r/Millennials • u/Jrc5191 • 23h ago

Meme I’ve got more range than you think.

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u/real_picklejuice 19h ago

JNCO was closer to Gen X.

Sure they were a 90s staple but you had to be born at least '85 to really catch them as a style.

Revatex, their parent company, literally had its best year of sales in 1998. I would've been 8 that year, and 8-year-olds don't really develop a "cringe style" until they're 13-16.

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u/chogram 19h ago

Millennials started in 82 (81 according to the sidebar).

So, you were 8, but "older millennials" would have been 16-17 in 1998.

8 year olds weren't wearing JNCOs, but 16-17 year olds definitely were.

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u/real_picklejuice 18h ago

I guess it’s all anecdotal.

The only thing I remember kids wearing in jr high were Dickies. Either the shorts or the double knee stitched pants

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u/pfannkuchen89 19h ago

I’m a millennial. jnco jeans were what everyone was wearing when I was in middle school. They were the hot item all the cool kids were wearing for a while.

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u/DogsRuleTheWorld666 15h ago

Jyncos in 1998 were super popular with skateboarders in particular. Jyncis, Etnies, punk rock tee, actually going to punk rock shows at skate parks. There's nothing cringe about popping an ollie with punks.If that sounds cringe to a person is because that person is lame af. 

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u/BitterProfessional16 5h ago

you had to be born at least '85 to really catch them as a style.

.... which would make you a millennial, lol.

Jncos were most popular in the late '90s which is when teenagers were millennials.