Oh, and I am 56.

Ah, statistics!

For seriousness, studies like this confirm the growing trend in America toward liberalism, secularism, and increased education. Do those people who still fight against things like gay marriage actually believe that they are going to win in the long-term? They must know that they are the last stand in a losing battle against progressivism.

BTW, where does it say “more likely to be financially dependent on their parents?” I couldn’t find that. And I assume, if it says it somewhere, that it’s comparing it with other generations at the same time?

Gen y begins in 1977 for 3 reasons:

1. The “Baby Bust” REALLY ended that year – a chart on a website proves it. According to the chart, 3.3 million babies were born in ’77, while ’76 had 3.14m (a 159,000 difference).
2. Those born that year just came of age when the web first became available to the general public in ’95, hence the term “net generation,” or another name for the millenials.
3. Studies have shown that those born in the late ’70s have very similar attitudes to those born in the ’80s (the former also voted for Obama by a 66 – 32 voting margin).

Now, however, I believe that ANYONE can be gen y if he/she is tech – savvy, open – minded to ALL kinds of diversity, and is into the latest music and entertainment. There are just some people who do not fit into the generation to which they were assigned, which is why I do not believe in using dates to define where an individual belongs.

I think they were paraphrasing their own report.

Here’s a statistic they probably aren’t tracking: how many boomers have crashed the couches of their Gen X kids? I had that happen for almost two whole years. Anyone else?

By their bed? Hell, half the time I sleep with my earbuds in.

You youngsters are going to have to step it up.

[ ] less white
[x] socially networked
[ ] financially dependent on their parents
[x] likely to sleep with a cell phone by their bed

Dating the generations from 1776, i.e. considering only American generations, that would be roughly 14 years per generation.

Gen Y, the Millenials, should be 1981-2001, although there’s disagreement and overlap with Gen X. Same thing with Gen Z: it should be 2001-2011, but apparently some people are lumping in people born in the early 90′s with Gen Z.

In the end, these are all sociological divisions, so that there’s no single number of years per generation. I’m somewhat surprised that recent generations are so long, considering that technology advances exponentially.

My daughter is 17, meaning, I suppose, she’s on the vanguard of the next generation behind the millenials. She sleeps with her cell in her bed. It’s also her alarm clock.

The views we don’t share with older generations are numerous, but I think we’re waiting for them to die off so we can fix those :)

I’m all four of the categories. Do I win a prize?!

we did bring you a resurgence of good american independent cinema, though… which then got co-opted, oy, don’t get me started…

…well, at least we brought the world detached, self-referential irony.

[ ] less white
[ ] socially networked
[ ] financially dependent on their parents
[ ] likely to sleep with a cell phone by their bed
[ ] unable to focus on anything for more than 3.6 seconds
[ ] still in therapy over not getting that promotion 7 years ago
[ ] fell into a comatose state after their iPads died during the great power grid crash of 2019

http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/gear-and-gadgets/201002/warning-cell-phone-radiation

It will certainly keep me from keeping the cell phone by the bed.

So I just didn’t see any statement backing up the line that millennials are “more likely to be financially dependent on their parents,” but maybe it’s deeper in the report somewhere.

Hmm. Is that supposed to mean something? Some kind of comment? I never bothered getting a landline when I moved out of my parents’ home. Why duplicate?

And as for people who keep their landlines — does that mean anything either? I don’t think it’s a comment on whether they can “adapt” or anything; I think it just means that a lot of people are known by a particular number and it’s a *tad* too much hassle for most to make sure everything is switched over to your cell exclusively.