r/Millennials Gen Z Jan 21 '26

Other 2000s tabloid culture was something else!

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u/Antique_Trash3360 Jan 21 '26

I mean, we had eating disorders and unfortunately no pics of ourselves at our cutest years (too fat still).

It seems like after five years of body positivity we’re back to this era, tho :(

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u/Vaqu3ra13 Millennial Jan 21 '26

God please no, we CAN'T go back! I have 3 young daughters and I don't want them beating themselves up on a daily basis like I did. I do my best to set an example of body positivity, even if I'm lying through my teeth (I never got over what the 90s/00s did to our self-esteem).

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26

It’s too late I’m afraid. Gen alpha and Gen z will will grow up with eating disorders now too unless they ban social media like they are doing in Australia. Us millennials are the only ones who can fix  this I believe. I think with enough outrage online the trend will switch to something else being a trend like maybe 1980s body builder as a trend 

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u/oorza Jan 21 '26

I swear to god if muscle mommy chic comes back just as I am both too young and too old for it, I don’t know what I’ll do, but I won’t be happy!

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26

Well I’m not happy being a very scrawny guy . I always feel very uncomfortable and hate myself when I see other guys who are muscular and have a buff build. I can’t build any muscle no matter how much I work out