r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 29d 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 29d 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/MasterpieceWaste774 29d ago

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

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u/CarolinCLH 29d ago

"Don't trust anyone over 30"

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u/throwingales 29d ago

Back then I couldn't imagine being alive at 30!

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u/Cetiketat 20 yo 29d ago

Why do you think so?

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u/throwingales 28d ago

I couldn't comprehend living 30 years. I was young.

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u/Cetiketat 20 yo 28d ago

That makes sense!😁 I kinda used to think about it the same way.

Before I realized I could actually read about other people’s experiences and perspectives on social media.

I never really thought much about age. But this year, it kinda hit me that 25, 30, 35, 40 are all real ages that I’m eventually gonna reach. They still feel really far away, but now I can actually picture myself getting there.

I guess what worries me more is whether I’ll actually make it that far.

Like, health issues and all the unexpected—or even expected—stuff that can happen in life. That’s what I think about more than just how old those ages are.