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17 Millennials Things That Are Not Cool Anymore, According To Gen Z
‘I did a thing.’
Trends and fads don’t last long. Cool things will quickly become outdated in time. It’s even scarier because globalization and the Internet quickly change directions. What’s cool this week is old next week.
The millennials who are not at least 25 years old have to face the fact that Gen Zs are old enough to make comments. On the weird things that we worship like pizzas and coffee, cool phrases like ‘I did a thing,’ and making girl boss posts. But also, c’mon, are those things really that old? Are they really that cringey?
Cancelling cereal.
Split between like and hating pineapples.
Who are the millennials? The millennials are those born between 1981 and 1996 (25 to 40 in 2021). Gen x is born between 1965 and 1979/80. Meanwhile, Gen Zs who are now old enough to be on TikTok and social media making comments about weird millennial things are born between 1997 and 2012/15, making the most aged 24 and the youngest 6.
Skinny jeans for life.
Emojis. Why do Gen Zs hate them?
The ‘black dress’ word association.
The adulting process that never stops.
Bacon is life.
The high-angle selfie.
Oxford Dictionaries said that ‘selfie’ was a word first used in an Australian forum in 2002. in 2004, the name became so widely used as a tag. Eventually, in 2013, ‘selfie’ becomes a recognized word in Oxford Dictionaries. The Australian slang became an English word that many are familiar with today.
This poor selfie habit.
Calling it selfie.
Calling dogs ‘doggo.’
Side-parting your hair.
The Hogwarts House selection information.
Loving pizza as a trait.
“I did a thing” posts.
The #girlboss posts.
Loving both wine and rose gold.
Rose gold was originally called ‘Russian gold.’ Rose gold is not a metal that mother nature produces, but rather a mixed alloy. Pure gold was blended with copper and other substance to create a more substantial ‘gold.’ Carl Fabergé, who was known for his ornate Easter eggs. It was popular in the 1920s and, as many now know, was revived again in 2015 by iPhone.
The term ‘rose gold’ is now used for pink of the similar shade/hue.
Liking coffee because it’s better than other addictive substances.
