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Are you a Millennial (aka Gen Y) — or part of Generation X? Well, to answer it simply, you’re technically a millennial if you were born between 1982 and 2002, and Generation X if you were born between 1965 and 1984. It sounds easy enough, right? Only a couple of years of overlap, but this isn’t a Show More
Are you a Millennial (aka Gen Y) — or part of Generation X? Well, to answer it simply, you’re technically a millennial if you were born between 1982 and 2002, and Generation X if you were born between 1965 and 1984. It sounds easy enough, right? Only a couple of years of overlap, but this isn’t a perfect science.
We can’t all neatly fit within certain stereotypes of what each generation does. Gen X’ers get a bad rap for being cynical about absolutely everything and millennials are constantly getting dragged for being vapid and entitled and neither of those statements are entirely true all of the time. So, clearly we all know it’s all a little more nuanced than that, right? You — like most of us — could also fall in some grey area in between. After all, it’s hard to categorize someone born 20 years before you as part of your generation, technically speaking. What gives? Once and for all, let’s figure out what percentage Gen X and Millennial you really are with this quiz!
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A lot of teenagers babysit to make some extra cash. You were probably one of them! When you were growing up, what did you get paid to babysit?
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Less than $10 per hour
$10–$12 per hour
$12–15 per hour
Between $15–20 per hour
More than $20 per hour
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Everybody has some strong opinions, but what is the one topic about your opinions can turn you into a full-blown snob?
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Politics
Television
Movies
Music
Books
Loading the dishwasher
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Cartoons aren't just for kids! Whether it's from today or from childhood, if you had to pick a favorite toon of all time, what is it?
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Looney Tunes
Big Mouth
Bob’s Burgers
Family Guy
The Simpsons
Animaniacs
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Movies can define a generation. In your opinion, what's the greatest film franchise of all time?
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Star Wars
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Harry Potter
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James Bond
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Anything in the Marvel universe
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Before there were Netflix binges, you had to mainline your favorite TV shows via DVD box set. Which one did you (do you?) definitely own?
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Sex and the City
Friends
The X-Files
The OC
That was never me. Why would I do that?
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You either got it or you don't. Don't lie to us! Can you drive a stick shift?
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Yes, of course!
Yeah, but I don’t like it.
HAHAHA no, not a chance.
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When you're trying to get some work done, what do you typically play as background noise to help you focus?
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NPR
A podcast
Netflix
HGTV
Spotify
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We've all had our brush with feeling like "kids these days" are too young for us. Admit it: what's the first internet abbreviation that totally went over your head?
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SMH
GOAT
TFW
LOL
LMAO
Um, I knew what all of these meant right away, so…
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Music is great! Except when it's painfully not. What musical pet peeve drives you insane?
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Auto-tune
Pop punk
Boy bands
Cultural appropriation
Words you can’t understand
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This could easily be the most telltale sign of which generation you belong to. What was your first job out of school?
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A salaried job in my field.
It was similar to my high school job, actually.
It was a dreadful six months of unemployment after graduation, thanks for asking!
An entry-level job at one of my parents’ companies while I figured everything out.
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Did you know there's an entire extra area of your checkbook where you're supposed to balance that thing? Really! Do you know how to balance a checkbook?
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Yes; it’s a good habit to get in.
Yeah, but I have an app that does it for me instead.
What the hell is “balancing a checkbook”?
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If it hasn't happened already, what from your past do you dread having to explain to children?
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