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You know you are a Generation Y when...

[Generation Y] 
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#1 ·
You know you are a Generation Y when...


1. You have some sort of p2p program and think downloading music, movies, and etc. for free is ok.

2. You have multiple trophies and ribbons that say you are a winner.

3. You tell someone who ask you a question in which you don't know the answer to go "Google" it.

4. You can't live without your cellphone and computer.

5. Your parents turn to you for help when it comes to technical digital stuff.

6. You deem yourself popular by having a lot of virtual friends.

7. You have no idea how to mail ANYTHING in the real world.

8. You become impatient of waiting for more than 5 seconds for a web page to load.

9. You have carpal tunnel.

10. You tell a clerk at a store that you can get a certain product for half the price on ebay/craiglist.


Feel free to help make this list grow. :happy:
 
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#41 ·
When you know Sporty, Baby, Ginger, Posh, and Scary arent just random words I thought up.
 
#42 ·
...you own a Tamagotchi!! :happy:

And having to decide if you would trust someone enough for them to pet-sit while you're at school or take the risk of sneaking it into class so that you can tend to its every need yourself.
 
#47 ·
I remember owning the Digimon version of the Tamagotchi (the Digimon Virtual Pet). I also remember always getting Numemon and being pissed because the damn thing ate poo. >.<
 
#44 · (Edited)
You use google maps to plan your escape route from school. You also use google maps to find an address of your friend.

You always pause before jumping into a pool, lake, river, whatever to check if you have any electronics on you. You feel naked without your cellphone.

You think shorthand is what you use to text message. You can't spell anything and rely on spellcheck.

You've raced on wikipedia.

You used to be paranoid about filling in test bubbles perfectly.

You think Star Wars started with episode one.

You can't help pretending that you're in the matrix whenever you go swimming in a pool.

You're wearing one of those stupid rubber bands shaped like animals.
 
#49 ·
You include the years that you've played video games in your driving experience.

You think voting is what you do on forums.

When you heard about Microsoft's Project Natal you weren't impressed and thought that it was about time we no longer needed controllers.

You can't read a map. Or a book. ;)

You've worn light-up shoes.

You have a remote-controlled fan.
 
#52 ·
You got in trouble in school when your shirt blared Tweety Bird in the middle of class when you accidently pushed to button against the table.
 
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#54 ·
You still have every episode of Highlander recorded on VHS, commercials included
 
#55 ·
You know you are a Generation Y when...


1. You have some sort of p2p program and think downloading music, movies, and etc. for free is ok.

2. You have multiple trophies and ribbons that say you are a winner.

3. You tell someone who ask you a question in which you don't know the answer to go "Google" it.

4. You can't live without your cellphone and computer.

5. Your parents turn to you for help when it comes to technical digital stuff.

6. You deem yourself popular by having a lot of virtual friends.

7. You have no idea how to mail ANYTHING in the real world.

8. You become impatient of waiting for more than 5 seconds for a web page to load.

9. You have carpal tunnel.

10. You tell a clerk at a store that you can get a certain product for half the price on ebay/craiglist.


Feel free to help make this list grow. :happy:
I was born in 1993, and I can relate to none of these things. =[
 
#58 ·
You were watching stuff like Xena, The warrior Princess.
You had a Spectrum ZX and one of the corners of your room was full of game tapes.
You remember when the very first version of windows appeared (1985).
The fashion was horrid but you liked it (urgh...)
 
#59 ·
... Your first exposure to pornography was popup ads and Google results during legitimate research sessions for school-related stuff.
... You already knew what conducted electricity when you studied it in school because of Pokemon.
... Whenever you're about to go to sleep, you say or think, "A-loh wayloh."
... You have no idea how a fax machine works... "Uh, can I send it as an email attachment?"
... You text so much you have no idea how to make a regular call. "There's weird beeping sounds. What's that about?"
... Five or more of your friends are bisexual furries who like to play Gaia Online.
... Glee seems like an exaggerated but nonetheless largely accurate portrayal of your peers/generation.
 
#61 ·
...why would you go to a video rental store, when you can use Netflix and/or Hulu?

... GPS > Google Maps > any other way of giving directions

... you use your Gmail (or other cloud email client) for all of your email (Nobody I know outside of gen. y does this)

... you know that the word 'cloud' doesn't refer to weather.

... a good computer has at least 2 GB of RAM (which won't apply after 2012 at the latest), 1 TB of HDD space (or access to a network drive with at least 1 TB of HDD space), and can play COD MW 2 with no lag.

... You know what every word (or acronym) in that last sentence means.

... spelling? That's what autocorrect is for. (Ironically, autocorrect tried to autocorrect the word autocorrect.)

... CR-C/ CR-V eliminates the need for a right mouse button. (in most cases.)

... you are signed up to at least 20 forums.

...think downloading music, movies, and etc. for free is ok.
That's because it is!

In fact, to add to that:
You know you're a generation Y when buying any software at all, no matter what, under any circumstances, is completely forbidden by your religion.
 
#62 ·
1. You're thinking hard of finding a job that you can truly enjoy (word on emphasis), you can't just work for the sake of "work", or paycheck, or "climbing the corporate ladder"
2. You kept hearing & mentioning the phrase "you live only once, so live it well!"
3. You don't feel obliged to work, or spend your entire career in one single company till ur deathbed
4. You make more friends from international/overseas countries, whether American, European, Asian, African, Middle East, etc etc. You are very much 'connected' with the world.
5. You subscribed to various forums, blogs, mailing list, etc
6. You have at least read or heard, and even agree with many self-help books/blogs/articles that's seems so abundant nowadays
7. last but not least,...you seem to start caring and appreciative of other part of the world's cultures (even "pop culture" & music!), etc etc, ALL through viewing Youtube, or reading ezine or personal blogs, or through random browsing/googling, and thus makes you want to TRAVEL to "see the world" more! ....instead of spending 80% of ur whole Life sitting in a 'boring' office cubicle.
 
#64 ·
When you are constantly feeling phantom vibrations/rings from your phone and reacting, only to realize DOH! - it was your imagination.
 
#65 ·
  • When Wikipedia is a source of reliable information.
  • When everyone knows your business because it's on Facebook, Twitter, or Myspace.
  • When a relationship isn't considered official until it's on Facebook.
  • When picking up the phone to call people is considered an intimate thing.
 
#68 ·
You use twitter/FB/mass text to tell friends to call you back when the call was dropped or had a bad connection. :tongue:
 
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