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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Makes sense. Boomers were still young enough to be relevant. GenX was comfortable with their disposable income. And us millennials were in highschool.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GenX didn't have much disposable income in 99, but you didn't need much to have fun.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In 99 people were throwing cash around like crazy, it was a wild time (before the dotcom crash)

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess the older Gen X could have been part of that. The younger ones were still finishing up college and just starting their careers when the economy crashed for the first, but not last time in their lives. The youngest ones joined the workforce just after the dot com bust.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Pre 9/11 it was pretty chill. All the externalities were hidden away from view.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not at millennials, there were 5 year old millennials

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Either way, childhood were blissful years in the 90s

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You may be a millennial in spirit, which is what really counts, but I don't think most people typically consider people born after ~1995 millennials. Being shaped by the years 2000-2010 I always felt was the defining factor, with all that happened technologically and socially.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah?! You calling me a liar? Wanna fight about it?

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It was before everything was a controlled choice.