OK, Boomer - Page 6

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

"OK Karen. The Customer Service Manager will be out in a second."

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@lovemygigi - I really hate that tag and the negative comments about millenials.

I know a lot of millenials and none of them fit into the negative comment category.

As for me, I'm at the very end of the Boomer generation.

FlowerBear · ‎03-24-2018

a family friend recently was not too happy when someone kept calling them a young in lol. im no boomer or anything yet but dont think young in would offend me.

lovemygigi · ‎03-12-2010

@Sooner - thank you for your reply! I appreciate the info you provided explaining what your based your comments on. However, I can't help but wonder if those experiences your friends, etc have had actually don't apply to Millennials but possibly to the generation(s) that came after?

I think MANY people, myself included, are confused as to what a MIllennial actually IS as opposed to the generational groups that have come after. Yes, there may be some overlap, but I truly beleive that many issues assigned to "Millennials" are not those of said generation. Children born in the mid 90's and later may have different abilities based on what they have been taught whether in school or at home. Whether one sees this as bad, good or somewhere in between is a personal view IMHO.

Thank you for the discussion!

lovemygigi · ‎03-12-2010

@CelticCrafter - Nice to know I'm not alone ! ( although several others have stated similar views). I'm a "true Gen X'er" while my older sister, born in 1965, is sometimes lumped in with the last years of the "Boomers" , depending on what source you read. She and I have had a good laugh over that- not in a way that is condescending, but just the idea that she is of the same 'generation' of our parents!

RainCityWoman · ‎06-16-2015

Which Boomer generation was she referring to? I mean there's the original boomers and then there's the boomer's boomers. I thought it was kind of funny when she said that, since I felt it was aimed at the heckler who opposed everything she said. In fact, it's the boomer generation who first launched environmental changes, earth day, clean air/water assessments, etc. I wouldn't be so quick to paint all the boomers as troglodytes. Ah, youth.

RainCityWoman · ‎06-16-2015

@lovemygigi wrote:
@CelticCrafter - Nice to know I'm not alone ! ( although several others have stated similar views). I'm a "true Gen X'er" while my older sister, born in 1965, is sometimes lumped in with the last years of the "Boomers" , depending on what source you read. She and I have had a good laugh over that- not in a way that is condescending, but just the idea that she is of the same 'generation' of our parents!

Oh my gosh! Gigi, where have you been? I haven't seen you here in ages and ages. How are you? What's been happening in your life? Any Queen concerts in your recent past? I saw them in Vegas a few years ago, had tickets for Seattle, but something else came up, so I gave them to my neighbor.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

I was always taught to respect my elders .......

just something else to show the level of immaturity of the "entitled generation".....

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ann1989 · ‎02-24-2019

@bathina wrote:
@Cumbercookie13 wrote:
Every generation has its share of spoiled, rude, entitled people. And although I can't speak for others, in my personal---again, I stress personal--- experience as a Gen X, I see that most of the negativity and rude and entitled behavior comes from baby boomers. So sometimes, perhaps the "OK Boomer" put down may be warranted. There seems to be a lot of "I got mine, forget about you" mentality going on and I think younger generations are hurt and angry about that. I already know I probably will still be working into my 70's if I'm still here and still healthy.
I understand why they are angry. They were sold a bill of goods about college and now are still paying on student loans well into their 30s and their salaries have not kept up (my stepdaughter is a licensed social worker and so were many of her friends at the dinner) and climate change was another big frustration. Most of the moms had one child and won't have more because of the high cost of day care, college, etc. There was also some resentment around boomers who didn't teach their sons equality in household duties, child care sharing and other complicated issues like sex assault, catcalling, etc.

We were sold a bill of goods about college too and a licensed social worker is a low paying job..it always has been and everyone who chooses that profession knows this when they chose it and they resent their parents or grandparents because the men they met didn't share in household chores? Oh wow! They blame their parents and their friend's parents or grandparents because the men they met catcalled or worse were pyschopaths?? Wow!