‘Millennial Misery’: 40 Of The Best Posts To Make Millennials Laugh, Then Cry
Interview With OwnerMillennials don’t have it easy, it can feel like you don’t even have two coins to rub together to make rent (don’t even think about owning property,) but simultaneously you have single-handedly wiped out half the industries on the planet. No power, great responsibility.
The “Millennial Misery” Instagram page shares funny, relatable, and perhaps painful memes about those born between 1981-1996. So get comfortable with your favorite latte or some avocado toast as you scroll through, be sure to upvote your favorite memes and comment your thoughts and experiences below. We got in touch with Jamie Jackson, the page’s administrator and creator to learn more.
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I'm 70+. Every few months my daughter visits and plays all my old games until she gets to the top of the leaderboard on each one. Then I have to play for months to get back on top. Not fair, and she thinks it's funny - hrumph!
I play Tetris every time I'm at the grocery store and bag my own groceries. It's like I've been training for it my whole life!
I experience similar outrage when I kick my kids asses in Mario Kart...who's the noob now huh???
Instructions unclear... I dropped karate kicks on his head and now I'm doing 73,000 points on the front porch.
How many points until you get the tiny rocket launch? I was never really great at Tetris, so when my then-husband got the huge space shuttle and the PLATFORM blasted off, my mind was blown!
100k, each 100k the rocket gets bigger.. Just over 300k was my record..
Load More Replies...Tetris has taught me how to load a shopping cart, how to load a diswasher and how to pack a 4 piece band into a Subaru Impreza.
My high score is 83 000 but on mine I can't see what piece comes next or switch to another piece
I pulled a similar stunt with a 6yo who was bragging about a 50000 score on Tetris. I happened to have Tetris on my brick of a dumbphone and simply showed him my high score screen. The lowest score on it was well over 300k... Kid went running to his mom sobbing that I had somehow beaten him at his brand new game that had just come out. The mom asked him what game and laughed in his face when he told her. It took her five minutes to catch her breath enough to tell the kid that it wasn't a brand new game, that it had been around for longer than she'd been alive (she was early 20s, maybe 25 at most, and this was in 2010) cuz her older siblings had been playing it before she was born.
Played Tetris at school in the middle of math class and got a high score of 85,000. And I past the math test we had that day with an 100%
I downloaded mortal Kombat to show my son how I kick a*s!! Yeeeeeaaaa Xbox controllers do not do me justice. He whooped me! But he did say I was the fastest "spammer" he has seen-- in my day son- we call it button mashin!
I used to have a riot playing Tetris ... my son (about 14) would take turns playing with me, and was very happy when he achieved such a high score, the rocket took off! Imagine his surprise when my next game I got an all-time high score, and the whole palace took off lol
Bored Panda got in touch with Jamie Jackson, the person behind “Millennial Misery” to learn more about the page, why it was created, and their thoughts on being a millennial. So we started by asking what actually inspired the creation of the page.
“I created a corporate meme page called @Humorous_Resources first but being an elder millennial myself, I had nostalgia content I wanted to create and share. Millennials have really experienced some pretty wildlife events growing up and we could all use a little humor to survive the trauma.”
If I could borrow my body as a teenager even just for a day, I'd be happy.
Naturally, we were curious to hear what they believed set millennial humor and life apart. “We (millennials) love to make fun of ourselves. From our fashion to our lack of money to afford a home from all the avocado toast we eat! Millennials have received blame for killing so many things from department stores to the doorbell – I love joking about the idiocrasy of it all.”
Remind them of that when they're old enough to ask to borrow your (gas) car...
Despite being, in theory, a very niche brand of content, millennial humor is wildly popular online, so we wanted to hear the admin's insights into why this was the case. “Millennials love to submerge themselves in nostalgia, I believe it makes us feel safe like we are kids again. It’s not about your political stance, religion, or race – it’s about remembering the innocence of our childhood.”
If you are interested in more humor of this type, check out their other pages on TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook. You can also find “Humorous Resources” here and the very niche Horrendous HR here. Feel free to give them a follow and remember that DM’s are open if you want to submit a meme. But despite the plethora of memes, debates about being a millennial and their “impact” still rage online.
While the presence of gen x on one end and gen z on the other helps establish who millennials are in terms of age, there is obviously still some confusion for people born right at the cusp of one or another. This is where terms like “zillennial” come into play. But age is actually one of the defining characteristics of a millennial, as currently many have been adults long enough that it’s impossible to hide behind the shield of youth.
Sometimes we got it in Hungary, too. We were so scared we immediately made a copy of the VHS to warn our friends :D
By one’s thirties, which most if not all millennials already are, there is this pressure to know who you are, and to have an established career and life, but let’s face it, the world has been going from one chaotic event to another nonstop for half a decade now (or longer, depending on where you are from) with the result that most millennials simply do not feel their age. This normally is a blessing, but as usual, a monkey’s paw is curled somewhere.
One thing millennials can pride themselves on is being the first, truly digital native generation. While gen z may be at the cutting edge of understanding content and social media, asking them to delve into the depths of their computer will often be met with blank stares. Perhaps this skill is just not that important, but millennials have had a tough turn of the millennium, they should at least get a consolation prize.
I feel like I need to be lifted into bed like that these days. I'm 33....
Live in Colorado. The day before Ramsey was killed, a black girl the same age got killed the exact same way but her parents weren't rich white people in Boulder. When Lou Smit, the detective on the Ramsey case, was asked about a possible connection, he replied that they didn't have the manpower to contact the other girl's parents. Her case is also still unsolved.
Only thing better than a crisp sandwich is a fish finger sandwich.
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I’m almost alpha(still gen z though) and I know what most of this stufff is
I’m almost alpha(still gen z though) and I know what most of this stufff is