The Worst Best Generation Generalizations Welcome

[Anonymous]

Completely agree with you PP and you remind me of an op-ed that Erica Jong wrote a year or so ago because it was absolutely so utterly typical of a baby boomer. She criticized her own daughter for being an attachment parenting mother of 3, and then goes on and on and on about herself and how much greater her own way was in her own day. I flipped her off on behalf of her undoubtedly long-suffering daughter.

And that goes back to my own post above about what a bad influence the boomers are. I read Fear of Flying off my parents' bookshelf when I was about 10 or 11, Serenissima in junior high. As I have gotten older and wiser my opinions of the works and their writer have gone downhill. How unimportant, self-regarding, shallow, libertine, fundamentally boring because uninspiring and yet at the same time, a bad influence.
/rant

[Anonymous]

You're amazing. Thank you. Also totally agree that the Boomer generation is the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Completely agree with you PP and you remind me of an op-ed that Erica Jong wrote a year or so ago because it was absolutely so utterly typical of a baby boomer. She criticized her own daughter for being an attachment parenting mother of 3, and then goes on and on and on about herself and how much greater her own way was in her own day. I flipped her off on behalf of her undoubtedly long-suffering daughter.

And that goes back to my own post above about what a bad influence the boomers are. I read Fear of Flying off my parents' bookshelf when I was about 10 or 11, Serenissima in junior high. As I have gotten older and wiser my opinions of the works and their writer have gone downhill. How unimportant, self-regarding, shallow, libertine, fundamentally boring because uninspiring and yet at the same time, a bad influence.
/rant

New poster here, and I'm finding myself agreeing with so much posted here about Boomers!

It's funny you mentioned those books---I didn't read those, but my mom did let m read "Flowers in the Attic" at the tender age of 7. WTH?!?!?!?

And yes, my parents recently inherited a LOT of money after my Dad's parents died, and promptly bought two new luxury cars, did a major gut/remodel of their kitchen, and took a 6 week cruise to south America. Then they proceeded to tell my brother (a teacher with a young child) that HE should take them out to breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Sorry that you Gen Xrs had such poor boomer role models as parents. Doesn't mean that goes for a whole generation, especially one that should have been cut in half since the experiences of the later boomers were so different than the earlier ones. Good to hear that you are trying not to follow in your pathetic parents' footsteps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha, there was a compilation of complaints about young folks these days being lazy and self-absorbed that started with an ancient Greek or Roman author and went up through the 1950s. Seems like there have always been some old people who don't like young adults.

I remember having a history professor in college who read some passages from antiquity about how everything is going to hell in a handcart and the upcoming generation was the worst ever. It sort of mirrored all the doom and gloom stories that I heard growing up (my cohort was the dumbest/flabbiest ever, we were going to be taken over by the Soviet Union or be an economic vassal of Japan, etc)

What I thought was funny were all of the slacker stories written by boomer journalists in the 90s. Here I was a gulf war veteran, working, making deans list while pursuing a STEM degree, and generally getting ahead like most of my peers, but according to the media we were all living in our parent's basements listening to grunge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, but I find all of these generalizations to be overly simplistic and kind of boring..

Yes, this again? Casting aspersions on entire groups of people because of what generation they were born in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the boomers by in large are the most self centered generation of the last 100 years.

I agree and think there is a serious case to be made for this. The boomers have been self-indulgent for themselves, judgmental and unfair to their elders who went through hell thank-you-very-much, and exploitative to the following generations.

Just to take one example, look at the cost of higher education under the boomer generation's leadership - administrator positions and administrator pay have skyrocketed while nomadic adjuncts slave without benefits for rock bottom wages and no job security and the young people take on untenable debt to get a degree that won't get them a good job. Execrable.

Speaking as an X-er, the boomers are just a damn bad influence. They were always there with some bad advice that would lead you astray if you followed it. Next thing you know you have to leave the cult/go to rehab/get a real job/pay off the debt/ shake off the gender studies claptrap etcetera. La la la live for today mm hmm.

Recently some boomer in congress was advocating for reinstating the draft, I forget who. Oh excuse me, it was not okay for you but just fine for the suckers who were born after you, what? Typical.

Ha ha! Yes, our evil plot succeeded! Never mind that I, as a boomer, was forced out of academia because of the lack of jobs dating well back to the 70s. We just live to ruin it all for you younger people! I so love to see younger people work as adjuncts and suffer financially and professionally (in the way I already have) and I sure as hell wouldn't want my own millenial child to succeed. Bwa ha ha!

Oh FFS, I don't care what generation you belong to, you lack critical thinking skills -- something that is not tied to any generation in particular. You have the problem. I know LOTS of X-ers who don't. On the other hand, you could just be a troll in which case I give you, say, a B on your trolling. You need to tighten those skills up a bit but not bad, troll, not bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread so much. I hate Boomers. My parents exemplify the worst of their generation. They're hypocrites, who are spending every last time on themselves (luxury goods mostly), and don't hesitate to hint to me and my siblings that the money is running out and we will be expected to support them. Meanwhile, we're cheap because we drive Hondas, live within our means, and don't wear designer clothes.

My parents and inlaws haven't given my kids the time of day. Sure, they'll show up for photos. Sure, they SAY how much they love their grandkids, etc, but they don't lift a finger to help out anyone. I love how both my inlaws and my parents totally abandoned their parents, but they tell us constantly how once they are older they will probably move closer to us so we can look out for them.

My parents constantly ask me why I don't have a more prestigious job, despite neither one of them having graduated from college. I guess being a fed is not enough for them (not that I care). They criticize my husband and I for not sending them to private schools, when they had no problem sending me to horrible public schools and driving a BMW and Mercedes.

Okay this was a total huge rant, but UGH! The boomers are the WORST generation.

Ha ha ha, yes, we've been working in league with your parents to make you miserable. We have a secret society of people in their 50s who wear designer clothes and drive luxury cars and meet at resorts in the Bahamas to hatch our dastardly plots. My only regret is that we haven't succeeded in bankrupting your generation yet!

[Anonymous]

There is no need to assume any kind of conspiracy. The Boomers were perfectly capable of destroying the country without any kind of cooperation at all -- and let's face it, cooperation has never been their forte. All that was needed was for all of them to proceed in their characteristic self-centered, toxically narcissistic fashion, and the net effect of millions of them acting that way was predictably destructive.

Hurry up and die, Boomers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the boomers by in large are the most self centered generation of the last 100 years.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to assume any kind of conspiracy. The Boomers were perfectly capable of destroying the country without any kind of cooperation at all -- and let's face it, cooperation has never been their forte. All that was needed was for all of them to proceed in their characteristic self-centered, toxically narcissistic fashion, and the net effect of millions of them acting that way was predictably destructive.

Hurry up and die, Boomers!

Told you! We're winning and we're not even organized! BTW, I work out five times a week and I'm in fabulous condition so I expect to go on ruining your life for many years to come. Seriously, it's all I've ever dreamed about. It will be the pinnacle of my self-centered, toxic narcissistic fashion! Ha ha ha ha!

[Anonymous]

How typical of the Boomer scum to think their immoral, destructive behavior constitutes "winning".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How typical of the Boomer scum to think their immoral, destructive behavior constitutes "winning".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to assume any kind of conspiracy. The Boomers were perfectly capable of destroying the country without any kind of cooperation at all -- and let's face it, cooperation has never been their forte. All that was needed was for all of them to proceed in their characteristic self-centered, toxically narcissistic fashion, and the net effect of millions of them acting that way was predictably destructive.

Hurry up and die, Boomers!

Told you! We're winning and we're not even organized! BTW, I work out five times a week and I'm in fabulous condition so I expect to go on ruining your life for many years to come. Seriously, it's all I've ever dreamed about. It will be the pinnacle of my self-centered, toxic narcissistic fashion! Ha ha ha ha!

I love how one boomer is defending her generation, while actually confirming every bad stereotype. Can't wait until you all die off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread so much. I hate Boomers. My parents exemplify the worst of their generation. They're hypocrites, who are spending every last time on themselves (luxury goods mostly), and don't hesitate to hint to me and my siblings that the money is running out and we will be expected to support them. Meanwhile, we're cheap because we drive Hondas, live within our means, and don't wear designer clothes.

My parents and inlaws haven't given my kids the time of day. Sure, they'll show up for photos. Sure, they SAY how much they love their grandkids, etc, but they don't lift a finger to help out anyone. I love how both my inlaws and my parents totally abandoned their parents, but they tell us constantly how once they are older they will probably move closer to us so we can look out for them.

My parents constantly ask me why I don't have a more prestigious job, despite neither one of them having graduated from college. I guess being a fed is not enough for them (not that I care). They criticize my husband and I for not sending them to private schools, when they had no problem sending me to horrible public schools and driving a BMW and Mercedes.

Okay this was a total huge rant, but UGH! The boomers are the WORST generation.

Ha ha ha, yes, we've been working in league with your parents to make you miserable. We have a secret society of people in their 50s who wear designer clothes and drive luxury cars and meet at resorts in the Bahamas to hatch our dastardly plots. My only regret is that we haven't succeeded in bankrupting your generation yet!

This response by that old dried up wrinkled piece of trash, I mean boomer, makes no sense.