Social Media Faux Pas
This social media platform was once flooded with filtered photos of avocado toast and latte art.
What is Instagram?
Millennials clung to these ultra-tight pants, sparking a generational war with Gen Z over legwear.
What are skinny jeans?
This phrase, often accompanied by a wine glass emoji, summed up millennial burnout with mock enthusiasm.
What is "adulting is hard"?
This social media site let Millennials rank their friends and play their favorite Fall Out Boy track when someone visited their profile.
What is MySpace?
The sound of this slow, screeching internet connection haunts many millennials to this day.
What is dial-up internet?
Millennials were mocked for doing this on Facebook — updating the world about every mundane detail like "just made a sandwich."
What is posting status updates?
You probably know a Millennial who had one of these faux leather accessories with a snapback closure and ironic slogan on the front.
What is a trucker hat?
Saying “I can’t even” became the go-to phrase for expressing this.
What is being overwhelmed or speechless?
Shopping at this mall store meant Millennials were edgy, misunderstood, and probably wearing fingerless gloves.
What is Hot Topic?
This early chat platform introduced the world to screen names like "xXxDarkSoulxXx."
What is AOL Instant Messenger?
Oversharing emotional trauma on TikTok with ukulele music playing in the background is lovingly referred to by Gen Z as this kind of behavior.
What is trauma dumping?
Popularized by hipsters, this type of mustache became a meme more than a fashion statement.
What is a handlebar mustache?
Millennials used this overdone acronym to describe a perfect Instagrammable moment.
What is FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)?
Excessive use of black eyeliner, often applied like war paint, was part of this sad-but-melodramatic teen aesthetic.
What is emo style?
Before Tumblr or Instagram, this DIY website builder let millennials create glittery, chaotic homepages.
What is Geocities?
Tagging yourself in 200 blurry photos from one night out became a digital rite of passage on this now-declining platform.
What is Facebook?
This clunky footwear, once shunned, made a comeback with millennials ironically embracing the "ugly chic" vibe.
What are Crocs?
Every millennial brunch spot advertised this bubbly beverage combo, almost religiously.
What is bottomless mimosas?
This hairstyle, featuring dramatic side bangs covering one eye and chunky dyed streaks, defined the scene kid look.
What is scene hair?
Before Adobe this software was the go to for animation and digital graphics.
What is Flash?
Posting a black-and-white selfie with a long caption about “self-love” and ending with “#blessed” is often mocked as this.
What is performative vulnerability?
Wearing a band tee from a group you didn’t listen to was a hallmark of this aesthetic, often seen at Urban Outfitters.
What is indie sleaze?
Using this emoji to show laughter was fine until Gen Z decided it was “cringe.”
What is 😂 (the crying laughing emoji)?
This feature of MySpace led to social wars over who made the cut — or got bumped — in your digital clique.
What is the Top 8
This virtual pet site was where many millennials learned HTML — and how to hoard digital omelettes.
What is Neopets?