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Howtoconfuseamillennial

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#HowToConfuseAMillennial is a hashtag that was originally created by Boomers and Generation X-ers to mock Millennials but was quickly overrun by Millennial Twitter users mocking how their ancestors are out of touch with the Millennial generation.

Origin

At 9:00 AM EST on September 4th, 2016, the Twitter account for a site specializing in hashtag games, @HashtagRoundup,[1] posted the first tweet with the hashtag #HowToConfuseaMillennial (shown below).

"source":https://twitter.com/HashtagRoundup/status/772404087677657089

Spread

Initial tweets using the hashtag gently ribbed millennials with jokes about their inability to understand old technology like maps (below, left) and landline phones (below, right).

"source":https://twitter.com/sophie_diddles/status/772405472544653312
"source":https://twitter.com/adu1tg33k1/status/772409359984955392

Once Millennial Twitter users caught wind of the hashtag, they used it to bash the generations before them, highlighting the economic difficulties Millennials face due to the mistakes of previous generations. These tweets were very popular, and soon became the dominant content under the "#HowToConfuseMillennials" hashtag. For example, one tweet by @TVsCarlKinsella,[2] shown below, gained over 24,000 retweets and 36,000 likes in two days.

"source":https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella/status/772422941715890176

The popularity of the hashtag made it a Twitter moment[3] and a news story on Buzzfeed,[4] BBC,[5] Mashable,[6] Uproxx,[7] and more.

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"source":https://twitter.com/Notintheface1/status/772435933194969088
"source":https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella/status/772422941715890176
"source":https://twitter.com/waltersn512/status/772495778401189892
"source":https://twitter.com/katie_dey/status/772650638647799808
"source":https://twitter.com/Asher_Wolf/status/772607768301740032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
"source":https://twitter.com/NoMayoTears/status/772514525916438528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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#HowToConfuseAMillennial

#HowToConfuseAMillennial

Part of a series on Millennials. [View Related Entries]

Updated Sep 06, 2016 at 02:28PM EDT by Adam.

Added Sep 06, 2016 at 11:47AM EDT by Adam.

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About

#HowToConfuseAMillennial is a hashtag that was originally created by Boomers and Generation X-ers to mock Millennials but was quickly overrun by Millennial Twitter users mocking how their ancestors are out of touch with the Millennial generation.

Origin

At 9:00 AM EST on September 4th, 2016, the Twitter account for a site specializing in hashtag games, @HashtagRoundup,[1] posted the first tweet with the hashtag #HowToConfuseaMillennial (shown below).


"source":https://twitter.com/HashtagRoundup/status/772404087677657089

Spread

Initial tweets using the hashtag gently ribbed millennials with jokes about their inability to understand old technology like maps (below, left) and landline phones (below, right).


"source":https://twitter.com/sophie_diddles/status/772405472544653312 "source":https://twitter.com/adu1tg33k1/status/772409359984955392

Once Millennial Twitter users caught wind of the hashtag, they used it to bash the generations before them, highlighting the economic difficulties Millennials face due to the mistakes of previous generations. These tweets were very popular, and soon became the dominant content under the "#HowToConfuseMillennials" hashtag. For example, one tweet by @TVsCarlKinsella,[2] shown below, gained over 24,000 retweets and 36,000 likes in two days.


"source":https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella/status/772422941715890176

The popularity of the hashtag made it a Twitter moment[3] and a news story on Buzzfeed,[4] BBC,[5] Mashable,[6] Uproxx,[7] and more.

Various Examples


"source":https://twitter.com/Notintheface1/status/772435933194969088 "source":https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella/status/772422941715890176 "source":https://twitter.com/waltersn512/status/772495778401189892 "source":https://twitter.com/katie_dey/status/772650638647799808 "source":https://twitter.com/Asher_Wolf/status/772607768301740032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw "source":https://twitter.com/NoMayoTears/status/772514525916438528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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Get PILLS, against my orders

Oh great, another “(Current Generation) sucks! Let’s make fun of ’em!” fad. This sort of thinking goes way back;

“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”
- Aristophanes, commonly misattributed to Socrates.

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