As a millennial, I’m continuously shocked to learn how many things I’m killing. I don’t have the time in the day to kill anything, let alone to kill all the things ever. It’s bad enough that Know Your Meme is even making fun of it. And while there may be plenty of think pieces online written by people who aren’t millennials trying to explain why millennials are killing entire industries, that’s not what I’m here for. I’m here to give you objective journalism.

And video game posts. And short stories. And shit posts. But mostly objective journalism.

Without further ado, here’s a list of everything millennials are killing, according to newspapers, magazines, and other major publications¹I refuse to refer to this amalgamation of sources as “the media” not because it’s inaccurate, but because people who use this term are often doing so out of a derision towards a particular set of news sources that don’t agree with their personal or political world view. Doing so is not only childish, but also embarrassing for those who speak that way, even if the terminology they choose to use has some basis in reality (depending, of course, on the adjectives they use to describe “the media”).. This list is ordered chronologically, as I’m just trying to retrace my steps to figure out what all I’ve killed. I have chosen to exclude items that random sites not tied to publications have stated that millennials have killed, otherwise this post would be 50,000 words. If there are other things I’ve killed that I’m missing, leave me a link to the article you’ve found in the comments.

Note: A massive thank you is due to a pair of articles I found on Buzzfeed and Mashable that gave me a good start to this list. That said, I went down some weird rabbit holes to find some of these articles.

2012

June 8 – Payscale says millennials killed the corner office

2013

July 22 – Slate says millennials are killing the religious right

2014

July 16 – Unwritten says millennials are killing manners and class

July 24 – Forbes says millennials are killing golf

August 1 – Wired says millennials killed bad advertising

August 25 – The Gothamist says millennials are killing McDonald’s, but only those of us who are promiscuous

September 8 – NBC News says millennials are killing credit cards

October 2 – Forbes says millennials might be killing Home Depot

2015

February 20 – Mic says millennials are killing the terms boyfriend and girlfriend

March 24 – Market Watch says millennials are killing Macy’s

May 27 – The New York Times says millennials are killing thongs

May 30 – Tech Crunch says millennials are killing banks (though to be fair, banks started it)

August 13 – Quartz says millennials killed General Electric’s performance review process

September 2 – Business Insider says that a millennial owned company is trying to kill Victoria’s Secret

September 24 – Refinery29 says millennials are killing TV sitcoms

October 2 – Digiday says millennials have killed focus groups

October 28 – Entrepreneur Magazine says millennials are killing the cubicle

November 10 – Time says millennials — with some help from baby boomers — killed retirement savings for Gen X

2016

January 8 – Philly Magazing says millennials are killing working

February 3 – Forbes says millennials — in a coordinated effort with baby boomers — killed the Toyota Scion

February 9 – Boston.com and Deloitte partnered up to say millennials are killing company loyalty

February 25 – The Atlantic says millennials attempted to kill the wine cork, but it’s unclear if they’ve succeeded

March 4 – Mashable says millennials are killing expensively furnished hotels

March 21 – GQ says millennials are killing breakfast cereal

March 23 – Entrepreneur Magazine says millennials are killing the 9-to-5 workday

March 28 – Business Insider says millennials are killing paper napkins

April 14 – Bloomberg says millennials killed the McWrap

April 15 – The New York Post says millennials are killing the movie industry

April 26 – Elle Magazine says millennials are killing the stiletto heel

April 27 – Vice says millennials are killing fucking

May 5 – The Wall Street Journal says millennials are killing running

May 8 – The Globe and Mail says millennials are killing the Canadian tourism industry

June 21 – Market Watch says millennials are killing face-to-face interaction

June 29 – The Economist says millennials are killing diamonds. They followed up a day later with their infamous diamond tweet.

June 30 – Quartz says millennials are killing the myth that they’re entitled

July 16 – The Caribbean News Service says millennials are killing the cruise industry

July 19 – USA Today says millennials are killing the bra

August (Date Unknown) – Call center company Evaluagent says millennials are killing call center culture.

August 3 – The New York Post says millennials are killing sex. Again.

August 10 – Market Watch says millennials are killing home cooking

August 19 – NY Magazine says millennials are killing the Olympics

August 22 – The Washington Post says millennials are killing home ownership. Also on this day, research firm Mintel said millennials are killing bar soap.

August 26 – Inc says millennials are killing vacations

September 6 – Indiewire says millennials are killing the DVR

September 21 – Business Insider says millennials are killing light yogurt

September 29 – Time says millennials are killing traditional baby names

October 10 – The LA Times says millennials killed big spending and risk taking.

October 13 – Reuters says millennials are killing their parents’ retirement plans. Again.

October 17 – The New York Post says millennials are killing gyms

October 27 – The Wall Street Journal says millennials are killing grocers

December 16 – The Wall Street Journal says millennials are killing fabric softener

December 29 – The Journal of Hand Therapy and the National Institutes of Health say that millennials are killing strong handshakes. Also on this date, the New York Post says millennials killed the dinner date.