>>18501725
I'm a late gen X/early millennial and I concurr with your take. The 90's zeitgeist was sort of a bleak, cynical sarcasm, a sort of nihilism where nothing matteted but at the same time everything was too serious.
The 00s and the early internet days wrre a reaction against that. People wanted to cheer up, enjoy the moment and have fun. That came with a youthful carefree attitude that clinged to childhood. Basically, early.millennials tried to delay adulthood for as long as possible because the future was grim.
At the same time, hipsters of that era were self-aware of their silliness and didn't take themselves seriously. Or at least, not as seriously as their critics took them.
Mid to late millennials, however, were different in that regard. As it usually happens with late adopters or decond generations, they lacked the nuance of the former folks and took everything at face value. As older millennials wete finslly forced into adulthood, a new bred of millennials became nerd culture obsessed wo/menchild.
Ah, I could ramble about this shit all day. Don't mind me, I've been feeling quite melancholic lately.