31 Painfully Cringey Pictures Of People Trying To Be 'Down With The Kids' And Failing

Ah, millennials. The demographic brands find themselves pandering to far too often.

Thanks to the wonders of the internet, there's now no shortage of horrendously cringey attempts by brands to be "on fleek" and appeal the the youth, which basically just involves using the word "bae" and hashtagging everything.

Every brand's marketing strategy

It's an epidemic.

Here's 31 signs humanity is doomed, see if you can get through all of them without cringing yourself to death:

• 1
  This attempt at appealing to millennials in the medium of potato
  
  Back in my day potatoes were shaped like smiley faces.
• 2
  This calendar with low-quality memes on it
  
• 3
  This proof that Fanta's marketing team are all 50+ years old
  
• 4
  This shameless attempt at getting kids to be interested in Shakespeare
  
  
• 5
  Literally everything Hillary Clinton does
  
• 6
  Or virtually anyone running for President in the USA
  
  For those who don't know, Netflix and chill is a euphemism for sex that old people don't understand.
• 7
  Schools failing at using memes
  
• 8
  Cadbury's pointlessly incorporating textspeak into Mini Rolls
  
  Why? There is literally zero need for this.
• 9
  Pizza Hut's new "Swag" clothing range
  Including t-shirts that say "Pizza is my bae". Lord help us.
• 10
  This iced coffee's packaging
  
  LOL WTF kk BAE TTYL
• 11
  Whoever thought this grammatical atrocity was a good idea
  
• 12
  Companies incorporating memes they know nothing about for no apparent reason
  
  Just give up, Denny's.
• 13
  Adding "and chill" to any word or statement
  
• 14
  It's a serious problem
  
• 15
  Whatever the hell this is supposed to be
  
  HTC has yolo swag.
• 16
  #Hashtagging #Everything #For #No #Discernible #Reason
  
• 17
  Companies thinking adding a particular phrase makes them "down with the youth"
  
  Wow, you said "on fleek"! Now I want to watch your show!
• 18
  This monstrosity
  
  Hey kids, do you like dank trolling and viral memes?
• 19
  This sign
  
• 20
  Teachers doing stuff like this
  
  Crumple paper.
  Run in opposite direction.
  Identify an exit.
  Nae nae.
  Gun it to the exit.
  Escape.
• 21
  This incredibly inappropriate exam question
  
  I know how to get kids interested in the first World War, let's pretend they had Twitter in the trenches!
• 22
  Companies that think taking a selfie is the answer to everything
  
• 23
  Whatever this is
  
• 24
  This cringetastic toy
  
• 25
  This tweet from the police
  
• 26
  The existence of this Facebook page
  
• 27
  This first aid campaign
  
• 28
  The school that makes their teachers wear this t-shirt
  
• 29
  This news article
  
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• 30
  Laissez-faire use of the term "squad goals"
  
• 31
  The existence of this t-shirt
  

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