That’s big talk from the generation that unironically said “RAWR :3” to each other.
I was there.
Livejournal? Emo? “Lol I’m so Random”? Leet speak?? And we took it SO seriously. Peak “No mom it’s not a phase”.
We were criiiiiiinge.
I just remembered that brief trend where teenage boys were wetting their pants in order to look more vulnerable and soft, took selfies of themselves looking vaguely ashamed with a giant wet spot, and a lot of girls really seemed to like it??
And even if you weren’t peak emo, Elder Millennials were wearing flannel and pretending to be just as jaded as Kurt Cobain because they were sad no one was playing POGs anymore, while Younger Millennials had skunk hair and that “greasy sk8r” look.
So what if Zoomers are embracing “Coastal Grandma” looks and TikTok dances? We can’t really point fingers.
See but that’s the point: I, an elder millennial, somewhat embarrassed by shopping for a nose hair trimmer, am finally not just over my cringe phase but also over even pretending to attempt to understand how in the everloving fuck what whippersnappers are up to could in any way be cool.
It’s been greatly amusing reading this thread seeing people assume that I’m trying to start a generational war, or dunk on zoomers, or whatnot. BRB going to rock out unironically to the Guano Apes.
That’s big talk from the generation that unironically said “RAWR :3” to each other.
I was there.
Livejournal? Emo? “Lol I’m so Random”? Leet speak?? And we took it SO seriously. Peak “No mom it’s not a phase”.
We were criiiiiiinge.
I just remembered that brief trend where teenage boys were wetting their pants in order to look more vulnerable and soft, took selfies of themselves looking vaguely ashamed with a giant wet spot, and a lot of girls really seemed to like it??
And even if you weren’t peak emo, Elder Millennials were wearing flannel and pretending to be just as jaded as Kurt Cobain because they were sad no one was playing POGs anymore, while Younger Millennials had skunk hair and that “greasy sk8r” look.
So what if Zoomers are embracing “Coastal Grandma” looks and TikTok dances? We can’t really point fingers.
See but that’s the point: I, an elder millennial, somewhat embarrassed by shopping for a nose hair trimmer, am finally not just over my cringe phase but also over even pretending to attempt to understand how in the everloving fuck what whippersnappers are up to could in any way be cool.
It’s been greatly amusing reading this thread seeing people assume that I’m trying to start a generational war, or dunk on zoomers, or whatnot. BRB going to rock out unironically to the Guano Apes.