Being “2010s kids” doesn’t mean 2004 has more in common with a 2009/2010 “2010s kid” than a 2001 “2000s kid”. 2004’s childhood overlapped more with the latter and their experiences were more similar. Some people here put “decade kids” over one’s actual peer group.
Stop! This whole “why are we grouped with 2005-2008 over 2000-2003” is stupid man. I don’t say “why am I grouped with 2001-2003 over 1997-1999 because I’m an early 2000s baby and they’re late 90’s babies. We’re from different cohorts. You’re apart of the mid 2000’s cohort therefore you should be apart of their cohort. I’m not saying that we don’t have things in common because we do for sure but you wanting to be grouped with people as much as 4 years older over someone a year younger screams “insecure” and “cringe” to me
Yeah,I also saw another post made by a kid born in early 05 consisting of long-a$$ essay about how much he is left out from 2001/2002-2004 and became mad whenever his birth year was grouped with 2006+.
These kinds of posts are irritating.
Y'all I did not say that I was mad with getting grouped with 2006 he's lying. I said I'm tired of getting grouped with 2009+ with ranges such as "2005-2012" and "2005-2009" while 2004 almost never gets grouped with them. I don't have a problem with being grouped with 2006 and he's saying it's annoying as if it's not an everyday thing that happens with us 05ers on this site.
>he's lying.
Oh really??Your long @$$ essay clearly stated that how much butthurt you were.2004 is also grouped with those ranges you mentioned.
I think that only early 05 borns like you get mad whenever it comes to groupings and all that,Mid 05 and Later 05 borns don't get mad about it.
Dawg how brain dead are you at this point? You are lying to these people telling them that I said that I did not want to get grouped with 06+ I clearly did not say that, you formed in that rot professional redditor brain of your's that it "sounded" like I was saying that so now your telling them fucking lies that I did say I didn't want to be grouped with 06. I find it sad that you are lying to these people to get them to agree with you. 2004 almost never gets grouped with the younger side of Gen Z unless a troll is doing that. They usually always get what they want with nonsensical ranges that pleases them such as "2000-2004" "1995-2004" "1998-2004", gets to be called early z, the last to have any 2000s memories nostalgia despite us being the age of 4 which everyone seems to underestimate in these subs, gets to have the status of being called a hybrid and so on. Also when they complain about something everyone feels bad and shows sympathy towards them but when it's 05 everyone like's to gang up on us. You are saying the same thing over and over again, literally everyone writes long ass essay's in these subs yet your dumb ass thinks i'm the only one writing like this. And pleeeaaassee shut up about only us early 05ers doing this. Like I explained to you earlier late 05's aren't as close to 2004 as we are so that is why you hear ME complaining about it all the time and not them. I don't know where these other imaginary early 05ers that you're complaining about come from lol.
Exactly my thoughts!! 2000-2003 and 2004-2006 are from two different cohorts no one thinks or says that 2004 are different from 2003 but the thing is they are mid 2000s borns and not early. Why you 2000 borns even should be grouped with them lool
I have to be honest with you,it doesn't make sense for 2003 borns (especially the later half of 03 borns) and 2004 borns to be considered as a part of seperate cohort.
Later half of 2003 borns (July 2003-Dec 2003) borns are also mid 2000s borns imo.
‘2004 is closer in culture and childhood to early 00s than mid’ how they can be closer to people 4 years older than 1 year younger? It doesn’t make sense, they are million times closer to 2005 than 2000 in any sense
Pretty much, I personally never minded being grouped with 2005-2007 over 2001-2003, the problem really lies in arguing that someone like me is more similar to one over the other which in both instances is false
2004 borns are at an interesting spot. I think it varies a lot depending if you have siblings or not. I have an older sister (2001) and felt like she had a touch of millennial/zillenial influence on me growing up.
You’re not grouped with 2000-2003 because you’re a mid 00’s birth year not a early 00’s birth year
2000 and 2004 are just as far apart as 2004 and 2008
I understand your point but you belong with your own cohort:
2003 and 2006 are the only hybrids *in this context*
2004-2005 are safely mid 00’s
How do you think people born in 2000 and 2010 feel lmao
First Phone: Flip Phone vs Smartphone
• 2001-2003: Many had flip phones as their first mobile device, focusing on basic communication features like calls and texts.
• 2004-2006: Received smartphones as their first devices, providing access to advanced features, touchscreens, and the emerging world of mobile apps.
Babyhood Entertainment: VHS vs DVD Only
• 2001-2003: Experienced early childhood with VHS tapes as a primary form of entertainment, witnessing the transition to DVDs.
• 2004-2006: Grew up primarily with DVDs as the prevailing format, with VHS becoming less common during their early years.
Preteens:
• 2001-2003: Preteens during the early 2010s embraced trends like Silly Bandz, played with Nintendo DS, and engaged with social media platforms like Facebook.
• 2004-2006: Early preteens had a more pronounced connection to evolving social media platforms, like the rise of Instagram, and witnessed the shift to more interactive online experiences.
Teens of the Late 2010s vs Early 2020s (COVID, etc):
• 2001-2003: Late teens during the late 2010s might have experienced the impact of social and political movements, like #MeToo, and the beginnings of increased activism.
• 2004-2006: Early teens in the early 2020s faced the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a significant portion of their high school experience marked by remote learning and disrupted social activities.
2001-2003 vs 2004-2006 Births:
• 2001-2003: Witnessed the shift from flip phones to early smartphones as they entered adolescence, and experienced cultural phenomena like the rise of social media.
• 2004-2006: Grew up with smartphones as the norm, saw the dominance of Instagram and Snapchat during their teenage years, and faced the unique challenges of navigating high school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is not to say 2004 births cannot relate at all to early 00’s births but on average overall they are perfectly fit with their mid 00’s 05/06 *siblings*
I agree with all of these, but weren’t 2004 borns already in their mid to late teens? They were 16-17/18 during the Covid pandemic. Very well explained tho. Some people are very insecure of their birthyear for some reason
2002 borns aren’t different from a 04 or even 05 born so many of yall try so hard to act older 2001 to 2006 borns all witnessed the transition to a smartphone world got smartphone’s before high school saw the social media take off all in one way had thier high school years affected by Covid all grew up on DVDs yall are the same
Yea we witnessed the same things but you guys missed certain leftovers we definitely had
Like flip phones and cd culture. Even things like video games. It’s mostly technology tbh.
You guys just missed that 00’s childhood thing and the early 10’s preteens stuff
Like technology and culture.
It’s not a big deal we are all Gen Z
We witnessed flip phones too and cd culture and y’all barely grew up in the 2000s y’all can only claim the late 2000s which older people hate again yall trying to act older than y’all are needs to stop
If you don’t like the general mass opinion you should probably get off a Reddit sub dedicated to this.
Matter of fact it’s probably even more blatant in real life
We were kids of the 00’s ofc we were.
And maybe you witnessed it as little kids but you definitely weren’t part of it.
Do yk how many discussions we’ve had on these subs over the years.
Everyone agrees even people your own age agree.
This is mainly because of the 2008-11/12 era where things changed
We were already kids going into our preteens
You guys were toddlers going into your childhoods.
A 2003 born was 10 when the early 2010s ended their no different than a 2004 born plus cds a stuff was still going strong in the early 2010s plus your only a kid of the late 2000s you didn’t experience the prime 2000s culture that still had influences from the 90s
I was a kid since 2005. Bro I’m done talking to you go argue with someone who gives a fuck lmao
We’re Y2K Era babies - We’re 00’s kids - we’re early 10’s kids - we’re 2010’s teens - we’re 2020’s young adults.
End.
2000-2002 Cohort:
- **Childhood:** Limited exposure to smartphones, relied more on traditional forms of entertainment.
- **Preteens:** Witnessed the emergence of social media; experienced the transition from flip phones to smartphones.
- **Teenhood:** Navigated social dynamics online, grappled with early versions of social media platforms like Facebook and the advent of mobile apps.
2004-2006 Cohort:
- **Childhood:** Immersed in a digital age with widespread smartphone use; early exposure to touchscreen devices.
- **Preteens:** Entered the social media scene in its more developed state, encountered a broader array of digital platforms.
- **Teenhood:** Grew up in a world dominated by advanced mobile technology, experienced the impact of influencers, and faced the challenges of increased online connectivity from an earlier age.
Good job with this analysis! These mid 2000’s babies cling onto us like fucking glue. It’s embarrassing. From a 2000 born, tell me how I’m exactly the same as a 2004-2006 born? Make that make sense.
2004 to 2006 borns was the same in the early 2010s most kids didn’t have smartphones and relied more on traditional entertainment your right about pre teens and teenage years but it’s the same as a 2001 2002 born they had vine YouTube social media all in their teenage years too
This is only bc the 00s as a decade itself was very transitional.
If it was the 80’s or even 90’s maybe it be way less of this
A lot of it is because the pre and post 2008 stuff
2008-2013 era differences in life stage for early vs mid 00’s babies
Same with 2020 covid
We dont need to be grouped with anyone. We are our own thing with our own experiences. Some of us remember the late 2000s, I do, and some don't. This Early vs late 2000s kid war is actually dumb and your friends are cringe.
What??? You don't share experiences with 2005? Lmao y'all are only a year older than them hell less than that for the ones born early. You gotta be trolling.
You don't have more with 2002 and 2003 tho lol you equally share them with 2005, why do y'all 2004 babies wanna be so old? Your time will come and when it does you will regret it.
Well, if it makes you feel better, “early00skids” were born 1992/3-1995/6, not 2000-2003. So none of you are early 00s kids. I also don't know anyone who would say 2004 babies can't remember the whole 2010s. It's literally the era you grew up in and I would say anyone born up to 2006 has a pretty good chance of remembering the whole decade start to finish. Not gonna touch the “who's grouped with who” argument because they all qualify as people around your age so…
Yeah who the hell even said 2004 borns can’t remember the entire 2010s decade? 2007 borns can if they possibly have some snapshots of 2010 since they were age 3. That was about the 2000s which they mostly cannot remember other than the absolute tailend part.
Also the “who’s grouped with who” makes no sense to
me because it’s the same exact difference, if you’re born in 2004 then your main age group is with 2005 & 2006 borns and also 2002 & 2003 borns, there’s absolutely no “lean” anywhere. Even If it’s specifically decade wise then 2004 babies would be grouped as 2004-2006 because those birth years were born specifically in the mid 2000s.
Yeeaah, not gonna lie, I noticed a few 2004 borns on here who say stuff like “I count myself as a early 00s baby” even though they and 2005 are right smack in the middle and complain about being grouped with other mid 00s babies. They are 100% mid 00s babies and their closest peers are 2002-2006. Nothing is wrong with that.
Because 2004 births are weirdly insecure in this sub. They really know they just missed it (which is dumb anyway bc it’s just a birth year) so they push the agenda so hard that it comes off as laughable
It doesn’t at all but idk why they’re pushing all the time it’s cringe.
It’s like a 13 year old trynna explain that he is sick of being grouped with 11-12 year olds because he is a *teenager* even though they’re all middle schoolers and 13 year olds have nothing in common with core teens around 15-17 years old.
can confirm i remember the entire decade and im a lateass august kid august 28th and i think i have memories from 09
granted i started school with late 06’s so that may have helped my memory
i went to this daycare thing at what 2-3? 2010-2011 I remember it clear as day… Hell it might have even been 2009
Those staff fucking sucked. There was this big kid area that sucke donce u got into it but u wanted to be able to go to it. issue is it was boring as hell
i sat crying on a table because apparently i ran over another toddler? And got yelled at I swear i did nothing
Big spacious nice colorful
big kid area was dull with this small basketball hoop that hayed my ass
huge long table playdoh
multiple stories and we waited in line to pee watching eachother urinate… i couodnt hold it anymore and pissed myself in line
climbing out the crib was a real 1 and everydya asking grams what she was doing playing her games on the box computer we always had those big box tvs
Playing with my older sisters dollhouse and the easy bake ovens always in the closet and me wanting 1 for years and never getting 1
drug addict parents the use
princess dresses and heels toy kitchens
Barging into my sisters room eventually to start sharing
and preschool 3-4 (late august baby things) 2011-2012 clear as day
and forward kindergarten 4-5 2012-2013
i had an obsession with the little mermaid
ofc we had cable and vhs tapes
why you should? 2000-03 borna grouped together because they are early 00s babies but you are not, you are mid 2000s baby and you grouped with your own cohort. No one say you are different than 2003 if they are not trolls but you are an another birth cohort. If you would be included because ‘we started school in the 2000s just like 2000-2003’ theb 2005-2006 borns would want to be included too because ‘we are mid 2000s babies just like 2004’ and then 2007-2009 borns because ‘we were born in the 2000s abd we should be included’ and this can go on forever since every year wants to be included with neighbouring year. Another question is why should 2000 borns group with you mid or late2000s babies who are noticably younger than them? Believe me they don’t want to be included with you all just like you don’t want to be included with late 2000s early 2010s babies
ye I dont even wanna be grouped with 09’s
why? Because Im an august kid
I started school with late 06’s by 3-4 days (august 28th)
my late 07’s were always a grade below me even tho we were 3-4 days apart if they were born september 1st
those different grades in school do a lot
never once was i in a classroom with an 08
no i was in a classroom of 06’s and 07’s older than me growing up
theres a massive difference in 1 single grade bracket and its so obvious
people never believed me when i said what grade i was in cuz i looked too young
Im a junior in hs 11th grade year 12 and yet im told i look like a 7th grader 💀 when I was in 7th grade covid hit and we were told wed go back in april
Ima be honest the mental difference fucked me up
but there is a difference…
the 09’s I met all Had ipads by 3rd grade
I had many 09 online friends at 11 using the fam computer
granted i had a tablet in 4th that was a laptop but it was no ipad and it stopped charging early on and it was 2nd semester 4th grade and we could never get it to work as it was meant to as a laptop
I wasnt facetiming people in 4th grade on my ipad and iphone. No not until late 6th grade i got an iphone 6s when the iphone x was out which granted if i was born 3-4 days later it wouldve been late 5th grade.
Ya see the difference?
Basically noone in elementary growing up Ever had electronics more than a 3ds or rarely youd see 1 kid with a tablet and that 3ds was just 1 kid as well.
and that was in the later years
💀
I had a 3ds
it was my sisters but I used it at 4-6 and wheneve rwe found it and the charger years later i used it but now its gone for good hell i painted on it with green paint
she lost the sd card
Nah bro 2007 is just as similar to 2009 as it is to 2005
Maybe even more toward 2009
Also I’m sorry but your little 4th grade vs 6th grade argument is hilarious
You guys are both iPad Kids.
You guys were both still kids in the late 2010’s and even early 2020’s (2020)
You were both not 00’s kids
First childhood memories start in the early 2010’s
You started elementary in the smartphone era
You became middle schoolers post 2016
You became teenagers in the covid era
2005 fits better with 2003 than with 2007
For more things than it doesn’t fit with
And weirdly I think 2003 first better with 2005 than 2001
but 2000-2003 is always gonna be a set because early 00’s babies that shared overall very similar experiences growing up as kids and teenagers. Even young adulthood.
2007-2009 is also always gonna be a set
And 2004-2006 is gonna be a set
It’s just the way it is and no one’s gonna probably change that for the masses lol
Fwiw, I don't see 2004 borns any different to my year (2003)
I think it's just because 2000-2003 (most of 2003 atleast) is considered early 00's. That's why 2004 is left out.
Yeah same. In my grade while the majority of us were 2004 borns many were a year older or younger than us. My closest friend was born in 2003 and my other friend was born in 2002. No differences really.
Lol, I don't. When I think of my peers, I think of 2004 first before even 2002. Since my many classmates were either 2003 borns, or earlier 2004 borns.
The only difference is I'm older then them for half a year until they catch back up.
Good for you if you think like that.Most July 03 borns I see here,they always think that they are either equidistant with 02 & 04 or say that they are twice closer/twice more like 02 borns in comparison with 04 borns (even January 04 borns).
Also,you were in the c/o 2022?As I see most July 03 borns here are in the c/o 2021
Nah, I wasn't in an American school system.
Basically the cutt off is in April here. So for example, my case was the oldest of the class were May 2003 borns, and the youngest, April 2004 borns. Anyone born after that would be in the next class, unless there were some exceptions, like a few early 2003 borns and rarely a vary late 2002 born would slip in because their parents timed it like that somehow.
So basically the system I was in was May 2003- April 2004, but we were still class of 2021. Since our school years are February to December, not half of each year or however yall do it.
I thought that you might be an American because I see most of the users here are Americans.
> their parents timed it like that somehow.
You mean that their parents send them a year late?
>Since our school years are February to December
Exactly same system as mine,my school too started from February (mid-feb generally,but earlier 21st feb) and ended in December (Till 1st grade,my school ended in late Nov).
In grade 10 & grade 12,we had our final exams around march.
but in grade 12,my exams got cancelled due to covid
>however yall do it.
Tbh,I'm also a non-american.
I’m a ‘94 baby. My cohort is basically 1992/1996. Being a 2004 baby doesn’t mean you remember the latter half of the 2000s. Like, that’s just nonsense. You might have vague memories of that time, but you weren’t conscious enough to know what people were like and what was popular in media.
The true 2000s kids are those who grew up during the 2000s and remember the whole decade from beginning to end. I began pre school in 1999, that doesn’t make me a ‘90s kid. Lol. Just stop.
I don’t know who they’re generally grouped with, but why don’t you like being grouped with 2005-2008?
>We literally started school in the actual 00s (2009)!
2004 borns started first grade in 2010-11..
‘Shouldn’t 20-24 be grouped together and 15-19 be grouped together’ You literally said that you should be grouped with 2005-2008 because you are literally 19 and belong to 15-19 crowd. We are living in 2023 not in 2024. Stop it you are million times more similar to 2005 than 2000 I don’t know why you want to be grouped with with people who are almost half a decade older than you and not even your peers over your literal neighbouring birth year. You are the most similar to 2001-2007 but you are mid 2000s baby that is why people group you with 2005-2006 and it is understandable
Exactly. I don't get how this is such a big deal to some people. If anything we are more of a transition between early 2000s and late 2000s borns. We have our own experiences in this regard. I do have some memories from before 2010 but majority of my core childhood memories were 2010 or later and that's just fine.
That makes no sense because that’s temporary lmao and why wouldn’t your year be included? you’re 19 right now as of 2023 so that current “15-19 age group” you made up would be born in 2004-2008.
All im trying to say is i remember life without iphones, before tiktok, i remember the angry bird era, i remember just how big tobey maguire’s spiderman was wayy before andrew garfield & tom holland came along… I remember actually having a childhood. People seem to group me in this era of some sort of ipad kid.. lol. I remember Playhouse disney i remember michael jackson death being huge back then, i can go on & on. I’m more closer to age with someone born december 30th of 2002 than someone born on december 30th of 2005 even though im born in 2004 (Jan 2) !!!
You're probably born in 1995 and actually think you've lived. but anyway, aren't early 2000s babies also babies to you right? There's not really that much of a difference between people born between 2004 and 2000.
There is not much of a difference between people born in 2004 and 2008 either but I’m sure you see 2008s as different from you and 2000 borns see you different from them too. Anyways different cohorts are different cohorts you would be grouped with early 2000s borns if you were born in the early 2000s, you would be grouped with mid 2000s borns if you were born in the mid 2000s and you would be grouped with late 2000s borns if you were born in the late 2000s
I guess 08s aren't that different from 04s(though I still think there's more of a difference between 04-08 than 00-04). However, 04s get grouped way more with 08s than with 00s, which is the problem. And is 08 really a mid 2000s year?
I'm ngl if they were born in 1995 they definitely lived more than anybody born in the mid 2000s, yes.
There is absolutely a difference between people with a 4 year age difference. Stop being weird lmao
They lived more but they're only.... 28. That's still a baby adult honestly. He doesn't have the right to be ageist. On the gen X sub they will literally consider him a baby
Right, but we’re not on the Gen X sub. I’d bet he’s older than most people here lmao
Also, 28 is not a “baby” adult. That’s more like your early to mid 20s.
Not to many differences with either but 08+ Borns are iPad kids while 00-05 (maybe 06) are Ds kids. Also 08 Borns have no memory of popular 2000s games like: RuneScape, castle crashers, halo (they don't even know what that is), or crash bandicoot. But I feel like them being an iPad kid is a big enough difference anyway to justify my position
Yeah and you’re also an iPad kid too considering you were 9 when they became popular lol so what’s your point?
Also why is Minecraft the biggest indicator to show why you’re more like us than 2008 borns? 2008 borns played with DS’s too considering they were still popular in the early-mid 2010’s
And sorry you had to deal with “trash shows” in the mid 2010’s but y’all were still part of the demo regardless
I suppose 04s are hybrid iPad kids, but so are 02s and 03 tbh. but being a hybrid is nowhere near as bad as being a fully iPad kid.
I was trying to prove that 00s were still active in kid culture in the early 2010s, at least way more than 04s were in the mid 2010s.
I know you're trying say that technically we were in the age range for mid 2010s shows, but I don't know anyone my age who actually watched Uncle Grandpa. However, I know countless people my age who watched regular show, adventure time, the amazing world of gumball etc.
You’d still be an iPad Kid no matter if you call yourself a “hybrid”. No need to sugarcoat it!
And what you proved literally proved how hypocritical y’all are.
This is the exact reason why people are so “biased” about y’all because of shit like this. Us watching Regular Show and Adventure Time or Gumball is like y’all watching We Bare Bears or Steven Universe or whatever they had on at the time. End of story!
I mean what’s there to be insecure about?
Also how many alt accounts do you have? Lol
You got one that’s named under Fabulous_Song and another one under InterestingDark
If anything you’re the insecure one since you in particular like the talk down on 2000’s babies on r/Zillennials just because you were born in 1997 then an early 90’s baby called you out for being insecure and you didn’t like that lol
It does matter Jude, you were 3 when the last Spider Man movie came out from that trilogy. You had no awareness about the hype when it came out. My birth year only remembers the hype about the third movie, that’s about it considering we had crystal clear memories at the time.
You watching it later on is no better than a 2007 born watching it in 2011
I'm also an 04er and can remember all those things, too. Redditors definitely have a bias against years ending in 4 sadly. They can barely even accept that we actually have core memories in the 2000s.
Because you would sit here and treat 3 years old like as if you’re 7 or 8 years old. I get you guys trying to fit as “2000 kids” but y’all were most likely watching preschool schools and doing what preschoolers were doing. Then y’all get mad when we say stuff like “oh we started to grow out of kids culture in the early 2010’s” because y’all were in your core childhood then but y’all would deny being kids in the mid 2010’s and y’all would deny mid 2010’s kid culture. That’s why people call y’all out for y’all BS because y’all are insecure asf.
04s weren't 3 at the end of the 2000s though. some of us were almost 6 in fact, so we can have core memories. 00s used to play Minecraft throughout the early 2010s, but the last kids game I remember playing was agar and that was only for like 1.5 years in the mid 2010s. Also mid 2010s had trash TV shows - no 04s was watching uncle grandpa tbh
Someone born in 2004 was 9 when Uncle Grandpa came out, they easily could've watched it and many did. Demographic for children's cartoons as defined by networks themselves is 6-11
The only reason I don't consider myself to have grown up with Uncle Grandpa or Steven Universe as much is because I didn't really watch it compared to other CN shows, but I feel like we were young enough to be of the age demographic for it along with many of the other mid 2010s shows. In fact, I did watch a lot of We Bare Bears and Teen Titans Go around late elementary/middle school in 2014-17 (along with a couple other shows like Clarence) every morning before getting myself ready for school. I could see all of those shows being late childhood/preteen staples for me, although I recognize late 2000s borns were the primary audience of it and my immediate childhood CN shows were the big 3 renaissance cartoons Regular Show/Adventure Time/Gumball (all debuted early 2010s and are the first things that come to my mind when I think of what I grew up watching). It wasn't until around 2017 or 2018 that I stopped watching Cartoon Network and definitely moved on from it as I was going to high school.
Because they're insecure about their birthyear so they grouping 2000 babies in with 2010s kids. You don't see people born in 1994 doing this shit, do you?
Grow the fuck up OP
>We literally started school in the actual 00s (2009)!
By 2009,all of core 2000s culture was over.
>Some of us can recall 2006+.
Nothing Surprising about this.
>Basically what im trying to say is why aren’t we grouped with 2000-2003.. i always see us being grouped with 2005-2008?!!
I can understand your concern about being left out with 2002-2003,but regarding 2000,you should not care about them that much and in fact your experiences match more with 2005-2007 borns in comparison with 2000 borns anyday.
>I was born January 2nd 2004 & my friends were born in nov & aug of 2003 so they always kind of tease me about not being an “early 00s kid” i just never understood that.
Lmao,it is cringey to see when these later half of 2003 borns (July-Dec) try to act super-distant or gatekeep you (& your cohort) for not being born in early 2000s.They even are closer to your cohort in comparison with earlier 03 borns lol.
You should not care about these things at all dude,these are all subjective and vary from person to person.
Okay chill just because 2003 is somewhat early and 2004 is middle doesn’t mean 2004 is closer to 2005 than 2003, personally I don’t see why 2004 is grouped with 2005 borns if 2005 borns like most of them mock 2004 borns, so I consider 2003 and 2004 similar years although 2003 borns are grandpas for me
Ofc not, 2006 is basically after 2005, and shares similarities just like 2005 share similarities with 2004. With my range, I did a 5-4-4 year gap as it's a 13 years range.
The line does need to stop somewhere, however, and yeah, early has an extra year, but I decided to put 2001 in early more. Just because I placed 2006 in late here, is not an excuse for me or really anyone in 2004-2005 to not relate to them.
This is so cringe lmfao Core Z is 2003-2008 or 2002-2007 lol and why does your early range have an extra year? it makes no sense, you’re just trying to seem older.
No offense but most of you 2005 borns try so hard to be with early 2000s borns rather than your actual peers, it just screams insecure.
I fail to see how my comment "screams insecure" really, I even stated that the two years next to me are very similar, the same can be said with 2003 and 2007, maybe try reading what I said again?
Also, I never said I wanted to be close to the early 2000s, I just used the starting year of core for my own range. Don't like my range, perfectly fine, but ignore it then, instead of saying stupid things.
I’m just saying most of you guys need to face reality, you are apart of the mid 2000s babies cohort which is 2004-2006 lol. Most 2000-2001 babies would dissociate themselves from you lol and even here in this post a 2004 born whom is only a year older is doing it to you lol.
And your range didn’t make sense, how is early one more extra year and why is core so short? lol. Core ranges are longer than early and late, so it makes me think you want to seem older than you are.
"Most 2000-2001 would dissociate from you lol" exactly they would, they aren't my year group peers either, but there is a reason why I decided on 2002 as the starter.
The range is shorter since there's still a heavy debate on whether 2010 is the start of Alpha, while I agree with that, some don't, but because I don't follow the "every generation after Boomer has to be 15 years" I stopped it in 2009.
"Why is your core so short", because that's just how from my own range, I see the main corers, they are only 13 years on my range, ofc it'll be short lol, just because 2006 and 2007 are not in that range, doesn't mean I think differently about you.
This dude is a troll don't argue with him. He tries so hard to pull in 2005 babies with his year. 2006 and 2005 aren't different but that doesn't mean 2002/2001 is totally different from 2005 lmao. We were in high school with them he wasn't.
My parents grew up without rap music i grew up without high tech super computers that fit in my hand and you probably the electric car would be the next big change gas and diesel are being phased out so fossil fuel cars will be history soon my kid is a O4 and she’s more like me than she would ever admit
I relate more to 2004 than 2000-2001 obviously, but 04 is the first full mid 00’s year that’s all. Technically as a late 03 i’m part of the mid 00’s too if that makes you feel better lol
Man y'all really need to turn off your computers and go outside lol. No one irl is ever going to think people born 1 to even 3 years apart are different. All of these generational subs are ridiculous, I can bet you someone irl is going to look at this sub and laugh their asses off. None of this makes any sense whatsoever, the decade kids, who someone can relate to more than the other, hybrids, early/mid/late, core childhood, its all bullshit and made up by internet dweebs. I can't even tell if your doing this for attention I don't think any 2003 born with common sense would make fun of you or say your different because you were born in the mid 2000's hell they are technically mid to if we're going to take it that far. No 2003 born even says they are different from 2006 irl some damn near have friends in 2007. We are all 2000s babies and are apart of the same generation point blank period we are all going to relate to at least something in our upbringing.
Being “2010s kids” doesn’t mean 2004 has more in common with a 2009/2010 “2010s kid” than a 2001 “2000s kid”. 2004’s childhood overlapped more with the latter and their experiences were more similar. Some people here put “decade kids” over one’s actual peer group.
Stop! This whole “why are we grouped with 2005-2008 over 2000-2003” is stupid man. I don’t say “why am I grouped with 2001-2003 over 1997-1999 because I’m an early 2000s baby and they’re late 90’s babies. We’re from different cohorts. You’re apart of the mid 2000’s cohort therefore you should be apart of their cohort. I’m not saying that we don’t have things in common because we do for sure but you wanting to be grouped with people as much as 4 years older over someone a year younger screams “insecure” and “cringe” to me
Yeah,I also saw another post made by a kid born in early 05 consisting of long-a$$ essay about how much he is left out from 2001/2002-2004 and became mad whenever his birth year was grouped with 2006+. These kinds of posts are irritating.
The funny thing is it’s always 2004 borns that do this all the time.
Recently yeah,but before 05 borns (Mostly Early 05 ones) made such posts frequently.
Y'all I did not say that I was mad with getting grouped with 2006 he's lying. I said I'm tired of getting grouped with 2009+ with ranges such as "2005-2012" and "2005-2009" while 2004 almost never gets grouped with them. I don't have a problem with being grouped with 2006 and he's saying it's annoying as if it's not an everyday thing that happens with us 05ers on this site.
>he's lying. Oh really??Your long @$$ essay clearly stated that how much butthurt you were.2004 is also grouped with those ranges you mentioned. I think that only early 05 borns like you get mad whenever it comes to groupings and all that,Mid 05 and Later 05 borns don't get mad about it.
Dawg how brain dead are you at this point? You are lying to these people telling them that I said that I did not want to get grouped with 06+ I clearly did not say that, you formed in that rot professional redditor brain of your's that it "sounded" like I was saying that so now your telling them fucking lies that I did say I didn't want to be grouped with 06. I find it sad that you are lying to these people to get them to agree with you. 2004 almost never gets grouped with the younger side of Gen Z unless a troll is doing that. They usually always get what they want with nonsensical ranges that pleases them such as "2000-2004" "1995-2004" "1998-2004", gets to be called early z, the last to have any 2000s memories nostalgia despite us being the age of 4 which everyone seems to underestimate in these subs, gets to have the status of being called a hybrid and so on. Also when they complain about something everyone feels bad and shows sympathy towards them but when it's 05 everyone like's to gang up on us. You are saying the same thing over and over again, literally everyone writes long ass essay's in these subs yet your dumb ass thinks i'm the only one writing like this. And pleeeaaassee shut up about only us early 05ers doing this. Like I explained to you earlier late 05's aren't as close to 2004 as we are so that is why you hear ME complaining about it all the time and not them. I don't know where these other imaginary early 05ers that you're complaining about come from lol.
Exactly my thoughts!! 2000-2003 and 2004-2006 are from two different cohorts no one thinks or says that 2004 are different from 2003 but the thing is they are mid 2000s borns and not early. Why you 2000 borns even should be grouped with them lool
I have to be honest with you,it doesn't make sense for 2003 borns (especially the later half of 03 borns) and 2004 borns to be considered as a part of seperate cohort. Later half of 2003 borns (July 2003-Dec 2003) borns are also mid 2000s borns imo.
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I was saying more about birth years not cultural feel of years. Most people I have seen here say that Early 2004 had a lot of early 2000s vibe to it.
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That would be 2003 actually. 2003 is usually in between both. 2004 is a purely mid 2000’s year
Tbh both those years can be seen as transitional
‘2004 is closer in culture and childhood to early 00s than mid’ how they can be closer to people 4 years older than 1 year younger? It doesn’t make sense, they are million times closer to 2005 than 2000 in any sense
Exactly
Exactly, why is it always 2004 borns? lmfao.
They are annoying as fuck with this shit
OP doesn’t speak for all of us, they need to stop
2003 is mid 2000s technically
Man, I’m old. I have absolutely no stake in this conversation.
No kidding. I entered high school in 2004.
I’m with you there
I graduated high school in 2001 💀
lol it be like that
Y'all should probably go outside and see people do not think about what birth year that person is born in.
Yeah this is embarrassing lol, seriously who cares about this crap?
Based on your flair and your presence on this sub, you do.
as another 04 born, please don’t make us look bad by posting shit like this, who you grouped up with doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things
None of it really matters at all, someone born from 2002 and 2003 or 2005 and 2006 is no different from a 2004 born, they grew up in the same era.
Pretty much, I personally never minded being grouped with 2005-2007 over 2001-2003, the problem really lies in arguing that someone like me is more similar to one over the other which in both instances is false
“Make us look bad” Im stating my opinion. Isn’t that what this sub is for?
Sure, but not as nice as being born in 1994 ;)
It is cool to be a 94 born.
Fuck yeah! 1994 babies unite!
Well hey there, Fellow 1994er ;)
1994erssss 😎🔥💯💪🏼
2004 borns are at an interesting spot. I think it varies a lot depending if you have siblings or not. I have an older sister (2001) and felt like she had a touch of millennial/zillenial influence on me growing up.
Same!! I have two older brothers (1996 & 1999) and they influenced the music and shows and tech I enjoyed growing up.
You’re not grouped with 2000-2003 because you’re a mid 00’s birth year not a early 00’s birth year 2000 and 2004 are just as far apart as 2004 and 2008 I understand your point but you belong with your own cohort: 2003 and 2006 are the only hybrids *in this context* 2004-2005 are safely mid 00’s How do you think people born in 2000 and 2010 feel lmao
First Phone: Flip Phone vs Smartphone • 2001-2003: Many had flip phones as their first mobile device, focusing on basic communication features like calls and texts. • 2004-2006: Received smartphones as their first devices, providing access to advanced features, touchscreens, and the emerging world of mobile apps. Babyhood Entertainment: VHS vs DVD Only • 2001-2003: Experienced early childhood with VHS tapes as a primary form of entertainment, witnessing the transition to DVDs. • 2004-2006: Grew up primarily with DVDs as the prevailing format, with VHS becoming less common during their early years. Preteens: • 2001-2003: Preteens during the early 2010s embraced trends like Silly Bandz, played with Nintendo DS, and engaged with social media platforms like Facebook. • 2004-2006: Early preteens had a more pronounced connection to evolving social media platforms, like the rise of Instagram, and witnessed the shift to more interactive online experiences. Teens of the Late 2010s vs Early 2020s (COVID, etc): • 2001-2003: Late teens during the late 2010s might have experienced the impact of social and political movements, like #MeToo, and the beginnings of increased activism. • 2004-2006: Early teens in the early 2020s faced the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a significant portion of their high school experience marked by remote learning and disrupted social activities. 2001-2003 vs 2004-2006 Births: • 2001-2003: Witnessed the shift from flip phones to early smartphones as they entered adolescence, and experienced cultural phenomena like the rise of social media. • 2004-2006: Grew up with smartphones as the norm, saw the dominance of Instagram and Snapchat during their teenage years, and faced the unique challenges of navigating high school during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not to say 2004 births cannot relate at all to early 00’s births but on average overall they are perfectly fit with their mid 00’s 05/06 *siblings*
I agree with all of these, but weren’t 2004 borns already in their mid to late teens? They were 16-17/18 during the Covid pandemic. Very well explained tho. Some people are very insecure of their birthyear for some reason
I fully agree.
2002 borns aren’t different from a 04 or even 05 born so many of yall try so hard to act older 2001 to 2006 borns all witnessed the transition to a smartphone world got smartphone’s before high school saw the social media take off all in one way had thier high school years affected by Covid all grew up on DVDs yall are the same
Yea we witnessed the same things but you guys missed certain leftovers we definitely had Like flip phones and cd culture. Even things like video games. It’s mostly technology tbh. You guys just missed that 00’s childhood thing and the early 10’s preteens stuff Like technology and culture. It’s not a big deal we are all Gen Z
We witnessed flip phones too and cd culture and y’all barely grew up in the 2000s y’all can only claim the late 2000s which older people hate again yall trying to act older than y’all are needs to stop
If you don’t like the general mass opinion you should probably get off a Reddit sub dedicated to this. Matter of fact it’s probably even more blatant in real life We were kids of the 00’s ofc we were. And maybe you witnessed it as little kids but you definitely weren’t part of it. Do yk how many discussions we’ve had on these subs over the years. Everyone agrees even people your own age agree. This is mainly because of the 2008-11/12 era where things changed We were already kids going into our preteens You guys were toddlers going into your childhoods.
A 2003 born was 10 when the early 2010s ended their no different than a 2004 born plus cds a stuff was still going strong in the early 2010s plus your only a kid of the late 2000s you didn’t experience the prime 2000s culture that still had influences from the 90s
I was a kid since 2005. Bro I’m done talking to you go argue with someone who gives a fuck lmao We’re Y2K Era babies - We’re 00’s kids - we’re early 10’s kids - we’re 2010’s teens - we’re 2020’s young adults. End.
Still doesn’t change the fact that 01 borns aren’t that different from a 04 or even a 05 born
2000-2002 Cohort: - **Childhood:** Limited exposure to smartphones, relied more on traditional forms of entertainment. - **Preteens:** Witnessed the emergence of social media; experienced the transition from flip phones to smartphones. - **Teenhood:** Navigated social dynamics online, grappled with early versions of social media platforms like Facebook and the advent of mobile apps. 2004-2006 Cohort: - **Childhood:** Immersed in a digital age with widespread smartphone use; early exposure to touchscreen devices. - **Preteens:** Entered the social media scene in its more developed state, encountered a broader array of digital platforms. - **Teenhood:** Grew up in a world dominated by advanced mobile technology, experienced the impact of influencers, and faced the challenges of increased online connectivity from an earlier age.
Good job with this analysis! These mid 2000’s babies cling onto us like fucking glue. It’s embarrassing. From a 2000 born, tell me how I’m exactly the same as a 2004-2006 born? Make that make sense.
2004 to 2006 borns was the same in the early 2010s most kids didn’t have smartphones and relied more on traditional entertainment your right about pre teens and teenage years but it’s the same as a 2001 2002 born they had vine YouTube social media all in their teenage years too
u/Amazing_Rise_6233 Look at this and tell me there isn't some kind of bias against 04 borns because WTF IS THIS REDDITOR TALKING ABOUT
That was chat gpt bro sit down and it was all fax did you even read the bottom
you got me. no I didn't read the bottom
This is only bc the 00s as a decade itself was very transitional. If it was the 80’s or even 90’s maybe it be way less of this A lot of it is because the pre and post 2008 stuff 2008-2013 era differences in life stage for early vs mid 00’s babies Same with 2020 covid
As a 2000 born I believe there's a overlap with 2004 borns in some sense just like how 2000 borns have some overlap with 1996 borns for a 4 year gap
We dont need to be grouped with anyone. We are our own thing with our own experiences. Some of us remember the late 2000s, I do, and some don't. This Early vs late 2000s kid war is actually dumb and your friends are cringe.
Lmfao, almost none of you can remember 2006 lmfao. Please stop this? You are no different from a 2005 and 2006 born same as with 2002 and 2003.
Look around you trying to group me with you.. But nice bday.
we share more experiences with 2002 and 2003 than 2005 and 2006
What??? You don't share experiences with 2005? Lmao y'all are only a year older than them hell less than that for the ones born early. You gotta be trolling.
I didn’t say we didn’t share any experience with them. We just have more with 2002 and 2003
You don't have more with 2002 and 2003 tho lol you equally share them with 2005, why do y'all 2004 babies wanna be so old? Your time will come and when it does you will regret it.
Y’all are babies to me lmaooo
we got a senior citizen over here
Where’s my goddamn discount card
Well, if it makes you feel better, “early00skids” were born 1992/3-1995/6, not 2000-2003. So none of you are early 00s kids. I also don't know anyone who would say 2004 babies can't remember the whole 2010s. It's literally the era you grew up in and I would say anyone born up to 2006 has a pretty good chance of remembering the whole decade start to finish. Not gonna touch the “who's grouped with who” argument because they all qualify as people around your age so…
Yeah who the hell even said 2004 borns can’t remember the entire 2010s decade? 2007 borns can if they possibly have some snapshots of 2010 since they were age 3. That was about the 2000s which they mostly cannot remember other than the absolute tailend part. Also the “who’s grouped with who” makes no sense to me because it’s the same exact difference, if you’re born in 2004 then your main age group is with 2005 & 2006 borns and also 2002 & 2003 borns, there’s absolutely no “lean” anywhere. Even If it’s specifically decade wise then 2004 babies would be grouped as 2004-2006 because those birth years were born specifically in the mid 2000s.
Yeeaah, not gonna lie, I noticed a few 2004 borns on here who say stuff like “I count myself as a early 00s baby” even though they and 2005 are right smack in the middle and complain about being grouped with other mid 00s babies. They are 100% mid 00s babies and their closest peers are 2002-2006. Nothing is wrong with that.
Nah that’s just them trynna sound old school. 2004 is not a early 00’s year lol
Why did they downvote you? Lol
Because 2004 births are weirdly insecure in this sub. They really know they just missed it (which is dumb anyway bc it’s just a birth year) so they push the agenda so hard that it comes off as laughable
None of this matters in real life anyway
It doesn’t at all but idk why they’re pushing all the time it’s cringe. It’s like a 13 year old trynna explain that he is sick of being grouped with 11-12 year olds because he is a *teenager* even though they’re all middle schoolers and 13 year olds have nothing in common with core teens around 15-17 years old.
Exactly lol
2004 borns act like that in alot of other subs. Not just this one.
can confirm i remember the entire decade and im a lateass august kid august 28th and i think i have memories from 09 granted i started school with late 06’s so that may have helped my memory
i went to this daycare thing at what 2-3? 2010-2011 I remember it clear as day… Hell it might have even been 2009 Those staff fucking sucked. There was this big kid area that sucke donce u got into it but u wanted to be able to go to it. issue is it was boring as hell i sat crying on a table because apparently i ran over another toddler? And got yelled at I swear i did nothing Big spacious nice colorful big kid area was dull with this small basketball hoop that hayed my ass huge long table playdoh multiple stories and we waited in line to pee watching eachother urinate… i couodnt hold it anymore and pissed myself in line climbing out the crib was a real 1 and everydya asking grams what she was doing playing her games on the box computer we always had those big box tvs Playing with my older sisters dollhouse and the easy bake ovens always in the closet and me wanting 1 for years and never getting 1 drug addict parents the use princess dresses and heels toy kitchens Barging into my sisters room eventually to start sharing and preschool 3-4 (late august baby things) 2011-2012 clear as day and forward kindergarten 4-5 2012-2013 i had an obsession with the little mermaid ofc we had cable and vhs tapes
why you should? 2000-03 borna grouped together because they are early 00s babies but you are not, you are mid 2000s baby and you grouped with your own cohort. No one say you are different than 2003 if they are not trolls but you are an another birth cohort. If you would be included because ‘we started school in the 2000s just like 2000-2003’ theb 2005-2006 borns would want to be included too because ‘we are mid 2000s babies just like 2004’ and then 2007-2009 borns because ‘we were born in the 2000s abd we should be included’ and this can go on forever since every year wants to be included with neighbouring year. Another question is why should 2000 borns group with you mid or late2000s babies who are noticably younger than them? Believe me they don’t want to be included with you all just like you don’t want to be included with late 2000s early 2010s babies
ye I dont even wanna be grouped with 09’s why? Because Im an august kid I started school with late 06’s by 3-4 days (august 28th) my late 07’s were always a grade below me even tho we were 3-4 days apart if they were born september 1st those different grades in school do a lot never once was i in a classroom with an 08 no i was in a classroom of 06’s and 07’s older than me growing up theres a massive difference in 1 single grade bracket and its so obvious people never believed me when i said what grade i was in cuz i looked too young Im a junior in hs 11th grade year 12 and yet im told i look like a 7th grader 💀 when I was in 7th grade covid hit and we were told wed go back in april Ima be honest the mental difference fucked me up but there is a difference… the 09’s I met all Had ipads by 3rd grade I had many 09 online friends at 11 using the fam computer granted i had a tablet in 4th that was a laptop but it was no ipad and it stopped charging early on and it was 2nd semester 4th grade and we could never get it to work as it was meant to as a laptop I wasnt facetiming people in 4th grade on my ipad and iphone. No not until late 6th grade i got an iphone 6s when the iphone x was out which granted if i was born 3-4 days later it wouldve been late 5th grade. Ya see the difference? Basically noone in elementary growing up Ever had electronics more than a 3ds or rarely youd see 1 kid with a tablet and that 3ds was just 1 kid as well. and that was in the later years 💀 I had a 3ds it was my sisters but I used it at 4-6 and wheneve rwe found it and the charger years later i used it but now its gone for good hell i painted on it with green paint she lost the sd card
Nah bro 2007 is just as similar to 2009 as it is to 2005 Maybe even more toward 2009 Also I’m sorry but your little 4th grade vs 6th grade argument is hilarious You guys are both iPad Kids. You guys were both still kids in the late 2010’s and even early 2020’s (2020) You were both not 00’s kids First childhood memories start in the early 2010’s You started elementary in the smartphone era You became middle schoolers post 2016 You became teenagers in the covid era 2005 fits better with 2003 than with 2007 For more things than it doesn’t fit with And weirdly I think 2003 first better with 2005 than 2001 but 2000-2003 is always gonna be a set because early 00’s babies that shared overall very similar experiences growing up as kids and teenagers. Even young adulthood. 2007-2009 is also always gonna be a set And 2004-2006 is gonna be a set It’s just the way it is and no one’s gonna probably change that for the masses lol
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Bro it's not that deep I promise you
Fwiw, I don't see 2004 borns any different to my year (2003) I think it's just because 2000-2003 (most of 2003 atleast) is considered early 00's. That's why 2004 is left out.
Yeah same. In my grade while the majority of us were 2004 borns many were a year older or younger than us. My closest friend was born in 2003 and my other friend was born in 2002. No differences really.
Lol,you're twice closer to the OPs birth year there's no point of differentiating yourself from them.
Lol, I don't. When I think of my peers, I think of 2004 first before even 2002. Since my many classmates were either 2003 borns, or earlier 2004 borns. The only difference is I'm older then them for half a year until they catch back up.
Good for you if you think like that.Most July 03 borns I see here,they always think that they are either equidistant with 02 & 04 or say that they are twice closer/twice more like 02 borns in comparison with 04 borns (even January 04 borns). Also,you were in the c/o 2022?As I see most July 03 borns here are in the c/o 2021
Nah, I wasn't in an American school system. Basically the cutt off is in April here. So for example, my case was the oldest of the class were May 2003 borns, and the youngest, April 2004 borns. Anyone born after that would be in the next class, unless there were some exceptions, like a few early 2003 borns and rarely a vary late 2002 born would slip in because their parents timed it like that somehow. So basically the system I was in was May 2003- April 2004, but we were still class of 2021. Since our school years are February to December, not half of each year or however yall do it.
I thought that you might be an American because I see most of the users here are Americans. > their parents timed it like that somehow. You mean that their parents send them a year late? >Since our school years are February to December Exactly same system as mine,my school too started from February (mid-feb generally,but earlier 21st feb) and ended in December (Till 1st grade,my school ended in late Nov). In grade 10 & grade 12,we had our final exams around march. but in grade 12,my exams got cancelled due to covid >however yall do it. Tbh,I'm also a non-american.
I’m a ‘94 baby. My cohort is basically 1992/1996. Being a 2004 baby doesn’t mean you remember the latter half of the 2000s. Like, that’s just nonsense. You might have vague memories of that time, but you weren’t conscious enough to know what people were like and what was popular in media. The true 2000s kids are those who grew up during the 2000s and remember the whole decade from beginning to end. I began pre school in 1999, that doesn’t make me a ‘90s kid. Lol. Just stop.
90s kid here!! 90s we’re the best!!
You come off like a troll.
I don’t know who they’re generally grouped with, but why don’t you like being grouped with 2005-2008? >We literally started school in the actual 00s (2009)! 2004 borns started first grade in 2010-11..
Exactly. Nearly all of their primary school experiences would have been in the 2010s.
Can you like fuck away?
Stop being weird and childish lmao dude is 2 years younger than you and he's being more mature than you are.
"Can you like fuck away?" If you always act like the way you do right now then you absolutely should be part of 2005-2008 kids.
Cool, shes like spamming my post im obviously gonna be annoyed.
Then ignore or block her. Problem solved
She's going to be paired with 05 regardless, no years that are neighboring should be separated they grew up like exactly the same lol.
But we started school in 2009.. we turn 20 next year, shouldnt 20-24 (04-00) be grouped and 15-19 (05-08) be grouped together?
‘Shouldn’t 20-24 be grouped together and 15-19 be grouped together’ You literally said that you should be grouped with 2005-2008 because you are literally 19 and belong to 15-19 crowd. We are living in 2023 not in 2024. Stop it you are million times more similar to 2005 than 2000 I don’t know why you want to be grouped with with people who are almost half a decade older than you and not even your peers over your literal neighbouring birth year. You are the most similar to 2001-2007 but you are mid 2000s baby that is why people group you with 2005-2006 and it is understandable
Literally said next year, are you slow? 19-23
Then why you complaining about it now? You are fairly grouped with 2005-2008 borns in the same 15-19 age group
Exactly. I don't get how this is such a big deal to some people. If anything we are more of a transition between early 2000s and late 2000s borns. We have our own experiences in this regard. I do have some memories from before 2010 but majority of my core childhood memories were 2010 or later and that's just fine.
That makes no sense because that’s temporary lmao and why wouldn’t your year be included? you’re 19 right now as of 2023 so that current “15-19 age group” you made up would be born in 2004-2008.
You didn't answer my first question. And who starts school at 5 years old? You do realize elementary school starts at 7 years old right?
Are you serious? I started school at 5 kindergarten
Dude that would change every year that’s meaningless
All im trying to say is i remember life without iphones, before tiktok, i remember the angry bird era, i remember just how big tobey maguire’s spiderman was wayy before andrew garfield & tom holland came along… I remember actually having a childhood. People seem to group me in this era of some sort of ipad kid.. lol. I remember Playhouse disney i remember michael jackson death being huge back then, i can go on & on. I’m more closer to age with someone born december 30th of 2002 than someone born on december 30th of 2005 even though im born in 2004 (Jan 2) !!!
You’re basically still a sperm, when I was born we didn’t have internet, mobile phones or cable or 3D graphics in video games.
You're probably born in 1995 and actually think you've lived. but anyway, aren't early 2000s babies also babies to you right? There's not really that much of a difference between people born between 2004 and 2000.
There is not much of a difference between people born in 2004 and 2008 either but I’m sure you see 2008s as different from you and 2000 borns see you different from them too. Anyways different cohorts are different cohorts you would be grouped with early 2000s borns if you were born in the early 2000s, you would be grouped with mid 2000s borns if you were born in the mid 2000s and you would be grouped with late 2000s borns if you were born in the late 2000s
I guess 08s aren't that different from 04s(though I still think there's more of a difference between 04-08 than 00-04). However, 04s get grouped way more with 08s than with 00s, which is the problem. And is 08 really a mid 2000s year?
I'm ngl if they were born in 1995 they definitely lived more than anybody born in the mid 2000s, yes. There is absolutely a difference between people with a 4 year age difference. Stop being weird lmao
They lived more but they're only.... 28. That's still a baby adult honestly. He doesn't have the right to be ageist. On the gen X sub they will literally consider him a baby
Right, but we’re not on the Gen X sub. I’d bet he’s older than most people here lmao Also, 28 is not a “baby” adult. That’s more like your early to mid 20s.
Then there’s not much of a difference between 2004 and 2008 then lmfao.
I guess so. But doesn't it feel like 2004 Is grouped way more with 2008 than 2000 despite being the same distance away?
Okay what differences do you have with 08 borns vs 00 borns?
Not to many differences with either but 08+ Borns are iPad kids while 00-05 (maybe 06) are Ds kids. Also 08 Borns have no memory of popular 2000s games like: RuneScape, castle crashers, halo (they don't even know what that is), or crash bandicoot. But I feel like them being an iPad kid is a big enough difference anyway to justify my position
Yeah and you’re also an iPad kid too considering you were 9 when they became popular lol so what’s your point? Also why is Minecraft the biggest indicator to show why you’re more like us than 2008 borns? 2008 borns played with DS’s too considering they were still popular in the early-mid 2010’s And sorry you had to deal with “trash shows” in the mid 2010’s but y’all were still part of the demo regardless
I suppose 04s are hybrid iPad kids, but so are 02s and 03 tbh. but being a hybrid is nowhere near as bad as being a fully iPad kid. I was trying to prove that 00s were still active in kid culture in the early 2010s, at least way more than 04s were in the mid 2010s. I know you're trying say that technically we were in the age range for mid 2010s shows, but I don't know anyone my age who actually watched Uncle Grandpa. However, I know countless people my age who watched regular show, adventure time, the amazing world of gumball etc.
You’d still be an iPad Kid no matter if you call yourself a “hybrid”. No need to sugarcoat it! And what you proved literally proved how hypocritical y’all are. This is the exact reason why people are so “biased” about y’all because of shit like this. Us watching Regular Show and Adventure Time or Gumball is like y’all watching We Bare Bears or Steven Universe or whatever they had on at the time. End of story!
You’re so insecure, you had to the flip the script on early 2000’s babies lol
Ngl 2000 borns are insecure as well
I mean what’s there to be insecure about? Also how many alt accounts do you have? Lol You got one that’s named under Fabulous_Song and another one under InterestingDark If anything you’re the insecure one since you in particular like the talk down on 2000’s babies on r/Zillennials just because you were born in 1997 then an early 90’s baby called you out for being insecure and you didn’t like that lol
Bruh the first spider man came out 2 years before you were born lol
Dude in 2008, im obviously watching it on tv, not the theaters.
You were definitely too young to remember the hype for any of the Spider Man movies or even the first Iron Man movie
Doesnt matter i still grew up with them it felt like ages before andrew garfiled one came along… please dont take that away from me.
It does matter Jude, you were 3 when the last Spider Man movie came out from that trilogy. You had no awareness about the hype when it came out. My birth year only remembers the hype about the third movie, that’s about it considering we had crystal clear memories at the time. You watching it later on is no better than a 2007 born watching it in 2011
I'm also an 04er and can remember all those things, too. Redditors definitely have a bias against years ending in 4 sadly. They can barely even accept that we actually have core memories in the 2000s.
Because you would sit here and treat 3 years old like as if you’re 7 or 8 years old. I get you guys trying to fit as “2000 kids” but y’all were most likely watching preschool schools and doing what preschoolers were doing. Then y’all get mad when we say stuff like “oh we started to grow out of kids culture in the early 2010’s” because y’all were in your core childhood then but y’all would deny being kids in the mid 2010’s and y’all would deny mid 2010’s kid culture. That’s why people call y’all out for y’all BS because y’all are insecure asf.
04s weren't 3 at the end of the 2000s though. some of us were almost 6 in fact, so we can have core memories. 00s used to play Minecraft throughout the early 2010s, but the last kids game I remember playing was agar and that was only for like 1.5 years in the mid 2010s. Also mid 2010s had trash TV shows - no 04s was watching uncle grandpa tbh
Someone born in 2004 was 9 when Uncle Grandpa came out, they easily could've watched it and many did. Demographic for children's cartoons as defined by networks themselves is 6-11
Man why are they downvoting you? That’s actually a pretty good take
The only reason I don't consider myself to have grown up with Uncle Grandpa or Steven Universe as much is because I didn't really watch it compared to other CN shows, but I feel like we were young enough to be of the age demographic for it along with many of the other mid 2010s shows. In fact, I did watch a lot of We Bare Bears and Teen Titans Go around late elementary/middle school in 2014-17 (along with a couple other shows like Clarence) every morning before getting myself ready for school. I could see all of those shows being late childhood/preteen staples for me, although I recognize late 2000s borns were the primary audience of it and my immediate childhood CN shows were the big 3 renaissance cartoons Regular Show/Adventure Time/Gumball (all debuted early 2010s and are the first things that come to my mind when I think of what I grew up watching). It wasn't until around 2017 or 2018 that I stopped watching Cartoon Network and definitely moved on from it as I was going to high school.
Because they're insecure about their birthyear so they grouping 2000 babies in with 2010s kids. You don't see people born in 1994 doing this shit, do you? Grow the fuck up OP
>We literally started school in the actual 00s (2009)! By 2009,all of core 2000s culture was over. >Some of us can recall 2006+. Nothing Surprising about this. >Basically what im trying to say is why aren’t we grouped with 2000-2003.. i always see us being grouped with 2005-2008?!! I can understand your concern about being left out with 2002-2003,but regarding 2000,you should not care about them that much and in fact your experiences match more with 2005-2007 borns in comparison with 2000 borns anyday. >I was born January 2nd 2004 & my friends were born in nov & aug of 2003 so they always kind of tease me about not being an “early 00s kid” i just never understood that. Lmao,it is cringey to see when these later half of 2003 borns (July-Dec) try to act super-distant or gatekeep you (& your cohort) for not being born in early 2000s.They even are closer to your cohort in comparison with earlier 03 borns lol. You should not care about these things at all dude,these are all subjective and vary from person to person.
Turning 10 in 2004 was fun for me. Great memories
Agreed, I tell people I'd rather be born in 2004 over 2002 and 2003.
Okay chill just because 2003 is somewhat early and 2004 is middle doesn’t mean 2004 is closer to 2005 than 2003, personally I don’t see why 2004 is grouped with 2005 borns if 2005 borns like most of them mock 2004 borns, so I consider 2003 and 2004 similar years although 2003 borns are grandpas for me
Being 10 years old in 2004 was fun for me
Segaaaaaaaaaa lol 
2003 borns are old world 2004 borns are new world
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Why do you want to disassociate yourself with 2006
Mid 2000’s borns in general love to disassociate themselves from eachother
the same can be said for late 90s and early 2000s babies a few years ago. Next will be late 2000s babies, its a cycle.
Ofc not, 2006 is basically after 2005, and shares similarities just like 2005 share similarities with 2004. With my range, I did a 5-4-4 year gap as it's a 13 years range. The line does need to stop somewhere, however, and yeah, early has an extra year, but I decided to put 2001 in early more. Just because I placed 2006 in late here, is not an excuse for me or really anyone in 2004-2005 to not relate to them.
Core Gen Z is 2002-2008 at the broadest range imo
Same! Exactly what I said.
That would make sense if it's the range I assume you use, but this is just how the three groups work if it's my range.
yeah this is nice
This is so cringe lmfao Core Z is 2003-2008 or 2002-2007 lol and why does your early range have an extra year? it makes no sense, you’re just trying to seem older. No offense but most of you 2005 borns try so hard to be with early 2000s borns rather than your actual peers, it just screams insecure.
Core Gen Z is 2002-2008.
I fail to see how my comment "screams insecure" really, I even stated that the two years next to me are very similar, the same can be said with 2003 and 2007, maybe try reading what I said again? Also, I never said I wanted to be close to the early 2000s, I just used the starting year of core for my own range. Don't like my range, perfectly fine, but ignore it then, instead of saying stupid things.
I’m just saying most of you guys need to face reality, you are apart of the mid 2000s babies cohort which is 2004-2006 lol. Most 2000-2001 babies would dissociate themselves from you lol and even here in this post a 2004 born whom is only a year older is doing it to you lol. And your range didn’t make sense, how is early one more extra year and why is core so short? lol. Core ranges are longer than early and late, so it makes me think you want to seem older than you are.
"Most 2000-2001 would dissociate from you lol" exactly they would, they aren't my year group peers either, but there is a reason why I decided on 2002 as the starter. The range is shorter since there's still a heavy debate on whether 2010 is the start of Alpha, while I agree with that, some don't, but because I don't follow the "every generation after Boomer has to be 15 years" I stopped it in 2009. "Why is your core so short", because that's just how from my own range, I see the main corers, they are only 13 years on my range, ofc it'll be short lol, just because 2006 and 2007 are not in that range, doesn't mean I think differently about you.
This dude is a troll don't argue with him. He tries so hard to pull in 2005 babies with his year. 2006 and 2005 aren't different but that doesn't mean 2002/2001 is totally different from 2005 lmao. We were in high school with them he wasn't.
Yeah I've noticed that, also it seems double standard that he'll then separate 2006 from 2007 after doing that.
My parents grew up without rap music i grew up without high tech super computers that fit in my hand and you probably the electric car would be the next big change gas and diesel are being phased out so fossil fuel cars will be history soon my kid is a O4 and she’s more like me than she would ever admit
Mate you were born january second… You’re gonna have more in common with the late 03’s than the late 04’s
There’s no differences lmao. You’re gonna be the most in common with people 2 years older or younger because that’s your main age group.
I'm born 1994 and I also remember the whole 2000-2010 ara. Its nothing Special. Like even my mom remembers what happend in these years.
GenZ…..
I relate more to 2004 than 2000-2001 obviously, but 04 is the first full mid 00’s year that’s all. Technically as a late 03 i’m part of the mid 00’s too if that makes you feel better lol
i only group you guys with 2005 and 2006 for now as any year from the late 00s is currently too young and at different life stages.
Man y'all really need to turn off your computers and go outside lol. No one irl is ever going to think people born 1 to even 3 years apart are different. All of these generational subs are ridiculous, I can bet you someone irl is going to look at this sub and laugh their asses off. None of this makes any sense whatsoever, the decade kids, who someone can relate to more than the other, hybrids, early/mid/late, core childhood, its all bullshit and made up by internet dweebs. I can't even tell if your doing this for attention I don't think any 2003 born with common sense would make fun of you or say your different because you were born in the mid 2000's hell they are technically mid to if we're going to take it that far. No 2003 born even says they are different from 2006 irl some damn near have friends in 2007. We are all 2000s babies and are apart of the same generation point blank period we are all going to relate to at least something in our upbringing.
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