Its their values that will ring through, and actions raising you. Not whatever current political or otherwise ideals that will ebb in time, like every other fad..

jarofgoodness@reddit

yeah some of them are awesome but many are mega stupid.

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Gina_the_Alien@reddit

I worked with gen z students for several years and had the same observations. A lot of genuinely nice kids.

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willowmarie27@reddit

It's mostly because gen x and millennial are not vocally trashing the next generations.

red286@reddit

I still see boomers referring to teens as "millennials".

Cracks me right the fuck up. The youngest millennials are turning 29 this year.

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KrustenStewart@reddit

That’s exactly what I’m talking about. My old boss said millennials just don’t want to work and they were talking about 18 year old kids.

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SolidBriscoe@reddit

We’re talking about people whose brains aren’t completely developed.

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KrustenStewart@reddit

That and then the flip side there are older people who call all younger people millennials

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oldguy77s@reddit

Dont be surprised by ignorance, its everywhere.

Wait, GenX being ignored out of existence?! How very dare!!

/s because I am GenX

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LaLa_LaSportiva@reddit

A few days ago a 70 year old Boomer was calling himself GenX and complaining about kids who can't read cursive. Just about called him out, but turns out I. DON'T. GIVE. A. FUCK.

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craiginphoenix@reddit

If you get upset when someone calls you a boomer, you lose your GenX status and become a boomer because it is obviously hitting close to home for you.

Only on punchcards.

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Random0s2oh@reddit

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GenX: in case of emergency, break glass. If not, leave me alone.

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Mt4Ts@reddit

I think it only bothers me because my mom is a Boomer. Being lumped into my parents’ generation just does not feel right.

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Plays_in_Mud_Puddles@reddit

I hear what you are saying, but Boomers are defined above as being born between 1946-1964 (18 years!), so there are plenty of older Boomers with kids who are considered Boomers, too. I personally like the Jones Generation distinction because my parents were born in the mid-late 1950s and are waaaay different from the early Boomers!

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LordoftheSynth@reddit

The same thing is true of Gen X. I'm late X, there are things where I have more in common with older Millennials (i.e. technology literate) than I do with my Gen X elders. But I have the Gen X attitude and touchstones.

ForwardLavishness320@reddit

The thing I can barely understand, is that being in the real world, you realize how small our generation is?

Just me?

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rainbud22@reddit

And what’s wrong with being a boomer? We went from gloves and hats to give peace a chance and free love, at least some of us did and still hate the orange monkey.

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j3pl@reddit

Kinda the best representation of genx right here:

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The ONE motherfucker who calls ME a boomer catches a BOOM in his/her/herx face.

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Zen_Hydra@reddit

We are as invisible as the 80's ninja movies bade us become. So, that when the time is right...

I'm not okay with being lumped in with Boomers.

Sorry to break it to you, but you’re a Boomer.

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parker3309@reddit

Even on TV I see young people calling coworkers in their 40s and 50s boomers.

NorthboundLynx@reddit

Lmao you're brave for saying that on their sub o7

older people getting called boomer and getting upset about that when it's not important? Yeah, unfortunately that's something actual boomers do...

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znrsc@reddit

gotta say, this just showed up in my popular tab and indeed, as downvoted as this may get, this is such a boomer response.

I suspect that as we all get older, gen x are going to be more and more associated to boomers because boomers is just associated to old people doing cringey shit

Are you acting like the “me” generation? Cause no one ever calls me a boomer, maybe it’s you.

anotherthing612@reddit

And if you know what check yourself before you wreck yourself means, you are likely Gen X.

obtuse_obstruction@reddit

I'm Gen Jones, the forgotten generation that comes between the two. Sigh..... I'm often called a boomer, but my father was way too young to fight in WW2.

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Realistic-Flamingo@reddit

I get sick of people getting us mixed up with boomers... as if we had affordable housing, debt free education and safe cities to live in.

We had none of that, and we were the first generation to have none of that so we got all the crummy old boomers calling us "slackers" pretending like the world hadn't changed since they were young.

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Gret88@reddit

Boomer here. We did not have safe cities.

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Ntd953@reddit

"Boomer is a state of mind"-some dude.

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MaximumJones@reddit

"My apologies. I was truly not aware you do not realize just how much I don't give a fuck what you think"

Boomers called us slackers. Millennials and Gen Z call us Boomers. I call us the ignored and scapegoated sandwich generation who could give a fuck what others say.

We’ve known who we are since the first day a four key in a string was looped around our necks. We drank from the hose cause we weren’t allowed back inside. Don’t lose your shit cause someone calls you a NAME.

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Icy_Distance8205@reddit

You hose drinkers go out of your way to tell everyone you don’t give a fuck… seems like a lot of effort for people who don’t give a fuck

/s somewhat.

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cheetah7985@reddit

I mean... In context, Boomer is a mindset. And in that context... This post is very boomery of you, lol

Oh this came out in 1999, it's pretty recent then.

Me when looking for a movie to watch.

BITCH THAT SHIT IS OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE KIDS!

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major_tom5656@reddit

cries in middle age the “you have to have been born in xxxx year to buy alcohol” signs send me into a tailspin

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EmilieEverywhere@reddit

Lol yep. 76er here.

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xikbdexhi6@reddit

Already? Feels like it was five.

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PDub466@reddit

This is the truest math that has ever been spoken.

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DuelingFatties@reddit

Then, we were ignored completely socially, politically and financially, and now that we are being acknowledged again it is to lump us in with boomers.

Oh, yeah for sure! I know the Leafs struggles to some degree. And I’m forever grateful for the Wings 25 year dynasty and the Cups that came with them. It just seems that since Mike Ilitch passed on and Chris took over, ownership doesn’t want to spend money. Stevie Y is taking a lot of heat but I don’t think it’s him.

As you said, sad hugs and whatnot!

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_BELEAF_@reddit

Oh, we struggle. 25 years. 4 cups. Give me that and I could take another 50 years of nothing. Obvious jest, but I am getting long in the tooth. Only a few runs to show for it, besides some pretty wild in-person NHL stuff since I was a lad.

Ilitch was...the absolute best. SOoooo good for Detroit and Michigan. A wonderful philanthropist.

Stevie didn't inherit the Wings like he did the stacked Lightning. He'll get you guys there in time. Trouble is...you guys are doing what we did for 15 years, falling into the middle of everyone, with neither playoff appearances, nor high draft picks. Total doldrums. Worst place in sports to be.

Anyway. Hop along with us as we try to finally make something of ourselves...

😊🍻

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Agile_Amphibian_5302@reddit

It doesn't seem like 45-60 year olds are ignored. You may be overly fixated on generational labels- but I guess this is the right sub for that.

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ArcadianDelSol@reddit

I was born in 1968 and I think I might qualify as an 'end game boomer' because my dad actually served in World War 2.

I come from this crazy line of people who lived to almost 100 and had children late.

My Grandmother remembered when cars were invented. My Great grandfather served in the Civil War.

I once paid for Ancestry.Com to track my family history and it went back to the American Revolution.

It only went back 6 marriages.

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EnvironmentalRound11@reddit

Boomer is a behavior. I have GenX college friends who are not technically "boomers" but certainly have the "hey kid get off my lawn!" attitudes.

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azemilyann26@reddit

Boomer has just become a pejorative for anyone considered old and out of touch. 🤷

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Gret88@reddit

Oh you don’t have to prove you’re out of touch; if you’re old it’s just assumed

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constantmusic@reddit

You certainly sound like one

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Spacegod87@reddit

I'm a millennial and I've been referred to as a boomer lol.

Boomer has beautifully evolved into a comedic insult and a assumed to be okay spite intended insult really getting st anyone who is either 30+ years old or reference’s any type of society enjoyment from the 80’s or later.

Hell yeah.

simonk1905@reddit

You need to stop caring.

The whole generation split is a marketing exercise to allow people to define themselves by what they are not. We should not and never should believe that people act a certain way just because of their age.

I myself have many boomer traits and my daughters are always quick to point it out and we laugh about it too. Most of the music I like could be considered boomer music. But just like everyone else I also embrace a lot of what younger generations love and also their behaviours.

Let them say what they want. My question to you is why do you care so much.

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ohmaint@reddit

As kids when someone called us a name or said something shitty we used to say " sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me". We had the right idea back then and we were much happier because of it. I get tired of the "boomer" crap too and generally tell them to " go f@#$ themselves" and walk away thinking of ways to ruin their day!

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OM_Trapper@reddit

I'd say I'm not but birth date says otherwise. Besides when the engine blew on takeoff (kinda common on the f14) my call sign got changed to boomer.

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DrexlAU@reddit

I'd care, but I'm GenX so meh

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kyote42@reddit

GenX was the first generation that had to deal with Baby Boomers. Being called a Boomer is irritating. Not only because we had to deal with Baby Boomers first, but it's just inaccurate.

Damn those inaccuracies! If you're gonna insult someone, at least get the verbiage right!!

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They weren't exposed to failure early enough and their survival instincts are taking longer to develop. Add the arrogance of youth and you have a bunch of internet randos looking for someone to blame. I'm just going to let them. I don't have time for this.

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Dertbag_holder@reddit

Why do you care?

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newhappyrainbow@reddit

I’m 1977, my husband is 1968. We work together and with a huge age range of other people from early 20’s to mid-60’s. I never heard anyone call either of us boomers, though I HAVE been grouped in with “the old people” to my face and without a thought. We do work with a pretty fantastic group though and age is not much of a consideration. You either excel at the job, or you aren’t going to be there long. Capacity to work well with everyone in the department is a necessity.

I’m not particularly exposed to many young people outside of work though. My siblings and portion of my friends are older millennials, most of my friends fall in-between my husband and I in age, and my husband’s siblings are boomers.

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vanillatoo@reddit

You could stop acting like a boomer

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ttnezz@reddit

Anything that comes out of a gen Z mouth tends to annoy me. The alphas are close on their heels. My daughter says I was born in the “olden days”. I think she got that from that god awful show, Bluey. I will hear those dogs giggling in hell. I’m technically a millennial but have the right hip of a boomer.

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funsado@reddit

Boomer has turned into an overused catchall phrase for older…And we all know older is relative in nature.

Direct_Sandwich1306@reddit

Wrong. You're Boomers. Gen Jones doesn't exist.

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Fragrant_Peanut_9661@reddit

So, born in 1963, I'm Gen Jones and NOT a boomer? Hell yeah I'll take it! (I don't have a boomer mindset anyways...)

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HHSquad@reddit

Absolutely you are, if they did a documentary on Baby Boomers, it wouldn't include us at all.

Go here and join us, love that subreddit also:

Yes! I was wondering if they just weren’t aware that a generation is already called that or maybe they see us as that old. Either way I do take it as an insult cause I don’t wanna be like boomers

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Moluv10Tymz@reddit

I haven’t been called a boomer but I certainly get called ma’am. Ma’am this and ma’am that before when I was in 20’s didn’t bother me but now I’m like dang (btw I understand it’s respectful but just sounds old) LOL

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Impossible_Jury5483@reddit

So many people in here act like boomers, that's the problem.

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halp_mi_understand@reddit

Shut up boomer

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londongas@reddit

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moinatx@reddit

Apparently those of us born between 1954 and 1965 are our own distinct generation as well. Generation Jones.

As a tail end Gen X- this is indeed boomer behavior, my friend.

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mazopheliac@reddit

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OlDirtyBrewer@reddit

Don't fall for it. We're gen X, nothing matters.

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Boomer is more of a mindset, or a set of sociopathic tendencies.

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satansasshole@reddit

Okay boomer

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lyricoloratura@reddit

Get off my lawn.

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AshDenver@reddit

All the younglings call everyone over the age of 35 a Boomer.

Especially if you say something online that competes with their insular view of the world. All conversation ceases because we are “Boomers” and they don’t even bother to engage to see where we might be coming from.

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TankMan77450@reddit

I think I figured it out recently. They call anyone over 30 Boomers. They are completely oblivious of their ignorance

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ekydfejj@reddit

BOTTOM LINE. You can't be a child of a boomer and a boomer yourself....otherwise, its just going to mass hysteria, dogs and cats living together.....

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NullVoidXNilMission@reddit

Ok Xoomer

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NullVoidXNilMission@reddit

it's a joke, calm down. I'm a Xennenial I believe and I met some pretty cool Gen X'rs. Some of my fav music was popular with X when I was a kid, and obviously shaped my tastes as I am older now

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fprivette@reddit

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Sakijek@reddit

"Okay boomer" no longerhas anything to do with age. I hear 20 yous calling each other this. If you keep getting called this, stop doing boomer shit.

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IMTrick@reddit

I'm close to as old as GenX gets, and so far I haven't ever been called "Boomer," at least to my face, except maybe by my wife as a joke. Given that she's a Millennial, I just call her a geezerfucker and that's pretty much where it ends.

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KillerSwiller@reddit

Given that she's a Millennial, I just call her a geezerfucker and that's pretty much where it ends.

"Excuse me officer, I'd like to report a murder."

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gordigor@reddit

/r/MurderedByWords

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C919@reddit

That's because boomer is now also a mentality. You must be good to go.

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Horror-Morning864@reddit

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Excellent_Farm_6071@reddit

I think the term boomer is synonymous with old person at this point. Not necessarily a single generation. I'm a millennial myself. But one day, I will too be a boomer.

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stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit

That had me laughing out loud

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Embarrassed_Set557@reddit

Educational opportunity

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distant_diva@reddit

hey! i’m a xennial born in ‘78. don’t lump me in with u gen x! 😜 jkjk.

If you act like a boomer, just own the label.

And saying you’re sick of the younger generation doing things you don’t approve of is 109% boomer behavior

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userhwon@reddit

Just tell them that age discrimination is as bad as racism. Then remind them that racism is still bad.

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SlammySlam712@reddit

Only a boomer would make this post

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plsendmysufferring@reddit

"Okay boomer" is synonymous with "okay old man" usually used when someone does something that ages them.

Our parents generation did it...the Generation Jones's(had to look up what they were even called...), the Xers, and the millennials too, just like how Gen Z is doing it now, and Gen Alpha will do it to them.

And you can never really "fix" this problem because it's always an uninformed(they're just too young to understand at the time) population that will get it when they're older. But by then, it will be a new generation taking up the mantle of "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?!".

Best to just let it go. The more you react to it, the more likely they are to keep saying it, regardless of what it originally meant.

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Niven42@reddit

I joined r/generationjones for those people born on the cusp (1964-1965). Had to leave - Boomers were coming in, hijacking the group. "Oh, I finally found a place where I fit in! I'm not a Boomer! Ha ha!"

They let in someone born in 1957. That was the last straw.

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No_Mention_1760@reddit

Best tactic- avoid young people.

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noisewar69@reddit

boomer no longer an age… it’s a way to describe how someone is acting.

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gosluggogo@reddit

I'm first edition Gen X. We've hated Boomers since before it was cool!

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No-Function-7153@reddit

Lots of people I've had the displeasure of meeting in the past year or so seem to always be around the age of 50. For some reason, they tend to out boomer boomers.

It's an attitude/mindset. The person I'm semi sweet on is 59. Almost an actual boomer.

No-Instance9648@reddit

Just reminded that I need to mute this bitch-ass sub.

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Adventurous_Fun_9893@reddit

I'm a boomer, and honestly, despite the generational labels, we have pretty much the same experiences as younger people. There are even boomers who want to differentiate themselves from older boomers using.the "generation jones" label.

Yay I’m sick of telling them boomers are my parents thank you very much. But the meaning has maybe shifted - boomers == old not the baby boom generation?

Sigh

As Bon Jovi would say.. not old, just oldER

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Naive-Beekeeper67@reddit

And Jon is supposedly a young Boomer!

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MSampson1@reddit

Just yell “I’m not a boomer, they dressed me up like this” they’ll reply with “no! no! well, we did do the nose, and the hat, but they’re a boomer”. It’ll shortly turn into a python fest and everyone will forget what generation they are any the quotes will go on for a couple hours. Problem solved

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Knightfires@reddit

When people are three or four generations younger. And don’t have anyone to teach them etiquettes and why we call generations by names. Then it’s not that hard to imagine we get thousands and thousands of echo chambers and if not countered correctly. We get these stupid mix ups. But then again, if they are not bothered to know the difference. Then why do you get bothered about being called like that. I know we Xers called our own grandparents this. But they heard it from us without any context. Usually because we Xers told them it was between you and your elders. I was just like that. Until I literally saw the changes in my younger millennial sister. She began copying my ways as a joke and it got stuck. Now I’m her boomer although I wasn’t one in the first place.

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Naive-Beekeeper67@reddit

Frankly? People who say its about being entitled? Are very wrong. The most "entitled" i cone across are those about 25 to 40 yrs. Always. To me its an AGE thing. That is PEAK "Im the greatest on earth and i know it all" age for humans😀 Those are your go go go years... you are full of energy and self involvement and self esteem is highest. Your body is peak. Your brain us peak.

Thats the age group that give off the biggest self entitlement vibe. By far.

We've all been there! Look back and you'll realise you were at peak "I'm the fucking best thing since sliced bread" age😂😀😂😀😂

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Jumpy-Librarian5063@reddit

Stop acting like a boomer and you won't be called a boomer

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Naive-Beekeeper67@reddit

Do describe to me what "acting like a Boomer" even is?

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Jumpy-Librarian5063@reddit

Extremely ignorant, far right-wing, complaining about the younger generations, hateful

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New-Fig-6025@reddit

Boomer = old person.

OpulentMountains@reddit

We don’t exist.

Just Ike how "Millenials" meant all young people to Boomers, Silent, and Xers Boomer means all old people to Gen Z and Alpha.

So it goes

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downvotethetrash@reddit

As a millennial, boomer is more an attitude than an age

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Just a depressed, pro-establishment, self-deprecating, people pleasing, do gooder kid.

I’m currently trying to find my own wild child.

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Elegant-Expert7575@reddit

Same usual people blabbing their mouth without the knowledge. They think their credibility is superior but we all know it’s a mile wide and an inch deep.

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Obvious-Delay9570@reddit

Thanks for the heads up Grandpa

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thecatsofwar@reddit

Boomer is a shit state of mind/attitude. A state of being stuck in the past. Sadly, too many older Xers end up being Boomer Lite - and thus earn the label of shame.

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Kiernian@reddit

I stopped being bothered by it recently because I realized something.

So, there's this:

Boomer isn’t just an age - it is a shit state of mind/attitude. A state of being stuck in the past. Sadly, too many older Xers end up being Boomer Lite - and thus earn the label of shame.

And then one more thing:

One of the major complaints against boomers is that they got everything handed to them and now they want the world to operate the way they think it should.

Now, I don't know whether it's truly fair to lump us in with the people most of us were against from the start and that we were dead set on saving the world from with our votes and our actions, but to at least SOME degree, we look to the later generations like the boomers looked to us.

Until at least the housing crash, we had it easier with school debt, with housing, with jobs, with health insurance, because while it's been trending down for a WHILE we did not have it nearly so hard as we and they have it now.

Some Gen X'ers still have some of those brutally insidious attitudes that, while they aren't as blatant and forthright as plain racism and misogyny, still have their roots in those foundations. How many white gen x'er men side-by-side acknowledge the struggles of everyone else while reaping the benefits of being white dudes in this country?

Some older Gen X'ers are even retiring now and retirement won't exist as thing for almost anyone in the near future if we don't turn this around.

There's a lot that some gen x'ers just accept as "the way things are" because some of us gave up fighting a long time ago when it kept getting worse and worse, and a lot of the crappiest "allies" are in our generation because while we took steps our parents never dreamed of, some of our generation loves patting themselves on the back for doing so, like it's enough.

I don't like being called a boomer, but from the younger generations' perspectives, given the way large swaths of gen X behaves, I can't get too angry about the generalization, because a lot of it is rooted in truth.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

Somehow "boomer" became an insult and it's used against anyone over 35 by genz for anything adverse to their worldview.

Btw, we're not old either.

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Realitymatter@reddit

Idk if I'm allowed to comment here as a millennial, but I would like to point out that to many in the younger generations, "boomer" is just as much a mindset as it is a generation.

I mean….I’m GenX, too, but you gotta admit that it’s really easy to divide GenX up into “youngest Boomers” and “eldest Millennials”.

Because people are sheep and can't help but divide themselves GenX is on deck to be blamed for everything wrong in the world in a few years as boomers die off.

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sara11jayne@reddit

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StevesRune@reddit

Im 33 and I still get called a boomer.

At this point, it just means "somebody who has an outdated view."

I had a conversation with a Millennial the other day that more or less started with them assuming that they would for sure know more about computers than I did because they were "the first generation to grown up with them". I said that was cute, but my father (an actual boomer) was a Vax programmer in the 70s. My first home computer was built from a kit, then Commodores, etc. I can program in Assembly, something they didn't know existed.

Millennials were the first generation that grew up with easy access to computers but when I asked him who he thought MADE those computers the look on his face was fucking priceless.

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RogerMurdockCo-Pilot@reddit

I'm gonna get some downvotes for this, but I tend to notice that older X'ers tend to be more "Boomer adjacent" in how they act. That won't apply to everyone, just something I've noticed.

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Thedustyfurcollector@reddit

I'm a 66er and my 69 brother is very boomer.

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am_i_evil_yes_i_am@reddit

When did 1960-1964 go from Gen X to Boomer? That distinction changed somewhere along the line, but I don’t remember when it was.

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LicarioSpin@reddit

If you're over the age of 30, you may as well be part of the Lost Generation (1883-1900) according to young people.

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tsionnan@reddit

Don’t forget Gen Jones! ‘55 to ‘64.

But yeah, not a boomer.

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CommunalJellyRoll@reddit

I don’t care

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Stardustquarks@reddit

I don’t care. Half of them do it. Cassie they really don’t understand the older generation bounds, or they’re doing it to troll folks like you who freak out about it.

Shrug. I'm gen x and have a lot of millennial and gen z friends. In my experience how they refer to you has a lot more to do with how you act than how old you are.

Don’t be upset. Their jealousy is palpable. Rather then work hard and study and get a good job they whinge and whine.

You mean ‘boomer lite’? I’ve not had anyone call me that but I’ve totally heard the reference. I’m in no way a boomer, so that’s probably why.

Each generation gets stereotyped. Gen X was stereotyped from boomers when we were younger, they did not understand us, and they trumped us in numbers so much that we never got what we wanted politically (that’s my view) and we basically said ‘oh well, I’m ignored anyway and I can’t do anything about it (shrug)’.

Glum-One2514@reddit

Long hair, long beard and piercings.

Im_tracer_bullet@reddit

Vintage '72 here.

It's literally never happened to me, here or anywhere else.

Are you guys talking about dames, soda fountains, Howdy Doody, or Edsels?

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memeof1@reddit

My husband says I’m a gen x with boomer tendencies. He knows nothing. He’s a millennial so I cut him some slack.

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oroborus68@reddit

I find the entire thought process of lumping Frank Zappa and George W Bush in the same category, because they were born in a random time frame,an indication of lazy thinking and ignorance. Nobody will learn by over generalizing people into stupid labeled groups.

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creeva@reddit

Once you realize they use boomer they way we said “ok grandpa” or “ok grandma” to any out of touch older person - it becomes fine.

Boomers were so old and out of touch - the term Boomer has transcended a generational title and became a word for out of touch old people that may last for many generations.

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richbeezy@reddit

The younger generations that say that are just too stupid and lazy to think of a more appropriate response. Every time I see/hear a younger person calling an obvious Gen X'r a "boomer", their IQ drops 50% in my mind.

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TewMuchToo@reddit

Ok, boomer

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ARazorbacks@reddit

Boomer has quickly become a state of mind reminiscent of the common state of mind you see in the Me Generation.

baudeagle@reddit

It seems a bit humorous, they call us boomers either because they don't know any better or the just want to get us riled up. Either way it seems to be working.

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Aware-Owl4346@reddit

Yah, boomers were the a-holes who bullied us back in school. Now they’re the a-holes using up the SS trust fund just before we’re ready to retire. Then some snotty kid calls me a boomer!

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mediaogre@reddit

“Boomer” is a pejorative that’s more about a mindset than definitive dates. The net is wide 😆

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LikeIsaidItsNothing@reddit

the dates are meaning less. people born in the early 60's have absolutely nothing in common with people born late 40's and into he 50's. Very different times.

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Resident_Lion_@reddit

fuck dem kids. i constantly say, "okay boomer" to my younger coworkers who bitch and moan all the time

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RankedFarting@reddit

Being a boomer is a mindset and not an age thing. The name may come from the generation but nowadays usually refers to someone who refuses to go with the time or is highly entitled.

I don’t strongly value the opinion of someone that doesn’t know the difference, or at least isn’t willing to learn. Older people past a certain age tend to just get glossed together by younger people.

attaboy_stampy@reddit

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valley_east@reddit

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Ross_G_Everbest@reddit

That's projection old man. Boomer's meaning has evolved to cover those things that are boomer like, like you. QQ more. That will make the kids stop.

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Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng@reddit

Yep, but i got a great "no FUCKS given" approach to those whose BS I don't care about. My bag of effs has dropped to near nil. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

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It's actually the Gen that keeps calling people boomers who are on their way to being the next boomers. Huge egos and dripping with entitlement? Check. Don't know how to do anything on their own to the point they'd rather pay for constant food and grocery delivery? Check. Obsessed with crypto and hoarding money? Check. I mean I could go on, but they don't seem to want to acknowledge the similarities that just keep stacking up.

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CX316@reddit

Boomer, much like Karen, is a state of mind.

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FistFullOfRavioli@reddit

My daughter does it. It's kind of like calling someone a "hippie" or a "yuppie". Very general.

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organmeatpate@reddit

Language evolves via stupidity. It cannot be stopped.

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ZorrosMommy@reddit

The birth years are a general guide.

Depending on the source, the birth years vary.

IDK why you care, to be honest.

I'm not exactly a hermit, but I spend like zero seconds of my life thinking about what people ~20 years younger than me call me or think of me.

Personally as someone born in 68, and hearing Latchkey kids is a big no no. My first half brother (I still call him my brother) was born in 83 and he was a latchkey kid and I had never heard that term until then.

We were not being watched by anyone but ourselves, I left first grade class and went home and was on my own till my mom got home till 6ish.

Ya, some say we raised ourselves and guess what? Many of us did.

What generation did this to us, the baby boomers so people need to get their generations correct.

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No hate, just an issue with ignorance

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dancingfirebird@reddit

I recently heard someone lump anyone who is 50+ into the category of Boomers.

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kikochurrasco@reddit

Than dont behave like one ffs🤦‍♂️

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generally_unsuitable@reddit

They don't mean "baby boom generation." To them, "boomer" just means somebody who is backward and old-fashioned. You don't have to be a boomer to be a boomer.

GenX, I'm proudly one, are known for apathy.

Just out of random, idle curiosity, am I the only one who finds GenXers actively fighting for a label ironic?

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Stigger32@reddit

Nope. Haven’t been called a boomer yet.

That maybe because I avoid younger people like the plague

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wandrlusty@reddit

“Hey Boomer!”

“Hey Never Gonna Own a Home!”

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Jordangander@reddit

Remember when you were young and anyone older was out of touch and dumb because you knew everything?

Many of those after us have not grown out of that stage.

Anyone a couple years older than they are with a different opinion is now a boomer.

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awetsasquatch@reddit

I'm a millennial and have been called boomer - it's just slang for someone older than you now

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maybeitssteve@reddit

A true member of Gen X wouldn't give a shit about something like this

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SigmaLance@reddit

This cannot be said enough.

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Anyone that calls a Gen Xer a Boomer just asked for an old-school ass whooping. We do not play and we are NOT scared of these kids ✌🏼😎🖖🏼

skunkapebreal@reddit

The word is just evolving (devolving?). It means you are perceived as someone who has characteristics associated with it (Old, Karen, Boring, etc.). It’s not really meant to be precise or applied to one person, it’s rooted in economic theory I think. I didnt like being defined that way…started asking questions; what age do you consider old? Got such a wide range of answers that it became easy to ignore the term.

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Dedpoolpicachew@reddit

I always respond with the GenX response “whatever, man”

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Azyall@reddit

I have a bad habit of jumping into threads where "boomer" is being incorrectly used to cover everyone the children view as "old". Has earned me many, many insults and downvotes (or equivalent on other platforms).

At work I'm going to call you out for being ageist and creating a hostile work environment. At least keep things cordial when you have to work with someone and see them daily.

I am too much of Gen X’r to give a fuck if a zoomer calls me a boomer.

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TakeMeOver_parachute@reddit

😂 I love this. I have a text message chain with myself of things I've wanted to "save". 👴

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satan_messiah@reddit

Because it synonymous with out of touch old people. Act like a boomer and you get called a boomer.

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fusionsofwonder@reddit

That's okay, I don't know the difference between Millenials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha.

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Sub_Zero_Fks_Given@reddit

No disrespect, but there was literally a post yesterday in this sub complaining about millennials, lumping all of us in together like we are all the same.

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IAmTheFatman666@reddit

Boomer is a mindset. If you're being called a Boomer, you're probably acting like one.

Sorry not sorry.

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Wonderful-Silver-113@reddit

It's become slang for "old" people no matter if they're born the baby boomer generation or not. It's ageism.

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aharkn72@reddit

Strauss and Howe Op Def of Boom is even an earlier span. '42 - '60.

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clownfacedbozo@reddit

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okheresmyusername@reddit

Don’t act like a boomer and you won’t get called a boomer I’m guessing

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yourFavoriteCrayon@reddit

then stop acting like a boomer, you booming boomer

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Agile_Amphibian_5302@reddit

Just curious, when people call you boomer do you reckon it's actually because people think the baby boomer generation lasted til 1980, or does it usually happen right after you've waxed nostalgic about garden hoses and streetlights and seatbelts and generally fetishized your upbringing and condescended to the hopeless generations that followed you?

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ludachr1st@reddit

I feel like "boomer" is just used as a stand in for "old" now. To kids, anyone who is older and doesn't meet current cool standards is a boomer.

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Auntie_Venom@reddit

Haven’t had that happen… Yet.

IolausTelcontar@reddit

My 15 year has redefined Boomer to mean anyone alive before 2000 lol

We (his parents) are solid Xers (74 and 75).

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Whut4@reddit

Boomer is an insult meaning clueless.

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imrickjamesbioch@reddit

Never really been called a boomer much. Probably due to the fact I swear a lot! Im mid GenX as well so no mistaking Im a millennial.

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TessThaBest@reddit

Millennial chiming in here. The language has just evolved and boomer now refers to anyone "acting old". Hope that helps.

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Dull-Geologist-8204@reddit

No, I don't really care.

It is a pretty good indicator I shouldnlisten to them talk anymore though.

Commercial-Novel-786@reddit

Once I get called a "boomer", they've automatically disqualified themselves from any kind of real conversation.

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silvermanedwino@reddit

Yeeeesss!!!!

I’m sick to death of it.

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GoingCustom@reddit

Born in '82, but have been called a boomer for calling Gen-Zers a dumbass for doing donuts on a neighborhood street 🤷‍♂️

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Gouwenaar2084@reddit

Boomer is just young person slang for old, and I hate to break it to you fellow gen x'r, but we're getting old compared to the kids these days

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TSA-Eliot@reddit

"Boomer" just means "old fucker" now. It's got nothing to do with a baby boom. When someone calls you a boomer, they're calling you an old fucker, an old fart, an old.

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urban_mystic_hippie@reddit

Got called a boomer a while ago by some kid. I told them I’m gen-x. They just said “whatever”

I wanted to slap them like their momma shoulda

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ChikenCherryCola@reddit

Boomer is a vibe, not a birth date. You can be a 23 and act like a boomer.

If you have a management or supervisory role in your workplace and regularly ask your younger subordinates for basic technical support, you are a boomer. The boomerness here is having a job you are neither qualified for or competent enough for and your subordinates, who make less than you and generally are struggling, are proping you up

If you treat retail workers badly (yell at them, make a scene, don't tip, make many asinine requests) you are a boomer. Retail work is miserable and pays poverty rates, just because you are a customer doesn't mean you get to act like Marie Antoinette and treat them like indentured servants.

If you don't have nice things to tell younger people but an insatiable need to give them unsolicited advice and criticisms, you're a boomer.

Even for those of use we ARE Boomers… I’m a late Boomer (1960). I get tired of young people assuming that all Boomers don’t know how to use tech. Umm, personal computers became common when I was in my 20s (1980s), and I started using email in my early 30s and have used it my entire career.

Tell them you're going to stretch your legs in a house you bought for 25k and is worth 1.5m now and you still don't need a roommate.

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Or talk about the steaks you had this with your AARP discount. (They don't know, they think you are a boomer)

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Or tell them you you'll reply after you take your big ass SUV 10 miles down the road to pick up a can of your favorite drink like you do every day. It's cool, they can make up for it by driving their Tesla...or who cares.

Multiple sources put it at that date. Wikipedia along gives four credible sources.

Even if I were a boomer, I'm not cool with how they use the term. It's derogatory and seething with condescension, and actual boomers shouldn't be subjected to it either.

99% of the time I see someone use the term, they're also straight up wrong. They're wrong about what they're complaining about, they're wrong about who they're blaming.

Boomers are known to be flawless and perfectionist especially when it comes to their self image.

I don't give a shit about my flaws, my ways and how I think of myself.

We are not the same.

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charo36@reddit

Nobody is as enchanted about Boomers as Boomers themselves. It's so tedious.

I'm not old you're old!

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waverunnersvho@reddit

Stop acting like a boomer 🤷‍♀️

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bloodrosey@reddit

You know that they know you're not a boomer, right? They are literally saying "Okay, boomer" to either 1) piss you off or 2) make a clear comparrison of your behavior to the toxic behaviors that have been associate diwth boomers.

Born-Finish2461@reddit

I’m sure some fifty year olds look sixty-five and others look thirty-five. If you are in the former group, not sure what to tell you?

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DisplacedCapsFan@reddit

Unfortunately in the last presidential election GenX voted like our Boomer parents did. Yes I am GenX and no I did not vote for the Cheeto.

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Motor_Struggle_3605@reddit

“Nope, try again”

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omysweede@reddit

Boomer is a state of mind as well.

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lazoras@reddit

you're getting called a boomer because you're acting like one...

if you correct them...they are just going to start saying gen x in a negative way and your generation will be viewed as toxic on the whole of society too!

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Pantim@reddit

I'm sick of it also

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My elder millennial daughter just “boomer’d” me last night and I got so indignant! Excuse me? You’ve mistaken me for your grandma, I’m proudly GenX stfu 😆

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PhiloLibrarian@reddit

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I've embraced it, kind of as a way to declare I know more/have seen more than the rest of yous, especially among my coworkers - I'm in my 50s and 10+ years older than all of them, 20+ than most "Speaking as the resident boomer..." especially when I compare a current situation than something in the past.

I happen to work in a food-related industry and I just roll my eyes when I hear "there is a real trend toward people wanting healthier food these days..." uh, yeah, it started in 1985

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Cool_Bite_9054@reddit

Even though I'm a late Millennial I can understand how you Gen Xers feel. I get Labeled a Gen Zer when I tell folks I'm a 95 baby I'm 100% Millennial

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ThisNameIsTakenTwo@reddit

Just realized I’m a GenX / Xennial and my man is a Boomer.

Hahahahahaha!!!!! I can’t wait to go call him a boomer 😂

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MonoBlancoATX@reddit

When you act like a Boomer, you're gonna get called a Boomer.

Boomer is not only a term that describes a particular generation, it also is a term used to describe an attitude which is often displayed by people of that generation but others as well, including ours.

It's the children of every annoying adult we have come in contact with.

Getting this worked up over it is huge boomer energy. I think you are one of them. Even went so far to get big mad on Reddit over it.

True Gen X doesn't give a fuck, and kick flips while holding their aarp tote. See ya, chumps.

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ContributionDry2252@reddit

Also, the "boomers" aren't same everywhere. In Finland, the baby boom was 1945-1950, not 196x.

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90Carat@reddit

Mmmmk. Why are you being called a Boomer?

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revvolutions@reddit

What happens in '65 that doesn't happen in '64?

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lynistopheles@reddit

I have a friend who constantly complains about her BOOMER dad, who is 90.

I have pointed out many times that her father is not a boomer but because she is 63 that makes her a boomer. She denies it. I think she has a problem with aging.

Moist_Rule9623@reddit

At my work I’m on the perilous edge. We have a lot of actual boomers like my mom’s age hanging on to their jobs; and I feel like I at 50 or so AM BUT AM NOT lumped in with them.