Am I the only one who's tired of Boomer Bashing?

oldaunt said:
Yep, just like people are entitled to keep having more and more kids they can't actually afford and expect the government to provide for so they won't have to.
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The horrors I described cut across all levels of class structure, from the rich elite down to the poorest of the poor. This former child sx slave

grew up in an affluent seaside neighbourhood, chock full of middle class professionals. I was an only child. My situation speaks to the horrors of

sadistic paedophile perversion rather than your perspective. Frankly, the poor could not afford the services of myself or anyone else in that “elite” stable.
 
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Georgiagranny said:
Some of the responses make me wish I'd never bothered to post. For those of you who haven't heard the term "Boomer" and all the perceived negative cr@p that goes along with it, haven't ever heard a jeering "Hey, Boomer," I say y'all live in a vacuum.
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It's not that I've never heard/seen the term on the internet, it's that I haven't come across it in real life. Nobody has ever said "OK, Boomer" to me, or disparaged my generation in ways I'd disagree with.

Of course, this may be related to my own practice of being respectful, supportive and admiring of many of younger generations' attributes and openly defending them when I hear/see them attacked. Including on this forum. Respect begets respect.

I'm fortunate to have true friends across several age groups and generations.
 
StarSong said:
It's not that I've never heard/seen the term on the internet, it's that I haven't come across it in real life. Nobody has ever said "OK, Boomer" to me, or disparaged my generation in ways I'd disagree with.

Of course, this may be related to my own practice of being respectful, supportive and admiring of many of younger generations' attributes and openly defending them when I hear/see them attacked. Including on this forum. Respect begets respect.

I'm fortunate to have true friends across several age groups and generations.
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it's not about having friends of all ages with all due respect Star... this rhetoric from the younger generation toward seniors is everywhere..on twitter ( X).. and every social media platform that the young use.. .. even on our Talk shows the younger ( under 40) audiences are absolutely adamant that they have the right to this world and we older people are stealing it from them...
 
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So as I suspected, those that might be "tired" of that supposed bashing, are those actively on post smartphone social media where such is being spewed.

In many ways as someone viewing from the outside, post smartphone social media on the matter seems to be echo chambers the main news media has obviously mostly ignored probably because they looked at the phenomenon and noticed it was mostly undefensible emotional whining by small minded types with agendas. And obviously, one of their agendas is to annoy the rest of us.

As I've related many times, the real source of many societal problems today is Wall Street, their Ivory Tower university elites, and economic driven globalization advocates. For most of the so-called "boomer" decades, it was those same economic institutions members from the earlier post WWII generation that held power.
 
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David777 said:
So as I suspected, those that might be "tired" of that supposed bashing, are those actively on post smartphone social media where such is being spewed.

In many ways as someone viewing from the outside, post smartphone social media on the matter seems to be echo chambers the main news media has obviously mostly ignored probably because they looked at the phenomenon and noticed it was mostly undefensible emotional whining by small minded types with agendas. And obviously one of their agendas is to annoy the rest of us.

As I've related many times, the real source of many societal problems today is Wall Street, their Ivory Tower university elites, economic driven globalization advocates. For most of the so-called "boomer" decades, it was those same economic institutions embers from the earlier post WWII generation that held power.
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you don't have to be someone who posts on those social media platforms to know what's going on. I certainly don't post there but I'm very well aware of what's being said because it's reported in the mainstream media.. and as I said also on our political discussion shows
 
Georgiagranny said:
Some of the responses make me wish I'd never bothered to post. For those of you who haven't heard the term "Boomer" and all the perceived negative cr@p that goes along with it, haven't ever heard a jeering "Hey, Boomer," I say y'all live in a vacuum.
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I can see why you would feel that way. :oops:
 
hollydolly said:
it's not about having friends of all ages with all due respect Star... this rhetoric from the younger generation toward seniors is everywhere..on twitter ( X).. and every social media platform that the young use.. .. even on our Talk shows the younger ( under 40) audiences are absolutely adamant that they have the right to this world and we older people are stealing it from them...
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Ah, perhaps that's the issue. I rarely check into FB and am not on X, tik-tok or any other social media platforms besides this one and don't watch broadcast TV or listen to talk shows. Sounds like I'm not missing anything of value.
 
StarSong said:
Ah, perhaps that's the issue. I rarely check into FB and am not on X, tik-tok or any other social media platforms besides this one and don't watch broadcast TV or listen to talk shows. Sounds like I'm not missing anything of value.
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Avoiding the hyped media content that's proliferated everywhere is really the best policy, for maintaining a normal balanced view, and mental health.
 
I dunno. I read X (Twitter) and find lots of up-to-date info posted there from a lot of people and organizations. Very useful and/or entertaining stuff.

I haven't heard any "OK Boomer" comments there, though.

Just because you hear a comment about something does not mean the whole thing is worthless. Ya know? ;)
 
Devi said:
I dunno. I read X (Twitter) and find lots of up-to-date info posted there from a lot of people and organizations. Very useful and/or entertaining stuff.

I haven't heard any "OK Boomer" comments there, though.

Just because you hear a comment about something does not mean the whole thing is worthless. Ya know? ;)
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The extraordinary number of deliberately misleading, completely false, and highly divisive statements that assaulted the American public via news outlets and social media several years ago was so stressful, maddening and anxiety provoking that I stopped reading it altogether. I gave up reading the news each morning, all but paused FB for several years, and voila, my mental state and happiness index improved dramatically.

I check the news during the day but don't obsess over it. The wider world is neither better nor worse off for my semi-detachment from the relentless onslaught of information and disinformation, but my world is a much calmer, more joyful place.
 
StarSong said:
Ah, perhaps that's the issue. I rarely check into FB and am not on X, tik-tok or any other social media platforms besides this one and don't watch broadcast TV or listen to talk shows. Sounds like I'm not missing anything of value.
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...and neither do I...but its reported from there on lots of media sites
 
@StarSong, ok Boomer is thrown into lots of media conversations. It was just used in the bar fight in Old Dads. It’s like learning a new word, all of a sudden you start to hear it everywhere.
 
Nathan said:
Avoiding the hyped media content that's proliferated everywhere is really the best policy, for maintaining a normal balanced view, and mental health.
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Social Media is not real life. It's life through a distorted lens where extremes and outrage means more engagement, and therefore more income. Nothing you'll read on Social Media is more important that what's outside your windows. I've never had "Boomer!" shouted at me. No-one I know cares about such things. But I'm sure I could find plenty of it online if I tried.
 

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