The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXVII

[Farm Boy]

I'm nearly 30 so I'm no longer qualified to answer

I'm 33 and still qualify as a millennial. <shrugs> Gotta own me too whippersnappers!

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Is my knowledge correct in that anyone born between 1980 and 2000 is a millenial?

 

[Takhisis]

Would anyone care to play a game I'm hosting?

/shameless plug

 

[Farm Boy]

Is my knowledge correct in that anyone born between 1980 and 2000 is a millenial?

I think that's how it's working out. Generations generally get 20 year spans, right? 40-60 Boomers, 60-80 Xers, 80-2000 Millenials?

 

[bhsup]

No, not really. I am just outside the "Gen X" thing. Not sure what my gen is called, actually, but I distinctly remember when the Gen X term started getting thrown around initially, it was referring to the kiddos a few years younger than me.

(born 1968)

 

[cybrxkhan]

I think that's how it's working out. Generations generally get 20 year spans, right? 40-60 Boomers, 60-80 Xers, 80-2000 Millenials?

That's how I see myself. And most of the 90s kids anyways. 90s kids jokes aside, I do think there's a clear difference between folks born around the 80s and 90s and the kids born around 2000 and afterwards; not just because of the "lol I'm getting old" sort of thing, but also because I think kids born around 2000 and after really can't recall a world when the internet, even computers, laptops, iphones, and so on, were such a big presence.

 

[Farm Boy]

That's how I see myself. And most of the 90s kids anyways. 90s kids jokes aside, I do think there's a clear difference between folks born around the 80s and 90s and the kids born around 2000 and afterwards; not just because of the "lol I'm getting old" sort of thing, but also because I think kids born around 2000 and after really can't recall a world when the internet, even computers, laptops, iphones, and so on, were such a big presence.

Oh yea. There's lots of that. My dad remembers before user dialed direct long distance calling was a thing. Operators, party line phones, that whole thing. Definitely predates television being a household thing too. People are the same but the difference in time has distinct impacts.

B, I think it's pretty solid that you come down as an Xer in the common usage. There is fuzz on the start and end of all of these.

Lost Generation ~1880-1900
Greatest Generation ~1900-1920
Silent Generation ~1920-1940
Baby Boomers(Me Generation) ~1940-1960
Generation X ~1960-1980
Millennials(Generation Y/Generation Me) ~1980-2000
Generation Z(no clever name yet) ~after 2000 prolly till 2020

 

[Takhisis]

(born 1968)

'Old'.

 

[bhsup]

I guess maybe my age has been retconned into it. I can only tell you that when that term first started getting used, it was being applied to the young punks a few years younger than me.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Oh yea. There's lots of that. My dad remembers before user dialed direct long distance calling was a thing. Operators, party line phones, that whole thing. Definitely predates television being a household thing too. People are the same but the difference in time has distinct impacts.

B, I think it's pretty solid that you come down as an Xer in the common usage. There is fuzz on the start and end of all of these.

Lost Generation ~1880-1900
Greatest Generation ~1900-1920
Silent Generation ~1920-1940
Baby Boomers(Me Generation) ~1940-1960
Generation X ~1960-1980
Millennials(Generation Y/Generation Me) ~1980-2000
Generation Z(no clever name yet) ~after 2000 prolly till 2020

That sounds like the list I know. And yeah things get fuzzy at the edges.

My parents are on the very very tail end of the Baby Boomers, so they have traits of both that and Generation X. When they're with older folks, they will be more like GenerationX; when they're with younger folks, they'll be a bit more like the Baby Boomers.

'Old'.

Heehee. 'Old.'

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

So I always harbored this dream of having my future home be the home base of a "Terrier Strike Group". For reference:

A U.S. Navy carrier strike group typically includes:

A supercarrier, which is the centerpiece of the strike group and also serves as the flagship for the CSG Commander and respective staff. The carrier is commanded by an aviation community captain.
A carrier air wing (CVW) typically consisting of up to nine squadrons. Carrier air wings are commanded by an aviation community captain (or occasionally a Marine colonel).
One or two Aegis guided missile cruisers (CG), of the Ticonderoga class&#8212;a multi-mission surface combatant, equipped with BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles for long-range strike capability, each commanded by a surface community captain.
A destroyer squadron (DESRON) commanded by a surface community Captain (O-6) who commands the escort destroyers, with two to three guided missile destroyers (DDG), of the Arleigh Burke class&#8212;a multi-mission surface combatant, used primarily for anti-aircraft (AAW) and anti-submarine (ASW) warfare, but which also carries Tomahawk missiles for long-range strike capability. A destroyer is commanded by a surface community commander.
Up to two attack submarines, usually of the Los Angeles-class used to screen the strike group against hostile surface ships and submarines, but which also carry Tomahawk missiles for long-range strike capability.
A combined ammunition, oiler and supply ship (AOE/AOR), usually Supply-class (T-AOE); provides logistic support.

So for each ship component, which breed of terrier should I choose and which active service ship should I name said terrier after?

 

[bhsup]

When did they start naming winter storms? I find this stupid and quite unnecessary.

Winter Storm Astro Hits Plains

 

[Antilogic]

That was a recent change by the Weather Channel (I think?). Probably more for broadcasting and ratings rather than any real need.

 

[bhsup]

Ah, okay so it's just a corporate thing and not some "official" policy of the NOAA. Okay, I'm fine with that. Thanks.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

No, not really. I am just outside the "Gen X" thing. Not sure what my gen is called, actually, but I distinctly remember when the Gen X term started getting thrown around initially, it was referring to the kiddos a few years younger than me.

(born 1968)

That is the same year in which the older of my two half brothers was born. I believe I've heard him referred to as part of Generation X. For some reason I always assumed you were older than that.

(The other half-brother was born in 1970. My full sister was born in 1983. I was born in 1988. Our father was born in 1939. His first wife was born in 1940, and my mother in 1952.)

 

[bhsup]

Why do I use the phrase "news at 11" when the nightly news starts at 10pm here in the central time zone? Why must I suffer under the tyranny of eastern time zone phrases? What makes the eastern time zone so special that they get to dictate catchphrases like that?

 

[Cutlass]

Why do I use the phrase "news at 11" when the nightly news starts at 10pm here in the central time zone? Why must I suffer under the tyranny of eastern time zone phrases? What makes the eastern time zone so special that they get to dictate catchphrases like that?

East Coast is the Best Coast.

More seriously, if you look at a population map of the US at the time period where that phrase came into use,

Spoiler :

And compare it to the time zones,

There was simply a hell of a lot more people in the US eastern time zone than in the central. Still is, for that matter. So saying 'film at 11' simply applies to many times more people.

 

[bhsup]

But the mean center of the US population has been in the central zone since the 50s, and in Missouri since the 80s.

Spoiler :

 

[Takhisis]

And anyway it's a matter of federalism. V's state can't tell the other states what timezones to use.

x-post: clearly the mean center of population is in Texas.

 

[Cutlass]

First of all, that doesn't change that more people live in the Eastern than in the central. Second, commonly used words and expressions take on a life of their own, independent of their technical meaning. If people are in the habit of saying something, and the original context of where that phrase came from changed, that doesn't mean the phrase will be changed. The phrase will be changed only when people stop using the old one. And I think the use if that one has declined a lot over the years. So it'll eventually fall out of use completely. The news business, which is where it came from, really doesn't use it anymore, for they no longer have to wait for film to be developed.