🎵"Boomers got the Vax" 🎵

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be in the "you guys are too harsh on the boomers" camp.

But the past year has taught me that all the complaints about the boomers are, in fact, very valid and deserved. They really are the worst.

Boomer Bill Gates donated $350 million to fund a Covid fax.

Some boomers are ok

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let me clarify: most of the 60s rock musicians we all know were born between 1940 and 1943/44.

Then of course when you’re talking about 50s rock n roll, it’s basically impossible for it to have been played by Boomers, considering the oldest Boomer was 14 in 1959.

Boomers started to take over the ranks of rock musicians in the 70s.

K thought that was what you meant

Boomer kids were a huge generation of rebels. They liked music their parents hated, they protested a war their parents generation started, they demanded equality that society denied, they pursued technology, the internet and computers and believed that the Jetsons were their future.

If it were not for Boomers, the world would look more like the 1940s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love how it highlights in a humorous way how greedy and entitled boomers are. They are truly the generation that got theirs and then pulled up the ladder behind them.

Sorry your parents hated you so much that you blast the entire generation. Time for a timeout.

Am I supposed to pretend all generations are the same? Sorry but no.

Overall, boomers are pretty selfish and have consumed way more than their fair share of our resources. But I’m glad that the boomers in your life aren’t like that. Hopefully you are grateful.

Any evidence at all for this assertion? I mean, aside from your self-absorption?

NP here, are you serious? There are countless studies on generational characteristics, people make a tidy living giving corporate presentations on this type of stuff. I just sat through one for course credits and he specifically characterized Boomers as spending everything they've got before they die and "sliding in [to the grave] with the wheels on fire." I don't want or need an inheritance, but spending it all and leaving nothing behind is a legitimate characteristic of that generation. As are selfishness, failure to protect the environment, and general sense that public goods (land, public services, etc) are to be used up by them without thought to leaving anything for other people.

The training I sat through had an interesting bit about the rewards each generation finds most motivating. The generation before Boomers valued security over all, the Boomers value status, older Gen X value knowledge, younger Gen X and older Gen Y value inclusion, and younger Gen Y value freedom.

I am a boomer and my parents left us $0 inheritance, nor did we ever feel entitled to any. My parents didn't pay for my college, my wedding, cars, trips, house... not a dime for any of my siblings either. I don't know many Boomers that got much financially from their parents. The children of Boomers seem to be like vultures circling their old parents waiting impatiently for their inheritance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is very funny but I am always puzzled at the boomer hate. The boomer generation invented a lot of great stuff including rock n roll, women's equality, the internet, personal computers, cell phones, etc. Don't hate the boomers.

Boomers did not invent the internet. They were just coming out of college when it started.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Not the PC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers

Wrong. Steve Jobs, Tim Berners Lee, Bill Gates all born in 1955. All boomers.

WWE is not the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is very funny but I am always puzzled at the boomer hate. The boomer generation invented a lot of great stuff including rock n roll, women's equality, the internet, personal computers, cell phones, etc. Don't hate the boomers.

Boomers did not invent the internet. They were just coming out of college when it started.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Not the PC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers

Wrong. Steve Jobs, Tim Berners Lee, Bill Gates all born in 1955. All boomers.

WWE is not the internet.

WWW.

I’m sure a boomer invented autocorrect though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how it highlights in a humorous way how greedy and entitled boomers are. They are truly the generation that got theirs and then pulled up the ladder behind them.

Sorry your parents hated you so much that you blast the entire generation. Time for a timeout.

Am I supposed to pretend all generations are the same? Sorry but no.

Overall, boomers are pretty selfish and have consumed way more than their fair share of our resources. But I’m glad that the boomers in your life aren’t like that. Hopefully you are grateful.

Any evidence at all for this assertion? I mean, aside from your self-absorption?

NP here, are you serious? There are countless studies on generational characteristics, people make a tidy living giving corporate presentations on this type of stuff. I just sat through one for course credits and he specifically characterized Boomers as spending everything they've got before they die and "sliding in [to the grave] with the wheels on fire." I don't want or need an inheritance, but spending it all and leaving nothing behind is a legitimate characteristic of that generation. As are selfishness, failure to protect the environment, and general sense that public goods (land, public services, etc) are to be used up by them without thought to leaving anything for other people.

The training I sat through had an interesting bit about the rewards each generation finds most motivating. The generation before Boomers valued security over all, the Boomers value status, older Gen X value knowledge, younger Gen X and older Gen Y value inclusion, and younger Gen Y value freedom.

I am a boomer and my parents left us $0 inheritance, nor did we ever feel entitled to any. My parents didn't pay for my college, my wedding, cars, trips, house... not a dime for any of my siblings either. I don't know many Boomers that got much financially from their parents. The children of Boomers seem to be like vultures circling their old parents waiting impatiently for their inheritance.

They didn’t have to pay for college or give you money b/c jobs were plentiful, paid well, and college, housing, were all way cheaper.

Cars were more expensive maybe. But gas was crazy cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how it highlights in a humorous way how greedy and entitled boomers are. They are truly the generation that got theirs and then pulled up the ladder behind them.

Sorry your parents hated you so much that you blast the entire generation. Time for a timeout.

Am I supposed to pretend all generations are the same? Sorry but no.

Overall, boomers are pretty selfish and have consumed way more than their fair share of our resources. But I’m glad that the boomers in your life aren’t like that. Hopefully you are grateful.

Any evidence at all for this assertion? I mean, aside from your self-absorption?

NP here, are you serious? There are countless studies on generational characteristics, people make a tidy living giving corporate presentations on this type of stuff. I just sat through one for course credits and he specifically characterized Boomers as spending everything they've got before they die and "sliding in [to the grave] with the wheels on fire." I don't want or need an inheritance, but spending it all and leaving nothing behind is a legitimate characteristic of that generation. As are selfishness, failure to protect the environment, and general sense that public goods (land, public services, etc) are to be used up by them without thought to leaving anything for other people.

The training I sat through had an interesting bit about the rewards each generation finds most motivating. The generation before Boomers valued security over all, the Boomers value status, older Gen X value knowledge, younger Gen X and older Gen Y value inclusion, and younger Gen Y value freedom.

I am a boomer and my parents left us $0 inheritance, nor did we ever feel entitled to any. My parents didn't pay for my college, my wedding, cars, trips, house... not a dime for any of my siblings either. I don't know many Boomers that got much financially from their parents. The children of Boomers seem to be like vultures circling their old parents waiting impatiently for their inheritance.

They didn’t have to pay for college or give you money b/c jobs were plentiful, paid well, and college, housing, were all way cheaper.

Cars were more expensive maybe. But gas was crazy cheap.

NP. I am going to just assume that this boomer vs gen x and y is an internal war among the whites, right? Jobs and college was definitely not plentiful for Black and Brown people. We were relegated to certain areas and not allowed to cross certain boundaries such as railroad tracks or parks, such as rock creek. A Black GenX or Y is farther ahead than our Boomer parents by most measures, and we are not waiting around for them to die and leave us their money, that they were limited in acquiring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me clarify: most of the 60s rock musicians we all know were born between 1940 and 1943/44.

Then of course when you’re talking about 50s rock n roll, it’s basically impossible for it to have been played by Boomers, considering the oldest Boomer was 14 in 1959.

Boomers started to take over the ranks of rock musicians in the 70s.

K thought that was what you meant

Boomer kids were a huge generation of rebels. They liked music their parents hated, they protested a war their parents generation started, they demanded equality that society denied, they pursued technology, the internet and computers and believed that the Jetsons were their future.

If it were not for Boomers, the world would look more like the 1940s.

Most white boomers always talk a big game, but they were actually quite happy doing sex and drugs on generously taxpayer-funded campuses while their black counterparts died in the streets fighting for civil rights. Also, as soon as boomers actually start making any real money they selfishly vote for the Reagan tax cuts and self-segregate to the suburbs. Then punitive welfare, crime and immigration bills in the 90s to crack down on anyone who doesn't look like them. Talk about pulling up the ladder behind them! And now millennials must help pad their retirements through unfunded Medicare Rx expansion and even more tax cuts.

[Anonymous]

At the end of the day, it’s just a string of tired boomer tropes set to a hip-hop beat.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the end of the day, it’s just a string of tired boomer tropes set to a hip-hop beat.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t funny.

Are you kidding me, it was hilarious! It's time for Boomers to be able to take a little joke, especially when so much of it rings true

[Anonymous]

I'm a boomer and I think it was very funny, objectively speaking.

Don't hate me because I'm a boomer. I had very little handed to me on a silver platter, outside of free public education as a kid.

I pulled myself up by my bootstraps, and I didn't expect my parents to hand me nothing.

You all are talking about the earliest boomers born in the 1940s. They are the worst. The made our lives miserable too, not just yours.

[Anonymous]

I laughed. If you're upset, well, a hit dog will holler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me clarify: most of the 60s rock musicians we all know were born between 1940 and 1943/44.

Then of course when you’re talking about 50s rock n roll, it’s basically impossible for it to have been played by Boomers, considering the oldest Boomer was 14 in 1959.

Boomers started to take over the ranks of rock musicians in the 70s.

K thought that was what you meant

Boomer kids were a huge generation of rebels. They liked music their parents hated, they protested a war their parents generation started, they demanded equality that society denied, they pursued technology, the internet and computers and believed that the Jetsons were their future.

If it were not for Boomers, the world would look more like the 1940s.

Except the silent generation were the actual rock musicians of the 50s and 60s.

How do you not get that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is very funny but I am always puzzled at the boomer hate. The boomer generation invented a lot of great stuff including rock n roll, women's equality, the internet, personal computers, cell phones, etc. Don't hate the boomers.

Boomers did not invent the internet. They were just coming out of college when it started.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Not the PC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers

Wrong. Steve Jobs, Tim Berners Lee, Bill Gates all born in 1955. All boomers.

WWE is not the internet.

Also, Bill Gates didn’t invent the PC. And what does Steve Jobs have to do with this?

[Anonymous]

Arguably the first PC was the Altair 8800, developed by Ed Roberts, who was born in 1941.

Another innovation by a member of the silent generation, claimed by boomers.