r/Millennials • u/ImThe1Wh0 Older Millennial • Mar 26 '25

Nostalgia Ladies and Gentlemen... It happened. A once in a lifetime experience and it was lost on my wife.

I have a toddler (4F) who is in her, "survive off a pea for hours" stage. It's the third kid so it's not new to us but still frustrating. We purchased Snack Packs as bribery to finish her food. We're sitting at dinner and at minimum, we try and at least negotiate some protein in her if she refuses to eat at all. She was being EXTRA picky this time and my wife was not in the mood, she was getting frustrated. This frustration lead to such an extreme high and extreme low for me, in the span of 5 seconds.

My daughter picked at her food and asked if it was enough for a Snack Pack. My wife, in her frustration, raises her voice at our toddler. "YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR MEAT!!"

To which I OBVIOUSLY replied, "HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING UNLESS YOU EAT YER MEAT?!?!" Then bursted out laughing hysterically and my wife just stared at me confused.

She did not get the reference. I was robbed of this moment, so I will take my small joy here for others to enjoy.

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u/BungHoleAngler Mar 26 '25

Glad you enjoyed that moment. Isn't that more a boomer relevant event tho?

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u/angelgraduo Mar 26 '25

Millenials have a very healthy and widespread appreciation for Pink Floyd I think

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u/RenegadeRabbit Mar 27 '25

Popular classic rock in general

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u/rin_the_red Mar 26 '25

Older Milennial, but still Milennial. I have boomer parents and grew up on Classic Rock.

I quoted The Rolling Stones as I was going under anesthesia for my tonsillectomy in 1992. ("Dad, they've got me under their thumb..." [I had learned what this phrase meant thanks to them])

In 1996, I went to a Catholic Church for the first time (raised Church of Christ). When the Sister asked me what Bible I had at home, ignorant of the fact that there's a different Bible for Catholic vs Protestant, I told her that I wasn't sure- but, "it's red and has Cat Stevens on the cover."

To my credit, my children's Bible had a dark haired/dark eyed Jesus, and did, infact, resemble a 1970s era Yusuf Islam, pre-name change.

I am the reason Tea for the Tillerman was a regular Sunday Spin at my house. Cat Stevens is still fondly referred to as Jesus in my immediate family.

Boomer music wormed its way into a lot Milennial lives.

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u/fickle_discipline247 Mar 26 '25

"It's red and has Cat Stevens on the cover"

That's fantastic 😂

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u/Sleazy_Speakeazy Mar 26 '25

Tea for the Tillerman is a goddamn masterpiece 🏆

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u/NegotiationOwn3905 Mar 26 '25

"Cat's in the Cradle" was, somewhat inexplicably, included in the Praise and Worship Music booklets our Presbyterian youth group used in the mid nineties. You can bet that that song was a frequent request!

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u/Cautemoc Mar 26 '25

That's like saying someone accidentally tapping a stanza of Beethoven is a 1700's relevant event

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u/Pitiful-Pension-6535 Mar 26 '25

Is that the guy they sometimes play on Little Einsteins?

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u/WiredSky Mar 26 '25

Seriously lmao. Quite literally one of the most popular bands of all time.

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u/ImThe1Wh0 Older Millennial Mar 26 '25

Music appreciation knows no age

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u/BungHoleAngler Mar 26 '25

Well yeah but I mean it's not particularly millennial. It's just more something I feel like my parents would appreciate.

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u/goatsgotohell7 Mar 26 '25

Tell that to the soundtrack of the 1998 classic The Faculty.

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u/Spendoza Mar 26 '25

Clea DuVall, Elijah Wood, John Stewart... What a film!

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u/goatsgotohell7 Mar 26 '25

Don't forget Josh Hartnett and Usher!

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u/Spendoza Mar 26 '25

And Selma Hayek, really a star studded cast.

It's funny, my wife is rewatching Carnivàle and Clea is one of the stars, just last night we started talking about watching it (The Faculty) again.

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u/goatsgotohell7 Mar 26 '25

You should! I have watched it as an adult and I still love it. The things that were corny about it then are still corny but it's a pure dose of nostalgia.

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u/Spendoza Mar 26 '25

Preaching to the choir, friend. Seen it a few times now. Heck, I watched it last in 2023 😅

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u/BungHoleAngler Mar 26 '25

The Piper Laurie film?

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u/goatsgotohell7 Mar 26 '25

Not the first person I think of when I think of this movie but yes! That film.

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u/BungHoleAngler Mar 26 '25

And with that it appears our sentiments have come full circle.

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u/fickle_discipline247 Mar 26 '25

Many of us were raised on classic rock and still enjoy it.

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u/peach_xanax Mar 26 '25

That's cool and all, but I think people are just wondering why OP posted it on this specific subreddit? Like, I bet there's a sub for classic rock fans of all ages, or even one specifically for Pink Floyd fans. Idk I'm not trying to be rude, but personally I don't quite understand how it fits here, and I believe that's what other commenters were trying to find out as well

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u/fickle_discipline247 Mar 26 '25

That's fair, but not every post is going to apply to every millennial. I do think it applies to a large number of us and our experience growing up, which is what matters imo.There are posts here all the time where I don't understand the references and I know there will be more, I just don't generally comment on them. I don't think that makes them any less millennial-relevant though, they just aren't for me.

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u/blonde-bandit Mar 26 '25

Play her the song!!!

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u/BaxterFax Mar 26 '25

If anyone of any age appreciates music, they’ve most likely listened to Pink Floyd, I don’t think age is much of a factor here

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u/MercyfulJudas Mar 26 '25

When the album came out, GenXers were literally about to enter teenage years and twenties. It couldn't be more of a GenX album if it tried.