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Originally posted by Glitter650
it can't... for example... I was born Dec. 24 1979... a week and a half before 1980 this places me, depending on what you read in Gen X or Gen Y. I definitely feel I fit more into Gen Y than Gen X from having read descriptions. It's all for marketing anyway.
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The point is that the dates aren't a 'static' cutoff, but more a general concept of where the cutoff is located - obviously the extreme ends of each range will have some issues.
Also, there has been fascinating research that goes WAY beyond 'marketing' in terms of generational similarities - it turns out there are experiential 'constants' (obviously they're not really constant, but overwhelming throughout the population) that make a difference in areas such as learning style and etc.
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