And the pseudointellectual demographic of You Tube.. Physically weak adult males with smug condescending snarky attitudes. They know everything and mock rural people without realizing we dismiss them as useless.
Destiny talks to incels all the time I think he's more open to trying to help them rather than bash them as someone he disagrees with which unfortunately is really common atm lmfao.
@@amandajean7738then why we’re all the pics of left wingers… there are right wing millennial influencers. Not in this video tho. Just left wingers being called millennials.
Ill have to disagree with you. You're attacking a certain archetype known as a "soyboy", not millenials as a group. There are plenty of honerable people in every generation, and plenty of snakes in every generation.
Yes, as a millennial we have called the ones you describe as soyboys for a long time. They are typically virtue signaling leftists who are really insecure cowards.
I think you summed it up better than anyone else. If your entire existence is an ironic, self-deprecating joke, then every criticism can be dismissed with “I don’t care”. It’s a defense mechanism.
I agree, I'm a millennial and it seems like a lot of my peers are in a state of perpetual defensive apathy. Incredulity and scepticism are signals of social currency among them, but only when it comes to deviations from the secular status quo. It's very insecure behavior.
The "soyjack" stereotype isn't really a generational thing, more of a personality archetype. You're talking about a topic that was already getting thoroughly scrutinised in the mid 2010's internet culture
You reminded me of the sleepycabin clip where Zach Hadel talks about going to barcade and counting the amount of guys they saw there with thick rim glasses, as a game with his buddies while there.
My GOD, I hate those things. I'm a 50-year-old liberal gay man and I have JUST about had enough of EVERY DAMN KID wearing those nasty SJW glasses. NOBODY looks good in them. Even the characters in the new Dungeons and Dragons art have them on. What the fuuuuuck?
Millennial man here, its refreshing to see this called out. The lazy beard and soft opinions are everywhere, you know when a dude has a mullet and a mustache he's about as rebellious as a chest of drawers.
It’s upbringing. Millennials growing up with Gen X humor and in a world where they were told stuff like you just need a college degree… the world was insincere so they’re reflecting that Gen Z grew in straight harsh reality. Have crippling need to be seen and liked from social media so their humor is absurdist. The shit is just make the most random stuff ever like late night Adult Swim
This is an excellent point; however, looking back I remember them being insincere even back in 04-08 in HS although not to the same extent. Maybe every generation has insincere people its just that insincerity is in vogue right now.
Wait, eggshell white skin, prominent red lips, obviously not a natural blonde, touched up eyebrows, and wearing a necklace indoors? Are you sure you dont fit the millennial archetype?
Yeah it's the elder z look. I had a mullet but I'm a junior millennial 95. I had the mullet before the explosion of them 2016. I was also painting houses.
@@habibikebabtheiii2037 right on brotha, but I don't recall seeing many-mullets in the glory days of '16, it was all about the side part comb over back den
@@DivinesLegacyI don’t like these type of millennials but I understand their point. Not everyone needs to be a parent. There’s to many stupid fucking parents around.
Both are pretty bad. Aside from pointing out the inability to be sincere, even with professional writers, it's all focusing on one class of chronically online content creators.
@@Nersius true, his topic is more like the "SOYBOY" type of men than the general millenial... like his intro with bearded men with open mouth is the very definition of the soyjack meme.
There is a youtube bias when you see a video top comments always agree overwhelmingly. They get upvoted by those who mindlessly agree without thinking or critically analyzing. Sheep mentality... Then those who create those nonsensical videos with strong opinions keep thinking they are right because someone agreed with them... Cycle goes on. Nothing is gained or understood with any extra depth.
A lot of people do. I was especially amused by the frightened millennials who wrote something like "noooooo. I'm a millennial and I don't look like that at all. That looks are cringe, and I look like a guy from the most alpha manly sigma generation - zoomers. No beard, skinny, dyed hair, dangle earring" XD
No kidding. This is the dumbest fucking video I've ever seen. Okay maybe not dumbest but pretty stupid. Like I can't take anything this guy seriously when half videos are on "looksmaxxing". As if he himself is even doing that. Seems pretty insincere when half of his talking points is that most millennial men are like that and are just being "ironic" yet he himself is not clearly taking that looksmaxxing lifestyle seriously with his looks. Fucker looks like sid the sloth. But nah just seriously hearing him say shit like "yeah you know that guy with a mullet probably had some substance to him and said politically incorrect things" and I just thought oh hell no it's one of these videos. Just so many bad takes on here and the comment section is unfortunately mostly garbage as well. Also yeah let's cherry pick select UA-camrs to push my point, even though it is not accurate to entire generation of men. This video is dumb and it seems that's all this entire channel is
@@m7ray Not sure how correcting a sweeping generalisation is "being frightened." So bizarre that the millennia's, aka the ACTUAL people he is trying to derogate would know a little more about the subject and decide to chime in? The real point of amusement here is a guy who looks like a prepubescent, fragile little child trying to dish our advice on "looks" and "masculinity" 😂
I'm a millenial and look nothing like those guys you showed. Some of us are straight shooters with a clean look with zero tattoos - although we are rare, we do exist. I have been told I look like a guy in his mid to late 20's even though I am 39 years old.
Preach broter. So am I. People forget the millenials got the last awesome dsys of the 80s and 90s. And some degenerated to that modernized version of millenials.
Same here. I'm 32. Most people think I am a 22 year odm with an overbearing family. Until they hear me speak and think I am some 40 year old PhD with a Philosopher's Stone or some shit.
I think most people genuinely fear of standing out and/or being ostracised if you know what I mean, hence why people tend to get the same haircuts, look the same way, shame others if they’re different from the norm, etc. That’s what I’ve seen in my experience anyway.
@@seancaviness7749 the modern ‘mullets’ in particular I see people getting is ridiculous. Like, I rocked a similar trim because I didn’t get my hair cut over lockdown and people rightfully made fun of it, but now since it’s ‘fashionable’ it’s now good? Genuinely baffles my mind how people can’t think with their own heads, like I’d go as far to say 90% of people I meet are just copy paste lol, it’s crazy.
@@THEKaari Based. Humans are social creatures and the worst thing for us besides hunger is being ostracized. Most people aren't very creative or stylish, so they conform to whatever goofy trends are popular in the moment. As long as you have your own style that suits your vibe and isn't dogshit then you are already doing better than most.
@@seancaviness7749 I completely agree with you on that man. Admittedly I used to be a doormat too trying to be ‘that guy’ if you know what I mean. Kept trying to always blend in, yadda yadda, but honestly, it made me miserable living so fake y’know? I was actually shunned for not taking part in bad habits if you know what I mean, and at that point I basically snapped and just realised I can’t be in that crowd. I’m me, I’ll talk how I want, be what I want, you get the picture. Does come at a cost to my short-term gratification, but I’d rather take long-term happiness instead now. Best advice I can give you is learn to be your own best friend, since the only person your guaranteed to have in your life is you.
@@THEKaari The last sentence you wrote is incredibly wise. Why spend your whole life tyring to please people that don't love you and that you can't rely on to be there till the end? When you adopt your own style, you attract athenticity from people that love you for you rather than an image you're putting up. Proud of you for realizing that and I hope you spread your wisdom to others.
lower testosterone and higher estrogen levels than previous generations due to sedentary lifestyle, pollution in environment and hormones and chemicals in food. modern males look more feminine and less robust
I think the biggest problem is that you underestimate just how insincere humanity can be. I've met plenty of Gen Z, Gen X, and boomers, on top of millenials, who would gladly throw me or others under the bus (some my own family!). I really don't think this is a generations issue, but a people issue.
Millennials are some of the softest people I’ve met in my life (I’m 43 so I don’t know if I fall into the millennial category or not I’ll be honest I don’t pay attention to it) However. I will say that they are some of the most intellectually stubborn people you’ll ever meet and that is very much a generational thing, along with the entitlement. They will absolutely die on whatever hill they’re currently discussing and will absolutely not listen to reason or facts. It’s as though they have their own reality
@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn Again, these problems seem more like a human problem, than a generation problem. What you're describing also suits boomers and genz completely.
@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn Though I think I will agree on millenials being pretty soft. It seems to me that each generation keeps getting softer and softer.
@@alexlewis5365 yes I say it’s generational simply by the degree and the sheer widespread commonality. I’ve never met a generation more locked in on ideology at least in my country. They are nearly a monolith. Of course it’s not ALL of them but compared to previous generations it seems that groupthink has really taken hold of nearly an entire generation. Surely it has to do with the internet and the fact that with them you’re either in agreement with them or you’re an evil person
@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn I guess we just agree to disagree then. I think people who try to pin such huge problems on single generations, as opposed to the whole population, without definitive evidence, have a massive blindspot in their judgement. One of the biggest truths about mankind really is, the more things change, the more they stay same. The problems have always been there, regardless of generation.
As a Fellow Echo-Boomer of mixed “race”; I as well. City Millennials and Gen Z are often hard to tell apart. Especially Younger Millennials not pushing or past 40.
As a Millennial myself, you're spot on. I think the ultimate root of this phenomenon is insecurity. If you're sincere, you open yourself up to criticism. If everything is ironic, you can always play it off as a joke.
Honestly, you're just looking at cynical geeks and nerds more than anything. Gen z will end up the same in couple of years, slightly different apperance
@@commanderknee3821Most men aren’t left wing. If only men voted almost every state in the Union would be Republican. Don’t let the Demoralization campaign fool you into thinking that there is no hope. Most men are ready to fk sht up. These left wing influencers are pssys.
hilarious how we think of boomers as being conservative and millennials being liberal and forget that conservative millennials and liberal boomers exist too
@@tanko.reactions176 100% Reich wing conservatives that had a university/college education and staunchly promote anti-intellectualism for the past 40 years are an enigma. They believe education should only be for the wealthy/privileged and keep the rest of humanity scared, distracted and dumb make better and easier to control drones that way.
Rebirth of the mullet is gen z dude. Also you’re generalizing. Most millennials are not like this. These are mainly the dudes you see online, Which leads to tunnel vision. I walk outside in the real world most millennials are not like this. They’re pretty normal.
I know right being bearded is a millennial thing I have a big full beard I'm a millennial I've had a beard since highschool I never shaved even when it was still in. I keep up with my beard though it's not nasty it's part of my style. I get compliments all the time.
I have observed that many among them possess a vocal demeanor akin to that of a woman, with unsettling and insincere fluctuations in tone and exaggerated animation in speech.
I don’t even like the women who talk that way. I really think it’s more of an “irritating person” thing than it is a gender trait, despite the fact that those speech patterns are more abundant on the women’s side.
That's called vocal fry where they talk like the Kardashians with an insincere condescending tone to sound superior, and above their own class. The oldest example you can find of it is the British actor who voices the tiger, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (1967). Look it up.
@@reverselee3218 Telling someoone that their observation is incorrect as they didn't even show any data to prove their point ain't being offended. This is the problem with Genz. You guys don't know how to argue or debate your point without telling other people they're just offended or you are offended. Being constantly offended by other people's opinion is more of a reflection of yourself than other commenters. Not because you feel it, doesn't mean we feel the same.
@@LadyMariaEnjoyer and yet, I am right. ‘Cope’ is a term often used by Gen z and Gen alpha due to inability to debate properly or come up with intelligent response. Hence a product of brainrot. 😩 best of luck surviving out there. 🫡
The soy milk thing is an Older Miliennial thing. Remember, there are over 72+ million “Echo-Boomers”! We drink 🍻🍷 to get us through…. LIFE! …Not that soy “latte shit”!🤓☕️💅🫄🏼
This is utter bullshit. Just wait until gen alpha says "why did gen z use their slang ironically? It's because they had a bit of a problem with being sincere. At least we meant it when we said it."
they all grew up on family guy, south park, and jackass without understanding any of the adult subtext, then saw the matrix, deadpool, and Michael Cera movies and unanimously said "OMG, THATS LITERALLY ME!!!!" with cobson soyjak face that still hasn't faded
It's because in Western society in order to get a decent income and the hope of a girlfriend you're either a celebrity, entrepreneur or a programmer who doesn't see the sun (touch grass meme). The indoor basement look with ironic T-shirts are meant to show friends that they're harmless because half of them are about to snap.
It's very vulnerable to be sincere. You have to assess who you are and truthfully try to convey it. You have no fallback of it being some kind of meta irony. Sincerity is deeply attractive and necessary for healthy bonding.
@@gerolsteiner219 yup, which is why I had to have my tonsils removed at age 5 and was near-sighted by age 7, among other 'normal' health problems. luckily I avoided vegetables and was physically active during puberty or I'd probably have ended up just like these guys. that's the other factor I forgot to mention: sedentary = low-t
@@robertovinci13 yes, they are. the junkiest of junk food. check the bioavailability of vegetable nutrients. then check how many toxins are in them. you might as well spray cardboard with pesticide and eat that. mmm, tasty and healthy.
I'm a Millennial and know exactly what you're talking about. I've broken out of the cycle but I can tell my generation is super insecure, especially the older they get. It's like my generation can't accept that we got so many things wrong.
I think the beard/tattoos look (and to a lesser extent, the obsession with craft beer) a lot of millennial men have is born out of a desire to be seen as a man. They have ironically adopted superficial markers in place of the qualities they are associated with to make up for shortcomings in their own personal development.
A lot of the tattoos are just hookup culture tramp stamps regardless of the gender. Not to say that some people don't get tattoos for some deeper spiritual, symbolic meaning anymore. But, if you see something like a whole sleeve of generic faux "tribal knotwork" patterns on the arms, lower back, or on their stomach above their crotch the later purpose is more likely. And, if you ask them to explain what those tribal patterns symbolizes to them they can't usually give you a clear answer.
I'm millenial I look NOTHING like that, not mindset, not fashion/style, not hair or beard, not the attitude or behavior & definitely don't have them as friends & IM VERY VERY THANKFUL I DON'T EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE!!
Everyone is plagued differently boomers “work family” bs, online IG fake lives with filters & sometimes fake experiences didn’t gen z popularize taking fake pictures of other people’s houses & cars?
Dude. 😂😂😂😂 I am laughing my @ss off at this video. Even though it is offensive to my generation calling us “insincere” I am 37 (born in 1987) If you see me, with my overgroomed hair, i dare say that I look like a guy from a pre-baby boomer generation in a younger version. (See actor Gregory peck and Charles Dance in younger years). And I don’t have facial hair at all. --------------- Maybe I differ from my generation peers. I do like to be playful and cheery in order to retain a youthful vibe. I remember as a kid, adults (boomers) were always uptight and only showed warm vibe when they were having “adult fun” like drinking, partying or watching a sports game. As for the teens and college folks (Gen-X) they seemed to be mean and selfish; when they interacted with me as kid they always sought to outsmart me for some laughs. I hoped my generation would be the most warm and cheery of all as adults. After so many crisis we’ve been through, we became one of the most hopes generations
I'm X, and probably over generalizing here, but another trend I think millennials seem to do is ramble for 5 minutes before they get on topic with their videos.
I'm a Millenial dude (36) and I've been complaining about this for forever. But I think it's a post-internet thing. Gen Z calls anyone sincere "cringe" just like Millenials ostracized anyone who has a genuine passion or belief. Gen X were proudly nihilistic and poked fun of all beliefs as "naive". The writing in popular media has been really bad since Millenials hit the scene though. Unfortunately thats the influence we will be remembered for.
Whether you're a millennial, zoomer, boomer, etc. there will be people who will always have something negative to say about you or disaprove of your appearance. Whether i had long hair, shaggy hair, short hair combed to the side, shaved head, facial hair, no facial hair, someone has always said something negative about it at least once. Ironicall, i pretty much agree with everything this guy is saying, but i think when guys point out the percieved flaws of the looks of other guys, it's about a desire to feel superior in some sense. The underlying logic is "I don't look like you, someone i perceive as lesser than based off of physical characteristics, some which you have no control over, therefore i am better than you." You see tall men (not all) for example have this mentality towards shorter men and will down play the accomplishments of a shorter man. "Yeah, well, at least I'm tall, brah." I think this mindset stems from a secret insecurity and/or the desire to bring other men down as a low hanging ego boost because most people don't feel good about themselves unless they can compare others as lesser than them. Of course if there is a secret or subconscious insecurity from men like this, it's not like they'd ever admit it if they're aware of it as they fear it would make them look weak and that's the last thing a man wants to be perceived as, man's greatest fear, so they have to play the condescending Andrew Tate act to hide their insecurity, just like the Wizard of Oz being a little old man hiding behind this big, threatening Zordan-like projection, so who's really being insencere here? That's why often when we point a finger at someone, we have three pointing back and the advice and criticisms we have of others are often the advice and criticisms we need to apply to ourselves, but that requires introspection, self awareness and honesty with the self. "You can please some people some of the time, but you can't please all people all the time." -Abraham Lincoln So just be yourself because no matter what you do or look like, someone is gonna hate on you or make commentary. You can cure frickin' cancer and someone somewhere for some reason will criticize you for it. It is what it is. Best you can do is accept this is how the world and people are like.
I also didn't understand the point. He at least went to talk to millennials about why they dress like that? I'll at least have the patience to explain the millennial generation is the generation of academic theory. We didn't have time to do dances on Tik Tok or worry about aesthetic clothes. because the generation before us got it into our heads that we should be office slaves
While it is cringe, it isn't as nearly as cringe as gen Z's obsession with looksmaxxing or "escaping the matrix and becoming rich" wanna be's. What's up with this narcissism culture, it's always about looks/money, other people admiring you for simply existing, mogging and showing how much better you have it. Guys really get rejected by a girl once and make it their whole personality how the world only cares about looks and how unfair it is and their life goal is to get as much laid as possible, by going on a lone sigma male villain arc and then wonder why they have no friends or genuine connections. Don't get me started on "mogging", just pure antisocial behaviour. People used to sacrifice themselves for the greater good of their communities, for other people but now the only thing that matters to them is "ME". "I have to mog and be better than others!", "I have to be as rich as possible to look down on brokies!", "I have to have the highest body count to show how much of a Chad I am!" Muh EGO and entitledness to have everything in the world. Same with self-improvement and hustling. Also who tf cares about Chico or Sean O'pry? Why do people worship them like Gods? What noble things have they done, other than simply being born lucky?
I don't see how escaping the jewish system/matrix and improving yourself is a bad thing. Maybe some are a bit too autistic about it but it's generaly a good thing.
@@beastvicious8672 Escaping the matrix by diving straight in the rat race and making money sole purpose of your life is ironic. Self improvement is mostly alright but kinda meaningless, cold showers, meditation and reading books are just some good habits, they won't change your life or cure social anxiety if you have one for example.
@@slot0000 There's several ways to escape the matrix. Don't consume what they want you to. Meaning left-wing garbage and bad diet. Then earn money and support things that goes against the system. Have a wife and kids, set an example. Don't be afraid to say jews run the government. Becouse if people aren't aware of who's doing it then nothing will change. Cold showers increase will power. Getting you used to do things you don't want to. Meditation i don't really know, maybe good if you're really stressed. Reading tends to make you smarter and increase your vocabulary. Depending on what you read of course.
@@slot0000 aaaand my comment was censored. If that doesn't prove that fighting "the matrix" is important then idk what does. Eventually it's gonna be you and they wont stop at just censorship.
@@beastvicious8672 The whole "matrix" thing is mostly fearmongering by Andrew Tate to manipulate you to buy his course and "escape the matrix". His business is literally to make people insecure over his lifestyle and then sell it. I feel like it's mostly procrastination on doing the hard things that actually matter. Things like talking about how bad the matrix is, learning from courses, going on a lone wolf grindset are easy. Working in an industry to get a better understanding of the market and the solutions it needs, networking, achieving results, that's hard.
Im a millennial and i chose to be different and dress like a grown-up i wear slacks and a polo with a clean shaven face when everyone else is dressed like highschool kids
@@rqqq. I use to wear band and stoner shirts but at least where I live literally everyone is wearing that shit so I figured fuck it Tony soprano Polo's here I come
Same - 38, but looking like 30-32, yet very strong with masculine energy. I rather see more weak guys in the younger generations. They pose as "gangsta" while most of those broccoli soy boys never truly struggled in life.
@@HCforLife1 How can you judge anyone solely by their looks? You have no idea about their life, or who they really are, what is in their heart and mind, you can't see what mental abuse, or deprivation someone has been through just by looks either. Basically what is wrong with you and the dude this video is; you care too much about what others think of you and how other people look which is a big sign of pettiness and insecurity.
Millennials don't look like this. It's Gen Z. The people you showed in the thumbnail have Gen Z audience so they end up becoming like Gen Z. The average millennial in the real world sport an undercut and a beard. The average millennial isn’t a content creator who is chronically online and play video games all day to look like that. Those are exceptions.
@@commanderknee3821 I do field sales for 70% of my work week. Which means I'm outside and not basing my reality on what I see online unlike y'all. I've yet to see a millennial wearing a mullet and doing irony jokes like Claptrap from Borderlands. Stop lumping the entire millennial generation because of a few celebrities you see online. 😆
You don't know what you're talking about. This entire video is a massive generalisation. You collected some pictures of people who fit the narrative you're trying to make, but you couldn't even get that right. Case in point: 04:50 that's Wil Wheaton, a 52 year-old, part of Gen X, not a Millenial.
Yeah he’s describing left wing liberal soy boys more than millennials although millennials seemed to make it popular especially that open mouthed fake dead eye smile. Mr beast has that pose on every thumbnail
yeah to some extent i agree with dude but looking at his pfp and his videos, he really is just another whiny incel/incel grifter as is everyone else in the comments, getting their panties in a bunch that the world doesn’t adhere to their stuck in the past worldview lol. like this video is 80% guesswork. also the irony of him having that shitty half perm haircut that every white dude in the UK has 💀
MLK said; one day everyone will be judged on the content of their character and not their looks, or color of skin. Seems today's gens are shallow how you look and how well you fit in is all that matters.
they’re trying to get a conversation going about a observation they made if you’re not willing to even try to comprehend everyone makes observations of patterns they see in culture in contexts and in groups of people so they can get a deeper comprehension of social culture don’t even bother watching videos like these if you’re going to regurgitate this argument it’s not going to be conclusive that’s the whole point of the discussion in the first place 😐@@ukaszrodziewicz1592
The millennial dudes with conventional haircuts and an unkempt beard, or the curly hair mullet with a mustache remind me of those memes where a girl is saying "You'll never find another girl like me" and the accompanying picture is of a group of girls who are all wearing Keds, Clamdigger jeans, and identical looking shirts. They're too scared of rejection to have anything resembling a unique personality or outward appearance, so they just copy a trend and hope they fit in. The only "ironic" thing about them is that once you see 5 dudes who are back-to-back copies of each other they all start to become bland and uninteresting, and it's much easier to disregard/reject them when they're broadcasting to everyone that they're not unique or genuine. They're being told how to dress, they're being told what to think, and they love the security of conformity too much to ever be real men who take risks or plant their own unique flag on the ground.
I've actually heard a theory about the insincerity, being a matter of "irony". That is, a thing has become so ubiquitous that it loses any meaning it had, and is now employed only if one can poke fun at it, or use it to make fun of themselves (for example, "I'm doing this ironically"). As far as myself, being a millennial... I don't wear any part of my real self on my sleeve, where people can see it, for one very sad reason: as a kid, people would ridicule me for my interests, what I did on my spare time, how I looked, how I sounded - so if I were to manifest this type of "insincerity", it would be so no one could see the real me, and bully me for it. But that's just me.
They all have the same political opinnon on top of that, and are probably atheist most of the time. i think that is a very important thing that you have not mentioned
Ill say it most people of my age were stunted mentally and emotionally in thier high school years because of the '08 '09 crash we couldn't afford to move out so we stayed in one place for yrs let me tell you that kind of place leaves marks on you so deep for so long you dont even notice the damage till yrs later
Sounds like you've just discovered "hipsters". A subset of millennials, not even the majority. This is nothing, new, we've been criticizing these people forever at this point. Are you new to the internet?
Depends who. I am 38 years old. Strong AF. Not politically correct. Although I see those woke patterns more prevalent in generation of 30-35 years old. The gayest is the youngest one to me. The broccoli paper guys IMHO.
The beard serves another purpose for millennials . Especially those of us who may be more conservative. For whatever reason( obesity, low T, easy lives etc.) We tend to have soft undefined faces with small flabby chins and no hardness to our faces. Even as we begin to go into our 40s we’re keeping that strangely childlike face and to many of us it’s unsettling. For many of us, the beard is the only way we can see our dads in the mirror.
I was alive and aware in the 80's and nobody thought dudes with mullets were edgy, most people made fun of them behind their backs. It was just a stupid trend back then that everyone thought was cringe. The modern mullet at least looks much better.
First I really like your essay. As a 40+ millennial, I remember when “ironic” entered the mainstream lexicon. It was by rich hipsters who were doing anything and everything to be cool. But it wasn’t genuine. It was a half assed attempt at taking the piss out of whatever they were talking about. Overtime, it turned into brands and consumerism. The irony is, “ironic” was not even being used properly. We are like parrots with a dictionary. Children in the family wardrobe. No sense of identity or feet to plant on the ground. I really think you nailed the insincerity. If I might add, shallow and not genuine. Good job on the essay young man.
As a Gen-Xer.....we're not boomers. Those are our parents....the ones born in the baby boom. We are the kids who grew up in the 70s and 80s, were latch key kids, grew our hair long or in mullets...without the irony. And we were never home, always out playing, climbing trees, riding bikes, exploring the local woods, swimming at the local pool or lake and terrorizing the neighborhood.
Your generation practically invented sarcasm. You had people like Darlene Conner, Angela Chase, Jeanine Garofalo, and Daria. Y’all were the poster children for jaded disaffected youth. What do you mean “without the irony”? Our generation got it from you guys.
@@mechanesthesia Not when we were kids, there was no awareness of being ironic. I was referencing growing up with our hair styles and apparel choices. I'm assuming you're either a Millenial or Gen Z...and the people you referenced weren't in my circle of influencers I was too busy having fun and those characters/ actors were written by, for the most part .....boomers! ......learn to read and then interpret. But wait, you can't.....so kid, go climb a tree or ride a bike. ....sarcasm......😎..you're too self aware! Lol!
Oh, one last thing. We didn't practically invent sarcasm.....that's imbued in American culture. Go watch any cinema from the 30s, 40s etc. The dialog is just brimming with it. Characters constantly chide and mock each other....it's American as apple pie and a kick in the nuts.
The mullet died around 1986, when the Beastie Boys released License to Ill. Gen x here. It was like an inside joke, because the grand majority of the USA looked cornball with mullets, listening to hair bands even after Cobain offed himself. This is something I always saw whenever I travelled.
Another internet genius, which shows how dumbed down society has become in places. Fact; with zero testosterone your body could not function and you would soon die.. Doh!! Einstein.
Your mullet example is perfect. I have a mullet because I genuinely adore the 80s and wear a sleeveless denim shirt. SMH someone always have to ruin the cool things
"I read personal traits into your looks, and am disappointed if you not follow the patterns I expect from you. No please listen to me as I drag the character of people through the mud based on their looks, so that you may feel validated and thaught to hold them in contempt."
He's just describing the male demographic of Reddit. It's not a generational matter.
True
Yeah, your grandpa may have a degen beatnik uncle. It would be like saying the whole silent generation are like that.
Good thing I never made an account
And the pseudointellectual demographic of You Tube..
Physically weak adult males with smug condescending snarky attitudes.
They know everything and mock rural people without realizing we dismiss them as useless.
Its a politics matter tho
These are the guys calling other guys "incels" online.
Correct
Destiny talks to incels all the time I think he's more open to trying to help them rather than bash them as someone he disagrees with which unfortunately is really common atm lmfao.
As a millennial, I got your back, brother
also "simps"
Without incels they’ll be incels as well. Both groups are dipshits.
replace millennials with chronically online
*chronically online millenials
No it's millennial
Kikelennials* yw
Zoomers and gen alpha are the ones that are chronically online, not millenials.
Fax
think you're describing left-wing guys rather than millennials.
Yeah... that is exactly that.
Is there honestly a difference? Lol
There's too much overlap.
@@amandajean7738then why we’re all the pics of left wingers… there are right wing millennial influencers. Not in this video tho. Just left wingers being called millennials.
I was just about to say.
Ill have to disagree with you. You're attacking a certain archetype known as a "soyboy", not millenials as a group. There are plenty of honerable people in every generation, and plenty of snakes in every generation.
Yep. That is the soft millenials. There are plenty millenials that arent this. Me included.
Yes, as a millennial we have called the ones you describe as soyboys for a long time. They are typically virtue signaling leftists who are really insecure cowards.
Agreed.
I respectfully disagree. He is spot on. Born in 1981. All valid points.
Not to mention there are soyboys who are Gen Z or whatever its called. The soylent grin, hipster specs and neckbeard are not a generational thing.
they're mocking existence so they don't have to face criticism or disappointment.
I think you summed it up better than anyone else. If your entire existence is an ironic, self-deprecating joke, then every criticism can be dismissed with “I don’t care”. It’s a defense mechanism.
Yep you got it, this should be upvoted
I agree, I'm a millennial and it seems like a lot of my peers are in a state of perpetual defensive apathy.
Incredulity and scepticism are signals of social currency among them, but only when it comes to deviations from the secular status quo.
It's very insecure behavior.
Exactly, it’s a manifestation of unresolved insecurities projected onto the external world
The people who unironically say this are the ones who are being mocked.
The "soyjack" stereotype isn't really a generational thing, more of a personality archetype.
You're talking about a topic that was already getting thoroughly scrutinised in the mid 2010's internet culture
Agreed.
Yeah, this guy is just too young to see outside the generational gap.
i mean some early to mid 20s are also like this but its significantly rarer @@derek96720
He was probably 8 in the 2010’s tho so he thinks this is new. He’s not wrong he just doesn’t understand how to stereotype people the right way
Don't forget the 'hipster' oversized horn-rimmed glasses that ironically mimic the 50s style.
You reminded me of the sleepycabin clip where Zach Hadel talks about going to barcade and counting the amount of guys they saw there with thick rim glasses, as a game with his buddies while there.
Straight up and i like it :)
Those existed before the 50s
My GOD, I hate those things. I'm a 50-year-old liberal gay man and I have JUST about had enough of EVERY DAMN KID wearing those nasty SJW glasses.
NOBODY looks good in them. Even the characters in the new Dungeons and Dragons art have them on. What the fuuuuuck?
@JediNiyte As a 25 (turning 26 y/o, tomorrow) straight dude, we really need more of you guys around, for sanity’s sake.
Pls come back. :,[
Millennial man here, its refreshing to see this called out. The lazy beard and soft opinions are everywhere, you know when a dude has a mullet and a mustache he's about as rebellious as a chest of drawers.
The snowboarder sunglasses and a backwards trucker hat need to be included in ypur assessment.
Lazy beard and soft opinions - perfect description.
Nose piercing and black nails as well....🤮
They could bring back fedora hats
Also millennial man, maybe it's because I'm in a rural area, but these people just don't exist anywhere but the internet.
im a 33yo milenial guy but i look young and i dont dress like this type of guys, their sort is kind of cringe
And your 33 year old watching looksmaxing content
I aspire to look like you when I reach my 30's
@@speedyfernandez-it9tu yes i learned alot from this. im single no kids and room for improvement
@@speedyfernandez-it9tuThat means he’s based
@@speedyfernandez-it9tu There's an age limit? What's wrong with you man let the guy enjoy what he wants, what a beta comment
Yellow hair & lipstick doesn't help either
Lol, 6 minutes of projecting
Found the redditor
Some people got lips and blonde hair 😱
in other words, the video struck a nerve in you. thanks for outing yourself
Don't forget the vitamin D deficient skin and forced "stoic" expression. This mf looks 13
It’s upbringing. Millennials growing up with Gen X humor and in a world where they were told stuff like you just need a college degree… the world was insincere so they’re reflecting that
Gen Z grew in straight harsh reality. Have crippling need to be seen and liked from social media so their humor is absurdist. The shit is just make the most random stuff ever like late night Adult Swim
This is an excellent point; however, looking back I remember them being insincere even back in 04-08 in HS although not to the same extent. Maybe every generation has insincere people its just that insincerity is in vogue right now.
Wait, eggshell white skin, prominent red lips, obviously not a natural blonde, touched up eyebrows, and wearing a necklace indoors? Are you sure you dont fit the millennial archetype?
Right? This is basically just another Gen z vid hypocritically mocking millennials while ignoring their own generations similar stereotypes.
He reminds me of the “leave Britney alone” guy
@@derek96720 ok boomer
@@commanderknee3821 touch grass
@@derek96720 how about you stop touching minors instead?
Big open mouth grin on the face. Look how genuinely happy I am! They learned it from their moms and female teachers.
But the suffering in their dead eyes is palpable.
Yep, as fake as it gets!
My theory was always that it's boring people trying to overcompensate
Whats worse is thw guys got some good features...
Near perfect hairline good beard
If he wad tall and healthier he could do great
I hate that so much, and im a millennial
dude the modern mullet is a gen z thing
Yeah it's the elder z look. I had a mullet but I'm a junior millennial 95. I had the mullet before the explosion of them 2016. I was also painting houses.
Literally never seen a Gen Z kid have it, it’s always millennials
@@Terminal_Apotos I see younger kids have it all the time, and some gen x-ers trying to seem hip maybe?
@@habibikebabtheiii2037 right on brotha, but I don't recall seeing many-mullets in the glory days of '16, it was all about the side part comb over back den
@@Terminal_Apotos also dude haven't you seen a broccoli style mullet/wolf cut?
Millennials are the generation that says can't have kids because of climate change
Complete insanity
They always try to find excuses, like just admit you’re a loser and not mature enough to have one, and don’t try to take it with pride to be edgy.
You're conflating millennials with SJW lunatics, very few millennials are the latter
Ngl that’s a valid reason.
@@DivinesLegacyI don’t like these type of millennials but I understand their point. Not everyone needs to be a parent. There’s to many stupid fucking parents around.
I'm glad I wasted my time more in the comments than actually paying attention to the video
Both are pretty bad.
Aside from pointing out the inability to be sincere, even with professional writers, it's all focusing on one class of chronically online content creators.
@@Nersius true, his topic is more like the "SOYBOY" type of men than the general millenial... like his intro with bearded men with open mouth is the very definition of the soyjack meme.
😂😂😂😂🎉
@@Nersius I have encountered this type of person a million times irl, but i agree that it isn't necessarily millennials, they just do it the most.
There's no way that anyone takes this guy seriously 😂😂😂
There is a youtube bias when you see a video top comments always agree overwhelmingly. They get upvoted by those who mindlessly agree without thinking or critically analyzing. Sheep mentality... Then those who create those nonsensical videos with strong opinions keep thinking they are right because someone agreed with them... Cycle goes on. Nothing is gained or understood with any extra depth.
A lot of people do. I was especially amused by the frightened millennials who wrote something like "noooooo. I'm a millennial and I don't look like that at all. That looks are cringe, and I look like a guy from the most alpha manly sigma generation - zoomers. No beard, skinny, dyed hair, dangle earring" XD
No kidding. This is the dumbest fucking video I've ever seen. Okay maybe not dumbest but pretty stupid. Like I can't take anything this guy seriously when half videos are on "looksmaxxing". As if he himself is even doing that. Seems pretty insincere when half of his talking points is that most millennial men are like that and are just being "ironic" yet he himself is not clearly taking that looksmaxxing lifestyle seriously with his looks. Fucker looks like sid the sloth.
But nah just seriously hearing him say shit like "yeah you know that guy with a mullet probably had some substance to him and said politically incorrect things" and I just thought oh hell no it's one of these videos. Just so many bad takes on here and the comment section is unfortunately mostly garbage as well. Also yeah let's cherry pick select UA-camrs to push my point, even though it is not accurate to entire generation of men. This video is dumb and it seems that's all this entire channel is
@@Belala_Glockner blud deleted my original comment lmfao
@@m7ray Not sure how correcting a sweeping generalisation is "being frightened." So bizarre that the millennia's, aka the ACTUAL people he is trying to derogate would know a little more about the subject and decide to chime in? The real point of amusement here is a guy who looks like a prepubescent, fragile little child trying to dish our advice on "looks" and "masculinity" 😂
I'm a millenial and look nothing like those guys you showed. Some of us are straight shooters with a clean look with zero tattoos - although we are rare, we do exist. I have been told I look like a guy in his mid to late 20's even though I am 39 years old.
He seems to be generalizing a bit.
The guys he's talking about are basically millenials who used to be hipsters 10 years ago... far from the majority.
Yeah, you basically explained that you belonge to minority
Preach broter. So am I. People forget the millenials got the last awesome dsys of the 80s and 90s. And some degenerated to that modernized version of millenials.
Same here. I'm 32. Most people think I am a 22 year odm with an overbearing family. Until they hear me speak and think I am some 40 year old PhD with a Philosopher's Stone or some shit.
I think most people genuinely fear of standing out and/or being ostracised if you know what I mean, hence why people tend to get the same haircuts, look the same way, shame others if they’re different from the norm, etc. That’s what I’ve seen in my experience anyway.
I agree. Honestly every generation has a normie look for both sexes that most people conform to.
@@seancaviness7749 the modern ‘mullets’ in particular I see people getting is ridiculous. Like, I rocked a similar trim because I didn’t get my hair cut over lockdown and people rightfully made fun of it, but now since it’s ‘fashionable’ it’s now good? Genuinely baffles my mind how people can’t think with their own heads, like I’d go as far to say 90% of people I meet are just copy paste lol, it’s crazy.
@@THEKaari Based. Humans are social creatures and the worst thing for us besides hunger is being ostracized.
Most people aren't very creative or stylish, so they conform to whatever goofy trends are popular in the moment.
As long as you have your own style that suits your vibe and isn't dogshit then you are already doing better than most.
@@seancaviness7749 I completely agree with you on that man. Admittedly I used to be a doormat too trying to be ‘that guy’ if you know what I mean. Kept trying to always blend in, yadda yadda, but honestly, it made me miserable living so fake y’know? I was actually shunned for not taking part in bad habits if you know what I mean, and at that point I basically snapped and just realised I can’t be in that crowd. I’m me, I’ll talk how I want, be what I want, you get the picture. Does come at a cost to my short-term gratification, but I’d rather take long-term happiness instead now. Best advice I can give you is learn to be your own best friend, since the only person your guaranteed to have in your life is you.
@@THEKaari The last sentence you wrote is incredibly wise.
Why spend your whole life tyring to please people that don't love you and that you can't rely on to be there till the end?
When you adopt your own style, you attract athenticity from people that love you for you rather than an image you're putting up.
Proud of you for realizing that and I hope you spread your wisdom to others.
All these trends and looks in this video existed in the hipster era. 2004-2014. It's nothing new
He was probably a little kid then tho
Physiognomy, that’s why.
Lack of sincerity is the first sign of weakness. I've always hated insincerity.
lower testosterone and higher estrogen levels than previous generations due to sedentary lifestyle, pollution in environment and hormones and chemicals in food. modern males look more feminine and less robust
It's mainly being overweight and sedentary
@@TwistedLullabies it is also the bone structure too. even females have more pronounced features in the past
@@cambodianpleasuresquad1753 If you're overweight your bone structure appears less prominent
@@TwistedLullabies but as the video shows, it seems that those guya aren't chiseled even underneath the fat
If Millennials have low testosterone and higher estrogen, then Gen Z has it in spades. And Gen Alpha…I don’t even want to know.
Rewatch the whole video and mentally replace "milliannial" with "militant atheist"
Bro needs to get out more
I think the biggest problem is that you underestimate just how insincere humanity can be. I've met plenty of Gen Z, Gen X, and boomers, on top of millenials, who would gladly throw me or others under the bus (some my own family!). I really don't think this is a generations issue, but a people issue.
Millennials are some of the softest people I’ve met in my life (I’m 43 so I don’t know if I fall into the millennial category or not I’ll be honest I don’t pay attention to it)
However. I will say that they are some of the most intellectually stubborn people you’ll ever meet and that is very much a generational thing, along with the entitlement. They will absolutely die on whatever hill they’re currently discussing and will absolutely not listen to reason or facts. It’s as though they have their own reality
@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn Again, these problems seem more like a human problem, than a generation problem. What you're describing also suits boomers and genz completely.
@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn Though I think I will agree on millenials being pretty soft. It seems to me that each generation keeps getting softer and softer.
@@alexlewis5365 yes I say it’s generational simply by the degree and the sheer widespread commonality. I’ve never met a generation more locked in on ideology at least in my country. They are nearly a monolith. Of course it’s not ALL of them but compared to previous generations it seems that groupthink has really taken hold of nearly an entire generation. Surely it has to do with the internet and the fact that with them you’re either in agreement with them or you’re an evil person
@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn I guess we just agree to disagree then. I think people who try to pin such huge problems on single generations, as opposed to the whole population, without definitive evidence, have a massive blindspot in their judgement. One of the biggest truths about mankind really is, the more things change, the more they stay same. The problems have always been there, regardless of generation.
I always said I don’t trust those guys
There is a reason why
Then go away. Problem solved.
@@peopleofearth6250Yes I agree.
Go away.
And don't came to other channels to annoy ppl anyomore, please
@@alfonsomendez9787 Why are you still here? Piss off
They’ll “cancel” you and throw you into the gutter as soon as they get a chance to make themselves look good
I'm a millenial and I dont know any millenials like this in real life. I only know of this archetype via the internet.
They're all over corporate
As a Fellow Echo-Boomer of mixed “race”; I as well. City Millennials and Gen Z are often hard to tell apart. Especially Younger Millennials not pushing or past 40.
As a Millennial myself, you're spot on. I think the ultimate root of this phenomenon is insecurity. If you're sincere, you open yourself up to criticism. If everything is ironic, you can always play it off as a joke.
Millennials are between 28 and 43... In regular life, millennials do not dress like this
Honestly, you're just looking at cynical geeks and nerds more than anything. Gen z will end up the same in couple of years, slightly different apperance
>says millenials
>describes leftwing men
Curious
What's the difference?
@@commanderknee3821 exactly
>reduce exposure to lead (fuel, paint, etc.)
>people don't get more conservative as they get older anymore
Fascinating
@@commanderknee3821Most men aren’t left wing. If only men voted almost every state in the Union would be Republican. Don’t let the Demoralization campaign fool you into thinking that there is no hope. Most men are ready to fk sht up. These left wing influencers are pssys.
alot of conservatives are pure cringe , i mean u guys follow ben shapiro ffs .
hilarious how we think of boomers as being conservative and millennials being liberal and forget that conservative millennials and liberal boomers exist too
its crazy we think that roses are red, but in some extremely rare cases roses are white! lolol im so correct and profound
thats the actual stereotype and sad state of affairs:
extremely polarized, binary thinking.
no nuance.
sign of intellectual decline.
that and people erase Gen X
@@daniel79tj Shssh!!! I prefer it that way let them squabble and fight like the petty/naughty young children they are.
@@tanko.reactions176 100% Reich wing conservatives that had a university/college education and staunchly promote anti-intellectualism for the past 40 years are an enigma.
They believe education should only be for the wealthy/privileged and keep the rest of humanity scared, distracted and dumb make better and easier to control drones that way.
The internet just made them more apparent, most people don't look or act this way.
Rebirth of the mullet is gen z dude. Also you’re generalizing. Most millennials are not like this. These are mainly the dudes you see online, Which leads to tunnel vision. I walk outside in the real world most millennials are not like this. They’re pretty normal.
I know a couple of people like that, and don’t know that many people
I know right being bearded is a millennial thing I have a big full beard I'm a millennial I've had a beard since highschool I never shaved even when it was still in. I keep up with my beard though it's not nasty it's part of my style. I get compliments all the time.
Virgin Millennial vs Chad Zoomer
I have observed that many among them possess a vocal demeanor akin to that of a woman, with unsettling and insincere fluctuations in tone and exaggerated animation in speech.
I don’t even like the women who talk that way. I really think it’s more of an “irritating person” thing than it is a gender trait, despite the fact that those speech patterns are more abundant on the women’s side.
dad went for smokes
Yeah, cause a lot of em tend to be on the rainbow spectrum lol
That's called vocal fry where they talk like the Kardashians with an insincere condescending tone to sound superior, and above their own class. The oldest example you can find of it is the British actor who voices the tiger, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (1967). Look it up.
This guy comes across as hating millennials - anyway, let this guy's 'sincere' blond hair be its own video... hahah
Jeez and you people say us zoomers get offended by everything.
@@LadyMariaEnjoyerHalf of the comments are just millennial offended by the video.
@@reverselee3218 Telling someoone that their observation is incorrect as they didn't even show any data to prove their point ain't being offended. This is the problem with Genz. You guys don't know how to argue or debate your point without telling other people they're just offended or you are offended. Being constantly offended by other people's opinion is more of a reflection of yourself than other commenters. Not because you feel it, doesn't mean we feel the same.
@@Telltalesign You make everything a generational thing and I love it. Cope more.
@@LadyMariaEnjoyer and yet, I am right. ‘Cope’ is a term often used by Gen z and Gen alpha due to inability to debate properly or come up with intelligent response. Hence a product of brainrot. 😩 best of luck surviving out there. 🫡
Oh you know this guy is hate farming. He knows what he's doing. He knows he's being insincere.
Yep like the kind of jerk who starts a fight at a party by trying to be edgy/rude then ends up sneaking out the backdoor.
The millennial or the dude in the video?
Estrogen
Moms turning them vegan?
They're turning the frogs gay
Micro plastics
The soy milk thing is an Older Miliennial thing. Remember, there are over 72+ million “Echo-Boomers”! We drink 🍻🍷 to get us through…. LIFE! …Not that soy “latte shit”!🤓☕️💅🫄🏼
This is utter bullshit. Just wait until gen alpha says "why did gen z use their slang ironically? It's because they had a bit of a problem with being sincere. At least we meant it when we said it."
You confused millennials and leftists.
Do you even understand what "Millennial' refers to? Apparently not.
@@sophiepooks2174 Generation born from 1981 to 1996.
most millennials are low t due to seed oils, microplastics, fragrances, blue light, and most importantly mutation, which results in leftism
they all grew up on family guy, south park, and jackass without understanding any of the adult subtext, then saw the matrix, deadpool, and Michael Cera movies and unanimously said "OMG, THATS LITERALLY ME!!!!" with cobson soyjak face that still hasn't faded
Spot on dude
It's because in Western society in order to get a decent income and the hope of a girlfriend you're either a celebrity, entrepreneur or a programmer who doesn't see the sun (touch grass meme). The indoor basement look with ironic T-shirts are meant to show friends that they're harmless because half of them are about to snap.
Reading the comments as a black guy from in the Caribbeans is funny asf cuz why do yall white guys hate eachother so much
Blk people in America are like this with each other too
Because politics has become very toxic
Most white men are not the ones shooting each other in ghetos, even 2Pac said it.
I haven't tried reading the comments as a black guy yet. After that I'm going to read them as an Eskimo from Neptune. Really push myself.
> Black guy
> Check pfp
> White boy
Many such cases
"Why do millenials look like this?"
Immediately mews and puts hypercolored camera lights onscreen
As a 32 yo millennial, you are spot on... SPOT ON
Spat on
strap on
It's very vulnerable to be sincere. You have to assess who you are and truthfully try to convey it. You have no fallback of it being some kind of meta irony. Sincerity is deeply attractive and necessary for healthy bonding.
Yes!
What you have so eloquently described is the "Soy Boy" or "Male Feminist". It's a terrible thing that has happened to a large sect of millennial men.
plant-based diets and seed oils. you are what you eat.
You probably grew up on seed oils too
@@gerolsteiner219 yup, which is why I had to have my tonsils removed at age 5 and was near-sighted by age 7, among other 'normal' health problems.
luckily I avoided vegetables and was physically active during puberty or I'd probably have ended up just like these guys. that's the other factor I forgot to mention: sedentary = low-t
@@uberneanderthalah yes vegetables bad
@@robertovinci13 yes, they are. the junkiest of junk food.
check the bioavailability of vegetable nutrients. then check how many toxins are in them. you might as well spray cardboard with pesticide and eat that. mmm, tasty and healthy.
@@robertovinci13 yes. the junkiest of junk food. basically cardboard sprayed with pesticide.
I'm a Millennial and know exactly what you're talking about. I've broken out of the cycle but I can tell my generation is super insecure, especially the older they get. It's like my generation can't accept that we got so many things wrong.
Wisdom doesn’t always come with age of course.
I think the beard/tattoos look (and to a lesser extent, the obsession with craft beer) a lot of millennial men have is born out of a desire to be seen as a man. They have ironically adopted superficial markers in place of the qualities they are associated with to make up for shortcomings in their own personal development.
A lot of the tattoos are just hookup culture tramp stamps regardless of the gender. Not to say that some people don't get tattoos for some deeper spiritual, symbolic meaning anymore. But, if you see something like a whole sleeve of generic faux "tribal knotwork" patterns on the arms, lower back, or on their stomach above their crotch the later purpose is more likely. And, if you ask them to explain what those tribal patterns symbolizes to them they can't usually give you a clear answer.
I'm millenial I look NOTHING like that, not mindset, not fashion/style, not hair or beard, not the attitude or behavior & definitely don't have them as friends
& IM VERY VERY THANKFUL I DON'T EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE!!
Same I’m old-fashioned and think traditionally old school I don’t related to Millennials.
This is the exact phenomenon. Insincerity is the word I've been searching for but could never find
Everyone is plagued differently boomers “work family” bs, online IG fake lives with filters & sometimes fake experiences didn’t gen z popularize taking fake pictures of other people’s houses & cars?
This video made no sense to me, it felt more like an opinion piece rather than anything else.
Dude. 😂😂😂😂 I am laughing my @ss off at this video. Even though it is offensive to my generation calling us “insincere”
I am 37 (born in 1987)
If you see me, with my overgroomed hair, i dare say that I look like a guy from a pre-baby boomer generation in a younger version. (See actor Gregory peck and Charles Dance in younger years). And I don’t have facial hair at all.
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Maybe I differ from my generation peers. I do like to be playful and cheery in order to retain a youthful vibe. I remember as a kid, adults (boomers) were always uptight and only showed warm vibe when they were having “adult fun” like drinking, partying or watching a sports game. As for the teens and college folks (Gen-X) they seemed to be mean and selfish; when they interacted with me as kid they always sought to outsmart me for some laughs.
I hoped my generation would be the most warm and cheery of all as adults.
After so many crisis we’ve been through, we became one of the most hopes generations
I'm X, and probably over generalizing here, but another trend I think millennials seem to do is ramble for 5 minutes before they get on topic with their videos.
I'm a Millenial dude (36) and I've been complaining about this for forever. But I think it's a post-internet thing. Gen Z calls anyone sincere "cringe" just like Millenials ostracized anyone who has a genuine passion or belief. Gen X were proudly nihilistic and poked fun of all beliefs as "naive".
The writing in popular media has been really bad since Millenials hit the scene though. Unfortunately thats the influence we will be remembered for.
Whether you're a millennial, zoomer, boomer, etc. there will be people who will always have something negative to say about you or disaprove of your appearance. Whether i had long hair, shaggy hair, short hair combed to the side, shaved head, facial hair, no facial hair, someone has always said something negative about it at least once.
Ironicall, i pretty much agree with everything this guy is saying, but i think when guys point out the percieved flaws of the looks of other guys, it's about a desire to feel superior in some sense. The underlying logic is "I don't look like you, someone i perceive as lesser than based off of physical characteristics, some which you have no control over, therefore i am better than you." You see tall men (not all) for example have this mentality towards shorter men and will down play the accomplishments of a shorter man. "Yeah, well, at least I'm tall, brah." I think this mindset stems from a secret insecurity and/or the desire to bring other men down as a low hanging ego boost because most people don't feel good about themselves unless they can compare others as lesser than them. Of course if there is a secret or subconscious insecurity from men like this, it's not like they'd ever admit it if they're aware of it as they fear it would make them look weak and that's the last thing a man wants to be perceived as, man's greatest fear, so they have to play the condescending Andrew Tate act to hide their insecurity, just like the Wizard of Oz being a little old man hiding behind this big, threatening Zordan-like projection, so who's really being insencere here? That's why often when we point a finger at someone, we have three pointing back and the advice and criticisms we have of others are often the advice and criticisms we need to apply to ourselves, but that requires introspection, self awareness and honesty with the self.
"You can please some people some of the time, but you can't please all people all the time." -Abraham Lincoln
So just be yourself because no matter what you do or look like, someone is gonna hate on you or make commentary. You can cure frickin' cancer and someone somewhere for some reason will criticize you for it. It is what it is. Best you can do is accept this is how the world and people are like.
what is bro on about
Pfp?Are you a w**an or are you one of these male f**inists
Generalising an entire generation based on how they look and talk from his "cool" gen z looksmaxxing perspective.
me when i yap about something random when being assigned a 1 hour essay
I also didn't understand the point. He at least went to talk to millennials about why they dress like that? I'll at least have the patience to explain the millennial generation is the generation of academic theory. We didn't have time to do dances on Tik Tok or worry about aesthetic clothes. because the generation before us got it into our heads that we should be office slaves
Bro a hater frfr on god
While it is cringe, it isn't as nearly as cringe as gen Z's obsession with looksmaxxing or "escaping the matrix and becoming rich" wanna be's. What's up with this narcissism culture, it's always about looks/money, other people admiring you for simply existing, mogging and showing how much better you have it. Guys really get rejected by a girl once and make it their whole personality how the world only cares about looks and how unfair it is and their life goal is to get as much laid as possible, by going on a lone sigma male villain arc and then wonder why they have no friends or genuine connections. Don't get me started on "mogging", just pure antisocial behaviour. People used to sacrifice themselves for the greater good of their communities, for other people but now the only thing that matters to them is "ME". "I have to mog and be better than others!", "I have to be as rich as possible to look down on brokies!", "I have to have the highest body count to show how much of a Chad I am!" Muh EGO and entitledness to have everything in the world. Same with self-improvement and hustling. Also who tf cares about Chico or Sean O'pry? Why do people worship them like Gods? What noble things have they done, other than simply being born lucky?
I don't see how escaping the jewish system/matrix and improving yourself is a bad thing. Maybe some are a bit too autistic about it but it's generaly a good thing.
@@beastvicious8672 Escaping the matrix by diving straight in the rat race and making money sole purpose of your life is ironic. Self improvement is mostly alright but kinda meaningless, cold showers, meditation and reading books are just some good habits, they won't change your life or cure social anxiety if you have one for example.
@@slot0000 There's several ways to escape the matrix. Don't consume what they want you to. Meaning left-wing garbage and bad diet. Then earn money and support things that goes against the system. Have a wife and kids, set an example. Don't be afraid to say jews run the government. Becouse if people aren't aware of who's doing it then nothing will change.
Cold showers increase will power. Getting you used to do things you don't want to. Meditation i don't really know, maybe good if you're really stressed. Reading tends to make you smarter and increase your vocabulary. Depending on what you read of course.
@@slot0000 aaaand my comment was censored. If that doesn't prove that fighting "the matrix" is important then idk what does. Eventually it's gonna be you and they wont stop at just censorship.
@@beastvicious8672 The whole "matrix" thing is mostly fearmongering by Andrew Tate to manipulate you to buy his course and "escape the matrix". His business is literally to make people insecure over his lifestyle and then sell it.
I feel like it's mostly procrastination on doing the hard things that actually matter. Things like talking about how bad the matrix is, learning from courses, going on a lone wolf grindset are easy.
Working in an industry to get a better understanding of the market and the solutions it needs, networking, achieving results, that's hard.
Im a millennial and i chose to be different and dress like a grown-up i wear slacks and a polo with a clean shaven face when everyone else is dressed like highschool kids
Congrats bro gg u win
Exactly
i commend your great taste. the more formal look with a clean shave and polo is timeless!
Bro just a weirdo
@@rqqq. I use to wear band and stoner shirts but at least where I live literally everyone is wearing that shit so I figured fuck it Tony soprano Polo's here I come
I'm a millenial & I look absolutely sensational. It just depends on the person.
Same - 38, but looking like 30-32, yet very strong with masculine energy. I rather see more weak guys in the younger generations. They pose as "gangsta" while most of those broccoli soy boys never truly struggled in life.
@@HCforLife1 How can you judge anyone solely by their looks? You have no idea about their life, or who they really are, what is in their heart and mind, you can't see what mental abuse, or deprivation someone has been through just by looks either.
Basically what is wrong with you and the dude this video is; you care too much about what others think of you and how other people look which is a big sign of pettiness and insecurity.
It's due to suppressed masculinity. Millennial men were constantly preached that their regular thoughts and desires were evil from a young age.
Millennials don't look like this. It's Gen Z. The people you showed in the thumbnail have Gen Z audience so they end up becoming like Gen Z. The average millennial in the real world sport an undercut and a beard.
The average millennial isn’t a content creator who is chronically online and play video games all day to look like that. Those are exceptions.
Holy cope.
What a millennial ass thing to say. Keeping coping buddy soy-boy. 😂
How wrong you are.
The time is now, old man. Now take your copium.
@@commanderknee3821 I do field sales for 70% of my work week. Which means I'm outside and not basing my reality on what I see online unlike y'all. I've yet to see a millennial wearing a mullet and doing irony jokes like Claptrap from Borderlands. Stop lumping the entire millennial generation because of a few celebrities you see online. 😆
This sounds so half-assed its scary.
This dude definitely got bullied by his older siblings and now hates millennials
Ha!
For real. It’s giving edgelord.
I mean. Wouldn't you?
That's reasonable. You on the other hand got the furry pfp.
A community known for housing and being ran by animal abusers.
You don't know what you're talking about. This entire video is a massive generalisation. You collected some pictures of people who fit the narrative you're trying to make, but you couldn't even get that right. Case in point: 04:50 that's Wil Wheaton, a 52 year-old, part of Gen X, not a Millenial.
Yeah he’s describing left wing liberal soy boys more than millennials although millennials seemed to make it popular especially that open mouthed fake dead eye smile.
Mr beast has that pose on every thumbnail
yeah to some extent i agree with dude but looking at his pfp and his videos, he really is just another whiny incel/incel grifter as is everyone else in the comments, getting their panties in a bunch that the world doesn’t adhere to their stuck in the past worldview lol. like this video is 80% guesswork.
also the irony of him having that shitty half perm haircut that every white dude in the UK has 💀
2:42 that picture of Vaush is WRETCHED
Then don't look at it. Problem solved.
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MLK said; one day everyone will be judged on the content of their character and not their looks, or color of skin. Seems today's gens are shallow how you look and how well you fit in is all that matters.
I had a mullet in the 80s. I don't get them coming back into fashion.
This video says much more about you than anyone its analyzing.
But why do zoomers have the receding hairline and gold chain baggy pants look?
tbh it's hard to say what's the point of this video
It is just an observation
@@EWOKakaDOOM Sure, but what is the observation? - that some man born in years 1982-2000 (roughly) have beards while other have mustaches? ;)
He just wanted to say that most milennials have beards because they are insincere (source: trust me bro) 👍
they’re trying to get a conversation going about a observation they made if you’re not willing to even try to comprehend everyone makes observations of patterns they see in culture in contexts and in groups of people so they can get a deeper comprehension of social culture don’t even bother watching videos like these if you’re going to regurgitate this argument it’s not going to be conclusive that’s the whole point of the discussion in the first place 😐@@ukaszrodziewicz1592
A bit of a fail video. Most of his takes are good
The millennial dudes with conventional haircuts and an unkempt beard, or the curly hair mullet with a mustache remind me of those memes where a girl is saying "You'll never find another girl like me" and the accompanying picture is of a group of girls who are all wearing Keds, Clamdigger jeans, and identical looking shirts. They're too scared of rejection to have anything resembling a unique personality or outward appearance, so they just copy a trend and hope they fit in. The only "ironic" thing about them is that once you see 5 dudes who are back-to-back copies of each other they all start to become bland and uninteresting, and it's much easier to disregard/reject them when they're broadcasting to everyone that they're not unique or genuine. They're being told how to dress, they're being told what to think, and they love the security of conformity too much to ever be real men who take risks or plant their own unique flag on the ground.
Im a older millennial and i cant stand the insincerity of my generation. But grew up with Gen X siblings
I've actually heard a theory about the insincerity, being a matter of "irony". That is, a thing has become so ubiquitous that it loses any meaning it had, and is now employed only if one can poke fun at it, or use it to make fun of themselves (for example, "I'm doing this ironically").
As far as myself, being a millennial... I don't wear any part of my real self on my sleeve, where people can see it, for one very sad reason: as a kid, people would ridicule me for my interests, what I did on my spare time, how I looked, how I sounded - so if I were to manifest this type of "insincerity", it would be so no one could see the real me, and bully me for it. But that's just me.
They all have the same political opinnon on top of that, and are probably atheist most of the time. i think that is a very important thing that you have not mentioned
I'm an atheist but I'm nothing like those guys 😂😂😂
Believe in Jesus brother ✝️✝️✝️
@@tonethalegit My guy. You look like them lol
@@sdasdgfdgd2931 but they got the mullet cut. Mines is just curly and long. Plus I'm not a skinny twink I actually workout
@@tonethalegit I can see that your not skinny bro lol
It's 2000s and 2010s indie- and alternative rock fashion.
holy, you are so spot on
You missed the mustache and beard boom of the mid 2010's where there was TONS of effort and knowledge put into beard and mustache care.
Ill say it most people of my age were stunted mentally and emotionally in thier high school years because of the '08 '09 crash we couldn't afford to move out so we stayed in one place for yrs let me tell you that kind of place leaves marks on you so deep for so long you dont even notice the damage till yrs later
To quote Javier Bardem, “You don’t have any idea what you are talking about, do you?”
Sounds like you've just discovered "hipsters". A subset of millennials, not even the majority. This is nothing, new, we've been criticizing these people forever at this point. Are you new to the internet?
Millennials: *THE GAYEST GENERATION*
Depends who. I am 38 years old. Strong AF. Not politically correct. Although I see those woke patterns more prevalent in generation of 30-35 years old.
The gayest is the youngest one to me. The broccoli paper guys IMHO.
That's Gen-Z. They forge their identity around it.
20% of the american gen z are gays
That's Gen z
I'm literally a femboy and they look like cringe pusheys to me
The beard serves another purpose for millennials . Especially those of us who may be more conservative. For whatever reason( obesity, low T, easy lives etc.) We tend to have soft undefined faces with small flabby chins and no hardness to our faces. Even as we begin to go into our 40s we’re keeping that strangely childlike face and to many of us it’s unsettling. For many of us, the beard is the only way we can see our dads in the mirror.
Why do all gen z look exactly like you?
I was alive and aware in the 80's and nobody thought dudes with mullets were edgy, most people made fun of them behind their backs. It was just a stupid trend back then that everyone thought was cringe. The modern mullet at least looks much better.
"Daddy, im not like them. Im not like the that generation, please notice me. I am a real man🥺"
He perfectly described you. Cope harder.
@@Ethereum1789 im making fun of his lack of self awareness not defending nobody
You shouldn't throw stones from a glass house.
First I really like your essay. As a 40+ millennial, I remember when “ironic” entered the mainstream lexicon. It was by rich hipsters who were doing anything and everything to be cool. But it wasn’t genuine. It was a half assed attempt at taking the piss out of whatever they were talking about. Overtime, it turned into brands and consumerism. The irony is, “ironic” was not even being used properly. We are like parrots with a dictionary. Children in the family wardrobe. No sense of identity or feet to plant on the ground.
I really think you nailed the insincerity. If I might add, shallow and not genuine.
Good job on the essay young man.
This video has given me a lot to think about for myself. Especially the standing up for others part.
As a Gen-Xer.....we're not boomers. Those are our parents....the ones born in the baby boom. We are the kids who grew up in the 70s and 80s, were latch key kids, grew our hair long or in mullets...without the irony. And we were never home, always out playing, climbing trees, riding bikes, exploring the local woods, swimming at the local pool or lake and terrorizing the neighborhood.
Your generation practically invented sarcasm.
You had people like Darlene Conner, Angela Chase, Jeanine Garofalo, and Daria.
Y’all were the poster children for jaded disaffected youth.
What do you mean “without the irony”? Our generation got it from you guys.
49 year old here, we often get described as boomers solely because we are masculine and don’t lean left.
Your Generation Are as delusional as boomers
@@mechanesthesia Not when we were kids, there was no awareness of being ironic. I was referencing growing up with our hair styles and apparel choices. I'm assuming you're either a Millenial or Gen Z...and the people you referenced weren't in my circle of influencers I was too busy having fun and those characters/ actors were written by, for the most part .....boomers! ......learn to read and then interpret. But wait, you can't.....so kid, go climb a tree or ride a bike. ....sarcasm......😎..you're too self aware! Lol!
Oh, one last thing. We didn't practically invent sarcasm.....that's imbued in American culture. Go watch any cinema from the 30s, 40s etc. The dialog is just brimming with it. Characters constantly chide and mock each other....it's American as apple pie and a kick in the nuts.
The mullet died around 1986, when the Beastie Boys released License to Ill. Gen x here. It was like an inside joke, because the grand majority of the USA looked cornball with mullets, listening to hair bands even after Cobain offed himself. This is something I always saw whenever I travelled.
Two words: Zero testosterone
Another internet genius, which shows how dumbed down society has become in places. Fact; with zero testosterone your body could not function and you would soon die.. Doh!! Einstein.
I’m a millennial and don’t have a beard. You’re just generalizing
Exactly thank you for saying that. I'm a millennial too and I don't look and dress like these guys this UA-cam mention in this video.
I think you're projecting what you see here on UA-cam into real life, please do not do it
Seen alot of people like this in real life too lol.
Your mullet example is perfect. I have a mullet because I genuinely adore the 80s and wear a sleeveless denim shirt. SMH someone always have to ruin the cool things
I was born in 82. I would say my ironic sense of insincerity is more Sam Hyde like. It depends on the time and place too though
"I read personal traits into your looks, and am disappointed if you not follow the patterns I expect from you. No please listen to me as I drag the character of people through the mud based on their looks, so that you may feel validated and thaught to hold them in contempt."
Sounds like someone mad they cant grow a beard.
To be fair he doesn't have no-chin to hide 🤷♀️
He's got a jaw bro tf are you on
First time you ever saw a jaw?
@@crimson19 wtf, people that have jaws still grow beards.
@@DubDigital but why would he need to hide his chin under a beard when he's alreagy got a chiseled jaw lol
This seems to be a very specific type of millennial.