The coronavirus has exaggerated the generational divide between millennials and boomers more than ever. Here are 5 ways they\'re dealing with the pandemic differently.

The coronavirus pandemic has furthered the generational divide between millennials and baby boomers.

Not only is each group facing different risk levels for becoming ill with the coronavirus, they're both handling the pandemic in different ways. Many millennials are holing up in their apartments with Netflix and their iPhones, while many boomers are still trying to play backgammon or have trivia night with their friends.

Millennials are feeling more stressed by the current state of things - and their socializing boomer parents - and are turning to memes to cope with it. Meanwhile, boomers are out panic buying goods like toilet paper.

The coronavirus is also sending the economy into the throes of a possible recession. It's completely shaping the money habits of millennials, who are still scarred from the Great Recession, more so than baby boomers.

Here's how millennials and baby boomers are divided during the pandemic.

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Millennials are staying inside, struggling to get their boomer parents to do the same.

Business Insider's Hayley Peterson spoke to several millennials who said they are worried about their parents' health and who voiced frustration in trying to convince them to stay inside. Jared, 31, told Peterson: "Literally was fighting with my mom this morning about her a) going to Atlantic City last weekend; b) going to another casino via bus this weekend; and c) a cruise in April she refuses to cancel."

Alessandra, 32, told Peterson her 67-year-old mother, who lives in a golf community in Florida, had recently refused to cancel trivia plans with 300 of her friends who had all traveled outside the US within the last three months.

Meanwhile, many millennials are staying locked up indoors. Although some scooped up cheap coronavirus flights in the beginning of the pandemic, many changed their tune as the crisis developed. Despite reports of millennials out partying and ignoring coronavirus warnings, it's largely Gen Z who is doing that.

"Millennials are not partying," tweeted National Review reporter Mairead McArdle. "We and our anxiety issues are holed up working from home, watching Hulu, and yelling at our parents not to go outside. It's Gen Z you want."

This reliance on technology could explain why it's easier for millennials to stay inside, whereas boomers are still looking to things like trivia nights to connect with friends.

To deal with their stress, millennials are making memes while boomers are hoarding toilet paper.

The coronavirus outbreak has prompted many people to unnecessarily stock up on goods. Boomers in particular have been panic buying toilet paper and hoarding other supplies, despite governments and suppliers warning people not to do exactly that.

In response, millennials have taken to Twitter to make fun of hoarding boomers. It's a prime example of how millennials are turning to memes as a coping device during the pandemic.

"As we've adjusted to this strange new reality, in which many of us might not be allowed to leave our homes for weeks, we've channeled our anxieties over Covid-19 into classic internet humor," Aja Romano for Vox wrote.

But millennials have gotten flak for some of their more flippant meme approaches. Consider "boomer remover," which has become a coronavirus catchphrase among younger generations, reported Hannah Sparks for The New York Post. It originally took off on Reddit before infiltrating social media.