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A 25-year-old Australian woman has revealed the six surprising online habits that indicate you’re a Millennial instead of Gen-Z, and thousands of Australians aren’t happy about it.
Katie Woodland, Sydney resident musician and actor, shared the ‘ironic’ comment to advise his fellow Millennials on how to blend in with the younger generation.
Some of the weird habits that ‘scream Millennial’ include tagging friends in Instagram posts and using outdated font styles and emojis.
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Katie Woodland (pictured), a 25-year-old Australian, has revealed the six surprising online habits that betray her as a Millennial instead of Gen-Z
“As a fellow Millennial, here are things you’re doing online that scream Millennial,” Katie said.
Millennial’s first gift is to use the laugh/cry emoji (pictured) in messages when you find something funny
The first freebie is to use the laugh/cry emoji in messages when you find something funny.
“The laughing/crying emoji is dead, it’s been dead for a while,” he said.
“It’s totally fine if you don’t want to walk away from it, if you’re happy to be your Millennial self.”
However, he advised that if you want to act like a Gen-Z, you should use the skull face emoji when something is funny, or capitalize words like ‘DECEASED’ or ‘WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS’.
The first freebie is to use the laugh/cry emoji in messages when you find something funny.
The musician admitted that she couldn’t be sure if the use of abbreviations like ‘LOL’ and ‘LMAO’ are still acceptable.
His second rejection is to use a font in an Instagram story other than the latest font option, which is similar to Times New Roman.
“Pretty much every font on Instagram is unacceptable except this one,” she explained.
He also said that you should never post a landscape image to your story that doesn’t fit the screen and has empty space around it.
Katie made an example of an “extremely unacceptable” story using outdated fonts and emojis, and a poorly cropped image to show Millennials what not to do.
He advised his followers to always take the photo on Instagram so it fits perfectly and to use small print and tasteful emojis for a more “aesthetic” post.
Katie made an example of an ‘extremely unacceptable’ story using bad font, emojis and a poorly cropped image to show Millennials what not to do (left). She advised her followers to instead take the photo on Instagram so it would fit perfectly and use small print, tasteful emojis for a more ‘aesthetic’ post (right)
The latest and most ‘controversial’ habit of Millennials is tagging friends in posts or stories and leaving the tags visible.
A hugely outdated habit is using the boomerang feature to make short clips on Instagram.
Just don’t do it. I think all the Millennials really know this, I think it’s just for the boomers right now,” she said.
He also said Gen-Z would never use a filter on Instagram stories or posts, he advised editing their images in apps like VSCO as it’s more subtle and professional.
The latest and most ‘controversial’ habit of Millennials is tagging friends in posts or stories and leaving the tags visible.
Katie said that the decision to tag your friends or not depends on the situation and how many friends you are with, as it can ruin the your post aesthetic has too many visible tags.
‘IIf you’re not sure, just tag your friend, then click the tag, shrink it and turn it off so it’s no longer in the post, but your friend can still repost it,” he suggested.
The TikToker reminded her followers that they don’t have to fit in with Generation Z.
“If you’re happy to be your own Millennial, don’t judge at all, I use social media as part of my job so I have to keep up with trends,” she explained.
Millennials weren’t happy with the list, and Kate admitted she got ‘hate’ on her video.
‘My God, Millennials be Millennials, we were here first,’ said an insulted woman.
‘I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want to be a Millennial. We are the best,’ joked another.
“Honestly, being Gen-Z sounds exhausting and stressful,” another wrote.