17 Boomer Things That Are Very Much The Equivalent Of Avocado Toast To Millennials

Back in the mid-'10s, avocado toast became synonymous with millennials as a food we all ate and made into a thing. Our consumption of it was also blamed for the reason we couldn't buy homes, LOL.

I guess avocado toast can be seen as a "millennial thing/fad," but I can also think of a few other things, like air plants, chevron pattern rugs, and old-timey mustache finger tattoos, as stuff that screams, "MILLENNIAL." This left me thinking about what other generations had as fads that people first think of when they think of them.

That led me into stumbling upon this old Reddit thread where user LanterneRougeOG asked: "What’s the baby boomers' equivalent of avocado toast?"

Well, boomers and non-boomers chimed in to share what trends and fads they think are unequivocally boomer. And here are some of the best comments:

1."Prawn cocktails. They were the absolute shit in the '70s. If my parents hadn't spent so much on Thousand Island dressing, maybe they could've afforded a second home."

2."Fondue"

3."Sun tea and those wicker round peacock chairs."

4."Avocado green kitchens, perhaps with hints of burnt orange, harvest gold, or earthy brown."

5."Liberal use of sun-dried tomatoes."

6."Pesto was the quiche of the '80s."

7."Shag carpeting and clunky 'wooden' furniture."

8."'Yeah, I cook.' Shoves everything into a casserole dish."

9."Time-Life music collections."

10."Macrame planters"

11."That f**king giant cupboard that weights 500 lbs and is full of china dishes that no one is allowed to use."

12."One thing I’d suggest is granola. Back in my college days, it wasn’t known much outside of so-called health food stores, so we discovered it as this really new and healthful thing. Why do you think Crunchy Granola became an adjective used to describe hippy dippy health freaks? Granola was something we ate, not necessarily because we liked it or thought it was better for you than Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, but because it was something different and hip that only cool people knew about."

13."Restoring classic cars to have as weekend cars."

14."Jazzercize and aerobics."

15."The answer is cottage cheese. Whenever people used to think of eating something healthy for breakfast, it would be cottage cheese."

16."Swinger parties"

17.Finally, "Faux wood paneling on every possible surface."

You can read the full thread of responses on Reddit.

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.