Grauniad: Why millennials are now considered achingly uncool

Grauniad: Why millennials are now considered achingly uncool

Cringe! How millennials became uncool. A guide to Millennial-Gen Z conflict, from the Guardian. Longreads introduces the story, continue reading an ungated version. The internet had been my space before and now there was this whole wave of new people with no experience or credibility! Sounds not unlike the Eternal September to me, who has a lot of trouble telling these two cohorts apart, especially w/r/t denim.

Cringe! How Millennials Became Uncool

I read this while wearing ankle socks and felt very seen. (Gen Z is firmly crew socks only.) If you are a millennial, like me (just), you will be sure to identify with several things we are now being called out on. And yes, you will cringe. It is disconcerting to realize we have moved from “OK Boomer” to millennial bashing, but this is still a fascinating look into generational trends. Who decides what socks we should wear anyway?A proclivity fo…