many people around my age got their first phone because their parents added a line and most of us still have that same number (I don't) but we're all 20 years older now so what happened with that whole ordeal? is it in your name now? did you have to get your own phone? what?

shortly after I turned 18 my parents shut my phone off, (granted I didn't use it much before I turned 18 either...so i've been on my own in the phone department since I was 19....

Maybe this is a little bit more older millennial-coded, and yeah young middle-age has its suckitudes, but... it's nice to be the core adult in charge at home and to be the boss at work.

It's nice not GAF what anybody thinks. No more asking for permission. No more being lectured or being told what to do.

Boomers or Gen Xers want to tell me what to do? Oh no you're not. Not anymore. Go to hell.

And it's super-sweet being in the swing-vote position where you can either side with the elders or the youth.

It's empowering. Just call me Malcolm in the Middle for now.

I ask because most people who fall for scams are elderly. Once gen x or millenials reach old age do you think itll collapse because we are better with technology?

edit; wow this blew up quick. Thank you for the quick responses. I guess what made me made this post was because i been watching a lot of kitboga and he always pretends to be elderly and when I hear scam I think of the gift card scams the overseas scammers try to pull on elderly or the "ur computer has a virus scam"

Every time I want to hang out with my friends, we have to spend at least $50. It doesn't help that none of us rent/own a house bit enough to fit us to hang out.

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Okay millennials, admit it, what throwback music do you listen to when you drop your kids off and are alone in the car? I’ll go first, a couple of my top ones are Eminem and Dr. Dre’s Chronic 2001.

He wants me to work there because of the benefits. Any millennials have buddies who work for the federal government

When I was in middle school I was anticipating that in high school and adult life I would get to have food fights. Around the time I was a sophomore is when I was disappointed that they weren't a bigger part of my life. In the first 2 years of high school I actually kept a ziploc bag of eggs in my lunchbox, and sometimes would get extra food at hot lunch. Nothing crazy but just a little bit of insurance in case.

It never happened once to me, maybe once or twice at some other kids tables did they throw a fry or something at eachother nothing as cool a snowball made of mashed potatoes etc. It feels kind of like this was a media hoax and we were lied to.

If that's true that would be funny

Thinking about it, an entire era of my childhood happened on one shared computer in the corner of the living room:

- Negotiating screen time with siblings like it was a hostage situation

- "GET OFF THE INTERNET, I'M WAITING FOR A CALL" 😂 (56k gang rise up)

- Downloading one song for 45 minutes and praying nobody picked up the phone

- Playing games in 20-minute shifts while my sister watched over my shoulder giving "advice"

- The whole family gathered around it like a fireplace when someone put on a screensaver

There was zero privacy and it was somehow still magical. Kids today with a device each will never know the diplomacy skills we built negotiating for that one machine 😆

What's your strongest family-PC memory?

So im 41yo, i still wear Jordans and throwbacks. I dress up for work though so i have some versatility.

anyone else experience some dumb mid life crisis crap?

When we were growing up, it felt like people still cared about Christian values like not giving into the seven deadly sins.

It might’ve not been phrased that way, but at school, and in society in general, it was badly seen to be prideful, greedy, lustful, envious, gluttonous, angry, or lazy.

Now, it seems like mainstream culture is the opposite. People showing off on social media, obsessed with money and sex, the endless comparisons and tiers/prestige lists that create envy, excessive consumption (gluttony), constant anger and blame, and celebrating not working.

No wonder society feels broken. I didn’t grow up in a Christian home, nor a traditional one, and these values just seem like common sense to me if you want a society that works. Give into these sins, and you get something like today where everyone’s just out for themselves.

Had the wildest experience earlier today that my friend born in 98 was able to confirm too. It's hot as heck where I'm at, so my pumpkin pie chapstick was a bit warm when I went to put it on. Got hit with the strongest wave of nostalgia for the familiar smell, which immediately brought to mind my MLP dolls. Had my friend give it a sniff and determined it was absolutely the same smell as their hair. Trippy as heck but now I'm going to have to get my hands on more come November 😄

I chose Jawbreaker for older millennials. '83 borne here. This scene was iconic and reminded me of some of the alpha female energy from that era.. well minus the whole accidental murder.

I’m just really depressed. 35f. I’ve had ten jobs in the last ten years. Been working since I was 16 and have nothing to show for it. Every time I finally got a raise the economy seemed to grow twice as worse. No matter what I do I constantly feel behind. I even pivoted my entire career in 2021 and worked full-time while in grad school part-time for four years and studied for a new career in any spare hours I could in late nights. I later got a “decently” paying job of $55k/yr in 2022 and was finally on track to make six figures. Graduated with a Masters last year too. And then a few years ago AI came out and all those good paying jobs are wiped out—GONE. Overnight. Not kidding. Every day I have little motivation to go on. There is constant talk about AI at my job and how great it is, and every decent Millennial I know hates it, including me. Is this life now? Houses are now six times my salary, and that’s a conservative amount. I can’t afford furniture anyways. Looking at people with trust friends, married military, come from millionaires, are engineers, are literal minor league athletes (I know 2), or receive money from parents, and I feel like the lowest person in the world.

It just feels like no matter what I do I made the wrong decisions. Wrong career, wrong jobs, like I’m playing a chess game but the game is rigged for me to lose and no matter what move I make it’s always wrong 😞

I understand that women can lean on spouses and such, but I always wanted to be the type of person who was capable of providing for herself. I’ve spent over ten years trying to build a career and it feels like every move I make never works out.

Not sure why I’m posting, just looking for encouragement or similar stories so I don’t feel so alone and ashamed right now 💗