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"My Generation" what does it mean?

  • 09-09-2012 12:23PM
    #1
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭


    People often talk about generations as if people can only be born every 10 years or so. They refer to " my generation". Who do you include when you refer to " my generation". Is it anyone born within two years of you for example?


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  • #2
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    "My Generation" what does it mean?

    People try to put you down.


  • #3
    girl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭girl2


    It means I'm 35 today and now kicking the àss of 40 :eek:


  • #4
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    Ask Fred Durst.


  • #5
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    girl2 wrote: »
    It means I'm 35 today and now kicking the àss of 40 :eek:

    Think about it like this... You are better at living than Jesus was. That's a win right there.


  • #6
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    FearDark wrote: »
    Ask Fred Durst.

    Never.


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  • #7
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,228 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I don't know who decided when the Generations started or ended, but Wikipedia has articles on all of them:

    I'm Generation X, apparently. I've read the book by Douglas Coupland, and thought some of it applied to me, but most of it didn't. It's a long way from an exact science.

    In its pure form, fascism is the sum total of all irrational reactions of the average human character.

    ― Wilhelm Reich



  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Seemingly I'm Generation Y.


  • #9
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    boneyarsebogman wrote: »
    Seemingly I'm Generation Y.

    Me too.


  • #10
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    I'm jurassic


  • #11
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Why don't you all F-F-F-Fade awayyyyy


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  • #12
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Am I X or Y???

    I need closure people!!! Wiki answers nothing!!!


  • #13
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    If you were between 10 and 17 when Father Ted was broadcast the first time around, then you're in my generation.


  • #14
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    My generation is those people who realise just how crap 90% of modern 'music' is.

    My generation remembers remembers what a real recession is like...not having enough money to buy food, clothes etc. Now it's all about choosing a cheaper holiday destination, a cheaper smartphone, the cheaper Sky TV package etc.


  • #15
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I'm not sure, but I fall into the category of Generation X. Anyone who grew up and remembers the same cartoons as me, I consider my peers. Yes, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors... I'm talking about you!


  • #16
    Dunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    It means the who!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswXI4fDYrM


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