Millennials respond excellently to #HowToConfuseAMillennial hashtag

Well, it happened. Twitter-using baby boomers, with their multitude of egg accounts, have started their own hashtag. But don't worry, the young people have regained control of #HowToConfuseAMillennial quickly, efficiently and hilariously.

The hashtag initially seemed to be a lighthearted joke about the generational differences between age groups and quickly descended into a fire ball of doomsday, petrol-bomb proportions.

Sledging the youth for everything from poor spelling, an apparent dislike of gainful employment and the heinous crime of no longer using retro technology like rotary phones -- baby boomers went HAM.

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Tweeps born from about 1982 onward however, flipped the script with meme-worthy vigour, responding with the swiftness of a person who is young, nimble, and not yet embittered by their lot in life.

Some expressed genuine confusion.

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Others pointed out the hashtag was straight up bullying.

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Some dished back their own ice cold serving of generational stereotypes.

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Some just thought highlighting the gorgeous hypocrisy of it all was the best approach.

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