Episode 493
Morning 6-Pack - Millennials = Greatest Generation? 6 hilarious claims I’ll defend
I’m backing millennials — they’re the true greatest generation, and I’ve got six cheeky reasons why. On today’s Morning 6-Pack we zip through a rapid-fire countdown that doubles as a roast and a love letter. We riff on stuff like avocado obsession, surviving the emoji apocalypse, flannel’s triumphant return, and the trauma of owning a Furby — yeah, it’s that kind of highlight reel. It’s fast, sarcastic, and full of dumb little observations — perfect for folks who want nostalgia with a side of sass. Stick around for the whole run — I’m not spilling the mic-drop finale here, but trust me, the last one lands like a plot twist.
Takeaways:
- I point out Gen Z’s new hobby: calling millennials the 'new boomers' — savage, honestly.
- We run through a BuzzFeed-ish list of millennial habits that bug Gen Z — hustle culture, 90s nostalgia, Harry Potter references.
- I defend millennials with a cheeky six-item shoutout: avocado obsession, flannel fashion, surviving dial-up internet.
- We roast quirky millennial perks too — posting avocado toast pics, being comfy farting around partners, and emoji mastery.
- I confess I'm stuck between generations, so I get to mock both sides and play referee, lol.
Transcript
It's haystack.
Speaker A:And Gen Z has apparently found a new enemy.
Speaker A:And I'm talking about millennials.
Speaker A:Gen Z folks talking all kinds of smack online about millennials, which is kind of painful if you think about it, because millennials have essentially just finished being yelled at by boomers for killing Applebee's and diamonds and napkins and homeownership.
Speaker A:And now Gen Z is picking on millennials, calling them the new boomers.
Speaker A:That's cold.
Speaker A:Buzzfeed put together a list of the millennial habits that annoy Gen Z the most.
Speaker A:And to be honest with you, I can see a lot of these hustle culture, they say, you know, working 100 hours a week or whatever is not anything to brag about.
Speaker A:90S nostalgia.
Speaker A:Harry Potter references Disney adults saying, we did a thing taking pictures of avocado toast.
Speaker A:And apparently, and I did not realize this was a thing, apparently millennials are really comfortable telling people that they fart in front of their partner, which I guess is fair.
Speaker A:It's fair to criticize.
Speaker A:I mean, there are some things that are between you and your loved one and should stay between you and your loved one and whatever candle is fighting for its life.
Speaker A:But the funniest thing to me is if you think about the generations, I don't know that millennials could ever see this coming.
Speaker A:I mean, they've been picked on by baby boomers.
Speaker A:They always thought they were the cool young generation forever because they're called millennials.
Speaker A:They had AIM screen names and they watched TRL and they survived dial up Internet.
Speaker A:And I say they because I'm technically a year too old to be a millennial and a couple of years too young to be a Gen Z. Gen X. I don't know what I am.
Speaker A:But now the Gen Z's looking at millennials going, okay, Hogwarts mortgage person, you know, every generation eventually becomes annoying, though.
Speaker A:Baby boomers had age kids these days, and then Gen X, whatever that was the big thing, whatever.
Speaker A:Millennials had adulting.
Speaker A:I'm so good at adulting, or I don't like it, that word.
Speaker A:And now Gen Z has TikTok therapy and pants big enough for a family of four.
Speaker A:But instead of doing this generational pylon and making fun of millennials, I'm gonna go the other way with this.
Speaker A:I think we could come up with at least six reasons.
Speaker A:It's time for me to back the millennials.
Speaker A:There's at least six reasons that millennials are the true greatest generation.
Speaker B:Well, gather round, folks.
Speaker B:It's the time of day when we laugh and smile in a lighthearted way.
Speaker B:Tune in for the giggles and let's kick back.
Speaker B:Here comes the fun.
Speaker B:It's the morning six pack.
Speaker A:Yeah, here we go.
Speaker A:The that Millennials are our greatest generation.
Speaker A:Ever since before they invented Instagram, nobody took pictures of their quinoa salad.
Speaker A:Number five, they introduced the concept of avocados in.
Speaker A:Well, in everything.
Speaker A:Number four, the so called greatest generation had World War II.
Speaker A:Please millennials survived emojis.
Speaker A:Number three, they proved that flannel is not just for lesbians.
Speaker A:Number two, they grew up with the Furby.
Speaker A:Let's be honest, that bug eyed weirdo would scare the heck out of any other generation other than Millennials.
Speaker A:And the number one reason millennials are truly our greatest generation.
Speaker A:Two words.
Speaker A:Ryan Gosling.
