Boomers and their video calling obsession?

[Finlesswonder]

Anyone else noticed this? Work and family members, if they're a boomer then 9 times out of 10 they try to video call you. I think they discovered this during lockdown and have now become obsessed
I'm a millennial btw

I think it’s really weird to refer to yourself by generation e.g. I’m a millennial. I guess Nigel Farage and Jeremy Corbyn are both boomers. Do you spot a similar point of view?

@Finlesswonder said:
What this thread shows us is just how fragile boomer egos seem to be.
I'm sorry if there's just one generation who seem to feel their collective name is a slur. Maybe ask yourself why that is. Gen X, millennials, Gen Z and the silent generation don't have the same issue

Well I'm apparently from Gen X and I also think it is absurd and reductive to make huge generalisations about millions of people because they happen to have been born some time between two dates 16 years apart. So not "just one generation" and nothing to do with "boomer egos". I doubt whether millennials appreciate all the stupid 'snowflake' stereotypes either.

Here's a sparkling new idea for you: why don't we drop these silly labels and just talk about 'younger people', 'older people', 'middle-aged people' 'teenagers' and 'children'? Then try saying things like "why do middle-aged people always text me in the mornings?" or "why do teenagers always wear black jeans?". You should start seeing the problem. Or not.

@Finlesswonder …are you so out of touch not to understand that referring to human beings as boomers is really insulting? When I have heard people referring to younger people as snowflakes ,I have always pulled them up on being disrespectful and rude. Am quite defensive about that because my children are definitely not snowflakes and I am not a boomer,I am from the baby boom generation.
My children have never used that derogatory expression…they are decent human beings!

This. Spot on. ^

As a Boomer myself, I don't consider it a slur. It's ageism as in "Okay Boomer" that has turned it into a slur for some.

It's similar to "woke," a term from African American Vernacular English that means being vigilant about social justice, especially racism and civil rights, yet many people, especially right wingers, have turned it into a negative.

I'm a proud woke Boomer.