Today's millennials are more boring than ever

Twice a week sitting zen at yin yoga, going to bed early because the morning routine must not be disturbed, the interior is standard fifty shades of beige (just like the clothing) and is there even a bit of swallowing or drinking going on? Probably not. Today's millennials are at risk of becoming the most boring generation ever, but how did that happen?

I keep wondering when that overall dullness crept into our lives. By the way, it's not just millennials, because I heard my thirteen-year-younger sister say that she's saving up a lot before she moves out. Just, for safety's sake. I nostalgically thought back to the time when I was drinking my student loan in Amsterdam five nights a week. What a time to be alive. Well, not anymore. We do juice cleanses, meditate our way to enlightenment, and it feels like ages since I heard someone talk about sex on the first date. Maybe that's because three-quarters of my friends are in relationships with a mortgage and kids, but still. It's all starting to get a bit too boring.

One theory is that it simply can’t be done anymore. Renting a place with four walls in Amsterdam is so ridiculously expensive that you hardly have a euro left to spend on something fun, let alone that there's anything left to buy. Your subscription to the boutique gym costs so much that you wouldn't even think about grabbing a snack at the Febo. And we've also discovered that ‘work hard play hard’ is the motto of the previous generation, because you can easily end up with a burnout.

And while we really wanted a summer of love, the return of the wild seventies and what we used to call: having a good time, partying, and taking taxis without consequences, something that really captures the essence of a wild night. Instead, we spend our hard-earned euros on responsible lunches, yet another beige accessory in the interior, and our yin yoga with sound bowl guidance. Nothing against the gym membership, but hanging out until early morning is just so much more fun.

To make things even duller than they already were, the search term ‘clean girl aesthetic’ is apparently trending on TikTok and Instagram, which amounts to a kind of makeup-free, green smoothie-drinking, bed-laying, white-clad woman. I looked hard, but there wasn't a single one drinking tequila shots from the bartender's belly button. Guys, guys, let's have some economic, carefree heyday again, then at least this generation will know what it's like to go wild night after night.

Source: Havermelkelite