Joe Scarborough announces millennials' latest victim: the military

Sadly, they are too busy playing video games.
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Chloe Bryan
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Joe Scarborough announces millennials' latest victim: the military
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Millennials, a rowdy band of murderers responsible for killing everything from focus groups to lunch, have claimed their latest victim -- at least according to Joe Scarborough.

Rest in peace, the military.

Yes, Scarborough fired off a tweet on Monday claiming that today's "young men" spend too much time playing video games, unlike their ancestors who spent their youths "liberat[ing] Europe from Nazism and the Pacific from the Japanese Empire." The nerve of these boys!

Interesting take on being a dude, no? I mean, I'm a millennial, so I've never seen or held a dictionary, but I was unaware that "masculinity" meant "being drafted during a world war."

Unsurprisingly, Joe got soundly rebuked for his remarks on Twitter. The replies also revealed a trend that may have surprised him -- some folks in the military also ... like ... video games?

Well, off to go play 10 hours of Breath of the Wild and mainline avocado toast. See ya!

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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