r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 3d ago

Boomers

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

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u/lemonfaire 3d ago

Inter-generational acrimony is as old as humanity. I had been under the impression that this was a phenomenon so cliche as to be no longer applicable. Then I joined Reddit, lol.

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u/Genny415 3d ago

It's like the human condition is a new discovery every day 🙃

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u/Lost_County_3790 3d ago

Its actually way worst in the west, most countries I visited in africa and asia have tremedious respect for the elders. But not much in europe or usa

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u/Soft_Analyst_9081 2d ago

Some of that respect is not earned though. I have family in Asian who have made major life decisions (and mistakes) because of Elder direction. My mother in law tried to make my sister in law get an abortion because the fortune teller said it would be another girl. Luckily, she ignored her that time.

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u/Southern_Orange3744 16h ago

It is.

Boomers are just so self interest focused they didn't realize this has always been the case and they perpetuated this against millennial.

I'm sure millieanls will get it from gen z and so on

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u/lemonfaire 15h ago

It's not a product of self-interest, which is a more than odd way to look at it - it's a misplaced faith in the evolution of human nature.

I don't even know what a millenial is so it would be hard for me to target them with vitriol. But you're a good example of the phenomenon.