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The psychology of "Xennials" (1976-1985)
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Date: February 12th, 2026 6:51 PM Author: arousing legal warrant range https://x.com/iris_seraphina/status/2021990494763626681?s=61 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49666947) |
Date: February 12th, 2026 6:59 PM Author: Internet-worthy sable lodge toilet seat @grok summarize this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49666971) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:04 PM Author: arousing legal warrant range ### TL;DW: Psychology of Xennials (1976-1985)
This animated TikTok video from @thedarkfacts1 explores Xennials as a "micro-generation" caught between Gen X and Millennials. Born 1976-1985, they're often misclassified but have unique traits from experiencing the analog-to-digital shift during their formative years (teens to twenties), when brain plasticity for adaptation was still high.
#### Key Experiences and Traits: - **Analog Childhood**: Grew up with rotary phones, memorizing numbers, no DVR (missed TV shows were gone forever), passing physical notes, and making plans without texts—requiring trust and commitment. Boredom was endured, fostering self-reliance like Gen X (pre-helicopter parenting; parents didn't track you constantly). - **Digital Adulthood Shift**: Entered adulthood amid rapid tech changes—cell phones, social media (Friendster, MySpace, Facebook), and multiple messaging apps. Adapted easily due to young age but old enough to remember pre-internet life, unlike pure Millennials who never knew a world without it. - **Psychological Impacts**: - **Adaptability**: Can navigate both worlds, holding contradictions (independent yet cooperative, skeptical of tech like Gen X but optimistic like Millennials). Appreciate digital gains (connection, info) but mourn losses (true alone time, patience from waiting, undivided presence). - **Memory and Past**: Pre-social media, embarrassing moments faded naturally (no permanent online evidence), allowing memories to evolve fluidly—as human brains are wired to do. - **Economic Trauma**: Entered workforce around the 2008 crisis, leading to lasting effects on views of money, security, and risk. - **Overall Identity**: Feel like they "don't fit" anywhere—too young for Gen X nostalgia, too old for Millennial tech-native mindset. But this is their strength: they've mastered adaptation without losing themselves, a lesson for ongoing rapid changes.
The video emphasizes Xennials' value lies in living through a pivotal historical transition, teaching resilience in a fast-changing world. It's insightful for understanding generational nuances beyond broad labels. |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:01 PM Author: histrionic awkward office that's way too wide of a range. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49666974) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:07 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49666979) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:09 PM Author: Gold excitant space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49666990) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:10 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49666993) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:12 PM Author: orchid pistol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667001) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:12 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667005) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:15 PM Author: orchid pistol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667011) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:18 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667025) |
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Date: February 18th, 2026 10:08 AM Author: full-time AI slop consumer it blows clique theory outta the water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49677556) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:12 PM Author: orchid pistol "old enough to remember pre-internet life, unlike pure Millennials who never knew a world without it."
lol at this bs that anyone born post 85 never knew a world without internet |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:15 PM Author: arousing legal warrant range (Guy born in 1986) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667012) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:26 PM Author: orchid pistol a little younger.
it did depend on where you lived though. when you have "internet" but its some shitty dial-up barely worth bothering with does it even count |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:46 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667103) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:43 PM Author: stimulating philosopher-king menage My family got our first home computer in 1994. By 1997 we were online. By 1999 everything was online. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667234) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 10:16 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667415) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:16 PM Author: Insecure Turdskin Legend Old enough to be gay. Young enough to be a fag. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667017) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:21 PM Author: orchid pistol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667040) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:23 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667047) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:55 PM Author: Gold excitant space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667132) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:03 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667153) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 10:24 PM Author: Insecure Turdskin Legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667440) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 10:24 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667441) |
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Date: February 13th, 2026 12:10 AM Author: marvelous dun weed whacker community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667608) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:47 PM Author: unholy glittery chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667363) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:48 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667364) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:34 PM Author: Fear-inspiring pit Lol@ fucktarded cumskins NEVER NOT gerrymandering themselves in the stupidest ways (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667072) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:46 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667102) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:51 PM Author: Fear-inspiring pit look at me! im a SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE!!!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667124) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 7:52 PM Author: red irradiated center laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667125) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:39 PM Author: Supple Hyperventilating Business Firm Travel Guidebook look at me! I’m a SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE oriental guy! I fuck tons of white girls, unlike all those other dorky chinamen! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667228) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:44 PM Author: Fear-inspiring pit white men dont pay for sex DURR DURR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667242) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:10 PM Author: Supple Hyperventilating Business Firm Travel Guidebook “I estimate that about 60 percent of South Korean adult males seek the services of prostitutes at least once in their lifetimes and about 40 percent of South Korean adult males seek the services of prostitutes at least three times annually.”
https://econ.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2012%20Fall%20Honor%20Thesis%20-%20WonSoon%28Revised%29.pdf |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:29 PM Author: Fear-inspiring pit LJL at UVT and NYUUG thinking prostitutes are normal for whites
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:36 PM Author: Supple Hyperventilating Business Firm Travel Guidebook Thread has been disabled. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667343) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:50 PM Author: Translucent Point The screen glows for all ages now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667255) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:54 PM Author: adventurous orchestra pit Xennials were born 78, 79, 80.
that's it. that's what makes them unique, the micro exclusivity. |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:04 PM Author: orange locale queen of the night I think 77-83 is the best range, which makes it basically a half gen. No pre-Reagan memory/born into Morning in America, but also adults and out of the house in time for 9/11, which is a massive differentiator generationally. Too young to have been pwn3d in dotcom crash, which is a major defining moment for a lot of Gen X, but a 76 is 25 in 2001 and for sure could’ve been/known paper millionaires in 1999. Also the stuff in the video about the pace of tech change for 84s and younger all mostly starts for them before puberty so the post-xennial millennials are the first generation to go through puberty with internet porn. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667282) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:31 PM Author: fragrant flushed brethren 82 and 83 are the definitive millennials - graduated HS at the millennium (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667321) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:33 PM Author: histrionic awkward office That’s too many years though. It should be a microscopic cohort if anything. ‘79 maybe through the years that some people lump in with Gen X. Klebold was born in ‘81. The point of even having a cohort is no 1980 bro was doing craft beer shit in 2011 or being Entitled, plus had the chance to ace OCI pre-ITE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667332) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:51 PM Author: unholy glittery chad you've got some good stuff here. none of this compares to covid, though. that's a defining "moment" that crushes all of the ones you've named |
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Date: February 18th, 2026 10:04 AM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; The main Covid argument is the Gen Z/Gen Alpha divide, although that necessarily raises the point of the Millennial/Gen Z cut off (which should be “were you 18 on Election Day 2016?”). The correct answer for the Gen Z range is born after Nov 8 1998 and before the 2015 birthday cutoff such that you attended zoom Kindergarten in the 20-21 school year. This also militates in favor of just pulling 1981 into Gen X and calling “millennials” the group that became adults in 2000 (which fits lots of other definitions around 9/11 and awareness in real time of Nirvana culture shift, LA riots in the context of west coast gangsta rap, etc.). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49677546) |
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Date: February 18th, 2026 3:27 PM Author: sealclubber i like using voting age for a president as a start or end age i like using being in school for zoom covid hoax as the start of a gen can you set forth the gens beginning with boomers to discuss? |
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Date: February 19th, 2026 1:26 PM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; I strongly insist Gen X was/is undercounted by boomers to increase their relative cultural power and all their antics to define gens as 15/16 year ranges after their 19 year range is evidence of the same boomer bullshit. A generation is a group of people who are all simultaneously children, so it’s > 17 but no more than 18 years in range. I do think it’s fair they get an extra chunk of time because GIs weren’t all home from the war until end of 46, so my ranges are:
Boomers - 46 to 7/2/64 (date of Civil Rights Act signing) Gen X - 7/3/64-1981 (can fix this to school year such that 99 grads are Gen X and 00 are millennials, also prefer the literalism of whole Gen graduating high school as of 2000). Millennials 1982 (or 9/81 if using school cut off) - 1998 (11/8/98 ie old enough to vote in 2016). Gen Z rest of 98/99-2015 (school year cut off because of zoom KG). Alpha is too young to go to KG in fall 2020, and I expect some kind of AI milestone in 2032 and/or Election Day (eg POTUS AOC defeats JD Vance, begins total chaos communism regime) will determine cut off between them and whatever we decide to call the next gen. |
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Date: February 13th, 2026 12:12 AM Author: adventurous orchestra pit I might push it to '81 (class of '99), but no further (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667610) |
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Date: February 18th, 2026 10:09 AM Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,; You’re conflating the argument about extending the Gen X cutoff imo. 81 is right cut off for all the reasons I gave above plus 81s were in college for the fall semester after Napster launched and experienced that in the much more intense late Gen X way because on top of the network effects being in college in 99 meant you were ~1Mx more likely to have high speed internet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49677558) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:27 PM Author: Trip volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667313) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 9:46 PM Author: Slippery diverse state this seems to be accurate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667360) |
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Date: February 13th, 2026 12:14 AM Author: marvelous dun weed whacker community account This "generation" is old fucking faggots in in nursing home like the rest of the Lost Gen Z. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49667612) |
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Date: February 13th, 2026 6:48 PM Author: Non sequitur This is the Oregon trail generation stop making up new terms (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5834221&forum_id=2\u0026show=month#49669147) |