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Most of the Millenials I know have even already the scary 50 approaching from behind.
But that's some kind of observation bias, as I am GenX and interestingly know almost no people born between 1990 and 2000.
But I know a bunch of GenZ again who currently look like deer with big, wide open eyes at the approaching headlights of the "30" truck, which imho is much worse than the 40...
How are both of these true
I am now working at a place in our company that is prime starting point for a lot of university graduates. Most of them were born around 2000 and are now in their mid- to end twenties.
So correct, I also know a couple of people born slightly before 2000, did some slight rounding there.
Most people you know are not "millennials", 1976 is not even close to a millennial birthdate lmfao
At some point, every person born in the 20th century while be classified as a millennial.
Where did I say that?
I only stated that the Millennials I know are of the pre-1990 type, and these totally exist.
(Hello, my beloved Millennial-wife, if you happen to read this! :-) )
Hell no. 30 was just the "oh I'm a real adult now" realisation. 40 is middle age.
Yeah 30s were like "oh I've got people that depend on me now so I can't just fuck off and do whatever I want all day."
40s are like "Oh shit, why does this hurt? It's permanent?!"
Well now at least you can say you know of me, I have 4 years left before 40.
Those of us in the second half of millennial aren’t that different than the first half, the biggest difference is things like YouTube and Facebook were high school things for us instead of college things.
Plenty of time, you are mid 30s still. No reason to panic. ;-)