OK, Boomer

bathina · ‎03-14-2010

Anyone hear this expression? I haven't had this said to me, but recently, in the middle of a discussion with my stepdaughter and her friends, I was told boomers should "sit down" since we've created existential problems the new generations have to solve.

It rocked me for a split second. I made sure she knew that she can thank generations who went before, for the rights she enjoys now.

Anybody else?

maximillian · ‎03-12-2010

Yes, I have heard it. In some circles, it is considered to be disrespectful. Be careful how you use it and with whom you use it.

bathina · ‎03-14-2010

@maximillian wrote:
Yes, I have heard it. In some circles, it is considered to be disrespectful. Be careful how you use it and with whom you use it.

I don't consider it disrespectful, though it is condescending. I wouldn't use it since I am a boomer.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

I haven't heard it - maybe because I'm too old to be called boomer??? - but just yesterday there was a long article online about that what it called an "ageist slur."

Maybe it is, but my first reaction to it is that it's like a teenager's "whatever" accompanied by a roll of the eyes. Not nice, but when was the last generation not blamed for the ills of some subsequent one? Maybe the military of WWII?

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

For one thing, I am sure some boomers have their nose cut off, because some of them were always convinced, they knew all of the answers to eveything

I can recall the things that were said by some of them ,to older people. Never trust anyone over 30. The world isn't for you now..I guess they need to take their lumps just like they handed them out

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

As one of those Boomers who came from the generation that was known for the maxim, "Don't trust anyone over 30," I can say that the millenials will get what's coming to them some day. We are running out of time to find common ground in this country, divided in too many ways.

grandma2pkmh · ‎08-04-2013

Yes I have heard about it. You can even buy T-Shirts with it printed across the front.

avid shopper · ‎04-18-2010

I am proud to be a "Boomer". Suggest to your GD that she get involved in anyway possible to work for change as she sees fit. She may not be old enough to _ _ _ _, but she can still volenteer in any number of ways.

bathina · ‎03-14-2010

Ahhhhh.....ladies, I had completely forgotten the expression "never trust anyone over...." I guess every generation has their expressions of disdain for the generation ahead of them.