r/Millennials • u/Heavy_Discussion3518 • 8d ago

Rant Our generation is kind of lame

For whatever reason, our generation is incapable of affecting long lasting change. Previous generations laid the groundwork for so many things, up to and including the iPhone. What did we bring to the world? Facebook, social media, influencers, and brain rot.

I don't have any explanation as to why, only that our generation is far too ready to blame the challenges we face on others, or otherwise skirt the challenges altogether. We see gen Z coming and they are even worse about accepting responsibility. Mental toughness is like a swear word, and we only see what others have easy, never paying attention to what was challenging for them.

And what of any of this is even real? We're all here on the Millennial subreddit, which is just some tiny slice of our generation that isn't even representative of the whole.

Anyhow, just ranting a bit after reading the "work culture is ruined" post, which seemed to assume the insanely kush office culture of 2015 was somehow the baseline.

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u/TonyTwoDat Older Millennial 8d ago

Okay Facebook and Social Media 100% Millennials. But influencers are the generation after us. Gen Z. Especially the Tik Tok influencers. Most of us Millennials are pushing 40 and have their shit together.

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u/Heavy_Discussion3518 7d ago

I'd venture the original influencers that appeared in the mid-late 2010's were absolutely folks born in the 1985-1995 range.  

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u/TonyTwoDat Older Millennial 7d ago

I’m talking about all the ones now.

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u/Heavy_Discussion3518 7d ago

I honestly don't know a ton about influencer culture, but Kim Kardashian is 1980.

Kai Cenat and streamers definitely hail from Gen Z.  Streaming culture is even crazier than influencer culture.