Lately, well in the past few years, trends have been blamed or given credit to millennials. A couple have trends have occurred lately that make me not want to be part of the millennial crowd when people talk about them.

First of all, the Diet Coke commercials for the all new Diet Coke flavors somewhat bother me. The new flavors are supposedly targeted towards millennials, and the commercials have actors that just bother me for some reason. The way they portray millennials is just so laid back, but almost to the point of that we don't really care about anything at all.

I think that's a big stereotype with my generation is that we seemingly don't care, we just show up and do everything with no care. Which in some cases yes, I have my bad days and we can all relate to that, but the older generation is viewing that as our overall attitudes toward life.

Honestly I think it's quite the opposite when it comes to people my age. Yes, we don't care what you do, you can be yourself, drink whatever soda you want, but at the same time a lot of movements have come to light the past two years that I think a lot of us cared about, and still do.

Social media has allowed us to voice our opinions, which sometimes isn't always great, but we also start groups, discussions, and much more than that. Saying we don't care just isn't a completely accurate representation of what millennials are.

Another thing is the people who aren't even in the millennial category, well some of them might be, who do stupid trends like eat Tide Pods. I've heard older people say to people my age, it's your stupid generation who starts trends like this. Not necessarily, a lot of it is the younger generation.

I hate when people act like it's my fault people act the way they do. I keep to myself, and I try to care about important issues and be my best self. And if I want to like millennial pink, which is just pink, I will. And if I want to like rose gold shiny things, I will.

Just because millennials made it a trend, doesn't mean I have to be associated with it. I am an individual, and shouldn't have to be associated with any generation or be responsible for how they act.

Besides, I'm not even a part of the millennials, I was born in 1997. I would appreciate not being lumped into that category.