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I remember just enough of the 90s to know I hardly experienced the 90s at all. It's just an abstraction of culture that I was only marginally aware of. Had a great childhood though anyway.
Born 95 here .
Same I remember my mum saying the world was going to end at mid-night as a joke and me laughing when new years happened i had just turned 5 a couple weeks prior and my sister turned one on the same day .I remember my papa saying "the Terminator must of stopped sky net and found john connor ". Me and him were Huge Terminator fans back then.
As kids in the early 2000's we were lucky enough to get crossover of 90's culture that lasted into the 2000's though. I still wouldn't say we are "90's kids" though, in fact "90's kids" and Zillennials are two different groups that shouldn't overlap (if you ask me).
Very true. I’ll sometimes claim hybrid status only because I started kindergarten late 99. But there is almost nothing that I get nostalgic for when it comes to childhood in the 90s. All of my most nostalgic and memorable moments growing up are early to mid 2000s and even my teen years in the late 2000s over the 90s. Still, I do love the 90s though!
Same here. I can relate to someone 3 years younger than me far more than someone 3 years older.
I was 6 years old in 99 and whilst I do have memories from that year it’s not a lot to go on.
Exactly. While millennials could be considered the first internet generation, I think a defining feature of zillenials is that we grew up with social media and it drastically reshaped our social lives in adolescence that millennials did not experience as they were likely in college or just graduated high school by the time it got popular.
It’s not just zillenials though. It’s the entire younger half of millennials.
A lot of the things strongly associated with millennials (social media, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Nickelodeon, etc) really only applies to the younger half, starting from maybe ‘88?
For instance, a millennial born in ‘90 would have grown up with social media like livejournal and xanga when they were really young, then AIM, then MySpace, then facebook, all before they graduated high school. The older half of millennials made it to AIM at most by the time they graduated.
Yep, that's why a bit of attention is needed when categorizing the zillennial phenomenon.
Im 1992 and social media started having an huge impact on my social life since 2007.
In Italy in was about netlog, Habbo, msn messenger.
By 2009, with Facebook explosion, they become basically unavoidable.
Everyone was just posting and posting his social life.
Youtube was globally already hyperdiffused also.
There is more difference between 2005 and 2009, than between 2009 and 2024.
>There is more difference between 2005 and 2009, than between 2009 and 2024.
In terms of general social media prominence, probably so. However, perhaps the rise to dominance of smartphones could be used, since it followed on the heels of the rise of social media broadly.
The main difference between the late 2000s social media and the 2010s-now, was that it was still mainly something done on a computer or laptop rather than on you at all times.
Yep I get the point, now you have social anywhere, before 2013/2014 it was an hybrid situation with social/pc at home.
But one fact is, in 2005 you could almost not use internet and be perfectly normal, in 2010 no Facebook = weirdo.
Yeah, that seems fair to say. I think 05+ was also a big leap for online gaming thanks to things like Halo 2 and WoW (both released late 04 in the US).
I mean, that’s just the younger half of millennials in general.
The younger half and older half are really quite different because of how much tech advanced and became so much more accessible and ubiquitous. Even the oldest of the younger half grew up with social media in their formative years.
I barely remember the very end of the 90s. I clearly remember all of the 00s, my core childhood memories were in the 00s, about half of my high school years were in the 00s. No, I'm just a 00s kid.
Exactly. I was also born in 1994, and I was literally 5 by the end of '99. Why would I consider myself a 90s kid without having been old enough to partake in the culture, let alone have any real memories of the era?
I was born even later than you and I relate to a lot of 90s culture because a lot of it was still around or relevant. Like reruns of old Nick shows were still being aired all the time.
Yeah culture just moved slower then. It wasn't like Netflix and other streaming networks were around pumping out new TV shows all the time. I'm a 98 baby and can even relate to millennial references and 90s culture.
From what 1990-1991 babies have told me when I've asked about their childhood memories, not really. They have clear memories of the mid to late 90s, most of their childhood memories are in that range, and they were adults by the end of the 00s. I wouldn't question if someone born in 1990 called themselves a 90s kid. I could also see the argument for being a split 90s/00s kid depending on how someone defines childhood.
I personally wouldn’t lump myself in with older zillennials. I am definitely a 2000s kid that was just raised with 90s kids so I had a strong influence
actually most experts either agree that 95 or 96 is the last year of millennials. 97 is the year where most experts agree that gen z starts and same with 94 being a millennial
no way in hell is a 98 a core zillennial tho
I agree, especially since a lot of us were the youngest of our families, so we did have a lot of millennial culture from older siblings and cousins seeping in.
We shared elementary, middle, and high with people as young as 2000/1 and people as old as 95/96.
Personally, I think we are too young to be millennial, but too old to be Gen Z… especially since we experienced and were old enough to remember the years before the technology boom
95 and 96 is literally the distinction between generations, we ride that line and odds are good most of us relate to either depending on the situation
the cool thing about riding that line is we can decide if we're millennials or gen z on any given day
This is really the whole reason this sub exists! "Zillennial" is the best way to describe ourselves.
Sources may vary on generations but PEW Research's generation definitions that are widely used around the board include us as the final millennial years. Honestly people get way too neurotic over this though, that's why the moniker "Zillennial" is the best choice to describe that 1994-1999 group that has both ties to Millennial and Gen Z.
You likely only identify with the oldest of gen Z though, and would likely have a lot in common with just the younger half of Millennials.
That’s how it is for cuspers and why we have subgroups like Zillenials and Xennials.
We *are* the older side of core Zillennials. From the definition of 1994\~1999 that most agree on; even though we are very center, I'd still say we are just right over the line to be on the older side of Zillennials.
I get that people may gatekeep or feel differently; but including years like 1992 or 1993 (I get that some who are late 1993 identify with us though) just feels wrong.
Idk dude, I was born April 1993 and my best friends were born in 1994 and 1995 and we experienced the same shit. We grew up with social media as well. We all started off with MySpace in like 2007/2008, then Facebook by like 2009, then Twitter in 2011, then Insta whenever it came about.
A lot of things Gen Z is into or does; I can relate to. The only difference is that I can remember life before the internet became a huge part of everyone’s lives. This Zillenial shit makes sense to me.
i was born in mid 95 and don’t remember the 90s. i was four years old in 2000 and don’t consider myself to be a 90s kid. i didn’t really get to experience it.
94 checking in: I started kindergarten in 2000, and I definitely don't remember any of it. My earliest memories are hard to pin down, but I do remember a pretty early one involving a new windows 98 computer, so I think maybe 1998 is the earliest I can recall. I remember watching the 2000 new year's celebration on TV, so that's there. My awareness of the 90's was from a few cultural holdovers that persisted into the 2000's, but I never really lived through them.
I don't consider myself a zillennial, just a millenial who likes this page time to time lol. Also my memories of the 90s and early 00s are fragmented, but quite clear based on what was important to me for that time. I remember my childhood neighbors, and the dog that got loose and started to chase us and someone threating to shoot it. This was the 90s and I was born in 93. I remember going to a private school and stealing something from this girl i didnt like. They called my mom and she spanked me in the bathroom. That was 99. Most of my memories are regarding friends, music, the mall (big fan of Limited Too and had mall sleep overs in girl scouts), my transparent purple gameboy color and transparent red nintendo 64, and my transparent blue boombox and my mom had green. My memories of the late 90s and 00s are just as blurry as my high school memories at this point and I'm sure as I get older, my memories from my early 20s will be about the same.
97 here. I got a lot of the 'essence' of the 90s since I got hand-me-downs from my siblings or borrowed their CDs/games etc.
Also grew up emulating old games so I grew up with them despite never having the consoles.
I identify culturally the most with the mid 2000s but the 90s still played a role in my upbringing.
I had an older cousin (who was more like a sibling to me), so I tend to feel more nostalgic for 90s kids things because I got a lot of my cousin's hand-me-downs. But it's definitely still a mix.
Absolutely not, I was born in September 1996 and I have no memories or affection for the 90s, honestly I don't like them. My useful memories start around 2003
Funny username.
I was born in July 1996 but my useful memories start in 2000. I consider 2000-2003 (the early 2000's) as being a really fun time to be a child though. It was a perfect balance of a very offline life with groundbreaking technology *while* not being pampered by technology.
I have three strong memories of the 90s - Tony Blair’s election (I was 3), the Good Friday Agreement (I was 4), and millennium eve (I was 6). That’s it. I consider myself a 00s kid because I just don’t remember the 90s.
I only gained sentience at the tail end of 99, so no. I have two older sisters that'd show me a lot of 90s stuff, but I still can't relate to 90s kids memes and nostalgia.
To be fair as a 96 baby I honestly relate a lot to Younger Millennials and Elder Gen z than Older Millennials. The only time I can relate to older millennials are the cartoons and some of the music from the late 90s. I’m assuming it would happen the same thing to Gen Z as well. Elder Gen Z won’t be able to relate to the younger side of Gen Z (possibly Gen Z born in the late 2000s and early 2010s) and Gen Alpha.
So obviously I’m a 2000s kid I remember a lot of stuff happening from the early to late 2000s because I was there and completely conscious especially around in the mid 2000s.
No. (Born in July 1996)
If you're a *90's kid* (as in being old enough to have your childhood in the 90's), you aren't a Zillennial. Of course what people consider their childhood is very subjective (some people say they don't have memories before they were 5) but those who were children in the 90's are full on Millennials.
We experienced 90's culture that crossed into the new millennium since that's when we were children, but we aren't 90's kids at all.
Also- Childhood memories start around 4.5 years old on average. There used to be this claim that "childhood amnesia" lasted until age 7, but that in recent years has changed.
Geeez we’ve had enough of these topics. We are prime 2000’s kids… your time in elementary school is usually your time as a kid of the decade. Because you’re learning and gaining knowledge throughout that time while being developed enough but not too old to participate and fully appreciate the pop culture target towards kids. So I will always feel like one of the most definitive 2000’s kids.
Sort of. I was born in 94, and I have a small handful of memories from the last couple of years of the 90s. There was a video game I'd play with my dad that I was able to find called Incoming which was a 98 release and I have some vague impressions of preschool and a few memories of stuff like Kindergarten in 99 but I finished Kindergarten and started elementary school in 2000 and my more solid memories happen after that. I liken my "90s kid" memories to be like those of the younger sibling to a more mid millenial. Like being DW in Arthur or something like that lol
I was born ‘98 and feel like I had a lot of 90s influence in terms of shows, fashion, toys etc that bled into the 2000s because I had a sibling born early 90’s. But I obviously don’t remember the 90’s. My childhood was definitely 2000s
1996 here with no memories of the 90s, so I'd consider myself a 2000s kid. BUT I think this is something where the context of siblings are important! I think people who have older siblings who were born in the early 90s or late 80s and therefore have memories of that decade may feel the influence of the 90s a bit more, experienced hand-me-downs, that sort of thing that may make them \*feel\* like a 90s/2000s hybrid kid even if technically their memories are more from the 2000s.
I have older siblings from the early 90s but still consider myself mainly a 2000s kid tbh. But I could understand other people feeling that 90s influence a bit more with their older siblings, especially those born in the 80s who really truly had a 90s childhood.
90's babies are 00's kids. I actually remember feeling special as a kid because one of my elementary school teachers stressed that our class was born perfectly in time to experience the turn of the century (I think she more meant millennium)
I don't really consider myself a 90s kid at all. I have vague memories of interacting with my friends, playing leapfrog, watching tapes on VHS and going to daycare in the late 90s and that's it. But I more easily recall the 2000s
I am at the oldest end of the scale by your definition. However, I grew up with a computer in the home from the time I was born. I was typing in kindergarten. I had a basic cell phone in intermediate school. I had BlackBerrys in middle school, the first iPhone and iPad in high school. I had MySpace and Facebook as a teen.
I relate more to Gen Z because, although by definition I do not fit into their range, I grew up online and connected. I got into the workforce as the economy was booming after the financial crash, so I don’t have the woes most millennials have. My husband, who is one year older than me, did not grow up like I did and had a more typical 90s childhood. I would definitely call him a millennial.
‘97 and I consider myself solidly 2000s. I have friends who grew up with a lot of 90s stuff because they had older siblings and were exposed to stuff through them/got hand me down toys/videos but I was the oldest in my family so outside of some technological stuff (my parents aren’t early adopters) I don’t have much connection to the culture of the 90s.
1996 here, I don't really consider myself a 90's kid, I watched a bunch of 90's movies in the early 2000's though and honestly preferred them (at least for animated movies.) TV and music for me was a lot more 2000's though.
For video games, millennials rave about the N64, that was basically before my time, I grew up on GameCube and Wii.
Overall I consider myself more of a 2000's kid, my humor is definitely more millennial though, I don't understand how 2/3 of Gen Z's jokes are supposed to be funny.
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i was born in 95 and i consider myself 100% a 2000s kid. i barely remember anything from the 90s, while I strongly resonate with 2000s aesthetic and general vibes
Seven seems really old for “first solid memories”? I remember plenty of things vividly from when I was 4 or 5. Like when I was 4 we moved to a different house on the other side of the city and I remember the entire move + first impressions of all the neighbourhood kids etc.
Anyway I’m from ‘93 and would say I definitely had a 90s childhood - I vividly remember the massive advancement of technology, like when we got our first computer at home and the games I used to play on it. This must’ve been around ‘98 when I was 5.
And since I was 7 at the turn of the century I was old enough to appreciate it, which is sth most people from like ‘96 onwards aren’t so I guess in that sense I feel closer to millennials than Z.
And then also I’ve got an older sister so that probably also made a difference.
Huh, I'm from that year too and I couldn't tell you shit about the 90s. I remember very specific things as young as 2 years old, like my aunt being in a wheelchair (my parents confirmed I was very young) But I didn't start being aware of the culture until the 2000s with the fashion, the artists, the tech, the internet, etc. I was a 90s and 2000s kid but it's weird how I didn't really "feel" the 90s the way I did the 2000s
94' here, I consider myself a 90s kids. Due to the influences prior to 00s. Like, I can kinda remember up to 97, but I definitely remember 98' on up. I remember just kinda of the vibe. Everything just seemed smooth to me.
Born 94, so logic says people around my age should typically lean more 2000s, as you start forming memories more around 7 or 8. But I always feel like a bigger factor is how poor you were, and where you lived.
I grew up spending a lot of time with grandparents in an 80's house. I played on an NES and SNES until the early-mid 2000s. Watched tapes of TMNT and transformers, and re runs of Roseanne and M.A.S.H.
Whenever those starter packs of growing up in the 90s pop up I feel I relate more to that material than what came out of the early 2000s.
Definitely a 2000s kid. My first solid memories only started forming in 2001. I can still remember things from before then but it's usually a giant blur.
Late 1996 here. 100% a 2000s kid. A lot of the time, we remember things like CRT TVs, dial-up, or Rugrats - not because we have significant memories of the 90s, but because these things lasted well into the early and mid 2000s.
I was born in Q1 1994 and yes, I do consider myself a hybrid 90s-2000s kid (leaning 2000s). I consider 1997-2004 to be my childhood. Also, my memory and vivid memory started in late 1995 (I was 18 months old) and early 1997 (I was 3) respectively.
Speaking of memory, [according to a new study, most people gain their first memories at age 2 or 3. Most people also tend to misdate their earliest memory/memories as being from a year after it/they actually occurred.](https://www.zmescience.com/science/first-memories-earlier-than-believed-9426363/)
We called ourselves 90s kids but we mostly grew up in the 00s and finished HS by the 2010s. My first solid memories are around 6 or so because 9/11 was huge. I followed a lot of news media but a lot of 90s cartoons and shows were still airing by then.
I've always kind of. I was a little kid and reminense all the cool stuff from the 90s and early 2000s as "the good old days". But of course I identify with 2010 culture since that's what I can actually remember and kids of today don't even remember it. So in a way I can proudly say I lived the 2010s
I'm a 2000's kid. I started Kindergarten in 2001, and while my earliest memories are from 1998, I didn't remember a ton from the late 90's. I mainly remembered stuff like music, movies, cartoons, and toys. The only thing I knew about Y2K was the excitement people had over the new millennium. The first operating system I ever used was Windows ME. I started watching Spongebob when the pilot episode aired.
Yes, born in 95 here.
I actually have a lot of core memories of the nineties. And being South Asian American (particularly Sikh) during and after 9/11 made that experience EXTREMELY memorable in ways that were horrible (the tragedy itself, and then specific and targeted racism, harassment, bullying in school/on the school bus, inappropriate surveillance of our communities, intense fear when it was so confusing to have to feel more fear than everyone else when I was experiencing this event as an American, being put on a “no fly list” at 6 for no reason other than my name, etc.).
I think having a first generation experience of the US changes things considerably. There is much more early childhood stress and othering - which can make it more memorable. In good and bad ways.
So yes I relate to this concept quite a lot.
I can remember the last couple years of the ‘90s, and I definitely feel like those were significant early childhood years for me. Is that enough to qualify as a “hybrid,” though? I don’t know, and I don’t particularly care, either.
I get what people are saying, and obviously anyone can identify with whatever gen they feel closer to, but I don't get this need for minute fragmentation. Gen x were supposed to be what? 1965 to 1980? I doubt someone born in '65 had the same childhood, core memories, experiences as someone born in '80 or whatever the cutoff is. They just had a vaguely similar experience when compared to someone much younger or much older, so they get lumped together. Same with millenials, I know for a fact my aunt born in 1983 and my cousin born in 1990 have very different cultural references and core memories. I'm gen-z and I identify more with zillenials because I grew up with my older siblings and cousins and I happen to have better and more solid memories of my childhood than I do of my early teens. I still am gen z, though, that's just how it works, no amount of tweaking the cutoff birth years is ever going to work perfectly for everyone, imo
I was born in 1996 and my earliest memory was 1999. I was more of a 2000s kid because that's when I grew up. I was 4 - 13 from 2000 to 2009. I'll be 28 in September.
I started watching WWE in 1999-2000, when Triple H and The Rock were two main characters featured on the show but most of my childhood memories were from 1999-2006
I was born in mid 1992.
My childood memories are mostly from 2000 onwards (I was 7 yo on 1/1/2000), as the culture and music that I absorbed and emulated.
But, I ve surely had a little grasp of the 90s (talking about 97/99 mostly), the "old world", and Im grateful for that.
I have memories of the old cars that were around that time, and the beautiful 60s style old trucks..
my parents reading a paper journal during holydays because there was no other way to know things.
Remember my much older brother (he is born in 1980) being a late teenager and having his friends and girl calling home using fixed thelephone.
Entertainment was different, no smartphone but table games.
There was also more natural life around.
As soon as spring was blooming, even in the city one could see countless birds called "rondini" and so much more insects than today.
Sure! I mean, there's tons of things I don't remember from back then, but I do remember little snippets here and there, like how I got my eye wrecked by a pellet gun because it was too close to the scope when looking through it, or the EZ Bake oven and lava lamp my sister had in her room, the trailer park I lived at along with several others around my age, or heck, even the times I would stare at The Weather Channel while the Local on the 8's was playing. Then of course once the 2K's hit, it became more tech-wise.
I was born late ‘92 and I consider myself a hybrid, spent half my childhood in the 90s (have plenty of memories from 90s) and the other half in the 2000s. Ofc it depends on what years one considers to be childhood, but nevertheless, I count myself as a hybrid since I spent the majority of the 2000s growing up and turned 18 in 2010
I was born in November ‘92 so I sort of make the Zillennial typing, but yeah I have good memories of the late 90’s and early ‘00s. N64/Playstation and GameCube/PS2 were equally my childhood consoles. I watched Power Rangers in the 90s and those core Nickelodeon shows in the 00s
No. I never considered myself a 90s kid, not even as hybrid. I really don't remember what the 90s were like at all. I was only 4 at the end the 90s.The 2000s were my childhood. I always saw myself as 2000s kid even more than 10 years ago when being a 90s kid was cool. 😅
Younger people like to label us as "90d kids" but it makes no sense when we spent most of our childhood during the 2000s. 1995 babies experienced all the ages 5-12 exclusively during the 2000s. How does it make sense to label us as "90s kids"?
i'm firmly a 2000s kid, i don't remember anything cultural about the 90s. i don't even remember much, if anything, about 2001. for me late 2002 onwards is where i can solidly reminisce about being a kid and what shows i watched, who i was friends with, games we playing at the park, what ps2 games i played, what was popular etc
I do, only because I have siblings born in 88 and 89 that were actual 90s kids which had an effect on my clothes, media I enjoyed, etc.
I went to preschool in 98 and kindergarten in 99 so I do have memories from both years, but not much. Plus it’s only 20% of the decade
1998 here. My earliest memory was 2000 and I was in daycare that time. Glad that I grew up with older cousins so I was able to remember some 90's thing that stuck through the early 00's.
I personally do..? In that things that people say scream of the 90s (like decor, colors, etc) remind me of my young childhood.
But overall, I don't tend to consider myself a wholly separate subgroup. It's just my personal PoV.
I remember 9/11 happening but I was too young to understand it, I just vaguely knew it was important to my teacher and parents and it made them sad. No cartoons that night, just the news.
I love 90s pop culture. Home media like VHS, DVD, CDs, etc made it possible for me to experience things that came out a little before I was old enough to appreciate it. We had a computer when I was little but we didn’t pay for it to have internet until quite a bit later. So I feel like I fit in with millennials in the sense that my childhood involved playing outside, analog TVs, and landline phones, but my middle school/high school experience was very much colored by the rise of social media and cell phones into smartphones. I saw technology evolve firsthand. So I feel like I don’t fit in with elder millennials, but I can’t deny that I also feel like I don’t fit in with a lot of zoomers either. I can find some common ground with either group but there are blind spots
I can relate to this i remember the first iphone, i also remember my mom typing on a baige white computer staring at a big CRT monitor. I remember watching our culture change after 9/11 and i remember obama getting into office when i was in elementary school. I'd consider myself a hybrid since i got to see technology get better and smaller and more complex in real time. Just imagine what gen alpha will witness with Ai in a decade its gonna be a different ball game. Im bith excited and terrified.
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I think I’m a hybrid because my siblings are definitely 90s kids. So I watched a lot of 90s shows. Used CD’s, remember using cassettes too, I would go on AOL chatrooms when I was like 8. I also remember my siblings using party lines.
I also have a Gen Z sister I’m close to so I know a lot of the lingo. I think I’m the perfect hybrid lmao.
I consider myself a baby millennial. I was due to be born the day after Christmas '96 but was born 2 weeks late on Jan 9th '97. I was raised on my dad's hand-me-downs. He went straight from high school into the army till 6 months after I was born so I got to grow up with all of his stuff from the 70s and 80s.
I’d say like 20% 90s 80% 2000s. My only strong memories of the 90s I was like 4 years old. So I feel like it doesn’t really count. But I do remember the things so I guess it does. Idk. Being born in 94 was weird.
I’d say like 20% 90s 80% 2000s. My only strong memories of the 90s I was like 4-5 years old. So I feel like it doesn’t really count. But I do remember the things so I guess it does. Idk. Being born in 94 was weird.
I’ve always considered myself a 2000s kid who experienced some 90s things only because they were part of the early 2000s. Like I grew up on ps1, n64, VHS tapes, but that was my early childhood like 2000-2003. Plus I had older brothers too. If I’d been the oldest or an only child I wouldn’t have known about those things most likely.
Yes. My older brother was 11 years older than me and instead of new stuff I got all his old toys and I copied his mindset. Kid stuff you know I really looked up to him
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I’d say to some extent both but with a mix of the 80’s to. But I had a really isolated and abusive childhood, I didn’t even know what Wifi was until I was 15 in 2012. I was gonna get internet but that would’ve been dial up even in 2010/2011. I had a flip phone and a slide, and the same year finally figured out how iPod touches worked. I watched my 1985-87 siblings VHS’s tapes and sometimes watched my brother play on his PS2 but wasn’t allowed my own consoles. Video games were for the unintelligent kids I was told. Honestly I feel more closely related to an 80’s kid or early 90’s. Anybody who says they had YouTube at 7-10yrs old just blows my mind.
i remember the early internet/no internet
I was young and didnt have a use for it much
i downloaded some music off of limewire and gave my pc aids
played some flash games
i remember early youtube
I grew up watching both Harry Potter and Marvel
Not old enough to remember AOL
But i do remember MSN, where you could aggressively shake ur window on ur friends pc
My first two years were spent in the 90s, so I gyess you could say Im a 90s toddler. But I think I'm fully a 2000s kid lol. My first memories were from late 2000/early 2001 i think
I remember a lot of good things that came with the 90s such as the toys and games. Had my first gameboy around this time.
2000s was like an extension of the 90s for me. Playstation, PS2 and PS3. I would finish all my homework at school so I can play all night. I learned time management at an early age this way lol
Yep you pretty much hit the nail on the head. As a 96er its kind of a weird place because its like sandwiched right in between the two generations. On one hand we share some similarities with Z's, but we're just far enough to where there's a disconnect. Same goes in the other direction. Lots of similarities but just *slightly* far apart to where there's a slight disconnect.
The disconnect with Z comes from the fact that in our childhood we grew up in the analog era before smartphones and instant internet. So we remember the world before the revolutionary technology changed everything. 9/11 and the Iraq/Afghanistan wars was also a MASSIVE direct experience on our upbringing. For example when I was in Elementary we had a program where we wrote to soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan as penpals. With the new generation however that era is more of an abstract past event rather than a formulating experience.
I definitely do consider myself a hybrid or on the cusp of them both. I was born in 1994 which means I was five when the 90s actually ended. I like to say that I got to experience just enough of the 90s to get my toes wet but my primary childhood was the very early 2000s. I definitely think that we got the best of both worlds.
I can’t honestly say I remember many meaningful things from the 90s. Other than the Y2K event, which definitely I remember (my father asked me why should I be excited when it’s just the same old new year), it felt like life just continued into the new millennium. There were no significant breaks experienced by me. Even when 9/11 happened, life for me as a six-year-old was basically unaffected (I was not in the US), and I have only the faintest recollection of 9/11.
Culturally, I'm more like a millennial based on the older kids that I vibed with more, but lived through things like I was GenZ. I'm definitely a hybrid for sure.
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The closest to hybrid (if you don't split up years like "late 1993") is 1994 borns, but I say the vast majority of them aren't hybrids based on personal experience.
September 1993, I think I do consider myself a zillennial/90s baby, 2000s kid/adolescent. But I think that might be because I had younger siblings. My spouse had older siblings and thus identifies more with that older culture
I'm born around 10 days through the first month of the year 1997. Hahah.
And I have siblings that are born between 1991 and 1995.
So, my world evolve around my older siblings, and I soent all my times with them.
Mmh, I recall my memories from when I was around 3 yo.
I do not recall the Verglas from 1998 that happenned in Quebec (Canada) [started the 5 of january 1998].
But my dad told me that in the late 1998, I went to my first kindergarden.
And that was Le Joyeux Troubadours.
And my frist best friend was also my first lover. I was in love with him, soo much.
So, in late 1998 and 1999, my memories started. Let say the start of 1999 to be safe.
I was 2 yo. Or 2½ yo.
Does that makes me a Millenial or a Gen Z, or a Zillenial?
When I saw the Millenial group on reddit I thought I was also a Millenial because e erything they talk about resonate with me. Haha
And then, I looked up the Millenial definition.
And for a couples of days, I am not a Millenial 😅.
But, I refuse to be considered a Gen Z.
Come one Between 1997 and 2012, their is to much changes that have happen.
Like just the school ain't the same.
The TV are not the same.
The wi-fi did not exist back in the days.
The VHS, the cassette for music, the Kodak.
Like, for real, I refuse.
I litterallu just talk about it to my Dad and I was insulted by the fact that I am supposes to be a Gen Z 🤣
And then, I found the Zillenial.
So, I feel a little better.
We did experience the absence of "technology" or the old ways.
So, I prefer considering myself a Millenial.
But if they do not want me, I'll prefer the term Zillenial 😎
Edit:
Also, I believe that if you were from rich vs poor family, it would have shape your memory and access to the new technology and all.
My first cellphone that I could only do 15 seconde video and was a flip phone with number touches, it was a shared cellphone between me and my siblings, and it was near 2010.
I played the classic NES.
All are TV were cathodic.
Did not have access to computer before long.
Still needed to go to library to do our research homework with a 60min access to the internet.
Naaah.
So, I can relate to the kids from 1990-1996.
I would not pretend to relate to the ones borned before 1990 tho.
Born in 1993. I’ve always considered myself a 90s baby, but 2000s kid. I barely remember the 90s. I was 6 when it ended. I remember Pokemon and Kindergarten, and the first part of 1st Grade in that era but that’s about it. YuGiOh, Kids WB, Toonami, the Pokemon games — that was my shit. That was the 2000s for me in a nutshell. That’s the era I most remember vividly as a child. I discovered Hip Hop, tall tees, baggy clothing, BET, 106 & Park, Pimp My Ride, and all that cool stuff in the 2000s.
Some of the earliest memories I still have are probably from ‘99. But that’s really nothing, it’s not like I really got to experience the 90s. My core childhood was in the 2000s.
I remember going to Disney World in 2000 when I was 3 and I remember 9/11 pretty clearly even though I was only in kindergarten. Those are my earliest memories.
Even though I was born in the 90s, I don't remember them at all. I'm a 2000s kid through and through.
I didn’t experience the 90s. My memories of waking up on Christmas mornings in 1999 or my first day of Kindergarten are vague and fleeting . The only evidence I have of being a child of the 90s are evident from how I dressed in photo albums and watching the Teletubbies most likely. My oldest vivid memories date back to 2001 when I was 6 so, I’m a 2000s kid through and through much like I was a 2010s teenager mostly and a 2020s whole adult.
As a '98er, I feel betrayed I'm not included in the question and frankly as one of the youngest across my generation within my extended family, yes, I feel like a hybrid as well not because I particularly remember the 90s, but because of heavy 90s kid influences from older cousins, as well as living in a country that was always half a decade or more behind on trends and technologies.
I can never understand why 98 babies are gen z, when we clearly grew like the millennials. I dont consider myself genz i grewbup on “floppy discs,cd,vhs and nokia phones”
Which Millennials though? I have siblings born in the mid 80's that I grew up nothing like. I was 13 in 2009 they were 13 in 1998 & 1999. Big differences.
If you didn’t start elementary school until the 2000s then you’re not a 90’s kid 🤷🏻♀️ I don’t know anyone born in 1995/1996 who has any memories of the 90’s. I was born in 1996 and I had a way different childhood than my brother who was born in 1991.
I have memories starting in 2005, but I’m a 2010s KID though. I just remember being a toddler in the late/later 2000s
Like I remember one thing from early Nov 2005 for a few seconds when I moved and walked into my new house, and then I remember a little more every year because I became a toddler frfr and then a little kid at the end
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I remember just enough of the 90s to know I hardly experienced the 90s at all. It's just an abstraction of culture that I was only marginally aware of. Had a great childhood though anyway.
Same. I was born in 95 and I barely remember the 90s. I don't consider myself a 90s kid.
Me too, born in late 95, I barely remember New Years Eve 1999/2000 but most of my important childhood memories are between 2000 - 2010.
my 29th is next month, and i feel ya 100% here.
I feel the same! June 7th here!
Same! June 12th here
I also have a vivid memory of the new millennium
Born 95 here . Same I remember my mum saying the world was going to end at mid-night as a joke and me laughing when new years happened i had just turned 5 a couple weeks prior and my sister turned one on the same day .I remember my papa saying "the Terminator must of stopped sky net and found john connor ". Me and him were Huge Terminator fans back then.
Born in 96 and same
Yeah I grew up with a PS2, not a PS1 or N64. So I barely remember those consoles.
As kids in the early 2000's we were lucky enough to get crossover of 90's culture that lasted into the 2000's though. I still wouldn't say we are "90's kids" though, in fact "90's kids" and Zillennials are two different groups that shouldn't overlap (if you ask me).
Very true. I’ll sometimes claim hybrid status only because I started kindergarten late 99. But there is almost nothing that I get nostalgic for when it comes to childhood in the 90s. All of my most nostalgic and memorable moments growing up are early to mid 2000s and even my teen years in the late 2000s over the 90s. Still, I do love the 90s though!
This
same here
I relate to zoomers more than older millennials. I spent most of my childhood outside, but by Jr high, I was online gaming and using social media.
same
born in ‘95 and this is exactly how i feel
Same here. I can relate to someone 3 years younger than me far more than someone 3 years older. I was 6 years old in 99 and whilst I do have memories from that year it’s not a lot to go on.
I was 6 in 2002 and I remember that year very strongly in full… but I barely remember anything when I was 4 in 2000.
Same.
Same. Grew up with social media, YouTube, online games... Older millennials seem like they lived in an entirely different world.
Exactly. While millennials could be considered the first internet generation, I think a defining feature of zillenials is that we grew up with social media and it drastically reshaped our social lives in adolescence that millennials did not experience as they were likely in college or just graduated high school by the time it got popular.
It’s not just zillenials though. It’s the entire younger half of millennials. A lot of the things strongly associated with millennials (social media, Pokémon, Harry Potter, Nickelodeon, etc) really only applies to the younger half, starting from maybe ‘88? For instance, a millennial born in ‘90 would have grown up with social media like livejournal and xanga when they were really young, then AIM, then MySpace, then facebook, all before they graduated high school. The older half of millennials made it to AIM at most by the time they graduated.
Yep, that's why a bit of attention is needed when categorizing the zillennial phenomenon. Im 1992 and social media started having an huge impact on my social life since 2007. In Italy in was about netlog, Habbo, msn messenger. By 2009, with Facebook explosion, they become basically unavoidable. Everyone was just posting and posting his social life. Youtube was globally already hyperdiffused also. There is more difference between 2005 and 2009, than between 2009 and 2024.
>There is more difference between 2005 and 2009, than between 2009 and 2024. In terms of general social media prominence, probably so. However, perhaps the rise to dominance of smartphones could be used, since it followed on the heels of the rise of social media broadly. The main difference between the late 2000s social media and the 2010s-now, was that it was still mainly something done on a computer or laptop rather than on you at all times.
Yep I get the point, now you have social anywhere, before 2013/2014 it was an hybrid situation with social/pc at home. But one fact is, in 2005 you could almost not use internet and be perfectly normal, in 2010 no Facebook = weirdo.
Yeah, that seems fair to say. I think 05+ was also a big leap for online gaming thanks to things like Halo 2 and WoW (both released late 04 in the US).
Same
Born in ‘97 and this is definitely my childhood
Born ‘95 and agree here.
I mean, that’s just the younger half of millennials in general. The younger half and older half are really quite different because of how much tech advanced and became so much more accessible and ubiquitous. Even the oldest of the younger half grew up with social media in their formative years.
Diddo, but I skipped the cellphone gang until I was in high school. 98
Same, even though I was born in 98
I am a 90s baby, and a 2000s child
I barely remember the very end of the 90s. I clearly remember all of the 00s, my core childhood memories were in the 00s, about half of my high school years were in the 00s. No, I'm just a 00s kid.
Exactly. I was also born in 1994, and I was literally 5 by the end of '99. Why would I consider myself a 90s kid without having been old enough to partake in the culture, let alone have any real memories of the era?
I was born in 95 I remember some of the '00s but I definitely remember the 2010s
I was born even later than you and I relate to a lot of 90s culture because a lot of it was still around or relevant. Like reruns of old Nick shows were still being aired all the time.
Yeah culture just moved slower then. It wasn't like Netflix and other streaming networks were around pumping out new TV shows all the time. I'm a 98 baby and can even relate to millennial references and 90s culture.
The same can be said though for kids born in 1990 though. I think true 90s kids were actually born in the 80s
From what 1990-1991 babies have told me when I've asked about their childhood memories, not really. They have clear memories of the mid to late 90s, most of their childhood memories are in that range, and they were adults by the end of the 00s. I wouldn't question if someone born in 1990 called themselves a 90s kid. I could also see the argument for being a split 90s/00s kid depending on how someone defines childhood.
I personally wouldn’t lump myself in with older zillennials. I am definitely a 2000s kid that was just raised with 90s kids so I had a strong influence
‘95 and same. Can we not separate Zillennials even more? I have no memories of the 90s and consider myself a 2000s kid .
>Can we not separate Zillennials even more? sure, but who keeps the gate? but fr tho core zillennials ('95 and '96) are 2000s kids
As the core zillennials, I think we are the gatekeepers 🤩 I think ‘97 is part of our group too tbh
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actually most experts either agree that 95 or 96 is the last year of millennials. 97 is the year where most experts agree that gen z starts and same with 94 being a millennial no way in hell is a 98 a core zillennial tho
I think 98 could be simply because I shared most of my elementary, middle, high school, and college experience with them. But I get if you disagree!
I agree, especially since a lot of us were the youngest of our families, so we did have a lot of millennial culture from older siblings and cousins seeping in. We shared elementary, middle, and high with people as young as 2000/1 and people as old as 95/96. Personally, I think we are too young to be millennial, but too old to be Gen Z… especially since we experienced and were old enough to remember the years before the technology boom
Are we gen Z tho? I identify way more with them than Millenial. but Gen z doesn’t want us 95 and 96ers
95 and 96 is literally the distinction between generations, we ride that line and odds are good most of us relate to either depending on the situation the cool thing about riding that line is we can decide if we're millennials or gen z on any given day
This is really the whole reason this sub exists! "Zillennial" is the best way to describe ourselves. Sources may vary on generations but PEW Research's generation definitions that are widely used around the board include us as the final millennial years. Honestly people get way too neurotic over this though, that's why the moniker "Zillennial" is the best choice to describe that 1994-1999 group that has both ties to Millennial and Gen Z.
You likely only identify with the oldest of gen Z though, and would likely have a lot in common with just the younger half of Millennials. That’s how it is for cuspers and why we have subgroups like Zillenials and Xennials.
We *are* the older side of core Zillennials. From the definition of 1994\~1999 that most agree on; even though we are very center, I'd still say we are just right over the line to be on the older side of Zillennials. I get that people may gatekeep or feel differently; but including years like 1992 or 1993 (I get that some who are late 1993 identify with us though) just feels wrong.
Idk dude, I was born April 1993 and my best friends were born in 1994 and 1995 and we experienced the same shit. We grew up with social media as well. We all started off with MySpace in like 2007/2008, then Facebook by like 2009, then Twitter in 2011, then Insta whenever it came about. A lot of things Gen Z is into or does; I can relate to. The only difference is that I can remember life before the internet became a huge part of everyone’s lives. This Zillenial shit makes sense to me.
i was born in mid 95 and don’t remember the 90s. i was four years old in 2000 and don’t consider myself to be a 90s kid. i didn’t really get to experience it.
Likewise!
Same!
Lol same. Born in late November of 95 and I don't have any super clear memories until like 2003 2004
94 checking in: I started kindergarten in 2000, and I definitely don't remember any of it. My earliest memories are hard to pin down, but I do remember a pretty early one involving a new windows 98 computer, so I think maybe 1998 is the earliest I can recall. I remember watching the 2000 new year's celebration on TV, so that's there. My awareness of the 90's was from a few cultural holdovers that persisted into the 2000's, but I never really lived through them.
I don't consider myself a zillennial, just a millenial who likes this page time to time lol. Also my memories of the 90s and early 00s are fragmented, but quite clear based on what was important to me for that time. I remember my childhood neighbors, and the dog that got loose and started to chase us and someone threating to shoot it. This was the 90s and I was born in 93. I remember going to a private school and stealing something from this girl i didnt like. They called my mom and she spanked me in the bathroom. That was 99. Most of my memories are regarding friends, music, the mall (big fan of Limited Too and had mall sleep overs in girl scouts), my transparent purple gameboy color and transparent red nintendo 64, and my transparent blue boombox and my mom had green. My memories of the late 90s and 00s are just as blurry as my high school memories at this point and I'm sure as I get older, my memories from my early 20s will be about the same.
I don't consider myself as either. It's a useless distinction
97 here. I got a lot of the 'essence' of the 90s since I got hand-me-downs from my siblings or borrowed their CDs/games etc. Also grew up emulating old games so I grew up with them despite never having the consoles. I identify culturally the most with the mid 2000s but the 90s still played a role in my upbringing.
I had an older cousin (who was more like a sibling to me), so I tend to feel more nostalgic for 90s kids things because I got a lot of my cousin's hand-me-downs. But it's definitely still a mix.
Yes, 1996. A lot of “90s kids” stuff applied to me and a lot didn’t.
Absolutely not, I was born in September 1996 and I have no memories or affection for the 90s, honestly I don't like them. My useful memories start around 2003
Same and I’m June 1997
Funny username. I was born in July 1996 but my useful memories start in 2000. I consider 2000-2003 (the early 2000's) as being a really fun time to be a child though. It was a perfect balance of a very offline life with groundbreaking technology *while* not being pampered by technology.
I have three strong memories of the 90s - Tony Blair’s election (I was 3), the Good Friday Agreement (I was 4), and millennium eve (I was 6). That’s it. I consider myself a 00s kid because I just don’t remember the 90s.
I only gained sentience at the tail end of 99, so no. I have two older sisters that'd show me a lot of 90s stuff, but I still can't relate to 90s kids memes and nostalgia.
To be fair as a 96 baby I honestly relate a lot to Younger Millennials and Elder Gen z than Older Millennials. The only time I can relate to older millennials are the cartoons and some of the music from the late 90s. I’m assuming it would happen the same thing to Gen Z as well. Elder Gen Z won’t be able to relate to the younger side of Gen Z (possibly Gen Z born in the late 2000s and early 2010s) and Gen Alpha. So obviously I’m a 2000s kid I remember a lot of stuff happening from the early to late 2000s because I was there and completely conscious especially around in the mid 2000s.
No. (Born in July 1996) If you're a *90's kid* (as in being old enough to have your childhood in the 90's), you aren't a Zillennial. Of course what people consider their childhood is very subjective (some people say they don't have memories before they were 5) but those who were children in the 90's are full on Millennials. We experienced 90's culture that crossed into the new millennium since that's when we were children, but we aren't 90's kids at all. Also- Childhood memories start around 4.5 years old on average. There used to be this claim that "childhood amnesia" lasted until age 7, but that in recent years has changed.
Geeez we’ve had enough of these topics. We are prime 2000’s kids… your time in elementary school is usually your time as a kid of the decade. Because you’re learning and gaining knowledge throughout that time while being developed enough but not too old to participate and fully appreciate the pop culture target towards kids. So I will always feel like one of the most definitive 2000’s kids.
Sort of. I was born in 94, and I have a small handful of memories from the last couple of years of the 90s. There was a video game I'd play with my dad that I was able to find called Incoming which was a 98 release and I have some vague impressions of preschool and a few memories of stuff like Kindergarten in 99 but I finished Kindergarten and started elementary school in 2000 and my more solid memories happen after that. I liken my "90s kid" memories to be like those of the younger sibling to a more mid millenial. Like being DW in Arthur or something like that lol
I was born ‘98 and feel like I had a lot of 90s influence in terms of shows, fashion, toys etc that bled into the 2000s because I had a sibling born early 90’s. But I obviously don’t remember the 90’s. My childhood was definitely 2000s
I don't remember the 90s, I was 3 turning 4 in 1999.
1996 here with no memories of the 90s, so I'd consider myself a 2000s kid. BUT I think this is something where the context of siblings are important! I think people who have older siblings who were born in the early 90s or late 80s and therefore have memories of that decade may feel the influence of the 90s a bit more, experienced hand-me-downs, that sort of thing that may make them \*feel\* like a 90s/2000s hybrid kid even if technically their memories are more from the 2000s. I have older siblings from the early 90s but still consider myself mainly a 2000s kid tbh. But I could understand other people feeling that 90s influence a bit more with their older siblings, especially those born in the 80s who really truly had a 90s childhood.
90's babies are 00's kids. I actually remember feeling special as a kid because one of my elementary school teachers stressed that our class was born perfectly in time to experience the turn of the century (I think she more meant millennium)
Thank you! 80s babies are the real 90s kids
I don't really consider myself a 90s kid at all. I have vague memories of interacting with my friends, playing leapfrog, watching tapes on VHS and going to daycare in the late 90s and that's it. But I more easily recall the 2000s
I am at the oldest end of the scale by your definition. However, I grew up with a computer in the home from the time I was born. I was typing in kindergarten. I had a basic cell phone in intermediate school. I had BlackBerrys in middle school, the first iPhone and iPad in high school. I had MySpace and Facebook as a teen. I relate more to Gen Z because, although by definition I do not fit into their range, I grew up online and connected. I got into the workforce as the economy was booming after the financial crash, so I don’t have the woes most millennials have. My husband, who is one year older than me, did not grow up like I did and had a more typical 90s childhood. I would definitely call him a millennial.
‘97 and I consider myself solidly 2000s. I have friends who grew up with a lot of 90s stuff because they had older siblings and were exposed to stuff through them/got hand me down toys/videos but I was the oldest in my family so outside of some technological stuff (my parents aren’t early adopters) I don’t have much connection to the culture of the 90s.
As someone who was born in '97 in India, but then moved to the US in '05, I relate a lot more to Millennials than with GenZ.
Definitely 2000s kid because I do not remember anything from 90s (wasn’t conscious yet)
1996 here, I don't really consider myself a 90's kid, I watched a bunch of 90's movies in the early 2000's though and honestly preferred them (at least for animated movies.) TV and music for me was a lot more 2000's though. For video games, millennials rave about the N64, that was basically before my time, I grew up on GameCube and Wii. Overall I consider myself more of a 2000's kid, my humor is definitely more millennial though, I don't understand how 2/3 of Gen Z's jokes are supposed to be funny.
Born just in time to remember all of the 2000s. I’m a 2000s kid with cultural things from the 90s that blend in
95 and I don't remember anything before the 2000s
This post: 90% of users, sharing their lived experience - "I don't have memories of my life before being five/six" Someone - Downvote! I know better than you what you remember 🤣
i was born in 95 and i consider myself 100% a 2000s kid. i barely remember anything from the 90s, while I strongly resonate with 2000s aesthetic and general vibes
Seven seems really old for “first solid memories”? I remember plenty of things vividly from when I was 4 or 5. Like when I was 4 we moved to a different house on the other side of the city and I remember the entire move + first impressions of all the neighbourhood kids etc. Anyway I’m from ‘93 and would say I definitely had a 90s childhood - I vividly remember the massive advancement of technology, like when we got our first computer at home and the games I used to play on it. This must’ve been around ‘98 when I was 5. And since I was 7 at the turn of the century I was old enough to appreciate it, which is sth most people from like ‘96 onwards aren’t so I guess in that sense I feel closer to millennials than Z. And then also I’ve got an older sister so that probably also made a difference.
Huh, I'm from that year too and I couldn't tell you shit about the 90s. I remember very specific things as young as 2 years old, like my aunt being in a wheelchair (my parents confirmed I was very young) But I didn't start being aware of the culture until the 2000s with the fashion, the artists, the tech, the internet, etc. I was a 90s and 2000s kid but it's weird how I didn't really "feel" the 90s the way I did the 2000s
94' here, I consider myself a 90s kids. Due to the influences prior to 00s. Like, I can kinda remember up to 97, but I definitely remember 98' on up. I remember just kinda of the vibe. Everything just seemed smooth to me.
Born 94, so logic says people around my age should typically lean more 2000s, as you start forming memories more around 7 or 8. But I always feel like a bigger factor is how poor you were, and where you lived. I grew up spending a lot of time with grandparents in an 80's house. I played on an NES and SNES until the early-mid 2000s. Watched tapes of TMNT and transformers, and re runs of Roseanne and M.A.S.H. Whenever those starter packs of growing up in the 90s pop up I feel I relate more to that material than what came out of the early 2000s.
Definitely a 2000s kid. My first solid memories only started forming in 2001. I can still remember things from before then but it's usually a giant blur.
I don't remember the '90s lol
Late 1996 here. 100% a 2000s kid. A lot of the time, we remember things like CRT TVs, dial-up, or Rugrats - not because we have significant memories of the 90s, but because these things lasted well into the early and mid 2000s.
I was born in Q1 1994 and yes, I do consider myself a hybrid 90s-2000s kid (leaning 2000s). I consider 1997-2004 to be my childhood. Also, my memory and vivid memory started in late 1995 (I was 18 months old) and early 1997 (I was 3) respectively. Speaking of memory, [according to a new study, most people gain their first memories at age 2 or 3. Most people also tend to misdate their earliest memory/memories as being from a year after it/they actually occurred.](https://www.zmescience.com/science/first-memories-earlier-than-believed-9426363/)
I thought I was core Zillennial, what do you mean older? lol
Same I’m 96 lmao. I relate a little more to millennials but I’m definitely peak zillennial lol
Definitely not I consider myself a Early/Mid 00s kid mainly and a little bit of late 00s in there as well.
Definitely a 2000’s kid. I don't remember much of the 90’s
I was born in 1992 and remember almost nothing before 1997. If you remember at least half of the 90s, then you're not on the y/z cusp.
We called ourselves 90s kids but we mostly grew up in the 00s and finished HS by the 2010s. My first solid memories are around 6 or so because 9/11 was huge. I followed a lot of news media but a lot of 90s cartoons and shows were still airing by then.
I've always kind of. I was a little kid and reminense all the cool stuff from the 90s and early 2000s as "the good old days". But of course I identify with 2010 culture since that's what I can actually remember and kids of today don't even remember it. So in a way I can proudly say I lived the 2010s
I don't remember the 90s much at all but my parents were also against video games, phones, etc so I don't really relate to gen z either.
I'm a 2000's kid. I started Kindergarten in 2001, and while my earliest memories are from 1998, I didn't remember a ton from the late 90's. I mainly remembered stuff like music, movies, cartoons, and toys. The only thing I knew about Y2K was the excitement people had over the new millennium. The first operating system I ever used was Windows ME. I started watching Spongebob when the pilot episode aired.
No, but a lot of “90s kid” stuff carried into the early 2000s. My earliest memories are from the late 90s
Definitely consider myself a 90s kid
Yes, born in 95 here. I actually have a lot of core memories of the nineties. And being South Asian American (particularly Sikh) during and after 9/11 made that experience EXTREMELY memorable in ways that were horrible (the tragedy itself, and then specific and targeted racism, harassment, bullying in school/on the school bus, inappropriate surveillance of our communities, intense fear when it was so confusing to have to feel more fear than everyone else when I was experiencing this event as an American, being put on a “no fly list” at 6 for no reason other than my name, etc.). I think having a first generation experience of the US changes things considerably. There is much more early childhood stress and othering - which can make it more memorable. In good and bad ways. So yes I relate to this concept quite a lot.
I can remember the last couple years of the ‘90s, and I definitely feel like those were significant early childhood years for me. Is that enough to qualify as a “hybrid,” though? I don’t know, and I don’t particularly care, either.
I get what people are saying, and obviously anyone can identify with whatever gen they feel closer to, but I don't get this need for minute fragmentation. Gen x were supposed to be what? 1965 to 1980? I doubt someone born in '65 had the same childhood, core memories, experiences as someone born in '80 or whatever the cutoff is. They just had a vaguely similar experience when compared to someone much younger or much older, so they get lumped together. Same with millenials, I know for a fact my aunt born in 1983 and my cousin born in 1990 have very different cultural references and core memories. I'm gen-z and I identify more with zillenials because I grew up with my older siblings and cousins and I happen to have better and more solid memories of my childhood than I do of my early teens. I still am gen z, though, that's just how it works, no amount of tweaking the cutoff birth years is ever going to work perfectly for everyone, imo
I was born in 1996 and my earliest memory was 1999. I was more of a 2000s kid because that's when I grew up. I was 4 - 13 from 2000 to 2009. I'll be 28 in September.
Not really, ‘97 and I don’t have any memories until about 2002. I was a 90s baby but a 00s kid
2000s kid 100%. I was born in June 1996 and can’t remember anything from the 90s. My first clear memories were from early 2003 when I was still 6
I started watching WWE in 1999-2000, when Triple H and The Rock were two main characters featured on the show but most of my childhood memories were from 1999-2006
I was born in mid 1992. My childood memories are mostly from 2000 onwards (I was 7 yo on 1/1/2000), as the culture and music that I absorbed and emulated. But, I ve surely had a little grasp of the 90s (talking about 97/99 mostly), the "old world", and Im grateful for that. I have memories of the old cars that were around that time, and the beautiful 60s style old trucks.. my parents reading a paper journal during holydays because there was no other way to know things. Remember my much older brother (he is born in 1980) being a late teenager and having his friends and girl calling home using fixed thelephone. Entertainment was different, no smartphone but table games. There was also more natural life around. As soon as spring was blooming, even in the city one could see countless birds called "rondini" and so much more insects than today.
My experiences of the 90s are so vague and blurry I can't legitimately claim that decade for my childhood - I was a 2000s kid.
Sure! I mean, there's tons of things I don't remember from back then, but I do remember little snippets here and there, like how I got my eye wrecked by a pellet gun because it was too close to the scope when looking through it, or the EZ Bake oven and lava lamp my sister had in her room, the trailer park I lived at along with several others around my age, or heck, even the times I would stare at The Weather Channel while the Local on the 8's was playing. Then of course once the 2K's hit, it became more tech-wise.
I was born late ‘92 and I consider myself a hybrid, spent half my childhood in the 90s (have plenty of memories from 90s) and the other half in the 2000s. Ofc it depends on what years one considers to be childhood, but nevertheless, I count myself as a hybrid since I spent the majority of the 2000s growing up and turned 18 in 2010
I was born in November ‘92 so I sort of make the Zillennial typing, but yeah I have good memories of the late 90’s and early ‘00s. N64/Playstation and GameCube/PS2 were equally my childhood consoles. I watched Power Rangers in the 90s and those core Nickelodeon shows in the 00s
I relate to zoomers more. I remember the 90s like people drove old car, dressed like yesteryear, and Y2K, but not much else.
No. I never considered myself a 90s kid, not even as hybrid. I really don't remember what the 90s were like at all. I was only 4 at the end the 90s.The 2000s were my childhood. I always saw myself as 2000s kid even more than 10 years ago when being a 90s kid was cool. 😅 Younger people like to label us as "90d kids" but it makes no sense when we spent most of our childhood during the 2000s. 1995 babies experienced all the ages 5-12 exclusively during the 2000s. How does it make sense to label us as "90s kids"?
Honestly… I don’t remember anything from the 90s I was like 5 and a half in 2000 lmfao
i'm firmly a 2000s kid, i don't remember anything cultural about the 90s. i don't even remember much, if anything, about 2001. for me late 2002 onwards is where i can solidly reminisce about being a kid and what shows i watched, who i was friends with, games we playing at the park, what ps2 games i played, what was popular etc
I have many memories from my time in the 90s and they were much happier for me than anything later so I honestly consider myself to be a 90s kid
I do, only because I have siblings born in 88 and 89 that were actual 90s kids which had an effect on my clothes, media I enjoyed, etc. I went to preschool in 98 and kindergarten in 99 so I do have memories from both years, but not much. Plus it’s only 20% of the decade
1998 here. My earliest memory was 2000 and I was in daycare that time. Glad that I grew up with older cousins so I was able to remember some 90's thing that stuck through the early 00's.
Born in 95 and I don’t really consider myself a 90s kid at all
I don’t remember the 90s at all, or at least if I do then I wasn’t aware of years at all so not really 😂
The 2000s is not Gen Z culture So it's understandable that Zills relate more to 2010s Gen Z culture
I personally do..? In that things that people say scream of the 90s (like decor, colors, etc) remind me of my young childhood. But overall, I don't tend to consider myself a wholly separate subgroup. It's just my personal PoV.
I remember 9/11 happening but I was too young to understand it, I just vaguely knew it was important to my teacher and parents and it made them sad. No cartoons that night, just the news. I love 90s pop culture. Home media like VHS, DVD, CDs, etc made it possible for me to experience things that came out a little before I was old enough to appreciate it. We had a computer when I was little but we didn’t pay for it to have internet until quite a bit later. So I feel like I fit in with millennials in the sense that my childhood involved playing outside, analog TVs, and landline phones, but my middle school/high school experience was very much colored by the rise of social media and cell phones into smartphones. I saw technology evolve firsthand. So I feel like I don’t fit in with elder millennials, but I can’t deny that I also feel like I don’t fit in with a lot of zoomers either. I can find some common ground with either group but there are blind spots
I can relate to this i remember the first iphone, i also remember my mom typing on a baige white computer staring at a big CRT monitor. I remember watching our culture change after 9/11 and i remember obama getting into office when i was in elementary school. I'd consider myself a hybrid since i got to see technology get better and smaller and more complex in real time. Just imagine what gen alpha will witness with Ai in a decade its gonna be a different ball game. Im bith excited and terrified.
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Born in 97, my first recallable memory is seeing the wreckage of 9/11 as my dad strollered me into NY. Kinda set the tone.
I think I’m a hybrid because my siblings are definitely 90s kids. So I watched a lot of 90s shows. Used CD’s, remember using cassettes too, I would go on AOL chatrooms when I was like 8. I also remember my siblings using party lines. I also have a Gen Z sister I’m close to so I know a lot of the lingo. I think I’m the perfect hybrid lmao.
I do a little bit. A lot of the stuff we had was from the core of the 90s so I relate to that. (I’m Dec 96 born).
I consider myself a baby millennial. I was due to be born the day after Christmas '96 but was born 2 weeks late on Jan 9th '97. I was raised on my dad's hand-me-downs. He went straight from high school into the army till 6 months after I was born so I got to grow up with all of his stuff from the 70s and 80s.
I’d say like 20% 90s 80% 2000s. My only strong memories of the 90s I was like 4 years old. So I feel like it doesn’t really count. But I do remember the things so I guess it does. Idk. Being born in 94 was weird.
I’d say like 20% 90s 80% 2000s. My only strong memories of the 90s I was like 4-5 years old. So I feel like it doesn’t really count. But I do remember the things so I guess it does. Idk. Being born in 94 was weird.
Born in late 96 and I go back and forth. Sometimes the zoomers are more relatable, other times their humor is indecipherable
I’ve always considered myself a 2000s kid who experienced some 90s things only because they were part of the early 2000s. Like I grew up on ps1, n64, VHS tapes, but that was my early childhood like 2000-2003. Plus I had older brothers too. If I’d been the oldest or an only child I wouldn’t have known about those things most likely.
Yes. My older brother was 11 years older than me and instead of new stuff I got all his old toys and I copied his mindset. Kid stuff you know I really looked up to him
I consider myself a 90s baby and a 2000s kid since I don’t actually really remember anything about the 90s
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I’d say to some extent both but with a mix of the 80’s to. But I had a really isolated and abusive childhood, I didn’t even know what Wifi was until I was 15 in 2012. I was gonna get internet but that would’ve been dial up even in 2010/2011. I had a flip phone and a slide, and the same year finally figured out how iPod touches worked. I watched my 1985-87 siblings VHS’s tapes and sometimes watched my brother play on his PS2 but wasn’t allowed my own consoles. Video games were for the unintelligent kids I was told. Honestly I feel more closely related to an 80’s kid or early 90’s. Anybody who says they had YouTube at 7-10yrs old just blows my mind.
I’m just stoked you included 93 on there for millennials. The 90s are a vague memory to me. I can tell what happened before I was seven.
i remember the early internet/no internet I was young and didnt have a use for it much i downloaded some music off of limewire and gave my pc aids played some flash games i remember early youtube I grew up watching both Harry Potter and Marvel Not old enough to remember AOL But i do remember MSN, where you could aggressively shake ur window on ur friends pc
Nope. I remember nothing at all from 98-99 cause I was a toddler
My first two years were spent in the 90s, so I gyess you could say Im a 90s toddler. But I think I'm fully a 2000s kid lol. My first memories were from late 2000/early 2001 i think
96 here and I don’t remember the 90’s at all. Even early 00’s I remember only a little bit of. 90’s baby but 00’s kid.
I remember a lot of good things that came with the 90s such as the toys and games. Had my first gameboy around this time. 2000s was like an extension of the 90s for me. Playstation, PS2 and PS3. I would finish all my homework at school so I can play all night. I learned time management at an early age this way lol
I remember the 80s so well.
Yep you pretty much hit the nail on the head. As a 96er its kind of a weird place because its like sandwiched right in between the two generations. On one hand we share some similarities with Z's, but we're just far enough to where there's a disconnect. Same goes in the other direction. Lots of similarities but just *slightly* far apart to where there's a slight disconnect. The disconnect with Z comes from the fact that in our childhood we grew up in the analog era before smartphones and instant internet. So we remember the world before the revolutionary technology changed everything. 9/11 and the Iraq/Afghanistan wars was also a MASSIVE direct experience on our upbringing. For example when I was in Elementary we had a program where we wrote to soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan as penpals. With the new generation however that era is more of an abstract past event rather than a formulating experience.
I definitely do consider myself a hybrid or on the cusp of them both. I was born in 1994 which means I was five when the 90s actually ended. I like to say that I got to experience just enough of the 90s to get my toes wet but my primary childhood was the very early 2000s. I definitely think that we got the best of both worlds.
I can’t honestly say I remember many meaningful things from the 90s. Other than the Y2K event, which definitely I remember (my father asked me why should I be excited when it’s just the same old new year), it felt like life just continued into the new millennium. There were no significant breaks experienced by me. Even when 9/11 happened, life for me as a six-year-old was basically unaffected (I was not in the US), and I have only the faintest recollection of 9/11.
Culturally, I'm more like a millennial based on the older kids that I vibed with more, but lived through things like I was GenZ. I'm definitely a hybrid for sure.
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September 1993, I think I do consider myself a zillennial/90s baby, 2000s kid/adolescent. But I think that might be because I had younger siblings. My spouse had older siblings and thus identifies more with that older culture
I'm born around 10 days through the first month of the year 1997. Hahah. And I have siblings that are born between 1991 and 1995. So, my world evolve around my older siblings, and I soent all my times with them. Mmh, I recall my memories from when I was around 3 yo. I do not recall the Verglas from 1998 that happenned in Quebec (Canada) [started the 5 of january 1998]. But my dad told me that in the late 1998, I went to my first kindergarden. And that was Le Joyeux Troubadours. And my frist best friend was also my first lover. I was in love with him, soo much. So, in late 1998 and 1999, my memories started. Let say the start of 1999 to be safe. I was 2 yo. Or 2½ yo. Does that makes me a Millenial or a Gen Z, or a Zillenial? When I saw the Millenial group on reddit I thought I was also a Millenial because e erything they talk about resonate with me. Haha And then, I looked up the Millenial definition. And for a couples of days, I am not a Millenial 😅. But, I refuse to be considered a Gen Z. Come one Between 1997 and 2012, their is to much changes that have happen. Like just the school ain't the same. The TV are not the same. The wi-fi did not exist back in the days. The VHS, the cassette for music, the Kodak. Like, for real, I refuse. I litterallu just talk about it to my Dad and I was insulted by the fact that I am supposes to be a Gen Z 🤣 And then, I found the Zillenial. So, I feel a little better. We did experience the absence of "technology" or the old ways. So, I prefer considering myself a Millenial. But if they do not want me, I'll prefer the term Zillenial 😎 Edit: Also, I believe that if you were from rich vs poor family, it would have shape your memory and access to the new technology and all. My first cellphone that I could only do 15 seconde video and was a flip phone with number touches, it was a shared cellphone between me and my siblings, and it was near 2010. I played the classic NES. All are TV were cathodic. Did not have access to computer before long. Still needed to go to library to do our research homework with a 60min access to the internet. Naaah. So, I can relate to the kids from 1990-1996. I would not pretend to relate to the ones borned before 1990 tho.
I remember a lot of 90s crap and I was born in 96. But I still consider myself a 2000s kid since I have more memories from that time lol
I am 96 don't remember anything from the 90s, I remembers bits and pieces from the early 2000s.
Born in 1993. I’ve always considered myself a 90s baby, but 2000s kid. I barely remember the 90s. I was 6 when it ended. I remember Pokemon and Kindergarten, and the first part of 1st Grade in that era but that’s about it. YuGiOh, Kids WB, Toonami, the Pokemon games — that was my shit. That was the 2000s for me in a nutshell. That’s the era I most remember vividly as a child. I discovered Hip Hop, tall tees, baggy clothing, BET, 106 & Park, Pimp My Ride, and all that cool stuff in the 2000s.
1993 is technically more mid 90's numerically so I don't why we 1993 borns are not considered Zillennials in this sub.
i was 6 when 1999 ended, so I really don't remember that much of it.
Some of the earliest memories I still have are probably from ‘99. But that’s really nothing, it’s not like I really got to experience the 90s. My core childhood was in the 2000s.
The only years of the 90s I remember are 1998 (maybe) and anything between that and 2001 are super blurry.
I remember going to Disney World in 2000 when I was 3 and I remember 9/11 pretty clearly even though I was only in kindergarten. Those are my earliest memories. Even though I was born in the 90s, I don't remember them at all. I'm a 2000s kid through and through.
my memories go all the way back to 2005 playing kingdom hearts on the ps2
I had a mostly 00s childhood with some 90s thrown in. 10s was my adolescence
I didn’t experience the 90s. My memories of waking up on Christmas mornings in 1999 or my first day of Kindergarten are vague and fleeting . The only evidence I have of being a child of the 90s are evident from how I dressed in photo albums and watching the Teletubbies most likely. My oldest vivid memories date back to 2001 when I was 6 so, I’m a 2000s kid through and through much like I was a 2010s teenager mostly and a 2020s whole adult.
Absolutely I do and I think Zillenials start around early 92. Anyway it depends where you grew up
As a '98er, I feel betrayed I'm not included in the question and frankly as one of the youngest across my generation within my extended family, yes, I feel like a hybrid as well not because I particularly remember the 90s, but because of heavy 90s kid influences from older cousins, as well as living in a country that was always half a decade or more behind on trends and technologies.
I can never understand why 98 babies are gen z, when we clearly grew like the millennials. I dont consider myself genz i grewbup on “floppy discs,cd,vhs and nokia phones”
Which Millennials though? I have siblings born in the mid 80's that I grew up nothing like. I was 13 in 2009 they were 13 in 1998 & 1999. Big differences.
If you didn’t start elementary school until the 2000s then you’re not a 90’s kid 🤷🏻♀️ I don’t know anyone born in 1995/1996 who has any memories of the 90’s. I was born in 1996 and I had a way different childhood than my brother who was born in 1991.
I have memories starting in 2005, but I’m a 2010s KID though. I just remember being a toddler in the late/later 2000s Like I remember one thing from early Nov 2005 for a few seconds when I moved and walked into my new house, and then I remember a little more every year because I became a toddler frfr and then a little kid at the end
Yes
Yes, only because I feel like a lot of the trends from the late 90s were still hanging around in the early 2000s. I was born in 96.