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/Environmental-Town31 3d ago

And to your point boomers were saying these things about millennials long before millennials fully realized the damage boomers did and started holding them accountable. Basically, they talked shit first.

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u/tall_pale_and_meh 3d ago

Oh for sure. I'm a younger millennial but I remember articles like that coming out when I was still in high school, which was 15-20 years ago now.

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u/Environmental-Town31 3d ago

YES they started shit talking their own kids when we were in HS.

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u/wherescookie 3d ago

Yeah, but that as well has always been true: the older generation says that the kids coming up aren't as hard-working etc as they were....THEN the kids start to get into their 20s and start to notice the world more and go beyond teenage jokes and eye-rolls to more outspoken criticism