Why millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram

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Korean model Sora Choi throws a peace sign after the Creatures of the Wind show and wears an all black outfit including sailor-style hat, circular-frame glasses, a slip dress, a cross necklace, a lip-themed purse, fishnet tights, and various metal and leather hand accessories on September 08, 2016 in New York City.
People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory.

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Our favorite sentences of 2025

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Gen Z may be the most rejected generation in human history.

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There's nothing like a perfect sentence to take the reader by the scruff of their neck and shake them awake. On Business Insider's Discourse team this year, we wrote thousands of sentences to illuminate the urgent and the fascinating in business and tech.

An 'explosion' of solo-agers are struggling with rising costs and little support: 'I'm flying without a net'

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A healthcare worker helps an elderly woman walk using a rollator. Indoors, home setting.

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How these millennials are making 6 figures, pursuing their passions, and climbing the career ladder without college degrees

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Millennials without college degrees said they're grateful for the lives and careers that they have.

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It's not just boomers — millennials also have a serious stuff problem

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Baby boomer surrounded by piles of toys, clothing, memorabilia, and keepsakes.

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Millennials are richer than their boomer parents. Here's why they love to complain anyway.

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A dark rain cloud raining money on a young Gen Z person

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Baby boomers have turned into Generation Can't-Let-Go

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An individual looking at someone else sitting on top of a pile of cash and sitting on a golden chair

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I sat through 30 elevator dating pitches in one night — and somehow had a blast

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Coffee Meets Bagel hosted a singles' pitch night in Singapore in October.
Coffee Meets Bagel hosted a singles' pitch night in Singapore in October.

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America's first-time homebuyers are disappearing. That's bad news for real estate.

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Older person with cane pulling a

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By the time she turned 40, Suzie Payne had resigned herself to the fact that she would never be able to buy a home.

Forget wedding registries — many newlyweds would rather you help pay their mortgage

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Ali and Aislyn Benjamin, posing with their dog on their wedding day.
Ali and Aislyn Benjamin, posing with their dog on their wedding day.

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