Those three small letters have become the topic of a generational debate that has been dividing the internet in recent months. The conversation started earlier this year across X, Threads, and Reddit when one user suggested: "Millennials use "lol" like STOP at the end of a telegram lol." In the comments millennials quickly defended their favorite acronym. "What of it?" one wrote. "Hold steady lads," another added. "In a culture that has taken everything from you, never let them strip you of your lols."
Many millennials reflect on their school days without the easy access to water that children have today, leading to questions about their hydration levels during childhood.
"I grew up in middle-class suburbia in the Midwest. Everything that is mentioned in the stereotypical free-range childhood is literally all the things my siblings and I experienced growing up. Outside all day, playing with all the other kids in the neighborhood, looking for our friends' bikes on the lawn to find out which house everyone was at."
As a millennial, financial insecurity has been a theme in my life for a while. But recently, it's grown louder, and I literally can't stop asking: WHERE IS THE GODDAMN MONEY?
Nicole expressed that even with both her and her husband's well-paying jobs, they find it difficult to afford a family home, saying, "We'd love to leave our apartment and get some space, but it just feels so out of reach."
Today, Gen Z and millennials are increasingly turning to co-buying homes with friends or family—not for countercultural reasons, but as a practical response to high housing prices.
Periods can be uncomfortable and inconvenient, but perimenopause adds another layer of complexity with hormonal fluctuations and symptoms that can last for several years.
In the canon of vacation-set marriage exposés, it's mid-tier, entertaining in parts but neither profound nor original enough to blaze any new trails.