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Early and late millennials should be split into those who remember 9/11 and those who don't
I was about to say something similar. More so remembering life before 9/11 and remembering that day. I was born in '83 so I was 18.
That may not really be an "adult" in today's pampering society but I kind of feel like being an adult or old enough to really see what is happening during events of that magnitude change your perspective. Those kind of things shape a generation.
I guess in my mind you can usually see a distinct difference between those born before and after '85/'86. I fully admit there are people my age and older who fit millennial to a T, but I would say a majority are nothing like the millenials born from '90 onward.
Maybe it's life without the internet and cell phones.
I remember for any school project going to the library and pulling an encyclopedia to look up something. Or using a paper card catalog to find a book. I also remember heavily using a dictionary when writing an English paper.
Looking up a business usually meant going though a few phone books. If you wanted to know the hours of an establishment you called them up and asked.
Typewriters, fax machines, carbon copies (with real carbon paper), dot matrix printers, and real cash registers were all part of my life.