Have you been exposed?

She said, ‘Yes, that’s correct.

How did you know that?

Closeup of Paige Mills

Most people guess a lot younger.'"

“And I said, ‘Because, baby, you have ankle socks on.

The ankle socks will always give you away.’

Closeup of Paige Mills

Next time you’re at the gym, take a look around.

Everybody over 30 ankle socks.

Everybody under 30 crew socks.

Comment from user Pope nasty McShasty: Defiantly insists on wearing ankle socks; metaphor using avocado toast hands. Likes: 87.3K

The next time I saw her, she was wearing brand-new crew socks.”

Many millennials literally have a feeling of unease around them!

Because, to a millennial, they are the socks their ancestors wore.

Comment by Pantsforbirds about having a visceral reaction to the social stigma around crew socks growing up

I mean, they grew up watching their grannies sport them.

Only millennials know the pain of having to roll crew socks down to look ~cool~.

Plus, most millennials feel they’ll circle back around in fashion soon enough!

Comment by Danielle Bussani stating preference for ankle socks over crew socks, with positive engagement

“I wear crew socks.

I switched to crew after a lifetime of ankle socks around the time COVID hit.

Person standing with white shoes and socks, cane to the left, on patterned carpet

A screenshot of social media comments where Lindsi reminisces about millennial sock trends and Paige Mills, marked as the creator, replies humorously

Person sitting on bed putting on white socks, wearing denim shorts

Text in image: "We fought too long, and too hard to get ankle socks…We won't go back."

User Jon B comments on ankle socks predicting their comeback, preferring to keep his

Comment by Jacqueline T. questioning why people wear ankle socks instead of compression socks, followed by laughing emojis