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Now we have gen Zs cyberbullying us about our skinny jeans and side parts and “being cringe.” Why is everyone so obsessed with millennials? Lately, members of gen Z have been nipping at our ankles. Specifically our ankle socks.



Apparently, ankle socks are a dead giveaway that you are both a ”millennial” and “old.” My sweet darling babies: I am 39 years old. This is not a gotcha.

I am (relatively) old! I have never been this old before and hope to one day be much older! Enjoy your sock tans! When I was in my 20s, I can confidently say I never once thought about the sock preferences of my gen X forebears. In fact, I don’t think I really thought about them at all — even though I definitely listened to all their music and definitely aped all their fashion trends. We millennials owed a debt to them, is what I’m saying, but we didn’t know that because we were young, and a cornerstone of being young is thinking you�.

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