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#HowToConfuseAMillennial
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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).
![First How to Confuse a Millennial Tweet Hashtag Roundup , Follow HashtagRoundup This week's Sundays with Doc hosted by @TheTrueDocLove is #HowToConfuseAMillennial RETWEETS LIKES 48](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/167/682/2ff.png)
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).
![Map Example Follow SophieDiddles @sophie diddles #HowToConfuseAMillennial Show them what an antique GPS looks like](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/687/6b9.png)
![Landline Example adu1tg33k @adu1tg33k1 Follow #HowToConfuseAMillennial ask them to make a call on this GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/689/a14.png)
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.
![Confuse a Millennial tweet 요요 Carl Kinsella 2.2 Carl Kinsella Follow @TVsCarlKinsella #HowToConfuseAMillennial Destroy the housing market Replace grad jobs with unpaid internships Tell them to buy a house](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/167/693/0ba.png)
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
![How to Confuse Millennial 2 ModernManKevinBacon @Notintheface1 Follow #HowToConfuseAMillennial Crash their economy and then condescendingly ask why so many of them are living with their parents](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/697/4bd.png)
![Confuse a Millennial tweet 요요 Carl Kinsella 2.2 Carl Kinsella Follow @TVsCarlKinsella #HowToConfuseAMillennial Destroy the housing market Replace grad jobs with unpaid internships Tell them to buy a house](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/693/0ba.png)
![How to Confuse Millennial 3 Nathan Walters @waltersn512 Follow #HowToConfuseAMillennial start a hashtag slamming millenials on a platform controlled by millenials; get offended when millenials fight back](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/698/ead.png)
![Katie Dey Tweet katie dey @katie_dey Following #HowToConfuseAMillennial allow them to live imprisoned in consciousness at odds with an innately incoherent & horrifying outer existence](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/699/8bc.png)
![How to Confuse Millennial 4 Asher Wolf @Asher-Wolf Follow 지제 Tell them mental health is important while they run between three part-time jobs #HowToConfuseAMillennial RETWEETS LIKES 231 475](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/702/e53.png)
![How To Confuse Millennial 5 dark like tree bark @NoMayoTears Follow Tell them to follow their passions!* as long as they aren't passionate about art, writing, or anything creative #HowToConfuseAMillennial](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/167/703/53e.png)
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External References
[1] Twitter – @hashtagroundup
[2] Twitter – @TVsCarlKinsella
[3] Twitter – Millennials spar with older generations in hashtag game
[4] Buzzfeed – 11 Foolproof Ways To Confuse Millennials
[5] BBC – #HowToConfuseAMillennial: The hashtag widening the generation gap
[6] Mashable – Millennials respond excellently to #HowToConfuseAMillennial hashtag
[7] Uproxx – Millennials Relentlessly Bash Their Elders With #HowToConfuseAMillennial
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Top Comments
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Sep 06, 2016 at 12:13PM EDT
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