom]

6. '81 here.

Never really thought of myself that way though, all my friends, dates etc were always several years older and I was a few years ahead in school, so I tend to identify with that generation more.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. 2/20/83 here.

I've never heard the term Millenial before. I thought I was MTV Generation, the in-between zone of Gen X & Y.

[Ringo84]

10. They're still debating the name

My guideline, however, has always been that if you were born in the 1980s and grew up during the Clinton years (the 1990s), you're probably a Gen Y/MTV Generation/Millennial/whatever.

Whatever you use is fine, by the way. I just wanted to see if people my age were here.
Ringo

[rockymountaindem]

9. Yep.

I'm a child of the 80s.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. Yeah, 1986

:hi:

[Ringo84]

14. How are ya? [end]

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. I am great

Thanks :D

I've never heard the term Millennials before, where'd it come from? :shrug:

[Ringo84]

20. I'm not sure

I happened to read about it online. They haven't actually settled on a name for us yet. I've heard "Generation Y", "Nintendo Generation", "MTV Generation", "Generation Next", etc. etc.

It doesn't really matter that much to me.
Ringo

[deadparrot]

21. 1987...

:hi:

[sakabatou]

22. '87

[WindRavenX]

23. born in '85 in Englewood, NJ

I like "Nintendo Generation", btw :thumbsup:

[Ringo84]

24. One vote for 'Nintendo Generation'? Anyone else? [end]

[ghostsofgiants]

30. You mean three. (Me and Reverend Smitty, as well, haha.)

[Ringo84]

34. Oh - three votes? 'kay.

It doesn't really matter that much to me. But if you all prefer "Nintendo Generation" or like it better, that's cool.
Ringo

[GirlinContempt]

27. Yes

[Odin2005]

29. '86er here!

Oh, and Sega ALLWAYS sucked, BTW. :evilgrin:

[ghostsofgiants]

31. The Genesis version of Mortal Kombat was better than the SNES version.

But on the whole, I agree, haha.

[Odin2005]

33. But the SNES had Final Fantasy 3.

The greatest RPG ever made. :P

[Ringo84]

35. I dunno. I'm a Nintendo guy. [end]

[TimeChaser]

36. '86

Turned 20 this year :D

[Odin2005]

37. *KICK*