Generation Y

In his 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, Douglas Coupland coined the term Generation X to place his generation squarely in the cultural timeline. In response to his Generation X tag, the media jumped in to term the next Generation Y. The imagination impaired run rampant. At any rate, if we would relent and give in to this consensual idiocy by jumping on the “oh, must be generation Y then,” bandwagon, let’s at least be accurate in our portrayal. If the generation between 1980 and 1995 is to be called Generation Y, let us clarify: not Generation Y, but Generation WHY?, second but not inferior to Generation WHAT? Seems today’s parents are more than familiar with these particular two generations. Of course, if you wish to go with Generation Y, the caricature rendering sums it up nicely.