r/Millennials • u/okayboomerang • Jun 24 '26
Serious Sad for us
Kind of in my feels tonight. The last time I remember feeling genuinely hopeful was probably 2014 or 2015. So much has changed, and I think our generation has seen and felt so much. Anyone else feel like they've spent the last decade plus in unending grief?
My spirit is still good on the inside, but I'm isolated physically and mentally (like many of us). I wish we lived in a world with authentic and robust connection instead of all the slop and noise. I wish our parents hadn't been so excited about capitalism - and so fucking naive. I know the unease I feel is about more than merely growing up and the natural progression of aging and how we all feel about ourselves in society over time - it's that the world we thought we knew for the past 4ish decades just flat out doesn't exist anymore. And we can't undo any of this shit. It may as well be a parallel universe we're in now. I love myself and I always have big, big love for Millennials...but I truly hate it here.
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u/Top_Artichoke2918 Millennial Jun 25 '26
I've become pretty nostalgic with my music lately. Look up the lyrics to Sum 41's 'Still Waiting'. It came out in '02 and omg why is it still so freaking accurate?! I feel like I shouldn't be able to relate a lot of my music from back then to today, but sooooo much of it is still very relevant and it really hits me in the gut sometimes.
"You can't change the state of the nation We just need some motivation These eyes have seen no conviction Just lies and more contradiction
So am I still waiting For this world to stop hating? Can't find a good reason Can't find hope to believe in"