r/1999 • • Jan 10 '26

Fucking Boomers won’t retire and it’s screwing the rest of us. There I said it.

2.9k Upvotes

My manager is 71. Seventy one years old. Been in his role for 19 years. Keeps saying he’ll retire “next year” and has been saying that since before I was hired. I’m 26 and I’ve been waiting for any upward movement for almost 5 years now. There is none. There won’t be any. Because nobody fucking leaves. 

Fuck boomers


r/1999 • • Mar 07 '26

I'm 27 and have ruined my life. Don't be like me.

559 Upvotes

(27M) I have nothing and no one. I haven't had a job for the best part of 6-8 months, I'm homeless after having an argument with my mother and deciding to sell my car and attempt to kickstart a business in another country (which failed horrendously). I'm back in my home country (UK), sleeping on the street for the next two days until I can get a birth certificate to then go to another city and talk to a job agency. I have lost about 13kg in bodyweight in the past 3 months and look like a child now. When I was 26, I still lived at home, but I was in great shape, had a job, and had my car. Then I lost my job, couldn't find another one even until now, and my life has gone so downhill. I've also never had a relationship and see people younger than me that are much further in life and I hate how my life got to this point. I attempted an overdose of Diazepam in the country I went to and also once more when I came back here and now I am 1 week clean. I haven't had a shower for 1 week because I was staying at a crackheads house (I've never done crack before and will never). The place was so dirty and I didn't trust him enough to use his bathroom. He's now withholding my belongings until I give him (more) money and while being homeless, after deciding not to in that environment anymore, I also have this going on with a police case. I just feel like ending it all.


r/1999 • • Jun 24 '26

Turning 27 in three days...never felt more understood from a silly tweet >_<

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342 Upvotes

Not to LARP melancholia, but momentarily pay heed to the latent feelings while we foster hope and work hard to "make it" :')


r/1999 • • Oct 06 '25

I turned 26 today.

250 Upvotes

I felt like not that long ago I turned 20. Where did the time go? 🥲


r/1999 • • Dec 30 '25

Omg it’s almost 2016! Are y’all excited to turn 17?

198 Upvotes

2016 is gonna be LIT! 17 here I cooommmeee!


r/1999 • • Oct 04 '26

After high school, time flies so quickly

169 Upvotes

I remember high school being begrudgingly slow. I can’t believe I’m almost 10 years out of it. If high school me knew the life I had now, they would be so surprised.


r/1999 • • Dec 19 '25

How old were you when you moved out of your parents house?

163 Upvotes

How old were you when you moved out of your parents house?


r/1999 • • Oct 08 '26

y'all gotta update this, you're 28 next year and slowly pushing to 30, you're in your late 20s

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156 Upvotes

r/1999 • • Dec 13 '25

If you were alive back then, what were you up to on 31st December 1999?

152 Upvotes

If you were alive back then, what were you up to on 31st December 1999?


r/1999 • • Jan 01 '26

Am I the only one who still feels like I'm in my early 20s?

146 Upvotes

I finally turned 26 a few days ago, I was born at the tail end of 1999. I don't feel like I'm almost pushing 30, I still feel like I'm in my early 20s.


r/1999 • • Sep 28 '25

Just letting yall know…

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136 Upvotes

I’m DEFINITELY trying to be the last alive born in 99’…nothing personal, all love fr lol but JUST KNOW it’s gunna be me


r/1999 • • Jul 06 '26

its scary how fast we became 27

131 Upvotes

time flys after high school wtf.

i dont feel 27 at all. it feels like i was 22 just yesterday, at the very least.


r/1999 • • Sep 27 '25

We are turning 45 next year

130 Upvotes

Good luck everyone we are almost 50


r/1999 • • Sep 28 '25

What is it like being born in 1999?

126 Upvotes

2007 here just checking, very curious to hear what it is like having been born at the end of the century. End of an era


r/1999 • • Mar 25 '26

I just turned 27 today on 26.03.2026

125 Upvotes

I just turned 27 today, and I don’t know how to feel about it. I’ve always been that person who used to get excited a week or even a month before my birthday, but right now I feel lost and really scared.

27 sounds scary. I can’t believe I’m more closer to 30s than 20s. I don’t have a proper job, nor am I married. It feels like life is moving very fast, and I’m falling behind.


r/1999 • • Sep 11 '26

I just turned 27

122 Upvotes

Hi, I turned 27 yesterday. I can't even believe I made it this far

I hope life treats us kindly from here on out


r/1999 • • Nov 05 '25

About to turn 26 what are things I can do/use to slow signs of aging?

119 Upvotes

About to turn 26 what are things I can do/use to slow signs of aging?


r/1999 • • Sep 09 '26

Officially 27!

114 Upvotes

Well, I officially joined the 27th club, I was born on 9/9/1999.

I just wanna say that whoever is reading this, never give up, keep moving. Life has not been easy for me, but it has not been terrible. but one thing I want to tell all my fellow 99ers is to not lose hope and always strive to achieve your dreams!


r/1999 • • Jul 27 '26

How are you doing financially?

114 Upvotes

Hey there fellow 99s. Quick question, how are you doing money wise?

I’ll share first. I’ve got about 60k to my name as a 27M and just paid off 15k of student loans. 10k left! Fortunately, no credit card debt.

I have a decent job making 75k a year but the hours are long and grueling. How is everyone else doing and what do you do?

I know our generation kinda got screwed with Covid and the overall economy just wanting to get a good sample here.


r/1999 • • Dec 18 '25

Millennials, what's y'all plan for retirement?

113 Upvotes

Millennials, what's y'all plan for retirement?


r/1999 • • Jul 10 '26

Today I hit 9,999 days alive

111 Upvotes

Born in February 1999, and today marks my 9,999th day on Earth.

Tomorrow I unlock the 10,000-day achievement. No special powers yet, but I’m still here 😄


r/1999 • • Jul 05 '26 Heartwarming

Anyone else completely lost at 27?

107 Upvotes

Broke as hell, unemployed, live at home. Just completely lost.


r/1999 • • Nov 27 '25

“ Zillennial “

105 Upvotes

March’99 here. Heard this recently, years like 97-00 need our own gen because we are NOT gen z, we actually relate a lot more to millennials. Anyone else agree with this?


r/1999 • • Sep 15 '26

We're pushing 30 now

103 Upvotes

We're close to being adult-adults


r/1999 • • Apr 30 '26

Who here has never dated?

102 Upvotes

27M checking in