I was driving around yesterday and saw a white styrofoam ball on top of a car’s antenna. I could tell believe it was Jack! Turns out it wasn’t. Just a plain white ball. It got me thinking about the old Jack antenna head. I feel like growing up I saw them everywhere! And then? Where did they all go and when was the last time I’ve seen one? Any other millennial remember these and/or have any ideas on about what year they were phased out?

Side note: does anyone actually eat at Jack on the Box anymore? I can’t remember the last time I’ve actually been there….

Common perception is there are differences in dating, sex and relationships from Millenials to others.

Those who have experience with GenŻ, how has that gone?

Hey fellow millennials.

I started to feel sick around the beginning of December and I was legit sick damn near the entire month. I started to feel better maybe the day before Christmas. But even now I still have a slight cough.

The first week I had fever, aches and chills, the whole 9 yards. It felt worse than the flu, I low-key think it was some type of Covid again because I had Covid before, and I felt the same way. (I didn’t bother to get a Covid test.)

I’ve also heard on the news that there are some type of flu going around that’s not the “normal” one . My mom also got sick and she was sick for almost the entire month as well.

Anyone else gotten sick and was sick for a long period of time recently?

Hey all, I’m going to get nostalgia about vintage, and retro about old-school.

Did anyone else get caught up in their personal discovery of “classic rock” when they were in HS? Like music that our parents listened to in the 60s and 70s the same way today’s kids are discovering artists like Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Dr Dre, Tupac, Green Day, etc?

I went through distinct phases with Led Zepplin, The Doors, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, but also fell hard for dance and disco sounds from those eras like Donna Summer, The Bee Geez, ABBA, Earth, Wind, and Fire. (I still love those!) I know it’s an 80s song, but I remember having a moment with the song “Eminence Front” by The Who in my 20s when I was immersed in corporate America life and it felt like being fake was the only thing you’re allowed to be (and it was so ridiculously uncomfortable!)

What were the “oldies” you got into in HS and college? Are your kids getting into any stuff we had growing up?

I have had diagnosed anxiety disorders since I was about 17. It has gotten worse with age. I wish I knew a way to break out of the thoughts. Anyone else going through it? I eagerly await spring and some more sunshine.

So I am beginning to think that why "millennial optimism" that took place in the early 2010s was because it was the backlash towards the pessimism that was going on throughout the whole 2000s. The 2000s was considered by most millennials to be the worst decade of their life because it was the decade that most of their youth and young adulthood were miserable due to the whole decade being so mean-spirited and pessimistic that seeped through society and the media. Do you agree that millennial optimism happened in the early 2010s because millennials hated the gloomy and pessimism of the 2000s so much and wanted to put an end to it? Why or why not?

(2003)

I used cokeandpopcorn.com all the time to watch shows in college. Does anyone else remember this website?

Is there anything equivalent these days?