Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

suddenly it all makes sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ ... .robLrb1qn

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Varis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Varis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think we've already had this discussion a few times on RM, but once again:

Generation X: the generation born after that of the baby boomers (roughly from the early 1960s to mid 1970s), often perceived to be disaffected and directionless.

Millennials: a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000; a Generation Yer. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends. Researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

What are they - Millennials or Gen Yers? Please select only one option.

Then it's Millennials. Accept it, Varis.

Why do you guys get 2 names and a choice though?

we special

Raises hand.

BurtReynolds wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

suddenly it all makes sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ ... .robLrb1qn

We are the island of misfit toys.

BurtReynolds wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

suddenly it all makes sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ ... .robLrb1qn

77-80. Mid seventies is 74-76.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

suddenly it all makes sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ ... .robLrb1qn

77-80. Mid seventies is 74-76.

I'd still put Gen X until about 82ish. The way kids born in the mid/late 70s and how they grew up is almost exactly how I did.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Varis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Varis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think we've already had this discussion a few times on RM, but once again:

Generation X: the generation born after that of the baby boomers (roughly from the early 1960s to mid 1970s), often perceived to be disaffected and directionless.

Millennials: a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000; a Generation Yer. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends. Researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

What are they - Millennials or Gen Yers? Please select only one option.

Then it's Millennials. Accept it, Varis.

Why do you guys get 2 names and a choice though?

we special

Again, .

But from where I sit that looks to me as if you're just confirming my original thoughts on this thing. That's cool, I'm happy to retire for this evening firmly holding the factual and moral high ground.

:smugmode:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Let's rename it Generation Ye

this post is your Yeezus

BurtReynolds wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

suddenly it all makes sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ ... .robLrb1qn

I identify with that way more than I'm comfortable admitting.

Varis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Varis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Varis wrote:What are they - Millennials or Gen Yers? Please select only one option.

Then it's Millennials. Accept it, Varis.

Why do you guys get 2 names and a choice though?

we special

Again, .

But from where I sit that looks to me as if you're just confirming my original thoughts on this thing. That's cool, I'm happy to retire for this evening firmly holding the factual and moral high ground.

:smugmode:

The smuggest move in all of this was Generation X thinking they could name the following generation "Generation Y."

So, wait, does each generation get to name the following generation?

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
So if you were born between 1975 and 1980, you're in a bit of a gray area.

suddenly it all makes sense

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ ... .robLrb1qn

I identify with that way more than I'm comfortable admitting.

yeah I hate buzzfeed, but that's mostly correct.

Given all the praise that Lost in the World was getting a couple of pages back I figured I'd give it a listen (I'm trying to figure out Kanye) - I didn't like it - i think the excessive Autotune put me off right from the begining.

durdencommatyler wrote:So, wait, does each generation get to name the following generation?

There's no such thing as generations anymore.

Lament wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:So, wait, does each generation get to name the following generation?

There's no such thing as generations anymore.

THEN WHAT ARE WE ALL FIGHTING ABOUT

this is all a sham

everything all the time

all day nigga

Rangi Guy wrote:Given all the praise that Lost in the World was getting a couple of pages back I figured I'd give it a listen (I'm trying to figure out Kanye) - I didn't like it - i think the excessive Autotune put me off right from the begining.

I was nearly about to listen to some of this guy's stuff. Now...... not so sure.

The Baby Boomers were a perfect storm in which you had people who normally would be at very different points in their lives starting families in a short period of time because of the end of World War II. We're far enough removed from that moment in time that there is no real delineation between "generations."

LetMeSleep wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:Given all the praise that Lost in the World was getting a couple of pages back I figured I'd give it a listen (I'm trying to figure out Kanye) - I didn't like it - i think the excessive Autotune put me off right from the begining.

I was nearly about to listen to some of this guy's stuff. Now...... not so sure.

One definitely needs to remove the shackles of autotune-hate if one wants to enjoy Kanye's work. But as has been discussed many times already, the entire album of 808s & Heartbreak is essentially an argument in favor of autotune's potential as an emotional and creative tool, and I think it's a very persuasive argument. I have no problem with autotune anymore.

Still, I find it hard to imagine how someone could not like "Lost in the World". That song is transcendent.