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Despite the stereotypes that they’ve squandered their savings on avocado toast instead of a mortgage or the assumption that they’ve been given trophies for everything, Millennials actually haven’t had it that easy. 

Many entered the job market during or immediately after a recession, and it’s no secret that the cost of living has skyrocketed during their lifetimes. So understandably, this generation has a lot of grievances to air.

Bored Panda has compiled a list of brutally honest yet painfully relatable posts exhausted Millennials have shared on social media. So enjoy scrolling through these pics that might make you feel justified in your frustration at the world, and be sure to upvote the ones that you agree with!

#1

State Of Millenial Mind

Frustration with internet's impact on millennials in harsh truth tweet

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WindySwede
Community Member
3 months ago

BP you should listen to this, and only post good and fun stuff! No celeb, No m****r, No bad news, etc etc!

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    #2

    Dude

    Millennials sharing thoughts on using dude as a gender neutral nickname from a 90s kid perspective

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    Blix
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Same with "you guys." It has no gender.

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    #3

    I Mean, They're Not Wrong

    Millennials discuss parenting differences and fewer kids in the 70s 80s 90s

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    Otorgar
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    We were basically feral

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    #4

    That Last One Really Cut Deep

    Millennial refuses to answer unknown calls or doorbells and avoid unclear parking situations

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    Jo Firth
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    As a boomer I do the same...

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    #5

    The Suspense

    Millennials compare school cancellation via text to watching NFL Draft on TV screen

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Or go to school and find out everyone was stuck outside as you went to primary school in the 80s and there was no internet or text

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    #6

    Not At All Concerning That A Million Other People Have The Same Plan

    Tweet about millennial retirement plan being societal collapse

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    Robyn Hill
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I’m GenX,, and my retirement is the same.

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    #7

    The Older You Get

    Millennials reflect on feeling increasingly clueless with age from kid to adult

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    Blix
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Socrates

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    #8

    I Feel Seen

    Millennial identity preference between ninja turtles and spongebob

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    astheshadowsfall
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    The Millennial label is really incredibly broad due to how fast computers evolved. I was born in 86 to poor parents, I was not plugged into advances in technology until after I graduated high school. I did love cartoons on Saturday though, had a ninja turtle shirt that my mother had to disappear because I would not stop wearing it. Anyhow, I feel a closer affinity to Gen x because of my upbringing and my isolation from technology.

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    #9

    I've Seen What They Think Is Cool. It's A Good Thing We're Not Cool

    Tweet about millennials and teens not thinking each other are cool

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    It's nice to have reached the age where when a couple of teenage girls glancing at me while whispering and giggling behind their hands no longer fills me with horror. Last time it happened I just hit them with a "right, whatever, morons" look.

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    #10

    Peak Society

    Tweet describing growing up as a millennial before everything lived online

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    WorkAholic1
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Born in the 60s, raised in the 70s, partied in the 80s and had an awesome young life that I wouldn't trade for anything. Young adult life and midlife is still just as awesome. Can't wait for retirement. Health is still pretty good, so I'm content. That's the message I'd pass along to the younger generations: look out for your health. Take care of it. Your body will thank you as you get older.

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    #11

    Dream Of Winning The Lottery

    Tweet about millennial culture daydreaming about helping rich friends

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    WorkAholic1
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That dream has been around since the lottery was introduced

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    #12

    We Went To The Reference Librarian And Asked For A Book On (Thing)

    Millennials share harsh truth about misinformation before the internet era in viral tweet

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    Sue User
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    And now we have gone full circle where there is so much misinformation that listening to aunt Marge might be safer bet.

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    #13

    Editing Videos

    Millennial confesses not knowing how people cut and edit videos on cell phones or software

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    Jeremy James
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    And another thing! They always say, "check it out wherever you get your podcasts," but I feel like I missed the day where they told us where people get podcasts.

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    #14

    It's Always The Printers

    Millennials discuss helping both parents and kids use the printer

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    Jessica Cooney
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    My husband, who works in IT, says things like this all the time. We are basically the only generation that is going to fully understand actual computers.

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    #15

    Having Friends As An Adult Is The Biggest Lie Television Has Ever Told Me

    Millennials reveal truth about adults having breakfast before work

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    Spidercat
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That and a woman in a pencil skirt making pancakes, bacon, eggs and coffee before leaving the house holding a slice of unbuttered toast in her mouth...

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    #16

    It's Wild

    Tweet about challenges of being a millennial mom apologizing more to kids

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    KatWitch57
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Why would parents apologise? They were always right. /s

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    #17

    Very Right

    Millennials learning boomer phone call and eye contact skills will inherit the earth

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Learning to believe in observable and reproducible facts as opposed to online hòrseshìt or so-called "common knowledge" can also be a real boon, regardless of one's age.

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    #18

    Growing Up, I Thought Only Poor People Lived In Trailer Parks

    Tweet about millennials unable to afford shady apartment complexes from childhood

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I lived in an 18' trailer for 10 years. I had a dog, and a cat, and it was clean and affordable, and the Jehovah's Witnesses were never able to find me. (I also had a separate building right next to the trailer that had electricity, a flush toilet, and hot water.) Life was good until Tweakers moved in next door to me and started cooking mèth 24 hours a day.

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    #19

    I’m Stuck And I’m Perfectly Fine With It

    Millennial reflects on unmatched 90s and 00s music from their youth and parents' era

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    Fungus John
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    theres plenty of good modern stuff, it's just not played on the radio

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    #20

    No Offense To Anyone Here Named Hailey

    Millennials reflect on middle school struggles without TikTok influence

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    Discovermyview
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    At my school her name was Emily. Unfortunately, she was also the nicest girl in the world, so it was really hard to hate her, lol! I was sooooo jealous of her hair. I didn't get the hang of a straightening iron until high school. My mom's solution was to get my hair permed.

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    #21

    Hey We Have The Same Plan

    Millennials joke about dental plans and chewing on one side

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That hits too close home. The problem is when you feel a CRACK! on the other side, too 🥲

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    #22

    2meirl4meirl

    Millennials express understanding of desire to rest as they age

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    KatSaidThat
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Wait until you slow down on drinking so you are not hungover next day. That's an age thing I now relate to.

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    #23

    Saving Money By Eating At Home

    Text listing a typical millennial bank statement with expenses and student loans

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    L.V
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Thankfully I live in a country with universal healthcare, and I have no student loans. However, inflation is seriously kicking my a**e, to the point that I save about as much as I did 15 years ago, despite earning 3 times more!

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    #24

    LOL

    Tweet about millennials using lol like stop at the end of telegram messages

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    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    ROFLMAO!

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    #25

    Serious Matter

    Tweet about millennials acting like they rent the place

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    Spidercat
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Ok renter...

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    #26

    Just Ashes At This Point Blowing In The Wind

    Millennial tweet expressing collective burnout among their generation

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    Sue User
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    This. Some j*****s was going on about " no one under 30 wants to work" I am 62 and realize how stacked the deck is now. I don't blame people for giving up. I blame the system that gave them nothing but s****y choices.

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    #27

    Poor Myspace. The Abandoned Theme Park Of The Internet

    Millennials remember learning HTML codes on MySpace like CIA agents

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    B.Nelson
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Free websites on angleflare that you could code and dedicate to your obsession because someone else made an angleflare website that listed all the HTML codes.

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    #28

    It's The Equivalent Of Knocking On The Door And Asking For Permission Before Walking Into Someone's Space

    Millennial culture text prepares for phone calls as harsh truth tweet

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    Jessica Cooney
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Whenever my younger sister calls me, I always answer with, "what's wrong? Are you ok?".

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    #29

    Real Crime

    Millennial women face trust issues due to Bridget Jones movies and body image expectations

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    The fattest person society is willing to accept before openly advocating for their eradication

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    #30

    Got To Sit Down And Type On A Keyboard For That

    Millennial mindset about difficulty sending important emails from phone

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Also big purchases = big screen

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    #31

    It’s Time For Us To Go Back Outside

    Millennial tweet about AI ruining internet despite love for social media and YouTube

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    Frank Ropen
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Social media and YouTube were already bad before AI

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    #32

    90's Cakes

    90s themed party cake with pun about cupcake and 90s design

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    Robert Millar
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Or too old.

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    #33

    Just Don't Forget The Car Insurance. Going To Need It

    Millennials watching historic events while debating car payment

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    Sue User
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I told someone that while gas prices are high, at least they didn't have to queue on off/ even days based on your license plate. Mind blown.

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    #34

    You'll Never Understand

    Millennials describe challenges of life, student loans, and social media

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    Bored Seb (he/they)
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    I'm a millennial, but I was born in a decent country, so can not relate for a big part.

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    #35

    What If I Say I'm Not Like The Others?

    Millennials struggle to refrain from posting cryptic song lyrics as emotional status updates

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    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    ~No one knows what it's like, to be the sad man~

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    #36

    The Golden Age

    Explaining millennials' happiest time between Shrek release and 9/11

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    howdylee
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That was a good time! For me that was the summer between high school graduation and first semester of college. Great, great time!

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    #37

    That Is A Good Box And I'm Not Throwing It Away

    Tweet advising millennials to discard their phone box

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    Sandy Jones
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Where am I suppose to keep the little metal ejector thingy I'll never use?

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    #38

    Absolutely! I’m An Over Educated And Over Gay Millennial

    Text post about millennials being raised to go to college repeatedly

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    My Boomer advice to the new HS graduates..."Trades, you'll make as much as a degreed person for the most part. Then with time and a half, it's much more".

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    #39

    Thank You For Your Service

    Single millennial with six-figure income feels like the only tax base in the country

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    And on behalf of Elon, thank you.

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    #40

    Happy “Saturday” Everyone

    Millennial culture knowing weekends just offer more time to work

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    LancePoekinhos
    Community Member
    3 months ago

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    #41

    Yes King

    Millennial struggles to find social spots for women harsh truth tweet

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    Funderthuck
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Mostly at home in our pj's

    #42

    Is There Such A Thing As The Terrible 60’s?

    Humorous tweet about millennials struggling with raising their moms

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Yes. She's 90 by the way, it probably doesn't get better.

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    #43

    I Feel Attacked

    Tweet about millennials paying Apple for 2TB storage to avoid deleting their digital life

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Wait until those who have Win11 laptops find out that without a single warning, Microsoft may quietly hijack their local files and hold them hostage in the cloud to upsell them a OneDrive subscription.

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    #44

    What Was This Movie For You?

    Millennial bonding over owning mediocre family movies on VHS

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    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Which explains quite a few things about me.

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    #45

    Did They Mean Money?

    Reddit thread reveals wallet as millennial identifier harsh truth

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    Jessica Cooney
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Younger people don't use wallets?????

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    #46

    Talk About A Shift

    Millennials joke about using pillows to sleep and prevent body pain as they age

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    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I have got to the point that if I lay stomach down, I can't have a pillow or it messes up my neck for two days

    #47

    Big Purchases Are PC Activity

    Millennial pulling out laptop to research big purchase decision

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    Travelling Stranger
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    genXer here - I hereby confirm and declare that a laptop is THE tool for handling the serious stuff

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    #48

    We’re Doomed

    Text on city night background calls studying and debt a funny prank on millennials

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    howdylee
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    were we studying, or were they studying us?

    #49

    Their Full Potential Has Yet To Be Fulfilled

    Millennials joke about cargo pants no longer used to conceal Discman with Linkin Park album

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    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That just puts me one step closer to the edge...

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    #50

    And When You Apply You Get Ghosted

    Millennial job descriptions with high demands and low pay detailed in tweet

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    "Join our dynamic, fast-paced family!"

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    #51

    So Much Truth

    Lo-fi beats described as millennial smooth jazz in tweet

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    Justanotherpanda
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Gen-X too.

    #52

    They Don’t Understand What We Had To Go Through At All

    Tweet about millennial feminism influencing fashion like crop tops and leggings

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    And now schools want to ban those again 🥲

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    #53

    Sounds Like A Reason To Feel Better When A Day Goes Bad

    Tweet about millennials no longer defined by specific generation

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Always funny how older generations say "millennials" when they mean teens / schoolchildren while the youngest millennials are like 30 at this point

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    #54

    Or Strapping My Purse Across Me LOL

    Elder millennial embraces denim jacket, gold hoops, 90s R&B, and peace signs in pics

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    WorkAholic1
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Good for you! Keep being you because there's no one else like you.

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    #55

    It Was A Group Thing

    Millennials recall sharing computer time to experience information superhighway together

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Yep, we played the OG Unreal and Star Wars Battlefront

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    #56

    Relatable

    Millennial urge to quit job when asked to do work shared in tweet

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    #57

    I Will Buy And Hold Long Term

    Millennial renting turkey for Thanksgiving reveals harsh truth

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    #58

    If U Just Make Something Animal-Shaped Or Print A Cute Face On It We'll Feel 300% More Compelled To Throw Money At It

    Millennial culture fantasizing about having own place to buy unique accessories

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    Fellfromthemoon
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited)

    For your kitchen, hehe, and, pfff, bathromm, hahaha! I own my place, it is 30 sqare meter, my bathroom is smaller than my single bed, being 90 cm wide and 180 cm long (my bed has the same width but longer), and basically no kitchen just a hole (90 x 135 cm) with a stove and a small sink. I can never spare enough money to buy something bigger, and half of this flat was paid from an inheritance. And I dread the day when I'll have a bigger apartement.

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    #59

    Finest Relatable Content

    Millennial signs of relationship commitment listed in tweet

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    #60

    Young Millennial: "How Did Our Ancestors Get Around Without Google Maps?" Older Millennial, Sagely: "Mapquest."

    Millennials recall stressful job of navigating with MapQuest before smartphones

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    WorkAholic1
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    And older still: paper maps. Also: ask directions at the first gas station that doesn't look creepy.

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    #61

    Even Going To The Extent Of Calculating Rent And Monthly Cost

    Millennial urge to say i could live here after two days explained in tweet

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    CD King
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    That is all of us. Gen X

    #62

    I Would 1000% Listen To Squidward’s Podcast

    Squidward labeled ultimate millennial icon with deadend job in tweet

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    #63

    Did Anyone Buy A Ring?

    Someone spent 300 dollars on high school rings with Cougars and High School designs

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    Maya_D
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 months ago

    American attachment to their high schools is weird to me. I wouldn’t pay anything to remember my high school. I’d really rather forget it.

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    #64

    I Agree

    Tweet about pencil lead in palms as a millennial stigma

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    KatWitch57
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Boomer here. Two pieces pf pencil were removed at my mastectomy. Still waiting for the results of the one in my throat. Pencil lead is *not* inert folks.

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    #65

    Let Me Go Delete Those Timothee Chalamet Gifs I Have On My Media Tab

    Confusion between Gen Z and millennial based on sending gifs

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    nicholas nolan
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    "Stan a war criminal""? What f*****g millenial was into George W Bush?

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    #66

    Large Speed

    Millennial humor joke about bee speed showing large as answer on screen

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    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Not only does it describe the speed of a bee as "Large", that picture isn't actually a bee, it's a fly with coloring to mimic a bee for protection.

    #67

    *country Music Intensifies*

    Tweet about dating woes as a millennial

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    Robyn Hill
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    I’m sure you can find one. They wear red hats.

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