40 Memes for Millennials Still Figuring Out This Whole “Adulthood” Thing

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John Summers • Contributor
Dec 30, 2024 10:00 PM EST

Adulthood doesn't hit you all at once—it just kind of creeps up on you. There's no big moment where you suddenly think, "Yep, I'm an adult now." Instead, life just keeps sneakily piling more and more grown-up responsibilities onto your plate until you look around and realize you're Googling "how to fix a dishwasher" at 2 a.m.

Honestly, how has no one published The Adult Book of Adulting yet? Something that explains all the basics—like taxes, how to not kill a houseplant, and why everything suddenly hurts when you turn 30. Or better yet, can someone make it a movie starring Keanu Reeves? Because let's be real: none of us have the energy to read. These 40 memes are for every millennial still faking it 'til they make it through this bizarre thing called life.

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    brittany wilson @sameoldstory One disorienting thing about getting older that nobody tells you about is how weird it feels to get a really passionate, extremely wrong lecture from a much younger person about verifiable historical events you can personally remember pretty well
    via HermioneDanger00, @sameoldstory
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    Example:

    Decider @decider - 2d Did you know that #Legally Blonde originally ended with Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods and Selma Blair's Vivian Kensington getting together?! trib.al/ gSUPXnX Karen McCullah @Karen McC... 43m... This is not true 1 27 Maxxx Pleasure Drag King 29m Source? Here's mine: 71 2,757 4,568 ↑ Karen McCullah @KarenMcCullah1 Replying to @decider This is not true. 3:13 PM 7/8/21 Twitter for iPhone 13 Retweets 30 Quote Tweets 171 Likes 12 nytimes.com 'Legally Blonde' Oral History: From R
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    I'm this old CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH
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    Anna M @helgagrace In my experience, adulthood is mostly piling stuff up on surfaces and then eventually having to clean off those surfaces 8:57 AM 12/24/18 Twitter for iPhone 2,346 Retweets 11.6K Likes
    via HermioneDanger00, @helgagrace
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    IT'S A NICE FILET FOR A LIGHT BREADING
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    Kamala's Bayang @CoreyPTownsend Being an adult means having a favorite burner on your stove. 1:42 PM - 2021-02-02 Twitter for iPhone 21K Retweets 6,152 Quote Tweets 171K Likes
    via HermioneDanger00, @CoreyPTownsend
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    DESPITE ALL MY RAGE I AM STILL TRAPPED IN THIS NICHOLAS CAGE
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  • 08
    Don't claim to be a 90s music fan if you don't know this boy band
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    Life at Tiffany's @lifeattiffanys A thing I never realized about being an adult is that you will always be cleaning your kitchen. No matter if you get take out, no matter if you're gone all day, you will be cleaning. the. kitchen.
    via HermioneDanger00, @lifeattiffanys
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    I'll stop the world and melt with you! ♪♪♪
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    Does it count as clubbing if you're 36 and you sit in your car in front of your house for an extra 5 minutes with no kids and a good song on kinda loud?
    via HermioneDanger00
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    Swati Tyagi @swatyagi Gamers in the 90s: Wow, everything in this game looks so real! The game:
    via HermioneDanger00, @swatyagi
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    20 YEARS OLD I BROKE MY ENTIRE ARM I'LL GET YOU GOOD AS NEW IN NO TIME FLAT! 40+ YEARS OLD I SPRAINED THE TIP OF MY PINKY YOU'RE AS GOOD AS DEAD TE THIS COMIC MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO ADAM LAVIN @MrLovenstein MRLOVENSTEIN.COM
    via HermioneDanger00, ADAM LAVIN
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    Aubrey @soupergremlin Bugs when you lift up a rock
    via HermioneDanger00, @soupergremlin
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    How I feel when I have to scroll down to the year I was born:
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    Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from, Sharp Hand Joe
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    The Clash Absolute 80s Radio Duran Duran Joy Division The Smiths A-ha
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    Addison Blu @AddisonBlu Why did kids born in the 80's all believe Marine Biologist was the ultimate career? Jo @MissGloop Replying to @Addison Blu This is why
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    lower back MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME uryyybel I must confess so are my knees
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    60 keely flaherty ❤ @keelyflaherty one day you are young, and the next day you have to use three strategically placed pillows to sleep at night so your body does not break in half
    via HermioneDanger00, @keelyflaherty
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    09 Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith Me in high school: WHY AM I SPENDING AN HOUR A DAY LEARNING ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT WON'T HELP ME IN REAL LIFE? Me now: Oh boy a new episode of my podcast about dolphin social hierarchies www
    via HermioneDanger00, @kibblesmith
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    How Do You Know When You're Middle-Aged? Those twelve tell-tale signs... 1 You don't understand 7 what young peasants are talking about. 2 You struggle to read 8 Chaucer in weak candlelight. 3 You hate rowdy taverns. 9 4 You constantly worry that you might have the Black Death. 5 You don't know or care who Blondel is sleeping with. You frown on windmill 6 talk when the watermill is good enough. You tell your wife that Crusaders seem to look younger every year. You struggle with new technology, s
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    Emmy Southern Feb 8 at 5:00 PM - Old people: "Song lyrics now are just a bunch of drugged up nonsense!" Jazz musicians on heroin: "Shooooby doooby beep bop cornbread and beans"
    via HermioneDanger00, Emmy Southern
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    sun-gazing.com INFINITY 00 Things that used to hurt my back: -Jumping off of garages -Crashing my bike -Falling out of a tree -Diving in shallow end -Contact sports Things that hurt my back now: -Sneezing -Mopping the floor -Washing the dishes -Brushing my teeth -Tying my shoes -Rolling over in bed
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    Mentally I'm at the sun room of a 1990's Wendy's
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    METALSUCKS Q = TOUR DE FORCE Godsmack and Staind North American Tour Could Be The Largest Collection of Tribal Tattoos This Summer MARCH 27TH, 2023 AT 2:50PM BY HESHER KEENAN
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    thirly thirtysomethingprobs kevin o'shea @OSheaComputer I love the term Elder Millennial. It makes me want to gather the children 'round and teach them about Modest Mouse
    via HermioneDanger00, @OSheaComputer
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    When you realise that 1970 and 2023 are as far apart as 1970 and 1917. SELAH WAYSEER imgflip.com 'kin hell.
    via HermioneDanger00, SELAH WAYSEER
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    Ash @adult_mom Adulthood was invented in 1412 when Peter J Adult realized that his whole body hurt but he still had to be alive for awhile 5/23/17, 11:27 AM 1,754 RETWEETS 3,540 LIKES
    via HermioneDanger00, @adult_mom Adulthood
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    Nicksy @_Nicksy My age is news to me every single time I remember jojocinco @jojoldn. 17h sometimes i can't believe i'm a grownup
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    vina. Ovinadvinson #ImOld Enough To RememberWhen When this Mac computer model was poppin. Ty Rushing @Rushthewriter Millennials, if you want to feel old, this is an actual exhibit item at the State of Iowa Historical Building. 25-1335
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    when I was ur age we used to go to hot topic and buy our memes. hey you made me run along and die now. throw up a little
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    KID BOCK PPORTES TOP T HOLE Just a reminder of what the real Kid Rock looked like when he was a young Detroit rapper in the 90s before inventing his fake redneck persona to hop on the conservative grift train.
    via HermioneDanger00
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    me, a millennial, getting called a boomer by a teen You don't mean that.
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    Historians now believe that at one time approximately 93.1% of Americans had this alarm clock on their nightstand. 5:44 FAM
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    Pearl Jam: BREATHINGGGGJAMBALAMAMAMACHU MBAWUMBADOINGHISTHINGYEAH YEAH! white people:
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    If you put Nicolas Cage's face on Ross from friends it just makes him look more like Ross
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    James Isaiah Muñoz @jamesmunoz It's getting goth in here So put on all black clothes I am getting so goth I'm gonna put The Crow on
    via HermioneDanger00, @jamesmunoz
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    No Context USA @NoContextUSA This is my last resort. Cut My IN 2 PIZZAS Life Fresh Salads A GINO'S ITALIAN ICES We Deliver 345-9326
    via HermioneDanger00, @NoContextUSA
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    THEHARDTIMES.NET Dog Wearing Misfits Bandana Can't Even Name Three of Their Songs
    via HermioneDanger00, THEHARDTIMES

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