{"id":12,"date":"2025-10-01T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/10\/01\/millennial-hills-to-die-on\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:30:00","slug":"millennial-hills-to-die-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/10\/01\/millennial-hills-to-die-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennials sound off of the 10 &#8216;cringe but correct&#8217; hills they&#8217;re willing to die on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/what-does-gen-z-do-for-fun-ex1\" target=\"_self\"><u>Kids today<\/u><\/a> don\u2019t use words like \u201clame\u201d to let you know when something\u2019s uncool. No, no, no. Instead, they\u2019ll say, \u201cThat\u2019s so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/people-share-most-embarrassing-moments\" target=\"_self\"><u><em><em>cringe<\/em><\/em><\/u><\/a>.\u201d Or more likely, they\u2019ll type it as a comment on TikTok, because let\u2019s face it, that\u2019s where most conversations happen nowadays. <\/p>\n<p>But you know what? One of the most incredible things about getting older is that you care less and less about what younger folks consider cringey. <\/p>\n<p>Just take it from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/millenials\" target=\"_self\"><u>millennials<\/u><\/a>, who have notoriously been on the receiving end of condemnation from every generation\u2014be it the Gen Xers and baby boomers calling them entitled weaklings, or Gen Zers making fun of their side parts. Now Gen Y is all grown up, baby, and that means we don\u2019t really care what anyone thinks! It also means that in our old age, certain beliefs are bound to just stick, even if they do become the next wave of \u201cget off my lawn!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Millennials\/comments\/1ntxhsk\/whats_the_silliest_cringe_but_correct_millennial\/\" target=\"_blank\">millennials on Reddit<\/a> were encouraged to \u201cunite globally on these petty issues\u201d by listing the silliest &#8220;cringe but correct&#8221; practices of their generation that were worth maintaining, no matter how often they\u2019re ridiculed:<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOLS. They\u2019re here to stay  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-14.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>LOLs are harmless!  <a href=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExeXgxaDdlNG1qMHc3dTZ4OGt4OTMzdm52dTU0Z3o1b21peHo4dmwzNyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/YpepZBUvNhRQkndO06\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media1.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will forever maintain that using \u2018LOL\u2019 for anything that is not actually funny is an essential form of emotional regulation. The LOL isn&#8217;t a laugh; it&#8217;s a silent scream. It means, \u2018I acknowledge this, I&#8217;m slightly annoyed, but I am responding with a pleasant, non-threatening digital sigh.\u2019 It is the most valuable punctuation mark we have, perfectly capturing nuanced, passive-aggressive resignation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other millennials were inclined to agree\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201clol is the most dynamic word\/acronym that we have added to humanity. Way underrated lol\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillennials use \u2018lol\u2019 the way they used to use \u2018stop\u2019 in telegrams lol\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>So is the \u201cMillennial Pause.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Millennial Pause is functionally useful, since it allows the viewer to orient to the video before you start talking. Seriously, how many videos have you had pop up that start talking before your brain says \u2018oh, this guy is saying something,\u2019 and you miss the first sentence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Millennials are going to wholeheartedly like things, and you can\u2019t stop them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-15.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Without enthusiasm, what are we even doing?  <a href=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNXlydjV0YWwzb3F6dWpyNHR4YWdkamt5dTdsdHV6a2x3eTFmMmQxbCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/jnLqJBQwwUJXv096uf\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media4.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>This might not be a millennial-specific thing, but rather a phenomenon that occurs as you get older and realize that the world is a vast and complex place, where you can almost always find a tribe of similarly impassioned people. Still, we\u2019re claiming it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnabashedly enjoying things and not being paralyzed by fear of being cringe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Z nieces try to bully me for enjoying things\/being earnest, and it doesn\u2019t work. I enjoy doing things I enjoy, and also say\/emote what I am thinking\/feeling without worrying about if I\u2019m being cool or detached or ironic enough. I survived millennial middle school. You can pry my hard-won, unabashed sense of self from my cold, dead hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIT&#8217;S NICE TO LIKE THINGS! Seriously, surround yourself with people who won&#8217;t judge you for authentically liking the things you like. Anyone else doesn&#8217;t matter. They&#8217;ll at some point. We all did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not succumbing to fashion trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-16.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Side parts are synonymous with timelessness.  <a href=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZ250YmI0bWppeWpnbWMwZXp3aTF0NDR0cmd0eDFkbHJ2cWpxbGM1ciZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/Lck8k4ezmnD1ENi21k\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media3.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>Keep your coquette looks and <em><em>insert literally any word-<\/em><\/em>core. We don\u2019t need or want it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy side part stays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/uk\/beauty\/hair\/a64714097\/side-parting-hair-trend\/\" target=\"_blank\">side parts are cool again<\/a> anyway. Further reason to just stick to what feels right\u2014it will become in vogue again eventually.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent a lifetime cultivating a wardrobe of flannels, jeans, and boots, I ain\u2019t changing now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can pry my ankle and no-show socks off my cold, dead feet; there&#8217;s no way in hell I&#8217;m going to go rocking a crew-sock farmer&#8217;s tan just because you dumbass kids insist on dressing like my grandpa going golfing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce Gen Z guys start discovering their leg hair awkwardly disappears at the exact height they pull their tube socks up to they&#8217;ll have realized their mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlared leggings aren\u2019t a thing. If they have a flare they aren\u2019t leggings. Yoga pants they are yoga pants and will always be yoga pants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never give up comfort camisoles. If I ever have only one layer on, I have been replaced by a pod person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not everything has to be high tech\u2026<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-17.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Unless we can get teleportation, we can maybe slow things down a bit.  <a href=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbHAybWJkam80d3BtZ201dmIxNjVkM2gzYjFudms5Y200M3AwenFiMCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/1n92hYPiFQ0efcCtrF\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media3.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cStating your number when leaving a voicemail. Double points if you do it at the beginning and again at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig decisions and purchases are on big screens. Not my phone. How else am I going to open 50 different tabs for reviews and price comparisons?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil one streaming service has every movie or show made and is readily available at all times, I will continue to collect and keep DVDs\/Blu Rays of movies and shows I want to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everything needs to be smart. I don\u2019t need a smart windshield, smart glasses, a smart watch\u2026I have a phone and a tv. That covers my needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most useful tools ever created do not require an internet connection or a battery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaper menus are the correct way to order food when dining in. I am not scanning a QR code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026including cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-18.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Cars don&#039;t need to be computers. They can just be cars.  <a href=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdXllcTgxNXBvc2F5dmZlN3VzMjFkemowZmpldTZzeTI3d3JrOWp5ayZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/H7rpSYHRyYgamxQNqw\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media4.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cScreens in cars are ugly give me knobs and buttons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also seem more dangerous! Like, I should be able to feel around. If I have to look then My eyes aren\u2019t on the road!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter yet, give me the same exact layout across all makes\/models for things like headlights and wipers. Nothing gets me frazzled like not knowing how to turn on basic safety functions because I had to use our fleet vehicle at work, or borrow someone\u2019s car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCars peaked in the mid 90s to mid 00s. Now they&#8217;re all ginormous, look the same, everything is an SUV with too many screens and sensors and computers to cost a fortune when they break. Power windows were the most technology needed. We used to have fun colors, makers experimented with new and weird body styles. I miss seeing station wagons everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On that note, IRL purchases &gt; online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-19.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Cher got it right.  <a href=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExOTgxdHFtMmRzOWJhMHBobnZzM3d6b2pzOXZqczl5MjU1OWcxNnBnYiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/MEgGD8bV72hfq\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media1.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refuse to buy everything online. Sometimes, you need the in-person store experience, so you can see how stuff actually looks and feels. I don&#8217;t want a nice looking but scratchy af blanket or the painting that looked a different color online. I definitely don&#8217;t want to wait weeks while I return it and get a refund to order another elsewhere and potentially have the same thing happen again. I just want to go to the store, buy it, and be done with it already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVideo rental stores are cool and good. Sure Netflix, Hulu, whatever HBO&#8217;s service has been renamed to this week are more convenient but the simple joy of convincing my parents I needed to rent <em>Richie Rich <\/em>again is peak childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>We WILL be using what we learned in grammar school. Unironically. Thanks so much.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-20.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Oxfordu00a0commas areu00a0accurate, true, and correct.  <a href=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZ3FvMTVucDM3MTJwcjVhbWxnamt0aHEzaDVhcGs3ZXRkYnRod2Z3dCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/pHXNvi96TIfebdrInm\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media2.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will murder anyone who comes for my Oxford comma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdc what the cool kids are doing these days I am using capital letters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>We still believe in dancing like nobody\u2019s watching<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/origin-21.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>If you don&#039;t wave your hands in the air, how will they know you don&#039;t care?  <a href=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExczFieXV1M2dsdGFwOTZqZjd5dXdlZDZ5aDQ4Zmh6b3ZnZm5ka29qMSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/wQ7CFcR3M2AAwr2bVM\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media4.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not doing that corny, lackadaisical, give them nothing dance that Gen Z does on TikTok to make themselves look like they are cool because they don\u2019t care enough, I\u2019m shaking my ass despite me never really learning how to. I don\u2019t know why Gen Z is so scared of humiliation, but I\u2019m glad that was never us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna put my hands in the air when I dance. Especially at a concert. Going to concerts where people\u2019s hands are only in the air when they are holding their phones is crazy to me!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, certain nostalgic bits of pop culture will have a forever home in our hearts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/origin-22.gif\" alt=\"millennials, gen z, gen x, boomers, ask reddit, humor, generational humor, ask reddit\" \/><figcaption>Sailor Moon was THE icon of our generation. Period.  <a href=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNHJqeWczbG1lZjllbGtiNWhzeGdlaW9ob2p6MWI0OHMydGxjajQyaiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/26gBjmGEsrFQlj8g8\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media4.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe OG Sailor Moon intro had no business being that catchy. It hits different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Appointment\u2019 television was more fun. Getting a good cliffhanger and having a week to talk about it with your friends before the next episode and you didn&#8217;t have to deal with some jackass who has no life and binged the whole thing on 2x speed the second it was released. Waiting until September, when all the new shows and seasons would premiere. Fewer weird multi-year delays between seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There you have it. Go forth, millennials, and be your cringiest, most unabashed selves. Because no matter what generation you hail from, you only live once. Or YOLO, as we like to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can pry the side part and earnestness from our cold, dead hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[280,145],"tags":[1052,356,358,229,307,308,406,310,312,989,431],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[134],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","category-pop-culture","tag-ask-reddit","tag-boomers","tag-gen-x","tag-gen-z","tag-generational-differences","tag-generational-humor","tag-getting-older","tag-humor","tag-millennials","tag-nostalgia","tag-reddit"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":134,"name":"Gemma Davison","display_name":"Gemma Davison","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gemma-davison\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gemma-davison\/","description":"Gemma Davidson is a former Research Scientist with a degree in Applied Biology. 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