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McAvoy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:39 am
That is the core of the problem with these Generations. When does it start and when do they end.
It's a fairly recent thing, most likely created by the Boomer Generation and then backtracked for WW2 and WW1 generations. Go past WW1 and the generations matter little. You could argue the Victorian Generation but that doesn't really fit.
Seems to matter now so for some they know where they belong in society. I guess it's a nice way of directing the blame on which generation is at fault for something...
Actually the baby boomers specifically refers to the offspring of all the GI that came home from WWII, and that's the commencement of modern generational assessment. It's like the hebrew culture of the Abrahamic religions.
It's not supposed to be the only means of defining a generation but that was a huge cultural phenomenon that had grips across the allied nations. It's like how Social Security used to just be a distinct number for you as a citizen, but incidentally became a major livestake of your civic identity for its natural complexity and its broad outlying structure.
McAvoy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:39 am
That is the core of the problem with these Generations. When does it start and when do they end.
It's a fairly recent thing, most likely created by the Boomer Generation and then backtracked for WW2 and WW1 generations. Go past WW1 and the generations matter little. You could argue the Victorian Generation but that doesn't really fit.
Seems to matter now so for some they know where they belong in society. I guess it's a nice way of directing the blame on which generation is at fault for something...
Actually the baby boomers specifically refers to the offspring of all the GI that came home from WWII, and that's the commencement of modern generational assessment. It's like the hebrew culture of the Abrahamic religions.
It's not supposed to be the only means of defining a generation but that was a huge cultural phenomenon that had grips across the allied nations. It's like how Social Security used to just be a distinct number for you as a citizen, but incidentally became a major livestake of your civic identity for its natural complexity and its broad outlying structure.
That's what I was talking about. You got the Boomers, then the WW2 generation and then the WW1 generation. Before that, the difference in generations are more vague, or at least events. Though there is the Civil War Era mixed in for the Americans.
This whole next generation thing we have now, is a result of rapidly shifting social and technological advancements/shifts. You could argue it started with the Booming 20's.
Come to think about it, each decade seems to be that way too. Each decade has a distinct look and feel from the others.
McAvoy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 2:26 am
Come to think about it, each decade seems to be that way too. Each decade has a distinct look and feel from the others.
That feels like it's slowing down though, or perhaps it's just my perceptions shifting as I get older. In the 80s the 70s felt like a very different world (not that I'm really old enough to remember them), in the 90s the 80s did, but the 2000s don't really seem that different from the 2010s even though there's been quite a bit of technological change.
I think the 2000's was more of a digital age from the 90's. A lot of appeal went into richness of substance rather than flare that you'd exhume from 90's rebellion. Like, Matrix was a lot more rich and dark in tone than Speed. That's the direction say action movies took.
McAvoy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 2:26 am
Come to think about it, each decade seems to be that way too. Each decade has a distinct look and feel from the others.
That feels like it's slowing down though, or perhaps it's just my perceptions shifting as I get older. In the 80s the 70s felt like a very different world (not that I'm really old enough to remember them), in the 90s the 80s did, but the 2000s don't really seem that different from the 2010s even though there's been quite a bit of technological change.
I am thinking the same thing too. The early 2000's had a look but not much different then let's say today. It seems the past 20 years even fashion has slowed down. You could easily date a photo by pretty much everything in the photo. I mean what really is the difference between now and 2010, ten years ago.
Then think about the difference between 1980 and 1990 and it very profound.
I guess I'd be just on the cusp of being a Xetenial, since I was born in 1987. Sadly, my whole childhood is mostly a blur. Though I have a few scattered memories I can call on, mostly about the TV shows of the time, the computer games, and more. Magic School Bus. Hell yes.
"A culture's teachings - and more importantly, the nature of its people - achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking."
— Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Yukaphile wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:08 pm
I guess I'd be just on the cusp of being a Xetenial, since I was born in 1987. Sadly, my whole childhood is mostly a blur. Though I have a few scattered memories I can call on, mostly about the TV shows of the time, the computer games, and more. Magic School Bus. Hell yes.
I was six in 1990. I remember that time frame. 80's movies were still new so I was well aware of the fashion. I was also well aware of the linebacker shoulder pads women wore. I got to see how colorful the 90's were.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were my thing too. Especially the first two movies.
Yukaphile wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:08 pm
I guess I'd be just on the cusp of being a Xetenial, since I was born in 1987. Sadly, my whole childhood is mostly a blur. Though I have a few scattered memories I can call on, mostly about the TV shows of the time, the computer games, and more. Magic School Bus. Hell yes.
I was six in 1990. I remember that time frame. 80's movies were still new so I was well aware of the fashion. I was also well aware of the linebacker shoulder pads women wore. I got to see how colorful the 90's were.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were my thing too. Especially the first two movies.
1996 for me. I remember my father's N64 AND his PS1 (it's still around here somewhere). I remember PBS Kids and Kids WB. But my favorite show? KaBlam! youtu.be/pcr1xojsA-c
Kids WB! Those old commercials. Pokemon. Dragon Ball Z. ReBoot. More.
Recently I checked out Green Lantern: The Animated Series. It's beyond me how it escaped my notice for so long.
"A culture's teachings - and more importantly, the nature of its people - achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking."
— Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Yukaphile wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:08 pm
I guess I'd be just on the cusp of being a Xetenial, since I was born in 1987. Sadly, my whole childhood is mostly a blur. Though I have a few scattered memories I can call on, mostly about the TV shows of the time, the computer games, and more. Magic School Bus. Hell yes.
I was six in 1990. I remember that time frame. 80's movies were still new so I was well aware of the fashion. I was also well aware of the linebacker shoulder pads women wore. I got to see how colorful the 90's were.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were my thing too. Especially the first two movies.
1996 for me. I remember my father's N64 AND his PS1 (it's still around here somewhere). I remember PBS Kids and Kids WB. But my favorite show? KaBlam! youtu.be/pcr1xojsA-c
I remember saving money to get the N64. I also remember getting the NES for Christmas and then the Super NES a few years later. Hell I remember getting Street Fighter Turbo and Zelda Link to the Past to go with it.
