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The Millennial Effect: How millennials got the reputation of being "cringe" online

When did the word "Millennial" become synonymous with "cringe"? And why don't Millennials fight back? Generational differences might be the reason why.
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Today we are joined by Kyle Fitzpatrick from The Trend Report™! Subscribe to his Substack to be notified of our conversation about Gen Alpha and our predictions for how they will differentiate from Gen-Z online.

In this episode of '“Ahead of the Curve with Coco Mocoe” podcast, we discuss how the different generations use the internet and more specifically, why Millennials got the reputation of being “cringe” despite creating the trends that Gen-Z is obsessed with re-creating.

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For time stamps, refer here:

Introduction — 0:00 

Meet Kyle from “The Trend Report” — 5:10 

Why Baby Boomers love Facebook — 10:23 

Why Baby Boomers are “loyalists” — 16:26 

Why Gen X is so “forgotten” — 19:55 

Why Millennials are “perfectionist” online — 26:30

The definition of “digital fomo” — 33:40 

The “internet black hole” theory — 36:25

Why Gen-Z is so ironic online — 38:04 

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Gen-Z’s relationship to Millennials — 43:27 

Millennials starting the “reality TV” trend — 45:04 

Why millennials are so earnest — 46:20 

Gen-Z’s “Brain Rot” language will not age well— 47:20 

Why millennials don’t “fight back” — 50:15 

Gen-Z’s obsession with trends and “cores” — 53:57 

Gen-Z’s animosity towards Millennials — 56:20 

Why Gen-Z is terrified of individuality — 1:00:09

Will Gen Alpha be anonymous — 1:02:50 

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Coco Mocoe
Ahead of the Curve with Coco Mocoe
Coco Mocoe is a marketing professional with a background in entertainment and digital media. From producing videos with celebrities for TikTok and YouTube to dissecting internet phenomenons and trends -- she has done it. And now she will do it weekly on the podcast. Tune in each week for internet news, entertainment stories, rising stars, trend predictions and more. But most importantly, remembering the human behind the handles.
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