As millennials creep into their 40s, they’re hitting that stage the place they begin to defend their era’s customs with venom. They’re selecting their hills to die on, and you may pry these hills from their chilly, useless fingers. Cry-laughing emoji.

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It reached the purpose that it just lately grew to become the topic of a preferred thread on the r/Millennials sub on Reddit.

“What’s the SILLIEST ‘Cringe but Correct’ Millennial Hill You’re Still Ready to Die On?” requested u/dasisglucklich.

“What’s the ridiculous, often-mocked belief or practice from our generation that you know is objectively correct and highly valuable?” they wrote. “The one thing you’ll absolutely defend to the grave? Let’s unite globally on these petty issues!”

They gave the instance of utilizing “lol” as a type of sarcastic punctuation, typically wielded to specific disdain or annoyance, or to lighten the temper a bit after saying one thing unfavourable. This fell off form after Generation Z labeled it “cringe,” and now it’s a transparent giveaway that the person is a millennial.

Other foolish opinions that millennials are very severe about embody ideas on style developments, new expertise, and refusing to be held captive by what youthful individuals would possibly assume is embarrassing.

Some of those commenters sounds indistinguishable from Boomers, to be sincere. At least they’re not appearing like these dork losers in Generation X, proper?

If you’re a millennial feeling down as a result of the 20-somethings are saying you haven’t any rizz or no matter, these would possibly make you’re feeling higher.

1. Not fearing the cringe

“My Z nieces try to bully me for enjoying things/being earnest and it doesn’t work. I enjoy doing things I enjoy, and also say/emote what I am thinking/feeling without worrying about if I’m being cool or detached or ironic enough.”

“I survived millennial middle school. You can pry my hard-won, unabashed sense of self from my cold, dead hands.” —u/Adventurous-Mall7677

2. Ankle socks

“You can pry my ankle and no-show socks off my cold, dead feet; there’s no way in hell I’m going to go rocking a crew-sock farmer’s tan just because you dumba** kids insist on dressing like my grandpa going golfing.” —u/yourfreudianslip

3. Voicemail etiquette

“Stating your number when leaving a voicemail. Double points if you do it at the beginning and again at the end.” —u/thesy5temfire

4. DVDs over streaming

“Until one streaming service has every movie or show made and is readily available at all times, I will continue to collect and keep DVDs/Blu Rays of movies and shows I want to watch.” —u/Cal_858

5. Your flared pants are too brief

“They aren’t flared leggings, they are yoga pants and they have to touch the ground.”

“I work in a high school and I’m so sick of seeing kids with flood pants – we would have been roasted so hard for that.” —u/caseyallarie

6. Layer me up

“I will never give up comfort camisoles. If I ever have only one layer on, I have been replaced by a pod person.” —u/BlackQuartzSphinx

7. Emojis at all times, even at work

“I use emojis professionally. I believe it makes me come off as friendly and approachable when I tell customers I will definitely look into that escalation 😇😉🫠.” —u/Sir_Poofs_Alot

8. Some caps

“Idc what the cool kids are doing these days I am using capital letters.” —u/Pudgy_Pigeon5

9. Buying offline

“I refuse to buy everything online. Sometimes, you need the in-person store experience, so you can see how stuff actually looks and feels. I don’t want a nice-looking but scratchy af blanket or the painting that looked a different color online.”

“I definitely don’t want to wait weeks while I return it and get a refund to order another elsewhere and potentially have the same thing happen again. I just want to go to the store, buy it, and be done with it already.” —u/InjurySensitive

10. Dumb home equipment, please

“Not everything needs to be ‘smart.’ I don’t need a smart windshield, smart glasses, a smart watch. Like, f*ck. I have a phone and a tv. That covers my needs.” —u/mrsspooky84

11. Dance like nobody is filming

“I’m not doing that corny, lackadaisical, give them nothing dance that Gen Z does on TikTok to make themselves look like they are cool because they don’t care enough, I’m shaking my a** despite me never really learning how to.”

“I don’t know why Gen Z is so scared of humiliation, but I’m glad that was never us.” —u/TopHeavyPigeon

12. Waiting for brand new episodes

“‘Appointment’ television was more fun. Getting a good cliffhanger and having a week to talk about it with your friends before the next episode and you didn’t have to deal with some jacka** who has no life and binged the whole thing on 2x speed the second it was released.”

“Waiting until September when all the new shows and seasons would premiere. Fewer weird multi-year delays between seasons.” —u/MissMaster

13. Sweats will not be for all conditions

“It’s not just millennial, but dressing up or dressing appropriately is a hill I’d die on. I see young adults and kids wearing pajamas and sweats everywhere. You should not, wear leggings and sweats to most jobs (obviously with exceptions of wfh, being a gym trainer etc).” —u/itsbeenanhour

14. Shirts that cowl the abdomen

“Not everything has to be a f*cking crop top!!!! I’m too small for most ‘women’ sizes clothes so I have to gravitate towards the young adult/junior stuff. EVERYTHING IS A CROP!! T shirt? Crop. Tank? Crop. Hoodie… CROP TOP WHY?!? I’m buying a sweatshirt to stay warm not look like Winnie the Pooh!!! It’s taking over women’s workout clothes too.” —u/Affectionate-Spray78

15. The Millennial Pause

“The Millennial Pause is functionally useful, since it allows the viewer to orient to the video before you start talking.”

“Seriously, how many videos have you had pop up that start talking before your brain says ‘oh, this guy is saying something,’ and you miss the first sentence?” —u/Professor_Hala

16. Anti-baggy

“Skinny jeans look great on everyone. Throw on a pair of boots with them and you instantly look chic and put-together no matter what your body type is.” —u/lilythefrogphd

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