I'm a '90s born millennial who grew up with, and LOVES, '80s and older music, TV shows/movies, etc. I love all older time periods regarding art, architecture, fashion, and so on. Literally from Ancient Greece/Rome to 1989. My parents were born in the '60s and listened to the music of their youth while I was growing up.
One of my many favorite '80s shows is Falcon Crest. One of the characters uses the term "gaslight" exactly how people use it now. Gen Z, did you know it's been around that long? There's actually a 1940s movie called Gaslight and that's where I hear the term originated from.
I also love Miami Vice. In one episode, Crockett mentions "ice" on the hands of a drug dealer/victim or other, and it's clear he means jewelry. They were already saying that back then. And they were already using those wind resistant torch lighters back then too. And you know that look where guys have a beard with the undercut hairstyle? There are guys in Miami Vice who look like that (personally, I think it's hot). Anyway, that was already a look.
Does Gen Z also know that Punk rockers were already dying their hair crazy colors in the 1970s? In the movie An American Werewolf in London, there's a Punk with a shaved head in two colors and black leopard spots all over. That film came out in 1981... Once, I actually did leopard spots on the shaved sides of my mohawk because of that. I still have a mohawk.
Not to mention colored powders on wigs in the 1700s to have pink or green or whatever color hair. That Marie Antoinette movie with Kirsten Dunst was not an exaggeration. Banger soundtrack as well. Gen Z, do you even know who Gang of Four or Siouxsie & The Banshees are? And totally mismatched with the era, but I digress.
Vibes. This is a big one. People have been saying that for decades. The Beach Boys were already picking up good vibrations in the '60s. Stanley on the Golden Girls in the '80s wanted to take his son out to a bar and create good vibes. Dorothy said she could dig it. Everything is old and you're not doing anything new!
My point with this post is that I **want** people younger than 30 telling me that they are already aware of everything I mentioned. I want you to make me eat my words and show me you know what's up (without being rude). If you're born after the year 2000 and have a grasp on history, thank you, and this post is not directed at you, but to your peers who don't know about these things.