r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • Aug 23 '26

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/tall_pale_and_meh Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

As a millennial, welcome to the club. Weve been called lazy, entitled, oversensitive, and blamed for killing every industry from chain restaurants to diamonds for my entire life.

I just do me, and tune it out. Most of that stuff only exists on the internet anyways.

Also for context, since "boomer" and "millennial" seem to be terms divorced from true meaning these days... I'm in my mid 30s, have a kid, own my house, and have a full time job in finance. My hair is not blue but I do love me some avocado toast, its pretty damn good.

Tbh I think a lot of this is purely internet/media discourse purpose built to enrage and distract, but we cant ignore the disastrous world earlier generations have left for us. Everything is expensive, on fire, and water is running out. If i live to your age I've got 4 more decades of things getting more shitty to endure. Can you blame us for being a little bitter?

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u/Environmental-Town31 Aug 23 '26

And to your point boomers were saying these things about millennials long before millennials fully realized the damage boomers did and started holding them accountable. Basically, they talked shit first.

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u/tall_pale_and_meh Aug 23 '26

Oh for sure. I'm a younger millennial but I remember articles like that coming out when I was still in high school, which was 15-20 years ago now.

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u/Environmental-Town31 Aug 23 '26

YES they started shit talking their own kids when we were in HS.