What Is "Generation Y" ?
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Y should I get a job ?
Y should I leave home and find my own place ?
Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours ?
Y should I clean my room ?
Y should I wash and iron my own clothes ?
Y should I buy any food ?
A cartoonist explained it very eloquently below....
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That sounds like a seventeen year old me and according to your figures I'm a baby boomer, or the latter part of the post war bulge in real money.
Sounds like most teenagers of any generation Jer 
Apparently I'm generation Y 
I see my picture didn't post ...................that's what gave it the humourous touch!
I'll try again!
I'm generation Y too.
Although too be fair i don't iron my clothes. I'll leave that up to Saz 
I heard that 
I heard that
We're already like a married couple 
..... ..... 
His and her spooky smilies 
His and her spooky smilies
Is Saz the one in the dress?
I am a boomer having an X and early Y..
Now have 2 late ickle grand Ys, to say no to..........
(Forgot to say I am a young Boomer . )
I'm Generation X and my sons are Generation Y.
I'm X rated and am doing my best to keep down the Y Front in this household.
I'm X rated and am doing my best to keep down the Y Front in this household.
BTW, I did reply to you in the Riots Thread, Blizzie.
I'm an X too. Without any Y's
I'm an X. I have a Y. He is guilty of number 6.....innocent of 1, 3, 4, and 5.... the jury is still out on number 2.
BTW, I did reply to you in the Riots Thread, Blizzie.
Sorry, Yogi.
I did read it, but I've had the carpet layers in and kept getting switched off, so forgot to reply.
It's all good, I hope? 
BTW, I did reply to you in the Riots Thread, Blizzie.
Sorry, Yogi.
I did read it, but I've had the carpet layers in and kept getting switched off, so forgot to reply.
It's all good, I hope?
It's all good.
Yes, I seem to recall those phrases describing something different.
Generation X, the kids who reached their teens in the early to mid seventies through to mid eighties when the economy started to turn and unemployment started to rise, especially for those just coming onto the labour market who found themselves increasingly out of work, as in the punk generation. Those born around 1955 to 1975.
Generation Y, also known as the slacker/stoner generation. Around 1980 to 1995. Those who missed the downturns of the 70s and 80s and came into work when the labour market was better and youth unemployment was much lower than for generation X. Generation Y were also said to be the new, more materialistic generation. Which is certainly true. However, in that generation were a group being over educated for the jobs they found themselves in and finding themselves as (stereotypically) media study graduates doing 'McJobs' and flitting between low paid jobs while possibly getting stoned quite often.
