Sociologist Millennial Gets On Twitter To Explain A Lot About Millennials And Their Self-Denial About Their Age

Millennials have become the internet's favorite generation to argue about, and this time the debate landed on Twitter. One sociologist stepped in after a boxing coach and entrepreneur told millennials to stop complaining about getting older, and the response quickly turned into a bigger conversation about age, adulthood, and who gets to define either one.

What makes this one interesting is how personal it gets. The exchange touches on work, retirement, identity, and the strange way millennials are talked about as if they are both too old and not old enough at the same time. That tension is exactly what set off the thread.

And once the replies started rolling in, the whole thing got a lot more pointed.

Dr. Sunny Moraine is a sociologist and author from Washington, DC, who came to the defense of millennials and our perception of age after Ross Enamait, a professional boxing coach and entrepreneur, said that millennials should "stop complaining" about how they are getting old and how "it's depressing."

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That set the tone right away.

Well, Dr. Sunny wasn't having his bad attitude and condescending comments toward the millennial generation, and she decided to lay down some fire and facts for the Twitter world.

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"Benchmarks" of adulthood no longer apply to us.

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What is an adult expected to do?

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And?

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The replies only made the point louder.

Time is an enigma, or something about wibbly-wobbly.

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The workforce right now is atrocious.

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This is something far too many of us simply don't have, and there is no reasonable way to achieve it either.

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Is there an age at which you can't enjoy something? What??

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That's simply not the point.

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Same as the majority of us millennials.

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People were clearly feeling seen.

This is similar to the AITA fight where someone moved out of an overcrowded home, leaving parents to fend for themselves.

Is there anyone more infantilized in the last 20 years than millennials? Gen Z is at least about to give us a run for the prize.

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When people discuss us, it's not often they seem to know who they're even discussing.

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P A N I C

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You're missing the point of the actual complaint.

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Crisis of different sorts.

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"Middle Age"

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Living through some sh*t.

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Retirement is about to become an outdated concept.

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This is radical, y'all.

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Nothing to argue with when you're dropping facts, Dr. Sunny!

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The whole thread landed exactly where it was headed.

Oversimplified FACTS.

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Millennials are still not done being misunderstood.

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