i'm nearly 33. that puts me on a cusp as far as these stats go. but they're arbitrary in how they cut generations in half. there are some characteristics that make me a "millennial", like the role of the internet in my life. but the internet was very different when i was 15 than it was five or ten years ago.

i get along better with people that are 43 than with people that are 23. that's not just a maturity issue. it has more to do with common interests. music. politics. outlook. perspective. hobbies. i'm both the first millennial and the last punk, but i'm more of a punk.

so, i'm often attacking the kids like a bitter old woman. most of what i say is true....

....but they're not to blame for the economic situation. this is systemic. and it wouldn't have happened if the real villains here - the boomers - hadn't let the world go to shit in a haze of 80s cocaine binges.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20145-blaming-the-victims-media-bias-against-struggling-millennials

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2011/10/generation_catalano_the_generation_stuck_between_gen_x_and_the_m.html