Pre “basic” we had the word poser which was truly the worst thing a person could be. Worlds worse than cringe.
2025-07-21 03:31:13
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okpeacetherapist :
ummm yes we do the word is fetch
2025-07-27 02:06:17
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Diane | Beauty UGC :
We were young, wild, and free 🫶
2025-07-21 04:19:43
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Mad💋🍸🪩 :
Zillennial here! I studied trend forecasting and I’m pretty confident Gen Z is ab to dive head first into romanticizing millennials and actually wanting to be cringe. I’m already starting to see early adopters romanticizing millennials and things like “tumblr era” and “millennial core”. They just are weirdly obsessed w assigning an aesthetic to everything lol
2025-07-21 04:12:43
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Lawrence :
Basic with zero social skills
2025-07-21 11:23:57
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🌝⚡️💫 :
I think millennial cringe was being called a poser
2025-07-21 03:51:52
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nope :
millennials live rent free in genzs minds
2025-07-21 20:33:51
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RATCHET :
There was an actual “trend” of being anti mainstream 😭😭
2025-07-27 15:41:22
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Rebecca Renée :
They literally brought basic back. Sorry not sorry. 😅😂
2025-07-21 03:39:00
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thatweirdtreeguyrob :
The closest thing we had was, “awkward”. But it’s till not the same as cringe.
2025-07-21 23:40:26
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Garett 🧿 Travel & House Music :
Millennials didn’t label stuff cringe, we just clocked it as someone being a little weird or random, and honestly, that was high praise. It meant you weren’t boring. It meant you were doing your own thing. It meant you had main character energy before TikTok even knew what that was.
2025-07-21 15:22:31
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Meg :
Gen Z is so concerned about being timeless and Millenials are looking back on our lives with joy in the free-ness and exploration of our journeys.
2025-07-21 13:51:07
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Tess :
Jenna marbles taught us it’s ok to be yourself even if it’s “cringe”
2025-07-21 10:39:01
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Frames :
I was dancing in public and taking pictures in abandoned warehouses! I loved it
2025-07-23 15:36:14
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mesarah1982 :
We were and are fun. Gen Z acts like my grandparents. ZOOMERS. millennials would be mortified to be compared to our grandparents or parents. That is cringe to me. 😂😂😂
2025-07-22 04:33:46
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Keep it Cute with Kate :
Basic was the “Live Laugh Love” girl you know??
2025-07-21 06:11:09
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M1Awesome :
Millennials embraced cringe as Individualism. That's why millennials are happy and gen z is depressed
2025-07-27 00:47:58
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user4243197360390 :
I think the key here is "We had so much fun." I worry these kids aren't having any fun.
2025-07-21 14:24:57
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zippier was also charged :
No one knows they’re cringe until the next Gen comes up after them. Everything Gen Z is going WILL be seen as cringe by Gen Alpha. It doesn’t matter how much Gen Z tried not to be cringe, no Gen can escape the circle of LIFE
2025-07-22 16:31:07
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Alisa Angelini :
I'd rather be a Millenial that a 20 year old Boomer.
2025-07-22 13:47:19
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Audrey :
Y'all just let gen z live. Is there any particular reason that we need to pick on these kids? We are grown adults now and they are still just trying to figure it all out. Give them time, be supportive, and help them find their individualism, don't just judge them for not having it.
2025-07-21 23:58:31
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Somenonenoone :
I will never forget seeing Gen Z in mom jeans and a fanny pack. They lost all cringe high ground in one outfit.
2025-07-22 21:08:16
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Ryan 🇵🇸🍉 :
People were intentionally “cringe” and labeled themselves as “quirky” 😅😅
2025-07-21 13:53:50
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Hooksandtwists :
Maybe not cringe but “poser” was slung around a lot lol
2025-07-22 01:22:20
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