40 Memes For Elder Millennials Pushing 45

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

Dec 12, 2023 10:00 AM EST

Over the past couple of years, the rage of the old foagies has shifted from millennials to Gen Z. If you begin insulting millennials as if they're the early twenty-somethings, you'll get laughed out of the room. The new line is "millennials are 40 now!!!" God, this whole conversation makes my back hurt.

It's not easy to go from being the young, hot generation that everyone's making fun of and calling "narcissistic" to becoming crotchety middle-aged complainers who actually remember being alive during the Clinton administration. But all is not lost! Now, y'all are in the process of becoming the middle child of generations, much like Gen X before you. Now is your time to revel in your anonymity and watch us Gen Zers crash and burn. If you're an elder millennial who proudly has elder millennial meme sensibilities, these random memes might just tickle your funny bone enough to strain it for a couple of days.