This is the nature of aging. As an older millennial I wish more millennials would get with it. We spent our 20s and 30s wanting to be treated as adults. Well, this is how young people treat adults.

I mean, we were cringe at their age. It would be more surprising if they weren’t cringe.

Uper end of the millenial spectrum here. Zoomers are alright. They might seem weird because they are young and young people are all weird like that. But their core values and beliefs? Man they are gonne be really nice people.

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.