Millennials have no rizz on the internet anymore
- Millennials have aged out of the internet — confused and unfamiliar with new memes and slang.
- "Sticking out your tongue for the rizzler" and "skibidi toilet" make 35-year-olds feel like strangers in their own home.
It is firmly established that millennial culture, or millenial core, is cringe. The dusty pink-hued relics of the ZIRP era — girl-bossing, mustache finger tattoos, Harry Potter references, Instagram filters, monogamy, direct-to-consumer brands — have not only been replaced by something more youthful, but are fully embarrassing. That's ok, we can accept that jeans and hairstyles change.
But have millennials gotten too old for the internet? For the New York Times, Max Read argues they have, and that Gen Z is in charge of the internet now. He writes:
But there's some good news for us millennials and our bad backs. Read argues that while this new world seems unfamiliar and alienating, the framework — how people interact and businesses operate on it — remains largely unchanged. TikTok and its For You Page may seem like a new business model; but like Facebook, Myspace, and others before it, it's just a social network that sells ads. People still argue about stuff, make memes, and consume news.
It's just that now there's some weird new slang and young people wear really confusing pants. And you know what? That's fine.