Anonymous wrote:Question from an elder millennial/Xennial: Boomers, why do you take these jokes and stereotypes so personally? If they don't apply to you, why do you have to point it out? Why does it matter so much that younger generations are having a bit of fun? There are plenty of millennial stereotypes that don't fit me, but it doesn't send me into a fit of rage to hear or see them.

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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.

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

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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.

WWW.

I’m sure a boomer invented autocorrect though.

Anonymous wrote:didn't boomers themselves come up with "don't trust anyone over 30"?

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Anonymous wrote:The perception I have as Gen x is that the older political class has jealously guarded their entitlements while slashing or underfunding programs that might help the younger generations pay for college, afford childcare or purchase a house. They benefited from an unprecedented economic boom and told everyone too bad when that boom ended.

Not to mention the horrific disregard for the environment that future generations are inheriting.

+1000! Did SNL realize such a fantastic discussion would ensue based on their hilarious video?

https://nypost.com/2020/02/08/gen-x-ers-are-being-stifled-by-greedy-boomers-who-refuse-to-retire/

Boomers, take a look at this article and see if you disagree.

My 55 year old Dad is a selfish pr*ck. I’ll show it to him.

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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.

That is interesting. I think I mostly buy it; seems pretty accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:“Age-based prejudice is the last acceptable form of prejudice,” says New York University’s Michael North, who studies ageism in the workplace. “People are making age-based generalizations and stereotypes that you wouldn’t be able to get away with about race or background. Insert some sort of racial or ethnic group, or ‘OK Woman,’ and it wouldn’t go over too well.”

Michael North share the common academic affliction that if he's not studying it, it's not there.

And anytime someone refers to anything as the "last acceptable prejudice," you know you're looking at someone who is fine with their own various forms of privilege and fuming about the ones they don't have.

DP here. Maybe it's not the "last" acceptable prejudice (FTR there are some others out there like classism), but it's certainly considered acceptable. And seriously, pp, you are fine with this? It sounds like you're the one who is fine with your own form of privilege. Folks, it's wrong to stereotype people based on their age (whether young or old) just as it's wrong to do it based on race, class, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. I will continue to defend young people against attacks from other people who make sweeping generalizations about them. Will you do the same for older people as well as young people? Or is that ruining your fun?

Anonymous wrote:OMG, these are my ILs, with the houses, noses out, and selfishness. My parents are the silent generation and very different.

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Anonymous wrote:The perception I have as Gen x is that the older political class has jealously guarded their entitlements while slashing or underfunding programs that might help the younger generations pay for college, afford childcare or purchase a house. They benefited from an unprecedented economic boom and told everyone too bad when that boom ended.

Not to mention the horrific disregard for the environment that future generations are inheriting.

+1000! Did SNL realize such a fantastic discussion would ensue based on their hilarious video?

https://nypost.com/2020/02/08/gen-x-ers-are-being-stifled-by-greedy-boomers-who-refuse-to-retire/

Boomers, take a look at this article and see if you disagree.

My 55 year old Dad is a selfish pr*ck. I’ll show it to him.

My in-laws are Boomers. “What have you done for me lately?” is their motto. Yet missed every single one of my child’s birthdays, sacraments, graduations, you name it. (Been retired for years. Well before we were married) Every time they have words with my DH, they exclaim “ you are out of my will!”. Keep it. We’d rather you show up once in a while.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a boomer. I hate SNL because it is no longer funny, not like it used to be when I was young, this skit included, although I love Kate McKinnon in anything.

I'm kind of disappointed in you people. I actually thought younger generations were less judgmental and less inclined to stereotype people. Guess not.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a boomer. I hate SNL because it is no longer funny, not like it used to be when I was young, this skit included, although I love Kate McKinnon in anything.

I'm kind of disappointed in you people. I actually thought younger generations were less judgmental and less inclined to stereotype people. Guess not.

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Anonymous wrote:The perception I have as Gen x is that the older political class has jealously guarded their entitlements while slashing or underfunding programs that might help the younger generations pay for college, afford childcare or purchase a house. They benefited from an unprecedented economic boom and told everyone too bad when that boom ended.

Not to mention the horrific disregard for the environment that future generations are inheriting.

+1000! Did SNL realize such a fantastic discussion would ensue based on their hilarious video?

https://nypost.com/2020/02/08/gen-x-ers-are-being-stifled-by-greedy-boomers-who-refuse-to-retire/

Boomers, take a look at this article and see if you disagree.

My 55 year old Dad is a selfish pr*ck. I’ll show it to him.