If You Were Born Between 1982 And 2002, There’s Stuff You Should Know About You And Your Awesomeness

Millennials get a bad rap, and it’s not fair.

If you were born between 1982 and 2004, you’re part of a special club called millennials.

You remember toys like this:


and TV shows like this:

As a generation, millennials are pretty rad.

Being in The Millennial Club also means you were shaped by some pretty intense shit, like Hurricane Katrina:

The Great Recession and Occupy Wall Street protests


And America’s first black president.

All these things and more sculpted the 82 million millennials in the U.S. We make up the largest voting bloc in the country! Think about what we could do with that power, yo!

Some people say millennials are self-involved and take too many selfies. To them, I say, “You people are absurd.”

And then I have them watch this video about what we are actually all about:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dZP-owj7flQ

It’s about time we start sharing the message of who we actually are to the world.

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