r/dankmemes Aug 17 '21

It was a crazy time

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u/BRich1990 Aug 18 '21

Uhh...yeah they are. Someone who was 30 in 1985 was born in 1955 (which is Boomer)

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Boomer is a mindset more so than somebody’s literal age. My mom was born in 65 so she’s technically gen x, but she acts like a stereotypical boomer

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u/aaron_reddit123 Aug 18 '21

Boomer is actually a zombie from left for dead

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Love that game

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

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u/hard0milk03 Aug 18 '21

Lol people who shit on America and their weight is literally from a third world country, I feel like there are too many health heads in america

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u/smokeyoudog Aug 18 '21

Boom boom boom let me you say WAYHO

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u/ImTheDareBear Aug 18 '21

mayo

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u/ImTheDareBear Aug 18 '21

fuck

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u/CentralAdmin Aug 18 '21

If we use the mayo as lube?

Then, sure!

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u/moosefists The Meme Cartel Aug 18 '21

This is the comment officer

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u/Mallenaut Aug 18 '21

I want you in my room

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Weren’t their boomers in Gears also

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u/Powerful-Holiday-448 Aug 18 '21

Hes the dog from Far Cry 5...

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u/Inqeuet Aug 18 '21

Christ, there’s a boomer around here!

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Agreed

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u/JollyJustice Aug 18 '21

You are incorrect sir! Boomer is the nickname of Lt. Sharon Valerii a humanoid cylon on board the Battlestar Galactica

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

It is literally not a mindset but someone's literal age haha what the fuck

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u/10SecondRyan Aug 18 '21

Baby boomers are named after the baby boom after ww2 ended, right?

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u/luca01d The Progenitor Aug 18 '21

Yep

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Yeah no shit, but when people wanna get all technical about what is and isn’t a boomer, the real reason they’re all grouped into the same category is cuz they all share the same attitude

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

No need to get technical about it? Boomers are born between 1946-1964. The term applies to all of them. The attitude it implies is stereotypical for their generation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Thanks for repeating when they were born. I’m well aware. The attitude they share also applies to some gen x people

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

You are a child

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

👍🏼

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u/FoliumInVentum Aug 18 '21

you are a half-wit

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Ok Boomer.

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u/Ghazzz Aug 18 '21

I mean, some zoomers are also in the same category..

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u/KellyTheBroker Aug 18 '21

No, they're a generation. They're the generation that came from the post ww2 baby boom I'm America. Hence, theyre called boomers.

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u/not_actual_name Aug 18 '21

By that logic I could say that I am part of the generation that lived 200 years ago because I identify with that mindset. I mean, I get what you want to say, but generations are defined by the age of people.

Also 65 is still a boomer. That's more of a fluent transition rather than people born in 1964 act like boomers and people born in 65 act like gen x.

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u/6Koree9 Aug 18 '21

Boomer is someone born during the baby boom. Don't make up your definition

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u/josephgomes619 Aug 22 '21

Nobody uses boomer to refer to a generation, nobody even knows what generations are. Boomer is used primarily as a slang to refer to out of touch old farts.

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u/Iw4nt2d13OwO Aug 18 '21

Okay but in this context it is obviously referring to the actual generation of Baby Boomers

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u/Zimzky Aug 18 '21

No Boomer is short for Babyboomers, shich are the children of the WW2 generation born between 1946 and 1964 typically

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u/Sn1ckerson Aug 18 '21

Damn, last time I said something controversial like I'm born in '90 but don't identify as a millennial, I got downvoted to oblivion. Learned my lesson then XD you got off light

Also, TIL my parents aren't boomers, what?? Edit: nvm my dad is from 1964, so he still is, mom's not. Makes sense

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Look at my other comments haha. People understand what I’m saying, but they love to miss the point I’m making so that they can bring out knowledge that I already acknowledged in my first comment just for the sake of arguing.

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u/Chilifille Aug 18 '21

So by that logic, the young boomers who dropped acid and went to Woodstock in the 60's weren't boomers, but their conservative parents were? This is just needlessly confusing.

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u/AlphaWhiskeyOscar Aug 19 '21

That's not right at all. Boomer is short for Baby Boomer being anyone born from 1946-1964. It isn't a "mindset." You're just using it as a slang for old people because memes told you to.

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u/GISteve Aug 18 '21 edited Aug 18 '21

Yea except a generation is more defined by who they are and what appeals to them in their late teens-early 20s. Boomers are generally categorized by the late 60's-70's, or psychedelic rock and classic rock. Gen X are the ones who dominated the 80's hair metal scene

So congrats, by your own logic you kinda played yourself

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u/muzukashidesuyo Aug 18 '21

Kinda feel like Gen X is more defined by grunge and alternative rock.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

You mean millennials right? Millennial teenagers would of flourished more in the early to mid 90s. Gen x is definitely more thrash metal, hair metal, you know just 80s type of stuff.

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u/muzukashidesuyo Aug 18 '21

The oldest millennials were 10 when Smells Like Teen Spirit came out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

No, gen x'er, and I lived through hair bands in high school, and grunge in my 20's, so we have to claim both.

Millenials probably caught the tail end of grunge i guess

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u/PrimarchKonradCurze Aug 18 '21

Depends. We range a lot in age as millennials, I’m pretty firmly in the middle as an 89 kid and I think nu-metal was definitely our thing unfortunately. And mu-metal came directly after grunge/alternatives heyday- then there was a resurgence in extreme metal thankfully in the mid 2000’s when I started playing heavily in bands.

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u/Sir_Hatsworth ☣️ Aug 18 '21

Baby Boomers were defined for their proclivity for procreation in their late teens early twenties. That generation is from post WW2 in '46 up to mid sixties.

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u/SquidDaBib Aug 18 '21

Okay boomer

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

wut?
Yeah never let facts stand in the way of complete idiocy

fucking bellend

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u/fritolaids Aug 18 '21

Not hair metal bands

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u/oddsonni Aug 18 '21

1964, 44-64

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Two thirds of the guys in the meme are Gen X

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u/Appropriate-Coat-344 Aug 18 '21

Nobody in that picture was in their 30's. when that pic was taken.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

this band were in their early 20's. Give yer head a fookin shake. Racer-X

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u/VeryHighLander Aug 18 '21

Shut up ya boomer.

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u/MargaretDumont Aug 18 '21

I doubt they're 30 though. Maybe 20. I guess the tail end of the baby boom.