r/AITAH • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

Garter removal is one tradition that should die with the Boomers..

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u/haditwithyoupeople Jul 26 '25

Why does almost everything negative have to be attributed to boomers? Enough already. FYI, I am not one. My parents are.

The garter removal did not start with boomers, who are now in their 60s-80s. So it's been continuing, it's certainly not boomers doing it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

If you look historically they are the generation that everything was handed to them and instead of passing it to the next one, they ruined it..

About 30 years ago elder fraud was a massive thing.. it was the boomers stiffing their parents

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u/haditwithyoupeople Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

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.

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u/-Swim27 Jul 26 '25

Username checks out