Signs that ‘scream you’re a millennial rather than Gen-Z’ – from emojis to ‘wrong’ font

A woman has shared a list of things that millennials do that make it obvious they belong to that generation – and it’s sparked controversy as Gen Zers offer up advice

The rivalry between millennials and Gen-Z on social media can often get heated as debates around work etiquette, emoji use and texting style leaves both groups divided.

One woman is set to spark even more discussion as she’s a created a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ video showing the list of things that ‘scream someone is a millennial rather than Gen-Z’.

The list of ‘giveaways’ include using emojis that are ‘out of date’, and using the ‘wrong’ font, which isn’t ‘aesthetic’.

Katie Woodland, 26, shared a list of things millennials – a person born between early 1980s and the late 1990s – do to reveal their age, without realising what they’re doing.

The singer-songwriter, from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, explained she had been advised by Gen Z – the group of people who were born between the late 1990s and the early 2010s – what not to do online.

Taking to social media, she shared the tongue-in-cheek list – including using the ‘laugh cry emoji’ which she revealed “has been dead for a while”.

Apparently, Gen Z-ers advised that the best emoji to use is “the skull face, not with the crossbones, just the skull” instead.

“It represents ‘dead’ – like dead from something being so funny,” she said.

She also claims that using any font on Instagram that isn’t the ‘very last one’ on the list of options is unacceptable, and she gave an example of what is deemed ‘aesthetic’, and what isn’t.

Katie, who is a millennial, said that Boomerangs are also out of fashion, and other points on her list included posting landscape orientation pictures on a portrait Instagram story, using Instagram filters and tagging friends visibly on posts.

In the comments, other millennials were defending themselves, however, saying that they are ‘the best’, and they don’t understand why they should be embarrassed.

One person said: “Grateful to be a millennial and have no intention of changing any of my millennial habits.

Another added: “I’m going to do all this stuff harder now.”

Katie said: “I had a few people reach out and say they found the video helpful. Others didn’t care for it so much.

“But I just make funny content to be relatable and helpful. It’s not serious. It was meant to be satire – it’s just a bit of fun.”

Here is the full list of things that give away you’re millennial:

1. Using the laugh/cry emoji
2. Using any font on Insta that isn’t the last one when creating a story
3. Posting landscape pictures on your story and shrinking them to fit, leaving a border around the outside
4. Using Boomerangs
5. Using any filter on Instagram
6. Tagging your friends in posts and leaving the tags there visibly

Are you proud to be a millenial? Let us know in the comments.