Generation Y exposed; find out who they are and what they do.
September 16th 2007 04:33
When I'm crapping on about 'Generation Y', exactly which boil on society am I referring to? You? Me? The freaky kid next door? Well, last year I read an article about all the generations from 1900 to 2006 and Generation Y was given reign over specimens born between 1976 and 1992. What this means, is that these are the time constraints I use/d when blogging about Generation Y.
What I’ve learned since then however, is that where this generation begins and ends and even if it exists at all is disputed. See, we got labeled 'Generation Y' because the named flowed naturally from 'Generation X'. Logical, yes, but Gen X was a derogatory term, not a sociological one. So by calling ourselves Gen Y, it's kind of like we're calling ourselves 'Bitches Jr.' Don't like that? It's okay; we're also Internet Generation, The Millennial and Generation Look At Me to name a few. Smashing, but who exactly can claim these titles?
Some say that now, in 2007, if you are between 17 and 28 years of age, (born between 1979 and 1990) you are part of Gen Y. Others still, claim that Gen Y spans right up into 1994. Oh whatever, the whole thing is a highly contentious issue.
So now that I've failed to establish who Generation Y is, let's see how incoherently I can tell you what our defining features are.
The Internet. We grew up with the internet. In some survey (source listed later) 75% of us (whoever that is) said we use the internet on a regular basis. We have friends worldwide thanks to the internet. Our whole life makes an appearance on a social networking web site or another. The internet the internet the internet! And what does the internet lead to? Bad grammar.
Something like 70% of employers interviewed by some institution about... something said they were not amused by our shitty grammar skills and lack of etiquette. Dear me, here I a trying to scrub up nicely and here you lot are screwing it up for me, thanks guys. Not. However it's not all doom and gloom in the employment department- some fog is forecast for the impending weekend.
No seriously, while we're lacking in knowledge of traditional work practices, we have been credited with enthusiasm and innovative thinking.
The Crypt Keepers Our employers recognise that they need us to inform them of how to market to us and so they enlist our help in targeting us. I hope that made sense. To demonstrate my point, it's Virgin to the rescue! Sir Richard Branson hired a team of females aged 15-25 to design a campaign targeting teens. Well done ladies, thank you so much for telling them exactly how to get us to spend even more of our (parent’s) money one useless crap. No really, well done. Not.
Oh, and you know what else defines us? Credit defaults. Who's got the most credit cards? Generation Y does. And who's got the greatest number of defaults? Well Generation Y of course. We want it, we need it and we're going to go broke getting it. Ingenious plan- let's race to the bottom. Sensational. NOT!
Generation Y you give me a headache. I'm going to go lie down and you can just amuse yourselves by reading the sources of this blog. Smashing.
An amusing article from The Australian ca be found here (it made me laugh)
A slightly more toned down article that focuses on our work place ways exists Your here
What I’ve learned since then however, is that where this generation begins and ends and even if it exists at all is disputed. See, we got labeled 'Generation Y' because the named flowed naturally from 'Generation X'. Logical, yes, but Gen X was a derogatory term, not a sociological one. So by calling ourselves Gen Y, it's kind of like we're calling ourselves 'Bitches Jr.' Don't like that? It's okay; we're also Internet Generation, The Millennial and Generation Look At Me to name a few. Smashing, but who exactly can claim these titles?
Some say that now, in 2007, if you are between 17 and 28 years of age, (born between 1979 and 1990) you are part of Gen Y. Others still, claim that Gen Y spans right up into 1994. Oh whatever, the whole thing is a highly contentious issue.
So now that I've failed to establish who Generation Y is, let's see how incoherently I can tell you what our defining features are.
The Internet. We grew up with the internet. In some survey (source listed later) 75% of us (whoever that is) said we use the internet on a regular basis. We have friends worldwide thanks to the internet. Our whole life makes an appearance on a social networking web site or another. The internet the internet the internet! And what does the internet lead to? Bad grammar.
Something like 70% of employers interviewed by some institution about... something said they were not amused by our shitty grammar skills and lack of etiquette. Dear me, here I a trying to scrub up nicely and here you lot are screwing it up for me, thanks guys. Not. However it's not all doom and gloom in the employment department- some fog is forecast for the impending weekend.
No seriously, while we're lacking in knowledge of traditional work practices, we have been credited with enthusiasm and innovative thinking.
Oh, and you know what else defines us? Credit defaults. Who's got the most credit cards? Generation Y does. And who's got the greatest number of defaults? Well Generation Y of course. We want it, we need it and we're going to go broke getting it. Ingenious plan- let's race to the bottom. Sensational. NOT!
Generation Y you give me a headache. I'm going to go lie down and you can just amuse yourselves by reading the sources of this blog. Smashing.
An amusing article from The Australian ca be found here (it made me laugh)
A slightly more toned down article that focuses on our work place ways exists Your here
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Comment by Chic Critique
Cool post, love your writing style.
Cheers
CC
Comment by Wynona Lavota
Generation Y Life
Thanks very much CC, glad to be of service.