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There was a story in the NYT, covering a question that had been posed to X: what is your biggest millennial complaint? I thought it might be a fun discussion here — but insert your generation, whether you’re boomer, Gen X, millennial, or Gen Z. (I doubt there are any Generation Alpha readers here, but you never know — we’d also love your complaints!)
If you’re curious what kind of complaints the initial Tweet (Xeet?) covered, The New York Times (gift link) explains:
It started when Erika Mackley, a 34-year-old art director from Detroit, posed a tongue-in-cheek question to users on X: “i don’t want to hear your most boomer complaint. what’s your most millennial complaint?”
… [The post] prompted a mix of gripes and jokes, with posts about bringing heels back to the club, the golden age of comedy films (think “Horrible Bosses” and “Step Brothers”) and a longing for the return of television shows with 24-episode seasons.
“Everybody’s ringtone should still be a 30 second cut of their favorite song in terrible quality,” wrote Dom Pappagallo, 27, an actor from Boston.
As fellow millennials flooded Ms. Mackley’s replies it became clear that members of her generation were nostalgic for a relatively recent past that already felt far away, when large social issues like misinformation, fragmentation and artificial intelligence seemed less prevalent. And for an era in which social media was a place for harmless banter and fun.
I myself am a xennial, that micro generation where Gen X doesn’t seem quite right and neither does millennial… and sooo many of the complaints spoke true to me. For example:
- why is everything a subscription?
- why are the most annoying online things protected by the most annoying security — is someone else trying to pay my mortgage?
- why aren’t there any good family action movies that aren’t about superheroes? (My husband and I seem to constantly be complaining that we just want something like a good Tom Cruise movie…)
- airlines (that’s it, that’s the complaint, airlines)
- And this is probably closer to a boomer complaint, but why are car headlights so dang bright?
Grumble… get off of my lawn!
Readers, what are your biggest [millennial] complaints? On more of a discussion level — do you think these complaints (that so many of us share!) are going to be addressed at all, and by whom (new disruptor companies, older companies as perhaps younger generations take charge, or more)?
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