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.

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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

Anonymous wrote:Liberals suck at life and comedy

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

One of my favorite SNL skits of all time. Funny because it’s true.

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

Anonymous wrote:Reminds me of one of the best SNL skits (although it’s about the Greatest 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 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

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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.

Your parents hate you too? Sorry.

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.

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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

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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.

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.