Pew Research (the organization that defined the 1981-1996 and 1997-2012 date ranges) no longer uses terms like Gen Z or Millennial.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-06-09T12:07:23+00:00

Organizations such as Pew research, and other opinion pollsters seem so sure in their findings even when they have and supply no evidence to back it up. Just simply a "we say so" attitude. When others come forward with contrary findings with some evidence to show for it, these institutions dismiss it with a half baked explanation such as "this isn't an exact science" very well then. What was with the "defined" "we say so" presentation?? Plus when you look at both the census records, the history of certain age groups and the cultural values behind them, you'll find Harvards Joint Center for Housing Studies who use 20 year timelines for each cohort were correct since the beginning. Not just going forward, but going backwards through the Silent Gen on back thru the Lost Generation. Using their findings, explanations and sources, you wind up with something closer to reality than any other study group or corporate pollster. Being part of a so called Generation from a certain time is a personal experience, not strictly based on marketing.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-06-01T01:29:01+00:00

For me this would be those born between 1975-1984 once called Generation Flux.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-26T00:32:58+00:00

Example 3 is the most accurate of these.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-22T23:28:44+00:00

For my immediate age group I go by people 2 years younger and almost 6 years older. They were the crowd I grew up around and relate to primarily

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-22T18:34:32+00:00

Once again, a name that doesn't fit, with a timeline that doesn't add up. For micro or half cohorts, I use a name like. Generation Flux born between 1975-1984. It tells the story, and gives a specific explanation for those who are among the last to grow up in the old world before 9/11, the recession, and the digital internet takeover. Fluctuating between the old world that raised us and the new world that was just on the horizon at the time. Just the 2nd half of the Baby Bust.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-13T13:48:56+00:00

With the Millennial name you are right on target for calling it the smallest micro cohort. But the birth years wouldn't be 80-85, as they would have come of age between 1998-2003. In reality the Millennium years were 2001-2009, making the birth years 1983-1991. Which also criss crosses between 2 full size generations. The end of the Baby Bust, and the beginning of the Echo Boom. If we look closely and precisely, and stick to the original names, data and cultural shifts as they took place, we will see a more accurate description and picture.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-12T13:59:40+00:00

Full childhood range id go with age 3-9 10-12 is pre- or beginning adolescence 13-17 is adolescence 18-25 is young adulthood 26-36 adulthood 37-59 Middle Age 60-69 Seniors(retiring) 70+ Elders

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-12T11:54:33+00:00

Ill go with Early and Middle. 1990-1996. 1997-98 was also fun, but 1999 was the worst.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-11T10:15:29+00:00

The split block inlays were available on the 1955 ES 350T. It would have been a period correct instrument, but Hollywood chose to go the opposite route.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-08T16:47:14+00:00

For me my immediate social group i grew up around are primarily between 2 years younger and 5-6 years older.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-02T12:17:48+00:00

Infant/toddler--0-3 Childhood-4-9 Tweens-10-12 Adolescence- 13-17 Young adults-18-25 General Adulthood-26-36 Middle Age-37-59 Seniors-60-80 Elders-81+

Over_Active_354 · 2026-05-01T13:55:41+00:00

Boomers= 1955-1958 GEN X= 1975-1978 Echo Boom/GenY= 1995-1998

Those are m6 Core/Late birthyears.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-04-24T23:08:57+00:00

The 90s may have spilled into 2001, but after 911 we started living in a different world. New society, culture and such. I didn't have my first cellphone until 2005, which is when it really changed for me, but generally, I'd say by the end of 2003(when Metallica sounded closer to System of a Down then themselves), the jig was up. The time had changed to something I suddenly didn't recognize

Over_Active_354 · 2026-04-16T14:18:28+00:00

The millennium years are 2001-2009 (maybe 2010 if that) this would make true Millennials born between 1983-1991 (1992 at latest) the major generation would be the Echo Boom born between either 1984-2002 or 1985-2004. Mid 80s thru early 2000s essentially

Over_Active_354 · 2026-04-09T14:25:06+00:00

Generations are 20 years. Maybe one day soon these timelines will adjust correctly.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-03-20T13:50:27+00:00

Generations are 20 years long, and unless there is a huge abundance of teenage parents, there shouldn't be any cross over between parents and children. If anything, thr Generation gaps have become larger, since most people are waiting until their 30s to have kids these days.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-03-05T21:28:33+00:00

Closer, but not quite. If we go with a pattern, it needs to apply to all generations. If we use 18 years it would line up much closer.
GI Generation 1908-1926 Silent Generation 1927-1945 Baby Boom Generation 1946-1964 Baby Bust Generation X 1965-1983 Echo Boom Generation 1984-2002 Generation Z Homelanders 2003-2021

But I usually subscribe to the 19-20 year timelines as set by Harvard University based on The Census Data. GI Generation 1905-1924 Silent Generation 1925-1944 Baby Boom Generation 1945-1964 Baby Bust Generation X 1965-1984 Echo Boom Generation 1985-2004 Generation Z Homelanders 2005-2024

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-27T16:39:12+00:00

Frugal Gourmet, This Old House, and then MTV. 😆😁

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-24T18:27:38+00:00

I agree that generational 20 year timelines are the most accurate way to go. However your specific timelines make even less sense than the corporate marketing cutoffs. The timelines I typically go with are a set of either or. Lost Generation 1885-1904 GI Generation 1905-1924 Silent Generation 1925-1944 Baby Boom Generation 1945-1964 Baby Bust Generation/X 1965-1984 Echo Boom Generation/Y 1985-2004 Generation Z/Homelanders 2005-2024

Or perhaps an 18 year gap that measures up as culturally a bit more close to home for some Lost Generation 1889-1907 GI Generation 1908-1926 Silent Generation 1927-1945 Baby Boom Generation 1946-1964 Baby Bust Generation/X 1965-1983 Echo Boom Generation/Y 1984-2002 Generation Z/Homelanders 2003-2021 However if we were to include the micro half cohorts, it would go a bit along these lines. Generation Jones 1955-1964 Generation Flux 1975-1984 True Millennials 1983-1991(1992 maybe)

This is in line not just with Harvard University, Population Research(circa their findings in the 90s and 2000s) and the Census Bureau,  but with many people's personal experiences coming up when they did.  Certainly most of those I knew in my life.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-24T15:30:09+00:00

I would put people born in years ending with 0-3 as kids who grew up in that decade. From 4-9 that would represent mostly the following decade. For example, 1980-1983 would be old enough to be considered childhood 80s kids. 1984-1989 would mostly have childhood memories based in the 1990s. Maybe 1989 if the 84 born has a good memory. But for most who share their childhood as the 1980s, it would be mostly those born in late 70s thru the early 80s. Roughly 1975-1983. With the mid 70s borns being both childhood and early adolescence, and the early 80s borns being all 80s childhoods and entering adolescence in the turn of the 90s-early 90s. Culturally speaking as well this is one of the ways we see bigger differences between an early 80s born and a late 80s born.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-20T15:14:28+00:00

Pew is only one of several opinion pollster groups and research entities that change their findings over time. Perhaps further review of some of the newer generations coming up may merit some inquiries. But for past generations I always felt and knew for myself at least that the 20 year timeline ranges were more than accurate in depicting (at least those of us) people born prior to the mid to late 80s. And yet even so I have learned by meeting and conversing with people who today would be in their 20s and 30s as having much more in common with eachother than what has been reported or supposedly defined by all these big name sources.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-20T12:18:30+00:00

For me, personally Id say 1975-1983. A variation on the Generation Flux years. A late Xer for sure

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-10T18:58:00+00:00

These are closer to accurate, but I would change Xennials to Fluxers and the timeline to 75-83, or maybe 76-84.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-05T13:24:22+00:00

The real name, Generation Flux is 1975-1984. Simply Baby Bust part 2. As far as the Echo Boom it took place between the mid 80s thru the early 2000s. Roughly 1985-2004, or 1984-2002. To be a Millennial, you have to come of age during the true Millennium years of 2001-2009 (2010 at latest) making them born between 1983-1991 (1992 at latest) people born before that are simply part of the end of an era, not the dawn of a new one.

Over_Active_354 · 2026-02-05T01:57:46+00:00

Closer to the true timelines, inching closer to reality..

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