I Wrote About "Jessica" Being The New Millennial "Karen,...
TBH, in hindsight, the comment section was inevitable. Here's what you need to know.
What’s Happening
Not gonna lie, TBH, in hindsight, the comment section was inevitable.
View Entire Post the internet Finds · Posted 5 minutes ago Gen Z Declared “Jessica” As The New Millennial “Karen,” And People Had A LOT Of Thoughts About That TBH, in hindsight, the comment section was inevitable. By Brian Galindo BuzzFeed Staff Facebook Pinterest Link just, I wrote a post about how Gen Z has officially decided that the name “Jessica” is the millennial version of “Karen. (it feels like chaos)
” And while the the internet at large had thoughts, the real story was hiding where it always is: the BuzzFeed comments.
The Details
Jamie McCarthy / Footwear News via Almost ASAP, the comment section filled up with Jessicas, non-Jessicas, millennials, and Gen X’ers who all had different thoughts. Some readers were laughing, and, well, others thought Jessicas shouldn’t be catching strays.
So below is a look at how BuzzFeed readers responded, which was on-brand for the the internet in general that never agrees on just one take: BuzzFeed Some readers fr thought Gen Z had some nerve to be coming up with a name: “Jessicas are known as the hot girls from what I’ve seen, just a bunch of haters. I think… it’s funny coming from a generation that complains more than anyone 😂.
Why This Matters
” — deliciouselephant5956 “Yeah, we’re not taking this trash from a bunch of kids named Meaghainyie. ” — visionarycaptain303 “On behalf of myself and all the other Jessicas in the millennial community: UP YOURS, Gen Z! Karen it was when this whole ‘trend’ kicked off, and Karen it stays!
Social media has been going wild over this, as expected.
Key Takeaways
- I’ve met too many Ashleys that are worse than Karens.
- ” — idonotwanttodisplaymyuserbame “Jessica and Ashley work fine, but I fr think it should be Amanda.
The Bottom Line
” — mellowcloud45 “As someone who works in customer service, the new ‘boomer names,’ aka most likely to be difficult, are the 12,000 iterations of Britney, Heather, Amber, Tiffany, lol. ” — idonotwanttodisplaymyuserbame “Jessica and Ashley work fine, but I fr think it should be Amanda.
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