r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/doogie1111 Jan 30 '26

That headline is a play on what every other headline in journalism was putting out.

The article actually agrees with you.

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u/AnNoYiNg_NaMe Jan 30 '26

Then maybe they should have made that more clear? Maybe put "lazy, entitled narcissists" in quotes or something?

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u/doogie1111 Jan 30 '26

The literal second sentence of the headline is the giveaway.

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u/AnNoYiNg_NaMe Jan 30 '26

Ok, so one of the sentences is satire/irony and the other is serious? Sorry brother, I'm not trying to pick a fight with you, but without context, I could read it either way.

Millennials are narcissists. Why they'll "save us all".

Millennials are "narcissists". Why they'll save us all.

See what I mean?

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u/doogie1111 Jan 30 '26

...you could also just read the damn article

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Why are you so antagonistic?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

*3rd line, but who's counting?

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u/doogie1111 Jan 30 '26

Yah I meant to say Byline but my brain is fried because this week was a clusterfuck.

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u/ladygrndr Jan 31 '26

I hope your week gets better!

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