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Originally Posted by tvp2003
I came across a new word/concept this past week: xennials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials
I'm guessing there are a few of us on CP that fit into this "category" -- not quite a generation Xer and not quite a millennial. it's been described as having an "analog childhood, digital adulthood" where you grew up without social media but were still young enough that when the digital era hit you were able to adapt and not be left completely in the dust.
You also might be a xennial if you grew up reading the newspaper, calling friends using landlines (and having their parents pick up), and then entered the working world by searching online job postings. You may have rocked a Walkman as a kid before saving up enough money to afford a Discman; then ditching both when you could download everything through Napster.
To put a Flames spin on it, you would have been young enough to hate Gretzky and the Oilers, win a Cup in 1989 without realizing how monumental it was, have the heartbreak of 1990 to 1994 harden you as an adolescent Flames fan, and then party on the red mile as a young adult (age 21 to 27) in 2004.
Related articles for your Friday:
https://www.mamamia.com.au/xennial-generation/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-...94890116328538 |
Everything you wrote there describes me to a tee! Except partying on the Red Mile because I moved to China that year and missed all the excitement here.