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I was born in 1980, which means I don't fit neatly into either 'Gen X' or 'Millennial.' I grew up with computers, but I'm able to walk down the street and watch where I'm going rather than stare at my smartphone whilst walking into other people, lampposts, cars, etc.

But really, it's all arbitrary and pointless, I agree.

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The term 'Xennial' was coined just for people in your demographic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

For some reason the Gen Y label never stuck. It was the thing back in the 90s and early 2000s, but then just faded away for no reason in particular.

Because Millennial was catchier; Gen Y only made any kind of sense in relation to Gen X, not independently.

But Gen Y wasn't the millenials. Millenials came after them. Gen Y is the kids who grew up with computers and early Internet/BBSes, but not the pervasive information brokers that millenials know. Back when the internet was pseudononymous by default and nobody really knew how anybody was going to make money with it. Theme song: Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Maybe they should have been called the grunge generation.

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