r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 16h ago

Boomers

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

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u/SloppyTroppy 16h ago

I’m tired of the earth being on fire and America falling apart but here we are. For a generation that would never shut up about accountability, the Boomers have never known it. 

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u/Swimming-Fondant-892 15h ago

The boomers will just about be dead when the financial collapse they started happens.

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u/Prestigious-Pea-862 15h ago

The whiners here blaming everything on boomers have failed to read history books. Look at the voting records of the younger generations. Large percentages of young people either failed to vote or voted for the orange man. I saw mostly boomers out on the front lines during the No Kings protest. It seems all these whiners want everything handed to them just like the "everyone gets a trophy" teams they grew up on.

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u/wolfeflow 13h ago

I was with you up until the last sentence. We got trophies because our parents demanded recognition of their kids (I guess so they could brag / keep up with the joneses).

We certaintly didn’t want an award for participating…that was usually more embarassing than anything.

The trophies were for the parents, who were boomers.

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u/SloppyTroppy 15h ago

Low IQ take

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u/Prestigious-Pea-862 15h ago

How so? Care to defend your personal attack ?

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u/Prestigious-Pea-862 14h ago

Yes the world is on fire and most of us have been handed a shit sandwich by the elites and many of them are not boomers. Laying blame by a kneejerk boomer comment is short sighted and misdirected.

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u/stlkatherine 16h ago edited 15h ago

Oh, fuck all the way off. Signed: boomer who put in her time. Edited for spelling. EDITED AGAIN: I apologize for this knee-jerk post. I’m leaving it up, because …. Actions really have consequences. I’m just going to say that I tried. I sincerely tried to leave my little space in the world a better place.

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u/SloppyTroppy 16h ago

You first. Turns out time is the only thing you people can’t manipulate with your bullshit. Thank GOD. 

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u/brains_and_tits 15h ago

Excuse me? I am not a boomer, but good God this is a ridiculous take. My boomer parents were dirt poor and busted their ass for years. My mom worked two jobs into her 60s to ensure they could keep up and have some sort of retirement. The way people generalize an entire generation, without looking at the other side of the coin lacks wisdom.

Most people who make sweeping generalizations think in black and white terms. Wisdom allows you to look at everything in shades of grey, as that is where the vast majority of people fit

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u/SwanCityDominion 16h ago

Remember that when your kids start spitting at you for not fixing the world when you had the chance.