Why I don't like Boomers (spinoff)

[Anonymous]

Baby boomers don't care about Gen X because in the scheme of things we mean nothing. It's all about Boomers and Y, X is the lost generation.

[Anonymous]

This might be the most vitriolic thread I have read on DCUM. And that says a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I am a baby boomer, born at the end of the baby boom. I got out of college in 1981, the last recession. I know exactly what it is like to not be able to find a job after college. I don't drive a volvo, I drive a japanese car, shop at H-mart and Target and Magruders and Giant. I never stop at Starbucks, I buy diet Cokes at convenience stores, if I don't bring my own water or iced tea with me.

I don't like boomers because they won't get out of the way and let Gen Xers start to run things. I find most of them very self-absorbed and have a sense of entitlement. All of my siblings are boomers and they generally have the same traits of behavior.

Maybe the reason we boomers won't get out of your way and retire is we won't have social security when we are older and we have to hold on to our jobs as long as possible. I don't know about self-absorbed. I haven't found that, but I must say you sound self absorbed and rude, are you sure you are not a boomer too? You sort of sound like what you are complaining about.

What is a boomer doing trolling a parenting website? Are you a grandparent?

Boomers could be grandparents. Many boomers have children too young for college. If born in 64 the boomer is 46. People in their fifties can still have children in high school. Do you think all the posters had babies at 22 and have a freshman DC at a private school?

I'm a boomer born in 1959 and have a fourth-grader and a second-grader.

Get a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I am a baby boomer, born at the end of the baby boom. I got out of college in 1981, the last recession. I know exactly what it is like to not be able to find a job after college. I don't drive a volvo, I drive a japanese car, shop at H-mart and Target and Magruders and Giant. I never stop at Starbucks, I buy diet Cokes at convenience stores, if I don't bring my own water or iced tea with me.

I don't like boomers because they won't get out of the way and let Gen Xers start to run things. I find most of them very self-absorbed and have a sense of entitlement. All of my siblings are boomers and they generally have the same traits of behavior.

Maybe the reason we boomers won't get out of your way and retire is we won't have social security when we are older and we have to hold on to our jobs as long as possible. I don't know about self-absorbed. I haven't found that, but I must say you sound self absorbed and rude, are you sure you are not a boomer too? You sort of sound like what you are complaining about.

What is a boomer doing trolling a parenting website? Are you a grandparent?

I'm a parent of a 3 year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Boomers have had the media and pop culture cater to them since they were teenagers in the 1950's. Our society will continue to bow to the mighty dollar that this generation's purchasing power yields for another 2 years.

This is the generation that has demanded respect (through the counter culture) and when it came of age, benefited greatly from the policies of the Reagan Administration. Ironic that in the 1960's and '70's, they told the media that they wanted the man off their backs, and in the 1980's Regan used the same message.

Their leadership in government has brought us this deficit and debt (from both sides of the aisle), and they certainly, as a generation, do not have the same respect for elders or history that the generation that endured the depression or fought in WWI or WWI has.

On the plus side, they have harnessed technology and provided the opportunity to bring the world closer so it isn't all bad.

Overall however, I think you have to look at the opportunity of this generation as one of greed, self-importance and minimal global advancement.

You need a history lesson. I am a boomer and I was a teenager in the 1970's. I don't have any memory of the 1950's or early '60's

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My boomer dad's attitude toward SS and medicare is "I've worked hard all my life and I deserve it!" Like Gen X and Y don't and won't work hard? Give me a break.

The other problem with boomers is that they are and will inherit billions of dollars from their parents, yet you can forget about that wealth being preserved and passed down to their Gen X and Y kids and grandkids for frivolous things like education and health care. Fuck no, that shit will be spent.

Excuse me, but you sound entitled, are you a boomer too, the entitled generation?

[Anonymous]

Boomers are simply jealous and competing against their own issues with aging and falling behind the times.

GenX&Y are heads and tails more educated than Boomers, with 6 figures of debt to show for it. GenX&Y are battling stagnant wages and no jobs while Boomers are flipping their 4th house (Most of GenX&Y weren't so lucky as to get into real estate before the bubble). Gen X&Y are more technologically savvy (Boomers still can't operate Word or Excel for gosh sakes) and just use GenX&Y as the talent while they squander the glory and credit. Boomers can't be bothered to take time out of their schedules to watch their grandkids and then wonder why their daughter's career is suffering after taking her 15th sick day of the year and juggling divorce proceedings since there just isn't enough time, money or flexibility for dual income families. Boomers refuse to allow for telecommuting, paid maternity leave, or even casual Fridays.

[Anonymous]

Born in 65, I LOVE arugula....but would rather pull out my finger nails than listen to NPR.

this is a funny thread. cranky, but funny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My boomer dad's attitude toward SS and medicare is "I've worked hard all my life and I deserve it!" Like Gen X and Y don't and won't work hard? Give me a break.

The other problem with boomers is that they are and will inherit billions of dollars from their parents, yet you can forget about that wealth being preserved and passed down to their Gen X and Y kids and grandkids for frivolous things like education and health care. Fuck no, that shit will be spent.

Excuse me, but you sound entitled, are you a boomer too, the entitled generation?

OOOH, SNAP! The sooner boomers die, the better off the world will be!

[Anonymous]

Boomer born in 1963 - that makes me 47 this year. Mother of 6 year old and 8 year old. Technically old enough to be a grandma, but I'm the mom of elem. age kids... and don't feel like a grandma at all.

Funny, it was here on DCUM that "younger" moms were berated recently for questioning why "older" women (gasp! in their 30s and 40s) were having babies.... wasn't the upshot of that thread that it is perfectly okay and normal to have babies "later" in life (and by later, I mean 30s and 40s). Now, I guess some of those same "younger" moms have forgotten that women of varying ages can have babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boomers are simply jealous and competing against their own issues with aging and falling behind the times.

GenX&Y are heads and tails more educated than Boomers, with 6 figures of debt to show for it. GenX&Y are battling stagnant wages and no jobs while Boomers are flipping their 4th house (Most of GenX&Y weren't so lucky as to get into real estate before the bubble). Gen X&Y are more technologically savvy (Boomers still can't operate Word or Excel for gosh sakes) and just use GenX&Y as the talent while they squander the glory and credit. Boomers can't be bothered to take time out of their schedules to watch their grandkids and then wonder why their daughter's career is suffering after taking her 15th sick day of the year and juggling divorce proceedings since there just isn't enough time, money or flexibility for dual income families. Boomers refuse to allow for telecommuting, paid maternity leave, or even casual Fridays.

So true. Boomers love to label Xs and Ys as entitled, while refusing to acknowledge all the help they got along the way, both in terms of overall societal trends and policies that helped them, as well as help they got from their families.

[Anonymous]

Let's stick to the topic, it's so fun!

Boomers are the most likely demographic to stop their vehicles ***in a traffic lane*** on Connecticut, Wisconsin or similar arterial streets, put on the hazards, block traffic and inconvenience untold numbers of people so they can:

get a skinny latte
drop off dry cleaning
pick up dry cleaning
drop off the xxx-Doodle at dog grooming
drop off a package at the UPS store

They can NOT be troubled to drive around the block once or twice to find parking. No way. Courtesy is for losers. And the dozens or hundreds (counting passengers) of people stuck behind them can just $#@! themselves and play with their iPods while they wait to squeeze into the one remaining open traffic lane.

[Anonymous]

I am a boomer born in 1960. I have neither a pension nor a Volvo, but I do have an 11-year-old. I graduated college in 1982 during a recession. I recall paying 18% interest on my first car. How does all of this make me entitled?

[Anonymous]

I don't get the intergenerational warfare. Then again, I have a foot in the boomer and Gen X camps (born in 1965).

The people who are screwed are those who don't have a lot of money saved and invested by the time they're 40, pension or no pension.

[Anonymous]

To 22:32 - I'm a "tail end" boomer and my kids are only 10 and 8. Forget high school or college age kids.