Millennials Are Sharing The 'Older Person' Hills They'll Die On, And Boomers May Have A Point About These
As a millennial myself, I’m sometimes a little nervous to voice opinions that make me sound approximately 1,000 years old. Like, when did indoor spaces start blaring music so loudly? And why are the lights so bright?! Or worse, so dim that I can’t read anything?! Well, it turns out I’m not alone. Recently, redditor u/Thel200ster asked the r/Millennials community to share the “older adult” opinions they will always defend. Here are some of their hot takes.
1. “No, you cannot listen to music/videos/calls/whatever in public without headphones.”
—u/lyman_j
“I was sitting in the waiting room at the doctor’s office and a woman (likely another millennial) was FaceTiming without headphones — biggest pet peeve ever.”
—u/shooks838
2. “I hate downloading an app for every frickin’ thing. I’m not clogging up my phone just for one baseball game ticket. Email me a PDF of my ticket.”
—u/beekaybeegirl
3. “New car headlights are too damn bright.”
—u/pnwerewolf
”I live in New York City and don’t drive often, and one of the last times I drove, I was like, “What is happening?!” It’s like everyone has their high beams on all the time. Add to that the fact that every car is a dang SUV, so they’re all shining RIGHT IN YOUR EYEBALLS.”—u/Thel200ste
4. “Not everything needs to be recorded/photographed and posted online, whether it’s for good, like taking excessive vacation pictures, or for bad, like recording arguments between strangers.”
—u/Li-IonClub
5. “Please give me a real menu. I understood during COVID, but I really hate having to try to scroll through a whole menu on my tiny ass phone, especially if it’s just a PDF of their old menu that has a tiny font and hasn’t been adapted for mobile view at all. If you’re going to have a QR code for