Greatest Generation through Gen Alpha: The generations explained | JUST THE FAQS

Generation Alpha is on track to become the largest generation in history. Here’s what makes each generation different from the next.

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[PrinceMonet]

I don’t dislike/hate gen alpha for any reason, I mostly feel bad for them. They live in an age where their parents care more about social media and themselves than about their beautiful God given child. Whenever they get bored(which happens often due to low attention spans) their parents just turn on the tv or stick an iPad in front of them. Obviously some parents are better than that, and I truly hope that these kids grow up to be amazing!

[kojismiles]

i seen people just shocked that people think they’re gen alpha in a bad way because all this “cocomelon is rotting people’s brains” stuff. “cocomelon is rotting people brains my ahh 😒 you’re the real one you’re brainrotted . and people who regret being gen alpha. don’t harm yourself because of it. you are beautiful even if you are gen alpha. we’re all human after all. those older generations just wanna beef with us because they wanna beef with us. they wanna be violent to us because they wanna be violent to us. im almost 14 and y’all should never underestimate gen alpha ever. it hurts my feelings and i wanna end it. if you think you’re gen alpha but don’t wanna, you can’t undo that. that’s life i guess. if you’re gen alpha, you stay gen alpha. if you’re gen z you stay gen z. this comment should encourage world peace and be inclusive to anyone of not just races, sexes, etc, but generations. from the silent to the alpha. do not harm yourself if you’re gen alpha or anything about your life. gen alpha shapes who you really are like gen z, y, x, the boomers, silent, and greatest. sure, gen alpha’s pretty aggressive, but hopefully they will be able to be more calmer and mature when they get older. im a old gen alphan (13) and i’m mature! explain that! so when reading this, i hope this can give you more hope in gen alpha. gen alpha will climb to the mountains, go to the moon, and achieve with maturity someday!

[johndoeman]

You forgot about the Lost Generation producing the flappers, some of America's greatest writers, also the first generation to enjoy electricity and automobiles in widespread use. There are of course none of them left, but their impact was big.

[AlexS-mq]

The best brief explanation, thank you!

[BigJFindAWay]

You want a consistent well thought out scheme for the generations? Here’s one that assigns a consistent 18 years for each generation.
GI or Greatest Generation. 1910-1927
Silent Generation. 1928-1945
Baby Boomers. 1946-1963
GenXers. 1964-1981
Millennials. 1982-1999
Zoomers. 2000-2017
Alphas. 2018 until we complete 2035.

[kojismiles]

fun fact since me, a gen alpha, likes ipads, we’re sometimes called the glass generation.

[Mungdaal]

They need to lower that number. Gen z kids in my eyes stopped after 2005. Have you talked to a kid born after that ? We are from different worlds.

[doylescordy]

I feel so old. Millennial here. All these kids in the comments lol

[DraftAutumn]

Im born between 2 Gens Millenial and Gen Z since i came in 1996

[ikeresparza]

I was born in early 2013 do i barely make gen z or gen alpha because I relate more to gen z than gen alpha

[jpbart]

I refuse to call the GI generation "greatest"!

[blakemrolfsensanchez]

Who cares about the generations name? Is that what we have come to being labeled for everything

[RIVERSIDEREVIEWS]

You heard it here folks. If you were Alive during the Regan Administration, MTV, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall you're not You're a Millennial...

Yeah since when was the 1980's the Millennial generation? When did that change? I never heard the term 'Millennial' until people were being born around the millennium.... you know around y2k.... 2000... not from a novel.

[darkvader]

1996 is gen z in fact 1995 is the starting of gen z because internet comercial

[DMH-btzo]

I don’t understand why 2012/2013 are universal for Alpha, when 2010 is much better suited. Likewise, I disagree with this generational consensus, like it’s because 1997 is “considered” the first birth year for Gen Z that liberal idiot Maxwell Frost gets the title of “First Gen Zer” when it should be either Nick Fuentes or Madison Cawthorn, the former a fascist Gen Zer and the latter a plain-old conservative late Millennial, both I adore. Likewise, I disagree with all the other birth years, why does Alpha end in 2024? Why is 1980 still X? Why does GI end in 1927 instead of 1924? Who the heck came up with the BS consensus for birth years anyways?