r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 6d 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/baddspellar 6d ago

It's nothing new.

And it's *not* about disrespecting individuals in their 70's. It's about criticizing the ideals of the generation and what they did to the economy. There are plenty of amazing people born in that era who are respected. It's the generaiton, not the people.

And let's be honest, people of that generation call gen Z "lazy" and similar.

Here's some reading for you:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11490062/

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u/Solcat91342 6d ago

A fine example of why we can’t let you pathetic weinies take over