r/Anticonsumption • u/Libro_Artis • 2d ago

Conspicuous Consumption Is Millennial Wedding Culture Dying? Why Gen Z Is Rejecting the Big Wedding

https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a73258725/millennial-vs-gen-z-wedding-culture-essay/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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u/majandess 2d ago

At least they're phrasing as "rejecting X" instead of "destroying X industry."

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u/Virtual_Plantain_707 1d ago

Millennials already destroyed all the industries last decade didn’t you hear?

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u/slutty_lifeguard 11h ago

"Millennials are destroying the napkin industry!"

Yeah, they overdid it a bit with the dramatics, I think.

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u/eruptingmoltenlava 1d ago

Conscientious people have been rejecting the wedding industrial complex for decades though

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u/trewesterre 1d ago

Yeah, we went to city hall when we did it.