As we learned in a recent tweet from Polygon executive editor Chris Plante, millennials don’t want a trophy, they just want to live — however, the GOP is making it impossible for them to pay off student loans, buy homes, and more.
And thus millennials introduced another problem; by being so whiny, they’ve actually made the word “millennial” itself into an insult, at least according to the latest editorial guidance from the Wall Street Journal.
Journal reporter Byron Tau noted this week that the paper’s style guidance steers reporters away from using the “snide” term.
New: WSJ style guide recommends shying away from the term “millennial,” because it’s a snide way to refer to an important group of consumers and readers. https://t.co/WxaUMXo3qc
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) December 4, 2017
Hmm:
What we usually mean is young people, so we probably should just say that. Many of the habits and attributes of millennials are common for people in their 20s, with or without a snotty term.
But it is worth remembering, too, that millennials are an important group of WSJ readers (not to mention many of your colleagues). We risk alienating them if we write about them with such disdain.
Wow, millennials killed the term “millennial.” https://t.co/QKN5l23yxu
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) December 4, 2017
Millenials are killing the way journalists are writing about millenials https://t.co/bETXlvMVsS
— Kyle Frese (@HKFrese) December 5, 2017
Millennials killed the art of condescending to millennials. https://t.co/1UQ3zWSkvm
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) December 5, 2017
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https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/937818494225264640
Further confirming what we already know to be true: millennials are soft https://t.co/KXSkV8l8QQ
— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) December 6, 2017
so wait, now millennials are offended by being called millennials??? LMAO when does it end https://t.co/tYQaWqn58a
— Rose {X} (@ladyschae) December 5, 2017
Millenials getting triggered by being called “millennials” is peak millennial https://t.co/As3gnqXVOx
— Joe C. (@MrChaudoin) December 4, 2017
Uh, "Millennials" is the name of our generational block, is it not?
The problem is using it interchangeably with "kids these days." https://t.co/OsrSJ335m5
— Andy (@trtx84) December 4, 2017
Please read our newspaper, fellow youths https://t.co/Dh3Xfu8ntl
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) December 4, 2017
don't? slander? the? valuable? consumer? group? https://t.co/RHzaNkiivc
— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) December 4, 2017
"We're an important group of consumers and readers!" is exactly the kind of self-important tripe a millennial would say https://t.co/hsNrrCgxNc
— in the distance, sirens (@tomalday) December 5, 2017
… preferring the more precise "avocado toast-gobbling, fidget-spinning, Bernie-loving malcontents." ? https://t.co/JrDTrfTXKv
— Tor (@Tor_H) December 5, 2017
Please use the correct term "enemy combatants" https://t.co/uPou7l4C4I
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/937861664883531776
"Willennials' still acceptable usage for fans of the classic 1999 Will Smith album, Willennium. https://t.co/hog4Xoe8E1
— Sweet Randeenz (@llandar) December 5, 2017
You can call us whatever you want but we will never forget that you ruined the world for us https://t.co/V1ttgfeZZo
— Evan Littman (@elittman88) December 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/Shane_McKeon/status/937820710633967616
can we still use "snowflake"? https://t.co/QsAYs573ox
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) December 4, 2017
Guess not:
Peak 2017 snowflaky meta-ness. https://t.co/uf8um7pO5d pic.twitter.com/bEX5DVWVxC
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 6, 2017
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