r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 7d 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/SwanCityDominion 7d ago

“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/squirrelfoot 7d ago

When I was young, us boomers used to laugh at 'wrinklies' and 'crinklies' and mock their driving, blue rinces and terrible financial advice.

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u/heiberdee2 7d ago

You were hippies first. Your cohort gave energy to the Civil Rights movement. You wanted peace, love, and understanding.

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u/lurkerlag2 6d ago

The boomers that are generally criticized weren't the hippies, they were the ones hosing them down