30 Hilariously Accurate Memes About Millennials Other Generations Probably Won’t Understand, As Shared By This Online Page
Every generation goes through a unique set of joys and challenges, and millennials are in no way an exception. Born somewhere between 1981 and 1996, they have lived through numerous significant events in history that shaped them into the thirty/forty-somethings we know and cherish today. For example, they’ve witnessed the rise of the internet, which is one of the reasons they’re typically quick to adapt to new technology (at the same time cherishing memories of burning their favorite songs onto a CD).
We have delved into the depths of the internet to find posts that ought to be relatable to any millennial out there. Shared on the subreddit titled exactly that—’Millennials’—they cover everything from their daily struggles now to nostalgia-filled memories about life back in the day, and much more. Scroll down to find the internet pearls on the list below and enjoy.
Seeking to understand what being a millennial is all about, Bored Panda reached out to Senior Associate Dean and Director of the BBA Program in Emory’s Goizueta Business School, Andrea Hershatter. She was kind enough to share her insight on the topic, which you will find in the text below.
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American Girl came out with a new set of dolls in their “historical” line. The new dolls represent 1999.
A fellow Gen Xer was shocked that a kid couldn’t identify any Michael Jackson songs. But Thriller, the album that made Jackson a household name, is 41 years old now. I was 11. Imagine a fifty-year-old in 1982 being surprised that an 11-year-old was unfamiliar with the Glenn Miller Orchestra or Bing Crosby.
I don't get that too - i still look and feel like nothing has changed - granted life changed, family, kids, career wisdom,,..but i still don't feel like 30 years ago was my childhood and teenage days! wired.
I always am in shock when they say a favorite movie/show is 30-50 years old. It really was only yesterday that I watched it.
Typically the millennial years are considered to be 1981-1996; however, sometimes the period is more loosely defined as 1980 to 2000. Born during the final decades of the millennium—hence, the name—the representatives are sometimes referred to as the generation of the Internet Age, as the internet’s official birth date falls on January 1st, 1983.
Another technology-based term that is used to describe millennials is digital natives. It applies to people who grew up in the presence of digital technology or in the information age, and millennials are considered to be the first generation of such.
“The first digital natives to enter the workforce use technology as an embedded ‘6th sense’ as opposed to a ‘tool’ like older generations,” Senior Associate Dean and Director of the BBA Program in Emory’s Goizueta Business School, Andrea Hershatter, told Bored Panda.
Can Confirm. I Try To Get What's Best But Also Affordable For My Kitty
Not just millennial, Senior citizens spend a lot of time, energy and MONEY on their pets. I cook for my two dogs!
For reals! I feel sad and disgusted when I think back to how my parents treated the pets I grew up with. Neglected just like their kids.
There's the opposite reaction, though - overpriced pet food with ingredients that sound good to human but have zero nutritional value, and lack ingredients that have been vilified for PR reasons but are actually nutritious.
I use https://www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/ to check the food I give mine. I hope it's accurate!
Load More Replies...I can’t afford a child. I can afford a cat that I would like to feed well with a bag of food for a month & a half, entertain with toys and scratches and take to the vet, etc, please & thank you. Kids need variety, clothes, gadgets, etc.
How can it be a bad thing for people any age showing their pets true love??
Definitely not a millennial but my cats eat very well. Not sawdust filled kibble.
Meirl
I keep mine (Android not iPhone but close enough) because I put the receipt, manuals and accessories in there. Need to find the little sim eject tool? It's in the phone box. Need to find warranty details? Phone box. Spare cable/charger/earbuds/screen protector? Phone box!
Load More Replies...I used my old bixes as drawer dividers. They're great for corralling small office supplies like pens or post-its. The new boxes without chargers are sadly not as tall, but still work
I reuse them for fragile gift packaging..otherwise absolutely..recycle it/get rid of it. what takes up your space takes up your time
mate, I got phone boxes from phones I had 10 yr ago. Might come in handy one day!
According to WhatIs, digital natives grew up with the technology which became fundamental to people’s social, educational, and professional lives. With millennials being the flag bearers, the generations that follow are bound to fall under the same term as well, as technology gets more deeply rooted in our everyday lives. (Statista’s data shows that the percentage of people using the internet in the US, for instance, grew from 43% back in 2000 to nearly 92% in 2023.)
That might be one of the reasons representatives of the 1981-1996 generation stand out as avid technology users. Pew Research Center revealed that more than nine-in-ten millennials are smartphone owners, and nearly as many of them (86%, to be exact) are social media users.
The "Copy But Not Recognise" Generation
I was at the mall for the first time in a long time (getting new glasses) and I saw a couple who were probably 16-ish, that looked like they had emerged from some interdimensional wormhole to an alternate-reality 1994 and were definitely rocking what the "cool older kids" were wearing when I was in elementary school.
Or needing to call home, using the payphone, not having change and having to call collect or 1-800-CALL-ATT
Or the freedom of not havibg your dumbest mistakes caught on video.
The Last One Sealed It For Me
So true. I have a spatula that I won't get rid of. The handles all melted but I will not part with it. It's a good stiff one that has a metal part between the spatula and the handle. It seems like all the ones these days are all plastic and flimsy af. I can't believe I'm so excited telling ya'll about my spatula. God, I'm old.
Load More Replies...My dog chewed up my favourite wooden spoon. I actually shed tears about that.
Load More Replies...If choosing comfort over style is a sign of being an adult, then I was an adult since I was 12, and no from then to now, I have never once put style over comfort, if I can't sleep in it, bin it
Sadly, you nailed it; especially "everything feels like a chore", including the chores. I really hate kids in UNI who complain about being poor. OK, I will will swap your body for my money and THEN let's see how we are!
Gen X felt this a long time ago. And to my fellow Gen Xer’s we’re almost ready for retirement!!! wtf !!
Growing up in the Internet Age, it is no surprise that the majority of millennials foster a positive view towards the net. Pew Research Center pointed out that as much as 73% of them agree that the internet has had a positive impact on society (compared to 63% of representatives of the Silent Generation, for instance). It also unveiled that nearly 100% of millennials use the internet nowadays.
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Personally Attacked
"You're going to die alone with 100 cats!" Sir, do not threaten me with a good time.
I'm still in LOVE LOVE LOVE with my overpriced studio apartment in sh!thole Tacoma, but after a decade in prison, that dude is me alllllllll day long!
I lived alone for most of my 20s and early 30s. My fiance is a great guy, but if he dumps or divorces me I am not in COMPLETE despair. 😂
Funny How That Works
I live in the very poor state of New Mexico and my rent is higher than $1,500. I can't imagine what it costs in places that aren't as poor as where I live....basically anywhere else lol
Load More Replies...I can barely afford to take care of myself, they want me to take care of a child too? They need to raise wages by A LOT for that to happen.
And allow family time. How would I have a child when I can't afford the time or money to raise it? 🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies..."replacement level"...People are retiring from minimum wage jobs...we need to replace them!...The recruits are aging out of the armed forces...we need to replace them!...Prisons are emptying, and we are losing money...replace them!...children are "replacements to keep the GDP level".
Well...you aren't wrong! But if we don't have new people to "replace" the ones that already exist, does that mean that people will just be stuck in minimum wage jobs, etc., for longer?
Load More Replies...Wondering too. I live in one of the poor European countries but we still have free education, free healthcare, ALL legal jobs include national insurance otherwise the employer is illegal and even though our minimum wage is lower than 12$ per hour our living costs are much lower too. Like I can rent an average house for 350€...Ah I can also have an abortion if the need arises and none has a gun except for cops who do not tend to shoot people, regardless of their skin color...just saying....
Load More Replies...Well we are exceeding the Earths carrying capacity for life it can support and choosing not to have children is better then, oh say all the problems that come with overpopulation or regulating reproductive rights out of existence. We are seriously blowing our time on this planet in comparison to all the other species to have called this place home. I think we humans need to chill on the breeding for a minute and if people volunteer as tribute I say we celebrate them.
We exceeded Earth's carrying capacity for hunter-gatherers long ago but technological improvements increase that number. We still absolutely have the capacity to feed and house everyone using agriculture.
Load More Replies...There are sooooo many people on this planet. Why do we need to replace people one for one at this point? I think our species will be A-OK if every x amount of people who die are replaced by x-1 babies…. Then I’m sure there will be years the replacement rate will hold steady. Human extinction or even to half our current population is not a concern bc of this fact. Let them not have kids. Geeez. Get off their backs!
The way millennials spend their time online differs with each individual; however, some platforms stand out as popular options among many, such as good old Facebook and YouTube. According to Ypulse, back in 2021, they were used by 75% and 72% of millennials respectively. The two were followed by Instagram (59%), Facebook Messenger (59%), Snapchat (42%), and Twitter (36%). GWI pointed out that millennials have an average of 9.2 social media accounts.
Texting Is Polite. U Call Or Text ?
Plus, if you forget the details (like what time to meet up) it's there written down to remind you. I'll often ask people to text me something if they're telling me something in person and I'm not writing it down.
I sometimes WhatsApp my husband when he's in in the same room, just so we both have written details of your plans 😄
Load More Replies...I'm gen-x and I think a text is less intrusive. But I'm also an introvert and really don't want to call or be called.
I'm a boomer and texting is in fact more polite. It's the electronic version of calling cards, and it gives the recipient the chance to be "at home to visitors" or not
The only people who call me are from the bank to check my transactions are legit. And the only reason I answer is so they don't block my accounts.
OK, but back in MY time (1960s), that was the ONLY option! Also, only if you were wealthy enough to actually rent a landline telephone! If the phone rang, someone RAN to answer it! I remember the excitement in our household when we finally had the (ONE) phone connected! Very rich parents of a schoolfriend had TWO phones!
Honestly I think there's room for both text and voice. Sometimes it's nice to hear the other person's voice. Sometimes you want to be sure it's the right person or you need to *know* that they got the message *now* rather than potentially someone else reading the text or it going unseen for hours. And sometimes it's just easier to talk because a complex conversation can be had in a few minutes instead of taking 50 texts spread over an hour. Conversely, I like texts for less important messages where they're not time sensitive. Or sending details like address, time to meet etc. since it's viewable later. And they're great if you know the person is busy at work or in a class since you can leave the message and (hopefully) they'll get to it when they're free. It bugs me when people *always* just use one method but not the other.
I am soooo annoyed at this one friend (who acts like a boomer... but is actually a Gen-X)... who INSISTS on calling to talk instead of text.. or even email (no, it's not an emergency.. it's literally "hey, what's up") - and this person can **NEVER** hear me.. the entire thing is "WHAT? huh??? Hey, you cut out... it's noisy here... what'd you say??" - and I'm like... this would really have been a more positive experience if you texted... yet.. they still refuse...
Am I the only one that doesn't agree? I find calls much more practical as I can just put the phone on speaker and carry on with what I'm doing.. Also, it's much easier to avoid misunderstandings and much faster than having to type (and then they reply, and you gotta type again.. communication is just slower like that). I find texting great to just communicate something quick like "the party is at 8pm, we are wearing pink".. but if it's a conversation, voice calls are a million times better to me
To the point that when I need to call I'm kind of stressing...🤣
Offline Childhood
And don't forget spreading Elmer's glue on your hand and then peeling it off when it dries.
I like melted candle wax for that too. And I love your name. My mom used to call me that.
Load More Replies...I feel this deserves a place. I CAN HEAR IT. Chrome-spr...eac8be.jpg
As an almost 50, I've restarted doing that on occasion. Old and steep stairs work better for my old and creaky knees that way 😅
Load More Replies...I still do #2, 4, & 6. #4 & 6 are sorta ADHD ticks for me though. #2 is cuz I'm dying slowly and everything hurts lol
Sometimes it just feels safer to crawl up the stairs. Not going down though.
I'm 32, and I still crawl up my stairs like this, especially with my cat right beside me.
omg - thats freaking accurate ! and why! and smelling play doh!
Darn Millennials Wanting To Be Able To Have A Living Wage
That was always so fun. I loved those articles: Millenials are killing the diamond industry ... Millenials are killing the housing market and choosing tiny homes and van life .. Millenials are killing the upscale restaurant industry. Were we out to get you, or could we just not afford anything you viewed as normal?
Millennials are struggling to survive the economy the older generations killed....
Load More Replies...When your generation prattles on about "back in my day we could buy a house making $40k and still live comfortably..." y'all seem to forget that houses aren't $60k anymore. Even worse, now y'all are selling those $60k houses for north of $1M in some parts of the US. So yeah, your generation gets the blame.
Load More Replies...No one thing or person effd up the economy. Every industry, company and ceo that put profits before people contributed. Mortgage lenders and appraisers inflated home prices so that ownership is no longer attainable for, well most people. Every time one of us has worked a s****y job with a deplorable boss and hostile environment makes the prospect of getting what used to pass for conventional work not even kind of desirable. Hustle culture anyone? Even you and me..for democracy, community or even just a tolerable work space to exist with a livable wage we must PARTICIPATE. No more blame..just solutions
You're right. It's a couple of generations of people who rigged a system to work just for them.
Load More Replies...I would love a love life and family, unfortunately I'm too busy struggling to pay my mortgage and eat at the same time.
Fact check: Millenials are not the only ones struggling to survive. There are people 75+ years old still working because, after working their entire lives, being productive members of society, contributing to their 401K's, being taxed for Social Security, they are only receiving the bare minimum of retirement benefits. Put the blame where it belongs: greedy politicians who receive free healthcare for life a salary raises every year, pharmaceutical companies that increase drug prices to the point that they are unaffordable, health insurance companies that deny life-saving drugs and medical treatments, and secondary educational institutions that force students into life-long debt so they can earn degrees for minimal salaries. Oh, and lest we forget the oil companies that are making record profits while the majority of the workforce must choose between gas for work, food for the family, or prescriptions to survive.
Right. That's exactly what this post is saying. It's saying millennials (and the subsequent generations) are inheriting a dumpster fire.
Load More Replies...Yea, we are right in the middle of qualifying for Medicaid and being able to afford health insurance, also we qualify for FHA loans and down payment assistance, but because the housing market sucks and rates are so high, can't afford to get a house. I hate being an adult.
Did they forget we all lost our jobs in 2008 and are all traumatized from it? Which generation was in charge when that housing market crapped out?
Well... the last two feel a lot like entrapment. The first two feel like improvements in my life. But that's just my thoughts.
The GWI report revealed that staying up to date with current events and looking for funny or entertaining content are two of the main reasons millennials use social media. They also do it to kill time, see what their friends are up to, and share their photos and videos.
The report also pointed out that the accounts people follow on social media tend to depend on the user’s gender. When it comes to millennials, male representatives focus most on gaming bloggers, sports stores, and entrepreneurs, while their female counterparts follow beauty, food, and fitness bloggers the most.
Millenials Didn't Praise Spez
I Wish
Any other parents wish for a mild illness that hospitalized you long enough for a few decent nights' sleep, an uniteruppted meal, and a s**t without company? There will be no bill..this is a fantasy, after all.
If you think a few night's stay in a hospital gives you "decent sleep", you've obviously never stayed in a hospital! Beep beep beep all night long, woken for readings every two hours, and people noise everywhere
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True. I bought a 3 bedroom house with my wife in 1980 for $47,000. (BTW, neither of us was on a minimum wage job.) I really feel for you, but it is not MY fault that house prices are stratospheric while incomes are pathetic. There is also nothing I can do about it now, as we are also struggling with the increasing cost of living as well.
I think as long as you don't ridicule others for not having what you had, then you aren't part of the problem. It sucks to struggle and then be mocked for it. What bugs me even more is pitting generations against each other because it gets higher ratings or clicks.
Load More Replies...Not quite true. Minimum wage has never been enough to buy a house. It bought more in the 70s than it does now, but not a house.
Also not quite the point. According to what I can find, it should have taken about 14,625 hours of federal minimim wage labor to buy a single family new home in 1970, compared to 33,806 in 2001. https://www.huduser.gov/periodicals/ushmc/winter2001/histdat08.htm and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history/chart. The point is that, while not everyone in a generation has benefited equally, the system has ceratinly been more favorable to some generations compared to others. (Edit: spelling)
Load More Replies...Boomer here... No house, couldn't afford college, still making minimum wage after 40 years in the workforce. Still a few years from retirement, so let's hope the little pension is enough to survive. Seeing tech develop has been amazing all these years though. PCs, cell phones, web pages, animation, ebooks, etc, etc, etc.
I'm from between Boomer and Gen Z. We got the rise of the computers, I guess.
Should be a cap on housing costs. Sure, costs have gone up, but they still use the cheapest materials they can find!
Boomers in Australia had FREE tertiary education and a sensible CPI. Don’t know what ‘AOL’ is.
The thing about working a minimum wage job is that if you give 2 shites about doing a good job you get promoted to more than minimum wage in a short timeframe. Those of you struggling to progress past entry level work have an entry level mindset.
I don't think it's just people with entry level jobs having a hard time. My husband and I both have professional careers and only homes we could afford were in very dangerous areas, one had no kitchen, one was infested. We lived in a 2 bedroom apartment. People with entry level jobs can't even afford the apartment nowadays.
Load More Replies...Millennials ought to comprise quite a large chunk of internet users, considering that back in 2019, they surpassed Baby Boomers in number and became the largest living generation in the US. According to Statista, back in 2022 there were roughly 72.24 million millennials nationwide.
Also known as Generation Y, people born between 1981 and 1996 were preceded by the Greatest Generation (1901-1924), the Silent Generation (1925-1945), the Baby Boomer Generation (1946-1964), and Generation X (1965-1979). The ones that follow consist of only Generation Z (1995-2012) and Gen Alpha (2013-2025) so far.
Andrea Hershatter told Bored Panda that communication across generations differs by content, style, and modality. “The older the generation, the more verbally complex and detailed the communication, and the more ‘old school’ the mechanisms. So, from oldest to youngest, Boomers communicate most often via email with lots of words, and Gen Z is most likely to communicate in atemporal, immediate, succinct and visual modalities like TikTok. Also and obviously, cultural references differ.”
Scrolling To Birth Year
Now that wad a good looking man. Not to mention funny af
Load More Replies...Yep. But first I just do a big swipe that gets me halfway into the 70s. Then just a couple of nudges until I get to the date when England won the footy World Cup. First ones to work it out you can all have a virtual gold star.
Back when I moved into my house I had to set up the gas, when it asked for age I actually had to scroll through the months!!! My mom cane by a few days later, asked me if I set it up: "I sure hope so!! I had to scroll through 34 years of months!! Clicking my stupid 'next month' button 12 times for 34 years! I don't want to do this again!"
Nothing worse than filling out an adult form and the date starts at 2023... That's 47 freaking lines I gotta scroll through and I'm a year older by the time I get to my birth year.
Yup. I have experience that on and off for a couple years now and I still can’t believe I have to scroll to find my birth year on certain web pages!
Busytown, USA
This and Mercer Mayer promised me a world of whimsy where I could drive an apple car to my job at the old timey candy shoppe. Where's my f*****g apple car???
And being told the world was fair and if u work hard u will get rewarded for it, and out Prince Charming or princess was just waiting there for us and would b love at first sight!
10 Cents Per Text Msg. Lotr
I remember when only rich businessmen shelled out for internet on their phones.... when music was stored on a co pletely different device.... when no phone had a camera and you had to go buy one seperately.... I remember.....
When a friend from another state called me most mornings at 5am because texts were free until 7am!!
Load More Replies...When it was a big deal getting my first cell phone (prepaid, one of those firefly phones with only 4 buttons) when i was 17, now it's like a crime against humanity if a kindergardener doesn't have their own phone, tablet, and possibly computer/laptop.
Load More Replies...In South Africa it was 75c during the day and 25c at night, from 20:00 to 06:00 or something.
Same here, different times of the day/night meant different prices
Load More Replies...Waiting for free minutes after 9PM and paying for long distance calls...
And you had to wait until your parents were done talking on the phone to use the internet
My nephew used my mom's phone to text for about a week. Ran up an over $2000 phone bill. I am sure he came within an inch of his life when my mom got that bill. (Verizon was actually nice and did something where she didn't owe anywhere close to that--maybe added free texting to her plan retroactively...? I can't recall.
Each generation is affected by different historical circumstances, rapid change in technology and environment, and other factors. So, it’s no surprise that representatives of each one of them have not only different styles of communication, but qualities, views, or goals in life as well.
Pew Research Center analyzed how adult millennials differ compared to adults of preceding generations, which revealed that they are better educated and tend to delay or forgo marriage more than their predecessors. In addition to that, it also pointed out that representatives of Gen Y have brought more racial and ethnic diversity to American society.
According to Andrea Hershatter, millennials are the “Generation (thus far) most likely to complete college education and statistically most likely to choose a major based on career prospects (as opposed to based on meaning, fulfillment, etc.).
“They are also the generation in whom the highest percentage of their family's discretionary income was invested in education, experiences, and enrichment, thus setting up very high expectations and pressure for their future success,” she added.
The Neverending Chore Liiiiist
dishes dishes everyday no time for rest no time for play clothes need folding from last night to today dishes dishes go away
washing dishes is bad enough, but then there's drying and putting away the dishes. uuughhhh
I *think* Mine Was Called “Color Jams” Where All The Song Titles Had A Color In Them
Anyone remember copying audio-cassettes by a cassette-recorder, and record TV shows by a VHS-recorder ?😭
Recording songs off the radio...and of course the DJ talked or cut off the end!!
Load More Replies...My new computer doesn't even have space for an internal CD/DVD burner. I bought an external one because I need new music for my car.
Load More Replies...I never stopped burning discs (BD-R ones now). Streaming services have a disturbing habit of YOINKing away shows and movies that everyone likes).
I remember the last computer I used and the desk it sat on..is that weird?
I still use computer CDs occasionally. Mostly just when the government gives them to us, though. We often get court records sent to us in cd format.
Saw This And Had To Pass It Along
Intergenerational differences might be one of the reasons for the formation of stereotypes; and like any other generation, millennials boast a fair share of them, too. In Andrea Hershatter’s opinion, some of them could be argued, though. “They are fragile and can't deal with derailment,” she took as an example. “This is false: millennials have already proven themselves to be incredibly resilient and fully capable of reimagining and reinventing their careers and futures.”
“They are entitled and expect too much from the workplace. This is a misunderstanding. Throughout their education, including in college, millennials became accustomed to a willingness on the part of institutions to grant accommodations that would enable them to perform at their highest capacity. I personally believe that when they ask for similar concessions in the workforce they are simply seeking an environment where they can best contribute to the task at hand.
“They cannot deal with ambiguity. This is partially true. In terms of handling what life throws at them, millennials seem to be pretty comfortable with uncertainty and a reasonable amount of moving outside their comfort zones and risk-taking. However, two things are also true: 1) Their willingness to take risks is calculated against cost of failure (in a much more clearly analyzed and cautious way than it was for Gen X) and 2) They have very low tolerance for ambiguous expectations or assignments. They want to understand the explicit and implicit rules of any workplace culture and to know exactly what is needed,” the expert, Andrea Hershatter explained.
This Is Grade A-Level Trolling
Only 15 bedrooms? Someone was secretly snacking avocado toasts during the year...
Every time I eat avocado toast my son says he doesn't know how we were able to buy a house 😄
MUST be a joke, except for the bank of mum and dad. OTOH, why would you even *want* to run that mansion? SO much work!
It's obviously a joke. IIRC, it's in response to some rich idiot saying the key to buying a home is to just stop buying avocados and expensive coffee.
Load More Replies...I Know. I Just Need To Work Harder!
...and paying for two college degrees but companies still think $15/hour is okay, plus having zero safety net and no way of creating on. And then people still ask, "Why are you depressed and suicidal?"
Preach!! Gads... I didn't think I'd live this long... Forget life insurance..I need an annuity in case I live too long! 😱 Edit: just realized I know the difference between life insurance & annuity... Def didn't think I'd live this long...
Load More Replies...lets take a look at someone who was born in 1912..... world war 1, spanish flu, great depression, world war 2, russian threats, nuclear bomb threats/actual testing.... all before they're 40.... you're not special, this stuff has always happened.... history repeats itself, no matter how much you teach it.
Yes. And I admire the hell out of that generation of Americans. But guess who profited off of THAT generation's difficulties and efforts to make their kids' lives better than their own?...boomers. And the later 70s, 80s and 90s were a f****n cake walk for boomers. No big wars, no big recessions. Just make money and cruise. It's different now, it just is. Some generations are lucky and others aren't.
Load More Replies...Gen X. WW3 warnings all my life. 4 or 5 economic recessions. Music wise we had vinyl, 8 tracks, tapes, cd and now streaming. Movies we has vhs, beta, laser disc, DVD, blu-ray and now streaming. Internet went from the rarity, to everyone being accessible 24/7. My head hurts thinking about it.
That's mainly an American issue though. Yes other countries have had then but not to the same intensity.
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So true! My hair isn't grey, but my beard is. Nevertheless ... when the checkout register at the supermarket does that double-beep that indicates that an item has an age restriction, I always say: "I'm old enough!"
Walmart I go to usually go to has two older ladies at night guarding the self checkouts. Of like age, I, and they, think it hilarious to for me to yell “Can you come tell this thing I’m old enough to buy beer!”
Load More Replies...I had a right old barney with an Amazon delivery guy because I don’t have any sort of photo ID. He wouldn’t acknowledge a letter from the NHS which had my date of birth on it. All this fuss over a tiny bottle of Limoncello. Kept banging on about how he’d lose his job if I couldn’t prove my age. Maybe, but he was probably the type of guy who only uses satnav and denies the existence of printed maps. In the end told him to shove it somewhere where no object should go and take it back to the Amazon depot.
In part of the world do Amazon delivery drivers ask to see id? I'm not joking. I've never heard of it.
Load More Replies...When I was 21 I was so excited to show my ID. Now that I'm nearly twice that age I don't want to pull it out anymore.
Grey hair started on my head, traveled to my arms and I'm just giving up when it heads farther south.
I've had a cashier ask if I want senior citizen discount then asking for my ID for beer
That's not weird :/ there are people born in the 2000s who are old enough to drink.
I literally am 23 and the cashier at the local redemption center never cards me
Load More Replies...When it comes to relationships and family life, millennials seem to take a slower approach, especially in regards to marriage. Data shows that back in 2019, less than half of them (44%) were married, compared to 53% of Gen X representatives, 61% of Baby Boomers, and 81% of the Silent Generation at a comparable age. Moreover, only roughly 33% of millennials live with a spouse and a child, while out of Gen Xers, for instance, 40% did at the same age.
From Experience
Everyone hates PDFs until it's time to convert a millennial into a Word document?
Load More Replies...My favorite Millennial/Gen Z trait: if they don't know, they Google. Too many boomers just shrug and whine when they don't know how to do something (or ask a millennial).
No. Gen x Google. Gen z post on social media and get someone else to Google for them
Load More Replies...I wondered one day why Microsoft Excel wasn't intuitive for me. A quick Google search made me realize that I'd already graduated college before it existed.
Yep. Boomers hate us for just existing, Gen X hates us for getting lot more attention compared to them, Gen Z hates us cause we older than them and they think we are cringe. Finally Gen Alpha hates us cause we enforce their bed time and have parental control on their iThings.
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It's also closer to Cleopatra than Cleopatra was to the construction of the Pyramids (Abe Lincoln just forwarded me a fax from a bunch of samurai with that nugget of info).
Load More Replies...And Viggo Mortensen is now older than Ian McKellen was while making the film...
On a similar note, I just realized a while back that I am now older than my grandmother was when I was born.
And she had... how many children?? And the elder was like 16-17 years old...
Millennial Gravestones
True nuff, I have the cheapest crematorium picked out for me. Just put me in a coffee tin and chuck me off a cliff after that cuz my friends and family won't be able to afford a decent wake anyway!
Load More Replies...Family life and technology use are far from the only things that differ with each generation. There are noticeable differences when it comes to food, for instance, from people’s eating to shopping habits. Data presented by Gitnux revealed that millennials are 50% more likely than other generations to regularly use online shopping for getting their groceries. In addition to that, over half of them consider themselves to be foodies, which explains a millennial’s love for an occasional visit to a restaurant (where they reportedly spend 44% of their budget for food).
Dam
On the plus side, I still look like that 25 years later. Not sure that is a good thing...
Preach
A surprise medical emergency.. like getting a severe corneal abrasion from a paper cut. (Working on day 4 of healing).
Load More Replies...Everytime. Me: "yay I managed to save $200 bucks off my paycheck, I'm gonna start my nonexistent retirement fund!" Car: "yeah no you're not lol"
Sometimes it's car. Sometimes it's roof. When everything are good, you'll break your back or bust your knee.
Literally just happened. Payed all my bills and had 2 paychecks before rent. The tranny blew and my entire paycheck that was supposed to be for rent went to a new tranny. My sister paid the full amount and now we are slowly paying her back
If not my car, than my dog. And I was trying to save for a new fridge.
Yep, happened to me in February caught up to CC bills where I can pay off full every month but Car was like lol $4000.00 to keep me working.
My Mom Sent Me This
Home-ibuprofen is stored in at least two rooms, and also there is work-ibuprofen.
I was gonna say, don't forget work ibuprofen. Oh! And car ibuprofen.
Load More Replies...Uh, scuse you, I have ibuprofen for upstairs, downstairs, work backpack, DnD gear bag, office, car, etc.
***Cries in deadly allergic to ibuprofen and getting bad stomach from acetaminophen***
I know all of them and I did crush on all of them lol the only one missing is Nick Carter xp
Damn, I thought top right *was* Nick Carter... I definitely had a crush on the other three though
Load More Replies...Don't forget tissues! Purse tissues, bathroom tissues, bedroom tissues, and couch tissues. I wish I was joking! :)
But wait, that hair style is coming back! I saw a 15 year old yesterday with it! 😆
OMG!!! I DO!!! Well, gel Aleve but yes!!!! One bottle in my purse, one at home and one in the office!!!
When it comes to all things food, Gen Yers are also known to be in favor of plant-based meals, with as much as 63% of them trying to include it in their diets, according to Gitnux. That’s likely one of the reasons why this generation consumes 2.3% less meat than the older ones. In addition to that, they are quite health-conscious and likely to introduce healthy food options to their children.
Millennial Lifecyc Reup
They say this whole "climate" thing is for real and its going to seriously f**k things up worldwide bigtime in the next 50 years. Mass migrations, wars over water, etc. It's not a political thing either it's a science thing. Crazy terrifying. Add it to the list of s**t us millennial will have to deal with
To think everyone made fun of Al Gore and his inconvenient truth.
Load More Replies...The 90s cartoon shows has some adult jokes sprinkled that sapposed to go over children's heads, but would give the parents/guardians/babysitter/or any other adult in the room a laugh.
Load More Replies...So crazy to think millennials were 30yo when covid hit, why aren't they 15 or so?
The oldest millennials are in their early 40's the youngest their late 20's. Gen Z is hitting the end of college and the workforce. I'm an elder millennial my husband is Gen X our teenagers are Gen Z.
Load More Replies...Yea watching them jump I couldn’t keep looking just so f*****g sad and scary 😭😭
Nice to see people looking on the bright side. I'm 64 and don't give a s**t.
The Ice We Skate Is Getting Pretty Thin
I think you underestimate this generation’s obsession with Shrek
Load More Replies...No, that's scary, my sister was born in 1999, she's not allowed to have kids yet!
Absolutely not! There will be no quoting Smash Mouth!
Load More Replies...Thought Y’all Might Enjoy This
When you didn't have TV and walked your @ss to school to realize that no one else was there.
Imagine being out of school, now if we have a snow day, we'll just be remote 😎
I had to listen to the local am radio news station to hear if my school's number was called early in my childhood
We just listened to the radio while having breakfast. School closings were announced on most stations.
Been on both sides but as a teacher now, that 5am school's closed text is my favorite thing about winter.
You always had that one school across town that seemed to align with your school district's reasoning on snow days, so if you saw their name come up, you'd know 95% chance yours is coming up next. But then also you'd have other schools that you'd see and think "well, they ALWAYS call off, that doesn't mean anything."
When you wake up before your parents are supposed to wake you up, watching the clock and wondering... Will they come to wake me? Is school closed?
We had the phone chain. You'd get a call from one of your classmates that school was closed, then you had to call the next person down the list.
at LEAST you had the running leader text! (Can't recall the proper name.)
Lonely A F (
😂 😂 😂 😂
Seriously. I've got some investment cash set aside and just waiting for the housing market to crash again so I can hit some foreclosure auctions.
Yay! So you can help perpetuate this shít cycle! Housing collapse, people with some money buy up foreclosures and then rent them at the current insane inflation rate to the people who can't get on their feet. Or tear down the house you bought and build tiny apartments so you can bleed as many people as possible. Good for you! Cuz you don't need just one house, you need to own multiple and leech off those who can't manage to get one. Goals! /s
Load More Replies...Millennials✌️😂🖾
The second one can also be Gen Z. Well, the ones who aren't being weird on Tik Tok
I have huge faith in Gen Z. They will fix things that Gen x and millennials failed to fix. They may act weird on tiktok and eat tide pods occasionally but I am certain they will get things on track if they got the chance.
Load More Replies..."Climate change is causing irreparable damage at unprecedented rates because of incessant corporate greed." Got it in one, but please don't blame millennials; they are not running those companies. (Posted by a boomer aged 68 who does not own any fossil fuel company shares.)
And the time has come - I need urbandictionary for weird descriptions of my generation.
That’s Fancy
It is your fate and we can't help you cuz we're too busy treading water and trying not to drown too, ya gotta help yourself...or grab onto a dead body and bob a little while longer while you figure things out.
Load More Replies...Oh my goodness, it's huge! I'll never be able to afford anything like that, I'm afraid.
So Anyways
I have a feeling that Millenials are going to have the same basic "fugget" attitude of Gen X.
Yep
I can hear it hitting the floor all around me when I’m the only one left, because I’m only good at dodging
…and All Four Walls (Bonus Points If You Made Constellations)
Couldn't afford them. But my friends bedrooms had them and they were awesome!
I had these glow in the dark stars, as well as a shirtless picture of Sebastian Bach from Skid Row on the ceiling above my bed. :)
OMG I HAVE THOSE (15yo) I'VE HAD THEM SINCE I WAS A CHIIIIILDDDDDD
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Given that's about when you can start to afford a low-quality house and 30-year-old car these days, yes.
Load More Replies...The Struggle Was Real
these were the rage in elementary school. i still have a few in my desk (gen z)
Or when you wrote a little too hard and pushed all of them out the top.
They still make carpenter's pencils that operate on the same principle.
I didn't know Kmart still exists. They've all shut down on the West coast in the US.
Load More Replies...One Of My Favourite Things To Do Viva Rabbit Reddit Holes
Is that building really right there in downtown Seattle? Let me go into my maps real quick
"Wow This One Is Re-Writable? How Much That Cost?!"
Copying the content from a CD. if you wanted a copy of your favorite album, you smashed it into the drive, hit Nero burning ROM and it started loading the files into a buffer. Then you needed a blank CD (they came in packages of 50 or so) and copied that sh1t. Voila, a burned CD
Load More Replies...evangelical Christians do to, i dunno, Metalica CDs or something? because they're devil's music?
People who are in their late teens/early 20s right now may have never owned a desktop computer, or a laptop that had an optical drive. Downloadable media has been commonplace, if not the norm, since they were toddlers. CDs are just not a relevant media to them.
Load More Replies...We Should Start A Podcast Or Influencer Channel Together.🤜🤛
Half of my students have YouTube channels. They're 9...
Load More Replies...Ok but how many girls do you take back to your place after the podcast?
How Millennials Started vs. How We're Doing /S
I Wasnt There
I've crashed many computers/ laptops in my days. Always had the best cds though!
Just Turned 37 Here
Oh the nostalgia - I can hear this picture. Those cups had a unique sound when empty.
Don't forget the pebble ice which had the most satisfying crunch factor.
Oh yeah!!! 🤤 Even to this day I get so excited when I occasionally find places that serve up that perfectly crunchy ice. 🤤🤤🤤
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I Can Feel It Now
Still do, but now with Ubuntu, as Windoze barely works on this PC.
A Sad Truth :(
Screw realistic body norms. I want my he-man and ninja turtles. Kids nowadays have no imagination, everyone they see on tv need to be their shape, their color, or else they can't see themselves. B***h, kid me saw himself as a crime fighting giant mutant turtle ninja.
Load More Replies...The Days Before Streaming
Those were the days! Now it is online at *twice* the price at least. Sigh.
Yeah, but there's no late fees online and nobody yells at you because you forgot to rewind.
Load More Replies...Why Does Everything Hurt
Seriously. Haven't we all had health problems our whole lives? I was 25 years old and already like "I want grapefruit juice in the morning but I can't drink it with my pills" 👵👵
Load More Replies...Stay Strong Young Ones
Gen X just sitting this one out. yup kids, we heard that too back in our day…. lol
Who blames Gen Z for anything (well, at the moment)? Aside from Boomer anxiety and misunderstanding about TikTok, they're pretty harmless
We get blamed for a lot of stuff. Also we’re not harmless.
Load More Replies...Shoutout To All Millennials
... and being constantly ridiculed by Boomers who want to pretend a car still costs $3,000 and a house costs $100,000.
I'm a millenial who owns two cars and a house, yet I still know that retirement is not going to realistically be an option. My wife and I have already decided we're just going to have our fun and go out in a blaze of glory. F**k retirement. Our memories will be legendary when we slowly die in a nursing home.
At this point I'm hoping I just drop dead of a heart attack when I'm like 60, because I will literally never be able to afford to not work full time.
If you are in USA make sure that heart attack does the job correctly or you won't be able to retire ever.
Load More Replies...Throw In A Mini-Disk Player Too
Please. I had an Atari 2600 as a young girl and we got an NES when it was new.
Omg I feel so called out. .. that was my elementary and middle school years.....
Myspace Institute Of Technology
Ironically, the older generation is more tech savvy than the new one, due to older technology being less user-friendly than what we have today.
Yeah im very stupid about tech and I'm 14 (gen z) lol
Load More Replies...I forgot about that. At one point I had so much HTML language memorized I was able to type a website. A crappy website, but still.
Then vs. Now
Only those who lived through the depression, including my parents, would understand this. My beloved grandmother went from a luxurious home in Bendigo, with servants, to a cold one bedroom flat in Prahran in Melbourne Victoria. However, she coped, and loved me and looked after me so well until I was five, that I remember her and the flat vividly. I still miss her over 60 years later! Nobody is perfect, but she was one of the most amazing people I ever met.
The horror of having to downgrade from luxury! Terrible! Way worse than people who never, ever had anything to begin with. At least they don't know what they're missing if they never had anything to begin with, right? I'm noticing your every comment on this thread wreaks of the privilege you never knew, and still don't comprehend, that you had/have.
Load More Replies...Are You Guys Depressed Now ?
After a test in primary school, I did this to pass the time. I stabbed myself in the thumb. I fainted because I was a wuss
No. No, Stop! Why Won't It Stop?
When I was five, every year seemed like an eternity! (How long until Easter, Gramma?) Now, half an eternity seems to pass every single year! I moved to Canberra (ACT, Australia) 17 years ago, but it feels more like four or five years ago at best, sigh.
Saw Theese At A Tech Museum
Gimme a pocket knife and I'll show you how to get lunch money outta this ancient technology. 😁😅
Well why not? It's tech. Not all museum stuff is ancient and they often have the evolution of tech, up to the current stuff.
Thanks to pay phones I hardly paid for pool admission in the summer. Hit that refund coin and you could get a few at a time. Just stumbled upon about 6 bucks in a payphone in the 4th grade..jackpot!
I actually saw one of these a few weeks ago! And it STILL WORKED! It was at a safari and I honestly thibk it was getting more photo ops than all the animals put together.
There are quite a few of these in my area, I believe they remain profitable due to the support of local drug dealers.
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OH MY GOD I HAD ONE OF THOSE AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT JUST NOW I gotta call my dad if he still has it at the house because I NEED IT RIGHT NOW
Somebody tell me what they were called I can't remember because I'm old!
Load More Replies...I still don't wonder! However, I am not a millennial and I have no idea of the subject matter. BTW, I really hate tattoos in general.
Am I The Only One Who Still Downloads Songs On Itunes?
These Were The Epitome Of Wealth And Prosperity Imo
We got one of these as a hand me down from rich relatives when I was a senior in high school. Mario Kart and Goldeneye got ten times more fun.
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I have a 3ds :D I love it so much. I have so many games for it
My Desk Circa 2006
Yes! The monitor with the speakers on the side was peak tech weirdness! And an ink jet printer where your cartridges have been dry for MONTHS! 🤣
Of course it is not healthy by today's standards with all our knowledge about ergonomic probiotics and cruelty free hot spots but during this moment in time we needed multiple bulky devices to do all the things your phone does today.
Load More Replies...Just Saw That On Facebook
18th birthday: parents took back the two gifts they bought me cuz they "needed them". 30th birthday: people still have birthdays?! 40th: I'm planning on going to the Philippines and gonna party down with some Filipino peoples and eat amazing food!
We’re Definitely Old Now If The Next Generation Is Being Blamed For Things Instead Of Us
Forreal! I’m not even a millennial and I get so sick of hearing/reading about something else they’re “terrible” at/about
Load More Replies...Bring your drink with you (Cocktails premixed) and drink on your way Home. It won't be chilled - sad but true - , but it's after work, it's a drink, you're home on time for your fav series and the others may enjoy paying 5 and more for 0.5l beer while listening to sh*tty music
Getting Used To It
The Ocarina Of Time Marches On
Thought I Might Share This Post I Found
Yeah, no. 2010: college graduate teaching 5th grade. Not a clown one hired for a child's party.
I see people walking around like this all the time. Syill don't understand cutout tops though.
Mid 2000s Teenager Starter Pack
Mid-Late 2000s Girls Fashion
I'm still wearing the ballet flats, they're comfortable and go with almost everything
Still rockin' the aviators and low rise jeans. This trend of wearing jeans that go up to my rib cage is awful!
Load More Replies...You can take my cropped vests/regular vests with loose ties from my cold dead millennial fingers
Still wear tank tops under everything, boot cut jeans and my work belt looks just like those!
Boot cut jeans are flattering, they look far better on me than skinny jeans.
Load More Replies...Gaslight Me Daddy
These selfish people thinking they should be allowed a chance to have a secure roof over their head! The audacity!
There are loads of flats going up around our area and they all say “starting from 600k!” Who are all the hundreds of people who have that to drop on a one bed?
Seriously!! I have a good job and am decently paid, but everything is still out of my price range. How is anyone buying anything right now? Are they all secret millionaires?
Load More Replies...Image of entitlement??? Seriously??? Have you seen homepages lately? Starter homes in my area start in the mid500k range! And I'm in what considered one of the most affordable housing markets in the country! Seriously, a housing market crash would get me out of my falling apart house to a somewhat nice basic house.
Fingers crossed! Only climbing higher here :( sorry but Montana is full. Besides can you really tolerate 9 months of winter and 3 months of road construction. Oh and Bears..yes they will walk right up to you, snatch ya out your bed.
Idaho girl, here! I feel the exact same way. Please stop coming here. The lowest sale price for a literal dump of a two bedroom fixer upper is 300,000, and those are few and far between. Only 20% of households can afford to buy the lowest sale price being offered. The average Idaho household income- that's average, not low income- can afford nothing, absolutely nothing. Then, the new arrivals have the audacity to complain about the weather. You didn't know it snows in May? Well, it does. If you don't like it, move along. We only have two seasons. 7-8 months of winter, then, for some inexplicable reason, hot as hells front door.
Load More Replies...Had is it “entitlement” to have no chance in hell of owning a home unless there is a crash?
The “entitlement” part of this headline filled me with a rage I did not anticipate
So True. Although I Do Kinda Like The 1993 Mario Bros. Movie
The Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter movies are pretty nostalgic, though... reminders of simpler times.
No ok my little brother actually made us watch the old Super Mario movie (he has a love for weird movies, and it did not disappoint) before we went to see the new one. I’d recommend watching the old one, it’s a roller coaster from start to finish
Well Hell
This came out in my early 20's when I worked for a daycare, even the 2 year olds knew it was messed up and wouldn't eat it!
Omg I remember those.... purple and green were really popular where I was.
I'm Turning 29 This Year 🙃
You know they make a bunch of different meds to help you. You don't need to go incorporating your erectile dysfunction into random memes. They have forums elsewhere for your issues. Go there with that information.
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Reject Curated Feeds, Embrace Tradition
More Good News About The Deteriorating State Of Things
I don't think all the parents would say it's 'ruined' their retirement. Most give their children money of their own free will and are happy to do so because they were lucky enough to have more security than their children. For example, my parents were selling their house to move somewhere else anyway, so when they had left over money from the sale and new house cost, they were able to lend us some for house deposits. They already had money to live off, as they had superannuation etc.
Thank you! Nobody was forcing them out of their money. If they choose to give more than they should, why is the recipient suddenly responsible for that adult's choices?
Load More Replies...At least they have retirements to ruin. In our economy, most of us don't have the option to save for one.
Technically a lot of people DO have the option to save for retirement....but they choose to live like normal people and have a rich full life with the children they create. So shame on everyone for wanting to grow a family, no retirement for you! /s
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Gen X, the Forgotten Generation, to Millenials - Hi, have a seat. We can watch the world crash and burn together....
I think with the unprecedented climate crisis that half of the U.S. doesn't want to take seriously will do the trick, Jill. So your words can be taken literally and I accept your invitation. Hello 👋
Load More Replies...Yes, fellow Millennial here and this was a great article. Laughed out loud. Well-curated!
Load More Replies...Stop blaming the boomers for all your woes. Blame your governments, world leaders and big corporations. And incidentally people of my age used to call those born after 1945 boomers.
I have to google it damn near every time lol I
Load More Replies...Well, great. I'm only turning 16 in a few days and now I feel old. Why does all of this stuff apply to me so bad, lol?
Because it's just mildly amusing rubbish. By the way I like your name!
Load More Replies...In the northern US just before the millennials were born, steel mills and factories were closing, family farms were being foreclosed on, and small towns were deserted. But today’s predicaments are based on 1980s movies as if all 286 million Americans were hanging out at the Del Amo Mall in Torrance California with pony tails on the sides of our heads.
im old enough to personally relate to most of it but young enough to only recognize the rest
Gen X, the Forgotten Generation, to Millenials - Hi, have a seat. We can watch the world crash and burn together....
I think with the unprecedented climate crisis that half of the U.S. doesn't want to take seriously will do the trick, Jill. So your words can be taken literally and I accept your invitation. Hello 👋
Load More Replies...Yes, fellow Millennial here and this was a great article. Laughed out loud. Well-curated!
Load More Replies...Stop blaming the boomers for all your woes. Blame your governments, world leaders and big corporations. And incidentally people of my age used to call those born after 1945 boomers.
I have to google it damn near every time lol I
Load More Replies...Well, great. I'm only turning 16 in a few days and now I feel old. Why does all of this stuff apply to me so bad, lol?
Because it's just mildly amusing rubbish. By the way I like your name!
Load More Replies...In the northern US just before the millennials were born, steel mills and factories were closing, family farms were being foreclosed on, and small towns were deserted. But today’s predicaments are based on 1980s movies as if all 286 million Americans were hanging out at the Del Amo Mall in Torrance California with pony tails on the sides of our heads.
im old enough to personally relate to most of it but young enough to only recognize the rest
