millennials

Spend five minutes scrolling through TikTok, Reddit, or X and it’s everywhere. Younger workers saying wages are rigged. Twenty-somethings insisting homeownership is impossible. Every career setback framed as systemic. The villain is always the system. Boomers are starting to wonder when it became the only suspect—and whether personal responsibility quietly left the room.

Baby boomers didn’t always explain money well—but many of their warnings came from hard-earned mistakes. To millennials, that advice often sounded outdated, annoying, or incomprehensible in a Charlie Brown–teacher sort of way. Now, a lot of millennials are realizing—usually mid-budget crisis—that those warnings weren’t totally wrong after all.

Step into a Boomer’s home, and you’re instantly surrounded by gadgets that look like they belong in a retro museum. To Boomers, these machines are trusty sidekicks; to millennials, they’re confusing puzzles missing the instructions. Let’s stroll through 25 household appliances that Boomers swear by, but millennials wouldn’t dare touch without a YouTube tutorial.

There are plenty of items that Boomers still deem important and "worth the money", while Millennials wouldn't drop a dime on most of these things. Like...

Uncover the newest in financial trends, including how Generation Z plans to save (or not save) for the future. From prioritizing mental health to living in the moment, find out how the new generations are setting up their finances, and what their plans are for retirement.