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Originally posted by arcwelder76:

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
"Millennial" isn't a generation. It's a subset of a generation. While technically I fall within that range, I do not consider myself a millennial.

Please clarify. "Millennial" is indeed what oh, every source calls a particular generation.

It's not a "subset" man.

While you can find opinion on when a given generation begins and ends, for just about any generation in history, don't be peddling this "subset" nonsense.

It's OK to be insecure about your generation, Bob. But don't bullshit.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Oh come on, man. Even Ted Kaczynski probably knew about the Oregon Trail video game.

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Originally posted by PorterN:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Who raised the millennial generation? As a rule children's character, morality and work ethic are what their parents taught them.

I had great parents who taught me a lot of invaluable life lessons and continue to do so, and I turned out better than a lot, with still plenty room to improve.

But many who were raised in the same home environments with great parents are now the same millennial fuckheads we're discussing here; so i'd also argue it's the trends and technological increases that "raised" us, most of which have been mentioned already in part, but shit like - participation trophies, no child left behind, elimination of certain hands-on classes and increase in standardized testing, the rise of political correctness, the still-growing popularity of being offended, the access to the internet and speed of communication, the rapid rise of social media, products of a growing economy, etc. etc. all had/have a huge impact on our ideals, views, and impressions of the world, feeding entitlement, resentment, jealousy, laziness, on and on.

also, I miss playing Oregon Trail, except Zeke was always dying of dysentery.

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Originally posted by Scuba Steve Sig:
I'm 38, so I am an "Xennial" or the Oregon Trail generation, with an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. We span the years between 1977 and 1983 (the Star Wars Trilogy years). I self-identify as a unique snowflake who is also operator-capable of handling both Red Dawn and when Skynet becomes self aware. I am awash in Reagan Privilege and virtue signal the fall of the Soviet Union weekly.

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Originally posted by MitchbSC:

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Originally posted by Scuba Steve Sig:
I'm 38, so I am an "Xennial" or the Oregon Trail generation, with an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. We span the years between 1977 and 1983 (the Star Wars Trilogy years). I self-identify as a unique snowflake who is also operator-capable of handling both Red Dawn and when Skynet becomes self aware. I am awash in Reagan Privilege and virtue signal the fall of the Soviet Union weekly.

Red Dawn (1984) when that scenario was a possibility? Like more possible than a two-day wifi outage in 2018?

Skynet would have become self-aware except the Millenials cut the testing so Boomers could have all those funds roll to their 401Ks. Of course, China's gots some self-aware shit running on our Google, Apple, and Amazon devices instead.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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But should we continue to malign an age group that will be eventually become the majority group on this forum?

Yes. Additionally, there is no proof millennials will ever become a majority. Baby boomers and Gen Xers are joiners but millennials are not. The generation behind you (Gen Z or iGen) is showing a lot of promise of not falling for all of the BS your generation is mocked for.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
(Gen Z or iGen)

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:
There's a difference between being a generation of dumbasses, and being a generation of traitors.