There's officially a 'Millennial' aesthetic to Instagram stories. Gen Z explains | Stuff.co.nz

Slanted text, filters, and gifs? Put your phone down – your Instagram story is giving Millennial aesthetic. Read this story in te reo Māori and English here. / Pānuitia tēnei i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā ki konei. TikTok user @channingstatum, real name is Nicole, has gone viral after posting a video titled “dear Millennials, we just want what’s best for you,” in which she roasts the generation for their Instagram story habits and shares the trendier Gen Z approach to story curation. Her methods include specific colour matching, a subtle take on location and user tagging, and an absolute ban on one particularly ugly font. As Nicole herself explains: “I don’t think they’re that aesthetic, I just think I’m Gen Z and I know how to use Instagram.” READ MORE: * Ellipsis, Bitmoji, acronyms: The texting tools you need to ditch to keep your cool * Boomers, sorry to say it, but your GIFs are cringe too * Sorry, Gen X, the thumbs up emoji is actually hostile Didn’t realise this was a thing? Well, now you do, and you have no excuse to continue posting aesthetically displeasing stories on your Instagram. The editorial serif font, always
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