What defies someone as a kid of a certain decade?

[Mr. ShadowCreek]

I often see people debate on what makes a person a kid of a decade. For example what makes someone a 90s kid? Do you think there's a cutoff date for when someone can be defined as something like a 90s kid? I've seen some people say the cutoff date somewhere between 94-96. But I've seen others say that 91 0r 92 might be the cutoff date or even eariler. If someone is still a kid father can a teen before the decade ends then are they a kid of a different decade? I was born in 1991 and thought of myself as a late 90s kid. Though I've seen people say those born in 1991 would be 2000s kids. So is there a certain date when someone needs to be born and if so when?

 

[Joe Swanson]

Being a X decade kid just means you spent the majority of your formative years in that decade, most people who were culturally 90s kids were born in the late 80s, and 90s American culture didn't end till September 11th 2001

 

[KittyGremlin]

Late 90s: Never shutting up about being born in the 90s.

 

[Equivocal_Iki]

Growing up during that decade, but despising all of it to the point you refuse to admit you grew up during that decade.

 

[Troonos]

Zoomer Generation: not knowing the difference between "defines" and "defies" because public education has reached rock bottom.

 

[Jason Wynn]

I think it’s pointless trying to figure out who belongs in what decade, but I’m bored so here’s my half assed answer

I was born in ‘84. I was 6 when the 90s started. My formative years were growing up in the 80s and some people have called me an 80s kid. My adolescence and early teenage years were spent in the 90s. I have memories of both the 80s and 90s a lot more memories and things that have stuck with me from living through the 90s so I consider myself more of a 90s kid than an 80s kid. Whatever decade you went through late childhood to early teens is what I’d say

 

[ColtWalker1847]

I think it’s pointless trying to figure out who belongs in what decade, but I’m bored so here’s my half assed answer

I was born in ‘84. I was 6 when the 90s started. My formative years were growing up in the 80s and some people have called me an 80s kid. My adolescence and early teenage years were spent in the 90s. I have memories of both the 80s and 90s a lot more memories and things that have stuck with me from living through the 90s so I consider myself more of a 90s kid than an 80s kid. Whatever decade you went through late childhood to early teens is what I’d say

I'm just a few years older. It gets even more complicated for us. If the OP is a 2000's kid, I'd be a 90's kid. Technically.

I'm a tweeners of Gen X and the Millennials (I identify as Gen X because Millennials are whiners). I remember space shuttle challenger exploding and Mr T and the Duke boys jumping Dodges and other 80's stuff but I was little then and it's kinda sketchy. The Simpson's golden era and Beavis and Butthead and grunge music and being able to buy gas for my first car super cheap because the asian economy ate shit were cool 90's kid stuff I remember clearly.

I've heard people like me described as the Oregon Trail generation because we all first knew computers playing that game on an Apple II. We don't really fit into anything. Might be the same situation for the OP because none of this generation talk fits perfectly. Especially if you sub divide it by decade.

 

[Apochrypha]

I was born in 2001, so I suppose that would make me a Zoomer. My mother was an early millennial (born in early 80's) so she raised me mostly on old cartoons and toys from her childhood. She had VHS tapes of Rainbow Brite, He-Man, Transformers, you name it. Since she also was around for the 90's, she was really into grunge music and lent me some old CD's of hers during my own teens. Which was pretty cool of her, because if not I would probably enjoy the same mumble rap bullshit other people my age enjoy (insert generic "born in wrong generation" meme here). I have noticed that many of us earlier Gen-Z (I would say 2000-2010) were raised like that.

Y'know, I like the fact that my generation is more tech savvy and many of us were raised on technology, so we know how to utilize it better. But it has simultaneously been our downfall. We are heavily reliant on social media, and since many members of my generation lack proper parental units, they raised themselves via the internet and have created identities to group themselves and others into that are virtually useless and have no bearing in the real world. As a result if you haven't noticed already, you'll find it's mainly Gen-Z claiming that they are "Demisexual" or faking a trans identity for clout.

 

[Dom Cruise]

The lines can be blurry depending on what media you consumed.

In my case most of my childhood was in the 90s, but I watched enough 80s movies that I feel like in part I had an 80s childhood as well, on top of that, being a kid in the 90s also meant you saw plenty of old cartoons thanks to reruns, namely Looney Tunes and 60s and 70s Hanna Barbara stuff like Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, Johnny Quest and even the Godzilla cartoon.

In fact that's one thing that bothers me is when people talk about being a 90s kid they only talk about what was contemporary and ignore the fact that a common part of it was watching older stuff as well.

 

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

I’ll always think of myself as Gen X even though I’m technically a millennial. We were still called Gen X back then before the term millennial was ever a thing. We were advertised to as Gen X as well and so to me it feels like a bit of revisionist history to lump my age group in with millennials.

 

[Queen Elizabeth II]

I'd say it's more the cultural references you get, like quotes froim He-Man, as well as values than anything else.

Someone like myself from a very ultra-religious background despite being from the same era as someone born in the same year as me, probably wouldn't get all the references. I never watched cartoons etc as a child so I don't often get the meaning of "Quirky" graphic Tees and while it has improved my pop culture/musical knowledge is often lacking.

I don't find it helps at all really. I don't feel a connection with any particular decade, and that isn't me trying to hide my age. Especially without a location, the 80's in Poland were very different to the 80's in France.

 

[OrionBalls]

The difference between GenX and Millennials: GenX doesn't give a fuck what you call them. Labels are stupid.

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

whatever decade of culture you spent most of ages 5 to 13 in makes you "an XYZ kid" .
The split isn't strictly defined as year number cause there was some overlap here & there it's more to do with culture.
The 80s was dayglow pop music & excess. That lasted till the early 90s really. Depends what you're into I guess. For me it was cars and I remember when everyone stopped doing hot pink splash graphics on square body cars & everything started "looking like electric razors" all round & curved. When girls stopped having big hair & wearing linebacker shoulder pads.

 

[Fish Fudge]

I fall either side of Gen X or Millenial, depending on whatever arbitrary cutoff people are going with. I grew up without cellphones or social media, so it's hard for me to look at millenials and feel like that's an experience I can relate to.

I think it's just whatever decade made up your formative years. Saying that, it's weird that a lot of millenials seem to have 80s nostalgia, despite all of them being roughly 3 years old when that decade ended.

 

[AbyssStarer]

I fall either side of Gen X or Millenial, depending on whatever arbitrary cutoff people are going with. I grew up without cellphones or social media, so it's hard for me to look at millenials and feel like that's an experience I can relate to.

I think it's just whatever decade made up your formative years. Saying that, it's weird that a lot of millenials seem to have 80s nostalgia, despite all of them being roughly 3 years old when that decade ended.

I chalk this up to 80's nostalgia pandering being so incredibly strong it permeates modern culture. I wouldn't be surprised if even kids born in the 10's have misplaced identity with the 80's.

I'm a mid-90's born kid and I am so sick of 80's garbage if I have to hear another minute of the same 80's pop garbage as I heard in the 90's I'm gonna throw the offending radio out the window.