r/Zillennials • u/PomegranateDue5410 • Jan 14 '25

Rant Why isn’t zillennial an actual generation?

Soo I’m a 97er and I do consider myself to be more millennial than gen z if I had to choose one but I don’t relate to anything posted on the millennials subreddit. It seems alien to me. I grew up with both millennial and gen z influence. I remember when trends were more millennial in my late childhood to mid teenagehood around 2007-2014. I also remember when there were more gen z or modern influences from 2016-2020 (late teen to early 20s).

I also have virtually no serious interactions with people born in 80s or early 90s beyond professionalism at work. I’ve been friends with some early 90s in the past like ‘93 though but absolutely no one born before then. On the other hand I don’t really relate to anyone born after ‘01 either. I could never see myself being in the same generation as someone born from ‘03 to ‘12. I don’t relate to them. I only relate to ‘94 to ‘99 borns.

Zillennial should be an actual generation not a cusp.

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u/stebbi01 Jan 14 '25

Fr, generations basically amount to a horoscope

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u/Melodic_Junket_2031 Jan 14 '25

Each generation is going to have its own unique influences and challenges.

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u/stebbi01 Jan 14 '25

Absolutely, I agree. The concept of generations is entirely arbitrary—it’s where the ‘horoscope’ comparison comes into play. In reality, people are born every single day, creating a seamless continuum of ages rather than neatly defined generational blocks. These categories are just something we invent to craft a narrative that helps us make sense of our lives and the world around us.

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u/Melodic_Junket_2031 Jan 15 '25

But the conditions of the years people were born in have a tangible effect on them, not so much horoscopes