Stop calling Gen X people "Boomers"

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Anonymous wrote:Gen Z is awesome. I hear the perennial b*tch*ng about "kids these days," and think to myself that I have no objections to how my kids and their peers conduct themselves. (Other than the normal nonsense that young people have always gotten up to.)

Jen Z is bitterly screwed up. They have lost the ability to evaluate evidence and simply repeat whatever is trending on their preferred social media. Bunch of green-haired zombie children who will screw anything that moves and waste their lives going down rabbit holes to find the perfect bizarre subculture for their Tick Tock presence. I am the Gen X parent of an undergrad who also works with undergrads and I am devastated that the kids are so deeply not alright. Most of these freaks have Boomer parents whose own disturbed behavior normalized depravity and led to this disaster. If the human race survives another generation it will be a miracle.

Most of the Gen Z kids you know have Boomer parents?

Agree that seems odd. I am a very young boomer, had kids in my 30s and they are both millennials. I have a few friends with Gen Z kids but not many - unless they are men with younger wives.

Both myself and my wife are boomers first marriage we have a 21,19 and 14 year old. Pretty normal

What?? That is not normal. My mom was a young Boomer (1957) and I am 41. So even if you were born around the time of my mom, you are really really old to have kids those ages. Even the youngest boomers are 60.

+1. You may have done it but it’s definitely not normal to have a child in your mid-late 40s. I don’t know how it could be possible that, as pp said, most of the gen z kids she knows have boomer parents. The vast majority of gen z kids have gen x parents because most people have kids in their late 20s-early/mid 30s.

Not in NW DC. Elementary school parents are often in their 40s here.

Right but having an ES kid in your 40s is obviously different than having an infant at 46. Even for DC that is decidedly old.

I don’t know I was 50 when my daughter started kindergarten and I did not feel old at all. My buddy was 53 and he said a few 60 year old dads at kindergarten orientation although they were second marriages.

I mean unless you have rusty sperm not uncommon. Look Tony Randal. Alex Baldwin, Benjiman Franklin all had kids later in life. And Moms are joining the party. 50 year old Moms in preschool is now not uncommon

But you were. Some people have kids when they are old. Some gen z kids do have boomer parents. Most don’t. It is not the norm, regardless of how old you do or do not feel.

I am young! I find DC people are born old and plan on being brain dead by 55. They only have 2 kids, somewhat young, Do some BS two income govt job. Get kids done with college 50 then just be empty Nestors retired at 52 waiting for death.

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Then stop acting like boomers.

It’s that simple. “Boomer” is a state of mind that can apply to anyone who’s old.

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Then stop acting like boomers.

It’s that simple. “Boomer” is a state of mind that can apply to anyone who’s old.

Exactly what I was coming here to say . Just because you’re Gen X doesn’t mean you might not be out of touch and entitled in a Boomery way.

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There’s a lot of fuzziness on the edges but being born in 1960 and saying I’m not a boomer is just being delusional. Or that someone in their 80s is a boomer. No.

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Anonymous wrote:I explain to my kids that boomers have the big pensions and wildly inflated home equity. And they think they succeeded when they just worked regular jobs.

I’m in my 50s and don’t have a pension. I only know one of my friends who has a pension and she worked for a Japanese company. For many boomers pensions just aren’t a thing.

Home equity has inflated dramatically the last couple of years. That’s not limited to boomers at all.

Maybe consider explaining to your kids that stereotypes aren’t always helpful or accurate.

If you’re in your 50s you’re Gen X. But look around at your friends’ parents if not your own. They are the ones who have the houses in Avalon New Jersey or Rehoboth paid off and big pensions from being in sales at IBM or the like. College was affordable and they worked jobs like lifeguarding to pay for it. Sure there’s poor Boomers. But the whole point of these labels is to show trends. Boomers that are discussed here do have the big pensions from jobs that required only a four year degree from a state school and real estate was cheap.

Also, with respect to your discussion concerning stereotypes, the whole point of this thread is about generational stereotypes. So maybe you should sit this one out.

Moreover, if you’re in your fifties of course you are unlikely to have a pension. As a Gen Xer, you likely have a 401(k) and paid close to a million dollars for a red brick small colonial in Arlington that the boomers picked up in the 70s for around 100k.

Again, boomers are currently 56-59 years old (and older of course). So I don’t have a pension, I went to college and grad school with scholarships and loans, and in the 70s when people were buying houses for $100k I was in middle school and high school and definitely not investing in real estate on my $1/hour babysitting gigs. Same is true for my late 50s peers.

You are off by a lot. Currently boomers are 58-70 years old. A lot of boomers are pushing 70. And their kids are 40+.

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Boomer with gen z kids. It is odd. Generations DO think differently. The amount of propaganda they have had thrown at them. But I wonder if it was the same for us and we just took it all in.

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Will you please stop reminding all those people that we’re here? Let them keep focusing on themselves.

Thanks.

- Gen X

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Anonymous wrote:Gen Z is awesome. I hear the perennial b*tch*ng about "kids these days," and think to myself that I have no objections to how my kids and their peers conduct themselves. (Other than the normal nonsense that young people have always gotten up to.)

GenX'er here and I agree. My young adult kids, and their friends, are generally a hardworking, responsible, and respectful group. They've had to deal with this pandemic, and all the other crazy of the last 2 years, and have done so. It's hard enough being a 'seasoned' adult right now, imagine being like 20!

+1. As seniors in high school and freshmen in college, my kids lost a lot to the pandemic. They never complained. They just did what they had to do and got on with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. I’m going to keep doing it.

Just checking in to see how the Resistance is going. You still hanging in there? I can't tell you how brave you're being.

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Then stop acting like boomers.

It’s that simple. “Boomer” is a state of mind that can apply to anyone who’s old.

Exactly what I was coming here to say . Just because you’re Gen X doesn’t mean you might not be out of touch and entitled in a Boomery way.

+1. This is the truth some of you don’t want to hear.

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Anonymous wrote:I explain to my kids that boomers have the big pensions and wildly inflated home equity. And they think they succeeded when they just worked regular jobs.

I’m in my 50s and don’t have a pension. I only know one of my friends who has a pension and she worked for a Japanese company. For many boomers pensions just aren’t a thing.

Home equity has inflated dramatically the last couple of years. That’s not limited to boomers at all.

Maybe consider explaining to your kids that stereotypes aren’t always helpful or accurate.

If you’re in your 50s you’re Gen X. But look around at your friends’ parents if not your own. They are the ones who have the houses in Avalon New Jersey or Rehoboth paid off and big pensions from being in sales at IBM or the like. College was affordable and they worked jobs like lifeguarding to pay for it. Sure there’s poor Boomers. But the whole point of these labels is to show trends. Boomers that are discussed here do have the big pensions from jobs that required only a four year degree from a state school and real estate was cheap.

Also, with respect to your discussion concerning stereotypes, the whole point of this thread is about generational stereotypes. So maybe you should sit this one out.

Moreover, if you’re in your fifties of course you are unlikely to have a pension. As a Gen Xer, you likely have a 401(k) and paid close to a million dollars for a red brick small colonial in Arlington that the boomers picked up in the 70s for around 100k.

Again, boomers are currently 56-59 years old (and older of course). So I don’t have a pension, I went to college and grad school with scholarships and loans, and in the 70s when people were buying houses for $100k I was in middle school and high school and definitely not investing in real estate on my $1/hour babysitting gigs. Same is true for my late 50s peers.

You are off by a lot. Currently boomers are 58-70 years old. A lot of boomers are pushing 70. And their kids are 40+.

I was talking about boomers who are still in their 50s since people keep saying boomers aren’t in their 50s. People born at the end of 1964 are still 56.

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Anonymous wrote:Gen Z is awesome. I hear the perennial b*tch*ng about "kids these days," and think to myself that I have no objections to how my kids and their peers conduct themselves. (Other than the normal nonsense that young people have always gotten up to.)

GenX'er here and I agree. My young adult kids, and their friends, are generally a hardworking, responsible, and respectful group. They've had to deal with this pandemic, and all the other crazy of the last 2 years, and have done so. It's hard enough being a 'seasoned' adult right now, imagine being like 20!

+1. As seniors in high school and freshmen in college, my kids lost a lot to the pandemic. They never complained. They just did what they had to do and got on with it.

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They also quickly got vaxxed as soon as they were eligible and still don’t complain about masks.

Their entire world was taken- school, sports, normal teen hanging out life- while the rest of America went back to bars, they were told not to get grandma sick.

Definitely a lot of their attitude is because of having Gen X parents that have passed on the attitude of ‘whatever, take care of yourself, you’ll be okay’ rather than the entitlement attitude that Boomers passed onto Millennials. ( I’ll duck from those tomatoes 🍅 now!)

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Boomers are Boomers, gen x are Karens, and millennials are Cheugs. All of this is based on your perceived age and your behavior. There is nothing I, or you, can do to stop it.

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Anonymous wrote:Millennials watched a movie about Live Aid and Queen. We watched Live Aid, enough said.

I actually feel really sad for Gen Z and what they consider good music. They have no idea.

. . . said every older generation about every younger generation.

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Anonymous wrote:Gen Z is awesome. I hear the perennial b*tch*ng about "kids these days," and think to myself that I have no objections to how my kids and their peers conduct themselves. (Other than the normal nonsense that young people have always gotten up to.)

GenX'er here and I agree. My young adult kids, and their friends, are generally a hardworking, responsible, and respectful group. They've had to deal with this pandemic, and all the other crazy of the last 2 years, and have done so. It's hard enough being a 'seasoned' adult right now, imagine being like 20!

+1. As seniors in high school and freshmen in college, my kids lost a lot to the pandemic. They never complained. They just did what they had to do and got on with it.

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They also quickly got vaxxed as soon as they were eligible and still don’t complain about masks.

Their entire world was taken- school, sports, normal teen hanging out life- while the rest of America went back to bars, they were told not to get grandma sick.

Definitely a lot of their attitude is because of having Gen X parents that have passed on the attitude of ‘whatever, take care of yourself, you’ll be okay’ rather than the entitlement attitude that Boomers passed onto Millennials. ( I’ll duck from those tomatoes 🍅 now!)

As a gen xer without kids I’m unbiased and can say gen z are brats just like everyone else’s kids were.