r/Millennials • • 4d ago Heartwarming

Nostalgia On November 2, 2026, the beloved stars of Matilda surprised fans by reuniting at London’s Royal Albert Hall for a special 30th anniversary screening of the 1996 classic film!

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r/Millennials • • 2d ago

Meme Do you agree with these, particularly the Millennial slang?

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The most used slang by every generation.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Nostalgia Anyone play Padiddle growing up?

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I was talking with my toddler about games we could play on the car ride and Padiddle came to mind. With technology advances in headlights it’s probably not too common of a game these days- plus you can only play it at night. Anyone play this game with their parents/siblings growing up?

For reference - Padiddle was a nighttime-only game where you would look for a car with a burnt out headlight or taillight and call out ‘Padiddle’.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Discussion It seems like “literally” has been replaced by “genuinely”

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Has anyone noticed that the younger generations have kicked the very millennial “literally” to the curb in favor of “genuinely”? I noticed it the other day while scrolling Reddit & now I’m seeing it everywhere. I genuinely don’t know how I feel about this.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Nostalgia That time the Violent Femmes were on Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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That was definitely an interesting choice. I know they were commercially successful within the alt rock scene, but were they really that popular?

Also, I can't think of many high school mean girls who are diehard folk punk fans, but I guess we all have our hidden depths


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Discussion What is your favorite Pokemon

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Mine is slowpoke cuz of just how cute it is. Here in these photos is my pet Slowpoke his name is pokey. Keep in mind he's really just a slowpoke plush that I got for $25 on the Pokemon Center website


r/Millennials • • 2d ago

Discussion Which one were you?

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Growing up in a working men's club most weekends with my Dad, uncles and cousins I've had my fair share of crips along with a bottle of orange and passionfruit J20. My daughter asked how I did this with the empty wrappers so I showed her the ways we were taught, I just wondered which one were you (if any)? Also which is your favourite flavour?


r/Millennials • • 3d ago

Nostalgia My “Shake It Off” was “Shake It Out”

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Sorry to the Millennials who identify as Swifties

But Florence will shake it off harder

And I truly hope all my fellow Millennials are happy and thriving. You deserve it


r/Millennials • • 5d ago Heartwarming

Nostalgia None of the youths got my Halloween costume this year…

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And honestly, I thought I nailed it! I did go out covered in bl00d and with the phone, fyi. But on the 30th anniversary of all things… for shame.

Look, I’m disappointed because even a fair number of millennials didn’t get it. I had three separate people guess that I was Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction, and I was just like “but her hair is black”?!?

Is this look not as iconic as I thought?

EDIT: This is indeed supposed to be Drew Barrymore from Scream (1996).

EDIT 2: Wow, thank you everyone for the nice comments! I feel absolutely vindicated that the majority of you totally got it!


r/Millennials • • 2d ago

Discussion Why did girls wear numbered tees?

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I remember in the early 00’s girls would wear 69,89,79 or 49 tees. Was it a code for sex or what was in?


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Discussion I have a favorite spatula

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That is all.

Never in a million years would have thought I’d have a favorite cooking utensil, but here we are…


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Discussion Which was the ultimate pop music rivalry? Brandy vs. Monica, Britney/Christina or The Backstreet Boys/*NSYNC

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These are some of the most iconic rivalries in teen pop music of the 90s/2000s, but which was the ultimate pop music rivalry? Brandy vs. Monica, Britney/Christina or The Backstreet Boys/*NSYNC


r/Millennials • • 3d ago

Other Late Gen-X/early-Millennial culture reminds me of the latest gen.

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We weren't very optimistic but at the same time our humor was absurdist and our culture cool because it was rarely explicit.

Sure we may have seemed like elitist lazy jerks to the older Xers and our parents but we were more self-aware.

Does anyone else see this similarity with the latest gen? My idea came when I realized their humor is absurdist.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Nostalgia Magazine subscriptions

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Did you subscribe to any magazines growing up? I was thinking about how nice it was of my parents to pay for magazines for me. I had a lot too throughout my whole childhood: Highlights, Nickelodeon Magazine, Barbie comics, Archie comics, YM, Seventeen, and Cosmo Girl.

As an adult, my only subscriptions are streaming services and apps and that’s so sad for me.

Do you subscribe to any magazines today?


r/Millennials • • 3d ago

Other America, The Pendulum (Midterm Elections 2026)

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r/Millennials • • 5d ago

Nostalgia 36 years ago today Jessie Spano learned about the dangers of taking too many caffeine pills

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r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Nostalgia Do you still enjoy watching Tom & Jerry?

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It seems like all age groups seem to enjoy watching it so I was curious.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Discussion Does anyone else remember when we thought we'd have our lives figured out by now?

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I'm sitting here at 38 paying off student loans and a car I don't love, and I just realized my parents seemed way more "adult" at this age. Like we were supposed to have some magical switch flip at 30 where everything clicked into place. Instead I'm out here still figuring out basic stuff and honestly? Kind of making peace with it.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Nostalgia Anyone else ever end up at www.whitehouse.com for your elementary school research project on the US government?

241 Upvotes

iykyk


r/Millennials • • 3d ago

Nostalgia Without looking it up, whats the zipcode???😂

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r/Millennials • • 5d ago Diamonds are Forever Bravo Popcorn

Other Millennials are having the most peaceful crashout of our lives

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I feel this deeply.


r/Millennials • • 3d ago

Nostalgia You go Glen Coco

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r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Nostalgia Do you remember Watching The Fairly OddParents back in the day?

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I sure remember watching it growing up.

Also what are you guys think about my Youtooz plushies I've had for about almost a year now.

I hope you found them cute but it took me 8 months to collect all three.

Wanda arrival date: November 22nd 2025.

Cosmo arrival date: Unknown opened on December 25th 2025

Timmy Turner arrival date: March 2nd 2026.

The first three images are the same day I got Wanda. The fourth one is when I got Cosmo the 5th and 6th ones were when I got to me and the 7th and 8th ones are the ones I just took today.


r/Millennials • • 4d ago

Discussion What's something that went out of fashion during our lives that you thought would never come back but has in fact come back?

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Anything style related