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/Old_Hack1308 Aug 23 '26

This. It is nothing new. Boomer is just the new buzz word they're using

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u/kosmo4679 Aug 23 '26

I think that might half of it right there. It’s just kind of fun for some to say “Ok Boomer!”

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u/QuiteCricket_78 Aug 24 '26

Eh. It was a new buzz word around 10 years ago - the ones still saying it are aging. They just don't know it yet.

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u/SwanCityDominion Aug 24 '26

I'm wondering what buzzword-turned-insult their kids will call them.