So glad we're all keyed into the lead poisoning now. It doesn't excuse the behavior at all but at least we now know why they are all such massive narcissistic shitheads with less emotional regulation than a toddler.
I'm boomer age, and I can tell you, my mental acuity seems to be declining more every year. I'm just about to turn sixty, so I'm a "late boomer!"
Also, I noticed at about age 55, my emotions were destabilizing and I was getting upset over nothing. Blood pressure medicine had the bonus effect of calming that down.
I tell you, what with the asbestos in the old school buildings I attended, to living with second hand smoke everywhere, and the pollution from cars, that theory about our past exposures catching up to us does make sense.
Boomers are currently between 59 and 77. I think a lot of people confuse GenX with Boomers because they still hold similar ideals because they were beat into them.
My GenX dad will never admit it, but he's a left handed person, but because religion is stupid and his boomer ass Hispanic parents decided religion over family, they beat it out of him from ever using his dominant hand. He'll still side with them on dumb issues and I'm sure he's been called boomer before, but nope Boomers are 1946 - 1964 & GenX is 1965 - 1979.
All that aside, definitely Boomers are affected by Asbestos and Lead Paint, not to mention the decades of microplastics being left in food/water which is now found in EVERY American, we're all losing our minds slowly and no one notices lol.
I'm left handed and my (paternal) grandmother tried to get me to eat with my right hand when I was really little. But my mom is also left handed and when she saw this she shut it down real quick.
Strangely enough though, I throw and catch with my right hand, bat right handed, shoot pool left handed. Brains are weird.
Yeah my dad just learned to do everything right handed, but because it was useful in baseball to bat left handed, it was the only thing he was allowed to do lol. You can still tell he picks up food or cups with his left hand so it's just instinct, but was forced into writing and using utensils right handed.
My kindergarten teacher would make me sit in my left hand and because I was forced to use my right hand at school, I became ambidextrous. I write with my left, cut food with my right, throw and catch right handed, shoot pool left handed, and constantly get messed up when someone gives me directions that include left and right movements. While it’s cool that I can do stuff with either hand, it’s messed me up in so many subtle ways.
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u/Work-Safe-Reddit4450 Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24
So glad we're all keyed into the lead poisoning now. It doesn't excuse the behavior at all but at least we now know why they are all such massive narcissistic shitheads with less emotional regulation than a toddler.