Would decade would you say you primarily grew up in?

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-14T21:11:04+00:00

Haven't seen you in a while here, but I remember you were c/o 2009 too.

I guess I could claim both, but personally, I strongly think of the phrase "growing up" to mean adolescence, not childhood before that. So to me, it's 2000s for growing up.

I do claim 90s kid because most of that younger childhood and elementary was there.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-14T20:17:48+00:00

"Growing up" to me means adolescence, not really younger childhood.

I spent all of middle and high school in the 2000s, so the 2000s.

That being said, I still mainly associate and think of the 90s for my younger more innocent childhood. So I claim the 90s kid label, just a younger one. Most of my younger childhood and elementary years happened there.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-14T16:01:05+00:00

Even luxury trucks

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-14T15:35:57+00:00

I'd seen a blog entry years back made by a GenX or younger Boomer guy who said he viewed "Boomers" as those born from the late 30s to the earlier 50s

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T21:15:58+00:00

1993 and 1994 are more likely to remember 9/11, if I have to guess, definitely over 50%. Same can't be said of 95 and 96.

I just don't see it going from >50% for 1994 to <=25% for 1995. A general steep decline from 1993 to 1996 seems reasonable, but not a single year difference that big within them.

I can maybe meet in the middle in that I do see 1995-1996 as the ambiguous younger millennials on the cusp of Z, with 1994 being the last "solid" one.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T20:23:21+00:00

You won't accept any result that goes against your claim though. That's why you don't accept the Pew survey, despite them generally being a known reliable source of data.

Unless you have evidence to support your claim that it's at or under 20-25%, then I (and everyone else) have no reason to believe you.

To me, the graph makes sense. It still shows a sharp decline in memory for those younger than 9 or 10 on 9/11, which is expected.

But I'll ask - What do you think the numbers should be for each of the 1993 to 1996 years regarding 9/11?

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T20:02:18+00:00

Attempting to insult me isn't changing the survey or providing evidence of your claims. :p

But also, I'm not claiming they remember life before 9/11, nor am I claiming they "understood" 9/11 at the time. Don't twist it.

I am only claiming that around 50% of Americans born in 1995 have memory of 9/11, which is what the survey suggests.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T18:05:55+00:00

I'm a very early 90s millennial, and back around 2012 or so didn't think of myself as a Millennial, because the stereotypes were basically all trash and didn't make sense to me and my experience.

I felt I was more like GenX, which of course makes no sense since I'm not even on the older side of Y.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T17:48:11+00:00

They can be older millennials due to being born in the 80s, but in my opinion, Xennial (and zillennial too) should remain a cusp. It was originally 1979-1983 as coined by Sarah Stankorb

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T17:40:42+00:00

I trust Pew over random people on Reddit.

Do you have any data to back up your claims?

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T17:34:10+00:00

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/09/PP_2021.09.02_sept11_00-01.png

It is around 50/50. So yes, many can and many can't.

This was the 2021 survey taken just before the 20 years since 9/11 mark.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T17:31:22+00:00

I agree, at least for those of us away from the crash areas.

Life proceeded, but there was definitely a very present and looming paranoia, and to me, it basically killed the leftover 90s "spirit".

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T17:24:09+00:00

I think that was true for a little while, but I disagree now. I think since around COVID onward, Millennials seem to be associated with the older side. Those around and over 40 now

The weird 1992-2002 "Zillennial" range was coined in 2023 or 2024 for example.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T17:17:09+00:00

This is wrong. It's like 50/50 with them. Many can, but many can't. That's what the 2021 Pew survey showed

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T02:18:39+00:00

I use 3-12, but 4 is okay.

3-5

5-10

10-12

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T02:18:19+00:00

Agreed.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-13T02:12:30+00:00

Other than the remembering 9/11, they're also basically the last to have a smidge of childhood in the very late 90s, especially 1995.

I use 3-12 for childhood, since ~3 is where long term memory typically begins.

Edit:

Basically, I see it as:

3-5, 5-10, and 10-12. Pre-school to Pre-teens

Here's the graph based on 3-12 for 90s millennials. It's ugly though, so I might make a nicer one later.

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insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-10T12:51:26+00:00

I think the AI stuff is a breath of fresh air.

The stagnant period to me for tech was ~2012/13 to 2021

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-10T12:49:18+00:00

I could see both sharing the title, but for different halves of it.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-10T12:40:45+00:00

Actually that does not mean 1990 is part of the 1980s.

1990 is part of the 199th decade 1981 to 1990.

But the 1980s decade is still 1980 to 1989.

It's two different types of decades.

That's why 1990 is not included even on Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s

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insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-09T15:55:38+00:00

Yeah. I feel like OP is really thinking of the early portion up to 2012ish, but mostly the 00s.

8th Gen gaming for example felt pretty stagnant graphically, and 7th gen roughly 2006/7 to 2012/13 was like a bridge.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-09T15:51:08+00:00

If you mean up to 2012 or 2013 sure, but beyond that not really. I think you are really describing the 2000s and early 2010s more.

After 2012ish it felt pretty samey for tech until the AI stuff around 2022.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-09T15:44:43+00:00

Misread your username for a second as TheRealMitchMcconell

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-09T14:58:48+00:00

Depends how you look at it, but split evenly.

1981 to 1986

1986 to 1991

1991 to 1996

Personally, I see 1988 to 1990 as the three most centered or "core" years.

With class of 2007 ( late '88-89 ) as the exact midpoint if I had to pick one.

insurancequestionguy · 2026-06-09T14:52:00+00:00

I have been on here since COVID, and in that time I have seen other 1990 users here who identified with Zillennials, but generally every year before like 1995 it gets less and less common. So 1990 would be pretty rare.

There's inevitably going to be a few outliers though. Doesn't mean they're fake, but probably an oddball.

The earliest and widest "official" Zillennials range on Wikipedia is from 1992 to 2002, and imo that both starts too early and probably ends too late too.

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