For some unknown reason, Generation Y was eradicated a few years ago and the remains were divided into Gen X (1961–1981) and Millennials (1982–1996).
That’s bulls*t.
So many things have advanced during the short lifetime of these 20 & 30-somethings, that the group resits identifying with either side. So they did what they do best: change it.
That’s how the Xennial generation was created. It’s for people born between 1977 – 1983 who had an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.
Is this where you belong?
12 WAYS TO KNOW YOU’RE A XENNIAL [source]
1. You didn’t get your first mobile phone until your late teens or 20s, and it was a brick
2. You used a dial-up modem for school or university work
3. You watched Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life and Friends on TV
4. You seminal movies were Heathers, The Goonies, Jurassic Park, Clueless and Empire Records
5. You loved Nirvana — but were too young to ever see them live
6. You had a strong allegiance to either Oasis or Blur in the Britpop era
7. You downloaded music on Napster
8. You had a MySpace, ICQ or MSN Messenger account
9. You made mix tapes on cassettes, and you owned a walkman
10. You had or still have a hotmail account
11. You can remember when you first heard about Google and Facebook, but there was always internet — even if it just contained an encyclopaedia
12. You listened to Blink 182, Incubus, The Offspring and Spice Girls