• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    9 months ago

    I was born in 81, so which group I “belong” to seems to change depending on who I’m talking to.

    An older person will usually say I’m a Millennial and accuse me of being a bleeding heart liberal who’s trying to bankrupt the country, but a younger person will often call me a “boomer” and accuse me of being a right wing conservative who is destroying everything America stands for and is worse than Hitler lol

    It’s exhausting quite frankly

    • CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      9 months ago

      hey that’s me! or am I you?

      but yes, same. Old people at work shake their head at me. Young people at work shake their head at me.

      That said - more and more I find myself relating to the younger ones, even the fresh Zoomers entering the workplace.

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        Yeah I’m kind of the same lol! Although the Zoomers get really irate when I point out that they’ve over used “boomer” so much that it effectively has no meaning any more lol

        • stoly@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          9 months ago

          Well that became apparent when people started calling Biden a Boomer over student loans or whatever at the time. He’s older than Boomers.

      • stoly@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        This is me. I have younger siblings who are fully Millenial and one becomes actually offended if you say it. He hates millenials and was basically born a boomer. I have learned that age is biological but becoming old is psychological.

      • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        I liked the Oregon Trail Generation. It fits pretty well for this 80’s baby. I also fell like I get along with x and millennial equally.

        Working in tech, I’ve been shoulder to shoulder with both a while now. Each generation has it’s quirks, but both want to be seen as individuals with their own motivations and boundaries. Like every other human, those can be wildly different but neither of these two groups seem keen on intentionally shitting on someone’s day.

    • thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      9 months ago

      80 here. I claim xennial. I like the social progress millennials gave us but I can’t stand their culture, especially their comedy. It’s painfully bad. “Gee my life sure does suck!” yeah real funny Hunter, good job.