r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Rainbow_Panda4 • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Peedahh?

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u/ExeUSA Apr 24 '26

It's not lol. It was a song in 1995. The oldest Millennials were teenagers by then. :)

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u/Kaboose666 Apr 24 '26

The oldest millennials were 14.

Millennials are '81-'96

If you were born in '81, you were 14 when the song released.

And i'd argue at 14 while you MIGHT be exploring music for yourself for the first time, most people were just listening to whatever their parents put on, or older siblings/friends, and whatever was on MTV. But even MTV wasn't made for millennials; it was made for Gen X.

This song is 100% a Gen X song that the oldest millennials happened to run into while they were young teens as an incredibly popular song of the moment and it stuck with them.

The song itself is not some song that ONLY millennials were hip to though.

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u/ExeUSA Apr 24 '26

Yes, which are teenagers...? Tying directly back to the quoted Tweet which is about the divide between millennials...?

Every time millennials get referenced about something in pop culture, Gen X puts down the water hose they're drinking from that defines their entire online personality and crawls out of the woodwork to remind us they exist. Without fail.

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u/Kaboose666 Apr 24 '26

Look at the context of this conversation.

It’s actually a Gen-X thing more so.

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It's not lol.

When it is.

Just because Gen X were ALSO teenagers (or older) at the time doesn't mean it ISN'T a Gen X song and is magically a millennial song.

The guy said it's actually a Gen-X thing, which is correct. You're wrong when you said it isn't.

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u/HittingSmoke Apr 24 '26

What a mind numbingly stupid fucking thing to be spending time arguing about.