Ok, Boomer

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I have had to repeatedly tell DS that I am not a boomer. His Grandad is though.

I am with him though. He went through a whole litany of the issues facing his generation and what the older generation have benefited from.

He seems to have got some of the memes from 'Insta'.

Anyone else got a child who uses this phrase?

Oh I have had the boomer thing repeatedly from DD the last 2 weeks. Now I get where it's come from
Thanks!

@CendrillionSings if there's one thing more tiresome than overused memes it's lazy, divisive and homogenising uses of "the left" and "the right"

that's not what it originally meant. In much of the world there was a post war baby boom (ie more babies being born). For decades, people born in the years following the end of the 2nd World War were referred to as being part of the baby boom generation.

Yeah, I know. I’m 45 and pretty well read ;)

I'm autistic so very literal and pedantic.

No worries. I was saying IF someone didn’t know the original meaning, ie like the gen zedders mostly don’t, it’s still quite a good name for older folks.

It’s being used to completely dismiss the opinion of anyone over the age of about 25 as far as I can see. People are putting considered thought into their posts and some little shit thinks they are being clever by being rude and thoughtless.
No one has said it to me. But I’ve seen it a lot on sm recently and it is always smartarse early twenty year olds trying to be big.
If I hear any of my teenagers addressing anyone like that they’ll have to put an awful lot more thought into the debate that will follow.

@BerwickLad. “ they just say it because they think it's funny - come on, that's learned behaviour from children of the nihilist generation.”

So you’re saying that gen x taught their kids to talk shite?

I honestly believe the “saying controversial things/just for the hell of it” people are people who exist in every time period and just enjoy being arses. I dont blame their parents or anyone else for their ways. There have always been utter arses, trouble makers, people who want to cause division with language and there always will be.

Apologies if I have misunderstood your comments in any way.

Or you could just respond with "ok edgelord".

My parents were Boomers, Maggie took dad's job as a miner, took shit jobs till he retired on state pension. Died with shit all.

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@AutumnRose1 I don't think you've misunderstood but I don't share your angry response. Ok, boomer came from meme culture. The entire point is that it's irreverent, challenging and provocative. Which is perhaps understandable from a generation brought up by parents who were themselves famously disaffected in their youth and still retain a tendency to scrutinise rather than accept/expect.

When I told DS I was not boomer ( I'm x - The wing it generation I call it ) he said ok "boomer lite"! It's fine- engage, discuss, take the piss ( a bit) Whatevs!

@AutumnRose1 - Just like to say, I'm a 56 year-old boomer, and a massive fan of The 1975. Don't know quite where I belong! 😂

I just can’t abide glib conversation-ending cliches

It’s being used to completely dismiss the opinion of anyone over the age of about 25 as far as I can see.

This and this. It's an expression used to shut down debate, to dismiss someone's opinion purely because of their age.

I hate "ok boomer". As well as being a thinly veiled bit of ageism it makes me assume the person saying it can't hold a coherent argument.

It's also important to teach young people that they've got a lot to thank older people for. It pisses me off that this generation hunks they're the first to care about stuff. Especially when it comes to feminism - women can read, write, vote, use 'Ms', access women's shelters, have rapes by their husbands recognised legally as rapes, remain anonymous if they're victims of sexual violence, to name but a few, thanks to 'boomers' and those before them

Meanwhile the current generation are hell bent on undoing all that work by female 'boomers' by letting men into their spaces.

Especially when it comes to feminism - women can read, write, vote, use 'Ms', access women's shelters, have rapes by their husbands recognised legally as rapes, remain anonymous if they're victims of sexual violence, to name but a few, thanks to 'boomers' and those before them

Yes.

Boomer women when they were young.

I just reply that not giving a shit is the hallmark of us boomers.

My 15 year old said this to me - I’m not a boomer but I have no idea what I actually am

Born in 1983? What am I ?

1983 makes you Generation Y or a Millenial!

Any phrase that discriminates based on age is lousy.

That’s why I didn’t get the applause for that NZ MP that said it to her fellow MP who was being a patronising dick. It literally was two people in the wrong, both being twats.

I hate the boomer thing as according to the rules I fall into that category. However, I have no private pension or investments , have to work til I am 67, never have holidays and still have a mortgage.

At least you are on the property ladder. Most late Gen X/Millennials will NEVER be able to get on the property ladder. Or have a pension for that matter.

I'm 'officially' Gen Z (just about) and I just think young people use it as an excuse to be rude to older people who don't share their views. I think it's really disrespectful.

I can’t get worked up about it very much, it’s unpleasant but there are more unpleasant terms out there. Older generations have been rude about “millennials” (and indiscriminate about application of the term - it just means a younger person who irritates them usually) for years. I am neither baby boomer nor millennial though so what do I know

I thought it was just a backlash against older people calling younger ones snowflakes etc

Far more frequently, I've heard Gen Z kids being called "millennials" by the media. Like anyone young is a millenial. Nope.

I thought it was just a backlash against older people calling younger ones snowflakes etc

Exactly this. It is glib, that's the point. Like Boomers telling us we'd be able to afford a house and a pension if we just stopped buying flat whites and avocados.

I read on here recently that the easiest response would be, ‘ok child’.

My 14 year old ds said this to us at the dinner table the other day. We laughed. (We are millennials)