I feel seen, we are the only generation that overlaps others
Posted by credditreddit@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 710 comments
Who are we? When are we? Too young to be Gen X, too old to be millennials... and the Oregon Trail title is... Chef's Kiss
cordelaine@reddit
An entire generation lost to dysentery.
Inside-Project942@reddit
Shit is about to get serious...
MasterPhilip@reddit
The Apple II-e's in my computer class had green monitors.
LeftRightGreenLight@reddit
Here I go again on my own!
Inside-Project942@reddit
š¤š»š "In my covered wagon, no food, no cash, no phone!"š¤š»
islipped83@reddit
Not sure who needs to hear this, but you can get an Oregon Trail and Carmenās Sandiego 2-pack for the Nintendo Switch. Iāve been sucked into Oregon Trail for a couple of months now, and itās so great!
StandardAd239@reddit
I was not planning on buying a Switch today, but I guess my plans have changed.
Suspicious_Round2583@reddit
I absolutely did not need to know this. Off to wrestle the kids for the Switch.
Just_Me_79@reddit
Itās also available on Apple TV in their Game Center! I actually have it on there & my switch, along with Carmen!
raspberrybee@reddit
Omg!!
nampezdel@reddit
Or drowned attempting to ford the river
kayla622@reddit
We should have taken the ferry!
bokchoykn@reddit
To the OP's point, this proves that the Oregon Trail Generation (1977-1985) also overlaps with the Progressive Generation (1843-1859), since we were faced with similar problems.
kayla622@reddit
I grew up in Oregon (and still live in Oregon) so we played the Oregon games like Oregon Trail and Odell Lake.
I also visited the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City, OR where we allegedly could walk along part of the trail where the original wagon ruts still exist. We also learned how to pack the wagon and what it was like to walk along the trail. I definitely feel like I went through the same experience as the original pioneers (lol).
5th_gen_woodwright@reddit
Did you shoot Buffalo using exclusively the space bar?
ManufacturerOpening6@reddit
I LOVED Odell lake!
ODM84@reddit
I grew up in Independence Missouri which is where the trail started. We played the game and had similar wagon packing and trail visits. There's an old part of town with "stores" that are period correct and even the original town jail still exists as a museum. There is a yearly festival called Santa-Cali-Gon to celebrate the 3 trails that started in the town. ( Santa Fe, California, and Oregon).
Sea_Pie_Star@reddit
In Oregon, when peopleās say the name of the game how do they pronounce āOregonā? Iāve generally heard it pronounced Or-e-gone Trail, but then the state pronounced āOrganā.
Iām from Massachusetts.
xSir-@reddit
Its not pronounced "organ" its pronounced "or-a-gun".
As in, when people got here, they were like, "shit, there's wolves and bears, i need my knife." And someone was like "or a gun" and thats how the state was named. When say it fast it can sound like "or a gin" with a hard G, like gun, not like the liquor.
Im from Oregon.
Sea_Pie_Star@reddit
Thank you! I honestly have struggled to say Oregon properly with my New England accent. Or-a-gun has been stored in my metal vocabulary !
xSir-@reddit
No problem
daggersrule@reddit
Odell down under was one of the best games I got to play in school.
apresmoiputas@reddit
I just added that town to the list. I live in Seattle but it seems that the fastest way to visit there is to fly to Boise then rent a car and drive two hours from there.
Negative-Wrap95@reddit
Xennials being progressive
CrustOfSalt@reddit
In this economy? Look who started as a banker! I'll caulk the wagon and float it as God intended, thank you
monty08@reddit
banker, then you stock pile on ammo only
now we go hunting for food
the weight limit on how much to bring back was frustrating
dammit-smalls@reddit
100pct
jackfaire@reddit
Man I was really wrong I chevyd the river.
PoisonMind@reddit
Always hire the Indian guide.
Unpainted-Fruit-Log@reddit
But I caulked the wagon!!!
Turkatron2020@reddit
Also the hack was to just be the banker instead of the damn carpenter
Dartagnan1083@reddit
If you wanted the high score and knew the game, Saddlemaker gave a score multiplier and had decent cash to start.
Mean_Median_0201@reddit
Uh oh. Two independent thought alarms in one day. The students are overstimulated.
VomitShitSmoothie@reddit
Sorry I spent all my money on ammo to kill 100x more buffalo than I could carry.
KDiggity8@reddit
The day I found out you could actually move around while hunting was incredible.
Liyah15678@reddit
I wasted all my ammo on those damn squirrels
OPmeansopeningposter@reddit
What do I look like, a banker?
docsuess84@reddit
Always take the ferry. Money well-spent.
WithaK19@reddit
You gotta caulk that Wagon!
kayla622@reddit
āYour wagon has tipped over while floating. You lost 2 oxen, 1 tongue, 1 axle, 300 pounds of food, and 351 bullets.ā
Canacarirose@reddit
You had it in color?!
kayla622@reddit
No. The one I am used to was monochrome green on Apple iie. I couldnāt find a green image of the wagon tipping over.
Canacarirose@reddit
You also had an Apple //e! I also had one! Found out it was a rare model in comparison to the //c
kayla622@reddit
I didnāt own an Apple iie. Those were the computers we had in our school library!
mtmtnmike@reddit
And Jebediah.
Seienchin88@reddit
DemonKnight42@reddit
Thatās not real. Itās not green. Thatās in color. I call BS.
kayla622@reddit
The one Iām used to was green too. I just couldnāt find that image.
CupcakeGoat@reddit
Don't worry, I'll just shoot some eagles while we regroup
WithaK19@reddit
Fuck.
agent_uno@reddit
Blthvlbthbw! Sorry. I didnāt have any more tongues.
Patches_Mcgee@reddit
goddamnit
raspberrybee@reddit
Starved to death because even though we shit a Buffalo, we could only carry back five pounds of meat to our starving family.
Remote_Bumblebee2240@reddit
Poor Mary
rebasbutcher@reddit
Just as sir Rutherford the brave intended.
Somethingisshadysir@reddit
Some of us drowned
facedownasteroidup@reddit
We wouldnāt have drowned if we werenāt constantly moving at a grueling pace!!
Mundane-Ticket-3713@reddit
Can't tell you how many times I've seen my paw drown to death. Gets me every time.
_Face@reddit
Phish
neonsummers@reddit
Wonāt someone think of the oxen!
blatantregard@reddit
Sometimes you gotta just ford that river! Unfortunately I lost all my oxen and my daughter Topanga.
hyper24x7@reddit
Weird thing is I can talk to people just 5 to 7 years older and they have a distinctly different outlook and mindset. Same with people just about 5 to 7 years younger. There are variations sure, but mostly the older ones still post on Facebook and have no idea how to use the internet for anything. Its as if they are Boomers, they seem to lack any ability to learn and grow. The younger ones seem super into themselves and eveything they do, they are very hard to reach and talk to because they seem just so preoccupied. Case in point if I try to have lunch with someone who I used to work with who is like 39, they never call or text back or are always down to chat but then never follow up. The older ones I talk to are always so far behind with things it feels like I'm talking to my parents. If anything I feel incredibly alone and isolated in general because I can't seem to find my people.
RR321@reddit
There are recent versions too, hopefully for few of us...
RR321@reddit
lowfiswish@reddit
Omg these are amazing I must find a way to carry them with me everywhere
NeverEndingCoralMaze@reddit
I should cross stitch that.
apresmoiputas@reddit
peachforthesky@reddit
I literally LOL when I saw that šĀ
Peanut083@reddit
Dang, Iām not even American and I need this on a t-shirt!
gilded_lady@reddit
And snake bites.
timberwolf0122@reddit
If only we had been nicer to Terry
juan_humano@reddit
Ive said it before, but that game was meant for you to choose the banker, spend all your money on bullets, shoot 2800lbs of game and be able to take back 100lbs. And then obviously cholera or fording the river would take you. On the off chance you made it to the mountains, well. I dont think I ever made it Oregon
cordelaine@reddit
Made it to Oregon? Are you saying thereās more to the game than you described? Because thatās all I remember.
weezmatical@reddit
And what I primarily learned from Oregon Trail is that I too would have slaughtered the buffalo.
HipHopChick1982@reddit
Broke my leg on the Trail once, then died right after.
tessathemurdervilles@reddit
But boy were we well stocked with quinine!
counterhit121@reddit
At least we maxed out on twine before heading out
JungLeo143@reddit
My axle was always broken.
YungTurk82@reddit
That and figuring out shooting cows because they were way slower instead of rabbits for food was a better tactic.
Fr4nzJosef@reddit
OmahaWarrior@reddit
Rest in peace, old Poop Face!
peanutbutter2178@reddit
I got piles of meat over here that I can't carry if anyone wants some. The only problem is it's about 25 years old.
apresmoiputas@reddit
That's a lot of salt needed for that
Golden_Enby@reddit
Wasn't salt expensive in the game? I haven't played it since childhood, so there are things I've forgotten. :p
apresmoiputas@reddit
same but I said salt because that and vinegar are some of the best ways of preserving meat before there was refrigeration.
pug_fugly_moe@reddit
So many bears and deer
A_Bad_Man@reddit
These new smart phones have made dying on the toilet a lot more fun!
Anathama@reddit
Stop Dissen' Terry!
Plus-Pomegranate8045@reddit
I once looked up dysentery because of Oregon Trail and it sounds absolutely horrible. If I must die on the trail, give me drowning any day.
hippiegodfather@reddit
Or fentanyl, if you want to be real about it
Melodic-Variation103@reddit
I was bitten by a snakeā¦
Fearless_Mammoth_961@reddit
I want to be the Dysentery Generation now. Generation D, if you will.
NoOccasion4759@reddit
I quickly learned not to name my family members after my friends. Enemies though...
PirateSteve85@reddit
Xennials took a turn for the worse
PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit
I always died from bullet ricochet while hunting.
rebuildingsince64@reddit
Needs to be on the Xennial Tee for sure!!!!
Ok-Lifeguard-4614@reddit
I'm currently wearing a shirt with a covered wagon on it that says "get in loser, we're going to die of dysentery."
Canacarirose@reddit
See Also: the Missionary Generation
Several-Guidance1299@reddit
I was thirsty.
s_burr@reddit
"Terry? Haha, that's a girls name!"
Stiffy4Freedom@reddit
Or delayed due to a broken yoke.
braxtel@reddit
Did not even come close to running out of bullets though. So there's that at least.
jupitergal23@reddit
I worry that I am the only Xennial who never played that game.
skitch23@reddit
StandardAd239@reddit
My heart hurts for them.
JP_DR@reddit
Sorry friend. I distinctly remember playing Oregon Trail while the computer lab teacher was printing out pep rally banners on the dot matrix printers, it's a strong childhood memory!
RaygunMarksman@reddit
Along with Carmen Sandiego, Prince of Persia, and Karateka in our computer lab!
Kade7596@reddit
The Prince of Persia death sound effect/music is burned into my brain
Actually the first 'Souls' game ;p
LiveFastDieFast@reddit
Also Odell Lake, and the Logo visual programming language!
Logo was the one where there was a small triangle on the screen (called the turtle), and youād type in commands to make it draw lines and shapes based on your input.
Odell lake was the one where you were a fish and had to decide how to survive when you met other aquatic animals
SirGothamHatt@reddit
Is it weird that i never played the Carmen Sandiego computer game but I watched the crap out of the PBS game show? I didn't even know there was a computer game til a few years later.
RaygunMarksman@reddit
Might have been just a tiny bit too young for it? It was kind of an educational game if I recall correctly, so not super exciting. You had to learn about different cultures and geographical stuff while trying to figure out where she was.
SirGothamHatt@reddit
That's part of it but also I don't think my school district had it in the computer lab at elementary or middle school. I only remember Oregon Trail, O'Dell Lake, Number Munchers, etc. And i didn't have a home PC until '97.
RaygunMarksman@reddit
Oh wow, O'dell Lake. The name and concept are familiar but I think that had left my memory until you mentioned it!
bannik1@reddit
Take it away Rockapella.
comidamagica@reddit
And Number Cruncher šø
Dull-Watch8104@reddit
Math Munchers for me.
Dry-Broccoli3096@reddit
Number *Munchers. These games were developed for Minnesota schools by MECC. NM was my personal favorite!
RaygunMarksman@reddit
Yessss, one of my favorite of the educational games even though I hated math.
PaulMaulMenthol@reddit
Botanist Apprentice
ArcadesRed@reddit
I loved Carmen Sandiego. My buss would drop me off 20min before first bell. Just enough to get on one or two games.
Stumbleweeds27@reddit
Wow took the words right out of my mouth!! Our Apple II lab with the green monitors
Kade7596@reddit
I was too busy with Space/Police/King's Quest/for Glory, WOLF3D, DOOM, and huge piles of Apogee & Epic Megagames shareware floppies
Additional-Sundae932@reddit
I remember it, but Iām fairly certain I never played it myself.
DTRMNTSband@reddit
thats weird cuz im a late millennial and i still played oregon trail in school
The_Freshmaker@reddit
It is kind of ironic that they tried to label an entire generation the name of a game we played in elementary school, not like we even had much of a choice in games it was just the least 'school work' of the 5 games we had to choose from.
fbcmfb@reddit
My middle school computer teacher got rid of all the pirated/unlicensed copies we had. This was 1993. You might be a casualty of that.
smokemirrorsunicorns@reddit
don't worry i played brĆøderbund's Sun Tzu the ancient art of war on my mac and i was obsessed with it. and an F15 eagle flight simulator. my parents bought me weird games :)
Old_Storage379@reddit
But do you remember Zork on Dos?
yousernameiztaken@reddit
Wait, but how did you not? We played it in school. Was it a school circumstance, a state?
sexwiththebabysitter@reddit
I went to catholic school. Maybe that had something to do with us not playing in school.
PrivateEnis@reddit
I didn't!
sexwiththebabysitter@reddit
Me neither! We played we played Carmen San Diego
Daemon213@reddit
I played both! And you can still play it now. It's not too late.
minxwink@reddit
I played both and Iām so insulted 88 BBs were so rudely shunned from this range.
sparkster777@reddit
Suck it, Millennial!
minxwink@reddit
:(((((((( gay.
NovelWord1982@reddit
I also played both. And āNumber Munchersā
VelocityGrrl39@reddit
I played Hot Dog Stand, which no one else remembers.
AssaultLemming_@reddit
I played that as well!
FoofaFighters@reddit
Rest in peace Chief. :')
jupitergal23@reddit
Yes!! I played that game so frickin much
B_Reele@reddit
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
gnocchiandchicken@reddit
Neither did I! But we did play War On Middle Earth (LOTR) and Ducktales!
CasualEveryday@reddit
You didn't miss much, but we thought it was the greatest thing ever.
cerealfamine1@reddit
I never have either.
doompines@reddit
I only played it in school. Same for Carmen Sandiego.
BrĆøderbund must have had a deal worked out with public school systems in the 80s.
GM_Jedi7@reddit
I played it like once in middle school. Never had any nostalgia for it.
der_innkeeper@reddit
I never played it.
Artillery Duel was my jam.
ButtScratchies@reddit
Nope! I donāt recall ever playing it.
capt-awesome-atx@reddit
It's never too late.
https://oregontrail.ws/games/the-oregon-trail/
shiddedandfarded69@reddit
I never played it either but my little brother born in '87 played the hell out of it
credditreddit@reddit (OP)
Don't worry.
You're still one of us.
jupitergal23@reddit
barefootincozumel@reddit
What?
Luder714@reddit
gen x overlaps yours as well
julayla64@reddit
Wow. Just wow
Foulwinde@reddit
who are the Homelanders?
PhoneJazz@reddit
Gen Z, oddly. Iāve never heard that term before.
mrmadchef@reddit
I've heard it used as a placeholder before anyone knew what name would eventually catch on.Ā
stephsco@reddit
That makes sense. Millennials were often dubbed Gen Y as the generation emerged.
Diarrhea_Beaver@reddit
I honestly thought it might be a reference to The Boys character since so many of their males turned out to be misogynistic, maladaptive, sociopathic cry babies that looksmaxxed and mogged the country into a fascist takeover because the favorite influencers told them to MAGA for lols
But post 9/11 is also a possibility
Esc1221@reddit
regeya@reddit
Seeing people share memes with Homelander as the voice of right-wing reason is just so wild to me, like the first few times I saw it I assumed it was some wildly meta commentary.
username__0000@reddit
The actor who plays him has told people something like āheās the bad guy, stop this.ā When fans start praising him.
Radiant-Programmer33@reddit
Itās like with Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. There are interviews with Michael Douglas where he tells of fans coming up to him to tell how they went into finance because of him, and heās there trying to tell them that Gekko was the bad guy in the movie!
lowfiswish@reddit
TIL
gilded_lady@reddit
It took MAGA FOUR seasons to realize they were being made fun of. People sharing those memes don't surprise me.
vanwiekt@reddit
Did they finally figure it out?
gilded_lady@reddit
Yep. They got mad after the promos for season 4 came out lol.
Diarrhea_Beaver@reddit
And here I am shaking my head at high school me not realizing Tyler Durden and Rorschach were villains.
Just like removing the funny parts of Tom Green pranks and instead being straight up shitty to people for YouTube views, they really pulling an epic "Hold my beer" when it comes to the shit I retroactively cringe about from my past. If they weren't such an active fucking scourge, Id kinda want to thank them for helping me let go of the embarrassment from my youth
TorchThisAccount@reddit
It's just so weird. My brother and I were talking about this where there was this window in the late 90s and early 2000s where it felt like racism and misogyny were getting better. And it was going to taper off with each new generation.
I'd love to know what made parts of Gen Z take such a hard right turn. Did mommy over helicopter and tell them they were special boys that could do no wrong and give them everything they wanted. And not allow them to grow up? Did social media and the internet desensitize them that watching the world burn is worth it for the lolz?
Standard_South4148@reddit
I say this as a Zillenial who either just barely missed the bus, or was too smart to be roped in.
They were exposed to the internet at a young age, normal growing experiences like rejection from a girl, embarrassment at school etc; were distorted by propaganda the gradually moved them further right. It mixed truths with lies.
Your girlfriend left you for someone else? Thatās hypergamy, itās because women by default go with the high social standing guy. You were shut down by someone else? You just got frame-mogged, and you exposed yourself as weak and pathetic to everyone else around you.
Thus every negative feeling gets reflected as a representation of how weak and pathetic you are. But why are you so weak and pathetic? Itās the feminist agenda to emasculate men, itās the deep states agenda to subdue the revolutionary spirit of America, itās the Jews agenda to eliminate the white race.
Their personal insecurities were taken advantage of before they were old enough to overcome them. Those insecurities were used against them to warp their world view into one where the world is antagonistic against them. It nazified their ideals by turning masculinity, and āstrengthā as something to be reclaimed. Because if they had those things, everyone would have respected them, and their girlfriend would never have left. It becomes reinforced every day when their toxic world view gets rejected by normal people around them, reaffirming to them their convictions by nagging at unresolved insecurities of being disrespected, and looked down. Hence it evolves into taking testosterone taking, looksmaxxing, anti-social behaviors, political nazification.
Had they grown up without the internet, they would have found people who respected them, they would have found someone who loved them. What stops them now is they donāt believe in it anymore, and theyāve long forgotten the childhood insecurities that initially motivated them to this worldview.
znzbnda@reddit
This was really interesting. Thank you.
GustavSnapper@reddit
Itās the former, itās basically just kids being born into an authoritarian hyper surveillance society, the one our parents voted for.
As for the manosphere crowd most of these idiots are āourā fault.
Theyāre our children. A lot of shitty hands off soft parenting is responsible for this.
When your parenting style starts with little Timmy wonāt do anything unless he has an iPad in his face or heāll tantrum all day, well you canāt really blame him for having messed up development from a toddler age.
Shit kids are almost exclusively the result of shit parents.
thejaytheory@reddit
I thought it might've been a reference to Cody Rhodes
xrelaht@reddit
Gen-Z men are either that or the most sensitive, emotionally mature people youāve ever met in your life. There is no in-between.
smokemirrorsunicorns@reddit
i though this too!!
Worth_Specific3764@reddit
that was delightful to read and an epic dis. love it.
SekhmetScion@reddit
The Boys? Oh you mean Kiwi vs Kiwi? š
PracticalScramby@reddit
What believing everything you read online does to a mfer ^
pocketjacks@reddit
The name fits.
PoisonMind@reddit
I thought it might refer to the Claire Danes spy thriller Homeland.
Diarrhea_Beaver@reddit
This sub being what it is, I almost added a My So Called Life joke referencing that series when I typed out 9/11, but I haven't had coffee yet and it wasn't coming together
absentlyric@reddit
This seems more like a Redditor's definition of that.
Diarrhea_Beaver@reddit
"This seems more like a Redditor's definition of that." - Redditor
elderly_millenial@reddit
Itās a reference to The Boys
StainedGlassMagpie@reddit
Who tf is calling them that?
Iāve heard them called the Columbus Generation, because they keep ādiscoveringā shit that people already knew about and claiming it as their own discovery. I think thatās a better name tbh. š
Andsoitgoes101@reddit
I think it also refers to them being the most surveilled generation and parents are on them. Everything is essentially recorded. So they spend more time at home Also yes the post 911 thing.
TJBurkeSalad@reddit
Has to do whit being born around the same time as the Department of Homeland Security was founded. Definitely post 9/11 big brother shit.
nostrademons@reddit
Itās a Strauss and Howe reference.
One-Earth9294@reddit
I guess 'people who grew up never knowing what a world without the department of homeland security' lol
redonkulousness@reddit
Starlight haters
luckyfucker13@reddit
Kripke better stick this fucking landing, I swear
full_of_ghosts@reddit
If anyone can, it's Kripke. I remember anticipating the Herogasm episode, wondering how the hell they were going to pull it off, bracing for disappointment. They really leaned into "Herogasm is coming" marketing during the leadup, and it felt like more hype than it could live up to.
Turned out to be one of the best episodes ever, for reasons that had little to do with the highly-anticipated superhero sex party. It was a beautifully executed, very satisfying bait and switch.
Which is to say, I'm confident Kripke can stick the landing.
unicornsfearglitter@reddit
I'll get flack for this, but he didn't stick the landing with supernatural. And to further get hate, I felt it could have ended at season 5 storywise. I'd say its safer to not have expectations, especially with endings to big shows. But the show is written to end in 5 seasons, not 15, so that's already more encouraging.
Mandraykin@reddit
Isn't Kripke's run on Supernatural pricesely for the 5 firsts seasons ?
TrixieBastard@reddit
Yeah, it was supposed to end after s5, and it absolutely should have. S6 went completely off the rails, and I had to stop watching after the season premiere of s7. Just terrible.
mikebills@reddit
If you think it went off the rails after s5, wait til I tell you what happens in the later seasons. I'm not entirely sure why I chose to watch all 15 seasons when I was binging last year, but man that show went so far off the rails they were in another fucking state in an alternate reality. And that's probably being generous about it.
TrixieBastard@reddit
You are a braver and more patient person than I š
mikebills@reddit
It gave me something to watch for like a month. But it just got so ludicrous that i questioned why I was still watching it several times. It definitely showed me that trying to keep outdoing the last big bad is not always a good idea. Now let's take out God.
unicornsfearglitter@reddit
Yeah, it kinda just became fan fiction.
geekgirlwww@reddit
Frenchie being so disappointed he missed it
sparkster777@reddit
I'll be honest, I am nervous at this point.
Immediate_Regular@reddit
Solid album title
cjbevins99@reddit
Starlighters are communist. This message was brought to you by vought.
Lounging-Shiny455@reddit
Russel Vought? Yeah, makes sense.
geekgirlwww@reddit
I havenāt been able to start the latest season because of the fresh hellscape we are in with Iraq
RaygunMarksman@reddit
Oh the whole thing is creepily on point with what has happened in recent months...
geekgirlwww@reddit
I did, talk about an age appropriate Freudian slip
Okay yeah my anxiety canāt handle that.
RaygunMarksman@reddit
I almost missed it for the same reason but wondered why you were initially being downvoted and realized!
Suspicious_Round2583@reddit
I'm in Australia. Never heard them called that.
papercranium@reddit
The Zoomers, presumably. But literally nobody calls them that.
mikebills@reddit
I've heard it used before.
bubba_feet@reddit
i do.
then again, i am literally a nobody.
babyBear83@reddit
Useless red circle š
credditreddit@reddit (OP)
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Khaysis@reddit
Get with the times, all the kids are pointing now š
BlackEngineEarings@reddit
babyBear83@reddit
r/uselessredcircle
whereilaymyheadishom@reddit
Nadante@reddit
"Homelanders" is an alternative name for Generation Z (often defined as those born between 1997-2012, or strictly 2003-2021 by some researchers), coined to reflect a childhood entirely shaped by the post-9/11 security era. The term was popularized by generational theorists Neil Howe and William Strauss to describe a generation defined by intensified security, digital immersion, and the Great Recession.
The name "Homelander" comes from the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002, suggesting this generation is the first to grow up completely within a new, highly secure American landscape.
While Gen Z is the more common term, "Homelander" specifically focuses on the formative experience of growing up in a world where "homeland security" became a priority, often linking them to a more traditional, "back-to-basics" upbringing.
SeeItOnVHS@reddit
Maybe is a new name for the Zoomers, Gen Zāz who had the social/academic impacts due the pandemic
AnxiousSeason@reddit
What a strange name. No one uses that.
heyitscory@reddit
I hate it less than stupid variations on Gen X that make less and less sense each iteration until it loops around to the greek alphabet like... Hurricane naming convention?
I hated Gen Y.Ā So did enough people, so we got millennial and for 20 years, they blamed everything on millennials.Ā Ā Nobody uses top sheets? Millennials. Who killed Hooters? Millennials. Kids doing dumb shit on the internet? Hey, now, Millennials are pushing 40, are we sure they're the ones eating the Tide Pods?
And then came Gen Z.Ā To remind everyone that the dumb people who came up with Gen Y really wanted that to stick.
Imaginary_Scene2493@reddit
Gen Z for last generation to reach adulthood under the post-WW2 order. Post-hoc justification but appropriate.
thejaytheory@reddit
Is Gen B going to be next... Gen Beta?
Imaginary_Scene2493@reddit
Gen Beta began last year.
Iāve got 2 Gen Alpha kids. I joke that they arenāt ready for public release even as a test.
DarkAngela12@reddit
It's a reference to Dept of Homeland Security. The post-9/11 generation
KarmaTorpid@reddit
These things are just made up as it is. Ive never herd of homelanders.
Shirohitsuji@reddit
I feel whoever made this is Gen Z and trying to rebrand their generational name.
joshhupp@reddit
I call them Zoomers because they came of age during the video chat era
bobbaganush@reddit
All I can make out from the edges of the giant red circle is ā(Gen Z) 1997.ā There doesnāt look to be anything else after it. Iād like to see this chart with the red circle.
100percentfinelinen@reddit
Slachack1@reddit
"Homelanders" is an alternative term for Generation Z (often born 2005āpresent)
Name Origin:Ā Refers to the rise of the Department of Homeland Security post-9/11 and the trend of these children spending more time at home due to increased safety concerns and digital connectivity .
Damnation77@reddit
The covid kids
Eggsaladinurmouth@reddit
kcknuckles@reddit
Seriously, I've never heard this term for Gen Z. Gen Z is clearly the preferred name and far more recognizable.
tacofever@reddit
You're right, but in a way Gen Z is also flawed and lazy name (Alpha as well). Generation X wasn't named sequentially like it was 24th in line coming after "Gen W", but I guess it was just easier for whoever coined these names to just start labelling them "X, Y, Z, A, B..."
actusreus82@reddit
I believe it is from the author of āThe Fourth Turning.ā
Electronic_Medium_64@reddit
right, as a gen z i have literally never heard that term used to refer to usš
whereitsat23@reddit
Yeah, new to me also
EidolonRook@reddit
randomwellwisher@reddit
They left Generation Jones (1954-1965), another micro-generation, off the list.
desquamation@reddit
Oh cool. Iām Gen X again apparently. They keep booting us 81ers out of the club.Ā
czechfuji@reddit
I donāt know about anybody else but if you had an Atari or Nintendo but couldnāt play games on it because your parents were kicking you out of the house to go play outside (or had friends in said boat)⦠you belong here.
Spare_Independence19@reddit
Ikr wish they would make up they're minds about '81
mindpivot@reddit
I wish Xennials would make up their minds about ā76
Arippa@reddit
I have more in common with Xennials than Gen X
hipkat13@reddit
In my brain Xennials are firmly between 1975 and 1985. But nobody asked me so š¤·āāļø
FungiStudent@reddit
I feel like 76-84 feels right
drrj@reddit
Right? I refuse to be lumped solely with GenX.
realitythreek@reddit
I havenāt made up my mind about '81 either.
Golf-Beer-BBQ@reddit
We had it the best! I wish my kid grew up when I did because it was a completely different time. We had everything, but we didnāt have the distractions that kids have nowadays.
Lou_C_Fer@reddit
Born in '74. I also think my time was the perfect time. Coming of age in both the late 80s and early 90s was the best of both worlds. We had NES and Sega genesis, but neither was good enough to keep us inside. Cell phones weren't common until my mid 20s. I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 28 when my son was born. At that point, it seemed irresponsible to not have one.
Honestly, my childhood was like stand by me. It was great when I wasn't at home.
Golf-Beer-BBQ@reddit
Ya kids now really dont know how cool we had it and how good it felt.
On the flipside, we wouldāve shoved a kid in the trashcan and these kids are so nice now
williewoodwhale@reddit
At this point, just make Gen X cutoff 1980 and the start of millenials 1982. Leave us on our own, 1981 can be "Generation Latchkey". Don't worry about us, we'll make ourselves a snack and play Nintendo.
spoiled__princess@reddit
I donāt feel like Gen X either. Please take us too.
thejaytheory@reddit
Damn right!
KnottedWolfButt@reddit
Born in 74 and i am latchkey generation, if you want to be latchkey, you have to fit in gen x.
Kuroiryuu@reddit
Wouldnāt that make us born in ā81 sort of a micro generation of a micro generation? If weāre not part of Gen X or Gen Y, but Xennials that are a niche pocket of them?
Pertinax1981@reddit
81 is the ultimate sweetspot
natertheman1980@reddit
Initial GenY was 1980...The eldest of Millennials
Pertinax1981@reddit
Yet, not the sweet spot
Taint_Flicker@reddit
I was about to ask where this came from, since I get to be back in the X club.
VelocityGrrl39@reddit
When I was in high school I was left out of Gen X. Now Iām always part of it.
Different-Garage8363@reddit
I swear, when they switched the name from Gen y to millennial, they changed the years too. I thought I was part of Gen y growing up (1980) until sometime after 2005.
PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit
Also 78. I always remembered us being Millennials at some point but thought maybe I was wrong.
GreenHairyMartian@reddit
That's the thing, when the term gen x was defined, it was clearly defined as not included us. We were Gen Xs little brothers/sisters.
I reject any assignment now.
Ryanami@reddit
I thought I was Gen X until the millennial label started to get popular, now this new category wants to encapsulate me but Iām already pretty sick of hearing these terms altogether.
sctrlk@reddit
And here I am wishing 1982 would sometimes make it into Gen X territory š lol.
alloy1028@reddit
I was given a tiny t-shirt in kindergarten that said "Class of 2001: The First Class of the 21st Century." To me it makes sense that Millennial status should be tied to graduating high school in the year 2001 and after, so 1981and early 1982 babies would fall in the Gen X category.
b00ty_water@reddit
What if you got held back a grade?
KnifeFightAcademy@reddit
*does a sick skid and flicks dirt at you
Get outta here ya dirty X'er!
*mountain bikes away extremely
bobbaganush@reddit
Gen X 1965-1981 Xennial 1977-1985
Makes no sense whatsoever.
natertheman1980@reddit
1962-1979 was GenX when I first started looking at it. There is no official date ranges as the whole idea of a "generation" and how long they should be is also debatable. Boomers were 1942-1960 then 1944-1962 (because it was not until the first wave of WWII veterans came back from battles that lots of ladies started getting pregnant?)
Me_Too_Iguana@reddit
1985 is way too late for xennial. Should be 77 or 78 - 83
thejaytheory@reddit
Right, I remember when I first saw that 81 was the cut off for Gen X...I was like "Damn it, I wanted to be one so badly"
Torringtonn@reddit
Nah- you just get to choose which you connect with more.
Legitimate-Poet-1674@reddit
idk how to tell you this but you can actually just make up a name and pick an arbitrary date range and you created a generational range divide as valid as any other
kittenpantzen@reddit
I'm '77. I've been Gen X for a long time now, but originally was Gen Y. I got reshuffled to Gen X right around the time that they went from the cool older siblings to the lazy aimless bums in media.Ā
DmtTraveler@reddit
I grew up hearing 81 was gen x. Wasnt till like the last decade it got retconned out
ContributeAVerse@reddit
ā80 and same. We were definitely not in the Gen X club when we were still called Gen Y. I want to say it went to ā76 back then.
Slytherpuffy@reddit
Same with those of us born in '83. I always felt more like Gen X than millennial.
Yellowfever0u812@reddit
I was born on the bicentennial but never felt like I was part of Gen X because I was born so late in that era.
Late-Connection980@reddit
What the heck is the HOMELANDER generation?
Dude_man79@reddit
One step away from getting a sword and bring called the Highlander generation.
YeshuasBananaHammock@reddit
Dont they know, there can be only one?
ShootinTheBreez@reddit
Am I the only one who regularly ponders why this movie hasnāt been remade with a female lead yet? Seems like such low hanging fruit.
YeshuasBananaHammock@reddit
As a woman myself, she would have great difficulties with a Claymore. The katana would be an easier wield.
Nadante@reddit
"Homelanders" is an alternative name for Generation Z (often defined as those born between 1997-2012, or strictly 2003-2021 by some researchers), coined to reflect a childhood entirely shaped by the post-9/11 security era. The term was popularized by generational theorists Neil Howe and William Strauss to describe a generation defined by intensified security, digital immersion, and the Great Recession.
The name "Homelander" comes from the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002, suggesting this generation is the first to grow up completely within a new, highly secure American landscape.
While Gen Z is the more common term, "Homelander" specifically focuses on the formative experience of growing up in a world where "homeland security" became a priority, often linking them to a more traditional, "back-to-basics" upbringing.
Late-Connection980@reddit
I feel like āHome Bodiesā would be more accurate
ReverendDizzle@reddit
It's a term coined by Neil Howe and William Strauss (the guys behind the StraussāHowe generational theory and the book related to that theory, The Fourth Turning).
Homelander is a play on both the Department of Homeland Security and homebody.
It describes a cohort born after 2005 who were strongly influenced by 9/11, raised during a time of both terrorism and economic fears, highly protected (parents knew where they were more than any prior generation, grew up with surveillance at both a state and personal level), tend to be more cautious/pragmatic than the generations that immediately preceded them, usually raised by Gen X parents.
ryrikai@reddit
What are homelanders? Lol. Its my 1sttimeseeing it.
Iconshero@reddit
Having the crazy leaps in entertainment and technology growing up was wild. In my parents basement are Records, 8tracks, casette tapes, CDs, and two old Ipods. Beta and VHS tapes, DVDs and now streaming services. Atari, NES, Super nintendo, Playstation 1, 2. In elementary school we used 5 inch floppy discs and took classes on how to ācodeā to make the turtle on the screen to move. In 5th grade we had computer classes where we played oregon trail and where in the world is carmen San Diego. In college the computer lab still had 3.5 inch floppy discs while I had 1 GB flash drive on my key chain. Its all changing so fast and its not stopping.
Dog_Baseball@reddit
There's generation Jones, the youngest baby boomers/eldest X'ers.
Also, this list of names going way back is not widely agreed on
ibuycheeseonsale@reddit
Greatest Generation has always seemed too vast to me. Youāre talking about people who had very clear memories of life before WWI, and people whose earliest memories were of the Great Depression (when the last of them would have been toddlers). Some of them would have had privies in their backyards as part of city life, and would have ridden streetcars and even in horse drawn vehicles; the later born of that generation would maybe have early memories of that, but they were more likely to grow up in a house with indoor plumbing and increasing car culture. Just rapid change of a profound nature between 1901 and 1927.
Revolutionary-Yak-47@reddit
I feel that way about Boomers. The world my dad grew up in being born in '46 was SO different than my youngest uncle's world; he was born in '64. Dad worked on computers to ship to Kennedy space center, my uncle barely remembers the moon landing. Dad was almost an adult when Kennedy was shot and was an adult for the Civil Rights Movement and my uncle doesnt remeber the marches or violence.Ā
My grandfather, born in 1913, lived through the first flight of an airplane, WW2, tv, the entire evolution of film from silent films to Jurassic Park, space flight, - it was an insane level of change. He took it all as just normal that life and technology evolved rapidly.Ā
bela_okmyx@reddit
Not to nitpick, but if your grandfather was born in 1913, the Wright Brothers flew 10 years before he was born.
vabrova@reddit
Wow š² that explanation from seeing the first flight to space flight made me think of how crazy the advancement delta was.
I feel like our generation is witnessing something similar with robotics.
NonDopamine@reddit
My grandma used to say, "I grew up in a world without cars and watched a man land on the moon."
TrixieBastard@reddit
Robotics, medicine, tech, medical tech, energy gathering/generation... we've seen so much change in just the past forty years
mechavolt@reddit
The Boomers are one of the few generations with an objective definition, though. Rather than a shared cultural event, they have a shared demographic event. They're defined by the noticably high birth rates of the time.
srood1@reddit
Never heard of generation Jones, is this a new made up thing?
Dog_Baseball@reddit
r/genjones
nochumplovesucka__@reddit
r/GenerationJones
They are my coolest aunts and uncles. Definitely not "boomers" in my opinion.
playfulwarning@reddit
Agreed! I learned about them a few years ago and discovered this is why I never saw my parents as Boomers.
ThisKittenShops@reddit
Yeah... my dad is a stereotypical Boomer, while my mom is an early member of the Jones cohort, and I probably don't need to tell you which parent is a certified troglodyte/Luddite.
foxtongue@reddit
Same. My mum is one and she's a digital music pioneer. Cusp generations are harder to pin down.Ā
fleebleganger@reddit
The idea of generation labels defined by specific years is dumb.Ā
According to this someone born in 1945 is more similar to someone born in 1928 than to someone born in 1946 which is really dumb.
More-read-than-eddit@reddit
For what itās worth, my aunt is born 45 and my dad 48 and they both went to Michigan. Ā My dadās experience is absolutely night and day with how his Ā sister experiencedĀ life, like a completely different coming of age. Ā He often mentions how she basically existed in the 50s despite the tiny age gap.
Dog_Baseball@reddit
Need anther cusp name.... "silent babies"? Hmm
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
They're called "Silent Nesters". Late 30s early 40s but some people even say late 20s through 45.
BeautifulChaosEnergy@reddit
I find the Jones are the nasty one people think are the out of touch/horrible Boomers
FormidableMistress@reddit
Can confirm, my parents are Gen Jones. They we're obsessed with looking like they had enough money in the '80s and '90s, and the crazy thing is they did but squandered it. Now they live in a broken down trailer with holes in the floor and electrical that doesn't work for the whole back wall of the house.
Money obsessed but not smart about it.
bendybiznatch@reddit
My ex was generation Jones.
That was a bad decision. Thatās on me.
FormidableMistress@reddit
Considering the age difference that sounds predatory. That being said it happens to the best of us. š«¤
xrelaht@reddit
Older boomers were the ones out protesting Vietnam and marching with Black people. Jonesers were still children then, hearing their parents talk shit about the Civil Rights Movement and calling the older ones commies.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
That's an incredibly biased view and doesn't reflect the spirit of this sub. There are plenty of Jones babies who opposed to the regressive behaviour described.
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
My parents were born in 39 and 40 and people refer to that group (late 30s early 40s) as a micro gen that wasn't quite silent gen or boomer. "Silent Nesters".
cookoobandana@reddit
That's my parents. I was kind of surprised to recently realize they were younger boomers and part of a sub generation but it makes sense considering they've got a lot of qualities of really old genX
thejaytheory@reddit
TIL about Generation Jones
Angelkrista@reddit
Yeppers.
imsaneinthebrain@reddit
What did I tell you about yeppers?
uhhhhhhhh_nope@reddit
............yesh
sparkster777@reddit
I don...remember...
willows_edge@reddit
That's what I always call us.
theinspectorst@reddit
That's because Xennial isn't a generation in the commonly used sense.
We're a micro-generation spanning the youngest Gen Xs and oldest Millennials - hence the name. In practice our experiences blur the distinction between the life experiences of Gen Xs and Millennials, which makes sense because society didn't just transform overnight at the end of 1981.
Other 'cusper' micro-generations do exist,Ā it's not just Xennials.
mothernatureisfickle@reddit
For the people born in (for example) 1977, do we just get to pick if we feel more Gen X or xennial?
CaveJohnson82@reddit
I find it funny that this list presumably spans two continents, as I am an xennial from the UK; we didn't have The Oregon Trail. We had BBC computers and Granny's Garden. But the USA didn't exist at all when the list started!
This sub is so American leaning it's funny.
1block@reddit
What is this from? This seems made up.
MrSloppyPants@reddit
Plot Twist: Everything is made up.
StrangeReindeer2470@reddit
Yeah, generations are also 100% made up. While I'm TECHNICALLY Gen X, I have way more in common with older "Millennials" than I do with Gen X'er born in 1965.
1block@reddit
They're supposed to demonstrate the different values, priorities, habits, etc. that evolve with society, so they don't fit every person, but they are more accurate as a generalization.
Xennial isn't really about that. It's more just pop culture things like movies, bands, etc.
endtheme@reddit
The Xennial cohort is complete bullshit as are several others. People are treating them as if they're predictive of behavioural traits when at best it's selectively framing shared US centric cultural markers. This has become one of the most annoying subs for that reason but I keep looking because the shit people pull out of their ass is kinda hilarious
endtheme@reddit
All these cohorts are made up glorified marketing demographics. It's actually hilarious to see how much stock people give it as though they're predictive of behavioural traits. People love to label themselves and others
daddywookie@reddit
I can usually ignore the whole Oregon Trail thing because I know it was huge in the US, but the rest of this list is bonkers and totally ruins the whole generational definition thing. Donāt forget this was all about marketing and defining groups for easier targeting. I donāt think the puritan generation was buying much.
mikebills@reddit
Can we change it to 86? I don't identify with most millennials, and I resent being called one.
RGDJR@reddit
My wife is genuinely offended because, as she puts it, āThereās an ACTUAL Oregon Trail Generation.ā
dickhass@reddit
Please tell her that someone on the Internet thinks this is perfection and will be stealing this.
Any_Cold5965@reddit
Lol
FuckYouNotHappening@reddit
Yes, according to this chart the Oregon Trail generation is known as the Progressive/Missionary generations.
ChickenArise@reddit
Yes. There is. Us.
geekgirlwww@reddit
As a history major i understand her pain
chunky_d77@reddit
I drowned, also died of smallpox, and dysentery, oh yeah starvation.
henry_canabanana@reddit
Homelander
https://i.redd.it/1kh6re90ghxg1.gif
tomtomtomo@reddit
The Reprisal Generation sound fun
lowfiswish@reddit
Of course weāre tied to pioneers.
Wurfelrolle@reddit
Such BS. I was born in 1966, and played Oregon Trail in 1983. Xennials are late-comers.
JamesMattDillon@reddit
According to that list, I am Gen X. Makes sense since I have way more in common with them
VelocityGrrl39@reddit
I feel like I have more in common with Millennials than Gen X. Itās all made up though.
flyinthesoup@reddit
I mean, that's why we're Xennials. I have a bit of column A, a bit of column B. I don't consider myself GenXer, but also not fully Millennial.
burjja@reddit
These posts feel like the ones in the Midwest subreddit trying to define the exact definition of the Midwest. There is no exact definition. Just like with generations, there are a lot of overlapping definitions and ranges. Some places are 100% in the range, some are 100% not, but there are many places that fall in between or are adjacent.
Xennials, and other micro gens, are the Buffalos, Pittsburghs, Cincinnatis, and Louisvilles. Tending to lean one way or the other but are not entirely of the way they lean.
NerdNuncle@reddit
Stupid question: could 1988 be considered Xennial?
malledtodeath@reddit
itās weird that the list doesnāt have generation jones, the ones between boomers and x yet it lists the xennials.
VeeVeeDiaboli@reddit
I resorted to cannibalismā¦.but unfortunately my co travelers did it better than meā¦
GreedyLengthiness545@reddit
Gen z that graduated HS before COVID, are different from those that graduated during or after
ShootinTheBreez@reddit
Similarly, I always felt like there should be a cutoff generation for Millennials who graduated into the financial crisis and aftermath and those who didnāt enter the job market until it was better.
Revolutionary-Yak-47@reddit
I'm betting they will change that in the future to a micro generation. Its hard to name and analyze these things as they happen. The Greatest Gen wasnt named until the 1990s.
Minouris@reddit
Why does it have to be the one characteristic that's NOT universally shared? Aside from one specific ISP, that is.
Xennials all over the world remember the same music, the same TV and the same shift from free roaming to caged and analog to digital.
ONLY Xennials from the US are characterised by a particular game about their particular history, and a particular ISP with their particular name in it. We all had Mario, and we all had dial-up. Only Americans had Oregon Trail and AOL.
RockyRidgeRiver@reddit
Valid point. I'm surprised Oregon Trail wasn't released worldwide, as I was hyped up to believe every kid on the planet was playing that game in their school.
Minouris@reddit
Why would it be? We all had our own history to learn about.
CanLate152@reddit
Iām 1983. Australia. Have no idea what Oregon trail is.
RockyRidgeRiver@reddit
It was a computer game released in the USA back in the 1980s, where you had to establish getting to West Coast via the Oregon Trail during the 19th century.
RockyRidgeRiver@reddit
Who the fuck is calling Gen Z "Homelanders"?
NewHawk6729@reddit
Homelander generation
pm_ur_duck_pics@reddit
Yes, it is right there in the name.
Boner-Storm@reddit
no way, I'm a Cross Country Canada generation
SonuvaGunderson@reddit
We are such an historical generational cohort.
We effectively spent roughly the first quarter of our lives in a predominantly analog world but then came of age during the digital transformation.
Weāre the last of the last to know that analog upbringing.
Prossdog@reddit
I seriously love this little generation we belong to
Vancouverreader80@reddit
And I consider myself to be a millennial, not a Gen Xāer: have very little in common with my much older gen xāer cousins
probablyaragepossum@reddit
Finally some kind of formal recognition. What site did you get this chart from?
A_brand_new_troll@reddit
Born in 1973 played lots of Oregon Trail
Weedster009@reddit
Millennial starts in 81. It is known.
RandolphCarter15@reddit
So which of us are Xennial and which are millennial?
sgtsausagepants@reddit
Xennials had a a mostly analog childhood, and digital adulthood. The internet is the dividing line there.
Virtual_Job9303@reddit
Neat; weāre the only ones named after a video game.
DangerousCapybara888@reddit
āOregon Trail Generationāā¦. Really.
Kaiser-Sohze@reddit
Why do people have to name everything? Why can't people just be people? All dates are part of an arbitrary calendar anyway.
DickWhittingtonsCat@reddit
Oregon trail was definitely a thing for kids pre-1977, itās like 1974 or so. Maybe 1972 or 73, it came out in 85.
Which is where the split should be based on technology, risky teen behavior trends, parenting strategies and crime.
ExoticWall8867@reddit
Does anyone remember playing Lemmings??
SoftlyAugust@reddit
Respectfully I played Oregon Trail in school and I'm in my 20s
paloma_delmar@reddit
I made it to Oregon
TripleFireTom@reddit
Growing up way faster than any healthy environment would allow has always made me feel older. I'm an 86 model but I definitely identify more as a xennial than millennial.
msguillory1922@reddit
These damn guidelines keep changing! Born in ā81 and was always told that was an elder millennial, but am I am xennial or a Gen X?
Ancient-Eye3022@reddit
Look I get that having generations for people that are currently alive serve some sort of purpose...but what the shit purpose is there in fabricating generations for people that aren't even alive anymore?
Pat_Fatridge@reddit
Oregon trail generation?
Fuck all that. We are Goonies.
Super_Villainelle@reddit
What has the Oregon trail have to do with being a Xennial? Iām from 1981 and that means nothing to me because Iām not from the USA
Orange_Tang@reddit
Millennial born in 91 here, y'all don't get to claim Oregon Trail all to yourselves.
facesnorth@reddit
A lot of people seem to get this confused. We are either Gen X or Gen Y/Millennial. We are also Xennials. Every generation has a cusp / microgeneration, they just haven't all gotten the same recognition that Xennials has. Also, none of it is carved into stone.
GorchestopherH@reddit
We're just the end of one and the beginning of the next, not a full generation on our own.
We're the in-between.
BeautifulChaosEnergy@reddit
This is missing the micro generation between Boomers and Gen-X
Generation Jones.
I find theyāre the nasty ones that folks assume are the toxic Boomers
CreampuffOfLove@reddit
Never heard of this before, but my mother and uncle are exactly those people!
BeautifulChaosEnergy@reddit
Yah theyāre not talked about as much. But theyāre the āI want to speak to the manager generationā more than any other
I know a fair amount of Boomers (my parents are Boomers) and the majority of them are pretty chill, and pretty accepting of the LGBTQT+ folks. Even if they donāt fully understand what a lot of it means lol
ocxtitan@reddit
as someone born in Jan 86 with a Gen X sister, I'd say I'm pretty much a xennial myself
blinkrm@reddit
I remember that we were going to be called Gen Y but I was 86 and I remember that being called Gen X/Y. It wasnāt until I got to high school in 2000 that I started hearing millennial.
nemonimity@reddit
As someone born in 1981, I have experienced enough generational whiplash to warrant a call to personal injury attorneyĀ
Calichusetts@reddit
82 here also checking in.
bumfuzzledbee@reddit
As an elder millennial who used Oregon trail to marry my crushes and kill my enemies... and who had nothing to do with SpongeBob, or Harry Potter and who watched Clarissa but not Lizzie Mcguire...I strongly support the micro generation
Andynor35@reddit
So american...
KnifeFightAcademy@reddit
'Oregon Trail' wasn't exactly a global experience though ',:/
DKBeahn@reddit
Wrong. Google āgeneration jonesā
By the way, neither Xennials nor Generation Jones are āgenerations,ā which is a scientific term. Theyāre marketing cohorts, and every generation ever has overlap at the end and the beginning the same way āXennialsā and āGeneration Jonesā do.
DjNormal@reddit
I have never seen a consistent end date to Gex-X. Iāve seen everything from 77-84 (basically the span of Star Wars).
I always figured it was actually 80 and whoever made the list was trying to make themselves either Gen-X or Millennial, so they shifted the date.
nipslippinjizzsippin@reddit
thats cause were not an official generation, just a blend or elder millennials and gex x.
Sp33d0J03@reddit
Born in 1984. Which am I?
AnaisNinja76@reddit
Homelanders?
golgol12@reddit
Ok..... Side note here.
Has anyone honestly seen "Homelanders" used legitimately as a name for a generation in any location?
XFilesVixen@reddit
I was raised on Oregon trail and born in 86. This is blasphemy
EastCoastLoman@reddit
Sort of off topic, but has anyone played the updated version on Apple Arcade? Itās kinda great.
Dark_Marmot@reddit
It's because we were the cusp of technology adoption group. Old enough to live off hose water and neglect, but still young enough to use computers, internet, and cell phones at their inception.
Global-Throat-7978@reddit
Having been born in 89. I played the absolute crap out of Oregon Trail.
LbearACL@reddit
Iām 1976 and played Oregon Trail as much as I possibly could in the 4th grade. How are we not part of the OTG?
TheCrazedTank@reddit
I remember playing with analog toys and staying outside until the streetlights turned on.
I also remember playing video games at friendās house, and the rise of the internet.
I am very aware I am in a small subset of people whose childhood has both these experiences.
Flat-Quality7156@reddit
Homelanders.
IAmNotMyName@reddit
Not true. Between every generation there is what is called a cusper generation. It includes the last cohort of the previous generation and the first cohort of the next.
Between Baby Boomers and Gen X is a micro generation called Generation Jones.
stlredbird@reddit
I approve
Individual_Sky_4612@reddit
I also think weāre the Adam Sandler generation.
_somelikeithot@reddit
84 here. I always thought I was a millennial but xennial feels more right. I played the fuck out of Oregon Trail! And I played Carmen Sandiego which was very challenging with all the social studies knowledge that I suck at.
KiloAlphaJulietIndia@reddit
Avoid Dysentery and Quicksand Generation
CosmicallyF-d@reddit
I firmly believe that the later part of boomers are actually generation Jones. Another significant crossover generation.
spinereader81@reddit
So suddenly 1981 babies are back to being Gen X? When did that happen?
mudley801@reddit
Born in 81. Sometimes I'm considered Gen x. Sometimes I'm a millennial. But I'm always xennial.
rshana@reddit
Iām 1981 and I donāt agree that weāre Gen X instead of Millenials. My freshman year of college was the first year for online class registration and internet available in the dorms. 1980ās freshman year had no dorm internet and had to physically wait in a line at a building to register. Thatās where the divide is.
I def identify as a Xennial though.
LissyLTA@reddit
I had internet freshman year. Only the cool kids had computers though. My one friend was had it. Weād be on the chat rooms and using AIM. This was in 98.
rshana@reddit
I had a crappy hand me down computer freshman year but got a good one for sophomore year because I was a computer graphics major and needed it.
PaulMaulMenthol@reddit
Early 80s kids likely had a relative with an old rotary phone. It's almost mind blowing to see the evolution of phones over 45 years.
Same with internet. My first modem was 9600 bands
I've seen FPS games go from Doom to Concord.
Wild ride
KaaboomT@reddit
Oregon Trail saved my life time and time again. Iāve never had dysentery. You know why? I played Oregon Trail. Iāve never tried to cross a river with a covered wagon. You know why? Oregon Trail taught me just how deadly that can be. I would have drowned in a river while suffering from dysentery as my covered wagon sank beside me long ago had it not been for Oregon Trail.
ArchaicBrainWorms@reddit
You drank the Kool Aid homie.
The feeling you get as you crest that once distant shore of a river is a top 10 sense of self actualization.
de-milo@reddit
iāve need gone hungry because thanks to oregon trail i learned how to shoot a buffalo in a forest.
i never did learn how to carry back more than 100lbs of food though.
Tallal2804@reddit
Oregon Trail: the only reason any of us survived childhood.
piedubb@reddit
Buncha pooosys
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
There is another micro generation. Idk if anyone said (I'm not looking through 400+ replies!) but the "Silent Nesters" born in the late 30s and early 40s are considered a micro generation between the silent generation and baby boomers.
AnnetteXyzzy@reddit
Here lies pepperoni and cheas
Neonlikebjork@reddit
Can they get it together with 81? Itās always on one or the others ending or starting point.
RuthlessIndecision@reddit
I was born in '76, played Oregon trail and Nintendo,
iamnotmia@reddit
Gen Z is called also called āHomelandersā??
LilBrutButt@reddit
I'm usually very adamant that I'm Gen X as I don't want to be pumped with Millenials. Born in '79. The Xennials on here have eased my stance a bit and I will accept the Xennial moniker.
Legitimate-Offer-770@reddit
xennials aren't a thing. It's just people trying to be as cool as Gen X. It's just overlap of both, quit trying to be different!
PositiveFunction4751@reddit
I call bs Im 87' and I died countless times to dysentery
Novus20@reddit
In Canada this is the cross country Canada generationā¦ā¦ā¦
grousewood-games@reddit
In Ontario, the school computers had this game Refugees In The Wilderness. Was sort of a settler survival but not so much travelling. Good times...almost impossible to find any screenshots since they trashed all the hardware.
shiddedandfarded69@reddit
Yukon Trail was big in the 90s too
SayItAgainLucas@reddit
Canada had Oregon trail too. Canadians also died of dysentery!
Novus20@reddit
But cross country Canada let you pick up hitchhikers and get your truck stolenā¦..
credditreddit@reddit (OP)
I didn't know that, thank you!
Of course this, like so much stuff, is US centric, what else about this is different for our valued neighbors to the North?
Novus20@reddit
Not much differs but in Canada our āversion of the Oregon trail is cross country Canada, where youāre a truck driver whoās navigating Canada to get shipments to its location, along the way you can crash, pick up hitchhikers and have your truck stolen etc etc etc.
hot-black-coffee@reddit
āWe are the only generation whoā¦ā
I feel like these types of posts just further the generational divide the pedophile class wants us to concentrate on.
padall@reddit
Lol, have you never heard of Generation Jones? Or Zillennials? There are cusp generations for basically everyone now. I have no idea why yours just happened to make this list.
raincoater@reddit
Wait, there's a generation called Homelanders? As in that TV show The Boys?
78940523@reddit
How do you pronounce Xennial?
crazyhedgehogs@reddit
Weird they donāt mention Generation Jones
Glittering-Grab7547@reddit
I have never heard of Homelanders ~ is that a thing?
Stratocaster213@reddit
The most educated, and the guinea pigs for the future.
lizvan82@reddit
81 is never in genx
Mr_SunnyBones@reddit
I'd like to point out that in some regions its actually the Granny's Garden Generation .
(since American History and Geography arent core subjects at all outside the US)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny's_Garden
DifferentSound5@reddit
Everything before greatest or silent generate is fake. Never happened.
WolfPlooskin@reddit
Iāve seen Xennials called the MTV Generation.
pml75@reddit
Iām 1975 and feel more xennial than Gen X. Can I be an honorary Xennial? š«£š
crippledchef23@reddit
I had no thoughts on an alternate term for our generation, but saw Oregon Trail and realized itās perfect.
Raven_Blackfeather@reddit
I was born 75. I don't feel like I belong =(
muggedbyidealism@reddit
I prefer the Atari Generation!
stressedthrowaway9@reddit
Iām 1986 and played lots of Oregon Trail!
StatementSensitive17@reddit
Nope. I refuse my category. '79 and I'm Gen X. Sorry Millenials but I am not you.
natertheman1980@reddit
Makes sense. 1980 and initially I was Millennial. Then I was told Gen X. So Xennial makes sense for these certain years.
Dark-matterz@reddit
Itās because we all grew up so different. Those with money had a vastly different life than others.
Daytonewheel@reddit
According to this Iām both a Gen X and xennial.
Same_Bug5069@reddit
Missionary generation eh? Sounds boring.Ā
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit
Homelanders??
Ok-Fault-3467@reddit
I prefer the āStar Wars Generationā but it works
irate_alien@reddit
Does anyone remember another game when you had to run for president? There were a bunch of outcomes, like win, win but be powerless because of having made deals, lose, lost but gain influence from deals, lose but set yourself up for the future. This would have been really 80s. Apple IIe type game with text. Before Oregon trail and dysentery.
TryTwiceAsHard@reddit
Homelander? I've never heard of this until this moment.
ElectrOPurist@reddit
What in all the living fuck is a homelander?
1upjohn@reddit
I fully embrace being part of the Oregon Trail generation. š
Agile_Restaurant_752@reddit
Homelanders start later than 1997 according to the people who actually coined the term.
ReinaShae@reddit
I don't know why they call them the Silent Generation. They never shut up around here.
magpie1138@reddit
Born in 1978 I always insisted I was Gen X , but the Oregon Trail moniker is leading me to reconsider
Fillmore80@reddit
What the fuck are homelanders?! Is this list from. The boys?
bikeonychus@reddit
I saw that and chuckled. Who the fuck would go 'oh yeah, let's name this generation after a fictional psychopath with super powers and a milk fetish'?
SanchoPliskin@reddit
I think the Gen X, Gen Y crossover has a lot to do with where you lived and socioeconomic upbringing as well.
Angelas-Merkin@reddit
Itās not listed here but generation jones was the name given to the cusp of boomers and Gen X the same as xennial being the cusp of x and millennial.
Free_Possession_4482@reddit
That age range seems to run a little long - if you were born in 1985, the Playstation / Nintendo64 consoles dropped while you were in grade school. Was Oregon Trail really holding an 11-year old's attention at that point?
Gull_On_Gull@reddit
As an 86 kid I feel unseen
outdatedelementz@reddit
I just remember having to aim so far ahead of the deer to actually hit them.
bylebog@reddit
Generation Jones - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
Even more forgotten than my HenX
RB440@reddit
Can someone explain how we choose the names or is it just random shit
squidbrand@reddit
This tracks for me because I am an old millennial and I have one coworker born 1-2 years after me whose personality is unmistakably Gen X.
jvillager916@reddit
We must ford the river with this one.
Yaywayable@reddit
I don't get why you would need to be seen. All of the other generations aren't overlapping but here you are happy that you are getting special treatment. What am I missing?
transcendingbullshit@reddit
Iām an 86 and played so much Oregon Trail from 1991 onward, so I feel thereās some flexibility there. I was a teenager in 2000 as well. I feel the cut off would be 86 or 87. If you werenāt at least a teen in the year 2000 then you are a general millennial.
Cranky_GenXer@reddit
This is kinda like that "Generation Jones" clown shit that embarrassed boomers try to pull. "We're not boomers, we don't fit with them, we're Gen Jones"...yeah, ok boomer.
WinterHall999@reddit
Homelanders? What's next, Starlighters?
DamnOdd@reddit
What, no Generation Jones?
mindpivot@reddit
The 1976 exclusion and erasure that goes on is offensive
Elove228@reddit
Facts 76er also
Daddy_Joke_Dom@reddit
Born in 76, i played oregon trail on a apple IIe
Elove228@reddit
Same here 7-1-76
NothingMan1975@reddit
This is dumb.
cbih@reddit
And it all does back to that one PopSugar.com article 15 years ago
ResponsibilityIcy187@reddit
The Gilded Generation fucked everything up for future generations.
pm_social_cues@reddit
As someone born in May of 1980, I never felt like I fit into Gen X, they felt old to me. I played Oregon Trail in just about every school I went to until high school though. First it was on an Apple 2e, then in high school it was a Macintosh.
greengo07@reddit
I tried playing Oregon trail once. The little brother kept annoying the hell outta me, so I told the program to shoot him. It said it was gonna take my rifle away from me for a little while. I fell over laughing. quit the game.
clavo21@reddit
Finally! Millennials are not born in 1981!
shiddedandfarded69@reddit
They changed it again?
The first time I saw the earliest millennial birth year defined it was 1979. Then it's was 1980. Then it was 1981. And now it's 1982?
I'm born in '84 and I'll be Gen X in a few years...
kredditor1@reddit
I'm Dec '79. When it started, must have been around 92-93-ish, we were called Gen Y because we came after X. Then everything became about the millennium in the late 90s so they started calling us Millennials because we were coming of age in the millennium. Then they wanted to separate those who always had the internet vs those of us that had it starting in middle/high school.
In terms of life milestones I wind up identifying with Millennials more than Gen X for sure, but I'm happy there's the little confusing Xennial space that no one cares about but us.
mikmik555@reddit
My sister was born in 86 and I was born in 85. We had the exact same childhood but somehow sheās not a xennial. Maybe next year she will be.
VelocityGrrl39@reddit
Thereās no official consensus. Thereās not, like, a worldwide commission of generation naming.
tettoffensive@reddit
I have seen lists with Millennials starting in 1983 before but most lists I have seen it includes 82 and 81.
D0nk3yD0ngD0ug@reddit
Now I feel seen!
TheBigMortboski@reddit
This is the list I always reference, because it correctly has Generation X through 1981, which is the year I was born. Iām not a god damn millennial.
sqwiggy72@reddit
I remember that game but I am 1986
MusicalMerlin1973@reddit
Theyāre ignoring generation jones. And a lot of us Gen xers grew up with Oregon trail. Iām firmly in the middle of X. I remember playing it in grade school. š¤·āāļø
TerrakSteeltalon@reddit
Object!
I played Oregon Trail on ur Apple IIs in our school and I was 75
tetrasodium@reddit
There was generation jones between boomers and genx but xennials are so distinct they get more notice for not really fitting into either of the two they overlap with
aPOPblops@reddit
Why are the numbers between years random? Why not go by the decades or every 20 years?!?
davidmthekidd@reddit
Xennials for the win!
CrossesLines@reddit
1985 included! Finally I feel seen!
Willtology@reddit
Oregon Trail! I always find it disturbing how many people I feel are "close" to me in age have no idea what Oregon Trail is. Now I know why.
blessitspointedlil@reddit
They missed generation Jones which is Boomer-GenX overlap.
hea_eliza@reddit
This canāt be accurate. We played Oregon trail and I was born in 90.
niakori@reddit
Y'all, I made it Oregon. But dead inside, consider the costs.
smokemirrorsunicorns@reddit
i'm incredibly curious about this Homelander generation? it's covered by red so can't read it - what the hell is that? i'm assuming it's not a reference to The Boys show but something else?
somecoolname42@reddit
Generation Jones is also a bridge gap generation. They're 1954 to 1965. Older boomers who, like us, didn't fit into either group. Alton Brown and Jon Stewart are two that come to mind.
Secure-Pain-9735@reddit
āAnalogue childhood, digital coming of age.ā
Not the only, though. Just one of the more talked about.
There is also āGeneration Jonesā that bridges Boomers and X, then Zillenials and Zalphas.
If you examined earlier generations youād probably find the same - those born on the decline of the current culture and the rising cusp of the next.
VitruvianVan@reddit
Whatās the source for this list?
dgt9000@reddit
peperony and chease
Time_Ad_7624@reddit
Thereās an overlap generation called the Jones generation 1954 to 1965. characterized by a shift from the high optimism of early Boomers to a more practical cynicism caused by coming of age during 1970s economic downturns.
eblade23@reddit
I love the Oregon Trail game... I thought it was so cool that we got to play video game in grade school.
TerraMindFigure@reddit
Naming generations before the Greatest Generation is pointless. Generational identity wasn't a thing until the 1900's.
weseethelight8@reddit
Are you a Gen X yourself? I donāt understand why a millennial would call themselves Xennial.. makes no sense to me.
FreudianFloydian@reddit
Only because they lived on the cusp, possibly with a Gen X older sibling, likely raised by Boomers(or even late Silent Generation older parents) and experienced a GenX style upbringing more than a younger Millennial might have. Older Millennials identify simultaneously with the GenX experience and the millennial experience. And itās the same for younger Gen X people.
weseethelight8@reddit
What year where you born yourself?
FreudianFloydian@reddit
ā83. With a GenX sibling and Silent Generation Mom. Played Atari on a black and white TV from the early 70s. Had very little parental supervision from a young age, sat in the smoking section with my parents in restaurants, Had GenX babysitters who were only a little older than me etc.
Like I saw all the GenX stuff but also saw friends of mine with younger siblings who grew up completely differently than we did.
weseethelight8@reddit
This feels very odd to me. If i am part of 1983, and I am born on January, i cannot say that I am from 82/83?
FreudianFloydian@reddit
No because the differences in generations are regarding common experiences that spanned over several years while the specific years of 82/83 donāt have an easily definable consistencies.
Generations have common threads of experience which can be applied to people alive during that time period over several years.
The experience of young GenXers and Older Millennials line up to be quite similar in how our lives began and changed into our adulthood. This is why there exists this unofficial interim generation.
Writeforwhiskey@reddit
This list is missing Generation Jones 55-64
cordelaine@reddit
Is that like Indiana Jones?Ā
Writeforwhiskey@reddit
The name comes is a play on two things. The term 'Keeping Up With The Jones' and 'jozin' (sp?). They straddled the line of keeping up with the older Boomers, kind of towing the line and also yearning aka jozin to be different. They aren't the Woodstock Boomer but more the 70s revolution Boomer.
MartialBob@reddit
I remember mentioning to my younger sister that we are both, she's 83, Xennials. I think she winced a little at that term.
Nole_in_ATX@reddit
/r/uselessredcircle
werewolf-luvr@reddit
Wait my gens called homelander? Weeeird...
stoic_yakker@reddit
Generation Jones 1952-64 was left out
lazytranch@reddit
Man,1976 just gets no acceptance from anyone (again). And here I thought my bicentennial ass had found a home.
jjhart827@reddit
So, I was born in ā75, and I feel like my cohort has a chokehold on being the āOregon Trail generationā if anyone does. It was literally the only game that worked on the Apple IIe computers in my schoolās computer lab.
Also, we relate a lot more to the folks born near the end of the generation (1981) than the beginning (1965) ā especially right now, as the early GenX gang is easing into retirement, while the rest of us are still putting kids through school.
All of this say, Iām technically an interloper here, but youāre still my tribe.
taney71@reddit
I feel this. Oregon trial was the bomb
Slinkwyde@reddit
Too bad the jury kept dying of dysentery.
Additional-Paper6805@reddit
Damn I was born in 1990 but I played Oregon Trailā¦
kumogate@reddit
I have never played Oregon Trail and I don't actually know anyone IRL who has either. I'm guessing this is a purely American thing.
Clubsandiches@reddit
Star wars generation is who we are.Ā Ā
Psychological-Touch1@reddit
1981ā¦the lost generation
buckut@reddit
oregon trail generation sounds so lame. who the fk came up with that?
boogXskrimp@reddit
Whoās in charge of naming generations ?
PaulMaulMenthol@reddit
Marketing companies
Any_Cold5965@reddit
Ok, but I overlap this and the šµLazy Generationšµ
NoExam2412@reddit
Interesting. 1980 is considered neither Gen X or Millennial on this
Get_a_GOB@reddit
I tell people weāve got all the unwarranted cynicism of Gen X and all the unwarranted entitlement of the Millennials.
Note: Millenial entitlement is a myth created by Boomers, it was still the overwhelming sentiment when I joined the workforce, so itās funny to me.
boolpies@reddit
I describe us as the non PokƩmoner millennials
L3g3ndary-08@reddit
I'm happy to see 1985 in this year range. I feel like it's an awkward year that can fit either bucket but myself personally, align more with Xennial / GenX.
likesexonlycheaper@reddit
Same. The millennial sub feels more like late millennial.
BeginningFig6552@reddit
I wonder what the creators and the former MECC employees think of a whole subgeneration named after their beloved video game.
Sudden_Nose9007@reddit
My sisters are 1982 and 1983 and Iām the tail end of Millenial. It doesn't feel right that we are in the same generation. They grew up without regular access to computers, cellphones, digital cameras, video games, and cable TV in our household. We had a family computer and cellphones by the time i was in highschool, so I was making homemade Youtube videos, living on MySpace and Tumblr, watching MTV, and designing flash animation and photoshop art in my spare time.
Geechie-Don@reddit
Social construct and total bs
phoenixrose2@reddit
I will die on the hill that we are the Oregon Trail generation.
Bitcracker@reddit
I'm just 40 leave me alone lol š
roastchicken44@reddit
Generation Jones
It's my parent's micro-generation, much like xennials. It seems very legit and I'm surprised it wasn't included in this list!
Soft_Analyst_9081@reddit
It's because these are still active generations. It's easy to retrofit long gone generations.
TheDailySpank@reddit
The analog to digital conversion generation.
likesexonlycheaper@reddit
And finally a source that includes 1985. The millennial sub doesn't feel like my childhood in the slightest with what they post. This sub does. Can I finally call myself a Xennial being born in 85? I think I'm gonna.
onceabananana@reddit
This list is not convincing me generationalology is much different than proctology.
Defiant-Fix2870@reddit
As a 1981 itās weird how sometimes we are listed as Millennials and sometimes Gen X. But that does sum it up pretty well!
ElliotsBuggyEyes@reddit
Something tells me the generation from 1860-1882 wasn't the same kind of missionary as I am thinking.Ā
cupcakebean@reddit
Why did they leave out 1980? And why is there an overlap in just these generations but the others are distinct?
Secret_Style_3236@reddit
1983 guess that why i sometimes donāt feel like a millennial š¤·š½āāļø
Slow_Ad3662@reddit
Oohh, I just made the cut to fit into both: 1977.
nirreskeya@reddit
The unknown, both aged and young, both analog and internet, shapeshifters, tricksters, are they human and do they experience the dimension of time?
macroeconprod@reddit
We are calling a generation Homelanders? Oooooh hell no.
NlactntzfdXzopcletzy@reddit
Which generation do you overlap that doesnt overlap it?
Marvinkmooneyoz@reddit
Iād much rather be called the Mario bros generation, or the Sierra generation. Maybe the Care Bears generation?
Silent_Creme3278@reddit
The reason is because we were an after thought generation specially labels xennial because of what you are pointing out. We are a weird hybrid of Gen X and melllinials.
So it isnāt really a coincidence we are just so mentally scared psychiatrists decided to label us special.
Lensgoggler@reddit
I was SO SURPRISED I was a Millennial when I read it in a marketing book. When Inwas born, Soviet Union was still in tact and occupying us, and forget not being able to use computers - how about having a very faint idea of Mickey mouse and fries, and never having eaten yoghurt or chips?!
Oh it's so surreal to think back about it today. My kids often look at me like I'm an alien when I tell them we didn't have hamburgers :D "what was your favorite McDonalds burger growing up? - "There was no McDonalds." - "?!?!!...."
LaPeachySoul@reddit
TL;DR Generation Jones is not on that list, but you likely donāt care unless that generation was your parents.
Some would say Generation Jones (previously called Baby Boomer II) is not in that list, so still forgotten. They are also a cusp generation like Xennials with their dates being about mid-1950ās-late 1960ās. My siblings are Generation Jones. My parents are Silent Generation. I was the kid in school who hated having my parents attend things because everyone thought they were my grandparents - always.
CaTz_EyE@reddit
Depending where I look online, Iām Generation X or a Millennial. I just go with Xennial because that never changes. I do play The Oregon Trail on my phone sometimes, itās not the original green and black though. I should have my kids (teen and young adult) try it and see what that think.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
Completely ignores generation Jones. As well, the concept of generations being that significantly meaningful grows out of the post-WWII actual boost in birth-rates. Extrapolating backwards from that doesn't seem to have very much support.
Shirohitsuji@reddit
I'm sorry, who tf are the 'Homelanders' and what does it say about them under the red circle?
bacongolf432@reddit
Homelander? Really? For the generation who became a young adult when the housing crashed in 08? Gtfo
LiquidSssnake@reddit
Who made up all of these labels for long dead people and how would they feel about it?
NavierIsStoked@reddit
15 years is simply too large a time span to group a generation into, at least as far as modern times goes (>1960). Should probably be 10 years
Revolutionary-Yak-47@reddit
They arent necessarily based on time spans. Some of them as based on big events like WW2 participation or not (Greatest vs the Silent Generation or millennials were supposed to be kids coming of age at the new millennium.)
VelocityGrrl39@reddit
These generations are all over the place. Some are 14 years, some are 26.
Just_Spinach_31@reddit
83 here. Never heard of Oregon trail, until my daughter. In 3rd grade I asked her how her day at school was. She said, I died of cholera today
lummloser@reddit
Gen Z is called WHAT on this chart???
memymomeddit@reddit
We're the only one on that particular list, there are sub-cohorts that overlap every generation. We're not special, we're just the ones currently dealing with the physical and mental struggles that come with being truly 'over the hill'.
Also, this is the first I've ever seen 'Homelanders' used for Gen Z.
Look_its_Rob@reddit
Any chance you (or someone?) Can post the image without the red circle if you have it?
Ashleej86@reddit
Homelanders ?
ColPhorbin@reddit
Just another way to forget about Gen X.
geodave227@reddit
Apparently you've never heard of Generation Jones
BlkSubmarine@reddit
Is it just me, or do they keep expanding the years included in the Xennial Generation? When I first heard of it, the years were ā78-ā82. This has it as ā77-ā85. Did everyone decide they wanna be like us, so they beg admission to the club?
ProsodyProgressive@reddit
Nope! Generation Jones is my momās micro between Boomer and X.
KoRaZee@reddit
Millennial generation is mischaracterized
jfb1027@reddit
Why do I think the greatest generation named themselves. š¤
jfb1027@reddit
Maybe it was blow back because us older ones didnāt want to be lumped in with millennials.
Esternaefil@reddit
I'm sorry, but a generation called Homelanders is scary as fuck.
AshDogBucket@reddit
Omg, as someone who recently moved to Oregon i love this so much
C1sko@reddit
The Goonies Generation.
hydrastix@reddit
Never say die!
bascule@reddit
Everyone talks about Oregon Trail, nobody talks about Odell Lake, Lemonade Stand, or DinoPark Tycoon
Mudcreek47@reddit
Last generation to consume porn in magazines and first to do so on the internet!
beeurd@reddit
There's also Zillennials at the opposite end of the Millennial generation.
Kashek70@reddit
I was born in 1986 and I consider myself to be in the Oregon Trail Generation. Hell, my first grade class was the first to have computer labs. With the big old 5.25 floppy discs.
dallyan@reddit
I like to say I have the age of a Gen Xer but the downward mobility of a millennial.
Any-Ball-7159@reddit
Y the overlap tho?Ā
jrexicus@reddit
Iām sorry⦠homelanders?
AccordingBathroom484@reddit
Because it isnt a real generation.
LocalInactivist@reddit
Are we just going to ignore the āMissionary Generationā? Werenāt they followed by the Reverse Cowgirl Generation?
SheeshNPing@reddit
I prefer the "DuckTales Generation"
Moons_of_Moons@reddit
I mean.. The word is literally a combination of the preceding and following groups.. This is not news.
mylocker15@reddit
There is also Generation Jones though.
Whatchyaduinyachooch@reddit
Gen Jones overlaps between Boomers and Gen X
zuppo@reddit
r/Zillennials would like a word
Larry_the_scary_rex@reddit
We like options
andrewm659@reddit
Where is this list Wikipedia??
Arcades_Samnoth@reddit
Who got to decide that a generation is Glorius?
HTPC4Life@reddit
1982 for Millennials is absurd. Should start at 85 or later.
VividLifeToday@reddit
Jonesers are overlapping boomers and gen xers
Diligent_Accident775@reddit
Most generations overlap. My wife was born in 95 and she's sorta millennial and sorta gen z
BoilerBuddy@reddit
Born in ā85 so double dipping but also missing a lot of late 70ās references in this sub
ClownShoeNinja@reddit
Sorry, but it's a participation trophy. It's a FIFA peace prize. Y'all are old enough to face it now.
KudosOfTheFroond@reddit
Those old computers in the computer lab, I can still smell that memory
Aliveandthriving8505@reddit
77 to 83 xennials
VelocityGrrl39@reddit
Itās all arbitrary.
Robdon326@reddit
Wtf came up with those lame ass names...
tronassembled@reddit
Generation Jones deserves to be in there too
methospixie@reddit
There have been other overlapping generations, like Generation Jones (1954-1965).
DocGreenThumb0817@reddit
On a side note, the game released.for Nintendo Switch is actually pretty great.
TheDukeofArgyll@reddit
Make sense seeing as a xennial probably made this list
thejamhole@reddit
TIL we're called the Oregon Trail generation.
spanishformouth@reddit
Iāll say it again, this cohort nonsense is just another tool to incite division.
tlivingd@reddit
Weāre kind of a made up generation. Generations typically are spaced by years but if you factor in technological advancement we bridge two age generations. It would be neat to make a technological generation chart. Think telephone, refergration, transportation, etc.
Jasoco@reddit
As someone who was born literally fight at the end of 1979 with siblings born in 1981, 1986 and 1990 Iām just glad to have a name to call myself instead of calling myself Gen-X, which never felt right, or a Millennial, which also never felt right.
RegularImportant3325@reddit
1978'er here. I played that game once. In the library of my middle school. I made it all the way without loosing a single settler, thought nothing of it.
Years later I realize that I burned my once in a lifetime luck on that instead of wining millions or something.
gravesisme@reddit
I think Zillenials are a thing too..not quite Gen Z and not quite millennial just like us.
doctor48@reddit
I have never heard Gen Z called Homelanders.
Stardustquarks@reddit
Boomers need to include 65-70 imho
stricken_thistle@reddit
Someone ages ago called us āin-betweenersā and that always felt most accurate for me.
chargoggagog@reddit
According to this chart, the silent generation overlaps with the greatest generation
Warm-Comfortable501@reddit
While not the same, my kids LOVE the card game. Dysentery everywhere
throwaweigh1245@reddit
1985 thank god its recognized and included. I had two older siblings (81 an 82) so def feel the Xennial vibe
FuckYouNotHappening@reddit
Wtf is a āHomelander?ā
Prize_Ad6430@reddit
That's why I'm always confused where I belong est.1977 š.
ThresholdSeven@reddit
I'm the only year that doesn't overlap, and that year is in the only generation named after a video game? My life is all starting to make sense now.
MrOrganization001@reddit
Now I want to research the defining characteristics of some of these other generations.
ConcreteKeys@reddit
I will say, this game did accurately prepare me for life more than anything else did. I never ever came close to winning. My axels always broke off and left me stranded, similar to my blowouts on the freeway.
OkTemperature8080@reddit
Mom always said I was special
One-Earth9294@reddit
I would imagine there are some micro-generations in the past that had some very unique experiences, like the teenagers who fought in WW1 and were adults in positions of seniority in WW2 strike me as a pretty narrow band of people who have a perspective no one else does.
Or the people who were around at America's inception and lived to see the Civil War... that certainly wasn't TOO many people but it was absolutely some.
We definitely stand out though as a group that does not fit cleanly into Gen X or Millennials though.
Interesting list though I've never seen one that goes back that far.
ChickenArise@reddit
Pepsi generation tho
Flat-Philosopher8447@reddit
Iāve also liked the Star Wars Generation
Inc-Roid@reddit
77-83 ā
ihasclevernamesee@reddit
I was born in 86, so I guess I don't exist?
wiserTyou@reddit
Your membership to r/xennials has been revoked.
new_publius@reddit
I like this the most because it says I'm not a millennial.
trickman01@reddit
I wish people would stop trying to use hard dates as generations. They are far more fuzzy and overlapping.
DefN0TtheFB1@reddit
I lucked out and married a woman from the missionary generation. AMA.
ArcadesRed@reddit
Everyone is bringing up OT and CS... but what about Lemmings??? My mind was blown the first time I played it.
absentlyric@reddit
I was always either the youngest or oldest in my social and work circles, it's rare I ever met anyone born in 1981 the same as me in those circles oddly enough.
Not to mention, catching the criticisms of both Gen X and Millennials without any of the benefits.
greenbeer317@reddit
So am I a Gen X, a Xennial, or a Millennial? 1981 the year no one will claim
JMDeutsch@reddit
āDidnāt have to go to world war! You donāt get to speak!ā
-Pliny the Elder On the Naming of Silence
earfeater13@reddit
We played oregon trail through the 90s
PatternOdd1012@reddit
Oregon Trail might be an American thing. Iād never heard of it until recently.
walter_grimsley@reddit
I feel I am the only Xennial wjo never played Oregon Trail. Went to parochial school, they didnāt have it and didnāt have it at home. I obviously missed out
Common_Juggernaut724@reddit
I absolutely put in my time on the Trail. In my elementary school computer lab. Which was situated in a kind of cage, elevated above the floor, over the main seating area that was in the middle of all the classrooms (which were kinda situated in a circle).
But I don't know how I feel about being called the Oregon Trail Generation.
theDunceCapKid@reddit
This is my iPad lock screen
Alkemist101@reddit
You're not because the generations you overlap with also overlap!
bygtopp@reddit
Homelanders? Never heard of that one. Ever.
Specialist-Leek8645@reddit
Wait, so I'm not actually a Millenial after all? That might explain some things! Dec of 81, so really on the cusp.
Ralinor@reddit
Iām also a fan of the title Millennial Falcon
Gimedecash@reddit
Ya Iām 1984. We used to be called Generation Y, then all of the sudden we became millennials. I donāt really identify with millennials.
johnb300m@reddit
Hahah. Yes. ā83 here. I feel the pull to X and Millennial both sometimes. Anyone remember Oregon Trail II? I played the shit outta that.
lsp2005@reddit
What version was that? Mine was pixels hanging by a thread, this looks way to modern.
johnb300m@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail_II
johnb300m@reddit
Oregon Trail 2! The āmultimedia edition.ā The people would talk to you on loops. Kinda like Westworld, ha.
Larryville-1980@reddit
Will be the last generation to say my great grandma wrote a horse and shit like that
AnalMohawk@reddit
Where's this list from?
kayla622@reddit
āYou have killed 7,000 lbs of food. You can only take 300.ā
CourtneyStefin@reddit
And named after a video game ššš
who_even_cares35@reddit
I feel like this is true of every person born in the sort of early or late portions of a generation.
The difference is what we experienced as a revolutionary change in technology
If you went back 100 years the people who went through the industrial revolution probably had this feeling as well
VampirePolwygle@reddit
Thatās hilarious. Oregon trail.
SJSsarah@reddit
NGLā¦. had to look up why⦠all of the sudden Xennial me is now associated hiking like Fred MacMurray. Apparently the āOregonā part is defined by an analog childhood (no internet, landlines) and a digital young adulthood (early adoption of social media/smartphones).
Am I the only one who was incredibly pissed off about cell phones coming out??? I guess I was āforcedā to finally have one when I turned 16 and started driving. So. 1996-97. I did not want one, I knew right away what this meant. That people would be able to get a hold of me all the time no matter where I was. Which meant that getting in the car and driving somewhere and disappearing, doesnāt really mean ā¦.disappearing ā¦.anymore.
buffalovirgo@reddit
Missionary generation sounds like a terrible time to be alive
AssaultLemming_@reddit
Fuck yeah Oregon Trail.
pjhk75@reddit
You're obviously not the only generation that overlaps others. Gen X would like a word.
HHSquad@reddit
Generation Jones should also have a place here also...... 1958-1965
Petrodono@reddit
We are an anomaly and donāt fit into either demographic. We are socially aware, skeptical, privacy oriented, not afraid of technology and can use it to its greatest advantage yet not have our identity linked to its use. We have both real friends and online contacts. I use contacts because no self respecting Xennial would call someone they donāt know in the real world a friend.
In short, we have all the advantages and strengths of millennials and Gen X, but none of their weaknesses.
Dimplefrom-YA@reddit
we are a different breed
Krymestone@reddit
OK Parliamentarians!
FormerWrap1552@reddit
I dunno about 77-85. I'm starting to think our "generation" just a mini generation. We're literally the people who were not born before | after the internet. We were born basically on the fence between modern day world and the old one. Basically, I'm telling you we are the internet.
LarryGoldwater@reddit
This description is so accurate, I moved to Oregon for a 3 year spell in the 2000s
qwerty-game@reddit
I had to look up what the Oregon Trail reference was. Guess my education wasnāt that good or I just clearly donāt remember.
here4dambivalence@reddit
Watch out for the dysentery then, it is a shitty way to go out.
superdavey1@reddit
I still refuse the millennial label. Iāll barely accept xennial. One of my aunts called me Gen Y when I was a kid and that one stuck with me.
Blathithor@reddit
Because its a fake generation
ArtisanalMoonlight@reddit
Everything is made up.
EmperorGrinnar@reddit
I have been noticed!
_Notebook_@reddit
Millennial starting in 82 according to this. Usually itās 81.
OnlyGuestsMusic@reddit
Gen Jones overlaps Boomers and X.
Dry_Lobster5997@reddit
Oh noooo I'm 87 and definitely played Oregon trail
An_educated_dig@reddit
I'm still trying to get to Ft Walla Walla.
voytek707@reddit
I feel validated - I commented this a couple of years ago and got downvoted to oblivion
WhtvrCms2Mnd@reddit
1985 here šš» Def a Yennial.
sexwiththebabysitter@reddit
I donāt remember ever playing Oregon trail š¤·
Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit
Generation Jones bridges baby boomers and Gen X
bowleggedgrump@reddit
Year of birth has a little but not nearly as much influence over this More tied to lived experience and years of birth range
Automatic-Nature6025@reddit
I feel another case of dysentery coming on...