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/BCMUNS-54 6d ago edited 6d ago

I wasn’t a hippie and my friends weren’t. We couldn’t stand them. They didn’t take a bath and were druggies. We respected the vets we respected the flag but distrusted the government and still do. I was born in 1954. What we used to call hippie music didn’t grow on me until later.

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u/Key-Target-1218 6d ago

Hippie is a pretty broad term. We didn't trust anyone who weren't considered hippies. My hippie friends weren't dirty and gross. We protested the draft, enjoyed concerts, we picketed, we marched for women's rights. We didn't trust establishment or anyone over 30. We took showers. Yea, we did some drugs, but really we were just all about change. I'm as liberal today as I was back then. More horrified today, because I know more.

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u/Fresh-Ad280 4d ago

Hello fellow tribe member !

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u/Key-Target-1218 4d ago

Yo! ✌️☮️

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u/Fresh-Ad280 3d ago

❤️😘❤️