LogFAQs > #914092507

Alpha? lolwut?

Dikitain posted...

According to definitions I am between Generation X and Millennial. I tend to fall more into the characteristics of a Gen X then a Millennial though.

So... Xillenial?

minervo posted...

Here's my theory. Each generation lasts 12 years. Generation X started in 1967. Millenials started in 1979. Generation Z started in 1991, and Generation Alpha started in 2003.

Millennials started either in 1980 or 1984 (depending on who you ask) and Alpha doesn't sound like a thing. In general, everything after Gen X has been a marketing gimmick and the differentiation is meaningless.

dainkinkaide posted...

The Baby Boomer generation started around 1943-1946. If each generation lasts 12 years, why are there around 21-24 years between baby boomers and the immediate next generation, Gen-X?

Because the Baby Boomer generation was built around a specific event and is thus the only *real* generation of the bunch, while the rest is built around projections of when they have kids and when their kids have kids. It's a meaningless system since a "generation" can really consist of several generations from one family and no generations from other families (ie, a father and a son can both be Gen X or a family can go from Baby Boomer to Gen Y).
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