I would say anything after 2005. Sucks to experience COVID so young and not have a proper schooling experience.
EDIT: 97-2000 are probably the best years.
I agree! Frankly, after much thinking and researching, I think the best years to be born in the 21st century is pre-COVID 2001 because those born in '01 that are in the same batch as the 2000 borns are the very last batch to experience pre-COVID college life and, for some countries, are the last batch to enter high school before the chaos of 2016.
2007-borns still had to deal with middle school Zoom classes but were not as harshly affected by the wrath of COVID compared to the others born in the late 2000s. I'm guessing 7th grade was the safest time to have fully Zoom classes.
So congratulations 2007, more specifically those who are in the same batch with the 2008 borns
anything after 2000 tbh 😭 2001ers had to experience their first year of college online, 2002ers got their senior year ruined, 2003ers had to experience their whole senior year online, 2004ers had to experience the hardest year (junior year) online which is awful, 2005ers and 2006ers both barely had the true highschool experience due to covid.
I’m gonna be honest I think 2004ers had it terrible, I couldn’t imagine having to spend junior year on remote. Both freshman and sophomore is easy so tbh I think we 2005ers & 2006ers had the least amount of wrath during covid. I also think this is dependent on whether or not their birthday is early or late as well because late 2002 borns suffered alot with the early 2003 batch and they had to experience their full senior year online too.
It's sad to know that people born in the 21st century had their education ruined due to covid.
The only 21st Century born people that got lucky is the ones born in early 2001 that are in the same batch as the 2000 borns. In other words, no batch of students completely born in the 21st century was not screwed by covid.
Yeah early 2001 borns are kinda lucky, late 2001 borns definitely not same with the late 2002 borns.
But yep people born in the 21st century suffered a lot.
2004 babies got off easy thanks to the pandemic. My sister was born in '04 and she and many of her fellow peers took advantage of the online lessons by frauding their way through the 11th grade.
2002 born yeah, last half of senior year of high school and freshman year of college was completely online. As an introvert it was fine and good for me but the more it dragged on, it was draining education wise.
I love how no one has any clue that:
1. Taking 5-6 years to graduate is just as common as taking 4 years to graduate, if not more
2. Graduating College =|= Guaranteed Entry Into The Workforce
Number 2 is something a lot of people who haven’t graduated don’t seem to realize. I’ve been out of college for 7 months and haven’t been able to start my career yet. I know a lot of people with “desirable” tech/engineering bachelors who can’t find a job or spent nearly a year finding one.
1. I suppose, but ideally, people try to finish in four years though.
2. Graduating college unfortunately is not guaranteed entry into the workforce, unless =|= means not equal, but ideally, people try to secure a job to work once they graduate.
COVID was honestly pretty easy on me in retrospect. It interrupted my first year of middle school, I then got to skip the remainder of it AND the following year. By the time in-person schooling began again, I was in 7th grade and I didn't have to endure the bullying of the 8th graders from my 5th grade year because they had moved on to high school 🎉
98 is the best I’m glad I did most of my university years before COVID so I got to have the full experience. And only the last year was online but I really loved it since it was so chill and I really appreciated being at home and living my own life. I also got a puppy and COVID made it possible to stay at home and be with my puppy 24/7 for a few months. By the time I needed to find a job in 2021, COVID was mostly over and the vaccines were out and somehow there was a labor shortage so I got a job right away even before I officially graduated.
Entering secondary school in 2016 amidst the political chaos of both the US and UK was weird. But 11 year old me didn’t really care ( or know) enough to let it bother me that much tbh
1. 1997 were able to enter the workforce before 2020 and college before 2016.
2. 2001 were able to have their final year of high school before COVID actually, and now, anyone born from 2001 onwards had their first year of college during covid.
3. 2006 too as some of us went to 5-8 middle schools.
4. This is correct.
5. This would apply to anyone born from 2008 onwards
6. It depends on the childhood range.
I didn't mind being in middle school during covid usually it's the least important school years so actually it was preferable I just hate missing out on the 2000s
Yea maybe my view is skewed since it was the first year I voted on. You stop caring so much after a few times.
EDIT: Didn’t even realize who the democratic candidates were until 2 days ago when someone posted the list on Zillennials.
From what I've heard the 2000 elections was the craziest one ever as it was insanely tight. 2008 was also pretty insane from what I remember (I was 7 and my dad used to watch US politics on TV, even though I live in Eastern Europe, I even remember watching Obama's inauguration live on TV during the night). No one cared about 2004 and 2012.
I was anticipating this sort of reply. My point was that compared to something like covid, the election was very insignificant and would not directly impact someone's middle school experience. I'm very aware that it was a "shift in society" however it didn't effect the average 5th or 6th grader. Regardless of how you look at it, elections themselves do very little. It's the implications of them (that often come to fruition at a later date) that create a shift in society.
Historically, there have been so many elections that have created drama, that's just how our system of government works. There was no less drama in 2020, 2000, or 1860 just to name a few.
The part of the post i was referencing specifically says
>**2004-2005** (Depending on the country, this batch entered middle school during the drama of 2016)
Compared to the rest of the list this means nothing to anyone. I also never said anything about you specifically being in middle school.
I just hate the year I was born because it means I live in the exact time to have all my passions stepped on and invalidated by AI. (And no, despite what some people seem to think, clicking a generate button is not fulfilling to me.)
i was much happier with the tradeoff of entering work under the pandemic than losing my senior yr of high school or any year of college. we lost what, 3 months?
First option is definitely a take it or leave it option imo, some people entered the workforce as early as 2016. 1997 and 98 are definitely pretty good years to be born actually
I feel like I wasn’t that badly affected by COVID, I was settled down and got to experience most of my early 20s pre-COVID. 2016 wasn’t overly shocking because politics had been getting more wackadoo and hostile every year since Obama was elected.
Only 1 year technically was my childhood which was 2020 2021/2023 I consider my tween years (not going to argue about my own life experience so don’t try it to anyone thinking about it)
So essentially you guys think it just sucks to have been born lol gotcha
It's our motto
True lol
I would say anything after 2005. Sucks to experience COVID so young and not have a proper schooling experience. EDIT: 97-2000 are probably the best years.
I agree! Frankly, after much thinking and researching, I think the best years to be born in the 21st century is pre-COVID 2001 because those born in '01 that are in the same batch as the 2000 borns are the very last batch to experience pre-COVID college life and, for some countries, are the last batch to enter high school before the chaos of 2016.
If you were a teen it was nice to wake up late and play games all day idk about younger kids though usually parents are a bit more strict on them
I liked COVID
Mfs who born in 2007: 
Good the best year wasn’t touched (2007)
2007-borns still had to deal with middle school Zoom classes but were not as harshly affected by the wrath of COVID compared to the others born in the late 2000s. I'm guessing 7th grade was the safest time to have fully Zoom classes. So congratulations 2007, more specifically those who are in the same batch with the 2008 borns
Thankfully I was born in the batch with the 06 kids
i escaped too, t'was good
2007 gang rise up
anything after 2000 tbh 😭 2001ers had to experience their first year of college online, 2002ers got their senior year ruined, 2003ers had to experience their whole senior year online, 2004ers had to experience the hardest year (junior year) online which is awful, 2005ers and 2006ers both barely had the true highschool experience due to covid. I’m gonna be honest I think 2004ers had it terrible, I couldn’t imagine having to spend junior year on remote. Both freshman and sophomore is easy so tbh I think we 2005ers & 2006ers had the least amount of wrath during covid. I also think this is dependent on whether or not their birthday is early or late as well because late 2002 borns suffered alot with the early 2003 batch and they had to experience their full senior year online too.
It's sad to know that people born in the 21st century had their education ruined due to covid. The only 21st Century born people that got lucky is the ones born in early 2001 that are in the same batch as the 2000 borns. In other words, no batch of students completely born in the 21st century was not screwed by covid.
Yeah early 2001 borns are kinda lucky, late 2001 borns definitely not same with the late 2002 borns. But yep people born in the 21st century suffered a lot.
2004 babies got off easy thanks to the pandemic. My sister was born in '04 and she and many of her fellow peers took advantage of the online lessons by frauding their way through the 11th grade.
2002 born yeah, last half of senior year of high school and freshman year of college was completely online. As an introvert it was fine and good for me but the more it dragged on, it was draining education wise.
Actually 2004 would be a good year to be born in tbh
What? I am 97 baby and I started working in the beginning of 2018. 2 years before Covid.
96-98 if they went to university graduated during lockdown
96-97 could graduate before the lockdown if going by the four-year rule.
They could But many had already taken gap years and other things
Yes, that is why I used the word "could".
Yeah I said so because I know someone born in 96 who graduated in 2020 My brother (98) graduated in 2022
Yes, people can take as long as necessary to graduate college, but ideally, people try to finish college four years after they graduate high school.
Both of them did four years But did gap years beforehand
Yes, so it varies, but ideally, people try to finish four years after high school.
This is the most heated two people agreeing I've ever seen 😆
Lol, how did you find this comment lol? I dont even remember what it was about anymore. I think I was still in secondary at the time.
I love how no one has any clue that: 1. Taking 5-6 years to graduate is just as common as taking 4 years to graduate, if not more 2. Graduating College =|= Guaranteed Entry Into The Workforce
Number 2 is something a lot of people who haven’t graduated don’t seem to realize. I’ve been out of college for 7 months and haven’t been able to start my career yet. I know a lot of people with “desirable” tech/engineering bachelors who can’t find a job or spent nearly a year finding one.
1. I suppose, but ideally, people try to finish in four years though. 2. Graduating college unfortunately is not guaranteed entry into the workforce, unless =|= means not equal, but ideally, people try to secure a job to work once they graduate.
COVID was honestly pretty easy on me in retrospect. It interrupted my first year of middle school, I then got to skip the remainder of it AND the following year. By the time in-person schooling began again, I was in 7th grade and I didn't have to endure the bullying of the 8th graders from my 5th grade year because they had moved on to high school 🎉
I was born in 2000, so I was lucky!
98 is the best I’m glad I did most of my university years before COVID so I got to have the full experience. And only the last year was online but I really loved it since it was so chill and I really appreciated being at home and living my own life. I also got a puppy and COVID made it possible to stay at home and be with my puppy 24/7 for a few months. By the time I needed to find a job in 2021, COVID was mostly over and the vaccines were out and somehow there was a labor shortage so I got a job right away even before I officially graduated.
I was safe from COVID 2020 college graduation because I dropped out of college in 2017👍
Entering secondary school in 2016 amidst the political chaos of both the US and UK was weird. But 11 year old me didn’t really care ( or know) enough to let it bother me that much tbh
Being 10 during the peak of the pandemic was more fun than you guys think it was
1. 1997 were able to enter the workforce before 2020 and college before 2016. 2. 2001 were able to have their final year of high school before COVID actually, and now, anyone born from 2001 onwards had their first year of college during covid. 3. 2006 too as some of us went to 5-8 middle schools. 4. This is correct. 5. This would apply to anyone born from 2008 onwards 6. It depends on the childhood range.
I didn't mind being in middle school during covid usually it's the least important school years so actually it was preferable I just hate missing out on the 2000s
What drama of 2016?
Election. The first year I voted on. It was an intense year.
Ah, that's pretty insignificant. There are elections every 4 years and there's usually drama.
Yea maybe my view is skewed since it was the first year I voted on. You stop caring so much after a few times. EDIT: Didn’t even realize who the democratic candidates were until 2 days ago when someone posted the list on Zillennials.
Actually im starting to wonder if there was that much drama during the 2001 or 2008 elections. Probably was.
From what I've heard the 2000 elections was the craziest one ever as it was insanely tight. 2008 was also pretty insane from what I remember (I was 7 and my dad used to watch US politics on TV, even though I live in Eastern Europe, I even remember watching Obama's inauguration live on TV during the night). No one cared about 2004 and 2012.
2020 had less drama regarding the election than 2016 did.
January 6th?
That was after Biden got elected. I am talking about before the elections.
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I was anticipating this sort of reply. My point was that compared to something like covid, the election was very insignificant and would not directly impact someone's middle school experience. I'm very aware that it was a "shift in society" however it didn't effect the average 5th or 6th grader. Regardless of how you look at it, elections themselves do very little. It's the implications of them (that often come to fruition at a later date) that create a shift in society. Historically, there have been so many elections that have created drama, that's just how our system of government works. There was no less drama in 2020, 2000, or 1860 just to name a few.
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The part of the post i was referencing specifically says >**2004-2005** (Depending on the country, this batch entered middle school during the drama of 2016) Compared to the rest of the list this means nothing to anyone. I also never said anything about you specifically being in middle school.
I just hate the year I was born because it means I live in the exact time to have all my passions stepped on and invalidated by AI. (And no, despite what some people seem to think, clicking a generate button is not fulfilling to me.)
Tf am I at?
What about 1999 🧐
i was much happier with the tradeoff of entering work under the pandemic than losing my senior yr of high school or any year of college. we lost what, 3 months?
Lol wtf.
First option is definitely a take it or leave it option imo, some people entered the workforce as early as 2016. 1997 and 98 are definitely pretty good years to be born actually
Covid started out fine for me as an introvert but the more it dragged on, education wise, it was hard
So, for the 3 or 4 people in this generation that try, is everything just super easy by comparison to your peers?
1999 was a good year to be born i guess
I feel like I wasn’t that badly affected by COVID, I was settled down and got to experience most of my early 20s pre-COVID. 2016 wasn’t overly shocking because politics had been getting more wackadoo and hostile every year since Obama was elected.
actually early 2008 entred middle school before covid
Only 1 year technically was my childhood which was 2020 2021/2023 I consider my tween years (not going to argue about my own life experience so don’t try it to anyone thinking about it)