Hello Inquisitive Minds,
Here is the absolutely 100% genuinely definitive guide to Western generations.
The Lost Generation
Dates
1880’s to 1900
What they’re known for
They fought in WW1 and mostly felt lost in the horror of it.
Definitive attribute
Sad and disillusioned.
The Greatest or GI Generation
Dates
1900 to 1924
What they’re known for
They fought in WW2 and survived the depression. They were just happy to survive.
Definitive attribute
Doing the right thing or putting their families in front of themselves.
The Silent Generation
Dates
1925 to 1942
What they’re known for
Not fighting in WW2 and being quiet. They mostly wanted to avoid getting called communists. They spent a lot of time working on their careers.
Definitive attribute
Working too much, unionizing, saying “Honey, I’m Home.”
The Baby Boomers
Dates
1943-1964
What they’re known for
Complaining about their grand-kids. Creating unsustainable business practices that later generations can kill. Thinking the post war boom in the economy was normal.
Definitive attribute
Not understanding the crap they left for their grand- and great-grand kids.
Generation X or MTV Generation
Dates
1965-1975
What they’re known for
Killing the radio star with video.
Definitive attribute
First generation to be accused of playing too many video games. Creating monolithic tech companies.
Generation Xillennial or I’m not a Millennial
Dates
1976-1989
What they’re known for
90’s nostalgia. Insisting that they aren’t Millennials. Complaining about Millennials. Something about participation trophies.
Definitive attribute
Not being Millennials or X and really not wanting to be.
Generation Y or Millennial
Dates
1990-1995 or anyone younger and deserving more scorn than the current speaker
What they’re known for
MASS MURDER, Not voting, being entitled, lazy, loud, GET OFF MY LAWN
Definitive attribute
Being really poor and shit on.
Generation Z or IGen or Post-Millennial or Plurals or Digital Natives
Dates
1996-2010
What they’re known for
Being mistaken for Millennials. Not having a buzz worthy name. Cell phone addiction (despite being on it less than their parents and grandparents.) Not being hated as much as Millennials. 90’s Nostalgia.
Definitive attribute
Being sick of this shit… all this shit.
Generation Wikipedia doesn’t have an article and people haven’t named us
Dates
2011-????
Definitive attribute
Asking WTF were you thinking every 3 minutes.
Being hated by Gen X and Millennials in the same way that the Silent Generation and Boomers hated Millennials
Definitive attribute
Being the generation that will have to come up with solutions to the serious fuck up that our government, education, society, and most of all environment is headed towards.
There you have it. Any names for the generation born post 2011?
Éric
P.S. This was a work of satire. It is effectively cruel, simplistic, and idiotic to judge an entire generation of people on such narrow lines. But maybe I’m being a little too sensitive. I am a Cancer after all.