You’re probably familiar with Humans of New York, the blog featuring portraits of New Yorkers along with their often heartbreaking stories.
Inspired by HONY, real-life millennials Connor Toole and Alec MacDonald launched a satire version, “Millennials Of New York,” a little over a year ago, posting photos of real millennials alongside fictional, satirical quotes that feed into Baby Boomers’ rants about the youths and their selfies and their Snapchats and their emojis. As another real-life millennial (who, as BUST’s digital editorial director, gets to see plenty of millennial-hating comments on social media), I relate. Or, as we millennials say, #same. (If you were born before 1981, you probably don’t get that. Don’t worry.)
We’ve brought you a selection of eight photos from Millennials of New York, the book; photo credit goes to Alec MacDonald. Full disclosure: I know some of the millennials in these photos (including Kim Hoyos, who took some of the photos featured in the book; she’s “Ellen” in the below photo), and they all inspire me to try to improve my selfie game and Klout score every day.
Enjoy!
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