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[@Silliest-guy-the-ever]

Does anyone else’s boomer relatives ever randomly have the takes of “it’s not racist if I don’t say *racist slur* in a mean way” or “back in my day *racist slur* wasn’t a slur” and “back in my day it was only the sensitive people that got mad when you said *racist slur*”.

[@justanidiotmk2749]

Thats the lead paint chips possessing their mortal shell for a second

[@CharaDreemurr_TheyThem]

DUDE MY (very white) GRANDMA DOES THAT. SHE SAYS THE N WORD CONSTANTLY AND SAYS THAT ITS OKAY BECAUSE SHE GREW UP WITH A TON OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO TOLD HER IT WAS OKAY (1950s btw) AND IT WAS USED AROUND THEM SO MUCH SHE EVEN CALLED ME IT ONE TIME (i am just as white as she is)

[@Alex-cq1zr]

​@@justanidiotmk2749 Actually, if that stuff causes brain damage, that might be a bit of the case - brain damage can cause loss of stuff like empathy and altruism and such

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

And the thing is, the exact opposite is usually true. Words that start out as slurs coincide with a time when the targeted group had far fewer rights. Those words only lose their power when that marginalized group starts to gain equal rights and reclaim the words.

[@BiggsHobbies]

Oh man... Not even a boomer, my millennial mom does the same thing. She tells me racism was just "how it was" and "no one took it seriously" when she was little. Ironic, because shes always telling me that just because something is "the norm" it doesn't make it right.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I saw someone comment on FB that "Respect your elders" has become the Participation Trophy for Boomers & this video certainly proves it.

[@andromidius]

The funny thing is they didn't respect their elders. Silent gen think Boomers suck too.

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

This is such a great comment!

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

​@@andromidiusFun Fact: Greatest Gen parents coined the term "the Me generation" to describe their kids, the Baby Boomers.

[@CinematicInsanity]

For real, some folks, (not just boomers), seem to forget that respect is a two way street.

[@samuelbarber6177]

@@Wednesdaywoe1975huh, I thought it was Aristotle. No, really. We’ve been doing this for millennia. I wouldn’t be surprised if Homo Erectus looked at Homo Sapien and considered them as a ‘me generation’.

[@katashworth41]

I’ve had Boomers really take offence at the tattoos on the inside of my wrists (right says ‘mum’, left says ‘dad’) with “WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF THEM?!” They don’t like the response of “They don’t think anything, they’re dead. That’s why I got them there, so I see them every day.”

[@FFM0594]

These must be older boomers as I'm one of the last ('62) and my generation are cool AF.

[@EpicFace9]

​@@FFM0594says the boomer

[@FFM0594]

@@EpicFace9 Well observed, Sherlock!

[@Namicat19]

Fun fact! The US does not have an official language! Yes, English is the most common language spoken, so some states call it the official language, but it is not the official language of the country. That's what I always think about when hearing stories like the first one.

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

Another fun fact. The US is the second largest Spanish speaking country in the world, second to Mexico. This is why Spanish is the second language most commonly taught in US schools.

[@ShanRenxin]

More fun facts! Many European languages were present in early America, which led to a problem with being able to communicate when codifying laws. After the Revolution the new congress voted on what language they would use when meeting, so everyone would be on the same page. English won out over German by a single vote.

[@cryochick9044]

​@@FrozEnbyWolf150another fun fact Hmong people while being native to southeast asia and china are mostly in china and america. The US is literally the second largest hmong population as far as I can tell, and I wouldn't be surprised if that became first by 2100.

[@echo_soldier]

Another fun fact! English is the standard/official language for aviation. Because it has its own special rules and standardization separate from normal English, its actually referred to as "Aviation English."

[@slacknhash]

The petition to make Esperanto the official language of the US starts here.

[@Pa5an1]

I saw a post once where someone told some others that “this is America, we speak English” - and the people they talked to were actually Native Americans speaking their own language (can’t remember which one)

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

The Native Americans should have told them to "speak American". 😉

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

I remember the story of a MAGA supporter telling a Native American to, "Go back to your own country." Like, you first, bro.

[@slayerkifonna6831]

​@FrozEnbyWolf150 lol these MAGA idiots truly don't understand that unless you're native American, you immigrated here. There's a reason why they are called NATIVE Americans. 🙄

[@awesometastic-1017]

My parents love to complain that inflation keeps going up and that, if we keep wages low, inflation will deflate. No, that’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

[@tealkerberus748]

The primary driver of inflation is corporate profits. It's the money going into their "investments" in the stock exchange and demanding regular dividends that is pushing prices up. If the total value of the shares in a company is doubled, but the percentage dividend is expected to stay the same, then the profit those dividends come from has to double - and when the company isn't actually doing anything new, that means it has to hike its prices.

[@PrototypeSpaceMonkey]

@@tealkerberus748 I tried to explain the causes of inflation to a boomer neighbor of mine a while back, and she just stopped listening halfway and got mad at me instead. I usually don't even try with her, but this time she kind of got my goat. She was complaining about how the prices of groceries had doubled because "they" give all the money to immigrants and asylum seekers. WHAT? HOW? B**ch, do you think the government owns all the grocery stores? That they set the prices? That the historically all-time high profits of grocery stores are immediately confiscated to be distributed among the poor? She really thought she was living in the Soviet Union or something.

[@kaelin_cherise]

On top of trying to make inflation the lower class's problem, they also seem to believe that the idea of "raising minimum wage" means we're trying to give McDonald's employees CEO salaries instead of... you know, a couple extra bucks a paycheck to maybe actually not have to choose between rent and food. And when you tell them that's all we're fighting for they act like they have never heard anyone struggle with paying rent or as if you haven't already considered taking on roommates. Privilege truly is being able to stick your head in the sand and pretend these problems don't exist and aren't your problems and if they were, the answer lies with those you consider beneath even yourself.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

​​@@tealkerberus748 Inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few goods. Tends to happen when the government that usually only spends between 3 trillion to 4 trillion dollars a year suddenly spends 12 trillion because of a virus. And shuts down the economy so production of goods falls far below demand.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Inflation is higher because of all that spending in 2020/2021 and the lockdowns stifling production. Sure, corporations are taking advantage. But they didn't start this trend.

[@loganfrench7582]

i wish every boomer was just a sweet old grandma or grandpa

[@RonanDahlman-ci1ql]

And like when they say “Back in my day…”, they have some super cool, wholesome stories from when they were young, like going to a Jimi Hendrix show.

[@NonArtisticArtist-ari]

thats my grandma and grandpa and other grandma and i think my grandpa was....... i dont remember him well i only knew him for 6 years and 2 i can remember, but my other one is super nice!

[@daisyjoy242]

I would love that

[@sad_pineapple]

Don't we all ❤

[@shisakani8396]

Like almost all Greenlandic grandparents

[@Snuggles_the_Unholy]

"Respect your elders" is a PARTICIPATION TROPHY for the Boomer generation.

[@mommyofkittens4809]

I’m stealing that

[@Snuggles_the_Unholy]

​@@mommyofkittens4809Please do 😊. Much love from a cat dad. ❤

[@Snuggles_the_Unholy]

@@mommyofkittens4809 Please do.😊 Best wishes from a cat dad 😻💓

[@Sarika38]

I absolutely HATE that Boomer saying!

[@CHERRY_YAKGUA]

Hello all! Before we begin please get some water because you’re not a cactus

[@Ostrawberry_sundaeO]

fineee

[@ianpgmusicfanfictionart]

I did

[@Crocady1]

Lol😂

[@Chinelolamb]

But I'm prickly and green like one...

[@RangeCMYK]

But do you reaaaally know that? 🤔

[@Myder_Dragon]

Boomers may have stolen our future, leaving us with a polluted planet, a housing crisis, and wealth inequality... but atleast we can make fun of them being cringe.

[@KaerryKat]

The laws and the people that took advantage of them are the generation just before 'boomers'. Boomers have been fighting this battle ever since we fought our parents and we keep fighting every generation as every generation has a bunch of people that believe the lie, work hard equals getting rich, so they can also treat everyone else like shit. I guess people won't see it, untill it gets so bad it triggers a revolution.

[@zeekslider]

Yeah, humor is how we deal with tragedy.

[@kamo7293]

it's cope cope for our dying planet

[@Sekhubara]

😪

[@gene8447]

​@kamo7293 why yes. It is.

[@littledreamerrem7021]

I hate the "We're in America! Speak English!" people. They can't seem to comprehend that the US doesn't HAVE an official language. Better yet, we are in the US, so why aren't they speaking Cherokee/whichever languages might apply to their specific area? Y'know, a language that is actually native to this land? They get real pissed when you ask that.

[@waterycereall]

There are actually states w/ official languages that ARE indigenous. Alaska actually has over 20 Alaska Native languages recognized as official :)

[@littledreamerrem7021]

@@waterycereall That's awesome! Sadly, that fact would be denied by most of these nutjobs. :(

[@waterycereall]

Unfortunately 😅

[@helendunn9905]

Even if it did. Who cared!? There are other places in world other than the US. Anyway, why does the USA speak English, which is from "another" country ... England!! Get your own damn language instead of speaking "foreign"! LOL! 😂😂😂❤

[@Sekhubara]

The boomers who say "this is America speak English" are the same folks who say "this is America I can do and say what I want"

[@rumblin_cynth_rampo374]

Boomer story. Last month (Pride month) I was waiting for a friend to go for a coffee. A couple of kids sitting on a bench nearby with a pride and a trans flag. This boomer woman (late 50s Id guess). She starts whinging about how every thing was gay and trans and hope that Rishi Sunak (Im in UK) would put a stop to it. I looked at her and said "Im 67, trans and I transitioned in 1991, we have always been here!" Her jaw dropped and the 2 kids started laughing. She did a quick retreat muttering to herself about the end of Brritish values.

[@naiteiruakuma2261]

Whether thats true or not, great job at shutting her up! Its always hilarious when you make that happen so effortlessly and without insults

[@Jim-the-Engineer]

Surprising she even considered Rishi to be human, being a POC - not that it means so much, after the election.

[@rosemarielee7775]

Good for you!

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

British values? I had no idea trans people were all anti-colonialist.

[@samuelbarber6177]

As a British person, what even are British values to these people? People blindly obeying the ruling class? We had a war some eighty years ago with people who thought like that, and I’ll be damned if I had to sit through years of history class on that war only for some of these assholes to start talking Nazi. And while I’m here, do people realise how many of Britain’s icons were Gay as maypoles? Noël Coward, Alan Turing, Oscar Wilde, Elton John, David Bowie. And let’s not get into the gossip about Alec Guinness and John Gielgud. Wait, what was my point here? Edit: Also, what did they want Rishi to do exactly?

[@benwillems8584]

I also have long hair, usually tied back during work as a delivery driver to restaurants. A couple of school girls doing the "explore the historic town center bits" walked up behind and said "ma'am can you help us". I have a full beard and pretty masculine face and am in my late 30s. They fell over themselves apologizing, we laughed, and I got them the answer they needed. Then as they walked away I hit them with my best feminine voice "Good luck with the rest of the places guuuuuurrrrlllzzzz" They were laughing so hard walking away that one did the "cross legs to prevent peeing" Made my day.

[@Amy-LeeLeGrange]

The correct response to an accident like this is to find humor, when I was maybe 11 I cut my hair short because of the heat... I did not take my curls into consideration, and had a certifiable afro going. Got called a boy by a stranger, turned around and in my young and then higher voice said "I hope not." He got red, I just smiled and said its okay, I'm growing it out. He never did finish his original sentence, lol.

[@KodyackCasual]

I hate HOAs just on principal, and I will never purchase a home in an HOA. You don't own your home if there's an HOA, which is incredibly stupid. I really hope that more people start getting into this mindset sooner rather than later, so any home in an HOA plummets in value.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Imagine it became a crime for a home to not be part of an H. O. A....

[@KodyackCasual]

@@youtubeuniversity3638 I will not, I'm buying a home right now in fact; and if it's required I'll make a HoA myself... of just myself and my family.

[@polydactylblackcat2218]

The ironic part of HOAs is that they argue they IMPROVE home values by forcing those stupid arbitrary rules on everyone. Bc god forbid I let my lawn go brown and NOT WASTE WATER keeping it green in the summer because Karen and Daren want the neighborhood to fit into their picture perfect aesthetic which includes green grass lawns all year round.

[@joparkin6960]

The HOA concept leaves this Brit scratching her head, I would not buy under these terms. An Englishwoman's home is her castle!

[@sunnyandthechlo]

My stepdad volunteered as part of the HOA for a little while but was relieved of his position shortly after because he "wasn't giving out enough citations." He thought a short friendly chat was a better way of going about fixing things instead of going straight to a citation. That just proves they actively look for things to complain about.

[@Xiporah]

My favorite D&D character was my halfling who flat out told the group, "There's a bards college in this city? I'll see you all later; I'm going to go buy drugs." Two or three dice rolls later she not only found what she wanted, but got to talking with some of the students and got invited to one of their parties. The party ended up with us down in the lower lower basements of the college and we annoyed a beholder. At least I think it was a beholder...all we saw was a single eye stalk poke out of a door and tell us to shut up. Not sure what kind of magic they had set up so it wouldn't kill us immediately, but whatever.

[@stephanybrown3226]

That is great! 😂Currently playing a stout hafling, gave her muttonchops since she is half dwarf. I swear I get the worst luck if not raging. My first check (examining a rock while characters being introduced) being a nat 1 so I had her lick it. Our Artcifer also shot her in the knee getting a nat 1, when our DM accidentally gave our lvl 3 party a lvl 5 boss monster with mobs, disease, poison, fatigue etc until I checked 😅. We had to use a party respawn.

[@Rolbell]

As someone who’s never played D&D, this simultaneously makes very little sense to me and is one of the most interesting things I’ve read all week.

[@cjpietropinto9293]

I paused sir click to read this....I need more information... 😂

[@seawind930]

Just reminds me of the comedy sketch where Halflings were racist and calling all the taller races "Biggers"

[@Amethystar]

Guessing the bard wasn't the only creature into drugs ;)

[@dudewhatthewhat8983]

Imagen being a grown ass man, and instead of making your own coffee and your own breakfast when you wake up at an ungodly hour, you make that your wife’s problem, and dare get annoyed it isn’t ready in the span of 2 minutes. Is she the wife or the maid, cause he sure isn’t treating her like the former. What a piece of work.

[@mushroom_portal]

i swear on my life, if i had a maid i would NEVER let even them get treated like this. they would be treated like a family member with all due respect

[@Hupailija]

That was bit interesting story, It reminds of mine but difference is at the same time massive: I mean my father did tend to wake up at 4 at morning even after he had retired. Then again reason was kinda simple, he was teacher for work and before work he used to do 1 or 2 hour walk to wake up and get his mind cleared up (and to tend his diabetes and well...) . Main difference to this story here was that he was really angry if rest of us wake up at that time, mornings were for him and him alone. Sure he didn't mind if my mother woke up, drink cup of coffee with him, read newspaper and then went back to sleep but if anyone else of us woke up before 7 at morning (on school/workdays) or 8-9 at morning otherwise he was beefed. Now to make him also bit "boomer" (well, I mean he did born -46 so he kinda was boomer by any definition), he loved starting cleaning before 8 am or go to shop when shops opened up. And if rest of us weren't ready he got bit cranky.

[@Dressup_Doll]

@@mushroom_portalNot entirely the same, but the movie _Knives Out_ literally has the grandfather give his nurse/the MC just about everything in his will. (It’s a murder mystery movie that is decent at best IMO).

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

She's the wife-appliance.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

@@mushroom_portal Right? I'd be ashamed to expect that of someone even if I was paying them!

[@karinalemieux9396]

Had a boomer take an alcohol wipe to my son because he was ‘too dirty to be at a restaurant, sitting at a table.’ My husband grabbed her hand and told her to quit. Then she went on of how it wasn’t her fault we brought our ‘dirty’ child out to eat. Husband asked what made him dirty, she said ‘his skin’. Keep in mind, my husband is black (on the darker side) and I am Mexican/Brazilian, so our son has a caramel color to him. We looked at her and told her that it was just his skin color, and that if he were dirty, the wipe would have dirt on it. She then got mad and told us that we (as an interracial couple) is what is wrong with society because we are creating ugly kids, ruining our ancestors history and confusing people. 😅😂

[@wolf1066]

That's beyond appalling! Did the restaurant do anything about it, like refuse to serve that racist arsehole?

[@Sarika38]

You are very patient,she would have been cussed out by me!

[@itsthejavavoid]

ohhh my god people like that make me so embarrassed to be a white person (i'm assuming she was white) i cant fathom looking at anyone, much less a child, and thinking they're ugly or dirty for having darker colored skin. thats.... actually insane. i'm sure you, your husband, and your son are beautiful.

[@TheVortexCollective]

I'm light brown, and I feel second hand embarrassment for this trashy person.

[@desirosethorne4429]

My fiancée is Hispanic and I'm white. He's told me before that he's gotten called dirty by people and that his first encounter with racism was when he was a young kid, just around like 5 or 6 from the other kids targeting him at the playground. It makes me so sad. I hope our kids will have an easier time and that people won't be as brave to do that to them because I will not stand for it. It makes me so angry. We are all human beings.

[@seanbarker4610]

Fun fact a posey, which is a fragrance laden cushion was also known as a Nosegay. So basically any fragrance laden cloth or handkerchief can be called a Nose gay!

[@estebson]

Nosegay is such a hilariously literal name for that. It smells nice, therefore it makes your nose happy!

[@phaedrapage4217]

Actually a nosegay is a small, compact bouquet of sweet smelling flowers, usually consisting of varieties that will hold up and still look pretty when they are not in water. They are considered an ornament or accessory that is pleasing to the nose.

[@phaedrapage4217]

A fragrance laden cushion would be more of a sachet (pronounced "sashay" so it would still fit the gay stereotype though)

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

22:06 This is literally that meme: -I am mad. -Here's a solution. -I don't want a solution. I want to be mad.

[@KariGrafton]

HOAs are WILD. Had a family member who used to live in one where they were told they weren't allowed to keep their living room curtains closed because it prevented the HOA from seeing into their house.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

did they also look into the bedroom windows to check that everyone was in the right position?

[@KariGrafton]

@@karowolkenschaufler7659 I was a teenager, I knew better than to ask 🤣

[@sourgreendolly7685]

@@KariGraftonWhen I was a teenager, knowing better would increase the likelihood of me asking. Actually that's still true in my 30s, like if y'all wanna get weird then I'll get weirder.

[@KariGrafton]

@@sourgreendolly7685 I like weird, but I stay as far away as I can from HOAs

[@chesh1rek1tten]

15:02 I'm trans, I sometimes get misgendered, most of the time at the phone. You know what doesn't offend me? People accidentally calling me "Ms/Mrs". Wanna know what offends me? People mockingly calling me "Mr". Accidents aren't offensive. Malice is.

[@eclat4641]

😢

[@waffles3629]

Yep, I don't care what gender strangers think I am, unless they are intentionally trying to piss me off.

[@eclat4641]

@@waffles3629 same

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

@@waffles3629 This, I think, is what people who complain about laws related to harassment and discrimination don't understand. You're free to be mistaken, that's not likely to ever be illegal. Intentionally, aggressively calling someone by a term you know bothers them is what's going to get you in trouble. And since that's harassment at that point, you know, it probably should.

[@waffles3629]

@@thaddeusgenhelm8979 yep. Like do I care that some random passerby thinks I'm a woman? Nope. It's like if someone thought my name was Steve, it's not, but there's nothing wrong with being named Steve so why would it bother me? Aggressively calling me ma'am every third word? That's harassment.

[@JennCampbell]

The 80s.When men wee men. A can of hairspray a day, guyliner, skin tight leather paints, crop fishnet shirts.... Sounds like boomer hell...😊

[@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV]

It's probably a typo or autocorrect but the phrase "when men wee men" just makes this comment 10x better. Thanks mate!

[@esthermcafee5293]

My teenager started watching some 1980s music videos with me. Hair metal had him asking a lot of questions. 😂

[@sunnyandthechlo]

Let's go back to powdered wigs and high heels being for men!

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

@@sunnyandthechlo I dare say I rather like this notion, if for no other reason than our own amusement. Just imagine them trying to ascend staircases.

[@sunnyandthechlo]

@@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose Heh heh heh.

[@ErinTheFennec]

Boomers: kids spend too much time inside these days Also Boomers: hello, police, there are kids playing outside at a normal time of day on the weekend

[@darcieclements4880]

Oh man I have encountered that before and it was actually a boomer friend of mine doing it. She'd become so hyper fixated on kids being destructive that she'd lost sight of the fact that kids can actually just exist and play and not be destructive. She was thinking these kids were about 10 years older than they actually were. She did realize it after I was like oh I have talked to those kids they're good kids they're not going to be destructive you don't need to worry about it and then we had the conversation of what is happening would you get so jaded in life that you start hating all the young people and assuming their teenagers that will be destructive. It prepared me to remind myself to not let myself fall into that trap.

[@HubiKoshi]

Honestly the funniest come back to "This is Murica!" would be probably "This is [name of a Native Tribe that historically lived in that area] Land. Speak [the Tribe's language]"

[@Mintybird]

35:41 The quote "SELL YOUR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN?! F&$KING AQUAMAN?!" will always be the most powerful thing hbomberguy has ever said

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

""SELL YOUR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN?! F&$KING AQUAMAN?!"" Presumably rich people and large investment firms, so they can turn them into rentals that cost $3,000/mo.

[@artheenbyrogue804]

1:00 this reminds me so much of my great uncle LMAO. The stupid part is that we're Indian (i was first gen born in Canada) and he immigrated to the US, but he's a raging racist. We were visiting them a few months ago and we were in a line and someone was speaking Spanish in front of us, and he was trying to say "stop speaking that language" and called them "illegal immigrants". I piped up with, "but (name) aren't you an immigrant too and English isn't your first language?" (We speak Tamil AND WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION IN SAID LANGUAGE). He was proper pissed and shut up it was the best thing ever.

[@brookechang4942]

Didn't Russell Peters have a skit about that, too? Some Eastern European woman called his dad up, and his dad was like, "Immigrants!" "Dad, you're an immigrant." "What did you say to me?"

[@jzpowell2108]

As someone who was in the military, I really hate when people use it as a crutch to act like a total buffoon… remember, even if you are inactive (not in service) your actions still reflect on others… so don’t leave a bad impression on your fellow countrymen that’ll make your fellow servicemen look bad

[@cock_sauce8336]

People who never served tend to think military/exmil. people are all assholes and rough. The whole system couldn't work if everyone hates each other.

[@samuelbarber6177]

I mean, isn’t that the point of fighting in the military? To secure the freedoms of others? And here he is using that to try to push others around.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Thank you for your service ❤ and you’re absolutely right.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

@@samuelbarber6177 That’s a brilliant point!

[@LucanVaris]

"I served in the military! That allows me to eat all the paste I want!" -local Boomer, after yelling at nearby cloud.

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

35:44 *Ben Shapiro:* You think people aren't going to just sell their homes and move? *H.Bomberguy:* JUST ONE SMALL PROBLEM! SELL THEIR HOUSES TO _WHO,_ BEN?! F'ING *AQUAMAN?!*

[@samuelbarber6177]

“THAT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE, DENNIS. WHO THE F*CK DO SECULARISTS PRAY TO? F*CKING AQUAMAN!?”

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

I've seen B.S. fans defend this line, arguing it makes perfect financial sense to sell your beachfront property while it still has value. You can hear the whoosh from here.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

​@@FrozEnbyWolf150 I feel like the venn diagram between these guys and crypto bros would overlap like a stack of pancakes.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

Ben Shapiro was born to wealthy, successful parents and is quite wealthy himself, so he's out of touch with the common person. He's never had to worry about things like that. The economy could crash tomorrow and people like Ben would be just fine while the rest of us are choosing between food, rent and electricity. Because unlike most average folk, he can afford to dump most of his net worth into hard assets that tend to maintain or gain value regardless of the dollar's buying power or market stability. Also, in the event of a market crash, he has the wealth to buy boatloads of stock or other investments at extremely low prices. Then all he has to do is wait for the market to recover, and boom, he's even richer.

[@StudlyFudd13]

@@eyesofthecervino3366 "Like a stack of pancakes" really got me lol

[@AlbusMaximus-xi5dy]

Bruh that reminds me of my own story where my boomer coworker just very classicly boomer style tried to give me shit about being no contact with my mother and "how children are so ungrateful these days" and only backed off when I calmly told him in front of three other people that I am 23 and don't talk to my mom because her abuse and neglegence got me into fostercare at age 14 and into psychiatric care at 15. He never bothered anyone at my workplace about family matters again.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

Myopia and a stunning lack of self-awareness seems common among that age group.

[@faemomofdragons]

Back when my kids were little (5 and 3), I was unloading the grocery cart for the cashier with my cart between my kids and me. All of a sudden a grown man grabbed my youngest and kept moving. The cart was between me and my children! As I tried to get around, my mom comes by and gives my eldest a hug. It was my dad who grabbed my kid. We had a talk about not doing that any more.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Man was one grocery cart away from the pearly gates.

[@ItzToastyOfficial]

@eyesofthecervino3366 OH MY GOD THAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING IVE SEEN TODAY

[@catT5236]

28:42 this guy saying he's "bored being alone" should get the exact same response that I got from boomers when I was a kid complaining about being bored, which was "read a book then & if you don't want to do that then be bored quietly". Literally every single person in that house should tell him that. Actually, everyone from every house he stays at overnight, should tell him that. Also if he's that bored why doesn't he cook breakfast for everyone?

[@MaridoDoFelps]

The intro about growing older, valuing mortality and enjoying time with friends got to me a bit more than it should... Had to say goodbye to my 19yo cat today, he was so weak he couldn't stand anymore. I wish we knew earlier, he was so weak he didn't even wanna eat ham or cheese as a last treat, even though he was so crazy about food he'd jump when we opened the fridge to try to steal cheese

[@phaedrapage4217]

I have 4 that turned 15 in May. I'm sorry for your loss, cats make such good best friends, you had many good years with yours and that is a great blessing. R.I.P. furry cheese thief ❤

[@GaySatanicClowns]

He knew you loved him. He loved you as much as he loved cheese. Probably. Seriously though, I'm sorry. I know cats are part of the family. I only lost cats when I was too young to understand, and now as the oldest is declining I'm scared. I think I'll mourn her more than I mourned my dad.

[@Silly-dx5zs]

May your cat rest in peace, I’m sure he was a great kitty

[@KayGreylai]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope, if you're planning on it, the next cat that chooses you will have a little piece of this one in him :) (whether spiritual or a familiar quirk whatever you beleive)

[@MaridoDoFelps]

@@KayGreylai I do have other 3 cats, luckily only 1 of them was bonded to him, so I'm giving him extra love because he's a bit sad. But honestly, losing him made my desire to adopt elderly cats even stronger, because he was sick and weak, but he was happy you know? It will be definitely horrible to lose my pets, but I wanna know I gave a few happy last years to more babies

[@Milky_way_galaxy115]

I recently cut my hair. It used to be pretty long, shoulder length, but I cut it so it was a boy-ish cut. Now, hair obviously isn't gendered, but my grandpa seems to think it is. When he saw me first, he said he "prefers it when girls have long hair, and liked it better when it was long." Sir I am a minor, and your f-ing granddaughter, wdym you like it when girls have long hair. So I said "maybe you shouldn't comment on other people's hair if you have none." He's balding, and kind of sensitive about it. Teaches him to f with me.

[@Sarcastic_Lemons]

WHA?! The fact my mother says “strictly dickly” or whatever (I’m black btw, midwestern and have a random ahhh white girl accent and a southern country girl accent) and she had my brother look at me from behind and go “See? Your a*s is big! That somethin anyone with a d*ck and common sense would like” IM OMNISEXUAL BUT seriously?! (secretary i 90% lesbian 10% fem boys are cute SO BASSICLALY IM A LESBIAN BUT I need to make sure I say that so my mom won’t be mad for now))) IDC IF MEN WANT ME Now if women want my breasts and butt come on absolutely….😒 I would get on me knees But like… WERE RELATED SWWEEETTTTT HOME ALABAMAMAAAAA

[@victimofmagicapollo]

i don't think you'll have to deal with him again after that one

[@Azuuraas]

short haircuts "for women" are nothing new, the pixie cut originated around the '50s, popularized by Audrey Hepburn, and the Titus cut originated in 18th century France and was worn by both men and women

[@Mar_Selcouth]

When I cut my hair I get similar coments from some people, my response was more or less "I'm not even a girl", they don't like this either

[@IDKmanYouLoseTheGame]

That remebers me of that one time i got a pixie cut, went to the church, and after i left, when my mom asked the pastor if i already left (to see if she should go home or get me at the church) the pastor acted as he didn't recognized me and how he "saw a boy" leaving, even tho out family has been years going to that church lol

[@Br0nto5aurus]

The HOA one really grinds my gears because the homeowner had to expend effort to prove he wasn't subject to the HOA rules. Every other court in the US, the burden of proof is on the prosecution. Nope, if you live near an HOA, it is incumbent upon you to attend a meeting (which you shouldn't even be allowed to attend as you aren't part of the HOA) and try to prove that they don't have power over you because of imaginary lines. That's such blatant corruption, it's ridiculous.

[@darcieclements4880]

It's still better than having to take them to court which would be the typical way one would have to handle this.

[@anactualprayingmantis5054]

14:16 This story reminds me of something that happened to me. I am 30F and I have been shaving my head periodically for the last 10 years. I was at the grocery store, and a man walked up and said, "You're hair makes you look like man." And even giggled to himself about it. I just said, "Yeah, do you like it?" With a huge grin. He got super awkward and walked away. I saw him in another aisle, and waved jovially. He honestly looked a little ashamed of himself lmao

[@phaedrapage4217]

I keep mine shaved in the summer then let it grow out in the fall to help keep my head warm in the winter. Then as soon as it warms up a bit in the spring, I get the clippers out again. Sometimes I do it outside in the backyard so the birds can make their nests fluffy for their eggs. As a 48 year old woman, I find it very liberating.

[@anactualprayingmantis5054]

@@phaedrapage4217 That's awesome! I've been doing that also. I just get so hot in the summer lol! I recently decided to try fully growing it out again though.

[@vegxnvxmpire]

You always tell us we smell good, but when was the last time someone told you that YOU smell good? Because you do. You smell really good, Click.

[@susannairisastarte5192]

❤

[@TomiThemself]

15:00 Boomer to a trans woman: _"Just because you have long hair and are feminine doesn't make you a woman - it just makes you a feminine man, pretending to be a woman!"_ Also boomer: *sees a fabulous and gorgeous man with long hair* Also boomer, to the cis man breaking gender norms who just chills and does not give a shit: _"Sir? _*_Ma'am? HUH! SEE WHAT I DID THERE? OFFENDED YET? WHY ARE YOU NOT OFFENDED???"_*

[@sintanan469]

As a kid in the 90s I had gorgeous, curly, waist-long blonde hair. The number of times I would be confused for a little girl from behind only to turn around and see the confusion on people's faces.. well, if I had a nickel for every time I'd be able to retire. Never let it offend me. Learned to braid it into a tight cord so my opponents in high school wrestling couldn't pull the hair to try to hurt me (you're not supposed to grab hair/necks... but it happens). In college there was a group of gals that made a daily thing of hunting me down at lunch to decorate and braid my hair because I didn't mind. The number of old people that tried to make a fuss over my hair was rediculous. Nowadays my hair is shorter (shoulder length), wavy instead of curled, and a muddy blonde. Still let it grow out, because screw it. I have the mane I'm going to enjoy it.

[@waffles3629]

Boomer to a cis women who had a lifesaving hysterectomy: _"You're not a woman because you can't have kids so you are a failure"_ Also Boomer to a trans person who had a hysterectomy by choice: *"You are a woman, have always been a woman, and will always be a woman you woman woman woman"*

[@vasoconvict]

@@sintanan469 That sounds like a really hard haircut to maintain still. Im sure that it looks amazing though

[@sintanan469]

@@vasoconvict That's the thing.. I never really had to work at it, I just lucked out with the genes. Just shampoo and conditioner three times a week and brush it out every morning. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had my hair cut since my folks stopped policing my hair when I was wee little.

[@vasoconvict]

@@sintanan469 I would say I also have good hair genetics and I want to grow it to around shoulder length mainly bc of Kurt Cobain.. do you have advice?

[@jenniferbailey1580]

29:24 I have Advanced Phase Sleep Disorder, my brain won’t accept a sleep schedule that isn’t hours ahead of the local adult average (usually 6 or 7 PM to 2 or 3 AM. I live with my father, who is in his 70s and divides his 8 hours in 3 parts over the day, in part related to caring for my severely disabled mother. My aunt has been a long term resident and tends to be a night owl, but who also has significant chronic illnesses that randomize her sleep. There have been times where one of the 3 active people (between brain damage from a stroke and unrelated paraplegia Mom doesn’t do the household tasks the rest of us plan to do with the least disruption to the person who sleeps near where we’d be making noise). It works rather well even.

[@orionalbeniz9945]

There have been times where one of the three active people... what? 😅

[@PrincessNinja007]

That's the proposed idea for sleep schedules, esp in large households. There's always someone awake

[@CryptidCollective]

Hey, a fellow sleep disorder haver! I have DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome)

[@LilChuunosuke]

Sleep disorder squad! I have DSPS and work overnights. Spent my entire life being shamed for not waking up at normal hours, only to discover my body was quite literally wired differently. I now live with a roommate who leaves for work right as I am going to bed. We sleep on opposite sides of the apartment and are both careful not to wake the other person. Its the least my sleep schedule has ever aligned with someone I've lived with, but still somehow the best arrangement I've ever had. Ive lived with too many people who intentionally slam cabinet doors at 7am because they think anyone who isn't awake yet is lazy.

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

I’m genuinely impressed that your dad takes care of your mum. My ‘evil’ grandfather is in his 80s and he’s just like the jerk in that story. He literally worked my precious grandmother to death when she had terminal cancer. For their entire marriage he demanded she cooked and served him 3 meals per day, did all the work, and never allowed her to take a rest (I’ll spare you the horrible, demented things). Not when she had a full time job, nor pregnant, recovering from giving birth, seriously sick, and not when she could barely stand up because fricking cancer ohmygawdihatehim

[@cellytron]

It’s so funny to me that the same generation that wore their hair long, whose angry parents scolded, saying “get a haircut, you hippie!” Are now out here doing the exact same thing.

[@Azuuraas]

like father like son

[@ItsJustDoctor]

It’s the lead poisoning and survivor bias.

[@iantaakalla8180]

They may not necessarily even be the same people. Those that really fight for rights and believe in the are not the same people that go along with it at the time and the grow conservative.

[@vokkera6995]

A lot of times they aren’t the same people. My fiancée’s parents are very much still hippies to this day, while my grandfather (unfortunately) takes pride in the fact that he volunteered to help cops hose hippie protestors in the early 70s. We try to not let them interact.

[@itoibo4208]

@@iantaakalla8180 exactly. They are not the same people. The liberals back then are the liberals now, and the ones who thought men should have their hair trimmed over their ears are the same ones still saying things like that, or the kids who followed in their footsteps. I see a lot of agism/generationism and it is sad. It shows ignorance and laziness not to even get to know enough older people to realize that the nice old man who paints or is gay or whatever, is not the same as the one who worships guns and capitalism and rants about people's hair. Touch some grass.

[@RainbowFlowerCrow]

20:16 That *"Boooo; you're the PROBLEM"!* was stellar😂

[@RexytheRexy]

My boomer parents are cool af. Those two apparently contain the common sense and decency quota for an entire generation.

[@glamourchick21]

They're also sharing it with my boomer parents, apparently. My folks are awesome.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

My aunt is lovely. Her sisters, not so much.

[@ayeronair]

My grandparents are pretty great too, now.. one of my grandpas is a Mormon, or at least he was raised that way but doesn’t go to church anymore, I don’t blame him because right now he is unwell as he’s getting older. But, he’s always been more conservative and has also expressed some problematic views. He often will say things like, when is ayer (me) going to start dressing more feminine, she should wear makeup, I’m glad she’s growing her hair out longer, things of that nature. He’s also a trumpy… but aside from that he’s always been a good grandparent to me growing up. He was always fun and taught me and my brother a lot. It’s hard to see people as strictly “bad” or “good” when there is all this gray in between. I’d like to think he is a good man though.

[@hmnhntr]

Same here! I think the difference is, my parents were *always* actual progressives. A lot of these people, I imagine, weren't on the good side of things like the civil rights movement. They just claim credit for it.

[@DylanTheDuck18]

@@glamourchick21during those years the brain cells were on short supply so only some people got them

[@dark_fire_ice]

I refuse to go anywhere with my Boomer parents, because they will interact with every child they see, despite how obviously disturbed the parents looks

[@magdolyn]

My mom does this. It hurts my soul.

[@3ggn0g]

I interact with children, but only when the kid looks at me, and when I do I just wave at them or make a funny face I only speak to the child if they speak to me first or the parents ask me to. Just interacting with every child you spot sounds so weird.

[@dark_fire_ice]

@@3ggn0g in their defense; they (mother specifically) used to run a daycare, out of our home, with me as an indentured servant... Nah it's not a defense, but considering I'm the only one in the family to ever go to therapy, and what I've got is genetic, they likely do to

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

I love it when people interact with my kid but in a nice way like a wave, a smile, a funny face or just asking how their day is. The touching and commenting on their appearances, including comparing them, isn't welcome. The comparisons are the worst and has started giving my older daughter a complex. She asks why people only say her younger sister is cute and not her. I'm curious if I had boys if they would get the same comments...

[@AgentLadyHawkeye]

My dad gets stared at by kids so he will sometimes wave at them. But he does look like Santa so it's kind of expected at this point. He doesn't initiate any interaction beyond a wave though.

[@thegaychicken]

I feel like even though these boomers are an older generation, they have the mental capacity of a 2 year old.

[@feuerling]

It's the lead poisoning

[@thegaychicken]

@@feuerling lmao so true

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

​@feuerling It was the drugs, hon. What they didn't snort, lick, inject or smoke in the 70s, they inhaled in the 80s.

[@ViirinSoftworks]

Yeah, I like most of the flappers more.

[@sassyviking6003]

Seriously. We all need to start telling them to thwir faces that they are acting like toddlers. Or use one of their favorite phrases, "didn't they teach manners in your generation?". Like I would he humiliated to be acting like any of these people when I was 10 years old. They are in their 60's or older. Though I suppose we millenials learned to grow up quick seeing boomers were so useless we had to all collectively at least partially raise ourselves.

[@Aspen-The-Folf]

there's something that my silent generation grandma told me that I find funny. "If their hair is between their forehead and their neck, that's a man. If it goes down to their shoulders, it's a woman. If it's any longer, they've got good acid". Edit: I asked her about her younger years a few days ago (she's 85), apparently she worked lights at Monterey Pop!

[@tealkerberus748]

That's hilarious. Where do the homeschool mothers with braided hair down to their knees fit in that system?

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

​@@tealkerberus748Kombucha. The acid of our times.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

​@@tealkerberus748 Feeling called out here. . . .

[@laurelelasselin]

Ah yes. The three genders

[@ary3901]

Ah, the three genders

[@ajwinberg]

😂 "Boo, You're the problem...Boo!" What a legend.

[@slayerkifonna6831]

Dude I laughed so hard at that 😂

[@animeartist888]

He was kinda making the problem worse, heckling her so she'd get angry and turn back. But I respect it anyways.

[@wolf1066]

@@animeartist888 On the other hand, the woman was being a racist arsehole and would take silence in the face of her outburst to be agreement. The only way to deal with racists is to be actively *anti-racist* and call them and their shit out. If you're not actively calling out racist behaviour, you're tacitly endorsing and supporting it. By calling her out, he was signalling that her behaviour is not socially acceptable and making it clear that the person she just abused is not being "unreasonable", it's her that is the problem.

[@wiktorutracki6469]

@@ajwinberg yeah and the best part was when he called her the white trash that she was, am I right? 🤣🤣 True hero 💪

[@bridgetbenson6291]

Fun fact. The US has somewhere between 350 and 430 languages. English is just one. We are number 5 on most spoken languages globally. Boomers need to quit that line

[@Azuuraas]

along with the fact that Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the US and the country doesn't have an official language (although some states recognize English as their only official language, some also include other languages as official)

[@bridgetbenson6291]

@@Azuuraas I never knew this. Thank you for the information. I just learned that my state has no official language.

[@MyVanHaven]

I had to look up what a "gayfeather" flower looks like cos I was mildly interested only to find that's one of the flowers in the bouquet my surgeon sent me after my top surgery recently. Now I'm looking up what these other flowers are she sent cos if one of them is called a "GAYFEATHER" I'm wondering if she went all the way in the implications with this whole bouquet lmao

[@Gormathius]

That would be such a great subtle gesture to just give you a whole bouquet of Pride.

[@AgentLadyHawkeye]

I want to know what the other flowers were now

[@hunterchichester5720]

We need a continuation

[@Silly_Ham]

Congrats on your surgery!

[@courtneybermack]

I'm not even a boomer -- gen X, which is middle-aged -- and still I can hardly comprehend how money doesn't mean the same as it used to. What used to be a good wage is unlivable. For a while I stopped eating a certain fast food combo because it went over $5 and grph that is just ridiculous! I think you just set your expectations of what money means when you start to get into work and bills and then it's just really, really hard to update it. I can get into my head that individual groceries are more expensive and I'm still like OMG when I see a routine shop cost 75% more than it "should". I'm not about to walk out of a store in a huff but it can still sometimes take a while for my hindbrain to catch up to cost of a bag of apples. What really gets me is that I actually try pretty hard to be educated about these changes and how it's going for Kids These Days, but, for instance, I was still *utterly unprepared* for what the car insurance on our 14+ year old cars costs nowadays. I don't know if replacing a car key is 50 bucks or 500 bucks but I do know that at some point I'd be like maybe i should learn how to jumpstart my own car...

[@nicholasmullins3693]

$300-500 depending on the model. The price of all the anti theft stuff that goes into it. It's silly.

[@salemcrow5078]

It's about $300-500, yeah. You CAN get it done cheaper if you buy the fob/key and program it yourself (my dad has done it a couple times to get spare sets), but the programming bit is somewhat convoluted/tedious.

[@raisaloyana3694]

It's literally harder to buy a house now than during the time of the great depression. Those boomers still think they had to work harder than everybody else. I am on vacation in a village where is basically nothing and one of the cheapest houses was sold at 260k. It doesn't have isolation, it rains inside and it's on a very steep part of a mountain... Still my parents are convinced that I could afford an apartment in the city😑

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

"Those boomers still think they had to work harder than everybody else." Given the fact that they came of age during an economic golden era, realistically, they've likely had to work _less_ hard than other generations.

[@paiget6200]

The same boomer who said he has access to ops property because there's no, no trespassing signs, is the same type to get mad because someone walked on the sidewalk in front of their house 😂

[@BiggsHobbies]

Listening to these just reminds me of my parents; namely, my stepfather. He's constantly telling me about his first car. He bought it when he was 10, for a whopping $10 (it didn't have a working engine). He keeps telling me I can do similar, not realizing that an entire 6 decades have passed sense then.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

These days, something like that will cost you thousands of dollars, especially if you have to buy the tools and equipment. And if don't know what you're doing yet, you WILL f*ck something up, and it will cost you more money.

[@lukassimontm3546]

Ask him why the hell you should spend money on trash!

[@juliameyer10313]

Fun fact about gayfeathers, the German word for it is "Prachtscharte". Pracht means splendor and Scharte is an old word for gap so in German it's definitely a lesbian flower

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

I wonder what that lady would say if she knew what a "maidenhair fern" was named for? Hint: It's not for the hair on a maiden's head.

[@raythelame69]

im pretty sure you wont see this but on the off chance you do; you have gotten me thru so much with your content. when i start spiraling i find that watching your videos keeps me distracted long enough to not make regrettable decisions. please keep it up. you are a huge source of comfort for me.

[@_Kuma_]

Hope it continues to be that way! Good luck!

[@tealkerberus748]

Sending hugs. I don't know you, but we're in the same community and that basically makes us friends. I'm proud of you for finding and using healthy strategies to keep yourself safe. Stay strong.

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

❤

[@CailinRuaAnChead]

Liking and commenting for the algorithm. I hope things start looking up for you soon my friend

[@alexmuse3565]

I think that the problem that a lot of homeowners associations and similar things seem to forget is that, in actuality and legal practice, bylaws can't conflict with the laws of the jurisdiction at any level.

[@HarryDirtay]

That doesn't mean much. Unless a municipality has laws specifically banning certain actions by HOAs then the HOA can do it. An HOA is just a contract. Very few areas have laws specifically preventing HOAs from being ridiculous

[@alexmuse3565]

@@HarryDirtay HOA bylaws can't conflict with national or regional laws, because if they did that would make the contract illegal and likely unenforceable in a court of law :D

[@roscoedacat8288]

@alexmuse3565 is correct. I was on a condo board which is more invasive than an HOA because of the common property. When bylaws conflicted with law, law always won.

[@waffles3629]

​@@HarryDirtay nope. I know someone who lived in an HOA that tried to ban people from parking cars anywhere except in their garage, not even on the driveway. With a one car garage and two working adults. They refused to pay the fine for what was basically "cluttering the sightlines with offensive junk" (a brand new car), and the HOA ended up taking them to court and losing hard.

[@StarSong936]

On HOA, The one thing I did not want was a house in an HOA. There were several on the listing, and I rejected all of those. I have never regretted that decision. I grew up in farming country. Nobody cared what your property looked like.

[@rainond.cooper2971]

25:40 Oh yes, the thing that a LOT of people forget is that every worker can just straight deny you service, even if you are paying them. Nobody is forced to accept money for a service

[@InnocentFluffyKat]

I remember a time where I decided to wear a choker in public for the first time. I was with my mom and we had we stopped by a general store to get some extra some cash back. We were going to a fair but they didn’t accept card. So we decided to buy a soda and we walked to the counter to buy it. There were a bunch of old people there and basically every single one kept staring at me. One was tryna be polite by not staring for too long but it was still pretty noticeable lol. It was kinda funny honestly, and me and my mom had a good laugh about it afterwards. Edit: Fixed my poor grammar lol

[@thegaychicken]

@@InnocentFluffyKat lmao I feel you. One boomer was once straight up staring at me with their mouth wide open because I was wearing fish nets and a slipknot T-shirt

[@andromidius]

"Its rude to stare!" *proceeds to stare non-stop* For the supposed Rebel Generation they are so uptight. I guess we lost all the cool ones in the 70's.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

​@@andromidiusA lot of the cool ones died of AIDS, actually. Vietnam took a bunch. And the drugs. Remember, they can be awful, but there are reasons.

[@fanfight]

@@thegaychicken I could never wear fish nets in public,I don't think to have the body for it and neither the right mindset to do it,so good for you,you rulez :)

[@thegaychicken]

@@fanfight :)

[@BossMr51]

hoas are disgusting. me and my girlfriend live in an hoa. but the interior of the home is ours. meanig we cant really do aything outside of the house without anything. hasnt stopped them from telling us what we need to do fro them, charging us ridiculous fees and even threatening things. plus sending people WITHOUT OUR NOTICE to come into our house and such. but not even bothering to call or contact us when we tell them not to do that. hoas are a horrible power trip and i dont understadn why their allowed to exist honestly

[@Jim-the-Engineer]

Does your HOA have the right to enter your home?? Seems incredible. What are the conditions, restrictions, etc. for entry??

[@BossMr51]

@@Jim-the-Engineer no, they really dont. but they have a key for whatever reason. they havent given us full breakdown (because they dont even consider us worth their time it feels, they barely give us the time of day when we try to find stuff out) they heavily just disrespect and ignore my gfs wishes (whose famiy the name of the house is in)because of a mix up and some bs with the deed currently, leaving them to feel they can do as they please

[@erinhaury5773]

​@@BossMr51 Please change your locks. They have ZERO right to enter your property without your permission, especially if you are not home.

[@Jacqueline_Thijsen]

According to a documentary on HOA's I recently saw, they are a kind of ruling body that takes over all kinds of maintenance and rule enforcement from the city they're in. Some cities actually plan to make HOA's mandatory because it saves them lots of work and money. Meanwhile, there are now politicians in congress worrying about the misuse of the close to limitless power these HOA's have because there are no laws to stop them. They have literally sold houses for a pittance without letting the owner know until it suited them. It's insane.

[@BossMr51]

@@Jacqueline_Thijsen the thing is, they've told us straight up when something happened it wasn't their problem legally and they didn't have to help, our walls, floor and some appliances have to be replaced, we are literally staying on slab rn. But mow they want the reciepts of everything we did. Hoas are absolutely vile and i hate this one. Especially cause their also trying to rais eour payments by about 120k yearly

[@emanmodnar2]

I am 100% telling my boomer mother in law to go apply for every job she says I should apply for. I've been doing it for years. She doesn't take my physical handicap into consideration and has appointed herself my personal nurse and secondary nutritionist, despite my doctors telling her not to and to leave me alone. I am going insane.

[@zakuraRabbit]

"I fought for this country... I fought mostly flies because I can't even deal with small humans let alone soldiers."

[@candyghost1009]

23:46 I let out a laugh-shriek at "Y'all, it was my grandma". That was just so unexpected and it was incredibly funny

[@castrinecubique983]

37:30 no child goes no contact without an excellent reason. Lots of parents abandon their child because they are immature, but a kid is desperate for their parents' approval... until they understand it's impossible to get.

[@osheridan]

Oh, they definitely do. You'd be shocked how often good people raise bad children. However, I doubt this is the case here because good people don't tell the world they regret choosing to having children unless those children are literal war criminals

[@SpeziFischDE]

6:50 lol, i would answer "prove to me that i am part of this HOA or else i'll report you for Harassment"... why should anyone prove that one is not part of something. in most cases that would not even be possible...

[@rolfs2165]

Are you really willing to risk them making up proof?

[@drcatspaw]

Legally you are right, however I get the feeling that bringing the proof to the HOA was less hassle than getting lawyers involved.

[@jordancarey105]

Good thing I'll never be subjected to the horrors of HOAs since I'll never own a house 🙃

[@barethor5869]

That story about the neighbor who got a restraining order and went to jail reminds me of something that happened when I was a young child. I don't remember all the specifics, but our neighbor had bought some farmland and built rental homes on it. To access these homes he had to build an access road near the edge of the property, right next to the house we moved into. He was not happy that we bough the property, apparently because he had wanted to buy it as well. At first he just complained about that, but then my brothers started walking along the access road to play with the kids who lived on those rental homes, so he started complaining about that to because they were "trespassing" for walking along the road. He went so far to try to press charges, but the courts dismissed it because the laws around building an access road basically made that part of his property public space. This just made him more angry, until one night, when my father got home from his second shift job, he took the dogs out for a walk. He walked a little to close to the road, and this neighbor came up behind him and struck my dad with a piece of wood. We obviously pressed charges this time, with him trying to claim "self-defense" from my dad "trespassing" which again absolutely failed. My parents did not seeking criminal charges to my knowledge, only civil to make him have to pay the medical bills my dad had gained due to the surgery he had to get as a consequence from the attack. We ended up moving out a couple years later in part because the property was constantly having issues with the septic system, and the property was more or less abandoned for the better part of a decade. And though we did get a settlement for the costs on the surgery, my dad suffered complications a few years later due to his work and had another back surgery that put him on disability until after I was in college.

[@thelittlestpika]

My grandpa and his friend think I would be able to afford an apartment on my tips alone (I'm a dog bather) all by myself. I tried to explain that the price of living has gone up so much and I make $14 an hour but, apparently, because my tips are between $10-$50 (including tips around the holidays for the range) daily, I should be fine to live in an apartment on tips alone.

[@jamie1602]

My mother was able to afford a car on tips from working at an ice cream stand on just one summer. That said, she needed help from her husband (my father's) parents for a house so she's very aware that today is even worse. Sometimes she has a lapse but then "oh. right. everything is expensive..."

[@elliottmcleandeboer]

Does that guy who said there were no "no trespassing" signs also have a "no burglary" sign on his front door?

[@melissawickersham9912]

When would a burglar respect a “no burglary” sign?

[@zeldaenby224]

​@@melissawickersham9912 That's the joke, buddy

[@Gormathius]

I made a similiar joke to that, but instead it's a "no murdering" T-shirt that you have to wear to not get murdered.

[@darcieclements4880]

I assume that what he meant was no solicitation, but yeah framed it the other way unless this was a really big piece of land without full fencing at which point it's even weirder for an HOA to get involved

[@graciefarnsworth165]

“I don’t like seeing these things in your yard from my 2nd story window” “Ah, how DARE you plant things in your yard that prevents me from seeing the things I don’t like”!

[@lindala2602]

12:46 in danish we have a beetle whos name can loosely translate to 'glitter gay'

[@phaedrapage4217]

Sounds like a beautiful bug!

[@lindala2602]

@@phaedrapage4217 unfortunatly it is jus a tiny black beetle and not anything spectacular

[@TheSleepyGayArtist]

I love it when Boomers become whiny toddlers when they don't get their way, they make such interesting stories :]

[@laurendoe168]

We here in the States have a Boomer Presidential candidate that throws a fit whenever he doesn't get his way.

[@hunterchichester5720]

Help us

[@discordiadingle3203]

17:28 I know someone who had to get one for their stalker. It’s such a pain to get. And on top of that, nothing happens unless you can actually serve the person those papers. The stalker would never answer their door. Ever. So, they had to hire a private investigator to stake out their place in order to serve those papers. Wild stuff.

[@lootownica]

12:17 This is what wikipedia says about "gay": "The word gay arrived in English during the 12th century from Old French gai, most likely deriving ultimately from a Germanic source. In English, the word's primary meaning was "joyful", "carefree", "bright and showy", and the word was very commonly used with this meaning in speech and literature".

[@safflower99]

The Mr Impatient Guy at the store i had one lady like that working over night on a friday. We were rejestrating sim card for people, and it takes a little more time to put all the numbers into the system (im dyslectic so i need to really pay attention). And this young blonde girl started really loudly complan "FASTER, CAN THIS GO FASTER???". I said "No. Im registrating a PESEL. And now I made a mistake. So i have to do it all over again". She was PIISSSEEEDDD

[@spikeoramathon]

"You're in America; speak American!" is why I want to learn Abenaki (one of the indigenous languages of where I live, in northern New England).

[@Ace_AloneWolf]

The “retirement plan” is real. I’m living it. One of the reasons I never had kids. Knew I was going to end up trying to support both parents, one of which keeps trying to make his fortune farming, on tier 2 factory wages.

[@phyllisford2130]

Hey you can make good money farming. We have around 30 head of cattle and usually make around $20k profit, 40 gross, through selling calves.

[@gamerfans1476]

I life in a small town of about 5500 people, I’ve applied for literally any job in the area, it’s been about a little over a year since I last had work (had hand surgery). We are not lazy, it’s just a lot harder to get consistent work since the pandemic. Sit down boomer the world has evolved

[@John_Weiss]

And it's moved in the direction it has *_because of_* who these same Boomers have been voting into office for the past 40 years.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

@@John_Weiss Boomers voting for other boomers.

[@bunji_beans]

I visited my parents recently and brought some snacks to share. My Dad was looking at the packaging and said "oh no, this was produced in China!" And I said "so were you!" My Mom got a kick out of that 😂 I'm 2nd gen Chinese American on my dad's side and 4th on my mom's

[@Matpit18]

It’s posts and videos like these that really make me think that the “baby” in “baby boomers” stands for how all the people of this generation act and not for all the babies that they made during their time period

[@RebeccaOre]

I told a store clerk that I'd just come back from a week in Nicaragua. "They all speak English there, don't they?" she said. I said, no, they speak Spanish. "Why didn't they pay attention at school," she said. Yeah, some tourists expect English-speaking all over and complain when they don't find it. Nicaraguan schools basically teach most classes in Spanish.

[@wta1518]

36:33 the average student loan amount (for those with bachelor's degrees) is $29,400. If you graduated at age 20 and paid $10 per month until you were 100, you'd only have $19,800 left to pay! Edit: Just to clarify, this is assuming no interest.

[@McDonalds_Tighnari_official]

I fear being a cranky old guy. Imagine I try so hard to not become our grandparents and then I go and call gen alpha stupid and stuff and just become a boomer

[@AllHailDiskordia]

There is no escape 😂

[@whyisyoutubeshowinghandles]

I can't explain it but I feel like the Tighnari pfp adds to this comment

[@McDonalds_Tighnari_official]

@@whyisyoutubeshowinghandles oml😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it does thoooo

[@noxixx]

@@McDonalds_Tighnari_officiallmao it really does. i reread it in his voice

[@McDonalds_Tighnari_official]

@@noxixx me too 😭😭😭

[@macaronsncheese9835]

13:48 now feels like an excellent time to point out that in the western US there's a native plant (Brodiaea pulchella, though that may be a junior synonym and i can't get a clear answer on the actual accepted name) with very nice purple flowers whose common name is, I kid you not, Blue Dicks. For better or worse, it so happens part of the plant is edible.

[@restrictedmilk]

Just googled, it's really pretty! Thanks for a good plant share 😄

[@aeden8008]

26:18 I have a boomer aunt like this. We all live together currently, and I work 2nd shift. I usually get home between 2am and 3am and pass out between 4am and 6am, she can't understand why I'm not up by 7am and complains about me "sleeping all day" when I'm lucky to get 4 hours of sleep as it is.

[@rebeccamount50]

A large group of Karens is called a Homeowners Association

[@patrikniklasson4059]

1:08 Bish that's stolen Native American land, speak Cherokee!

[@cruxnajii2056]

Or Navajo

[@WarneD1]

35:28 I predict that the houses will be sold to greedy corporations to be used as rental properties or worse kept empty to be used as an “investment.” Edit: I forgot that some of the houses will not need to be sold since some the residents of the homes have sold/signed over the rights to the home to the financial institutions through reverse mortgages.

[@RebeccaOre]

That's been happening for a while on an individual level. Philadelphia had an area in the city owned by one old guy that wasn't developed until after he died and the heirs just sold off. This ended in the 1990s, didn't start then.

[@f1mbultyr]

If no ones wants to live there anymore, that's both not gonna work either

[@RelativelySaneStudio]

If anyone deliberately woke me up at 4AM without a damn good reason, they would never wake up again.

[@foundationsoftheslay8700]

3:58 i live in an hoa. They got mad when we put up halloween decorations outside absolutely petty garbage like that. The craziest thing was when my friend was spending the night. She parked on the curb, she wasnt blocking traffic, out of the way entirety. They sent a picture that was taken at 3am and told my mom to never do that again. We are convinced these people have no lives.

[@zoompipes_twin2889]

“Restraining order, more like restraining suggestion” - that old lady probably

[@prueidki694]

26:23 nope, he wouldnt be allowed in the home if it were my home. If hes going to be that disrespectful to everyone else, he can do it in his own home Edut: timestamp had to be change

[@Laura-gb1jv]

How much you wanna bet he was the sort of parent who said "as long as you live under my roof..."

[@prueidki694]

@@Laura-gb1jv genuinely a big correlation with that and entitled attitudes

[@elaineb7065]

@@Laura-gb1jv My father is the "my house, my rules" & also the "your house, my rules" type, hence he's not allowed in my house because you do not boss me about in my home cheers very much

[@Cycloon16]

14:12 “they’re not very productive, they usually just blow themselves up and somehow survive” that describes D&D group

[@lavozdealma]

As an American, I genuinely don't understand the meltdown over language. Let's be honest, this is a colonialist country. Original "Americans" did not speak English. Hundreds of languages were, and still are, spoken here. I grew up in a city where English, German, and Spanish are nearly equally spoken (I'm Penna Dutch myself). Most of us are the descendants of colonizers, refugees, or slaves. Not every space or conversation is for every person. Mind your business, buy your takeout, and enjoy the day you deserve. (Also, I had a great-uncle Gay. It used to be a fairly common gender neutral name.)

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

"Most of us are the descendants of colonizers, refugees, or slaves." Honestly, that's likely true of most of the world's population.

[@LilChuunosuke]

31:52 I come from an upper class family. My father makes over 200k a year. My family comfortably sits in the top 5%. When I was a teenager, my parents told me that I was their retirement plan. They can afford the best retirement homes in the country. They could even afford to hire a live in nurse. But no! They told me that they did not WANT a stranger helping them with these things in their old age. That it was embarassing and that the ENTIRE REASON they gave birth to me was so I could be their nurse in their final years! Even worse? The reason this conversation even started was because I had been busting my butt working at the family business for well over a decade at that point. I'd sacrificed my own childhood in order to prove I was worthy of inheriting it over my lazy older brother who would throw a tantrum every time my parents asked him to come to work and help out. I was told that we were born to fulfill very specific purposes and we were not allowed to negotiate them. My brother would be inheriting ALL my parents assets. All their money, their house, the company, etc. I would spent my life caring for them and recieve nothing in return. I was told there was nothing I could say to change this. That they would sooner shut down the family business than give it to me if my brother didn't want it. A business that has been in my country for EIGHT GENERATIONS and is almost as old as the country itself. Will likely get shut down in the coming decades because they believe only the firstborn son should run the company, but my brother is too spoiled for them to tell him he HAS to take it.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

"That it was embarassing and that the ENTIRE REASON they gave birth to me was so I could be their nurse in their final years!" That would just ensure that not only would I not be helping them in their old age, but that they would never see or hear from me again.

[@theshipper5797]

Welp, I'm sure their past ancestors will be happy to see they have it to the wrong son who will make it crash and burn, while the competent son leaves, never to return.

[@chelbanna]

Fr though, Gay Feathers are so lovely. I have a ton in my yard and they remind me of Purple Boas (like the feathery neck decoration, not a snake)

[@Freak_Of_Nature124]

00:01 Hi timed users :)

[@Ecofriendlyant]

. ..... How

[@perpetuallyconfused09]

Hi baby

[@count-countess8464]

Hi

[@bloodyneptune]

$13 in 1980 was worth $47.79 today.

[@prjndigo]

"did your daddy tolerate you mouthing off like that?" I said to one. Ended hilarious.

[@weezieheezie5162]

I feel so lucky for having older relatives that are pretty accepting and non judgmental. Even when they don’t get something, they at least try to understand. Good luck to anyone who has parents/grandparents etc that belong on subreddits like these

[@kaylaa2204]

33:00 “Overgay” That’s hilarious These boomers won’t know what hit em after I shift into MAXIMUM OVERGAY

[@4mula4Lalochezia]

My beloved great-grandfather was quite the character. A very tall and broad-shouldered eighty-six-year old man with a shock of thick white hair and an air of distracted reserve. People learned from the burn if they ever made assumptions about his wits and awareness though. We were standing together in a checkout line at the liquor store, and there was quite a long queue both in front and behind us because the sixty-year-old cashier wanted to have long conversations with each and every person in the damned line. Of course, when we are finally the second ones in the line to check out, the cashier goes off on the clearly early thirties-something woman in front of us, insisting on seeing the woman's photo ID before she can okay the sale. The customer can't find her ID, and her ride went to another store. This went on for almost an hour before the store manager came out and mediated. The cashier just runs my great-granddad's purchases though, so he quietly and seriously asks her if she wants to see his ID. Cashier snorts and says he's clearly old enough to be her father. Mid-slapping his pockets to locate his ID, great-granddad broke out in a completely genuine look of offended incredulousness and assured the cashier, "What the hell are you talking about? I was twenty-five years-old when I got into this line!" He stormed out of the store in an outrage, never breaking character until we were pulling out of the parking lot and he'd got his pipe lit. Snickering and staring at the scenery zooming by, he quipped, "Two-year-old, teens, and middle-age... The three stages of life when a person temporarily forgets how unimportant their self-importance is to everyone else."