# What age group?

**URL:** <https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450>\
**Category:** Pub\
**Created:** [January 20, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450 "2010-01-20T03:20:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetalcyclist/32/209_2.png) [@HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/u/HeavyMetalCyclist)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/41 "2010-01-20T23:55:34Z")

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> [@xbrendanx](#):
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> > [@chazhutton](#):
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> > Gen Y represent!
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> represent what?
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> oh, that’s right, you’re gen y. you don’t know what.
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> ![](http://www.burn-recovery.org/images/burn-classification.jpg)

Brendan…i think you are technically just part of Gen Y. Though i may be wrong. I’m 20 and overwhlemed with shame at my lifestyle choices.

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**Author:** ![justdave](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@justdave](https://fixed.org.au/u/justdave)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/42 "2010-01-21T00:56:09Z")

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> [@Heavy Metal Cyclist](#):
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> > [@xbrendanx](#):
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> > > [@chazhutton](#):
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> > > Gen Y represent!
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> > represent what?
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> > oh, that’s right, you’re gen y. you don’t know what.
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> > ![](http://www.burn-recovery.org/images/burn-classification.jpg)
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> Brendan…i think you are technically just part of Gen Y. Though i may be wrong. I’m 20 and overwhlemed with shame at my lifestyle choices.

Nah he’s x

The Baby Boomers (b.1946-1964)  
Generation X (b.1965-1979)  
Generation Y (b.1980-1997)  
Generation Z born between 1998 and today

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**Author:** ![AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/al9000/32/7_2.png) [@AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/u/AL9000)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/43 "2010-01-21T01:08:57Z")

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> [@justdave](#):
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> Nah he’s x
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> The Baby Boomers (b.1946-1964)  
> Generation X (b.1965-1979)  
> Generation Y (b.1980-1997)  
> Generation Z born between 1998 and today

Naah, he’s Net Gen:

> **[Meet the generations](https://kottke.org/09/08/meet-the-generations)**
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> From Joshua Glenn at Hilobrow, an alternate generational periodization scheme:
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> 1844-53: The Prometheans1854-63: The Plutonians186

1844-53: The Prometheans  
1854-63: The Plutonians  
1864-73: The Anarcho-Symbolists  
1874-83: The Psychonauts  
1884-93: The Lost Generation The New Kids  
1894-1903: The Lost Generation The Hardboiled Generation  
1904-13: The Greatest Generation The Partisans  
1914-23: The Greatest Generation The New Gods  
1924-33: The Silent Generation The Postmoderns  
1934-43: The Silent Generation The Anti-Anti-Utopians  
1944-53: The Boom Generation  
1954-63: The Boom Generation, or Post-Boomers The OGXers (Original Generation X)  
1964-73: Generation X The PC Generation  
1974-83: Generations X/Y The Net Generation  
1984-93: The Millennials  
1994-2003: The Millennials TBA

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**Author:** ![dadrock](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dadrock](https://fixed.org.au/u/dadrock)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/44 "2010-01-21T01:37:47Z")

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40, unmarried, three kids.  
this thread explains why Im never going to get 25 posts up in the next 12 months.  
is ‘dude’ still a cool word?

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**Author:** ![PiledHigher](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/piledhigher/32/50_2.png) [@PiledHigher](https://fixed.org.au/u/PiledHigher)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/45 "2010-01-21T01:44:03Z")

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> [@dadrock](#):
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> 40, unmarried, three kids.  
> this thread explains why Im never going to get 25 posts up in the next 12 months.  
> is ‘dude’ still a cool word?

I thought the trick to get 25 posts was to say nice bike dude 25 times.

And then get banned…

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/captain_commuter/32/16_2.png) [@Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/u/Captain_Commuter)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/46 "2010-01-21T03:15:12Z")

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> [@Blakey](#):
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> > [@justdave](#):
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> > Nah he’s x
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> > The Baby Boomers (b.1946-1964)  
> > Generation X (b.1965-1979)  
> > Generation Y (b.1980-1997)  
> > Generation Z born between 1998 and today
> 
> Naah, he’s Net Gen:
> 
> [Meet the generations](http://kottke.org/09/08/meet-the-generations)
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> 1844-53: The Prometheans  
> 1854-63: The Plutonians  
> 1864-73: The Anarcho-Symbolists  
> 1874-83: The Psychonauts  
> 1884-93: The Lost Generation The New Kids  
> 1894-1903: The Lost Generation The Hardboiled Generation  
> 1904-13: The Greatest Generation The Partisans  
> 1914-23: The Greatest Generation The New Gods  
> 1924-33: The Silent Generation The Postmoderns  
> 1934-43: The Silent Generation The Anti-Anti-Utopians  
> 1944-53: The Boom Generation  
> 1954-63: The Boom Generation, or Post-Boomers The OGXers (Original Generation X)  
> 1964-73: Generation X The PC Generation  
> 1974-83: Generations X/Y The Net Generation  
> 1984-93: The Millennials  
> 1994-2003: The Millennials TBA

Can’t see in that list “The last generation that got to own anything” :evil:

I think it crosses over the BG & OGXs

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**Author:** ![Ridethepony](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/ridethepony/32/165_2.png) [@Ridethepony](https://fixed.org.au/u/Ridethepony)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/47 "2010-01-21T03:46:56Z")

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31  
1 kid (at the moment)  
Married to angry pregnant lady  
Unfortunately feel very adult now, something I tried to avoid in my 20’s…

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**Author:** ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/48 "2010-01-21T04:19:12Z")

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> [@Ridethepony](#):
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> Married to angry pregnant lady

well, you did that to her.

or, at least, i hope you did.

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**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/49 "2010-01-21T11:30:20Z")

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> [@Blakey](#):
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> > [@justdave](#):
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> > Nah he’s x
> > 
> > The Baby Boomers (b.1946-1964)  
> > Generation X (b.1965-1979)  
> > Generation Y (b.1980-1997)  
> > Generation Z born between 1998 and today
> 
> Naah, he’s Net Gen:
> 
> [Meet the generations](http://kottke.org/09/08/meet-the-generations)
> 
> 1844-53: The Prometheans  
> 1854-63: The Plutonians  
> 1864-73: The Anarcho-Symbolists  
> 1874-83: The Psychonauts  
> 1884-93: The Lost Generation The New Kids  
> 1894-1903: The Lost Generation The Hardboiled Generation  
> 1904-13: The Greatest Generation The Partisans  
> 1914-23: The Greatest Generation The New Gods  
> 1924-33: The Silent Generation The Postmoderns  
> 1934-43: The Silent Generation The Anti-Anti-Utopians  
> 1944-53: The Boom Generation  
> 1954-63: The Boom Generation, or Post-Boomers The OGXers (Original Generation X)  
> 1964-73: Generation X The PC Generation  
> 1974-83: Generations X/Y The Net Generation  
> 1984-93: The Millennials  
> 1994-2003: The Millennials TBA

Reads like Jolan’s record collection…

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**Author:** ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/50 "2010-01-21T14:34:02Z")

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HA!

Actually you’re right, they could all be bands.

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**Author:** ![HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetalcyclist/32/209_2.png) [@HeavyMetalCyclist](https://fixed.org.au/u/HeavyMetalCyclist)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/51 "2010-01-21T14:44:43Z")

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> [@JLN not ZLTN](#):
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> HA!
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> Actually you’re right, they could all be bands.

Not in my (admitadly terrible) world

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**Author:** ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/52 "2010-01-21T14:47:42Z")

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> [@Heavy Metal Cyclist](#):
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> > [@JLN not ZLTN](#):
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> > HA!
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> > Actually you’re right, they could all be bands.
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> Not in my (admitadly terrible) world

Surely you could imagine the Psychonauts as some surf / rockabilly band?

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**Author:** ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/53 "2010-01-21T14:54:37Z")

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i try not to imagine surf/rockabilly bands at all.

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**Author:** ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/54 "2010-01-21T14:55:22Z")

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Too cool for other genres? 😛

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**Author:** ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/55 "2010-01-21T14:56:11Z")

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too cool for the bad ones.

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**Author:** ![JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/jln_not_zltn/32/74_2.png) [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/56 "2010-01-21T15:02:22Z")

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Surf I can deal with… rockabilly, not so much.

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**Author:** ![shortsie](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/shortsie/32/89_2.png) [@shortsie](https://fixed.org.au/u/shortsie)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/57 "2010-01-21T15:03:51Z")

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> [@xbrendanx](#):
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> too cool for the bad ones.

Rockabilly is awesome

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**Author:** ![gink\_04](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/gink_04/32/254_2.png) [@gink\_04](https://fixed.org.au/u/gink_04)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/58 "2010-01-21T16:37:00Z")

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> [@Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino](#):
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> > [@xbrendanx](#):
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> > too cool for the bad ones.
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> Rockabilly is awesome

+1

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**Author:** ![brendan](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/59 "2010-01-21T16:38:45Z")

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> [@JLN not ZLTN](#):
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> Surf I can deal with… rockabilly, not so much.

see, i’m exactly the opposite. early rockabilly is kinda awesome.

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**Author:** ![hotdoghorny](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/hotdoghorny/32/33_2.png) [@hotdoghorny](https://fixed.org.au/u/hotdoghorny)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/what-age-group/43450/60 "2010-01-21T17:27:31Z")

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the new gods. wasn’t this a band? or am i thinking of young gods and the new christs?

actually, i’m thinking of banana smoothies and infest.

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