Where have you gone, Joe d'Influencer?
If one believes in such stereotypes, I am of the mini-generation that falls smack in the middle of Generation X and the Millenial/Gen Y groups. Usually, Gen X'ers are those born between 1965 and 1980, and the Millenials are those born after 1980. For those of us born in the gap period around 1980, culture does not know exactly which group to shoehorn us into. I call such generational groupings 'stereotypes' because in a grand way, they are the textbook definition of pigeonholing an entire group of people into a " conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image," to cite the dictionary definition of "stereotype." I always find this cultural fixation interesting because most people absolutely buy this idea of set generational patterns without question. This is ironic because 21st century culture generally abhors the idea of stereotyping people. I'd get run out of town if I said something like "because you are Asian (or bl...