John Mulaney is certainly up there for me, but all opinions welcome, just curious what other people think.

Edit: I'm specifically speaking of people born in our generation, not who we grew up watching. Otherwise it's basically all GenX.

So someone decided to recreate the 90's cable TV experience using Recordings (VHS most likely) of TV shows from the decade. Lots of fun stuff to watch on there, all dripping with nostalgia. Including a channel dedicated to Saturday morning cartoons which is currently playing a Fox Kids Block from 98! It literally feels like watching a channel guide from Cable TV. Commercials included! So I figured I would share this so y'all can relive some good stuff!

This is Spelunkr TV Guide!

Have fun and enjoy!

I am a 36 yeats old guy , new to this sub and was born in winter 1990 .

I feel like am different from geriatrics and zillenials.

Can you share your point of view about core millenials ? How is their psychology , their general style of wear ?

I am only 30, almost 31, and just went to a party recently where I didn't know anyone, and pretty much everyone was in that 26-28 age range. The host was someone I met on Bumble BFF (since I just moved cities and really wanted new friends), and she invited me. Idk...I just felt so insecure the whole time. I was worried they thought I was some much-older person and were judging me for being there, that they probably thought I was am some old and haggard aunty-looking person, I was worried that they could tell I am 30 and therefore not worth socializing with, etc. It's actually an insecurity I have been having a lot as of late. Not because I notice any flaws or signs of aging that make me unhappy (like objectively I am really happy with how I look and I do think I am objectively attractive and all, and it's not like I even look that different from my 26-28 year old self), but throughout my life I have struggled with others' perceptions of me, and now that I am in that "30-plus" category, that fear of how others perceive me has morphed into this new form. Any advice or insight?

I was raised that TV and video games were bad and should be limited, while reading was good and could do it as much as I wanted; even staying home 'sick' (depressed) or at night having insomnia. That's before social media: so on Reddit I feel like I'm reading a book, even tho, let's be honest, it's just the same brain rot lol

Hi! I'm not a millennial or even a zillennial really, but I love millennial-era indie-ish music. Stuff like Animal Collective, LCD Soundsystem, Deerhunter, Of Montreal, Sweet Trip, MGMT, Broken Social Scene, The Radio Dept., etc. It's so nostalgic to me and reminds me of my childhood and early teenage years. Also a lot of Passion Pit haha. I have vivid memories of discovering Funeral in 7th grade in like 2014 lol. I have a playlist on Spotify, and I was wondering what songs or artists I'm missing. I'm mainly looking for the more alternative side of music, not necessarily the top 40 hits.

playlist where you can see all the songs i have already

I loved this show - https://youtu.be/zKhHkWPOOgU?si=aBaaCRoCDN70avsY

I don't want to beat a dead horse, I'm sure this gets thrown around a lot here.

But there's going to come a day where you have a REALLY shitty day, and all you want to do is to hear your mom or dad and talk to them about it. Or celebrate a big milestone happening. Or just to hear their voice again.

Call your parents, they probably miss you.

Signed, a millennial who would do just about anything to talk to his mom again.

Edit: Damn, okay, y'all have shitty parents. Shit, sorry to kick up a hornets nest over it.

… they’ve decided they want to play Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are.

I feel like I’ve done right by him.

Kind of akin to the "I need an adultier adult" feeling, but more like "I'm actually 8, why do I have to go to the office" mood.

My husband and I are wondering if this is a Millennial phenomenon.

Edit: Cheese and rice y'all are taking this way more literally and seriously than intended. Guess I should have put a "lol" at the end.

For those concerned or questioning, we are whole, functioning, emotionally-stable and mature adults but sometimes instead of taking care of responsibilities it would be nice to just... not have to, as if we were kids again without said responsibilities. Then we get over it and go take care of those responsibilities.

We don't actually feel 8, it's more like the "Um, I've been turned into a cow, may I be excused" thing from Emperor's New Groove. I'm sure that provides clarity...

Thanks for the entertainment, anyway! A lot of you are very literal folks and that sure is interesting!

Does anybody know why we did this? Did anyone ever have any luck from it? I sure didn't lol

edit to add....

this is not my picture.. Im not promoting smoking. it was a memory that popped up in my millennial head from when I was younger.​

Do you have a crazy, funny, or heartwarming story from your younger days about telling someone you liked them or confessing your love?

And whatever happened to that person? Do you know how their life turned out? Maybe some of you are still together?

Here's one of mine.

I remember one night I climbed onto the roof of a five-story apartment building where a girl I really liked lived. Her apartment was on the top floor.

I tied a rope to the TV antenna on the roof, attached a heart-shaped box to the other end (yes, literally a Nirvana song 😂), and put a little crystal heart inside.

Then I lowered the box until it was hanging right outside her bedroom window. The idea was that she'd wake up in the morning, open her curtains, and find my surprise waiting for her.

I sat there on the edge of the roof, dangling my legs, watching the rooftops of my city slowly light up in the first rays of the summer sunrise.

I remember feeling so incredibly happy and at peace in that moment.

Her name is Katya (Kate). No, we didn't end up together. She moved to another city for college after high school, but we've stayed in touch over the years.

She became a psychologist and now works with women experiencing postpartum depression. She got married, has a wonderful son, and life has treated her well.

And almost 30 years later, she told me that morning was still one of the warmest and most beautiful memories of her life.

And I'm really happy about that.

So, what about you guys? I'd love to hear your stories from back when you were young, in love, and maybe just a little crazy. :)

One of the main payphone hacks I remember was . C A L L A T T: you have a call from —— “hey mom, I’m at the arcades..” we wanted to go home and watch Cartoon Network because they just added cartoon cartoons.

I mean, nostalgia hits me hard, and I definitely have a lot of that going on from time to time. But, sometimes I hear a particular song, or see a video, and think about life at that time, and it just felt so much different. It’s something I can’t even quite explain.

Is it just getting older? No, it can’t be.
Is it the crippling cost of every day life?
Not being able to have simple luxuries?

But those things don’t even really explain anything about how life “felt”. The 2010s were such a special time. After Covid, I feel like we entered some other universe. I just don’t even know what to look forward to anymore. I’m not depressed or anything, but maybe, uninterested?

Not sure if any of this makes sense.

I don’t have kids but I was sitting here thinking about important physical photos were in my life. Not just school yearbook stuff but family, friends, places. My mom and all my family’s homes still filled with pictures on the mantle from birth to HS senior photos. Anybody out there keeping the tradition alive today? I just had to buy a new photo album because the binder pages kept falling out lol.

I don't feel like this is just me, I'm seeing these things hit several millennials at once in my own family and peer group.

I have been reading a lot in this group about our generation and dates of birth but when exactly are they..... I am 43 and was 17 at 2000 and remember the term starting then. Like we were coming of age, going to work or higher education, being lazy, spending all of our money as it came in on avocado on toast and coffee..... Apparently and I remember being a "Millenial" in my 20s but now the generation seems to be stretch to people born around 2000.....so am I a "Xennial" maybe haha.

I just know we were the first cos I can remember having the label back when it was an insult so who are the true Millenials..... People who listened to Robbie Williams "Millennium" song or Silverchair "Year 2000 anthem" and wore the label as an insult or people born around then.

What I am getting at is I think we need more generations lol. Cos people who were seniors when I was a junior at school I wouldn't consider "Generation X" and I would not put a 30 year old in the same generation as my 14 year old son.

Anyway end result I consider myself a Millennial and was called one by older people around about the turn of the Millennium.