Revisited: Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool

重访:尴尬!为什么千禧一代变得如此不酷

Today in Focus

2025-12-26

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An intergenerational war has broken out with Gen Z mercilessly mocking millennials as embarrassing and out of touch. Chloë Hamilton reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Hi, it's Helen here.

  • Today in Focus is taking a little Christmas break so that we can recharge our batteries ready for 2026.

  • While we're off, we are replaying a few of our favourite episodes of the year.

  • Today, it's a fun one presented by Lucy Hoff,

  • who is now the host of our sister podcast, Today in Focus Latest.

  • As a geriatric millennial, my cheeks burned throughout when I listened to this the first time round.

  • Enjoy!

  • Why are millennials suddenly so deeply uncool?

  • Somewhere back in the Halcyon 2010s, millennials were the bright young things.

  • A generation of digital pioneers defying our diet economic outlook by frittering away any savings we might have on flat whites and short-haul flights.

  • I can't afford a house.

  • Why bother even try?

  • Let me have my Starbucks.

  • Let me have my avocado toast.

  • Let me have my Netflix subscription.

  • Let me have my...

  • Boomers and Gen X derided us as self-absorbed snowflakes.

  • And I think we could live with that.

  • But now, we have a much more dangerous enemy, Gen Z.