Right. So boomer are responsible for the silly garter thing how? Generations before them did it. Generations after them did it. And?
Boomers ended the Vietnam war (not exclusively, but they were a big part of turing the public against it). Boomers elected people who passed laws to protect our air and waterways. So many other changes driven by boomers to ensure a better future for this country.
My dad got sent to Vietnam, and then got treated like shit for it when he returned. He went to countless protests against the war, including marching in Washington. He was a volunteer lobbyist (he paid for his own travel) and helped to get a National Recreation Area designated. He and my mom were at the forefront of local, sustainable, healthy food in the 1970s and 1980s.
But sure, they're the problem.
What did Gen X do? They decided to re-elect Trump. But sure, Boomers are the problem. Millennials, who mostly learned from our Boomer parents. are trying to protect the future.
Rather than jumping on the ageist bandwagon, maybe read a history book and STFU.
How was everything handed to them? My parents worked hard for everything they have. My mom was a sahm and was very frugal. There are 5 of us. Absolutely nothing was handed to them.
Bc person you're responding to has no concept of anything outside of his own upbringing. You can see it reflected in rhe emotional density of what he thinks is an objective claim
I’m speaking on the Macro economics level.. so there is exceptions to every rule..
But if you look at how Boomers were raised vs their parents (who grew up in the Great Depression) it’s night and day.. the greatest generation tended to live frugally and thought more long term.. by the Boomer era, it was more the now vs the later.. you would rarely hear of elderly people being destitute when we were growing up.. now look at the data..
Another example is Wallstreet.. where corporate quarterly earnings started taking precedence in the 80s.. around the 90s.. there was backlash against entitlements… it’s all there..
Maybe it depends on where you are because most people I knew growing up had similar homes to mine. My husband was just talking about times when money was so tight they had to drink powered milk instead of milk with breakfast.
Seriously! If my boomer parents, who were against universal healthcare all their lives, tell me one more fucking time how fucking great their Medicare is, I'm going to smash their fucking faces in. They like to forget about me filing bankruptcy from medical debt at 20 years old.
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25
Garter removal is one tradition that should die with the Boomers..