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80. The most impactful events from 1996 to now, so far (I am a 1996-born Zillennial)

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 02:44 AM

Apr 2023

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (8 and 1/2 or so before I was born) enabled the corporate consolidation of the MSM

Fox News launches October 7, 1996, right before I was born

Clinton is reelected on November 5, 1996, right after I was born

Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (repealed most of Glass-Steagall, helped pave the way for the global finacial crash of 2007-2009)

The Dot-com bubble of 1996-2000 starts to burst in March 2000

Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (relegalised most forms of types of the Roosevelt-era banned finacial derivatives, which also truly helped pave the way for the global financial crash of 2007-2009, and which (derivatives) still input huge systemic risk)

Bush is selected POTUS by the SCOTUS in 2000

9/11

Illegal US invasion of Iraq starts March 20, 2003

Bush is reelected on November 2, 2004

The rise of social media in the mid noughties (especially FB in 2004, YouTube in 2005, Twitter in 2006, etc) and increasing ever after

The rise of touchscreen smartphones (truly starting on June 29, 2007 with the iPhone launch)

2007-2009 global finacial crisis

Bitcoin (and thus blockchain crypto currency in general) is introduced in a October 31, 2008 published white paper, and the first bitcoin ledger tansaction takes place 9 weeks later on January 3, 2009

Obama wins the POTUS on November 4, 2008, sworn in January 20, 2009

Obama is reelected on November 6, 2012

Obergefell v. Hodges, June 26, 2015, legalisation of same sex marriage

Brexit

Trump winning the POTUS on November 8, 2016, sworn in January 20, 2017

COVID-19 kicks in globally early 2020

Biden beats Trump on November 3, 2020, is sworn in on January 20, 2021

Putin invades Ukraine again, in far larger fashion, starting February 24, 2022

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, June 24, 2022, overturns Roe v Wade

ChatGPT-3.5, the initial OpenAI chatbot,is released on November 30. 2022

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What event defined your generation. [View all] Stinky The Clown Apr 2023 OP

The Beatles. Kennedy assassination. Vietnam. Watergate. NewHendoLib Apr 2023 #1

That's A Good List ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #28

What NewHendoLib said. Exactly! Plus. Greybnk48 Apr 2023 #41

I would add Woodstock to that. Mr.Bill Apr 2023 #68

The thing about Viet Nam Mr.Bill Apr 2023 #69

Yup. I was trying to decide between these, but you saved me. nt LAS14 Apr 2023 #92

Assassinations and V war. quaint Apr 2023 #2

Same here but I think I'd add Watergate and Civil Rights. wnylib Apr 2023 #27

Oh yes, and more. quaint Apr 2023 #34

Mot likely the 1973/1979 gas crises DBoon Apr 2023 #3

Purdue vs Ohio State in basketball ... I was 15 and a Purdue Cheerleader put her hands down to ... Botany Apr 2023 #4

It started with assignations, the Vietnam War and lisa58 Apr 2023 #5

For Gen Xers, arguably a lot of them. keep_left Apr 2023 #6

Yup! Spot on! Texasgal Apr 2023 #43

"though many Gen Xers were well into young adulthood by then" Polybius Apr 2023 #53

this is irrationally optimistic GenXer47 Apr 2023 #7

It is too hard to pick just one PatSeg Apr 2023 #8

Id have to say the music and philosophy of the so-called 60's counter culture crud Apr 2023 #9

The Vietnam War coming to an end and the Fall of Saigon, Watergate, the Gas Crisis with ArnoldLayne Apr 2023 #10

Assassinations opposite NASA, a few years of sweating getting drafted, end of the war, yonder Apr 2023 #11

The Vietnam War - beginning to end lamp_shade Apr 2023 #12

Vietnam War EYESORE 9001 Apr 2023 #13

I graduated HS in 1968 calguy Apr 2023 #19

More so for you than me EYESORE 9001 Apr 2023 #20

I'm happy for for you, and everyone else who wasn't trapped into the draft calguy Apr 2023 #32

Like you, I knew that I was going to be drafted, so upon graduation from HS, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #63

My hat's off to you! calguy Apr 2023 #72

Women as well Celerity Apr 2023 #81

Oh, I couldn't agree more, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #97

Ty for your attitude of initial respect, then the new people in your unit would prove or not to be.. electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #112

This message was self-deleted by its author pwb Apr 2023 #103

True, especially for you guys. So much happened. Lots of heartbreak. quaint Apr 2023 #33

Ty good article. I was 15 in 68, so yeah...Ouch! electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #109

Kennedy's assassination, the Vietnam War, & the moon landing. Plus, the Beatles. tblue37 Apr 2023 #14

What tblue37 said, plus Woodstock, and Haight/Ashbury "summer of love." Greybnk48 Apr 2023 #115

No one, it was a happening. :) But the civil rights movement and Vietnam. Hortensis Apr 2023 #15

John Lennon's assassination. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #16

My first year in college. Lunabell Apr 2023 #45

Woodstock calguy Apr 2023 #17

The surge forward in civil rights and women's rights and environmental awareness ... Hekate Apr 2023 #18

Viet Nam War...Eugene McCarthy!!! Mossfern Apr 2023 #21

Gen x here boston bean Apr 2023 #22

Aids gay texan Apr 2023 #23

Vietnam tavernier Apr 2023 #24

Well... WarGamer Apr 2023 #25

You might have not had the New Wave without Punk/CBGB's Original bands... electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #110

GenX: AIDS Coventina Apr 2023 #26

True. boston bean Apr 2023 #52

Late 60's early 70's. Hard to put a finger on it. lpbk2713 Apr 2023 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Apr 2023 #55

The article posted by quant post #33 was good mentioning the difference between ... electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #113

Apparently I'm the youngest to reply so far DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2023 #30

What year were you born? Polybius Apr 2023 #58

1985 DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2023 #62

That would be true for my kids, Millennials....9/11 Maeve Apr 2023 #65

Yeah, 9/11 for sure JonAndKatePlusABird Apr 2023 #74

I'm a few years older than you ITAL Apr 2023 #75

Baby boomer... VN War, Civil Rights, JFK, Woodstock keithbvadu2 Apr 2023 #31

Yeah... same here B.See Apr 2023 #73

Nuke drills in school , Star Wars, Thriller (MJ) JackSabbath Apr 2023 #35

Yeah, I remember the nuke drills also, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #64

Vietnam War Emile Apr 2023 #36

massive changes in the workforce. I was a 70s kid..by the time I started working BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #37

I started f/t work in after summer '74 though I'd had summer jobs post HS... electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #116

Vietnam 😔 nt Raine Apr 2023 #38

Kent State. OilemFirchen Apr 2023 #39

2 of my cousins were on campus that day. Boomerproud Apr 2023 #46

Woah! Terrifying. electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #111

the fear in my mom's demeanor when Reagan won 1980 The Wandering Harper Apr 2023 #40

9/11 sakabatou Apr 2023 #42

So much happened in the 60s. friend of a friend Apr 2023 #44

War on Iraq, September 11th Victor_c3 Apr 2023 #47

So many events in the 60's-70's. Lunabell Apr 2023 #48

Watergate, Iran hostage crisis treestar Apr 2023 #86

Ty for speaking about your original, and changed experiences.... electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #114

This message was self-deleted by its author Scottie Mom Apr 2023 #49

Vietnam. nt. MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2023 #50

Earth Day, Watergate, Fall of Vietnam, Oil Shocks, Jonestown, Fall of The Shah . . . hatrack Apr 2023 #51

The video game crash of 1983 Polybius Apr 2023 #54

Fall of the USSR, fall of the Berlin Wall, the advent of the Internet. Jedi Guy Apr 2023 #56

I'm an old Gen Xer, a couple years from being a Boomer. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #57

I know a few people around your age Polybius Apr 2023 #59

Oh, you whippersnapper! Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #60

There is a similar phenomenon with the youngest members of the Boomer generation. keep_left Apr 2023 #66

I think that makes sense. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #76

Yes, I forgot about "Generation Jones", which I understand is the group of younger Boomers... keep_left Apr 2023 #79

I'm a few months difference in age from former Prez. Obama BumRushDaShow Apr 2023 #85

I always thought that Doug Copeland coined the term with his book. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #98

Except that book came out long after (1991) the punk movement in the UK. keep_left Apr 2023 #104

Not a single event. Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #61

That has ForgedCrank Apr 2023 #67

Bush v Gore to 9/11 to the Iraq War liberalmediaaddict Apr 2023 #70

1974-1975 and 1980-1982 recessions, fall of the USSR, 9/11 and then the Great Recession. roamer65 Apr 2023 #71

Hard to pick just one. Straw Man Apr 2023 #77

Mullets canetoad Apr 2023 #78

The most impactful events from 1996 to now, so far (I am a 1996-born Zillennial) Celerity Apr 2023 #80

9/11 vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #82

Woodstock. Roisin Ni Fiachra Apr 2023 #83

But how old does a person have to be for the thing that defines their generation? betsuni Apr 2023 #84

My bicycle, my dog, snow Tetrachloride Apr 2023 #87

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2023 #88

The Challenger Explosion Deep State Witch Apr 2023 #89

Assassinations of JFK and MLK started it. MineralMan Apr 2023 #90

9/11 NotVeryImportant Apr 2023 #91

The answers here may give a better look... LAS14 Apr 2023 #93

Probably 9/11 and the war on terror. Elessar Zappa Apr 2023 #94

Vietnam, Kennedy assassination, Watergate, murders of Bobby & King. nt allegorical oracle Apr 2023 #95

Viet Nam n/t 11 Bravo Apr 2023 #96

The election of Reagan in 1980 and the downward spiral that began JCMach1 Apr 2023 #99

Of course as Gen X, we don't count for anything, soooo JCMach1 Apr 2023 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author honest.abe Apr 2023 #101

Since you asked for a singular event and not several... llmart Apr 2023 #102

Thanks for honoring my intent. Stinky The Clown Apr 2023 #107

I'm a Ronald Reagan hater. hunter Apr 2023 #105

Woodstock, baby! bif Apr 2023 #106

9/11 iemanja Apr 2023 #108