I hate the term 'millennials'

I'm 21, and born in 1995. Therefore, I'm not a millenial. thanks god.

I'm maybe considered a millennial, I don't know. And I don't care. You shouldn't care about what you might be labeled if your not that thing. Sure, some people labeled a millennial might be stupid, but take pride in the fact that you are not one of those "Stupid millennials".

Some have pondered whether as the term was generated and used by those not of the generation, as opposed to those in it self identifying as whatever like those prior to that, that it is in some way less valid. What words are what is a contentious debate though, and most dealing in English tend to favour using whatever is out there in the world rather than a central authority.

Still there is scope for you to treat it as the vague and pointless non word that describes most labels of different generations.

I'm born in '92.
I'm fine under it as I don't see meself part of society anyway.

Yeah, the news is always on about how the millennials are ruining this or that. But I think that's how every generation works, I'm fairly sure the Baby Boomers blamed all their troubles on Gen Xers once they became of age. Don't let the 10 Reasons Millennials Have Screwed Us Over clickbait get to you.

The millennial term should definitely be reworked to only encompass year 2000 and up kids. 90s kids have lived different experiences and the culture was vastly different than what early 00s have gone through. It truly is insulting to be lumped together with kids that didn't even exist during the golden Era of gaming.

Meh, I prefer saying 90s/early 00s kid, millennial does have a negative connotation with it. The best way to handle it is not conform to those negative aspects, because they are true, there are a bunch of people who prove the older generations right, especially with things I don't really care for like selfies, recording everything all the time, Twitter, ladies showing off their body parts too much, an aversion to older movies, hipster shit, all that. I wish I was an 80s kid, I find myself enjoying 80s movies so damn much, and just being taken out of the movie when a fanny pack appears, oh Lord. I like the recent wave of 90s nostalgia tributes, like the Kenan & Kel reunion on Jimmy Kimmel, the All That kind of stuff coming close to the forefront again the last year, those were cherished shows for me as a kid.

millennial "a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000."

It's not about when you're born.

The only negative thing I've seen is they go on about being "generation rent", but the average wage is higher for this generation. They just have higher outgoings, like iphones, ipads, macbookpro etc. A lot of people in previous generations had to decide between buying a house and having furniture/takeaways/etc. If you decide to rent, have nice things and order pizza instead then that is a choice. You shouldn't complain if you make a choice and you don't like the outcome.

Millenials are what, gen y? generation x here. the aimless and unfocused generation responsible for the decay of social morality. it feels good to have given my contribution.

The definition is so broad/vague/uncertain that it can refer to people born during or after 2000, but it can also apply to people who 'grew up' during the 2000s, and hence applying to people born during around 1985 or after. I've seen it used both by 'millennials' as self-identification, as well as by older people.

Due to its vagueness, I refrain from using it. Like most generational
terms it's far from a functional identifier.

P.S. Nice profile pic.

The thing is, it's really not suppose to be taken as something negative. It's just suppose to describe a time period for a generation.
Realistically it's only used in a negative way because generations before us make it out that way. Which I find funny that my generation is blamed for problems we weren't even old enough to cause.

btw Adam Conover is a comedian, not everything he says is correct. Diamond engagement rings weren't invented by debears in the 1930's. The first documented diamond engagement ring was in 1477.

Debears did a good marketing campaign, like coca cola did with santa claus. But coca cola didn't invent santa claus either.

The only time I have read the word millenials is to explain that feeling of growing up with technology, that our childhoods where the middle ground of the old times (playing on the streets, getting dirty) and the modern age (children with iPhones) and why young adults suffer when they hear childrens doesn't know what a VHS or diskette is anymore (which is pretty much everybody born in the '90). But I couldn't care less about the word tbh, it's just a word.

@crystal, remember, your generation is responsible for pc culture.

WeedZ
Actually, even we didn't start that. We pushed for a more extreme version, but it was there long before us.

Well is in video games too. Looks like a fun place though. Is not like is bad but it could go without being said like "MINORITES" and other such words, sheesh, i hate a lot of terms and words too. USA vocabulary is awful and i learned it. It sucks to be me right now but who knows maybe someone wants to learn this broken english language i call "ENGRISH" it makes for funny youtube videos of people complaning about game traslations.

The main stereotype about millenials that comes to my mind (generally speaking, I certainly don't think this about a lot of members here) is that they are weak. it's a generation of participation trophies, feelings and anti-bullying.

I remember when I was growing up it was all about anarchy and anti-authority. people 'didn't give a fuck' about feelings or morality. over the years it seems like they coddled the coming generation more and more. to a point where I'm not sure if a lot of you will ever know what it's like to have 'real' adversity and how it feels to overcome it. I quote 'real' because this generation has a habit of making up and exaggerating petty issues. because there is plenty of angst but no enemy to rebel against.

WeedZ
It's funny because the main "stereotypes" can even apply to every generation. I mean, looking at every generation, it's just a shift in acceptable behavior. Like it was only a few years ago when ideas like homophobia was a perfectly acceptable thing and the LGBT+ were acceptably mocked. Before that it was perfectly acceptable to mock Black People, ect ect.
The same goes for Millennials, what was once acceptable is now being shifted away. Although in this case, a lot Millennials seems to not to do the normal shift of just shifting to a new group and just want it gone.
It's a weird ramble, but hear me out. Now that anti-LGBT attitude is becoming unacceptable, there seems to have been a shift towards Muslims as being the accepted group of people to hate on. Looking at generations before us, that actually would end up being a normal shift of hate. But a lot of Millennials seem to really trying to stop that shift from happening and any shift of hate. And it's creating "PC Culture" and "anti-bullying" because Millennials no longer want to accept hatred.
I also find it ironic that we are blamed for participation trophies, when realistically it wasn't our fault. Like participation trophies wasn't the idea nor the actions of Millennails, it was created by generations before who felt like rewarding us for everything. In other words, they created this mess.

@Crystal the Glaceon the weak generation stereotype is absolutely our fault. I'm on the tail end of gen x but I understand what happened. I think the reason for it, is that the baby boomers had us. we were left to fend for ourselves. 'neglected' if you will, to solve our own problems. we were also expected to adhere to the system and be molded like little soldiers. this is where the gen x rebelion came from. then gen x had gen y, and in the spirit of wanting to provide what we didn't have, tried to protect them from the challenges that we faced. it just got really out of hand. couple that with the advancement of technology and there you have it.

Having experienced the time that I lived I think hate is important in the right forms. this generation has plenty of hate. but it's directed towards intolerance. there is an intolerance for intolerance. but this idea of everyone being super respectful towards each other is flawed. you can't have a utopia without tyranny. we are seeing this with the threat to freedom of speech that the sjw movement is creating.

The point is, there is no progress without conflict. the anarchist culture of my day focused on freedom of individuality and expression. something this generation is now a threat to.

I know there have been great strides for the lgbt community as well as minorities. but that's our doing, not the millenials. Gen x has been fighting for gay rights and equality since the 70's and the bigots and racists of the baby boomers are finally dieing off. but we do that by prying the fingers of the system out of lives. not by using it to force people into submission.

I ranted a little longer then I intended, sorry for that.