Anybody here a millenial?

[JR]

Was reading an article on marketing wine to young people and came across this:

Millennials, the 75 million North Americans born in the decades between disco and Dubya, have started to draw their first paycheques, and that means an explosion in discretionary spending power. That's good news for purveyors of such millennial necessities as iPhones, $250 designer sneakers and custom ring tones.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070704.wxlmillennials04/BNStory/lifeFoodWine/home

"Many millennials are already of drinking age, and many of them will be coming of drinking age over the next few years," says Mr. Glass, 41. "That's the largest consumer buying segment, measured by buying power, in the United States. And they have a higher propensity to try wine than Generation X did. So that makes them even more important to the industry."

I've never heard that expression before. Should I be ashamed of myself?

 

[spnited]

Phew... I thought this had something to do with our age, JR!

 

[CarlSpackler]

First person to call me a millenial gets punched in the face.

 

[JR]

Phew... I thought this had something to do with our age, JR!

Two more years, my friend, and then we'll show the millenials how to party.

 

[spnited]

Phew... I thought this had something to do with our age, JR!

Two more years, my friend, and then we'll show the millenials how to party.

We're warming up two weeks from Saturday... as you said, only an 8-9 hour drive.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I'm a varietal.

 

[Mighty_Wingman]

I was born "between disco and Dubya" -- which is quite a range, by the way -- and the only name more odious than "millenial" is "Generation Y," which enjoyed some currency for a while to describe my generation.

 

[Songbird]

'71, or as HST called it, "the foul year of our Lord."

 

[Angola!]

I have never heard the term. I fall between disco and Dubya, but like Mighty_Wingman said, that is a lot of years. I don't think I have a generation.

 

[Freelance Hack]

I was born "between disco and Dubya" -- which is quite a range, by the way -- and the only name more odious than "millenial" is "Generation Y," which enjoyed some currency for a while to describe my generation.

And the only name worse than Gen Y is the dreaded Generation X. A Wikipedia article says my generation's influence on pop culture peaked in the 1990s. So I have another 60 years (give or take a few) of irrelevance. Grrrreaaaaat.

 

[sportschick]

I was born "between disco and Dubya" -- which is quite a range, by the way -- and the only name more odious than "millenial" is "Generation Y," which enjoyed some currency for a while to describe my generation.

And the only name worse than Gen Y is the dreaded Generation X. A Wikipedia article says my generation's influence on pop culture peaked in the 1990s. So I have another 60 years (give or take a few) of irrelevance. Grrrreaaaaat.

We've always been underachievers though . . .

 

[Freelance Hack]

A list of American generations can be found here.

 

[Freelance Hack]

I was born "between disco and Dubya" -- which is quite a range, by the way -- and the only name more odious than "millenial" is "Generation Y," which enjoyed some currency for a while to describe my generation.

And the only name worse than Gen Y is the dreaded Generation X. A Wikipedia article says my generation's influence on pop culture peaked in the 1990s. So I have another 60 years (give or take a few) of irrelevance. Grrrreaaaaat.

We've always been underachievers though . . .

That's true, and like many of my fellow Gen X'ers at work, I may leave early.

 

[dreunc1542]

A list of American generations can be found here.

****, Jones is so awesome he has his own generation. And what the **** does: "Echo Boom Generation" mean, since I'm apparently a part of it.

 

[budcrew08]

A list of American generations can be found here.

****, Jones is so awesome he has his own generation. And what the **** does: "Echo Boom Generation" mean, since I'm apparently apart of it.

Yeah. What the hell is Generation C?

 

[JR]

Yeah. What the hell is Generation C?

Not what you think. But it's not pretty.

http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/GENERATION_C.htm

 

[HC]

I am a member of the Jones Generation. But then, you knew that, didn't you Jonesy?

 

[SoSueMe]

This Gen X-er has never heard the term millenial.

 

[Bubbler]

I HATE the term Generation X.

Nice to know that I was also born during the "consciousness revolution." Who the **** thinks of this crap?

 

[Angola!]

A list of American generations can be found here.

I guess I get a choice of which generation I am apart of based on that list. I am Generation C, MTV Generation, Boomerang Generation, Generation X and Generation Y.

What any of that means, I have no idea.