With all the talk about how millennials are murdering everything from napkins to Applebee’s, let’s talk about the things millennials have made better (some would argue it’s time for napkins and Applebee’s to be killed off anyway — make room paper alternatives and restaurants with soul). Here are a few advancements millennials have helped pioneer that may make you hate on them just a little less.
“I’ve noticed that young people tend to be so much more empathetic than baby boomers. As someone working in retail, I don’t think I’ve had a single rude customer under 30.” — PMButtPics4Drawing
“Work environments are certainly changing. My company is strongly encouraging working from home and more comfortable furniture compared to what it was like just 10 years ago.” — Kalanth
“Comic book movies. You kids have no idea how bad it was in the 80’s.” — Truth_bom
“It’s OK to have tattoos and fire-engine red hair now in an office setting, even if the dress code is “business professional” — OpusMajus79
“Restaurants. Ten years ago the cities Ive lived in were basically all bland uninspired chain restaurants, or independent ones that somehow were worse. Now there is a ton of vibrant fun places to try!” — Bears-Beers-BJJ
“Websites are a lot prettier because 99% of millennials work in I.T.” — fgfdgtregreger
“Entertainment. With the sheer amount of content available on things like Netflix and YouTube and Steam, people are getting choosier and driving quality up.” — momentsofzen
“My beard, before these kids all started growing beards I didn’t know what beard wax was.” — RobNtheHood
“UPS and other delivery system because we’re ordering everything online.” — goingrogueatwork
“Communication.
No seriously, people complain about “millennials” always texting but truth is, we communicate with more people in more ways and at a faster speed.
I mean from my phone I can talk to friends in the Netherlands, Australia, the USA, or even just within Scotland with the ease of communicating with someone next door.
Twitter allows one to spread and get news quickly, facebook informs you of family events, snapchat allows you to go “look at this” with people all over the world. Meanwhile my parents still send fucking postcards every fucking time they go away.
We killed postcards, then made our own postcards which are a lot better.” — Abbii
“Acceptance of others, big time. We baby boomers may have voted things like gay marriage through, but it’s because our kids enlightened us.” — Scrappy_Larue
“Memes.” — J0h9
“Boardgames! With more and more videogames becoming online multiplayer instead of local multiplayer like in the olden times, boardgames have stepped back in to fill that gap. More and more new and interesting board games are being released all the time it’s pretty great now.” — solidawesomeness
“Small business entrepreneurs are making a comeback in a big way. In the area where I live almost all thriving small businesses are owned by people ~40 and younger. Sort of a joint coalition of Gen X and Gen Y to bring quality goods and services to the area and boost the local economy in the face of weakening, big corporate chains.
They also tend to use existing infrastructure to help revitalize downtown areas. Opening shops in vintage buildings without (for the most part) compromising their original integrity. This has been going on for quite a while in my area, but there’s been a definite surge in more recent years. Not that this is all the work for Millennial-aged people, but from my experience a good chunk of them are.” — TheyBurnedMyFriend
“Beer. I hated beer until I started trying craft brews, and those are getting easier to find on an almost daily basis. Even my regular grocery store has a decent selection these days.” — jurassicbond
“The environment. In first world countries we tend to be a little more forward thinking when it comes to how we dispose of our waste products over the past 10-15 years. This has even translated into the corporate world where progressive companies are now making conscious efforts to reduce their carbon footprint.” — A-Halfpound
“Uber has probably saved me an average of $1000/year vs taxis.” — oldmanchewy
“Porn.” — my_non_fap_account
Via Reddit
