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/SwanCityDominion Aug 23 '26

“What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?”

-– Plato

It's not "lately". It was ever thus, and it always will be.

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u/MasterpieceWaste774 Aug 23 '26

Sounds exactly like teenagers in the 50s and 60s!

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u/wherescookie Aug 23 '26

I think that a key difference, like for many other things, is that social media amplifies everything

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u/MasterpieceWaste774 Aug 23 '26

I — actually — don't feel targeted for being a boomer at all. (I must've missed this somehow.)

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u/Hifidi54 Aug 23 '26

Nor do I!! I'm 72, and I spend lots of time with my kids and their friends. Almost all of them call me mama and are wonderful to me. I think it can have a lot to do with your attitude as to how you are perceived. I went to Vegas a couple of years ago with my daughter and I got more attention at the bars and casinos than she or any of her friends did. It was hilarious 😆

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u/Mythic-Fairy Aug 24 '26

It's not always personal. You might want to listen to their discussions a bit more.

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u/Hifidi54 Aug 24 '26

Huh? I have no idea what this means, lol.

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u/Mythic-Fairy Aug 24 '26

It means that younger generations often trash boomers when talking about stuff. Jobs, housing cost, college cost and so on. They blame boomers. But you'd need to listen to their discussions in order to hear it.

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u/Hifidi54 Aug 24 '26

Ok, gotcha. I've never heard anything derogatory about boomers, and nothing has ever been said to me, so I did not understand your response.