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Every generation has its own idiosyncrasies. But since Millennials have surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest living adult age group in the US, let's focus on them.
Because generations are analytical constructs, it usually takes time for popular and expert consensus to develop their precise boundaries, but it has been widely accepted that Millennials are born between 1981 and 1996.
These ladies and gentlemen have witnessed a massive shift in technology, the economy, and business throughout their lifetime, so they are generally good at accepting change. They're curious, value teamwork, and visit the library more than any other age group.
But to paint you a more accurate picture of these folks, we at Bored Panda gathered a collection of tweets, where people single out all the things Millennials do and say that make them, well, Millennials.
From texting "lol" to breaking out into a song when you're upset, continue scrolling to check out the entries and upvote the ones you agree with the most!
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#1
Mary August 3 years ago
No amount of money would make me change my mind about not having kids.
Joe Smith 3 years ago
I'm poor and have kids. Who cares? Will they go to college on my dime? No. Do they make my life more fulfilling and meaningful? F**k yes they do. I never wanted kids, per se, but now that I have them, I can't imagine life without them. The I don't want kids thing is fine, until it isn't. Bragging about it is a twat thing to do. The arrogance and narcissism just drips from your childless fangs.
Dragonmonkey17 2 years ago
Kids aren't for everyone, and that's okay. Having kids is just as okay. We all need to respect everyone's life choices and not be arrogant about it.
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#2
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
Only the American ones, we had no lunchables and I disliked Capri suns.
Over the past 50 years – from the Silent Generation’s young adulthood to that of Millennials today – the US has undergone large cultural and societal shifts. But now that the youngest Millennials are adults, we can take a look at how they compare with those who were their age in the generations that came before.
Millennials, for example, are much better educated than their grandparents, as the share of young adults with a bachelor's degree or higher has steadily climbed since 1968. Around four-in-ten (39%) of those ages 25 to 37 have a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with just 15% of the Silent Generation, roughly a quarter of Baby Boomers and about three-in-ten Gen Xers (29%) when they were the same age.
#3
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
I'm angry about that too. You only do that with new cheap wood, not antique.
NopedOut 3 years ago
Depends on the market. Sometimes the "antique" (usually just an old junk shop piece) is cheaper than new wood.
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Mama Penguin 3 years ago
Heck, no. When I was growing up, I used to tag along when my parents when antiquing. I would never paint a gorgeous vintage furniture white or pastel.
Robyn Shonfeld 3 years ago
Once offended a marketplace seller when I pointed out that the solid honey pine chest of draws needed so work to restore it back to it former glory, to be told the seller had spent several days "upcyling" the draws. 😆
Casey McAlister 3 years ago
I hate white, beige and grey with a burning passion. I need colours in my house!
NopedOut 3 years ago
*Sometimes* you can pull off a monochrome look, but only if you live in an interesting piece of architecture, with a lot of natural light. But usually those colors scream "rental- I don't own any of this and can't touch it!" to me.
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Kelly Flynn 2 years ago (edited)
Because millennials can’t afford the extra time to revarnish, pay rent, student loans off for degrees that bloomers made us think we needed to be “successful” and to buy houses, that bloomers bought for $50k and are now going for $1.2m with inflation and current interest rates. When was the last time you checked and complained about the price off a dozen eggs? We are too busy working to pay off all that debt.
Jennifer Biness 2 years ago (edited)
probably because we're just so tired of everything being *BROWN* our entire lives; and can't afford new (vintage isn't necessarily as expensive as antique, you can get vintage from charity shops)
#4
Ranger Kanootsen 3 years ago (edited)
I do it because I'm not good at composing spoken sentences.
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Because its funny to exaggerate something you did wrong for comedic effect.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
I agree - it can be very funny and I never took at as ignorance like some of the commenters here. If anything, it seems like it's usually articulate people who word wrong. 😊
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Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Because we are too tired from working to pay off forced debts to make a compete sentence.
#5
AnkleByter 3 years ago
No need to throw your worries in the pockets of others, gumming up their already thriving existential crises...we're just kind like that.
The Veil of Fire 2 years ago
Its, "no worries, mate." and its been around for ages even before millennials where a twinkle in their grandparents eyes.
Boomer women surged into the workforce as young adults, setting the stage for more Gen X and Millennial females to follow suit.
In 1966, when Silent Generation women were ages 22 through 37, a majority (58%) were not participating in the labor force (about 40% were employed).
For Millennial women today, 72% have a job while just a quarter are not in the labor force. Boomer women were the turning point. As early as 1985, more young Boomer women were employed (66%) than were not in the labor force (28%).
#6
Charlie 3 years ago
Sims don't need a ladder, to exit a pool in the newer games, but I know what you mean. 😜
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I just work here 2 years ago
Excuse me, I'm gen X and I have played sims since day 1. Still love it.
#7
The Other Guest 3 years ago
I like "OK 'lennial." Rolls off my tongue more smoothly. Still gonna upvote you, of course.
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Mama Penguin 3 years ago
I actually don't care. Gen Z are wearing clothes that I was wearing when I was a kid in late 90s/ early 2000s anyway.
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
I honestly don't care what others think about my clothing, I'm the one wearing it. Besides, gen z only really wears crop tops
Aspen Wolf 3 years ago
I’m gen z and I prefer millennial style WAY more. Gen z wears too much lululemon
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thebridget 3 years ago
For real though, people are caring too much. Let them think we're cringey. It's a right of pasaage
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
Just like we have been for the past 20+ years, tbh. It honestly seems like "Millenials are young and immature, they don't know s**t!" turned seamlessly into "Millenials are old and irrelevant, they don't know s**t!"...
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I'm a "borderline" Gen X/ Millennial and I always hated skinny jeans. That s**t dosn't sit right with me. Give me bootcut/flared jeans like in my early youth 🥰 In my country, for a time.. everything was skinny jeans in stores. A very traumatic period for me...
No Thank You 3 years ago
Yeah idk any millennial that gives a s**t what any generation thinks about their style
Elisa Holm 3 years ago
has everyone forgotten, that boomers are at least 60 and that there is a whole generation between boomers and millenials? we, generation x must be forgotten because we are just busy working, paying bills
Nicholas Kraemer 3 years ago
It's just that Gen Z dresses like our parents did in the 1980s and they don't get the joke
#8
Casey McAlister 3 years ago
I actually prefer when people send a few short messages instead of a long one. I have the attention span of a goldfish, the chances that I'll skip and miss something in a long-a*s paragraph are quite high.
Boerenhond 3 years ago
Yeah those huge texts, come on. Can't you say it in a few words?
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Performingyak 3 years ago
We grew up with character limits on texts, some people never adapted when that changed.
The Other Guest 3 years ago
I can't speak to why millenials do it, but I do it because that's how my thoughts work. Type, hit send, think of something else I wanted to say...
HappyKitteh 3 years ago
Because when we started it was 5/10p a text and we love that they're now unlimited.
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Why do you care? You’re texting us too. And responding and reading what we are sending.
#9
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
I'm going to name my children after places in Wales to be hip and trendy. This is my sweet baby girl, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-- we call her Llana for short.
Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago
Someone in the previous generation said the same thing about each of our efforts to be unique…
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Where I come from it's not millennials giving their kids names like that. It's Bogans.
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago (edited)
Maybe ask us where the name originates from. My child had a unique name. Boomers bashed me for it. But when we hear that I combined two family names into one (without a hyphen and boomers used to love to do) maybe you’ll appreciate it more. My child loves her unique name and cherishes it’s origins because she knows where her name comes from.
Ronnie Beaton 3 years ago
People inflicting weird/unusual names on their kids is a pet hate of mine. The parents might as well be hanging a "Please Bully Me" sign around their child's neck.
Despite a reputation for job hopping, Millennial workers are just as likely to stick with their employers as Gen Xers were when they were the same age.
Roughly seven-in-ten of each group ages 22 to 37 in 2018 (70%) reported working for their current employer for at least 13 months. (About three-in-ten of both groups said they’d been with their employer for at least five years.)
However, it's worth mentioning that the economy varied for each generation. While the Great Recession affected Americans broadly, it created a particularly challenging environment for Millennials entering the job market. The unemployment rate was especially high for America’s youngest adults in the years just after the recession, a reality that would impact Millennials' future earnings and wealth.
#10
Ranger Kanootsen 3 years ago
I'm a millennial, and I do it because I don't know how to end sentences :P
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
Because readers can't see your smile and you fear what you wrote may come across too harsh? That's why one does it, or because something is actually funny, lol
Jill Pulcifer 3 years ago
I do it because I have a fear of coming off unlikable and laughter is a good way of saying "im friendly and harmless" lol
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago (edited)
That's why they invented the smiley if a full stop won't do for you :)
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I will type hahahahaha and not even smile behind the screen
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Boerenhond 3 years ago
I'm 52 and I always do this lol. In Dutch lol means fun and LOL means laughing out loud, so when I laugh out loud I say LOL and when it's funny I say lol.
#11
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Brunch with the fun people, and at the right place, could cost more than both breakfast and lunch and even better memories. Don’t know it until you try it.
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Get a good enough brunch and it can be leftovers for dinner later too 👍
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
I like it but it's really expensive to get brunch out. Which is a popular thing to do. Brunch and drinks.
#12
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
And you unironically wear our clothes from the early 2000s. Shut up, kid.
Na Schi 3 years ago
I was to say from the 90s... but yeah. Hate till today those wife-beater-ripped-cheap-fabric-tight-cropped-tops. Made me heave to saw those again in stores 2-3years ago. And seeing those happy teenage girls wearing them with wide/bell-bottom/mum jeans gives me hard flash-backs to the 90s.
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Kate Jones 3 years ago (edited)
This one annoys me just because styles change all the time. Let me shows some pics of people in bellbottoms in the 70s, legwarmers in the 80s and plaid everything in the 90s. I'm Gen X and people have been complaining about styles and hair and piercings and tattoos...for literally forever. You could see some kid in a suit and tie back in 1950s and their parents would still talk about the way they part their hair to one side or the other as being a problem. It's like how every generation hates the next generation's music. Some parent is the 1960s was complaining about how sexual Elvis Pressley was. In the 70s it was the Woodstock types. In the 80s it was metal and hair bands. In the 90s it was Marilyn Manson. Now it's.. whomever. When will people stop this? Lol.
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
This photo is in no way accurate of myself, or anyone I know who falls into the millennial category. Please remove for lack of accuracy.
Carrie Brown 2 years ago
The same reason GenX walks around in band t-shirts and flannel. We invented the look :-p
#13
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
Depends. Most American floors are poorly insulated so covering up the floorboards makes for cheaper heating.
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
Yes. So much cleaner! Carpet is just nasty. Though I do miss the fluffy softness on my feet :)
NopedOut 3 years ago
Aaaaaand there's the boomer reason for carpeting. Also, if you live in a cold area, carpets retain heat in a room and are more energy efficient.
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TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Dude if you have a hardwood floor, especially an exoctic wood One and you carpet Over it... You should be beaten with a rolled up carpet until you repent of your sin
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Because boomers would’ve only messed them up. We actually know how to appreciate restoration.
Annie Van Keuren Gartner 2 years ago
I’m a boomer, bought my parents house and the first thing I did was take out the carpet and refinish the hardwood floors. I wore a middle part in high school and bell bottomed jeans.
Jennifer Biness 2 years ago
I'll give them that. The only true travesty though, is putting linoleum over hard wood floors
Erich Weber 2 years ago
They love painting over brick as much as boomers loved carpeting hardwood
The financial well-being of Millennials is complicated. While the individual earnings for young workers have remained mostly flat over the past 50 years, there's a notably large gap between what Millennials who have a college education make and the ones without it.
Millennials with a bachelor's degree or more and a full-time job had median annual earnings valued at $56,000 in 2018, roughly equal to those of college-educated Generation X workers in 2001.
But Millennials with some college or less had annual earnings lower than their counterparts in prior generations.
#14
John Bujold 3 years ago
Every generation, boomers, millennials and gen z included are already living 10-15 years out of sink with every generation after them. People live in there own "generation bubble" that moves with them through life. When you see another generation older than you doing what they do it is because that is what they know and are familiar with. A security blanket of sorts. Don't bash it understand it.
Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago (edited)
Also, nearly every one of those "Only 90s Kids Will Understand!" listicles have maybe (maybe!) two things that are uniquely 90s. All the rest are from the 60s, 70s, and 80s - the eras of which one must not speak. All hail 1995, the Beginning of the Universe!
Wiktoria Chmiel 2 years ago
As a Pole I can't relate, here 90's nostalgia is s**t like "we used to eat bread with sugar because we couldn't afford actual sweets"
#15
Kevin Garren 3 years ago
I'm older than this, I was blowing out the OG Nintendo cartridges lol
Detroit Citizen 3 years ago
Im so old i remember doing this with Celeco, Atari and the orignal NES. And still a big F U to QBert on Coleco. iykyk
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Ah, but nostalgia isn't as good as it used to be..
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 3 years ago
I don't think it's about being old. It's about feeling important and cool
Michiel VanDiemen de Jel 2 years ago
As that is a snes cartridge, i can confirm im older than that… og nes ftw
Kyle Morin 2 years ago
What kind of smooth brain take is this? We don't want to be old, we miss what we had when we were young. It's literally the opposite
#16
Tamra 3 years ago
Lol. As always, Gen X is forgotten and I'm okay with that. (Yeah, I'm Gen X).
Beck 3 years ago
Yeah we are always over looked, which means we get away with more. I remember being called the slacker generation..we just sit back and watch the world.burn.
Load More Replies... S 3 years ago
I don't hate gen z! I really think the majority is going to do great things for this world. The intention is certainly there and I think they'll do what they put their minds to. I hope so anyway. We can argue about fashion and slang till we're all blue in the face but in the grand scheme, gen z is not the enemy. Not to me.
Natalie Seaton 2 years ago
"First they came for the Communists. And I did not speak out. Because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Socialists. And I did not speak out..."
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)
Millennials "hate" GenZ? Where? Since when? I swear it seems some people make c**p up out of whole cloth for an imaginary "dispute" and rage clicks...Most millennials I know are not thinking about 18-22 year olds...at all.
#17
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Lmao a few days ago i Saw a dude that didn't know what a floppy disk was.
Lady Lava 2 years ago (edited)
I (in my early 40's) recently tried to explain what floppy disks were to my 9yo daughter. She understood it when I said it looks like the Save icon...
Load More Replies... Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
We are special because we appreciate that times that we had VHS still. We don’t hate. We appreciate where we came from and don’t complain about other generations lack of understanding. We have no shame. We tell it how it is.
Druth Vlodovic 2 years ago
I don't get generations any more, I thought millennials were post-VHS.
Wiktoria Chmiel 2 years ago
They love bringing up vhs tapes but probably don't know what betamax or 8track is.
Denise Zirkel 2 years ago
Why do Gen Z act as if they are the first to discover things that have literally been around since God created the earth?
While young adults, in general, do not have much accumulated wealth, Millennials possess slightly less than Boomers did at the same age.
The median net worth of households headed by Millennials (ages 20 to 35 in 2016) was about $12,500 in 2016, compared with $20,700 for households headed by Boomers of the same age in 1983.
And the median net worth of Gen X households at the same age was about $15,100.
#18
Karolina Strużyńska 3 years ago
Say that when you buy a more expensive fabric softener or an original drink instead of a discount. We're broke.
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
I know people and family members who grew up during the depression who say that exact same thing… what does that say about the generations inbetween?
The Veil of Fire 2 years ago
Once again a very old ancient concept passed down through the ages. My grandma learned that from her family members while she grew up.
#19
Kate Jones 3 years ago
ugh I'm so tired of everything being 'my journey' or 'my truth'. I can't even read a damn recipe anywhere with it starting as, "I was born in a little town of 200 people and my journey and is interesting one..." Calm down, Brenda, I just want to make banana bread.
Angela B 3 years ago
And every second hashtag is #feeling blessed. Break out the holy water and bring me some popcorn cos I am real tired of seeing how blessed you are.
Gi. 3 years ago
This was done mockingly & if people did it un-ironically we knew they were the drink-the-koolaid types to avoid.
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Chris Hooley 3 years ago
It makes a great drinking game. Watch any "reality" TV show - ANY reality show - and take a shot every time someone says "journey."
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Whatever generation you came from, you at some point went through a personal journey. Ours just can be shared with others more easily through social media. We have helped each other know that they aren’t alone in their “journey” and have helped to removed tons of stigma against personal struggles. What has yours generation done, besides repress it and bottle it in?
#20
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
Because I don't like the selfie camera, it's distorting my face always.
Natalia Shoemark 3 years ago
It's preselfie, I guess an old habit lol, you guys are the masters of selfie!
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Because why not? If I love myself at the moment what’s wrong with sharing it with everyone else to encourage supporting myself and themselves?
Natalie Seaton 2 years ago
That's from generation who thought Polaroid coming back with the need to buy all those cassettes was rad.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
As a millennial, I don't get any selfies. Never taken one that wasn't because I had to for work.
Nicole Tomme 3 years ago
I hate mirrors. Why show my reflection to others when I don't even want to see it?
#21
LittlePiggie 3 years ago
I must have missed that memo...not that I'm complaining. Lol
Load More Replies... Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Ummm… millennials are pushing the new 40. Check the generation chart that yours made and suppers first before commenting.
Lady Lava 2 years ago
I always thought that when I would be 40, I would know how to "adult". Now I'm 42 and though I live a good life, I still feel sometimes like I'm just playing around and doing whatever. And when I was younger, I used to think my parents knew the "secret of adulting", but now I know they were also just trying their best.
Dragonmonkey17 2 years ago
I'm 36 and I still don't feel like I'm an adult in the room. Saying things like this to ourselves is simultaneously a pep talk and a reminder. We've had a hard few decades, so give us a break
The difference in wealth can be partly attributed to differences in debt by generation. Compared with those who came earlier, more Millennials have outstanding student debt, and the amount of it they owe tends to be greater.
In fact, the share of young adult households with any student debt doubled from 1998 (when Gen Xers were between 20 to 35) to 2016 (when Millennials were that age).
In addition, the median amount of debt was nearly 50% greater for Millennials with outstanding student debt ($19,000) than for Gen X debt holders when they were young ($12,800).
#22
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
You sound like my mom lmao (she doesn't use excessive amounts tho)
Load More Replies... Emily M 3 years ago
Here I always thought it's because my family is italian but apparently it's because i'm a millennial :p garlic is great
Justin Sue 2 years ago
The real question is why does Gen z love calling someone's interests their personality traits?
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Because bloomer cooking is too bland. Try our food vs yours then comment.
#23
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
And if you need a sturdy storage box or shipping box, we have one handy.
American Panda 3 years ago (edited)
Gen X started this trend, though, cause we all moved 24 times before we were 30 and, let’s be honest, good boxes are hard to come by. 🙂
#24
Kate Jones 3 years ago
Some people just never grow up and/or out of that childish need to forever be drunk or altered in some way. I don't think it has anything to do with one generation or another. It depends on who you are. If you're the type of person who thinks of alcohol and partying as some kind of hobby, then you're going to be that type of person. And it's okay if you're a teen or college kid who hasn't learned and grown yet-- you will. But some people are just never do. I have neighbors downstairs from me who are almost 40 and both of them have these breathalyzer things in their cars where they've had so many DUIs that they have to breath into it and they have to be sober or the car will not turn on. I mean... they party every weekend and that means getting black out drunk and fighting and breaking things because they never learned to enjoy time in any other way. I think you just have to be that type of person who wants that life. Most normal people don't.
#25
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
Oh yeah, I'm guilty of that. I'm the gif queen of my friends but they never complain
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
People who grew up with GIFs don't understand what an amazing invention GIFs are. Signed, Gen X
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago (edited)
Because one picture is worth a thousand words and GIFs have about ten to twenty pictures lol
Also, Millennials, who, again, were hit hard by the Great Recession, have been slower in forming their own households than previous generations.
They’re more likely to live in their parents’ homes and also more likely to be at home for long stretches.
In 2018, 15% of Millennials (ages 25 to 37) were living with their folks. This is nearly double the share of early Boomers and Silents (8% each) and 6 percentage points higher than Gen Xers who did so when they were the same age.
#26
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
Idk, I'm not the representative for gen z, I don't have tik tok
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The Other Guest 3 years ago
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Kate Jones 3 years ago
Sometimes they convey with humor what people aren't able to say in writing. I love funny gifs as responses.
#27
Cindy M 3 years ago
Hoping if I gripe loudly enough, I can fool the U.S. into letting me retire before Social Security runs out.
Heather 3 years ago
Because I sang a Nelly song and my 18 year old cousin asked "Who's Nelly?" and I realized that song is older than my legally adult baby cousin and I died a little inside and now I walk around doing math in my head every time I talk to anyone under 30 to see if I need to explain myself. Yesterday, I had to explain the Ying Yang Twins to my 26 year old coworker. I have to explain so many references I make and I finally understand how my dad felt in the 80's when I said the Beatles was old people music.
Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago
Because they don't believe there was a universe before 1995, the date of the Millenial Big Bang.
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Because boomers, gen Y and others have conditioned us to think that everyone else is out of touch, when really they are the ones who are out of touch with reality.
Dragonmonkey17 2 years ago
Because Y'all are younger than Google. We need to establish timelines for context sake.
#28
Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
Because we have something now called the internet. It’s not the “world wide web” and so we have other sources, outside of a projector to inform us. Oh,… btw my entire public school career I was taught with a projector on school. How about you?
#29
Dave Parker 2 years ago
Because they were taught to sing some dumb song when they learned to potty.
Wiktoria Chmiel 2 years ago
Call me a sourpuss but I hate when people break into a song, it's not quirky it's not cute it's f*****g annoying especially if you have misophonia
What’s more, millennials’ discretionary income is shrinking with inflation, Redfin finds. Even though their average income has increased 9.7% since 2020, rising costs for housing, food, and gas have increased their expenses by about 17%.
Rental costs have become particularly expensive, with median monthly rents up 13.5% year over year in July.
“This is a rough patch right now for millennials,” said Redfin senior economist Sheharyar Bokhari. “But their long-term prospect is that they will be making more money as they get older, get into ownership and become the main force driving the economy.”
#31
PixxelDust 3 years ago
I think it's basically a way of saying that it's a lighthearted text at this point... y'all should check out tone indicators!
Rudah 3 years ago
It's the millennial version of "..." that every boomer ends messages with, gives me a freaking heart attack thinkin' they're all mad at me.
I'mNotARoboat 2 years ago
OMG I know what you mean! It drives me crazy and anxious. Either mad or waiting for extra information that never comes...
Load More Replies... Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
It’s code for “mind your own business” if you aren’t apart of two millennials having a conversation.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I do this, too, and I'm not a millennial. it's just the electronic equivalent of being a nervous laugher, I think. I laugh even at serious things like funerals and car accidents.
#32
Ranger Kanootsen 3 years ago
*me wearing one while I type this* I don't know what you're talking about!!
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
I was today old when I found out there's "Millennial Hats" out there lol
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Excuse me but my favourite hat is the beanie with the Viking horns (I sewed it myself!)
Charlie 3 years ago
Viking headgear didn't have horns, but it's a fashion statement! From a well renowned documentary: https://youtu.be/cd-J5n7wk7E
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#33
Kate Jones 3 years ago
Kombucha is disgusting and I will never ever understand people who drink it. You might as well drink watery, sour milk or something. Yuck! Same with matcha. I don't understand matcha in everything.
Marisa Varney 2 years ago (edited)
It’s just the hippie or health nut or foodie millennials and people of any generation that like it. Truthfully I like kombucha a lot but I love fermented foods
София Харитонова 3 years ago
Oh yeah. My grandmother had this thing. It was considered old even then. Hipsters just made it popular and pricey while it is really not.
#34
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)
Me either. They saw their 36 year old cousin do it once on IG and thought it is a "millennial" thing, I guess.
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 3 years ago
Why are videos so bad in general? I get motion sickness watch some people's videos. Just put it on and stop moving around. You aren't Steven Spielberg.
M. William Bell 3 years ago
I believe you are referring to what’s commonly called a “jump cut.” It’s an editing tool used used to hide edits whilst still making an interesting video. They may not use it well, but it’s an in-built feature in many of the popular apps these days.
Nicole Tomme 3 years ago
To lure and disorient our prey.... I mean, keep our audience's attention. They are attracted ro movement.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Nah. Not doing that. That's just below average filming lol
#35
Boreddd🇺🇦 3 years ago
Idk, but one of my classmates does that and it used to make me feel guilty for not doing something. Pretty much one of our conversations:her:"would you like to come to my b-day on saturday?" me:"Sorry, I'm busy that day." her:"Oh, ok....". Can someone explain why she does that?
Bethany Heller 3 years ago
In this specific context? Guilt trip. I personally use it to indicate pausing, looking for the right words, and/or confusion
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Kate Jones 3 years ago
I am definitely guilty of misusing ... just anytime I'm writing. I'm not a millennial but it's just a habit. I use it a lot for emphasis. Not always but...
S 3 years ago
This is more of a boomer thing to me. My mom does it all the time and I'm always like, you good? Are we good? It feels sarcastic to me lol
Leekier 2 years ago
Yeah, I’m a boomer and I generally use it for sarcasm.
Load More Replies... Kelly Flynn 2 years ago
I don’t know anyone who’s a millennial that does that. And how would you know if we did? You’ve seen it somewhere. But not from us.
Cikgu Fateema 3 years ago
i do this and my kids have pointed it out and asked why? well... its just how you read it. '....' long pause... and the word before it is read slowly
#36
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
You letting them off too easy. Should have used Crucio first.
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#37
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Because we're a generation steeped in terminal irony, and doing something with sincerity makes us feel icky and grim
#38
Aspen Wolf 3 years ago
Hey side parts look good! Don’t worry about what some buggers on TikTok say
#40
M O'Connell 3 years ago
Mine didn't have skip-protection so I had to just sit there with it flat on a table.
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#41
Enothor 3 years ago
🎶Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, heroes in a half-shell; turtle power!
Load More Replies... S 3 years ago
Why does gen z think that when someone likes something it's "a personality trait"? Because if that's true then tiktok is gen z's primary "personality trait" and that's just sad.. but luckily that isn't true because you can like something without it being at the core of who you are.
#42
devotedtodreams 3 years ago
Is this really a thing? I can't craft to save my life (nor do I want to)! XD
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
Idk, my mom sells resin cups now. They do it because they are poor then no one buys them even if they are really good. They are the price they are because of time spent making them and because of the money spent buying the things necessary to make them
#43
Captain Awesome 3 years ago
Because they're wankers and have to be wankier than everyone else.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
I am millennial and I am with you on this. People need to stop doing this like yesterday. They are making their kids life harder literally lol
DippityDooDerp 3 years ago
Larkaeigh? God that sounds terrible. My kid can just stick with Larka
Superninjatiger 3 years ago
One of my middle names is Kayleigh, and I'm pretty sure thats the normal way to spell it?
#44
Jojo 3 years ago
Because we enjoy doing things? Why do gen z waste their life posting on tiktok instead of going out adventuring and then complaining life is boring and being depressed about it.
removebeforeflight 3 years ago
Maybe because the main part of so called "gen z" is still dependent on somebody making decisions about their lives (read: their parents or official representatives) as a big part of them is still underage? :) And... guess who's probably their parents? :)))
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Mama Penguin 3 years ago
What's wrong with going on adventures and have an innate curiosity about the world? Beats making Tik Tok videos any day.
#45
Shannon Leta 3 years ago
If you're from FL or NY it's you get me? Or you feel me? Respectively lol
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Megan Humphries 3 years ago (edited)
If you are implying that is is giving the Millennial fabricated importance, it is giving the person they are referring to fabricated importance. I have worked in libraries for a long time. We were taught to refer to our users as patrons. I will say the term customer is not quite right, and I will acknowledge that, but also apparently people did not like being called customers. It is because users or people they are working for or with have an inflated sense of importance.
#48
loty moty 3 years ago
This is a lie. As a gen Xer I can tell you that there hasn't been a generation that didn't like a good cheese board.
Cat Cassano 3 years ago
This is so true. Fellow Gen Xer here. Fairly sure we had/have heard about and even enjoyed/enjoy Charcuterie boards and garlic.
Load More Replies... 2picklesinabun 3 years ago
Never had one. They're too expensive to buy or make..they look tasty though.
#49
Jonn Thundergun 3 years ago
Because we were the first generation to have full unrestricted access to the internet and we used to use emoticons ya b***h! ;-)
#51
Per-Ole Sjuve 3 years ago
Probably overheard an adult talking, and thought it was a generational thing. The tidepods and cinnamon has done things to their brain sadly.
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#53
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
I've seen this before, but not in years. Not sure that it is that common.
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#56
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Millennial here, I also don't see why people gets their panty twisted with a word. I have met many who say they hate word "Moist". No one can tell me why.
#58
Boreddd🇺🇦 3 years ago
Gen z here, but it's my favourite season. So much death and such pretty colours! Also, I can finally wear my favourite outfits!
#59
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
My partner is a boomer and he does that... all the time... it's the only punctuation he uses so it gets threatening at times as in "Hi Mary... Happy birthday... Have a good day..." 😆
#60
Captain Awesome 3 years ago
Because the dog has a better personality than most of their guests
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
Dog? Where? I need to pet it and pretend it is mine for a couple minutes.
#61
Mama Penguin 3 years ago (edited)
Because of serious implications daylight savings cause such as disrupting your sleep patterns which can impact your health.
Panda in the Fake South 3 years ago
I'm genX (I think) is a because changing the time is stupid and sucks.
#62
And i was like WTF!! 3 years ago
Hahahaha Compare eating washing detergent with social network that helped us learn a bit of code
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
Eating poison and using a website to talk to friends are two very different things.
Megan Humphries 3 years ago
Do they not know that Myspace was first and it was the major social media for a while. At least that was available to everyone. Kind of like saying to someone older that they are lame for reading paper books when they were young. That was the way you read books at the time.
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
I loved MySpace, it let you make your own profile by using HTML and make it look good.
Jonn Thundergun 3 years ago
I might still use social media if MySpace was still popular. F**k Facebook, Twitter, IG etc. Reddit can be fun though.
#63
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
But do you click on a YouTube video that says 2020 or 2021 and think "oh, that was recent, better watch it" and by the end of the video, look at the date on the video and go "oh sh*t that is not recent, wtf I am so dumb"
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#65
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
How can you be so sure dog isn't typing? According to some of the bumper stickers there are dogs smarter than your honor student so it might be just a smarter dog typing.
#66
Superninjatiger 3 years ago
Well, the real reason for it online is to share something like #cat so people who search for #cat can see your post/picture about cats on a website or app, then people went overboard with it and started hashtagging everything. #Like#I#do#here#commenting#comment#about#hashtags.
Load More Replies... Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
I never use memes, I dislike them so much. Everything is a meme these days, I have stopped trying to understand and follow the trends with that.
#67
Psycho Cat 3 years ago
You TikTok teens think you're so great! Just wait until you're our age.
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
My older sister is almost 21 and pregnant and she can't even keep track of her appointments, let alone schedule them by herself. She can go to them by herself tho
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#70
JammaCoast2Coast 3 years ago
You can blame Charlie Sheen for all things "winning" and starting that trend.
#71
And i was like WTF!! 3 years ago
We do not have anything else ffs. We were hyped to study, behave and we will get the job. Oooh the iron E (yes its irony) in that. Boomers dont effing go to their pension, workplaces are filled with old people that dont understand tech and progress, we are overworked and underpayed, cant afford to even have kids and we find comfort that at least our pets can have a good life if we cant.
Angela B 3 years ago
I had intended to reply but the downvoting and hate would just be too much for my 50 year old bones. My life has been hard going. I have scraped and worked really freaking hard for the existence I have. And you know what? I do not b***h, whine and diss the generation before me and blame them for everything that's wrong. I put my big girl pants on, suck it up and do the best I can. Every. Freakin. Day. My life, and my child's life depend on it. Old. Grumpy. And I don't take responsibility for you. Over it.
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#73
DippityDooDerp 3 years ago
Especially when 90% of their ratings are trash....and I'm being nice by saying 90%
Load More Replies... Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Why can't you make your own decisions? Why do you need someone to confirm something as simple as picking a movie. I have never followed ratings while picking a movie or TV show. Many things I enjoy have lower ratings and many hyped things with higher ratings, I don't enjoy. If I followed ratings I'd miss out on so much stuff that I would have otherwise liked.
#74
loty moty 3 years ago
Yes, sure, complain about 60 years old guy who spent 40 years developing his business. He doesn't need to know how to attach things to emails, he has you to do it for him.
Heather Talma 3 years ago
He spent 40 years developing a business, he can spend 40 seconds learning how to do an email attachment.
Load More Replies... And i was like WTF!! 3 years ago
Lol love. WE dont love it, we just need to work so we dont starve. My boss cant even turn on his pc, and i dont even want to tell ya about emailing - it is like rocket science for him, and yet he have like 3-4 times my paycheck...
Megan Humphries 3 years ago
I am sure this was written ironically, but no one works 4 jobs for fun. Especially when it means doing stupid things for people who get payed 4 or 5 times what you do.
#75
Jonn Thundergun 3 years ago
Gen Z loves to act like they will never be adults with soul crushing responsibility and it's honestly kind of cute.
Megan Humphries 3 years ago
Because it is the only hope that we might actually get to own a house.
loty moty 3 years ago
And guess who's standing ready with cash offers once it happens? Clue, not millennials...
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago (edited)
Exactly. Because even after having four jobs that we love to do, we just don't have savings, like literally lol ...
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Gi. 3 years ago
Not a podcasting person. But the impression I get from those that are, it's bc podcasts have a pre-agreed topic to center around, it's recorded so usually people are less creepy, & you can edit out saying something stupid before it streams. A call can't be edited for clearer context/content, you just end up rambling/backtracking/arguing over it, and there's no clear end in sight.
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
I'm not millennial and I hate talking on the phone. Phone call or text, IDC because I hate it. I prefer to talk in person.
#77
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
After cycling through depressing news all day, I just want to watch SpongeBob. You go watch West Wing if you please
#78
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
No, we don't. We have too much on our plates let alone worry about you.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
We literally don't give a ... flying fig about gen z lol. Unless op is talking about their parents then it's literally ... their job to care about their gen z lol
#79
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
Boomers drink wine like it is the fanciest thing ever that makes you seem so sophisticated and TOTALLY NOT cheap(I'm looking at you Carrie Haynes. Just because you are my grandmother doesn't mean you can escape me. You have me as your least favorite grandchild for a reason)
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#81
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
I don't..but I also hate avocados. #badmillenial #butheyhashtagslol #lol
Jonn Thundergun 3 years ago
You better watch what you say when mentioning the late great Betty White ya wetwipe!
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
BECAUSE IT IS BETTY WHITE! WE NAMED A GREAT PYRENEES AFTER HER BEFORE SHE DIED FFS
#82
#83
#84
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
Don't tell people to shut up because you dislike what they say. It doesn't work like that
Ervin Conn 3 years ago
I thought it worked *exactly* like that? Why else would I tell someone to shut up? ...confused boomer noises...
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#86
Ranger Kanootsen 3 years ago
But I genuinely don't know what it is. I mean, I know it's an app, but I don't know the point of it
#87
(Anti)Social Penguin 3 years ago
I am not millennial enough 😳. I feel like I’ve lost my identity. Who am i now? /s
#88
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
Idk y do they? I don't want to hear an impression of an ugly orange because I've heard enough of annoying orange to last me a lifetime on ugly oranges
#89
#90
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago (edited)
There's like ... literally ... no time to clean it after our beloved four jobs lol
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
Love the feel, hate how nasty it is. Impossible to get fully clean. Think about it!
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
Because carpet feels kinda weird. And maybe some of their parents still had shag carpeting and just despise carpet now because it was so ugly
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Because it's difficult to clean FFS, not so hard to understand, is it?? Maaan, these are getting too silly...
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#93
Talitha Jansen 3 years ago
No idea what this is about and I don't feel attacked at all, that's the gen z's job to get offended over everything and then immediately block you.
#94
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Dumb and some of them are getting kind of toxic :/
Load More Replies... Heather Talma 3 years ago
Someone explain to me why anyone loves those. I heard a 30-some year old mom of three say "The EPA says indoor air quality is five times worse than outdoor" like it was some big revelation while sponsored by an air purifier. FFS open a damn window.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Just a desire to breathe less dirty air? Outside air is cleaner than inside but it isn't always feasible to have windows open and it's not like the outside air is pure either (not to mention all the outdoor allergens that can make breathing difficult for many). Air purifiers may not be magic but the air will be cleaner to some degree.
Load More Replies... Captain Awesome 3 years ago
Cos us old f*****s went and f****d to the air we all breathe, dumbass
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#98
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Fifty cents concert featuring Nickleback.
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#99
The Crushinator 3 years ago (edited)
Does anyone on here remember a 90's, maybe late 80's cartoon about a white dog with one pink ear and one green??? I cant find anything about it and i'm startng to think i dreamt it or something :/
#100
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
I was today old when I learned there are songs by millennials hating on gen z. Can someone link any song about hating gen z please. Like, Literally, ..., lol and such.
#101
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Gen z complains when we add "leigh" to the name and complains when we give babies normal names. What a millennial to do?
#102
Jonn Thundergun 3 years ago
I don't hear millennials saying this s**t. I hear my 12 year old daughter saying this s**t.
#103
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
I literally haven't met any millennial who does this lol ...
#104
2picklesinabun 3 years ago
Is this slang for something or are we talking about actual boomerangs. Either way, huh?
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Go watch original Mowgli series then come tell me boomerangs are not cool.
#105
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Quite some toxic sh*t in this list. Wish BP would curate more carefully.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago (edited)
Jesus Christ, BoredPanda. Do you even read the stuff you repost from Reddit? You censor your good users and censor idiotic words like d**k, a**e, and w***y yet you think it’s alright to make fun of mental health. Bulllshit— mental health isn’t some damned aesthetic. Please actually edit your listicles.
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Circa 3 years ago
These generation classifications don't make sense. People born 15 years apart, eg 81-96, grew up in very different worlds yet are apparently part of the same generation.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
Thanks for clarifying, I was going to ask which birth years count as millennial. But yes, agree, 81 or 96 is quite a difference, lol...
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pelemele 3 years ago
Please stop with these X vs Y articles it only maintains real or supposed oppositions, especially supposed in fact.
Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago (edited)
But that’s bored panda’s schtick…every other article is about shaming others, X people got Y thing wrong and “just had” to share, etc. Seems to get the clicks too, maybe it makes people feel better about themselves *shrug*
Load More Replies... LittlePiggie 3 years ago
Millenials, can we please kill the generational trend of punching down on the next generation? How about instead we celebrate the nuances and quirks that make us different and reach down to lift up Gen Z?
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Whyyyy does BP change headlines!? It was "annoying things millennials do", then "...statements that feel like a personal attack", now it's "stereotypical things millennials tend to do"...
LittlePiggie 3 years ago
Now it's "Things That Scream 'I Am A Millenial.'"
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Aiden Brough 3 years ago
2022... Where you must identify as a letter, tick only ONE box or be in a category. So much for individuality eh?
Almost Greg 3 years ago
Another issue with the article are most of these complaints about how people act when they get older it's not generational. Strangely enough and the number of things are actually really wrong boomers didn't cover up hardwood floors of carpet those were the people trying to remove the carpet to get to the hardwood floors.
Circa 3 years ago
These generation classifications don't make sense. People born 15 years apart, eg 81-96, grew up in very different worlds yet are apparently part of the same generation.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
Thanks for clarifying, I was going to ask which birth years count as millennial. But yes, agree, 81 or 96 is quite a difference, lol...
Load More Replies... pelemele 3 years ago
Please stop with these X vs Y articles it only maintains real or supposed oppositions, especially supposed in fact.
Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago (edited)
But that’s bored panda’s schtick…every other article is about shaming others, X people got Y thing wrong and “just had” to share, etc. Seems to get the clicks too, maybe it makes people feel better about themselves *shrug*
Load More Replies... LittlePiggie 3 years ago
Millenials, can we please kill the generational trend of punching down on the next generation? How about instead we celebrate the nuances and quirks that make us different and reach down to lift up Gen Z?
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Whyyyy does BP change headlines!? It was "annoying things millennials do", then "...statements that feel like a personal attack", now it's "stereotypical things millennials tend to do"...
LittlePiggie 3 years ago
Now it's "Things That Scream 'I Am A Millenial.'"
Load More Replies... Aiden Brough 3 years ago
2022... Where you must identify as a letter, tick only ONE box or be in a category. So much for individuality eh?
Almost Greg 3 years ago
Another issue with the article are most of these complaints about how people act when they get older it's not generational. Strangely enough and the number of things are actually really wrong boomers didn't cover up hardwood floors of carpet those were the people trying to remove the carpet to get to the hardwood floors.
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