BeeQueenieBee
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Ok boomer
I’m not the original writer of this (obvs) but it gave me something to think about.
Nov 13, 2019 3:45 PM
BeeQueenieBee
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I’m not the original writer of this (obvs) but it gave me something to think about.
tzahtman
As you say, elder.
lifetorn
What a bunch of dribble.
jwillywill
https://imgur.com/Mqg03cz.jpg
Nykidemus
God, I hate how accurate this is.
Asteroidrules
I prefer the boomer trolley problem https://i.redd.it/guk2yb3g6rw31.jpg
BeeQueenieBee
Best I’ve ever seen. Love it.
inthe90swediddrugs
Mostly it was The Silent Generation who marched for civil rights, the oldest Boomers were only 18 when the Civil Rights act was signed.
MyleKeville
‘You can’t have the house, we’ll burn it down first.’
serialabsence
Trump is the dinamite to prove it.
Sp0ngeWorthy
Enter the Tea Party
ragekritz
millennials make up 4% of total home owners. Boomers make mcmansions and cry about chickfila protesters and support gay conversion therapy.
ragekritz
it's actually a higher percentage, i was being dramatic but it's significantly less
MyDadSaysButanesABastardGas
Literally took a screenshot of that post specifically.
MyleKeville
For me it exemplifies the capitalist mindset to a tee.
ConstantBitRate
Short version:
AskBobLoblaw
I get the gist.
asplenium
AR2713
verily, my liege
Roshiro
As you say, Elder
StrangerDangerish
I would love for this to catch on.
Roshiro
Totally
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
If thoust compare two terms as the same, yet one of those you cannot write, THAT beith the gravest of the pair!
Og1i1PrettyThug
Riight , old fart
Kerb755
Indeed combustioner
BrisbaneHorrorGal
23472903489345
you know why "ok, boomer" hurts them so much? because it's used to dismiss their feelings, and opinions. for ONCE they're being told
23472903489345
their opinion isn't the most valuable thing ever. and that kills them.
TatooineNomad
Anybody else just totally sick of constant culture war, and endless digital oratory from people “explaining” everything?
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
Dividing and labelling people by arbitrary date ranges is completely pointless and nonsensical. You could be 10 years apart from someone and
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
Be in the same "generation", while three years apart from someone in a different generation. According to society, you have more in common
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
With the first person. It's bad enough how we group years into decades, but generations are even worse because people actually build
ThatGuyWithTheBinoculorsOnDiscountHothInEpisode8
Arguments about society and politics around them
mikeatike
George Carlin was of that generation and he said "Fuck Boomers." Of course he followed up with "And fuck everybody, while you are at it."
JingleMyKeysHomeboy
Stand-up comedians are such a fucking boomer thing though.
drob1974
Gotta love Carlin.
TuscanKP
He has a great moment where he mentions how they went from cocaine to rogain and from do your own thing to just say no.
Kbantar
False equivalency.
vikinglovechild
George Carlin was born in 1937, he wasn't a Boomer. As he'd say "it's called the American Dream because you've got to be asleep to have it."
RobMx80
He was a member of the silent generation. Kind of ironic.
RogueLanguageModel
so, from the beginning of this post i guess its implied that boomers are people born in 1981-1997?
WhateverICanGet
Boomers are the children of war vets who came home and fucked like rabbits. Hence the name.
Meebers
That’s Millennials; boomers are the other direction— before GenX.
RogueLanguageModel
so 'ages 7-22' refers to 'Gen Z' only?
Thepizzaeater1000
Yeah, 7-22 (tho alot of people put the younger boundary anywhere from 3-7 yo) refers to Gen Z
djdarkside808
Carlin was not a boomer, he was actually anti boomer because he saw them being handed everything and then they took everything else.
mikeatike
Oh yeah he was born in 1937. I duno what the cutoff is. I guess I always assumed he was my parents age.
ImGoingToGoFallAsleepOnABench
The cutoff is 1946 (the first post-WW2 year that returning soldiers would have children).
Efreeti
Was a fan of standup before, wished I could be one, but discovering Carlin turned me on to standups as social commentators. He was the best.
WhateverICanGet
He truly was the oldest oldfag. RIP...
PietroAretino
He also easily explain how voting is bullshit and so are your concept or "rights". We have no rights & politicians don't give a fuck about u
WhateverICanGet
I especially loved when he said people who don't vote actually have a right to complain because they aren't participating in a shit system.
Tritan2
I'm a Gen-Xer who's been into stand-up comedy since the '70s and I still believe George Carlin is the best comedian who's graced the planet.
shamanbaptist
Agreed
BlackBiscuit
Here's to him orbiting the Great Electron under the watchful eye of Joe Pesci and his baseball bat.
elijajaja
Joe bless you.
ApplesdaKitty
pray to joe pesci, praise to the sun.
MinnesotaMathew
saw his stand up live a year before he died, was amazing
HouseOfEvil
Same. And yet, it's mostly his political comments & not jokes that get quoted most on the internet.
JakunJa
Bill Hicks.
Iseeyourpointandraiseyou
"STOP PUTTING A FUCKING DOLLAR SIGN ON EVERYTHING!!!" RIP, Bill.
FloodingWaters
Good. But basically a flash in the pan. Don't get me wrong, love hicks but objectively speaking, he's a tier below the greats
JakunJa
Ok, boomer
FloodingWaters
I'm a millennial, dipshit.
rayneayami
Hicks is only a flash because of how short his run was. If he didn't pass away in 1994 of cancer his impact would be much higher.
FloodingWaters
Thought it was an overdose but i agree. He did only have 2 or 3 great specials. Same with patrice oneil and mitch hedberg.
FloodingWaters
That's literally what "flash in the pan" means. Brilliant but brief.
TinyLiehon
I'm willing to do my part. Starting with that part of the population that is pretty, limber and redhead
Smacketywack
Carlin was actually pre boomer (born in the 1930s) but he saw all of the excesses and hypocrisy of their pseudo idealism.
jetah
"silent generation" were pre-boomers.
hr0nk
Now, I think, called old timers
Smacketywack
I’ve always heard them called ‘The Greatest Generation’ since they endured the Great Depression and fought WWII.
mdapkins
Greatest generation were before the Silent generation. They were born before about 1925, and so were old enough to fight in WWII.
chrismofer
this is the point where the whole thing breaks down as every chart overlaps every other chart and there are 3 names for every generation.
SoapyMammaryMasturbation
Those who were adults in WW2 were the 'Greatest Generation', those who were kids or born during WW2 are the 'Silent Generation'.
mikeatike
People born in the 30s didn't fight in the war in the 40s.
tychog99
Unless you were a patriotic 14-year-old who had their parents lie for them so they could join the fight in 1944
Noyoudontknowmefromsomewhere
which is why Carlin was so well-respected. equal opportunity hater and truth-teller.
Josefbugman1543
If you say you are against everything then you are for nothing.
chrismofer
he isn't against everything. he's an equal opportunity hater. he still only hated a finite amount, he just wasn't a bigot while he did it.
byronape
After watching some of his material recently, I found d that while most of it makes a valid point (as well as being hilarious). However, 1/
byronape
A good portion of it proves that he is a product of his generation and shows a distinct aversion to change.
Efreeti
He grew up during WWII so if anything he was part of "the silent generation"
FeFra
One million times this. I will get downvoted to hell, but I really think that a lot if people don't get how much, hidden before an hilarious
FeFra
comedian, is hidden a grumpy old man bitching about the youth and everything he doesn't like
sippus
This man is touching on a lot of important issues that feel very overwhelming at times.
inquirerofquantumstuff
"Bad times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create bad times" *not verbatim*
Easykehl
Boomers are like those people who trash their homes after getting foreclosed on. They want to salt the Earth if they can no longer have it.
KingdomOfDimensions
Did he just say the 2008-9 recession was the GOP's fault? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Clinton allowed the repeal of the Glass-Steagal act?
CatsUpvoteTerror
Glass steagal didn't have anything to do with the crisis. It was the pure investment banks that failed. Not the mix banks
KingdomOfDimensions
With a cursory look I'm seeing mixed opinions regarding this from economists, so I suppose I'll have to look deeper.
KingdomOfDimensions
To clarify, I meant 8-9 crash leading to recession, and I'm not absolving the GOP of fault, but even this much is well known.
AndySlash
"The biggest American generation in size and influence looked at the younger and rising generations voting for hope and change in 2008, ...
drob1974
The biggest generation also voted for hopey changy crap... and Obummer was, you guessed it... A BOOMER. So is Clinton & co, Bush 2, Trump
AndySlash
and said no."
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
That part makes literally no sense though because the fact that Obama was even elected in the first place directly contradicts the statement
Awaras
But then they did everything in their power to stop him from doing anything meaningful and wipe the little he did as soon as Trump got in.
VonSnootingham
Perfect.
GodEmperor0fMankind
I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you vote based on loyalty to a single party, you don't believe in democracy. You want a
arsenilk
If you vote democrat every time because you want gay rights and like evidence based science is that considered loyalty to party?
GodEmperor0fMankind
dictatorship of your own creation. No single party has all the answers. No TWO parties have all the answers. Our country was built by and
GodEmperor0fMankind
diversity. Many of the people that built our country didn't have a choice, that's true. But what happened in the past can't be changed. We
GodEmperor0fMankind
need to learn from the mistakes of those past and take what we have been given to make a better future. Not for us, but for those that come
GodEmperor0fMankind
after. And that starts by breaking allegiances to people that don't care about anybody but themselves. Don't vote Republican. Don't vote
GodEmperor0fMankind
Democrat. Don't vote libertarian, Green, Veterans, or any other party. Vote for people you believe in, regardless of political affiliation.
doodthedud
You mean political parties aren't sports teams to be followed blindly? How could anyone spend time to think about the future though? :O
csullivan
I find that one side is consistently closer in policy to the way that I envision the society that I want to live in, though.
BrisbaneHorrorGal
NickRivieraMD
that said, for me personally, it's pretty rare that I come across a republican that I think has more right than the democratic candidate
meganical
ragekritz
which is why we need to destroy the 2 party system, and at least have ranked choice voiting. at least.
pandro
I think the 2000 election proved that even the 2 party system was more than Floridians, the deciding state, could handle. :-(
pandro
I love the idea of ranked choice voting but I can't envision people even *understanding* it. We are a simpul peepul.
Draketeeth
I've never heard of it, or at least never heard it defined. Seems like Ranked Choice has serious potential.
pandro
Australia (where voting is mandatory and not voting is a criminal offense) they use it. I'd have to look it up. But basically it lets you 1/
PersonalityFire
Hmm, the thing everyone needs to understand about the parties is that the Republicans are more monolithic and the Democrats are more of a->
PersonalityFire
>coalition party. Affecting activist change within the Democratic Party is exponentially more possible because of the various factions->
ridge
The Republican president was shut out of GOP primaries and they were openly contempt of each other. Don't act like they're all in lock step.
newyorkmetsalhead
Shut of out primaries? Which ones?
ridge
They cancelled the GOP primary in Colorado because they were worried he would win it.
PersonalityFire
>vying for its mobility. It's one of the reasons Dems are constantly stealing defeat from the jaws of victory- diversity of interests.
heXonyou
God you are a fucking idiot.
PersonalityFire
Have you considered fucking yourself? Terminally?
breothskin
So in concept I agree with you. I would only add to it that you should strongly weigh the consideration of which party holds a broader
breothskin
2/? platform that encourages civic engagement and values truth and fact over opinion and outrage. That broader opinion is important because
breothskin
3/? it generally informs the priorities of a party and is an important weathervane in terms of what the party will do when in power.
breothskin
4/? Particularly in a government system that requires party consensus to accomplish anything.
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
Now you couched all that in such generic terms that i can't tell which side you believe values truth and fact over opinion and outrage /1
BenjyX55
There's a fine line between voting based on party loyalty and voting with a party because you agree with them.
BenjyX55
The difference is being willing to criticize the people you voted for when they do something wrong.
popejubal
But you can correctly recognize that one of the two major parties has gone off the rails and is currently batshit crazy.
ridge
There's the party that wants to sell off our country to mining companies, and there's the party that wants to give our country to foreigners
JapAnus
The DNC is pretty insane yeah
JapAnus
I'll vote for anyone pro-gun and pro-capitalism
GodEmperor0fMankind
Are we talking unrestricted capitalism, restricted capitalism, or unresteicted free market?
meganical
That’s a surprise. Pro-capitalism implies you are for making illicit drugs legal for sale solely because there is so much money in that.
JapAnus
No, but I am for legalizing drugs to end the drug war, because prohibition only leads to crime and violence.
Counterfit
You vote for the Leopards Eating Faces party
JapAnus
No I typically vote libertarian
PandAnomoly
Isn't that the same?
JapAnus
No
Counterfit
They're more "If the leopards eat your face, sue them"
Predicto
However, there are times when it is necessary to vote as effectively as possible AGAINST a particular party that has gone mad. This is one
Predicto
of those times, and going "bothsidesism" is a tremendous mistake (and is a lazy abdication of your responsibility as a citizen)
GodEmperor0fMankind
I don't consider myself as a "bothsidist" but rather a "neithersidist"
pandro
but the way to get rid of our dicktator isn't to offer me the choice of socialism, Bernie. Can't you guys offer a centrist democrat?!
newyorkmetsalhead
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/26/democratic-party-centrism-aoc-sanders-warren
pandro
Just came back and found this link. Cool article! The polls (no citations) may have had skewed questions, but interesting. Thanks!
Predicto
I didn't say anything about Bernie, and he's not my first choice. But if he gets the nom I sure as hell will vote for him over Donald Trump.
Jacksaw
No, we can't. Not until "centrist" in America doesn't mean Republican in denial.
CreepyPhlox
I will vote for whichever party is pro-abortion, I.e., allows women total control over their bodies.
CreepyPhlox
Pro-choice* I’m correcting the terminology I used.
nodnarb17
Baby killer
CreepyPhlox
Bringing children into this world is the most selfish thing someone can do. They have no consent to it and are forced to conform to...
CreepyPhlox
...whatever fucked up society they are brought into. It’s disgusting and saving them from this torment is a blessing. MamaBop, out.
TheVapeCrusader
You are part of the problem
HonestCommentFarmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVrSWBhckI
AGlobOfEcto
I am pro choice, but my strongest influence is foreign policy. That isnt one issue..I think whoever is best situated to adapt to the idea...
AGlobOfEcto
that america wont be number 1 forever is best suited to take office. America suffers from leadership that never has had good foresight.
AGlobOfEcto
This doesnt mean war/ anti terrorism, but economic elasticity. If the US doesnt find its "style" we will be put aside by 2050¬ respected
vcgetdown
Joe Biden: "I think roe v Wade went a little too far"
tremboslice
Libertarians are pro-choice (nobody is pro-abortion) it’s not something to celebrate. We understand prohibition doesn’t erase demand.
HonestCommentFarmer
I am anti-pop growth. As a result, my support for abortion stems not from female autonomy (that's a plus), but from population control.
Counterfit
Some people are pro-abortion
tremboslice
That applies to abortion, drugs, prostitution, etc.
CreepyPhlox
Yes, pro-choice is the better term. My apologies.
candiduscorvus
So you're a single-issue voter. That's a choice, but not one I agree with.
DeadArcadian
My choices are bad
candiduscorvus
It’s true.
That3DPrinter
In the current US political climate/system, that's all you really CAN be. You have you views on numerous issues but when push comes to shove
That3DPrinter
you have to pick the candidate that supports your view on your most important issue. There will be edge cases where you sacrifice your top
That3DPrinter
to vote for someone that supports the rest of your views, but I feel for most voters that is unlikely to happen.
candiduscorvus
I disagree.
GodEmperor0fMankind
I think its absurd that any government entity would try to prevent people from doing whatever they want with their own body.
TaviRus
So drinking and driving is ok? It's my body. I can do what I want with it. Smoking in public is fine? Fuck those people with allergies.
GodEmperor0fMankind
Drinking is fine. Smoking is fine. When those things become harmful to living, conscious, beings, then it's a problem. But, moreover, who
GodEmperor0fMankind
the fuck are you or I or anybody else to tell someone what to do with their own bodies? Abortion is a moral decision for the parents or
TaviRus
Society has always limited behavior of individuals where it begins to interfere with other people. You just dont agree that the unborn...
TaviRus
Counts as human.
IfOnlyICouldUseMyPowersForGood
I agree with you up until the point that it's not just your own body any more.
thelastofthemehicans
Can you wear a condom and stop worrying about this then?
keyonne
We dictate that life ends when the brain dies so life should begin with brain activity, which starts at 23 weeks.
keyonne
So it’s YOUR body until 23 weeks, then after that you’re sharing it with a baby.
IfOnlyICouldUseMyPowersForGood
I have to take just as much care of these little things before they come out of a vagina as after.
Omnimorph2112
OK x-genner
aPokal
GenXer. Like Jinx, but more '90 Xtreme.
BeeQueenieBee
I’m a millennial, sooooooooo? Fuck me anyway. Heh.
evilcarp
Slacker.. we prefer slacker.
Catitapillar
There's established meaning behind "Ok, Boomer," what is the meaning of your "Ok, Gen-X'r?"
BeeQueenieBee
I was like “What am I missing?” — following...
thatsmyfetish69
I think you mean x-Jenner
MaximumOverStripes
Xoomer?
SandwichRGood
typically 'zoomer's used to refer to those people who use 'ok boomer' out of any applicable situation and try to abuse it as a 'free win'
BeeQueenieBee
I thought “zoomer” was referring to Gen Z?
JustinSane6
I think she prefers to be called Caitlyn.
BeeQueenieBee
and she should be, damn. Why people gotta be so sucky. Whatever other issues with the fam: her gender shouldn’t be up for grabs.
thegreatwhiteblackartblackestmaster
Crap there's another Jenner? Oh wait NVM.
lncorrectGrammerNazi
Don't make me tap the sign
thegreatwhiteblackartblackestmaster
Tap it mother fucker
lncorrectGrammerNazi
It has been tapped.
thegreatwhiteblackartblackestmaster
Good. This pleases me.
Omnimorph2112
You're thinking of ex-man jenner.
sortofkindamadbutnotreally
This is pretty dumb. Blaming a mass swath of people for the sins of some is a surefire way to more tribal identity based politics. 50
sortofkindamadbutnotreally
Years from now, millenials will be the demons if you follow this logic
Smacketywack
The stage of your life is a stronger indicator of values and behavior than the year you were born. It’s important to remember that it was
Smacketywack
boomers who were beaten and killed in civil rights marches and voting drives, and they opposed the Vietnam war. They were the original
Smacketywack
hippies - at least some of them. THEY’RE THE ONES who coined the advice “Never trust anyone over 30.” But then they got older. They got
Smacketywack
401K’s and stock portfolios, bought big houses, got high paying jobs and became self centered yuppies who never wanted to grow old and give
Smacketywack
it all up. Interestingly the rise of the plastic surgery industry coincided with the time when boomers were moving past middle age. This
Smacketywack
is telling and poignant, because it also suggests that boomers actually envy the young. They believe as the saying goes that ‘youth is
tmitna
I understand the sentiment but the vast majority of Boomers are poor and barely getting by just like the rest of us. This isn't a 1/
loismustdie
The problem is not their circumstances, it is their ideology. The enemy isn't just the guy pointing the gun at you, but also the guy [+]
loismustdie
behind him that gave him the gun and agreed with who to point it at.
Oakshand
My parents still side with the republicans even though theyve done next to nothing to lessen the burden on poor folk.
puppysnuggles
Why is it somebody else’s responsibility to lessen somebody else’s burden that they possibly created themselves
Oakshand
because plenty of poor people just need a break. And the system is designed to make it nearly impossible to crawl out of the hole.
evilcarp
And yet they still vote against their own best interests.
tmitna
2/ generational conflict but one of economic class. https://imgur.com/dYkGbr8
leroy666
If that’s true and they still vote GOP, than they’re getting what they deserve.
johnvictor
They're perpetuating the economic conflict with their voting and views. They keep going down the same broken road thinking it'll work now.
DamnedAustin
Yes to all of this.
iamthisguy247
I think the one thing with GenX is that we are hitting ages where some are sliding to Boomer-like mindsets, some are with the millennials, >
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
You're forgetting about the GenXers who are siding with GenZ but not Millennials. Boomer.
iamthisguy247
< and some are honestly opposed to both (don’t agree with either). Some are also at a too busy with work/kids, etc age to get involved.
DamnedAustin
I think that gap is important. Boomers are currently running the show, Millennials are at the tail-end of starting our adult lives. (1)
serialabsence
Gen Xrs were always in a spot where they will not be in control. Boomers name comes from the enormity of their size. (1)
serialabsence
(2) mellinials atleast can look forward to boomers eventual demise.
DamnedAustin
The pillars of starting that life (education, housing, jobs) are the main points of contention. I think the major shifts were happening (2)
DamnedAustin
when Gen-X were going through them, but the idea that Gen-Xers were just failing at these things due to their own shortcomings wasn't as (3)
youcantgiveAbabybooze
I'm disappointed with the age range, at 36 this means I'm a millennial..... I don't even like avocado
GozerTheGozerian
Born in '81, the start of the "millennial generation" (thus 38 yrs old), I don't mind it whatsoever. Don't be so superficial.
evilcarp
That makes you a bad person in any generation. How can you eat Carne Assada without gauc?
Draketeeth
Avocado is not the same as guacamole. Guac has all sorts of extras.
evilcarp
Of course! Want a good recipe?
Draketeeth
kathtrine
In most cases it is more the culture you identify with.
AppleShrapnel
I'll be 36 in a couple of weeks! ... also yes, I don't like avocado. :P
DoublevBomb
You don't have to identify with other people's labels for you, but yeah, it does still affect how those other people think.
Dongskanker
It's like snot flavored butter
DrunkenMarineBiologist
I always describe it as grassy cream cheese
Eskandar
But how do you feel about avocado on burnt bread slices?
evilcarp
That defiles the avocado! You need tortilla's.
OmniscientZiltoid
If the avocado is made of peanuts, then yes. I’m all for it
youcantgiveAbabybooze
It's only acceptable form is guacamole
Draketeeth
No.
DrunkenMarineBiologist
blackholevoid10011
do you like toast?
OverpricedCrayon
Accept it. Generations cover huge age ranges. How do you think a 22 yrold feels about a 7 yrold sharing gen z? Its not about common intersts
iamshocked
Who cares, why does everyone all of a sudden care about this so much?
evilcarp
Because paying other peoples bills when they are already rich is pretty messed up.
Iresemblethatremark
That's because avocado is gross.
youcantgiveAbabybooze
DoYouSeeWhatiDidThere
nijlonkai
We are xennials technically I think
squirrelfartsy
Formerly known as Gen Y.
Ghostwish
This. 75 to 85 is a generation gap. They always forget the gaps.
JayTheSaltLord
As someone from Gen-X.. I can see what the millenials and gen-z are fighting against. I just don't care... 1/2
JayTheSaltLord
I've already had everything that made me human beaten out of me by my boomer parents. 2/2.
destinoz
I'm not ok with casual discrimination, in this case age discrimination. Old or young, your concerns should be dismissed because of it.
3Davideo
I like #4 the best: they had the ladder set down for them, and they pulled it back up after them.
CheeseburgertheSinister
The generation that was given everything and decided to not let anyone else have anything as long as they lived.
dirtyhelpdesk
Why does anybody have to give you anything go earn it.
ThreeDogeMoon69
Ok boomer
dirtyhelpdesk
HAHAHA your a tool
ThreeDogeMoon69
You're
Blze001
We don't want them to give it to us, we want the same opportunities they had. But they made sure those were long gone.
Nykidemus
Because that's how we end up with child labor and debt prisons you fucking walnut.
mastikator
Agreed let's end inheritance, you gotta EARN it
3MsAndaJTL
all about ending inheritance
AnOceanOfStars
Yeah, they made a huge convention with every single members of the generation and decided that. There's a documentary about it on Nutflicks.
justsnilloc
I don't see how "Ok Boomer" is any different than "millennials this" or "millennials that".
zachtidmore
"Hey, you know that thing we hate? We should do it, too!"
ragekritz
ok zoomer
zachtidmore
What's a zoomer?
johnvictor
It's what they're trying to call generation z. I guess it's for how fast the world is changing for them or something.
TheVapeCrusader
Thw difference is, "Ok Boomer" is often used on people that aren't Boomers
ragekritz
It's called "taste of your own medicine" sometimes a lil pain can breed empathy.
BobbyFish3r
Its always different when the shoe is on the other foot and the criticizers become the criticized tasting their own hypocritical bs.
DarkwingDuc
It's not, but ironically the ones most likely to call others "snowflake" are surprisingly sensitive when anything is said against them.
Lulabel73
Honestly I don’t think the general population of boomers even know or care about it.
Josefbugman1543
Because one has the power and the other doesn't.
EliteSpork
Millennials don’t stubbornly hold onto power and then blame the younger generation for the problems they’ve created.
MovieMoments
It's the exact same damn thing. When the NZ politician story came out I went through the national papers to see how often millennial was on
MovieMoments
The front page. Found it instantly on The Times. It's not nice to call anyone names, nor would I, but people who shout about snowflakes and
MovieMoments
Millennials really shouldn't be shocked that there is a term for them too.
Sennox
^- this!
thesmelge
Surely you've noticed how people who call others snowflakes are disproportionately offended by pretty much everything. Same deal.
johnvictor
Try calling them snowflakes, watch them reeeeee.
BenjyX55
Because it's directed at boomers.
ThreeDogeMoon69
Bc "millenials this or that" is old people bitching about what they think young people do. "Ok boomer" is "we get it, you think you're best"
serialabsence
ok boomer dismisses the thoughts of those that have already shown who they are. Millennial this or that is about what they "think" they are
Christonabike101
It's also delightfully dismissive. Like, "whatever, I don't care what you think of me" wrapped up in 2 words. Btw I'm gen x.
Mithi
Because the "Haves" shitting on the "Havenots" is acceptable (at least to the Haves) but as soon as the Havenots turn the tables the [1]
flover
It's Dr. Suess's The Sneetches but insteadofstars upon that's we have a reality that has altered quickly.
Mithi
Haves cry bloody murder. [2]
OverpricedCrayon
It stings them when they hear it?
cgimw
In fairness, ther'
cgimw
Fuck my enter key.
Stostri
It's not that it stings them exactly, it's that they can't engage with it. There's nothing for them to grab onto, and that frustrates them.
cgimw
In fairness, there are like 10 thread a day on imgur complaining about the latest "millenials are killing X" headline.
soon
I bet age is a better indicator of how we act, than the year we were born is. The crazy part is that all the generational terms were...
soon
... created by ad agency to help them market to specific generations. It’s just like Astrology.
DamnedAustin
Eh, given cultural and statistical differences between loosely-defined generations, it's still somewhat useful.
HootSloot
I think you need to cut it down to a handful of years to get really useful info
OwlFarm
So the distance between two points is a better measurement than the distance between two points? I'll keep that in mind.
soon
Apparently I wasn’t clear. I’ll try again. If you picked a representative from each generational group, and looked back In their life to...
soon
see how they acted when they were at a specific age, say 32, we’ll find that they all had the similar priorities and so acted the similarly.
PaladinAstro
They're saying "you act like a teenager when you're a teenager. Birth year is only partly relevant."
OwlFarm
"When I was your age..." *shakes fist at sky, yells at clouds*
inthe90swediddrugs
The generation terms were created by sociologists and begging and end dates are often in relation to events that changed a generation. CONT:
inthe90swediddrugs
Boomers end with JFKs death, millennials end with those old enough to remember 9/11 etc.
soon
I’ve heard so many times that this was marketing jargon. Are you fairly confident that they are really used by sociologists?
inthe90swediddrugs
Yeah: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory it is also used by Pew pretty heavily for political polling,
inthe90swediddrugs
In a nut shell there are forecasted trends or a 20/22 year Generation, but the dates are often later amended by events.
Ulthirm
Age is, but the culture we grew up in is a very large part of us. The culture that Gen Z grew up in is not the same culture as before 2000 (
Ulthirm
Usually aroundd 9/11 is when culture massively shifted) and culture is commonly a large part of what we define a generation by. The silent
Ulthirm
Gen grew up in a work culture, follow the rules, etc. Greatest Gen grew up in a culture still recovering from WW1 and entering WW2
Ulthirm
Baby Boomers grew up in a post WW2 culture. They're all distinctive and definitely matter for the development of an individual.
soon
Makes sense.
inthe90swediddrugs
I think you are confusing the Lost Generation and the Silent Generation. The silent generation grew up in WWII and came of age post WWII.
YourMomsNewBoyfriend
Listening to boomers give young people advice is always eye opening. Like how the fuck are you so out of touch.
artbabi
"You really need a 401k. Look at how well off I am for my retirement what's your deal?"
spoodUdimo
Yeah. Boomers didn't listen to their elders either. LOL
LoveShovel
"Why don't you just go out and get a job?"
flover
I think I got lucky, as a Gen X, my folks were just before the start of the Boom & were always cautious financially. They stayed up to date.
repsac
Depends on the advice. Just because someone is older than you doesn't mean they have nothing you could learn from.
Catitapillar
Right. Because obviously there were people fighting for what millennial and GenXr's fight for. Like Bernie Sanders, he's a boomer that 1/2
Catitapillar
isn't a "Boomer." But this post is about the majority and those that create the message that the younger gens are absurd.
PicassoCT
Bully the kids on the playground for a free lunch.
Arcanum3000
Being older doesn't mean they have meaningful wisdom either. Every aspect of society has changed dramatically in the past few decades.
repsac
Depends ? On ? The ? Advice. My dad had very little useful advice to offer for over four decades. Then I became a step-dad to 4
repsac
Suddenly he has so much useful advice for me from his experience not only as a dad but as a step-dad.
repsac
You need to listen to the advice and not just go "Oh he's old and talking. Okay, Boomer! Lulz!!" Which is what I am starting to see
flover
Some things remain the same. Humans, as a species, sti have the same issues and problems as they did back in the Boomer days.
Asteroidrules
The greatest generation made sure their kids had everything, the boomers made sure their kids have nothing.
NickRivieraMD
That's a massive oversimplification. They were competing against each other for their kids' benefits, you could say just as well.
Aquilarden
If you wanna get a job, you gotta go in person! So they can redirect you to the online app in person!
Draketeeth
Pet Peeve! Along with turning in a resume (cause you need one!), and then being handed an application because they want their form instead.
BlankMage
You really should go back to college while you work full time. If you budget right, you can pay off those loans in a few months!"
PiggyWobbles
"just stop buying avocado toast, then you can own a house just like I did in 1960"
sailorparkboy
here avocado toast is a free perk of buying a house. as in they give you avocado toast when you buy.
PiggyWobbles
oh no! Someone warn the boomers before all the millenials get undeserved houses
sailorparkboy
if you knew the demographics of my area you'd know it has nothing to do with boomers and millenials. it's attracting offshore money.
PiggyWobbles
let me guess... Miami? NYC?
johnvictor
Stop buying X, that'll save you enough money to buy a house. Yeah, in about 50 fucking years.
HootSloot
If you want the job just go into a store, shake their hand and ask for it.
iwanttobebobdylan
Someone once told me they were given the advice of sending in one shoe with their resume. To imply that they were a "shoe in" for the role.
strawberrycocoa
"Just ask to speak to Human Resources and ask if they're hiring." ... right
neanderbob
What's stopping you? Best job market in many decades.
johnvictor
They want applicants to go through the website so they can filter down from the filler just applying for jobs and better screen candidates.
strawberrycocoa
I have never seen that work. It ends up in, "Go to our website and you can find our list of openings and application process."
Aquilarden
I went to Gamestop in person when I was desperate and while they had a physical application, they lost mine for a full year.
JLaP01001
“Buy a starter house. You can flip it for a huge profit in a couple years.”
Dongskanker
Lol starter house goes for min 200k near me... and that's in an impoverished area where housing prices are stagnant/declining
Mackowitz
Had a boss once tell me I should do like he did and buy a rental house every year with my bonus... my $3-5k bonus, in Silicon Valley...
DoublevBomb
{Because those things even exist anymore - cue audience laughter}
nppraxis
This advice is probably still good in median markets. US median home price is $220k. But it's complete nonsense on the coasts.
TheFastpaws
No, median areas price major garbage homes that way and pay even less.
nppraxis
I think you don’t understand what median means. Median areas are like...Vancouver/Spokane WA, Boise ID, Raleigh NC. Y
matthorn4314012
Raises hand* I'm 20 and bought a starter house for 50k . Mortgage 400 a month. Maybe you've been lied to? Or ur lazy u can pick.
Counterfit
Go look at what $50k will get you in Rhode Island. It's either a lot, a trailer, or a beat to hell house sold as-is.
matthorn4314012
Why do u think people moved to the Midwest in the first place? Affordable land. Get a better job or move to somewhere you can afford, simple
Counterfit
I'm not moving to a shithole like Ohio just to own a cheap house
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
I pay as much to park as you do for your house. I just have to laugh at it otherwise I might go mad
Draketeeth
A tiny house down the street with a sketchy foundation was priced at 120k. I'm not coastal area, and a 50k house is unimaginable here. WA.
Nykidemus
It's not *wrong*, it's just missing the fiscal realities of the job and homes market. A starter house is 2-300k in many places now.
neanderbob
Many places being liberal urban centers, right?
Nykidemus
Or anywhere near one. I live about an hour outside of a mid-sized city and homes in my area start in the 200k range. You cant get less than
Nykidemus
about 150 within an hour of here, which puts you two hours each way from work if you work downtown.
idontlikepickingusername
Yeah, my "starter" home was a semi-detached for 320k.
Arcanum3000
It's worse than wrong. It's worthless.
Dracon27
It's wrong because they refuse to realize a college graduate can't afford it, but demand we go to college then but a house.
Nykidemus
Yes, that's what I was saying. The advice on flipping houses because houses are a reliable investment, is sound. Getting the house as a
Nykidemus
recent entrant to the workforce is untenable.
TheInternetWoah
And that starter "house" is really a condo or apartment for that price.Average detached or semi-detached house where I live is 300-400k CAD
ParadoxicalSheep
Hahahah omg what a joke. Buy. A house? Yeah right buddy, I can barley afford rent on a salary that has stagnated for 30 years!
yeahiheardaboutpluto
This is what I don't understand. I have colleagues who absolutely refuse to move to areas that have comparable job, culture, & entertainment
yeahiheardaboutpluto
opportunities at much more affordable coast of living because it's not their city. I have now savings, they have misery and contempt.
MyDadSaysButanesABastardGas
I moved away and then moved back. For some people, there’s no place like home, and for me, it’s Chicago.
AttilaMadeMeDoIt
There are multiple factors in play. I did the same thing but got lucky because my employer paid for relocation. Before I was living...
nppraxis
People want to live where they grew up and have family and friends, even when those areas become rich people playgrounds.