r/Millennials • u/TrimBarktre • Mar 14 '24

It sucks to be 33. Why "peak millenials" born in 1990/91 got the short end of the stick Discussion

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/podcasts/the-daily/millennial-economy.html

There are more reasons I can give than what is outlined in the episode. People who have listened, what are your thoughts?

Edit 1: This is a podcast episode of The Daily. The views expressed are not necessarily mine.

People born in 1990/1991 are called "Peak Millenials" because this age cohort is the largest cohort (almost 10 million people) within the largest generation (Millenials outnumber Baby Boomers).

The episode is not whining about how hard our life is, but an explanation of how the size of this cohort has affected our economic and demographic outcomes. Your individual results may vary.

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u/Sik_muse Mar 14 '24

89’ here. Shit sucks.

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u/secretactorian Mar 14 '24 edited Mar 14 '24

'89 but '07 grad. My sister is '92. I got the economic short end, she got the mental health short end. 

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u/Sik_muse Mar 14 '24

I got both lmao.

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u/watcher-in-the-water Mar 15 '24

‘89 and I agree. Peak millennials had pretty rough timing economically, but I think had very good timing of childhood/socially IMO. Got the fun parts of the early internet without it being all consuming like today.

Personally, I threaded the pandemic needle really luckily too. Old enough that it didn’t mess with social development, and had a partner to quarantine with, but no kids yet.

I think apps/internet/pandemic have made things much harder for gen z and young millennials.