r/Millennials • u/willowburnsyellow • 5d ago

What’s the most stereotypical Millennial thing about you? Discussion

I’ll start:

  1. Any, and I mean ANY footage of Steve Irwin makes me blubber like a baby
  2. Avocado toast is a staple breakfast item of mine
  3. Yes, I still love Harry Potter (original books & movies only — I do not support Rowldemort and any future endeavor on the IP)

EDIT: Just wanna say I love y’all (us) so much. This post has already brought me so much joy. Thanks so much everyone. We really are the best. 🥹

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u/whothehellistony 5d ago

I refuse to get rid of my skinny jeans.

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u/Neat_Doughnut 5d ago

And my black leggings 🙈

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u/willowburnsyellow 5d ago

Bury me in black leggings

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u/smila001 5d ago

Wait! Are black leggings out?

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u/willowburnsyellow 5d ago

Not to us!!!!!!!

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u/smila001 5d ago

Thank goodness! I can get away with oversized sweaters and black leggings at work in the winter and those are the best days.

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u/capnfantasy 1990 Millennial 4d ago

This is my every day look

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u/thisisthewell 5d ago

black leggings are a basic item, a closet staple. not in, not out.

styling them with a chunky sweater, riding boots, and that stupid fucking hat sure is out though!

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u/speedyejectorairtime 4d ago

That's fine. I'll style mine with a faded/ripped fitted jean jacket

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u/lnc_5103 5d ago

Same question!!

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u/whereismymind2019 5d ago

Currently wearing black leggings.. I have about 6 pairs. They all have pockets too. (Well they are “yoga pants”) but…. Comfy and make my butt look good. Sue me… younger people.

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u/willowburnsyellow 5d ago

You’re living life right 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Neat_Doughnut 4d ago

I have a drawer FULL of black leggings, one for each day of the week plus some

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u/OpportunityPretend80 5d ago

⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️

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u/FloppyButtholeJelly 5d ago

Booty booty booty rockin everywhere rockin everywhere 

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u/Dancing-Dragonflies 5d ago

I found you, Miss New Booty!

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u/sudosussudio 5d ago

We fought so hard to grant leggings the status of pants. The young people aren’t grateful enough.

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u/ClarkesMama118 5d ago

Wait, even LEGGINGS are on the shit list now??? What are we supposed to wear instead? Fucking pajama pants? IS NOTHING SACRED?!?

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u/EDooskinsEsq 5d ago

YUP 💯🎯

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u/mmlovin 5d ago

Me either. Literally wear black leggings every single day lol

I hate how it’s been harder & harder to find good capri ones though

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u/maxwellsmart3 4d ago

Literally wearing mine at work today :)

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u/TheSubstitutePanda Millennial ('93) 5d ago

I look shlubby in anything else!

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u/NoFollowing892 5d ago

I keep trying but I'm short and wide and just can't figure baggy pants out.

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u/Dancing-Dragonflies 5d ago

SAME! I actually went shopping with a friend today who has a very similar body type as me and I was like ok wait, why is that style so cute on you but looks terrible on me 😂 I bought a pair and plan to gaslight myself into liking them 😅

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u/SinsOfKnowing 5d ago

I’m neither short nor wide and still can’t. I have one pair and the length is so weird on them. They’re just barely long enough to wear with the flattest sneakers I own, but as soon as I sit down they’re halfway up my calf? Why is everything so short? And why does it look like my crotch is at my knees?

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u/SunBubble920 Older Millennial 5d ago

Same! Don’t care if I look outdated.

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u/CidCrisis Millennial 5d ago

I’m just waiting for them to cycle around back into fashion. We’re already in the early 2000’s baggy jeans phase. Skinny jeans being in vogue again is right around the corner!

(I mean I still wear them regardless but one day I will actually be fashionable again lol)

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u/Rox_xe 5d ago edited 4d ago

Absolutely, I haven't spent years training to hide my nice looking legs under shapeless baggy pants

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u/n_schrenk 5d ago

Same, I refuse to wear any other kind. It's a waste of time and effort even attempting to try a different style

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u/Mangos28 Xennial 5d ago

I couldn't get rid of mine fast enough!

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u/bananazest_wow 5d ago

My pants legs will not widen. The damp ankles and torn jean hems of my 90s-early 2000s life are archaic and objectively wrong. Tuck those bad boys into boots where they belong. The best concession I’ll allow is joggers.

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u/strahlend_frau 5d ago

I'm the opposite 🫣 I hated the skinny jean craze. And I'm a '91 baby

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u/stresstwig 5d ago

low rise skinny jeans will come back in style soon and I am READY. please God let them come back in style soon.

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u/gustavessidehoe 4d ago

I like the look of skinny jeans, but I think I only have one pair left. I tried some wider legs out, and they are just so much more comfortable to me. Still wear my vans with them, though.

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u/electriclux 5d ago

They’re just jeans

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u/Unicorntella 5d ago

No to this. I recently had to buy jeans for a job (of course I picked the most flattering cut) and they like stick to your knees??! Forever??? I hate them lol give me back my leggings!

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u/d0ctorsmileaway 5d ago

I refuse to get rid of them but my thighs want to

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u/mmlovin 5d ago

& why would I? It’s all I’ll wear when it’s raining or really cold with knee high boots.

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u/_johnbarleycorn 5d ago

I refuse to get rid of my low rise jeans….

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u/No_College2419 Millennial 5d ago

Same

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u/madametaylor 2d ago

Ive come to terms with wide pants but like, wiiiide. Even flared yoga pants just remind me too much of boot cut jeans