Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker

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Post by angry-hacker » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 3:37 PM UTC

Two Out of Three Young Millennials Now Use an Ad Blocker
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Post by throwawayReply » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:30 PM UTC

Young Millenials?

Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"?

Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

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Post by Endy » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:31 PM UTC

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

Because "those darn, entitled, millennials!" is a thing. It's a way to get a reaction.

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Post by k_sh » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:36 PM UTC

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

As a millennial, I almost always stop reading when someone unironically uses "millennial"

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Post by TACIXAT » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:37 PM UTC

Everyone should install Millennials to Snake People. It's a great addon that makes the internet way better.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/millennials-to-sna...

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Post by pnathan » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:37 PM UTC

An interesting point came through on Twitter yesterday: ads for/on TV are increasingly seen only by "the olds". This is going to be a fascinating turn of the worm as cord-based TV implodes further.

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Post by Klathmon » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

Because Millennials is the most catchy term for a generation in a while (compared to gen x/y anyway), and so they keep extending what it applies to.

As someone born in 1991, I genuinely thought I was really close to the end of the "millennial" generation, but apparently i'm almost a "young millennial"...

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:41 PM UTC

k_sh wrote: post #4

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

As a millennial, I almost always stop reading when someone unironically uses "millennial"

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Post by dTal » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:42 PM UTC

throwawayReply wrote: post #2

Young Millenials? Are they different to "Young persons"? And what is an "Old Millenial"? Why not just describe the group of 18-24 year olds as "Young adults", which is what they are.

Because the author wishes to contextualize it as "sign of the times", rather than a property of their age (that they may grow out of).

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Post by aqme28 » Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:43 PM UTC

TACIXAT wrote: post #5

Everyone should install Millennials to Snake People. It's a great addon that makes the internet way better. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/millennials-to-sna...

I loved that add-on until they started adding a bunch of other filters that really aren't particularly funny (Great Recession -> Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks).