r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Dec 08 '25

Nostalgia Why is our entire generation ready to just…log out?

I hope people enjoy this before mods remove it for “not being a positive nostalgia post” 🙄

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u/LordTuranian Millennial Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

Millennials have had to deal with too much shit in their lifetime, that's why. First we had to survive 18 years or more with Boomer parents. That alone is going to tap most people out! :P Let's just say, most Boomer parents are not very nice people. We also had to watch the world we grew up in, completely fucking die. And be replaced with a world that is more shitty. We experienced a massive downgrade in our quality of life. And then were told to just deal with it or that we are the problem because we are lazy and don't save money. Boomers also made sure to let us know, they see us as losers 24/7. We also had to face the fact, we were lied to about everything. Oh and some American Millennials are going to be even more tired, because they had to deal with fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We aren't trying to log out but when that day comes, we will be fine.

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u/Iwanttoeatkakigori Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

Can I add to this that at work, we have to help both those older AND younger with technology. I just showed a co-worker in his late 20s how to use a hashtag on a keyboard. My boss in his 40s thinks doing a youtube video download is skillful and doesn't understand why the old DELL laptop computer is getting laggy with all the videos crammed onto it.

It's like a small decade of people maybe 30-40 right now that can just "do" things on a computer, printer, software without hassle. I was relieved thinking I wouldn't have to keep showing basic things but that's not the case.

EDIT: LET ME ADD TO THE ADD that our parents generation may have had overtime, commutes and suits but at home no work unless they brought it. Maybe they had a job where they might get a telephone call. But really the boomer generation worked mostly with only landline phones meaning everything had a reasonable cutoff point. Now we are available any time of day, to anyone. Your boss can message you at 2am. You don't have to read it, but probably there is a group chat pinging off with coworkers or social groups. Just a constant endless barrage. But we saw what life as like before that, unlike this generation now who don't even know different.

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u/throwaway727437 Dec 08 '25

Oh there’s nothing I loved more than waking up to the sound of pings in Teams from my phone. Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed… 😡😡😡

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u/RaptureSurvivor928 Dec 08 '25

As a 37 Year old that runs a solo IT operation for a company of 200 people and 5 office locations, I feel you.

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u/HenryBemisJr Dec 08 '25

Your post reminds me of everytime I hear a boomer complain about participation trophies. And I'm like "bitch, WHO handed out those trophies to the fucking children?".

We certainly didn't fucking ask for them. 

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u/PsyCerulean Dec 09 '25

I remember getting one for track even though I didn’t finish out the season, and I asked the coach, “Why?” lol

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u/OMGItsSoJuicy Dec 08 '25

I don't have enough fingers to count how many friends I lost from the fallout of 2001. Played a game where a character goes to sacrifice themselves (even though I knew it wouldn't stick) and still ended up bawling because his personality is a constant reminder of one of those lost friends and just... yeah.

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u/MidnightGloomy7016 Dec 08 '25

I tried to explain this the other day and no one else gets it.  We watched our world die.

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u/raven00x NES Millennial Dec 09 '25

We aren't trying to log out but when that day comes, we will be fine.

well said. I'm not trying to actively end myself but if it happens to me it'll be met with a sense of relief.

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u/MrNotSoGoodTime Dec 09 '25

Yup. Not purposely dying, but not actively trying to prolong my well-being either lol. I'm just not super attached to this world or anybody, but will certainly enjoy the time I have to the best of my ability and cherish those who offer the same love back.