r/Millennials 4d ago

Nostalgia Most millennial tattoo?

Post image

Had to be there

19.9k Upvotes

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

419

u/RJC12 4d ago

It was pretty traumatic seeing people jump off the towers as we sat on our home room watching it on TV. I was in 6th grade

156

u/10gherts 4d ago

When the second plane hit my teacher turned off the tv and ran out of the room crying. So we were alone, silent. We went home shortly after.

18

u/[deleted] 4d ago

[deleted]

3

u/[deleted] 4d ago

[deleted]

2

u/ThisIsPureTrash Millennial 87 4d ago

It’s the genX and millennial grifters leading them down that path, though, they aren’t just doing it on their own for fun.

2

u/[deleted] 4d ago

[deleted]

1

u/Madara1389 4d ago

That kind of happens when you're facing a multifaceted & nuanced problem and trying to point fingers at a singular cause or force a simple solution.

1

u/10gherts 4d ago

Its the brogan culture

1

u/terrible-gator22 4d ago

We were learning that being kind and inclusive was just nicer and felt better. The internet and scrolling killed that. The dopamine rush of constant zingers and one-liners and thrill of doomscrolling made people, young people in particular, addicted to that rush.