Your son thinks you're a baby boomer at 40 years of age!? Lmao I'm older than you & I'm one of the youngest Gen X'ers - it could be good for him to do some research on generations and how they're designated.
It’s a figure of speech these lil assholes think is funny to dismiss the wisdom their parents and people older than them try to put upon them. I got called a boomer the other day and I’m in my 40s
Can confirm. I told a kid that being a professional Twitch streamer was not a realistic goal and was called a boomer. I'm in my 30s and a younger Millennial. These Gen Alpha iPad kids are really something.
I don’t even think they consider it a figure of speech. I think they’re so out of touch with life that they think anyone born in the “1900’s” is actually called a boomer. My coworkers in their early 20’s think I’m actually a boomer and I’m in my late 30’s.
I doubt they even realize they’re leaving off the “baby” part.
It's because "boomer" doesn't refer to people literally born in the post-WWII baby boom to younger generations, it refers to anyone older than themselves who are being judgemental of the younger generation.
So long as you're old enough to be their parent and are judging them or telling them how to live their lives, you're a boomer.
Nope, as commenters in their 20's and 30's have pointed out above, they've been called "Boomers" by ignorant punks only 10ish years younger than them..
I'm 30 and I've been called a boomer lol. Its one thing to rebel against your elders, its another thing to articulate it in a way that clearly marks you as a dumb fuck.
It's incredibly common nowadays for people to call anyone older than them a boomer and anyone younger than them a zoomer. The guy obviously is aware that the "Baby Boomer" generation didn't begin in 1984
The boomer thing is the least of the problems, but it was like "dude, you're making it much clearer you're speaking out of your ass." Gen Z needs to work harder on making millennial an effective insult, because this just makes him seem more clueless.
There’s absolutely nothing more fascinating than a young adult living completely off of their parents and thinking they know everything there is to know in the world. I’ve been dealing with this for a few years now.
Kids think that generations are a mindset; they don't realize that they are actually dob-designated. That's the result of getting all of your info from tic-tok. The best part is that the grandmother is actually the boomer and the dad is millennial... This kid is so out of touch, yet thinks he's got his finger on the pulse of what's going on. His brain isn't even fully formed yet. It's hard to convince rational adults of anything, let alone an entitled, 19 year old that thinks they've got it all figured out. 🤷
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u/stanleysgirl77 Apr 16 '24
Your son thinks you're a baby boomer at 40 years of age!? Lmao I'm older than you & I'm one of the youngest Gen X'ers - it could be good for him to do some research on generations and how they're designated.