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Millenials?

Via Kevin Drum, I took this Millenials Quiz. My score was 11, which apparently just barely keeps me out of being a Greatest Generational. In reality, I am barely a Baby Boomer, on the other side.

I think it is because I don't Facebook, Twitter or IM and I don't have tattoos. But I haven't figured it out yet.

This is an Open Thread.

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    30 (5.00 / 1) (#28)
    by Cream City on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:16:07 PM EST
    and glad that I'm not a Millennial.  I'm surrounded by them, and it looks like so much work, having to live on their cell phones, calling and texting every spare minute (and in a lot of other minutes when they are supposed to be paying attention to other things for which they paid tuition, etc.) and keeping up with the latest cool apps, having to get poked by all those sharp needles for tattoos and poked by even bigger implements for piercing their poor proto-bodies, and so much more.  So many look so exhausted from it all! :-)

    Apparently even the Dalai Lama tweets. (none / 0) (#81)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:52:44 PM EST
    The 14th reincarnation of God (none / 0) (#121)
    by Cream City on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 11:24:07 PM EST
    gets to tweet all that he wants.

    (I admire him immensely, btw, having met him on his first visit to the U.S. in a time long before tweets -- but he is timeless. . . .)

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    I am just about to tuck into (none / 0) (#123)
    by oculus on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 11:54:50 AM EST
    Pico Iyer's:  B BSTAN  (Real name is "Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho."  But you knew that already!)

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    Oops. That's the call letters. (none / 0) (#124)
    by oculus on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 11:55:38 AM EST
    Title:  The Open Road:  The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

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    Have you read his biog (none / 0) (#125)
    by Cream City on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 02:15:08 PM EST
    -- his first book, from years ago?  I did so when my job was to set up an event for his first visit here, just to get a handle on some practicalities . . . but my but it was one of those  books that is a journey.  (I have the book you cite on my to-do list so look forward to your reaction.)

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    Haven't read Iyer's blog (didn't even (none / 0) (#126)
    by oculus on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 05:00:34 PM EST
    know he had one--and do I really need another blog to read?  But, of course, I will check it out).  

    Did read Video Nights in Katmandu.  Not sure if that is his first book. Haven't read any of his novels.

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    Can't locate the blog. Please help! (none / 0) (#127)
    by oculus on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 05:55:37 PM EST
    Thanks.

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    Biography aka biog (none / 0) (#128)
    by squeaky on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 06:08:48 PM EST
    Not blog.

    Time for a visit to the eye doctor?  

    Parent

    Maybe so. I am pretty up re his bio. (none / 0) (#129)
    by oculus on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 09:33:20 PM EST
    heh A 45 (5.00 / 1) (#48)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:44:28 PM EST
    for me and I'm on plus side of 70. Must be some elderly people around here.

    ;-)

    BTW - BION there was a time when the vast majority of homes had only one telephone and it was a plain black phone placed on a plan brown table usually in the entrance hall or living room.

    You could pick up the handset and upon hearing "Number please?" You could say, "John Jones, please," and be connected with out having to dial, send a text message, email or leave a voice mail. If the party said, "John is at the hardware store," you could jiggle the hook switch and the operator would come on and you could redirect your call to the hardware store.

    Tell me that wasn't a lot more luxurious than what we have now!

    Hahahaha! (none / 0) (#54)
    by Zorba on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:53:23 PM EST
    When I was a little girl and we were living in my grandmother's house, she a had two-party line.  You had to pick up the phone and listen to make sure the other party wasn't using the line before you called someone.  Okay, now I feel old.

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    I got 55 (5.00 / 1) (#51)
    by Maryb2004 on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:46:23 PM EST
    Pretty good since I actually fall at the tail end of the baby boom.

    Extra credit for going to the opera (none / 0) (#85)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:56:25 PM EST
    in St. Louis?

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    15... (none / 0) (#1)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:57:18 PM EST
    ...not bad for a boomer.  I should get more credit for having scars instead of tatoos or piercings....

    14... (none / 0) (#83)
    by kdog on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:53:56 PM EST
    I'm more old-school than you old-timer.

    Must be all the Village Green Preservation Society.

    Preserving the old ways from being abused,
    protecting the new ways for me and for you.
    What more can we do?


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    Nothing wrong... (5.00 / 1) (#101)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 07:49:17 AM EST
    ...with being a little old-school, my friend! As long as it's not totally to the exclusion of new things and ideas.

    I'm certainly am feeling like an old-timer physically today though.  

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    Exactly... (none / 0) (#105)
    by kdog on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 08:10:58 AM EST
    what the Kinks were on about...preserve the old, protect the new.  So true.

    Keep on keepin' on bro...pales in comparison  but I feel old beyond my years, these damn ribs have reached nagging injury status, and playoffs start this week.  Had 'em ace bandaged and taped so tight to play last week I could hardly breath.  There will be time to rest and heal in Mexico, hopefully after winning back to back titles!

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    Ouch. (none / 0) (#119)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 07:53:08 PM EST
    Ribs suck--the pain is intense and there's really nothing to be done about it except masking it.  Hope it's just a bruise and they're not cracked?  Good luck in the play-offs!

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    60 (none / 0) (#2)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:58:00 PM EST
    And I am a genuine Millennial.

    I beat you (5.00 / 2) (#34)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:20:40 PM EST
    Must be the piercing :)

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    And I bet I beat you-- 79 (5.00 / 2) (#76)
    by Demi Moaned on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:40:47 PM EST
    But I'm right in the middle of the Baby Boomers (born 1954). I don't think this quiz has strong predictive powers.

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    I got the same number (none / 0) (#110)
    by CST on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 12:32:15 PM EST
    I wonder if we had the same answers...

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    Could be (none / 0) (#111)
    by Demi Moaned on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 12:57:21 PM EST
    The site actually lets you go in afterwards and see how different answers would have affected your score.

    There were a few circumstantial things that I know nudged me that way:

    1. I rarely look at newspapers, and when I do it's mostly for the puzzles and the funnies. But today, for example, I did thumb through a copy of USA Today, so I would have had to answer that differently.
    2. I got over my aversion to texting when I lived in Singapore where people text all the time (it's cheaper than calling). Again, I happened to text yesterday, but I have not so far today.
    3. I don't even own a TV and rarely watch
    4. I travel so much for work that there's been no point in getting phone land line
    5. I'm not in general a fan of social networking sites, and have resisted pressure to go on to Facebook, but I do have  Linked In profile for professional reasons


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    I was surprised (none / 0) (#115)
    by CST on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 01:25:44 PM EST
    when I did the different answers.  Apparently not watching TV makes you more of a millenial.

    I usually read the paper on the train or at breakfast but I had to be out of the house by 630 today so that didn't happen.

    I said yes to 1-9 texts, but now that I think about it, I haven't in the last 24 hours.  But I still feel like that was ok since it's often about 1 or 2 a day.

    I also thought it was weird that they lumped all the networking sites together.  LinkedIn is very different from the others, although I do have all of them.

    I think the 24 hour bit is a little misleading for a lot of these.  It should be 48 to accurately guage a response.

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    you are definitely not of the silent (none / 0) (#5)
    by observed on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:58:58 PM EST
    generation!

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    Heh (none / 0) (#7)
    by trillian on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:59:28 PM EST
    Nope (none / 0) (#10)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:01:09 PM EST
    I was going to say that "Demographics is Destiny," but apparently we're getting some false positives.

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    how did I beat you? (none / 0) (#9)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:00:41 PM EST
    must have been the video game question

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    Quite possibly (none / 0) (#12)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:02:02 PM EST
    I almost never play them.

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    My score was 19 (none / 0) (#3)
    by trillian on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:58:19 PM EST
    ...and I'm actually part of the "silent" generation.

    Obviously a hip senior ;p

    LOL! (none / 0) (#44)
    by Zorba on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:33:42 PM EST
    I got a 19, too, and I'm one of the very early post-war Baby Boomers!  Go, hip seniors!

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    I'm shocked (none / 0) (#4)
    by observed on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:58:25 PM EST
    I"m  almost a millenial with a score of 52, and I think I must be about BTD's age, or just older if he is at the very end of the baby boom. I don't text, watch tv or play video games. How did that happen?!

    It must be social networking (none / 0) (#8)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:00:31 PM EST
    The questions are weighted oddly.

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    It must be facebook. (none / 0) (#11)
    by observed on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:01:17 PM EST
    I have a profile, but I hardly use it.
    Oh well.


    Parent
    Also, no landline (none / 0) (#17)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:06:02 PM EST
    I don't know anyone my age who has one.

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    Ahh (none / 0) (#19)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:08:51 PM EST
    the landline.

    That must be part of it.

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    Phone polls that don't call cell phones (none / 0) (#21)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:11:24 PM EST
    will be useless in 2012, if not sooner. Not because there's a difference (that we know about) between people with landlines and people without, but because it will just be impossible to reach enough people under 30. The robopollsters will have to change the law or find another way.

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    You might be surprised to find (none / 0) (#26)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:14:22 PM EST
    that some people will go back to some form of a landline.  My BIL has.  Once you have a multistory house, carrying the cell around is a nuisance.  A landline has certain advantages in that situation.

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    Is it $30/month convenient? (none / 0) (#33)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:19:51 PM EST
    I don't think so. The concept of calling a home as opposed to a person is going to die quite rapidly IMO.

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    I can't stand to be constantly (5.00 / 1) (#35)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:22:39 PM EST
    available.  I don't carry my cell phone religiously and sometimes I'm just not home.  I don't know how you guys do it all the time being  immediately obtainable all the time.  I feel like I have no life and no privacy.

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    I hear ya (5.00 / 2) (#38)
    by jbindc on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:23:51 PM EST
    Sometimes I leave my cell in the car overnight.  Anyone who needs to get a hold of me knows to call the landline.

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    Yes (none / 0) (#50)
    by Zorba on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:45:57 PM EST
    My cell phone is only on when I travel "down the mountain" and need to use it.  We have a landline because we live on top of a mountain and we get little to no cell-phone reception.  Not that many people even have my cell phone number, because it's so seldom on.  OTOH, I joined Facebook because many of my relatives and far-flung friends are on it, and so I joined mainly to keep up with pictures and doings of their kids and grand-kids.  I seldom post anything myself, except in response to a question from one of them (usually involving Greek recipes).

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    I do love the Facebook, though (none / 0) (#102)
    by jbindc on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 08:00:49 AM EST
    Although I just posted a bunch of pictures from college on my profile and for the first time thought to myself - was I ever so young?  Now, I'm not old (41), but gosh, I look like I could've conquered the world back then.  

    Sigh.

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    I use my Google Voice number (none / 0) (#46)
    by Dan the Man on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:41:01 PM EST
    I think it's ridiculous for me to pay so much money for a cell phone when my work phone is barely used all day.  I just route my Google Voice number to my work phone when I'm at work and route it to my free computer softphone (ie Gizmo5) when I'm at home.  I can choose who I want to block and unblock using Google Voice.  Heck, I can even SMS with Google Voice.

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    You are frugal combo techie (none / 0) (#66)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:25:33 PM EST
    I'd love to figure all that out, but just when I know what I'm doing something is upgraded and I'm lost again.

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    Landlines serve other purposes (none / 0) (#64)
    by Democratic Cat on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:20:04 PM EST
    My fire and alarm system communicates through the landline; it can't go through a cell phone.  I guess that's why I scored only a 36, even though I rarely use my landline for talking.

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    My local emergency network will notify (none / 0) (#87)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 10:01:59 PM EST
    registered cell phones in case of emergency.

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    I have both (none / 0) (#32)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:19:50 PM EST
    Oh good. I am landline-less. (none / 0) (#77)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:46:35 PM EST
    And overly involved in FB.  But today is the first time I saw/heard the term "Millenial."

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    I was also shocked with a 52 (none / 0) (#39)
    by nycstray on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:24:29 PM EST
    no land line makes me 'young' I guess even though it was more about being cheap, lol!~

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    If I didn't have a land line, (5.00 / 1) (#41)
    by Anne on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:26:55 PM EST
    hadn't read a newspaper and had sent some text messages, I'd be a 77...kind of glad that's not my score, actually.

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    I bet I would have gotten my 10 pts back (5.00 / 1) (#42)
    by andgarden on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:31:56 PM EST
    if I didn't admit to reading the newspaper.

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    Good for you. (none / 0) (#88)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 10:02:44 PM EST
    and it seems (5.00 / 2) (#47)
    by lilburro on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:43:59 PM EST
    my parents being married makes me 'old'!

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    Cancelled my landline because I haate (none / 0) (#78)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:47:42 PM EST
    writing checks.  Which disqualifies me for 3 in 1 from communications companies.  Why don't these folks move forward?

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    70 (none / 0) (#6)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 04:59:08 PM EST
    which is not that far from my age oddly enough.

    24 (none / 0) (#22)
    by waldenpond on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:12:26 PM EST
    I wish my age was nearer to that.

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    My mental picture of Capt. Howdy (none / 0) (#79)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:48:36 PM EST
    was of a much younger person.  You definitely project a youthful attitude!  That is a compliment.

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    well (none / 0) (#107)
    by Capt Howdy on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 08:46:56 AM EST
    Im still a few years shy of 70 but I am no where close to a millenial

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    35 (none / 0) (#13)
    by cawaltz on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:02:35 PM EST
    I'm a Gen Xer, who seems to fit the Gen X profile. Who knows how they score this since I don't twitter, facebook, IM, text, have tattoos or piercings either?

    I had to check that one too (none / 0) (#31)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:18:28 PM EST
    I had my bellybutton pierced before it was even cool.  Naomi Campbell was the first person that I had ever seen with that done and it intrigued me so as soon as I could find a place that would do it I had it done. It's scary to think that was about sixteen years ago.  I don't wear any jewels there now.  It catches on your pants all the time and somehow isn't very hip when you are in your forties.  I have the scar though :)

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    11? (none / 0) (#14)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:02:59 PM EST
    You sure you are not part of the Lost Generation and were "freeze dried"?

    Still one of my favorite movie lines...

    you should check out the (none / 0) (#15)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:03:01 PM EST
    front page of drudge and the "commotion" the Muslim, um I mean, the Missile Defense Agency logo.

    the guy needs to get laid.
    seriously

    did we see this in the NYTimes today? (none / 0) (#16)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:05:51 PM EST
    The First Tea-Party Terrorist?

    So, for example, if we do as some suggested in the wake of the foiled underwear bombing and start subjecting Muslims to ethnic profiling at airports, this indignity will help terrorist recruiters. Indeed, any capable terrorist mastermind aims to inspire just this sort of overreaction.

    Including Joseph Stack. Here is his stated rationale for his final mission: "I would only hope that by striking a nerve that stimulates the inevitable double standard, knee-jerk government reaction that results in more stupid draconian restrictions, people wake up and begin to see the pompous political thugs and their mindless minions for what they are."

    Overreaction was a reasonable thing for him to hope for, given the way America reacted the last time terrorist-flown aircraft hit American buildings. And the fact that he hoped for it may be yet another reason to consider him a terrorist; strategically, he thought just as Osama bin Laden does. But maybe our best revenge against both of these terrorists would be to avoid describing them that way.

    silly columnist.  only brown furriners can be terraists.
     

    Baloney and stronger (5.00 / 1) (#40)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:26:22 PM EST
    There is no evidence that he ever attended a meeting and his friends say he was silent on the issues.

    Plus, he attacked the Catholic Church and was against organized religion.

    Plus, he joined up with tax protesters who tried to not pay taxes by starting fake churches.

    Those aren't Tea Party things.

    He is no where near the profile.

    The NYT "thing" is just a smear. Shame on them for trying.

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    Not even all brown terrorists (none / 0) (#43)
    by jondee on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:33:35 PM EST
    are called terrorists by some in this country..

    For instance, if you at one time received training at The School of the Americas, and say, returned to your country of origin and tortured and murdered some (commie) nuns, you could become an honorary "freedom fighter" and be one of the lucky few who receives a limited edition, commemorative Ollie North nitelite - also favored by neocon bedwetters everywhere - in your Christmas stocking.

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    Now now now (none / 0) (#60)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:13:29 PM EST
    Don't be dogging and smearing the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.

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    There you go again! (none / 0) (#80)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:51:04 PM EST
    I mean, realistically, what the heck are your credentials?????

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    Living close to Fort Benning (none / 0) (#98)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 06:55:31 AM EST
    I hear a bit about it.  Just close enough to hear the latest rumor or rumors.  One of my best dog show peers also has a husband who is contracted law enforcement on Benning.  He isn't a soldier currently, but used to be until he repelled out of a helicopter at night and ran out of rope before he got to the ground.

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    We also have a Spanish only tower (none / 0) (#99)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 07:03:40 AM EST
    on Fort Rucker....a tower that trains its personnel and pilots only in Spanish.  Which can mean many different things in many different world scenarios.

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    I got 17 points because I of my (none / 0) (#18)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:06:20 PM EST
    job response.  My total was 24.

    I got 33. (none / 0) (#20)
    by Ga6thDem on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:09:02 PM EST
    Since it had me at the tailend of the baby boom and right before Gen X then it falls right into where I was born.

    I be 64 (none / 0) (#23)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:13:15 PM EST
    It can only be because I played video Majong last night when I was bored. I don't text or have tattoos either.  I have a facebook, but I'm not very religious about using.  It's on again and off again.

    35 (none / 0) (#24)
    by lambert on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:13:52 PM EST
    And I'm a total boomer. I bet if I'd answered the landline question by saying I didn't have one, I'd have been a millenial!


    Only a cellphone (none / 0) (#27)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:15:56 PM EST
    versus cell and landline is worth 22 pints.

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    Check that (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:16:44 PM EST
    22 points.  If it were worth 22 pints I would drop my landline as soon as I got home.

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    Two pints make one cavort (5.00 / 2) (#69)
    by lambert on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:58:22 PM EST
    Say it..

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    Better yet, I just give the (none / 0) (#74)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:14:39 PM EST
    lady a pint or two and see if it works...

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    35 (none / 0) (#25)
    by jbindc on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:14:04 PM EST
    I'm a Gen-Xer and apparently much hipper than I thought - figured my score would be <20.

    Right up there (none / 0) (#36)
    by jbindc on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:22:43 PM EST
    With the article I posted this morning about Kwame Kilpatrick's lawyer claiming he can't back the amount of court-ordered restitution in a timely manner because he has to live a lavish lifestyle in order to do his job as an account manager.  

    Poor Kwame - says he only has $6 / month left after expenses (such as his wife having cosmetic surgery)

    Kwame and the McCourts - how can we possibly expect them to make do?  We are persecuting them, I tell you!

    These folks don't really need tax relief, (none / 0) (#82)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:53:55 PM EST
    do they?  Does Dem. party/Obama WH know this?

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    If only the Czar knew (none / 0) (#106)
    by cal1942 on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 08:26:28 AM EST
    By date of birth, I'm a Baby Boomer, (none / 0) (#37)
    by Anne on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:22:58 PM EST
    but on the quiz, I'm a 32, which is almost Gen-X...must be my Millenial children keeping me in the loop!

    You and Claire. (none / 0) (#84)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:54:23 PM EST
    Oh - that was mean! (none / 0) (#92)
    by Anne on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 11:41:00 PM EST
    Will try not to take it to heart.

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    Please don't. Just kidding of course. (none / 0) (#93)
    by oculus on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 12:10:50 AM EST
    LOL - I knew that. (none / 0) (#103)
    by Anne on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 08:04:52 AM EST
    But you did make me think about that awful woman; ugh.

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    No, no (none / 0) (#104)
    by jbindc on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 08:10:49 AM EST
    You're waaaayyyy smarter than she is.

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    I am a 41 (none / 0) (#45)
    by lilburro on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:37:46 PM EST
    though a millenial.  I don't text much though and as indicated elsewhere on TL I am extremely confused by cell phones in general as well as my own.

    Is the "Silent" generation really a category?  What kind of creepy name is that?

    The silent generation (none / 0) (#53)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:52:21 PM EST
    is that group born between 1925 and 1945:

    Silent Generation is a term coined in the November 5, 1951 cover story of Time to refer to the generation coming of age at the time, born during the Great Depression and World War II. The article, (which defined the generation at the time as born from 1925 to 1945), found its characteristics as grave and fatalistic, conventional, possessing confused morals, expecting disappointment but desiring faith, and for women, desiring both a career and a family.[1]

    Link

    Many disagree with the start date because being born in 1925 made one a prime candidate to be drafted in 1943-44-45 and thus part of The Greatest Generation. I believe 1929-30 much more realistic.

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    No silent (none / 0) (#75)
    by me only on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:16:28 PM EST
    generation Presidents...

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    I'm a boomer too, but I spend a lot of time around (none / 0) (#49)
    by esmense on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:45:01 PM EST
    my millenials employees, as well as my son and his friends. That probably helped boost my score to 39.

    Tatoos (none / 0) (#52)
    by robotalk on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:46:43 PM EST
    one fashion I've never understood.  Explain?

    Well, I was drunk when I got one. (5.00 / 2) (#56)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:58:59 PM EST
    Does that give you a heads up?

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    Don't ask me (none / 0) (#55)
    by Zorba on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:56:32 PM EST
    When my son, who is now almost 31, was about 13, he wanted a tattoo.  I told him we would revisit this when he was 16, although I was not promising to give permission even then.  When he turned 16, he told me "You know, Mom, tattoos look cool on young people, but they're going to look really bad on older, saggy skin.  I think I'll pass."

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    Funny. A friend's mother-in-law, who is (5.00 / 1) (#86)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 09:58:09 PM EST
    actually from the Peoria area, longed to get a tatoot, and did, on a visit to S. CA.  Bruise that persisted but no sagging.  She was the person of interest in her retirement community.  Rose on the inside of ankle.

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    I love sassy girls (none / 0) (#97)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 06:41:54 AM EST
    I got a 57 (none / 0) (#57)
    by addy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:04:57 PM EST
    I don't have tattoos and still have a landline. Makes no sense.

    Wow! (none / 0) (#58)
    by Jackson Hunter on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:10:40 PM EST
    I got a 79, which is really high for a Gen Xer like myself.  No tatoo, but I only have a cell phone, play video games, and I have MySpace and facebook but never really use them.  And the atheism thing.  LOL

    Jackson

    Everyone in the dogshow world (5.00 / 1) (#61)
    by Militarytracy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:16:39 PM EST
    has a facebook unless you are one of the old timers who knows what you are doing and has obtained your own very nice line of dogs through years of hard work.  We rookies must network and try to steal the best stuff off of each other when we can.

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    36 (none / 0) (#62)
    by ruffian on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:17:34 PM EST
    Skewing me a little younger than my age. I'm a tail end boomer. Must have been the Facebook profile and the broken home. I was positively fogey in all other respects!

    61, and I'm a Gen-Xer (none / 0) (#63)
    by snstara on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:18:08 PM EST
    Must be the tattoos, texting, and cellephone...  and the fact that I posted the score to facebook ;)

    Ha ha (5.00 / 1) (#65)
    by addy on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:21:34 PM EST
    me too!

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    I'm not saying (none / 0) (#67)
    by MKS on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:30:58 PM EST
    The test is rigged....

    46 (none / 0) (#68)
    by jeffinalabama on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 06:40:04 PM EST
    but i'm a proud boomer.

    wow (none / 0) (#70)
    by Jen M on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 07:23:17 PM EST
    I got a 76

    I'm older than I thought (none / 0) (#71)
    by caseyOR on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 08:21:18 PM EST
    I scored a whopping 9, which apparently means I served in WW II, even though I wasn't born until 1952. No tattoos, regular video game playing or Facebook. Oh, and I read the newspaper everyday.

    I didn't realize how out of it I am until I took that little quiz. Just imagine how low my score would be if my parents had not divorced.

    My parents are still together (none / 0) (#72)
    by nycstray on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 08:46:57 PM EST
    thankfully, or I might have ended up embarrassing young, lol!~ Honestly, I think my mom would have scored younger than me. She was on MySpace a couple years ago through her knitter friends ;) We won't discuss the fact that her wireless/computer/etc have surpassed mine . . .  {blush}

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    I was going to brag (none / 0) (#73)
    by cpresley on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 08:56:54 PM EST
    that I beat BTD. I got a 10 and was born in the same year as you CaseyOR. How did you only get a 9?

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    I got a 73 (none / 0) (#89)
    by weltec2 on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 10:05:56 PM EST
    I think the quiz is nuts. I have no tats or pierces. I consider myself highly religious. I'm a 62 year old man frevensakes. Millenial indeed.

    Scored 61. Not even a (none / 0) (#90)
    by oculus on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 10:14:34 PM EST
    baby boomer.  Is it good of bad for purposes of being a "Millenial" to have contacted a government official w/i the last 12 months?

    I Got 4 (none / 0) (#91)
    by squeaky on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 10:23:00 PM EST
    Oh well, I guess I am not millenial...

    I got a 5.... (5.00 / 1) (#118)
    by desertswine on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 04:42:03 PM EST
    that danged whatchamacallit is broken! By crackee!

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    Long live... (none / 0) (#112)
    by kdog on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 01:03:12 PM EST
    the luddites!

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    Well (none / 0) (#117)
    by squeaky on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 04:20:40 PM EST
    I am not anywhere close to being a luddite. I just do not like cell phones or TV. I only have a landline.

    And I was not born anywhere near 1925, lol.

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    I tried my hardest, but I wan't able... (none / 0) (#94)
    by EL seattle on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 02:01:38 AM EST
    ...to get a score higher than 99.

    Technically, not all of my scores were completely accurate.  But the point is to get the best score, right?  Or is tweaking answers, like, too craven and cynical for this test?

    If so, then obviously I must be a Gen-Xer, because they're sooo much more cynical than the Millenials.

    i got a 17 (none / 0) (#95)
    by cpinva on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 02:04:53 AM EST
    and i am dead-center baby-boomer (1955).

    i don't:

    have piercings
    have tattoos
    have facebook, etc

    i rarely play video games
    i have land and cell phone
    i text once in a while, but my cell isn't designed for it

    have no idea what to make of this.

    Scored 95 (none / 0) (#96)
    by s5 on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 02:05:44 AM EST
    Born in 1974, about as Gen-X as it gets!

    wow... did a couple of slight recalculations (none / 0) (#100)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 07:45:42 AM EST
    and scored a 1, a 10, and a 22. More to do with cellphone versus landline and facebook than anything else.

    whomever wrote this quiz/survey has weighted facebook and other social networking too high. Having and using are two different things. Why not ask about Skype, instead?

    39 for me (none / 0) (#108)
    by DancingOpossum on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 10:44:43 AM EST
    Which is funny because I consider myself very square, although I was the extreme of hip and "with it" when I was young. The cat's pyjamas, I tell youse! I was the bee's knees! Ah well...It's too hard to keep up with all the newfangled doodiness, but I will admit that I like the convenience of being able to e-mail and text-message as a way of keeping in touch with people. But it could never, ever replace face-to-face contact. It's a mystery to me how people can spend hours and hours on Facebook when they could spend those same hours going to a movie with some friends. Ah well, as I said: Fully square.

    79 (none / 0) (#109)
    by CST on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 12:30:47 PM EST
    makes sense I guess.  Although I was surprised it was so high.  I don't play video games, I don't have any piercings/tattoos in strange places, and my parents are still married.  

    I guess it's the no landline, fb, religion, etc...

    Strangely enough, I learned that the fact I did not watch tv yesterday makes me more of a millenial, not less.

    I agree with andgarden.  They could've kept it pretty much to 1 question.  Do you have a landline?  No - probably a millenial.  Yes - either you live with your parents or you aren't a millenial.  I did notice that was weighted pretty heavily.

    30 for me. (none / 0) (#113)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 01:16:53 PM EST
    Almost 2X the average for my age. I'm soooo hip.

    This thread is making me wonder why I have a land line at home...

    I still find it a comfort to have a land line. (none / 0) (#114)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 01:22:13 PM EST
    IF you do any overseas calling, it's important-- or at least important for getting overseas calls.

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    skype (none / 0) (#116)
    by CST on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 01:26:57 PM EST
    for international calls is the alternative.

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    That would have been a good question (none / 0) (#120)
    by oculus on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 10:29:26 PM EST
    to include: have you Skyped w/i the past year?

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    Yes, I thought Skype ought (none / 0) (#122)
    by Cream City on Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 11:36:45 PM EST
    to have been there, too -- as did jeff in bama above, I think.  I am a Skype goddess by now, having had a son overseas for so long.  If I got a point for every Skype call I've made, I'd have left the Millennials in the dust.

    Ditto re comment above that lumping together all the social media was not savvy; there ought to have been points per Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.  They are far different -- and I know lots of nontech-savvy types on Facebook because their kids put up the pages.  But the parents don't know what to do with them (hilarious Facebook threads  ensued from exasperated kids), yet they would get the same points as savvier sorts on several social media sites.

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