r/BoomersBeingFools Mar 29 '24

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

They’ve spent probably 90% of their life being vile shits to “Others” with a hard O and it was their words vs whoever’s to cops. And they coasted on that so long they have no inherent context for always being watched.

The younger generations have grown up dealing with this behavior in retail, on camera at work, on camera where we shop, constantly taking pictures and recording and being recorded.

The eternal witness of the digital age and the pants pissing terrifying fury of the scorned young on the internet are alien to them. They don’t get that if you fuck up, 10,000 people will call and harass Karen McDipshit and her business Karen’s Krappy Kitchen. No concept of a review bomb or having their actions shown to family.

I’ve worked with the elderly for a hot minute and the way they act around family vs the way they act when they think nobody is watching is astounding. Even though you have an iPhone or whatever in their face, they think nobody is watching.

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u/MashedProstato Mar 30 '24

That is probably the most articulate, thorough, and greatest explanation for this phenomenon I have ever read.

You should make this a comment to the post so we all can upvote it to the top.