#millennial

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal #I do live in a major progressive city #there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here #but it's still really powerful to see it #because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts #and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol #seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much #and I love it for you #not news #life #hope #homophobia #sexism #teens #teenagers #progress #gen z #btw if it wasn't clear I'm a #millennial #plush toy #plushie #squishmallows #build a bear #stuffed animal #like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys #saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS #that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS #when I was a teenager #????? #cannot imagine that ever happening.

[thegirlwholied]

I regret to inform you that American Girl's latest dolls are from that ye olde historical setting of *1999*

i feel my sanity slipping

#millennial #millenialism #pizza hut book it #american girl #i am SLAIN by the Pizza Hut Book It set #the outfits seem to be Clueless + Alex Mack with a nod to both Mary-Kate & Ashley and Sweet Valley via twins

[psudopod]

Mozilla? Chrome? Step aside, browser warriors.

We've found the winner.

#Pokemon #Pokemon silver #Pokemon gold #Mario tennis #Mario #Nintendo #internet browser #chrome #firefox #mozilla #lugia #2000s internet #2000s #millennial

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#millennials #millennial #gen z #twitter #tweets #meme #memes #tweet #funny #lol

[powerupcomicstonight]

More Millennial Wooster and Jeeves

My co-authors whipped this up

#Jeeves and Wooster #Bertie Wooster #Millennial #Geek

[sunbeamedskies]

Physically I watched the Usher Halftime Show, but mentally I was running from the bathroom to the dancefloor at a high school dance the moment Yeah! came on

#usher #superbowl #Super Bowl #football #music #millennials #millennial #yeah

[animentality]

#twitter #boomer #millennial #gen z #participation #participation awards

[caprisunset]

Halloween Night

#nostalgia #halloween #happy halloween #2000s kid #2000s #2010s kid #2010s #millennial #gen z #millennial nostalgia #gen z nostalgia #trick or treat #kidcore #nostalgiacore #liminalcore #liminal #00s kid #2000's kid #90s kid #2010's kid #halloween candy #spooky

[millennialsargueback]

#millennials #millennial #generation y #millennial problems #fair wages #millennialsargueback

[marzipanandminutiae]

hey. teens and early 20s whippersnappers following me

I had a dream last night that I had to go back to high school...except it was YOUR high school. with endless new apps to access assignments and turn in homework. and everyone expected me to understand it all intuitively

which makes NO sense at all. I went to high school in the days of Moodle version 1.9! we didn't have smartboards (they existed, but most schools didn't have them yet)! we barely had functioning Bluetooth projectors!

since I graduated in 2011, why am I having the traditional Back To School Nightmare about the 2023 school experience?!

#personal #millennial

[thedeathdeelers]

something i’m genuinely curious about since i don’t trust the random vids i see about how the newer generation isn’t able to read analog clocks anymore

ie this

so

#i forgot to change poll duration for the previous one 🥲 #PLS VOTE AGAIN and pls reblog for a decent sample size #polls #poll #gen z #gen alpha #millennial

[catchymemes]

#millennial #90s #marilyn manson #school #rumor

[vesper93]

Notes:

"School" in the question means the educational facility you usually attend between 5-17/18. I'm not including higher education in this definition.

Gens:

Baby Boomer - 1946-1964

Gen X - 1965 - 1981

Millennial - 1982 - 1995

Gen-Z - 1996 - 2011

I'm gonna assume we haven't got any silent generation (pre 1946) or gen alphas (2012+) who have somehow miraculously finished school already, lurking on tumblr.

Reblog for wider sample.

#poll #education #further education #school #schooling #adulthood #baby boomer #gen x #millennial #gen z #life #modern life

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#millennial #millennials #music #modest mouse #housing #relatable #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

[humanoidhistory]

The teens of 2001 love their mobile devices.

(HH on TT)

#2000s #tech #pager #razr #blackberry #millennial #gen z #gen y #technology #Dallas #DFW #Tx #Texas

[schmergo]

I’m gonna turn 32 in nearly a month and I personally like being in my 30s a lot. I am not self-conscious or concerned with this. I look 30something, I feel 30something, and I am totally cool with this. I don’t feel like 32 is old or past prime (heck, I’m not even old enough to run for President) and I am even more excited to turn 33 in 2025, the age that hobbits traditionally come of age.

I think a lot of the doom and gloom posts about being in your 30s are overblown at best and a load of hogwash at worst and it makes me sad to see my younger friends feel nervous about hitting that 30 year milestone.

Your body does not instantly fall apart the second you blow out your birthday candles. You don’t immediately lose interest in doing anything you thought was fun in your 20s. (Hint: if you do, that’s called depression).

But I do have one warning for you if you’re a young person swiftly approaching 30, one sign of aging that I never hear anyone talking about but that was, for me, the harbinger of coming decrepitude.

One day, you may look at Captain von Trapp, as portrayed by Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music (1965) and go, “Okay, hmmm, I kinda get what Maria sees in him,” when you know for a fact you once saw him as “old” when you were younger. That’s the point of no return. That’s the crucial transition point from “hip youth” to “grownup.”

Then one day, you may realize that Christopher Plummer was the same age as many of your friends when he made that movie. (He was 35.) And that’s the moment you’ve fully crossed the bridge into maturity. The sooner you process that, the more you’ll enjoy the rest of your 30s. Bon voyage!

#millennial #Gen z #aging #sound of music #musicals