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I Wrote About "Jessica" Being The New Millennial "Karen,...

TBH, in hindsight, the comment section was inevitable. Here's what you need to know.

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I Wrote About "Jessica" Being The New Millennial "Karen,...
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Whatโ€™s Happening

Not gonna lie, TBH, in hindsight, the comment section was inevitable.

View Entire Post the internet Finds ยท Posted 5 minutes ago Gen Z Declared โ€œJessicaโ€ As The New Millennial โ€œKaren,โ€ 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 โ€œJessicaโ€ is the millennial version of โ€œKaren. (it feels like chaos)

โ€ 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 Xโ€™ers who all had different thoughts. Some readers were laughing, and, well, others thought Jessicas shouldnโ€™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: โ€œJessicas are known as the hot girls from what Iโ€™ve seen, just a bunch of haters. I thinkโ€ฆ itโ€™s funny coming from a generation that complains more than anyone ๐Ÿ˜‚.

Why This Matters

โ€ โ€” deliciouselephant5956 โ€œYeah, weโ€™re not taking this trash from a bunch of kids named Meaghainyie. โ€ โ€” visionarycaptain303 โ€œOn behalf of myself and all the other Jessicas in the millennial community: UP YOURS, Gen Z! Karen it was when this whole โ€˜trendโ€™ kicked off, and Karen it stays!

Social media has been going wild over this, as expected.

Key Takeaways

  • Iโ€™ve met too many Ashleys that are worse than Karens.
  • โ€ โ€” idonotwanttodisplaymyuserbame โ€œJessica and Ashley work fine, but I fr think it should be Amanda.

The Bottom Line

โ€ โ€” mellowcloud45 โ€œAs someone who works in customer service, the new โ€˜boomer names,โ€™ aka most likely to be difficult, are the 12,000 iterations of Britney, Heather, Amber, Tiffany, lol. โ€ โ€” idonotwanttodisplaymyuserbame โ€œJessica and Ashley work fine, but I fr think it should be Amanda.

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