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.

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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 didn’t really invent rock n roll. Boomers start at 1945. Rock n roll started in the 50s. It’s the silent generation that really invented 50s and 60s rock.

Boomers were the fans.

Wait what?

Someone born in 1945 is barely old enough in the 1950s and 1960s to have been a professional musician. They would’ve been 25 in 1970.

When you’re talking about professional rock musicians in the 50s and 60s, you’re primarily talking about silent generation.

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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 didn’t really invent rock n roll. Boomers start at 1945. Rock n roll started in the 50s. It’s the silent generation that really invented 50s and 60s rock.

Boomers were the fans.

Wait what?

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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.

Reminds me of one of the best SNL skits (although it’s about the Greatest Generation).

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 didn’t really invent rock n roll. Boomers start at 1945. Rock n roll started in the 50s. It’s the silent generation that really invented 50s and 60s rock.

Boomers were the fans.

I'm a boomer and think it's pretty funny, although at 58 I can't really relate to a lot of it. I won't be fully vaxxxed until the beginning of May so not exactly yucking it up yet.

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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.

Oh, for the love of God, you don't even get that it's satire. Your self-pity gets in the way of appreciating humor. I really feel sorry for you.

But we're spending all your inheritance anyway. Suck it up, buttercup.

To me, you sound greedy and selfish.

(Personally I’m not expecting any inheritance. I’m a self-made woman.)

I sent it my boomer (much) older sibling. I have lots of relatives and friends that are boomers—I think individually they are all great. But the truth is that the world sort of catered to them because of their numbers. In the 40s and 50s, it was all about raising big families and culture revolves around that—radio flyer, howdy doody, Lone Ranger, etc....in the 60s and 70s, it was all about youth counter culture and the summer of love. In the 80, they got jobs and suddenly greed was good and taxes were bad. Now they are old and so when a virus started killing old people in large numbers, it became a big deal very quickly.
I love my boomer friends and family and don’t think they are selfish. But they need to be able to take some gentle ribbing about their place in society. Plus yes, all my boomer friends are planning great vacations with their vaccinations while I’m stuck supervising my kids distance learning and hoping to get the vax for myself starting next month.

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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.

I don’ know. It’s my gen x parents that are selfish.

Nice try, boomer.

You think only boomer parents are selfish?

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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?

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.

Oh, for the love of God, you don't even get that it's satire. Your self-pity gets in the way of appreciating humor. I really feel sorry for you.

But we're spending all your inheritance anyway. Suck it up, buttercup.

I thought it was hilarious. It's satire, people!

Certainly some grains of truth, especially those who were covid deniers/mask fighters who snatched up their shots asap.

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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.

I don’ know. It’s my gen x parents that are selfish.

Nice try, boomer.

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Anonymous wrote:Very funny. I want to send it to my boomer parents, but I’m afraid they won’t see the humor.

my boomer parents won't know how to open the link...