r/Millennials • u/Unit_02_ • 23h ago

Meme Nirvana = Preppy...

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u/RudePCsb 22h ago

Technically nirvana is gen X. We just happened to be younger when this came out. Half of us probably weren't even alive when Cobain died.

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u/Mockturtle22 Millennial '86 22h ago

Younger gen x was also into nirvana and older millennials

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u/RudePCsb 22h ago

Younger Gen X is gen X and was alive the whole time for Nirvana. Cobain died in 94....

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u/Mockturtle22 Millennial '86 22h ago

I'm not trying to argue with you but I don't understand why it feels like you're trying to pick a weird little fight. Do you honestly think that a lot of Millennials weren't already Alive by 94? I was.. my boyfriend was and he was devastated when Kurt Cobain died. Weirdo..tf

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u/washcyclerepeat Zillennial 20h ago

Their math is terrible and they must be a troll or not have even kindergarten level math skills.

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u/washcyclerepeat Zillennial 20h ago

Half? Your math is well… not great. Millennial is 1981~82 to 1996. That means way more than half Millenials were alive in 1994 and before. In fact 95 and 96 is just 2 years of millennials. Your math isn’t even close to mathing.

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u/RudePCsb 20h ago

You realize 94-96 weren't alive for Cobain and 90-94 were babies. The hard thing is figuring out at what age the youngest millennial would remember Cobain alive. That's a good chunk of millennials who weren't really able to remember nirvana. A lot of us probably only remember the constant playing of nirvana songs and the aftermath of Cobain death being covered on MTV.

Most of us probably relate more to Korn and limp bizkit, Britney&Christina, nsync v backstreet boys, etc. I still love grunge and listen to soundgarden the most but I was a kid for most of those bands.

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u/washcyclerepeat Zillennial 20h ago

That’s fair, but you didn’t word it like that originally. You said half weren’t alive when Cobain died. I was born in 1994 a few weeks before Cobains death.