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Younger Generations Are Romanticizing the “Millennial Optimism Era” on TikTok
Posted on 12/13/25 at 6:03 am
Posted on 12/13/25 at 6:03 am
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As a member of Gen Z, I was in middle school during the Millennial hipster era. I wanted my future life to be like Glee or New Girl, I scrolled through Tumblr like it was my job, I perfected a messy bun and, tragically, I even remember getting my first pair of galaxy-print leggings. (I hated typing that.) But now, instead of younger generations calling those trends “cringe,” it seems like a lot of them are…yearning for it.
On TikTok, people are making montages of photos from this era that are racking up hundreds of thousands of likes, all set to the 2009 song “Blood” by the Middle East. It’s got that particular high-pitched sing-along quality that feels like a calling card of the whimsical indie-folk music that dominated during the era, when groups like Bon Iver, Of Monsters and Men and the Head and the Heart reigned.
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Posted on 12/13/25 at 6:07 am to Wally Sparks
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. I wanted my future life to be like Glee or New Girl,
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But now, instead of younger generations calling those trends “cringe,” it seems like a lot of them are…yearning for it.
No they're not. Media always trying to plant idea seeds.
There's nothing I would love more than the total utter castigation and nullification of the years 2008 to 2016.
Bar none, the worst most despicable era in American history
No gritty emergence, or adversity, just pure arrogant media/entertainment world slop.
That was the era of peak American narcissism and we are still suffering from that era today.
Obama embodies every inch of this era too. Media/PR-centric, obsessed with celebrity status, obsessively anti-tradition to a retarded degree.
Shallow, materialistic, snobby, etc.
Millennials will own that garbage arse era forever.
This post was edited on 12/13/25 at 6:13 am
Posted on 12/13/25 at 6:08 am to Wally Sparks
So they’ve graduated from the 90s and moved into the aughts. Seeing lots of high schoolers wearing Creed merch too.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:27 am to Wally Sparks
I'm a millenial and still look fondly back to this era, not the hipster sh*t though. Those people were the worst.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:32 am to Wally Sparks
I just died from reading that post. 
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:40 am to tiggerthetooth
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Obama embodies every inch of this era too. Media/PR-centric, obsessed with celebrity status, obsessively anti-tradition to a retarded degree. Shallow, materialistic, snobby, etc.
I would be curious to hear your description of this president and this present time period in that context.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:41 am to Wally Sparks
Tumblr must be mk ultra for females.
It’s also where the trans stuff got big.
It’s also where the trans stuff got big.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:42 am to Joshjrn
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I would be curious to hear your description of this president and this present time period in that context.
You mean the guy they all snubbed their nose at and look down upon and think his supporters are deplorable?
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:44 am to dgnx6
I'm an older millennial (born '83) That hipster era was nothing but giant douchebags listening to shitty music.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:47 am to Defenseiskey
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I'm a millenial and still look fondly back to this era, not the hipster sh*t though. Those people were the worst.
Things were so affordable back then. I’m a bit nostalgic too.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:51 am to Wally Sparks
Kids today would do well to look inside themselves to find their identity, rather than what’s fabricated for consumption through a screen. Come to think of it, adults too.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 7:58 am to Wally Sparks
Not in my small town
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:03 am to olemc999
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Things were so affordable back then. I’m a bit nostalgic too.
I had an apartment in EaDo in Houston that I paid less than $650 a month for in 2013. Now its almost $2k.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:05 am to Wally Sparks
The things people do to occupy themselves out of boredom.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:35 am to tiggerthetooth
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2008 to 2016.
Not as great as the 90’s but still a very good era.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 8:37 am to ezride25
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Kids today would do well to look inside themselves to find their identity, rather than what’s fabricated for consumption through a screen. Come to think of it, adults too.
External validation is a drug and eventually a mental illness.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 9:04 am to Wally Sparks
Every generation looks back and romanticizes the 20 to 30 years prior.
Grease and American Graffiti were 70s movies about the 50s. Dazed and Confused was a 90s movie made about the 70s, etc. etc.
Grease and American Graffiti were 70s movies about the 50s. Dazed and Confused was a 90s movie made about the 70s, etc. etc.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 9:05 am to Suntiger
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Every generation looks back and romanticizes the 20 to 30 years prior.
Not in the 70s and 80s, we didnt. Even Fonzie was lame.
But we developed our own brand of lame.
This post was edited on 12/13/25 at 9:09 am
Posted on 12/13/25 at 11:56 am to tiggerthetooth
I miss the 90s and also the early 2000s trend of women wearing tank tops and mini skirts
The hipster shite can diaf
The hipster shite can diaf
Posted on 12/13/25 at 12:44 pm to PNW_TigerSaint
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So they’ve graduated from the 90s and moved into the aughts. Seeing lots of high schoolers wearing Creed merch too
Man I'm getting old
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