Why Millennials and Gen Z Hate Boomers

Karla Vermeulen's Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 is a starting place to mend the new generation gap.
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What are the long-term psychological effects of growing up in a world where the 9/11 attacks and school shootings drastically restructured your childhood around overblown fears of random violence, where the Great Recession wiped out your parents' savings, and the historically slow economic recovery hampered your job prospects for a decade, and where you were reminded every single day that the world only has a few years left before climate change makes the planet uninhabitable? And on top of all that, you face massive political polarization, growing racial strife, and COVID-19?
Meet "Generation Disaster," the subject of a fascinating new book by State University of New York at New Paltz psychologist Karla Vermeulen. Subtitled Coming of Age Post-9/11, Generation Disaster is built around a massive national survey of people born between 1990 and 2001. Vermeulen looks at the cumulative impact of being raised in a relentlessly apocalyptic social and political environment, the role that Boomer and Gen X parents and authorities play in stoking anxiety, and how new forms of technology and media have influenced the worldviews of millennials and Generation Z members roughly between the ages of 20 and 30.
In an era of mounting generational hostility, Vermeulen is an essential mediator between older and younger Americans, and her book, Generation Disaster, is a rich, empathetic portrait of a group too often simply-and wrongly-dismissed as weak, lazy, and entitled.
Generation Disaster: global.oup.com/academic/produ...
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Produced by Regan Taylor; map graphic by Isaac Reese; audio post-production by Ian Keyser

[@ragingfred]

"Handed the bill for a party they didn't get to attend" is spot on.

[@f__kyoudegenerates]

I always hear the previous generation blaming me for the problems of this generation. They literally created the society we grew up in and blame us for it.

[@eventhisidistaken]

My generation was also handed the bill for a party we didn't attend. Forget about that, you can't change the past. Change the future.

[@APsupportsTerrorism]

@Ehbfunbcc Whjfhbhjxf Nah, that's wrong. Boomers inherited the greatest economy in the history of the planet. And look what they've done with it. What you're talking about just isn't true when you look at minimum wage, housing prices, education prices, etc. They reaped the benefits, then pulled up the ladder. Then they doubled down by outsourcing all our manufacturing to China for slightly cheaper ipads.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@f__kyoudegenerates Millenials are the absolute *worst*, the *worst*. Millenials ushered in 'influencers' and have blurred the lines of science of mythology, like for example millenials ushered in the belief that homosexuality is 'genetic' this belief is based on papers published by a handful of baby boomers. However the data has demonstrated that there is zERO sicentific evidence to support that claim. Today this same type of ignorant mythological thinking runs the cdc with their 'guidance' on wearing masks. Millenials are the absolute worst, worst worst, they want to do away with religion and replace it with mythology and call it 'science'. Horrible horrible generation, and most millenials have baby boomers for parents and baby boomers are probably worse than millenials. Baby boomers were given the world on a silver platter by their parents who fought in ww2, and what did baby boomers do? They pissed all over it trying to usher in socialism or other utopianistic nonsense. Just horrible.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@Ehbfunbcc Whjfhbhjxf Baby boomers were handed the world on a platter and pissed all over it.

[@testtalk8917]

Imagine saying “selfish” and “entitled” about the generation YOU raised. lmao

[@tamplushboy8452]

There the reason for it

[@40yearoldvirgil15]

They were and are just as bad, if not worse. They just didn't have social media back then. So many boomers/gen x are the biggest cry babies I know in my work.

[@Paul71H]

It's interesting how different people have different perspectives. Obviously there are many families where boomers (the parents) raised millennials (their children). But in my case, my parents are boomers, I'm in Gen X, and my kids are Gen Z, with no millennials in sight anywhere. So when I watched this video, I had the mental image of younger people criticizing their grandparents rather than their parents, just based on how the generations line up in my family.

[@JoaoCosta-ly1sw]

@@Paul71H Gen x is almost just as bad.

[@amandaski]

OP, you know that isn't true. THEIR parents raised us. Name me one person with a boomer parent that didnt spend copious amounts of time at grandma's house.

[@Animorphster]

As a Gen Z, I can say climate change isn’t my major concern. My concern is the absolutely abysmal economy we inherited. We can’t afford homes, health care, college, and increasingly even rent despite being more productive than boomers at our age.

[@jw6588]

"Climate change", while to some extent real, has mostly been leveraged for political reasons. It definitely should not be our primary concern.

[@Coconutsin]

We don’t own anything makes us one step closer to burning it all down. It’s not for us, burn it, build it back better. Build it for the future.

[@The_king567]

None of that is the worst

[@Animorphster]

@@The_king567 what is the worst then? How old are you? I need to know you’ve experienced this to take you’d seriously

[@The_king567]

@@Animorphster easy war Genocide Famines poverty etc are all worse which btw boomers lived threw all of that also some boomers were born under colonial rule to Europeans

[@mattorama]

Boomers: "You're spoiled!" Gen Y: "Uhh, you bought your first house at 22 years old with a 9-5 job you got with a high school diploma and could afford a stay at home wife and three kids."

[@anorsegoddess9797]

Exactly... I hate boomers

[@nemzi8969]

You we have to get at least university degree if everything goes right we might afford house at 35 and start a family

[@mattorama]

@@nemzi8969 University degrees are largely a scam, unless you go in with a planned career path, preferably with a mentor.

[@advanceddarkness3]

​@nemzi8969 Stop paying other adults to drive you around and bring you your food, while you sit In your childhood bedroom still playing video games then.

[@indigostaraz]

Don't know anyone who had a house at 22, LOL.

[@Encephalitisify]

When you are 80+ and still hanging onto power, you aren’t there because you want to help people. Retire and give control to younger people.

[@prettybullet7728]

I totally agree with that.

[@themandalorian2498]

@@prettybullet7728 You're supposed to agree with that?

[@themandalorian2498]

Why haven't we Revolutioned yet?? Only way things are going to get better.

[@prettybullet7728]

@@themandalorian2498 There are still plenty of boomers who don't but I'm not one of them. I was born at the tail end of the boomer generation [ 1964 } and I want to see members of the younger generations get involved in politics.

[@themandalorian2498]

@@prettybullet7728 "Government is Good, but it slowly gets perverted into Tyranny."

[@victorv3890]

We hate them because they covered up solid hardwood floors with laminate.... and then say we're dumb

[@pokegogeezer7676]

I never understood that either. But newer homeowners are painting over brick, so it may be a wash.

[@bettyh3747]

No, proof of laziness... I love hardwood floors

[@charlesriston8972]

I CAN'T afford a house..... Is it my fault?????

[@victorv3890]

@@pokegogeezer7676 in 20 years there will be a video asking why Generation Alpha hates millenials, that will be why

[@bettyh3747]

@@charlesriston8972 no more than it is my fault for never qualifying for one. Single parent, not enough financial backup, etc, etc... Oh, the revolving economic recessions the elites (crosses all generations) like to pull as they sell the country out more and more.

[@VV-fj5lh]

The Boomers were handed EVERYTHING on a golden platter. The fact they really believe they "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps" is the most irritating thing about them.

[@dieterrosswag933]

Sure Bro. Everything was there. Everything was build through magic

[@alexmarenco2399]

@@dieterrosswag933 It actually was, they inherited a fragrant post war economy that the silent generation built during the 50s, and a huge part of them were hippies, commies, revolutionaries and all sorts of idealist who smoked pot and did nothing through their 20s. But those same hippies, and free thinking idealists are now square-minded and self rightgeous douchbags who call the younger generation entitled, while they had a free pass.

[@manictiger]

​@@dieterrosswag933 There are some arguments in favor that boomers did grow up in a golden age, while millenials and gen Z were handed a declining (and highly sabotaged and sold out) empire. Looking at the median home price ratio to median individual income over time says it all. It takes extraordinary acts of genius and guts to live a relatively "middle class" life (owning a home, owning rentals, etc.). The average person is not crazy or smart enough to do what I did in the market, and even then, I had to retire before I did something irreparable. My adrenal system was hosed and I had to titrate off of 1600mg caffeine, or whatever I was pumping through that French press per day. Show me a boomer that used their mind that hard and didn't get a Noble Prize for it. All I got was a couple houses to start a business, something my dad could have gotten in a fraction of the time with much less stress if he didn't squander it all on Porsches and stereo stacks.

[@dieterrosswag933]

@@manictiger yes, probably ppl today have to know more on the average to earn the same today than ppl back then. Real states also are waaay more expensive, yes. I don't know how your US citizens boomers grew up but it was surely not a easy life when you have to feed and pay bills alone for your wife and kids at home. Now, something else, i you think about if you would sell today one single house that you own, this money would probably be enough to live (with the same boomer's life standards back then) one or more decades, (as long you dont have to pay rent, we are talking sbout owning more than a house). But the boomer could probably only survive few years if he sold a house back then. So, you pay more today but it has also a way higher value then it had back then.

[@manictiger]

​@@dieterrosswag933 My dad could have been 8 or even 9 figures with the amount he pulled in, but he was mentally lazy because the world permitted him to be. I can't be like that, or I perish, homeless, like how I was at the start of the trading business. I will never be able to get the kinds of jobs he got, and therefore the kind of money potential he had. He squandered something that I will never get. And while I'm okay with this, it just is another metric to add to the massive pile. This is a declining empire. Our generation is likely going to be mired in war, or worse, dictatorship.

[@BB-2383]

Boomer generation basically ran up the credit card during their generation then said, "Here's the bill" before dying.

[@stephane1952]

After many of their parents died on beaches during WW2...

[@tttgaming8762]

@@stephane1952it’s this kind of comments that make people hate boomers even more!

[@venus_envy]

Except then they refused to die, shut down society for a few years to extend their lives, and refuse to leave their positions of political power while STILL running up that credit card bill to pay for their own healthcare and retirement while advising those of us they handed the bill to that "you won't be able to retire, you will have to work until you die :D". Like a whole generation of sociopaths.

[@shiralleehaggart72]

So that your type could waste it on getting p*ssed up every weekend.

[@triple2delta]

@@stephane1952stupid comment

[@picknowell]

I am a baby buster, the generation after boomers. Boomers are the most pampered, entitled, and narcissistic generation ever born.

[@manictiger]

Never heard that one before. I've heard of it referred to as Gen X.

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

Lol at baby buster 🤭.

[@jackspring7709]

I agree. I remember them as a child growing up - and even then I couldn't stand them: I remember them as being self righteous, miserable, entitled a**wipes with a major attitude problem. Growing up my attitude towards them has hardened even more.

[@KratostheThird]

@@jackspring7709 Gen X was the first to get handed the bill. Then when the 2000’s decade hit it went to the Millennials. Now we are passing that bill even higher to Zoomers, a generation having to work two jobs or more while paying that $10,000 - 40,000 college debt they’ve accumulated. All while both apartment and condo prices continue to rise while wages remain stagnant. It’s no wonder so many of them have mental health problems.

[@strongback6550]

lmao, I dream of making as much money at the end of my career as they did on an entry level job when adjusted to inflation

[@Dylan-yh3yk]

Boomers explaining inaccurately why we hate them to other boomers. The irony.

[@exemida]

I think a little of it is accurate like a sliver of it. But they need to really think it through. Yeah Global warming absolutely terrifying. But its not the major reason why a lot of us don't want to marry or have kids. They should do some research as to why a movement called. Men going their own way. Happened.

[@carynmartin6053]

Good one!

[@neojc128]

and they have the audacity to end the video with the "both side" bull

[@FransvanBerendonk]

I wish I could thumb this up a thousand times. We don't want their "respect" anymore, we're past that. We want their money and their political power.

[@vettemuziekjes]

Even boomers hate boomers.

[@user-zr1dr7nz8e]

To the younger generations complaining that you've got to foot the bill for a party you never got to go to, I remember before you were born, most Boomers would essentially brag about this. Asked about the future the answer was almost always, "Well I'll be dead, that will be for our grandkids to figure out.".

[@user-zr1dr7nz8e]

@@user-wo5jo8sj9dI'm not a Boomer, just got to grow up listening to them. What they have is not audacity, it's complete cluelessness and no ability to care about anything other than themselves.

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

“No one is going to take care of me but me; I will not be called upon to account for anyone’s words and deeds but my own.” - can look an awful lot like “My happiness is all that matters…” to an observer with no knowledge of any other context other than the one they see before them. ‘This street runs both ways’ is what we Boomers often overlook.

[@jbmoney357]

My Boomer mom told me and my brother "I had to work hard. So do you!"

[@mwalker3547]

Liberal Democrat Boomers yes.

[@danicapapali7810]

Nawww us millennials are definitely gonna die before boomers. 😂

[@johnpeterson3299]

I am a boomer (b. 1957) and I agree with the insults hurled at the boomers. I feel I have been surrounded by soulless, amoral hypocrites my whole life. And the vampires continue on with this bizarre show. But that is only part of the story. Our society was and is controlled by a small group of the ultra wealthy that have been pushing down the living standard of all of us for decades, not to mention forcing us to engage in endless wars.

[@danielstamegna2391]

Amen. I'm a Millenial (1995), and your comment is so refreshing to read. This isn't as much about generations as it is about the few ultra-wealthy and powerful that you alluded to. They are really the ones who are to blame, and nothing pleases them more and perpetuates their agenda more than us fighting each other. We ought to realize this an unite under this truth if we want to really fight the problem at its root, and the root goes by many different names which I'd probably get censored for mentioning here, but essentially it is made up of the most wealthy and powerful bloodlines going back to the very root of evil in this world, who, you know it, worship satan. Ultimately, based on my research, I have concluded that the Bible is the truth and the Bible describes exactly what has happened and exactly what is happening and what will happen. So, my faith is in Jesus. We know how this world ends and it does end. And individually, so do we. So I encourage you and all if you haven't already placed your trust and faith in Jesus so while this world is being destroyed, we can endure with confidence that we have a better life ahead, thanks and praise to Jesus Christ who suffered and died for our sins (of which we all have), in place of our deserved wrath, out of His love and sacrifice. Accept Jesus today, you won't regret it. Salvation - the only thing that hasn't gone up with inflation. Its still a free gift, made accessible to us through Christ Jesus only. God bless you.

[@ZFabia2010]

You are actually in the Jones Generation That is Why you feel this way And not in the Boomer mindset.

[@johnpeterson3299]

Certainly the later Baby Boomers (or Jones Generation) had a different set of circumstances than the early Baby Boomers which influenced a different world view. I worked at a major university and was exposed to younger generations and was very influenced by how difficult circumstances were/are for Gen. Z's and Millennials@@ZFabia2010

[@MeanOldLady]

The Jews haven't been raping & butchering the entire world for 1400 years, the MUSLIMS have.@TheGuyBroNintySix

[@michaelhenry4405]

those ultra wealthy are the boomers. The ones in charge are the boomers. The ones in government are boomers. the ones that hog the resources are boomers. the multiple house ownership are the boomers. The constant increase in productivity and lack of training is the boomers. you are the problem. not our latte.

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

Not many of us hate Boomers. We just don't hesitate to call Boomers out on their BS when they look down on us for getting participation trophies, even though their generation gave us those trophies.

[@punkgrl325]

Well said.

[@Skeletoncross]

I just am sick of them bogarting every position of power, and Every job. Boomers are entitled to the fullest.

[@tisbutascratch2045]

Yes exactly. Boomers were taught not to question authority, spend their lives doing one boring office job and didn't have societal pressures to actually make something out of themselves and find a well-paying job. It's not our fault that we learnt to question authority, to strive for better and more interesting jobs and have higher expectations for what we'd like to accomplish in our lives. They should be happy we're changing the dynamics of the beaurocracy by questioning and adapting it to be more inclusive of different ideas and forming it around OUR life expectations (which is really what matters most). Instead, we get called lazy and entitled. It sounds like they're just jealous that we are attempting to do what every group of young people has always wanted to do but never accomplished. Sounds like a them problem to me...

[@johnevans5782]

@@tisbutascratch2045 Your first paragraph is only half right. Like most kids, we were taught not to question authority. The funny thing is that your entire post could have been written by a Boomer in the 60s or 70s. Many of them hated the fact that their parents, many of whom had had no chance to go to college, pushed them to do so. They wanted freedom too. They wanted to remold the world their way... and they did, to an extent. Just like their parents before them. The biggest difference was tech. Between the Silent Generation, the Boomers and GenX, the entire technical course of civilization jumped farther forward in less than 100 years than it had in centuries before. But people are still the same. Every generation is exactly the same as the one before. They want what they want... their hopes and dreams are what matter, and the last generation stands in their way... more an obstacle to be swept aside than mentors or respected elders whose experience and wisdom can be sought when necessary. The cycle is unending.

[@thegreatwhiteshark1266]

@@Skeletoncross and boomers dried out SSI

[@itermercator114]

Tbh most of the problems with gen Z and Millennials against Boomers is that Boomers seem to think they had it hard despite living in one of the best times of the American economy (imagine being able to buy a house and go college on an unskilled job, at the same time), then proceed to call the younger generations lazy and entitled because we aren't excelling as much as they were (to which they consider it our fault over the fact the economy has had 3 recessions without any blooms now). It's nothing knew that Boomers live in a bubble since they had the benefits of the economic bloom when they were younger and now they are older, they have assets and experience (20-30 years work experience, and a house worth over 10 times its original price) to get them through the hard times of today, even during COVID they had a fraction of what everyone else had to witness during mass redundancies and trying to find work in a now flooded job market. Overall it's like a king sitting on his throne having a feast, then complaining to the peasants that they aren't working hard enough and that's the reason they are starving.

[@billybeemus3929]

You are truly misinformed about what life was like for the vast majority of people born into the Boomer and GenX (that is me) generations. I sure wish that I had been handed all of the freebies that you think were being handed out. Absolutely nobody bought a house and attended college on an unskilled job that paid $2.85 per hour at the time. Not like today where every fast food place starts people at $15 per hour, and mortgage interest rates are only 2.5%. Imagine buying a house or car and paying a 12% or higher interest rate. Or trying to find a job after graduating college (with loans that had to be repaid) and being offered less than $8 per hour.

[@CaptainCaveman1170]

I am 43. You are spot on. Too many baby boomers assume that life fpr them was just regular old life but almost all of them have NO idea that they were extremely fortunate to have been born into the afterglow of WWII where the US (and Britain) literally destroyed the only two other global industrial powers (Germany and Japan). Consequently, they enjoyed 35+ plus years of the very best quality of life that mankind might have ever known. But then the good times started to dwindle so the Government took the US off the gold standard in 1971 to be able to spend into oblivion to keep the facade of good times going while many jobs slowly but surely got outsourced. When even that stopped producing enough of a "high", they financialized literally everything and used speculative bubbles in stocks and housing to keep the illusion of ecstacy going even longer. This was accomplished in large part due to artificially lowering interest rates for 40 years. All these financial games (executed by the Federal Reserve) benefitted the Boomers (who already owned many of the assets, due to them being affordable in their time) but ruined life for all the subsequent generations, not only because the price of everything has been inflated beyond belief, and not only because so many good jobs were outsourced overseas, but because the current and next generations will ALSO now have to deal with 30-40 years of RISING Interest rates...which will hurt just as much as it felt good for the boomers when they were on the way down. In other words, you are absolutely correct, but you probably don't even fully understand WHY you are correct, because young people are never taught how to connect the right dots.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@billybeemus3929 As one Gen Xr to another, boomers were handed the world on a silver platter and pissed all over it with their hippy bull, and all their 'free love' nonsense. Jobs were *plentiful, and that is meaningful real jobs were plentiful. Back then you could pay off a house in 10 years and have a car. Inflation was not what it has been in the last 30+ years.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@CaptainCaveman1170 And as a result we got left wing government because of the baby boomers entitlement.

[@ThunderAppeal]

Dont call them 'millenials', they are Gen -Y.

[@ferrykeizer4911]

I sure love being told by boomers that I'm spoiled and lazy after getting out of bed at 5 in the morning to lift heavy things and clean up a bird shit covered bathroom in hot weather for 12 euros an hour. Yeah, love it.

[@TheLaymanCollector]

Reminds me of the scene from Gladiator: "Your faults as a son are my failures as a father."

[@Thegingerbreadm4n]

well said.

[@AChapman1997]

My favorite is when Boomers try and tell me how spoiled and impatient our generation is, and yet the Boomers I deal with at work all day get angry and demand my manager when the coupons only kick in when you've bought two of an item or it's expired. They're the ones who feel the need to announce at every store, restaurant or business : "This is the worst service I've ever had, you just lost a customer" or tip their waitress >$2 on a $100 meal. #Boomers

[@jew_world_order]

Dad is that you?

[@ernie4795]

@@jew_world_order He never came back?

[@PrivateIdaho24-7-52]

The amount a server deserves as a tip has nothing to do with how expensive the meal was. One server can work a lot for a 25 dollar ticket and another server do next to nothing for a 100 dollar ticket. Why should the another server get a bigger tip just because the ticket was more?

[@Paul71H]

In fairness to baby boomers, I've seen people older than the boomers and people younger than the boomers complain about bad service or leave a small tip for bad service. I don't think that particular behavior is unique to the boomers. But in fairness to you and your generation, generations older than the baby boomers always stereotyped the boomers as being spoiled (especially when the boomers were in their 20s and 30s), so it's ironic that now boomers tell you how spoiled you are. Then again, maybe someday you'll say the same thing to the people who are one or two generations younger than you. 🙂

[@Paul71H]

@@JacksonOfTheJerry You probably know this, but a lot of younger people listen to music on vinyl, at least occasionally. My teenagers and their friends mostly listen to music on their phones, but they also collect vinyl records and listen to them from time to time. Vinyl is much more popular now than it was 25 to 30 years ago. In the 1990s, you could easily buy tons of vintage vinyl records for $1 each because no one wanted them. Many of those records would sell for a lot more today. And I'm probably older than you, but I'm younger than the boomers, and I don't see anything wrong with ordering carry-out food by phone at certain restaurants. I more often order online, but depending on the restaurant and depending on how I want to customize the order, sometimes there are advantages to ordering by phone.

[@user-ms6pc7po8o]

As a recently 22-year-old person, I’ve essentially given up on ever owning my own home, getting married, or starting a family because I can’t see how I could afford it without having to spend my entire life working 90 hours a week into the ground.

[@catguy4996]

In the same boat as you.

[@DarthVader-sp8fe]

You're not alone there I'm afraid.

[@angellopes9353]

Somtimes I feel exactly like this, and I'm 22.

[@everydayfun9531]

I'm Broke don't got a Job yet can't even Forget about the house I can't even afford a F car payment right now...

[@davisworth5114]

I'm a boomer and I feel for you. I couldn't buy a house til I was 50. First look to buy a lot or small property out of town. Then build a shack, maybe with a special friend or spouse, and keep making it nicer. You young people need to put your phones down and design some affordable, groovy modular housing and give thanks always and trust God.

[@LAK_770]

Imagine if you were virtually guaranteed a secure job straight out of high school that paid around $65k plus benefits. Then imagine that housing was also about half the price it is now and far less competitive, college was about a tenth the price, and straight As with a couple Bs was good enough to get you into a top university. This was the situation for boomers when they came of age. It's the same dynamic as a spoiled child, blown up to a generational level.

[@KratostheThird]

All opportunities that we Millennials could not get. A Bachelors Degree isn't enough to land you a decent job anymore.

[@Eldritchinator]

Adjust that to 100k to account for inflation

[@central3425]

@@KratostheThird A bachelors degree is certainly enough depending on the subject. Its the pointless degrees, like arts and philosphy or gender studies, that lead to low paying jobs. Many degrees are a complete waste of time now, trades often pay more without those useless "receipts" you get from your university.

[@spregged7231]

⁠@@central3425I’m sorry but no. Those degrees are not useless. College and university is not supposed to be a factory of white collar drones, it’s an institution of learning how to think and analyze important aspects of society. Philosophy is taught in high schools in Europe and it shows with how informed and more mature the population there is compared to the US where all that matters is marketability and whether you can sit in an office and do work without question. Stuff like philosophy, history, and the arts are a part of society that make it worthwhile and help drive progress. The reason why it’s harder with those degrees now is that boomers want those institutions that they used to protest and burn bras at to become factories of happy little thoughtless drones they can exploit in the workplace and in politics. A dumb population is easier to control after all. And it shows.

[@central3425]

@@spregged7231 blame it on the boomers huh? Sounds like your education was useless too. I'll be asking you for my Starbucks drink today

[@BoomTribeEntertainment]

The reason they’re so bitter, narcissistic and resentful is because these people had everything handed to them and chose to be bitter because of no actual struggle in their lives. Boomers would rather act nasty towards their kids instead of help their literal children

[@KratostheThird]

The reason The Greatest Generation was so innovative was because they had actual struggle. Completely different scenario from the one Boomers had.

[@jh-mp8so]

Bitter much??

[@annoyingbstard9407]

If you were my kid I’d get a great deal of pleasure watching yous struggle to wipe your own arse.

[@seankingwell3692]

@@KratostheThird lolz

[@AshleySpeaks4U]

Oh no, our Boomer parents had STORIES. Vietnam live on TV, seeing people blow up, nuclear bomb drills, Pear Harbor-that was their childhood-constant fear of Russian nukes.

[@DYLAN102001]

Boomers: Why do you have no money or assets? Me: why are you asking for $1500/month for an efficiency apt and only paying me $10/hr? Boomers: No it's because you're lazy, entitled and spend your money on avacado toast.

[@honkhonk8009]

I just want to have a house man. Boomers get mad over reformating zoning laws, an get mad when more housing gets built. Cant wait untill these stupid mfs die out. Finally we can get back to treating housing as a commodity, and not an investment. Housing was an investment when the US was still growing, but not anymore.

[@lilyliz3071]

@@honkhonk8009 please don’t tar us all with the same brush,we are not all wealthy,have our own homes and cars,I would imagine if you went out on the streets and spoke to people you’d find many are not like it’s portrayed,but I get what you mean about housing and it also needs to be affordable housing,not 7 bedroom mansions

[@wolfman_jagermeistro8445]

@@honkhonk8009 for real sick of this shit man. Rent has increased my entire life, wages are stagnant asf and yet boomers continue to go on multiple vacations and buy up more properties to rent out. Im sick of working full time with tools, electrical and im in management and cant even afford my own studio apt.

[@Wolf_3125]

Avocado toast is delicious though

[@DYLAN102001]

@@Wolf_3125 ugh no! Advocato and guacamole look like baby sh it.

[@austinbashara5154]

I was told I was a “lazy and entitled” because I didn’t wanna throw my back out at a low end minimum wage dead end job… they literally were confused when I quit and got a job at another company that paid more, do people expect 110% efforts from jobs that don’t pay enough to life?

[@chrischoy9]

If anything, its the boomers that are lazy and entitled... Too lazy to train a new recruit they will screw over just like they did to you and so entitled that think they owe you and can treat you like a slave.

[@johnjay370]

The replay is missing.

[@Sam-rm9hp]

Baby boomers always lie, gaslight, and project. Everyone should stand in solidarity against boomers.

[@Fsrjtyttzma]

'they? You mean EMPLOYERS.

[@Nick84525]

Time for all workers in this country to make a living wage and have mandatory paid vacations

[@lincolnshirepoacher9390]

Dealing with boomers while working in customer service jobs is like trying to get a crazy person to take their pills while having both of your hands tied behind your back.

[@grayc636]

@@user-wo5jo8sj9d yea gen x women are where Karen originated

[@lincolnshirepoacher9390]

@@grayc636 That has been a thing for longer than Gen X. Boomer women are generally as bad or worse than Gen X.

[@grayc636]

ahh i just served them as customers near the end the old ladys can get a lil crazy or emotional but seem to calm down if you stay calm the venegence of the gen x entiltelment im going to ruin your life is impressive maybe when they had more spry they put up a better fight@@lincolnshirepoacher9390

[@ronaldfasshauer4390]

After they ask you to help them take their pills.

[@yuo3670]

​@@lincolnshirepoacher9390 No, boomer men/ Gen x men are also terrible and mean customers. Just straight rotten. The older generations look at you like your a robot if you work customer service.

[@anatta467]

imagine being born of the Greatest generation only to become the worst generation and then forget everything because you are so avoidant you manifested alsheimers.

[@RockawayCCW]

"handed a bill for a party I never attended... our leaders lie about everything... the financial system only exists to enrich fat cats at our expense." I'm a genX and that's exactly how I feel, too.

[@GrizrazRex]

Yes. Just as I was coming of age, ready to exploit the openings of the Boomer-led sexual revolution, along came AIDS.

[@gewizz2]

i just hope gen z dont become the same as boomers

[@aynrandfan7454]

You should invest in crypto to be rich

[@gwills9337]

Gen X got bullied by the larger Boomer cohort and never had a chance to really express their political will. Boomers have over shadowd and over consumed 3 generations now...

[@moxgrovno636]

I wonder if you KNOW that most 'affluent' Boomers are still in deep credit card debt after retirement? What seems like a rich lifestyle is actually crippling debt.

[@martinithechobit]

BOOMERS: do not believe everything you see on the internet. BOOMERS believe everything they see on the internet.

[@MasterSanders]

Why would glowing screen lie to me, whether it’s the TV or internet? 🤔

[@eventhisidistaken]

I believe you, because it's on the internet. Also, I disbelieve you, because it's on the internet. In other words, you're full of shit. Some of us have a brain. I might not be on social media 24/7 and so it takes me a bit longer to figure out what the hell "let's go brandon" is all about, but I do figure it out a day or two later than you.

[@martinithechobit]

@@eventhisidistaken Troll face. 200 word essay.

[@eventhisidistaken]

@@martinithechobit thank you sir may I have another.

[@martinithechobit]

@black rabbi for me it was a reference back in the 90s early 2000s. where boomers would tell their kids to not post anything on the internet. But now...ahah. but yes tv as well.

[@dr.g6105]

*Gen X* Goes back to work because we're supporting Boomers and our kids simultaneously while they complain about each other.

[@spregged7231]

That’s why no one cares about Gen x. Because y’all didn’t say or do jack about the problem. 🤷🏻‍♂️ At Least millennials tried but y’all high on that “impress me” “apathy” generational culture.

[@dr.g6105]

@@spregged7231 this is the stupidest comment I’ve seen on the internet today.

[@spregged7231]

@@dr.g6105 no really. One half of the generation was so conservative they might as well had been boomers, the other half (while more cool with creating the art and music of the final decade of the 20th we all know and love) didn’t exactly believe in themselves enough to commit to real change. The mall rats stuck to their malls and didn’t stand up to boomer policies. In other words, they gave up and escaped to their relatively cushy consumerism.

[@777dragonborn]

Gen x is always invisible in the generation wars .

[@dr.g6105]

@@spregged7231 Yes. Really. Yours is a deeply, deeply stupid comment.

[@thecanadian8719]

Boomers think mainstream news is real. Never take their advice or criticism.

[@KratostheThird]

Because the grew up watching the TV.

[@lanac7974]

They sure do And they believe everything

[@needmoresnacks]

This missed A LOT of factors like how boomers inherited one of the best economies in our country’s history and sucked every bit of good out of it then passed it on and clung to their stuff. They brought us Reagan, unions died, pensions stiffened out, housing got more and more expensive, medical care got more expensive, literally existing got more expensive and wages just stopped and then they called us entitled for asking for the same opportunities they were handed.

[@seymoorepoone9512]

Everything you listed is by design by bankers and Wall Street brokers.

[@johnevans5782]

Ummm do you have your generations right? I'm Boomer. Our parents were the folks born during the great depression, and lived through WWII. No one under 55 is a Boomer. We helped build the economy you're talking about. It wasn't handed to us. We wanted and supported Unions in general. We worked for decades to earn those pensions, and it was OUR generation that had employers turn around and cancel the pensions we had paid into, leaving many of us jobless with no pensions. I don't see why it's wrong to cling to what we earned... Our parents generation, who often had nothing at all, taught us not to waste anything. And as far as the economy... sure we had Reagan... we also had Carter. But it wasn't us who moved almost all of America's manufacturing overseas.

[@noobyt3559]

@@johnevans5782 but you satan boomers are destroying the environment for current and future generations

[@umiluv]

They literally believe that printing money is not an issue. 🤦‍♀️

[@umiluv]

@@johnevans5782 - yes it literally was because Boomers are the largest voting block other than millennials. Gen X is puny in comparison. Boomers voted in politicians and allowed corporate law to make sure that shareholder value was more important than everything else because of all your retirement pensions and 401ks in the stock market. Most of everything that drives all of our politics is the stock market which Boomers undoubtedly have much of their retirement in. That’s why the jobs were all shipped overseas. To increase shareholder value.

[@JasonWDuffey]

I have had to train boomers for their inability to use computers my whole life but am told I am not applying myself when the job markets tank.

[@itsohaya4096]

I can't tell you how many times I've had to help my grandma send an email

[@666kingdrummer]

My 60 year old father just got his first smart phone the other day. PLEASE KILL ME.

[@itsohaya4096]

@@666kingdrummer genuinely good luck my guy

[@Skeletoncross]

Want to see how stupid these people are Ask them to use a Apple TV and Input their email.

[@johnevans5782]

@emi エミ Your statement doesn't make any sense. Boomers are already 'left behind'. We're all at least 55. What exactly is there that we could possibly try to keep up on? Or are you simply saying that we need to keep up so we won't be an inconvenience?

[@Xeonix7]

Imagine being able to work one 40h week job and being able to afford a majority of your expenses and then shitting on the next generation for doing the same and not being able to achieve the same. The hypocrisy.

[@donnaclinton5578]

More like 60 hours a week and barely making ends meet in order to put food on the table and have clothes and books for their kids to learn.

[@grobinson4805]

I’m a 35 year old millennial who watched Captain Planet at 5 years old and I thought the world would be over in 12 years… I feel lied to…

[@TheRealFollower]

The reason the younger generation is angry is because of inflation. My mother's first job in the 70s was flipping burgers and she made $5 an hour. Today that would be equivalent to $21 an hour. History is the same in terms of crisis but the money isn't. Fix the money and you fix a lot of the anger.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

Lol. Minimum wage was less than $3.25 in the 70's. She did not make $5 flipping burgers.

[@badmanskill1112]

@@PrettyGoodLookin Back to the 70s, you didn't necessarily make minimum wage for flipping burgers. Heck, I know of a McDonald's now that pays well above minimum wage for first time job.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

@@badmanskill1112 Back in the 70's the manager made $5 an hour.

[@badmanskill1112]

@@PrettyGoodLookin So, there was not one place you could flip burgers anywhere for $5 an hour from 1970-79? I find that hard to believe. I'm not certain what unemployment was like but when there are worker shortages, wages increase.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

@@badmanskill1112 In 1985 minimum wage was $3.35 an hour.

[@Arc3752]

"70% of American 30 years olds are doing better than their parents at the same age?" This aged like milk.

[@tarkov666]

Sounds like bs regardless

[@jackspring7709]

Yep. And it goes the way of every other prediction made by boomers.

[@bearcingetorix6326]

Yeah no. This is some bullshit.

[@jeffs3119]

Yeah what a dumb statement

[@steve00alt70]

And my question to boomers is who actually cares lol

[@estetikyanderesimfan7550]

"Why are we studying for a future that doesn't exist?" is spot on.

[@bobbobbington3615]

Most Boomers have between $0 and less than $100k in retirement/savings. Never take their financial advice.

[@jdk370]

Here's an idea: STOP LETTING THE STATE EDUCATE YOUR CHILD

[@threegenders201]

Nooo, f the system! Also, let the system raise your kids because science.

[@hughjorgan7871]

Never were words more truly spoken (except for Jesus, etc.)

[@threegenders201]

@@natchitoches6702 I like it when they teach them that biological sex doesn't exist and that the white kids are oppressing the black kids by simply existing and thus propagating the white hegenomy/supremacy/systematically racist system.

[@nathankinman7753]

I'd take it a step further and say here's another idea:...... Don't get pregnant or impregnate someone until you are married and ready to BE a parent who is WILLING to pay for your child's education WITHOUT the assistance of the taxpayers!

[@nathankinman7753]

@@natchitoches6702 because school is the only place on planet Earth where children can meet people different from them! #Stupid!

[@CowToes]

Boomers in the comments deflecting honest criticism and earning the hate every single day.

[@KratostheThird]

The daily lives of Boomers in the modern era.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

Plenty of millennial snowflakes in the workplace deflect honest criticism and run to HR and cry that they felt "threatened" in the process. I have worked in Silicon Valley as an experienced engineer and have always tried to help out younger people when possible. Some are receptive and willing to learn, and they benefit from it. Others think they learned everything they knew in school, can't believe that anyone who is "old" has anything to offer that is useful or relevant, and wind up as embittered crybabies as they are stuck at the bottom.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@eastbaykidd8574 ok boomer

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@MK_ULTRA420 How original, no wonder people make fun of your pathetic generation. 😆

[@jasonnichols8790]

@@eastbaykidd8574 Way to prove the OP right.

[@CrimsonSurvival]

This is why Gen Z will never succeed or accomplish anything. All they do is complain, and blame others for their own failures.

[@dodget3]

What do you expect? Gen x was their example of what it meant to be adults, they were doomed from the start

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I don't know about anyone else, but I know a lot of people from the greatest generation and I find that they are much more sympathetic towards young people than boomers are. They grew up during the depression and World War II and I think they look at their children as spoiled little brats who had everything easy. They empathize with us and the struggles going on.

[@emmanuelchavez7748]

I feel like older people expect young adults or children to behave like adults. But have you seen how adults behave? Lmao

[@nathankinman7753]

Boomers hold others to DOUBLE STANDARDS they aren't willing to hold themselves to.

[@dharmadefender3932]

LOL YEEEEEEEES. Adults behave more like children than children do. Unreal.

[@gwills9337]

Boomer ladies are peak Karen energy so you're right

[@johnathin0061892]

Boomers raised their children to be children and not adults. Likewise, their children raised their children to be children and not adults. This is a vicious cycle that needs to stop NOW.

[@OOOO0OOOO0001___]

and when we do act like adults they're gonna say "omg act your age" "stop being grown" "you're being fast" "i feel bad for your parents" etc like HELLO?! this is from the same generation that gave birth in their teenage years, smoking and drinking in their teenage years, dressing grown too..which is ironic 🥴

[@hans-peterklett8586]

Except we get to deal with Boomers for 20 more years than they dealt with their previous generations...

[@YoYo-gt5iq]

Yup, bc the funds duddies they hated took lead out of gasoline

[@jesse_-]

Why is that? Because boomers created all this wonderful technology that links everything together and has sped up science. Thanks to the boomers and GenX for much of the technology we have today, because it wasn’t millennials or GenZ that created it. Millennials and Zoomers are just using the technology and science the boomers and GenX have created.

[@Alan_One1]

@@jesse_- No one past Gen X has invented anything? Interesting.

[@DissidentClipper]

@@Alan_One1 Elon Musk is a Gen X but even if your statement were true, Gen X deeply supports capitalism which contribute to these inventions. Milliennials and Gen z think capitalism is evil

[@theglitch2421]

TLDR: Gen Z doesn't hate capitalism, we just wanna recognize the flaws it has and work on improving it. @@DissidentClipper that is where you are wrong, i'm gen z, and trust me buddy, i don't think capitalism is evil, and i don't have a problem with it. the problem i, and a lot of others, have is the fact that if we so much as think of criticizing it, we are immediately bombarded with anger and rage. simply because how DARE we try to point out flaws in something that totally perfect? But that there is the very problem. our very nature, and everything that is a product of it, is flawed no matter what. why do you think the us constitution was made on not only a compromise, but also with the ability to amend it later on? It's because again, anything we make is inherently flawed, for we are flawed. The United States was built on not just the foundation of freedom, but on another idea that is far too overlooked. the idea that we will never be perfect, and that there is always room to improve. and that's why we have to be able to openly criticize our own system and government. not to destroy it, but rather grind out and polish as many flaws as we can. sure, it will never be perfect, but that was never the goal, the goal is on the improvement itself. Nature herself teaches this with everything she made on the simple premise: Adapt Or Die.

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

Boomers were jerks to their children. Maybe they need some Tough Love back!

[@michaelashby9654]

Its not just targeted at the kids. The TSA agent at US airports yelling out orders and the compliance everyone MUST follow to these barked out commands is really depressing and its obviously done to create a conditioned and compliant population. If you go to other nations, you don't see this. I only see this in the US.

[@NoLanConnection]

TSA is pretty tight security, but the worst I've seen was in Ukraine definitely worse than the TSA. Maybe they don't bark out orders but they'll have you "throw out" items that aren't explicitly prohibited. Mexico security is the strictest I've seen by far TSA is lenient in comparison.

[@lanac7974]

Yes when I went through TSA in Mexico it was so easy

[@grocerygoat06]

Baby Boomers: Everyone needs to commute to the office Younger generations: I can work from home and get the same amount of work done without wasting my time sitting in traffic and burning gas. Baby Boomers: Come to the office or you'll be fired Younger generations stand their ground and refuse to come back to the office when **Gas is pushing $5 a gallon in most areas of the country** Baby Boomers: No one wants to work

[@KratostheThird]

This conversation happens all the time.

[@rollingdudes8859]

BOOMERS are also FREAKING OLD!!!

[@KratostheThird]

@@rollingdudes8859 No shit Sherlock.

[@everydayfun9531]

Lol boomers just wanna be able to complain and find an excuse for everything to make us miserable thank God our generation is stepping up and making changes towards society and this world.

[@ebr7753]

exactly, who wants to work? if they're happy going to their jobs then something is very wrong with those jobs

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

1969 Gen X here. Learned not to trust the Establishment although I didn't know to call it that at the time, way back in 80's when the TV lied to my parents that the Dungeons and Dragons I played was turning me into devil worshipper and Judas Priest and Ozzy were going to make me kill myself. "Read my lips no new taxes....I did not have sexual relations with that woman" on and on. We had racism on the ropes. We laughed at racist jokes but regarded racist people as fools stuck in the horrible past we were lucky to be born after. In the 90's if you were against racism it just meant you were a regular person. Anthrax and Public Enemy on stage collab is all the proof I needed. Too much togetherness isn't good for the ones sticking it to us so Division became the game once again. Don't let the tablet, TV, or phone make you hate your neighbor.

[@ablethreefourbravo]

WELL SAID! I unliked this so I could like it again.

[@aaronlepage5499]

👍👍👍

[@YanPagh]

Indeed: and we tore down the Berlin wall when it became annoying. Other Generations have nothing on us. Boomers deserve every såpeck of their hate tho, because boomers created the hell we currently live in, the "it's forbidden to forbid" generation became closet tyrants with all the "war on..." arbitrary laws.

[@Stgpop]

Perfectly put

[@ThunderAppeal]

Indeed. We had racism under control. Then the wokey millenials and zoomers came along and made sure to forget the meaning of parody. They might want to watch Blazing Saddles a few times, and some Pryor and Wilder buddy films.

[@barelyprotestant5365]

Boomers have ruined my life. That's not a generic accusation: they literally took my livelihood from me.

[@Cacowninja]

If it's ok to ask what happened?

[@HandlesAreDumb420]

​@@CacowninjaUnequal economy.

[@cazimim3375]

I know how to crush em I am a 1995

[@HolgerRuneFan]

Oh you poor baby. Maybe mommy can bring you some milk and cookies to assuage your hatred for hundreds of millions of people. Victim, much?

[@TheChunkyCrusader]

Didn't think I'd find an Anglican priest here

[@FluffDough]

I like gen X more than boomers. My parents are Gen X

[@Blynat]

The wealthiest generation to ever exist has been burning the ladders and bridges they used to get there. Now they call everyone else lazy and entitled....

[@-41337]

Very weak and superficial take. Ignores the fact that millenials have a lower percentage of relative total wealth that boomers had at the same time, or that GenZ has.

[@franknuzzo2576]

Older generations have more wealth because they have a lifetime to accumulate wealth.

[@BeaverChainsaw]

@@franknuzzo2576 you are right, but absolute income mobility has decreased over the years(basically chances of people making more than their parents). In 1940, people had a 90% chance to make more than their parents, by 1980, it went down to 50%, and also the middle class has been shrinking and social security may collapse as more people become old and younger generation has to carry that weight. Though one thing that might happen though is that younger generation can inherit baby boomers wealth!

[@franknuzzo2576]

@black rabbi Stealing it is the only way that you have a chance to not be poor.

[@sib9769]

@@franknuzzo2576 but he said at the same age

[@franknuzzo2576]

@@sib9769 It’s way easier to get rich now. We have the internet.

[@Killswitch1411]

Boomers, the generation that pulled up the ladder from behind them.

[@KratostheThird]

And Gen Xers, Millennials and Zoomers all had to suffer as a result.

[@Spider_aaaahhh]

No wonder why entitled people keep landing into nursing homes and cry about how their "loved" ones don't visit them. Boomers were guilty of this as many of them who criticize the youth were the exact same thing as they were before. For being entitled, lazy, and ignorant. I am grateful that life has taken me to school and realize that it isn't about consumption and being greedy. I spoil my younger brother and share my small wealth with him and I believe that'll create a stronger bond between us. Some people don't believe in sharing their wealth, afraid of losing their security and freedom. In the end, they'll have nothing as they grow old and become dependent on others who they have no bond with. These boomers will end up spending their entire life savings living in a shitty nursing home with no inheritance to their kids while they cry, "Why won't my children visit me? Why don't they love me anymore?" We always make a choice. We must be better than this.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Yep. Go through life trashing on the whippersnappers and never have a good word for them because "you gotta keep on them or they get slack". Then they have the nerve to act surprised when a person gets out from under their thumb and treats them just exactly how they treat others. If all you do is flex your power your whole life, don't be surprised when you're shoved into a home and die alone.

[@h-e-acc]

Wait, 30 year olds today are doing better than their parents?? 🤔 I seem to remember people who came of age in the 60s, 70s, 80s were in a whole lot better position. Chances are you could afford a house, an education and middle class lifestyle working on a waiter’s or factory worker’s salary without getting into too much debt. Oh, wait… greedy boomers sent all those jobs out to other countries and then had the nerve to devalue the currency causing inflation overtime . I mean the current demented boomer in the White House is continuing that tradition 😪 How many now in their 30s or 40s can say the same thing 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Attmay]

Joe Biden missed the cut off date by being born three years too soon. But he’s basically boomer adjacent.

[@bogusmcbogus2637]

Yah that "fact" they spewed was absolute trash. It was definitely skewed.

[@sunshineeddy6849]

Politicians. Bought and paid for politicians did that. I’m not a boomer. I just recognize that it was only boomers to the extent that they didn’t bother to put an end to the wholly corrupt system we’ve had since at least WWI. But hey, us gen x-ers and millennials are also not doing anything to end this corrupt system and most are super eager to cast their “vote” for the next psychopathic tyrants-that-be. The psychopaths’ divide and conquer tactics sure are working _beautifully_ for the psychopaths.

[@Mannwhich]

Yep! Was shopping for a house over 2 years ago, but my boomer parents basically told me to keep look for something cheaper, because to them a 3 bedroom home for 160k was considered too expensive. Fast forward to today, well.... 😤 I should have never listened to their advice.

[@NopeSecret]

You do know what happens to a nation when you open the immigration flood doors right? The reason our standard of living has dropped so much is because we flooded the country with people which essentially caused massive inflation as well as driving up the cost of living. This is common sense and why since the 70s its been downhill and its directly related to the increase in immigration. I am 35 with an iq in the 140 range.... You can literally go look at immigration statistics and inflation statistics and see the direct connection. Who would have thought increasing a population drastically would lower the overall baseline for the standard of living. I live in Canada and we have more people immigrating here yearly than are born domestically... The hilarious thing is if you mention this you are labeled as a racist or something by absolute retards. I am not racist I just understand that poorly regulated immigration can cause issue. Look at Canada and America now compared to the 70s for standard of living. Imgaine if we had a lot less immigration in Canada and America.. our dollar would be stronger and our standard of living would be higher. but hey.. lets be retards and just blame previous generations..... You do understand our immigration policies are not changing and we are doing absolutely nothing to stop our nations from getting worse. Atleast here in Canada they stopped non citizens from buying residential property finally.. imagine.. allowing non citizens to manipulate your domestic housing market... Sorry but in todays world saying I dont want non citizens to buy residential property.. is probably seen as racist...

[@yukiyuko-so4st]

They are easy to scam too. I'd tell them over and over to not let other people look in their cellphone (messages, and email), and to not let other people take a photo of their ID, but they won't listen. And when I raise my voice just to shut them up because they won't hear any good reasoning, they'd tell me I've got no respect, and I am a bully. Later on they would succumb to self-pity, and by the end of the day, everything would be my fault.

[@Skorion69]

Think about it, the silent generation and the greatest generation (the boomers parents and grandparents) created a world of unprecedented opportunity for them, then stack on that (in North America) the huge advances post WWII, all the knowledge brought from operation paper clip and that North America was helping Europe take care of itself and rebuild from the war. They could have created a strong ongoing prosperity that was self supporting but instead were greedy, wasteful and entitled screwing every generation after them, no wonder they are loathed. They ignore the fact that they engineered a world where two incomes are insufficient to buy a home and raise a family on but they want every benefit and luxury they can think of no matter the cost to their descendants or the world.

[@jeremiahblake3949]

Lol I'm pretty sure that Gen X isn't mentioned because nowadays everyone over 50 is called a boomer, just proving that all these titles are meaninglessness

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

Boomer isn't just a generational marker, but a mindset

[@flatbusted4980]

Graut it’s a BS term used to define or insult a person you disagree with when you can’t argue facts. Like the new uses for racist, sexist, fascist.........etc

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

@@flatbusted4980 Pff, boomer. Lmao.

[@thejohnbeck]

Gen Xer here, I feel really fortunate we grew up with the best movies and music. I do hope another John Hughes comes along. Then again, never thought I'd see 30, figured I was going to eat a nuke along with everyone else.

[@thurin84]

yeah, and im getting tired of being called a boomer. i never "dropped out" in the 60s. i never listened to easy listening and enjoyed the free love of the 70s. i wasnt a yuppie in the 80s.

[@MrUniq]

Im a young gen xer so I witnessed the excess of the 80’s and 90’s and the rewards the boomers reaped from their parents. They have failed their children and grandchildren if you ask me.

[@thegreatwhiteshark1266]

They have my mom a gen x and my dad a boomer and he is annoying failure

[@misfithomemaker3683]

I'm sn older Xer and a person of my age could perceive the world get enormously worse each year as the great generation, boomers parents, began to die out. Are boomers the worst? I don't know, but I do know they make horrible old people. I will say, Boomer's weren't raised on fear, like the millennials were. That makes Boomers much more open to people who are different than them. Millennials run in schools, like rainbow fish, all the same, each with one shiny scale.

[@brooksiedoodle5087]

As a young Gen Xer, I agree wholeheartedly.

[@Attmay]

They failed their parents, too.

[@Attmay]

@@thegreatwhiteshark1266 my dad is a boomer and always acting like an immature Dipshit when he wasn’t yelling at me or my sisters and hitting and threatening me.

[@kristina-oy3zs]

My husband is a lawyer and I’m an insurance adjuster we have worked over 20 years and are responsible and conservative. We cannot afford a house and I could never afford being a stay at home wife. My mother never worked and my dad was a construction worker. They have bought multiple home in their lifetime and have their home paid off. They tell my husband and I we just don’t sacrifice enough LOLLLLL THEY WORKED HARDER AND SACRIFICED MORE. look I don’t care if it was hard for them too, it’s the fact they don’t validate our struggles. Also they have nonrelationship w their parents or members of their family nor do they like their own kids. They’d rather be gluttonous w other boomers who have no relationship w their kids.

[@seankingwell3692]

described most boomers

[@lanac7974]

Yes they all think like this😂😂😂😂it’s crazy I no longer want to be around people 20 years older than me…they don’t understand nothing

[@TheSilvertrigger]

The boomers i know are either super rich or almost dirt poor, i dont know any average boomers. Either a millionaire or they live paycheck to paycheck.

[@lukehanley4272]

Ouch. Pretty much tried to invalidate every concern of millenials. Thanks Boomer.

[@justin2morton1]

Typical boomer

[@jt5747]

Fearful people are easier to control. That's why there will always be a new and existential boogeyman created for every generation.

[@carpo719]

red scare! :D

[@Savvynomad225]

That's how the US military controlled the rogue societies they confronted, through fear propaganda. They've decided to bring it home recently.

[@bdfunke]

Boomers dropped the “population bomb” scare in the 70s.

[@kirstencampbell2593]

It is the classic tale young against the old. But these youngsters are out of control.

[@Butchsiek]

The CIA and the DoD was going to kill Americans and blame it on Cuba just to start a war.. But Kennedy wouldn't sign off on it.. That year he was assassinated . People dont think our government had nothing to do with 9/11.. Yet it was ready to murder it's own citizens to start a war.. What happened after 9/11? We started non-winnable wars..

[@Horrorfreak106]

It's just so frustrating how so many boo.ers are unable to empathize with younger generations despite us going through some similar things.

[@raspiankiado]

From 1946 to 1964. Boomers, were the children raised by war-heroes that wanted to give their children the best lives they could. They spoiled them beyond rotten, and let them roam free. When the Cold War started in the mid-late 50s, it gave these, now semi-adults, an excuse to riot and waste their lives fighting the government. They grew up in a time, when houses were still dirt cheap, rent was dirt cheap, and cars were dirt cheap. When jobs paid more than their fair share in most industries, and money cost nearly ten times than what it does now. Everything the boomers accuse the younger generations of, is nothing but projection, of an issue they started. Yes, SOME of them did have to fight in the cold war, In Korea, Vietnam, and other such. But, for most of them, and most of their lives, their only real threat, were the Russian Nukes. They demanded to be pamper by the US government, with bigger college loans, to more pristine universities, and double the worker population within a single generation. Gen Z and Millennials, and soon Gen Alpha, will be growing up, in the HORRENDUS FALLOUT, of the selfish generation, and, while I don't blame people like my parents, born in the early 1960s, I do 100% blame the boomers 70 and older for every financial, societal, and otherwise struggle that I have to live through... ONTOP OF NUKES, ON TOP OF MASS VIOLENCE BECOMING A BIGGER ISSUE, on top of so many stresses. Why do the younger generations want to off themselves, hurt people, and give up on building life? Cause the world is at the cusp of oblivion financially, and soon we're going to be living in some dystopian autocracy, like cyberpunk or the goddamned matrix!

[@KratostheThird]

The war started in 1946. Americans were kept quiet about it until a certain senator named McCarthy brought out ‘McCarthyism’ and the Hollywood blacklist became known. Then there’s of course the 1960s/early 1970s. Then you had Gen X still being told to conduct nuclear drills at school, while the Soviets were beginning to crumble. The union collapses in 1991 and America becomes the lone superpower.

[@dasauto7346]

Boomer: "Why do younguns hate us?" Me: "Why are you asking me to pay $300+ for a Mosin?"

[@TacShooter]

That's probably a good price, these days.

[@mmmddd4366]

Get a man to pay for police protection get nothing for forever and a day. Teach a man how to Mosin and have protection for life.

[@jackjones4043]

I like the Mas a French rifle sold mine and all the ammo. Buy at auction I got pennies on the dollar.

[@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73]

Eww a mosin. My I recommend an svt-40. Or sks. Or the cult classic fn fal.

[@jacka1472]

@@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73 good luck finding an SVD in the states for a good price.

[@standinginthegap7118]

Millenials and gen z have a reason to be angry.

[@SamStone1964]

Everyone has a reason to be appreciative that they're alive.

[@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987]

Thank you.

[@NopeSecret]

Gen Y is not to be grouped with Gen Z. Gen Y is not angry we are mature adults. Gen Y is dealing with problems while Gen Z cries. Give Gen Z 10 more years and they will be dealing with problems. This is how generations work and why they are a thing. I hope Gen Z grows out of this disgusting hatred of their elders. The hatred they have is the same hatred Gen X has for their elders. No real mystery as to why Gen Z feels this way as they have been raised by Gen X. When someone starts to insult boomers I see them insulting my mother who is almost 70yrs old and a sweet compassionate woman. Gen Z and Gen X are both pretty damn retarded and blame issues caused by capitalistic control on the baby boomer generation.. when in reality the issue is capitalism and how it is slowly dominating society through debt enslavement. You know having a 140iq like mine essentially opens your eyes to the world for what it is. I could not imagine having a 90-115 average IQ or limited my intellectual capacity would be. Imagine not being able to analyze and comprehend complex social issues... I bet you get frustrated and just start to blame previous generations instead of analyzing the main factors of our society which is our economy and government type both of which are not related in any way shape or form to generations. One think I will say when someone types out a single sentence on a subject it really shows that they are not intelligent and essentially to be viewed as a worthless NPC in society.

[@cycologist7069]

Good learning experience.

[@realmearth5334]

​@@SamStone1964Yeah by not taking the vax. Thanks boomers for shutting down the world economy so you can squeeze out a few more years to pamper yourselves further.

[@zzzzzz-rn3oh]

boomers watch more tv than anybody ever thats the problem.

[@dieterrosswag933]

While new generations browse through their your phone 24/7

[@nickybutt9733]

Boomers had it so so easy it's comical.

[@briellehunter7233]

My grandparents home cost five thousand and their parents bought it for them. Yet when I was in a car accident I had to borrow 500 dollars plus was ridiculed by them.

[@realmearth5334]

Yup, pampered little softies.

[@lanac7974]

@@briellehunter7233yes they don’t like to lend us money for anything…😂😂😂so I don’t ask

[@malsprower]

Boomer: Crashes their car into me, totaling my car. Sues me and presses criminal charges against me and I'm falsely charged with a felony. Now I have to magically have 20k for a lawyer. Cops side with boomer because they are old.

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

If a car crashes into you and totals it wouldn’t be obvious if they’re at fault?

[@imranharith8936]

Sounds like me too

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

And now they're handicapped-parking queens. Let's just call it what it really is, VIP parking for old people (not trying to diss anybody that is legit, and I think it sucks that old people take up all your spots just by virtue of being old!). The stick figure in a wheelchair should be replaced with an old guy with a cane, hat, and round glasses.

[@jh-mp8so]

​@@Skank_and_Gutterboyhow is handicap parking YOURS?

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

@@jh-mp8so Did I say it was mine? NO.

[@BillLaBrie]

Everything negative said about millenials was first said about Gen-x, by the same people. The generation that just won’t die.

[@choreomaniac]

Yep. We were “slackers”. Clueless. Directionless.

[@vtheman1850]

@@choreomaniac Which is funny when you compare what Gen-X and even Millenials have contributed to the world VS Baby Boomers... Baby Boomers were handed the money and prosperity from their parents, squandered it all on ridiculous lifestyles and proceeded to blame their own children for it. Absolutely love it.

[@choreomaniac]

@@vtheman1850 well, they “earned” it but mainly because literally the rest of the world was destroyed by WWII. Detroit had no competition from 1945-1970. Same with lots of other manufacturing and science. It took decades for the EU and Japan to recover. Boomers had it on easy mode.

[@ih1183]

Gen x didn't cry about it.

[@BillLaBrie]

@@ih1183 Lol, ok. Explains all the grunge music and heroin. Maybe you’re thinking of another generation?

[@Nobuzznut]

How have we been raised to think the systems is corrupt when you got a pure example of corruption happening in 2008

[@aprestoargentino5695]

I'm an elder millennial and my mother an elder boomer. I just talked to her about the impact of the Boomer generation and how they pretty much fucked up humanity and she mostly agrees.

[@EMKABMART]

ha-ha no

[@KleWdSide]

Same goes for my dad. Even he's tired of all the old farts in office & prefers people in leadership to be closer to my age than his (in my 30s & he's pushing 70).

[@EMKABMART]

@@KleWdSide many of the old farts need to go. but the young need to learn from their wisdom and their mistakes.

[@EMKABMART]

Boomers didn't screw it up. Boomer lived through wars Vietnam, Korea, and many conflict. They Mostly didn't have things. Boomers collected things because unless you were the wealthy you didn't have things. They made their own wines and fast food really wasn't a big thing like it is today.

[@Jimraynor45]

In the 1950s, a single man working a blue collar job could have his own home, support his wife who didn't work, have children, all without a college degree and little debt. Another way to put it was that it was much easier for a hard working man with courage and determination to "make something" of himself. Today, you could work just hard and have lots ambition and courage, but your efforts won't go as far. It's harder to level up, almost like gaining levels has been nerfed to keep you down! Previous players exploited the game, changed the rules and the current generations are suffering for it. Level the playing field, make social security voluntary, reduce taxes, regulations, reduce government and embrace free markets.

[@god-of-war-fan]

idk which world you live in, but that still applies rn.

[@chrischoy9]

@@god-of-war-fan Today, only applies to heavily skilled or people in the upper management roles with degrees and experience in a white collar profession. However, even those would struggle a bit to achieve those dreams. Today's single blue collar worker would be struggling between paying rent or buying food.

[@god-of-war-fan]

@@chrischoy9 hmm you know what, in retrospect, you’re right. I was clearly wrong cuz I didn’t realize that most blue collar workers earn like 60k max

[@everydayfun9531]

F facts like the whole Game system's changed Inflation is in an all time high, Wages are Kept the same, Harder to save money, Hard to afford Groceries, Gas is expensive, Rent oh boi the list goes on.

[@MajinMist603]

@@god-of-war-fan 60k is high experience , it’s more like 25k-40k for low and mid experience .

[@trentp8035]

The only generation that has it better than their parents and their kids.

[@otorishingen8600]

As a Gen-X i deal with both generations and (in my opinion) millennials are (mostly) NOT spoiled and lazy (hustle) and quite smart for their age. I prefer them - their more do less talk than boomers.

[@supernimo739gaming7]

Thank you

[@brendensellers4385]

As a service worker who deals with boomers on a daily basis, I learned accusations towards my generation and Gen Z of being “entitled and spoiled” are pure projection. Their generation is the most privileged, out of touch generation and a lot of them are basically spoiled children who never had to grow out of that because of their privilege. I’ve met some really cool boomers, but the entitled ones make themselves very easy to identify and they’re proud of how entitled they are. I honestly think a lot of them are bitter toward younger people because even with all their privilege, they can’t buy what we have and that’s youth. I also found the happier you are, the more miserable they are so they think they can talk down to you to try to put you down to make themselves feel good. Fortunately, time isn’t on their side and hopefully the world will be a better place when the “I went to Woodstock but then became a yuppie parasite” generation is gone

[@KratostheThird]

Boomers were already causing damage back then, hence the 1960s to 1980s transition “I went to Woodstock but then became a yuppie parasite”.

[@ryno_8848]

I'm 21 and I just hate generational arrogance In general no matter how old you are

[@lightningbug276]

I’m a boomer (last year before gen x) . I went back to school and I love these young people. They work hard and they included me in everything.

[@MrUnder30seconds]

maybe you just wanted to breed with young guys, very smart.

[@Diogenerate]

sell your house to kawaii phase at the price you payed for it then

[@mandlin4602]

You’re not the problem then, your age isn’t what makes you inherently bad. It’s the common behaviour of those who happen to be a similar age as you but doesn’t mean you will automatically be that way.

[@Phasma6969]

@@MrUnder30seconds bruh ?

[@Attmay]

They have no choice but to work hard after you and your generation deprived us of a future.

[@map3384]

Generation x has been saying the same thing since the 80s and 90s. We’re paying for a party we never attended. I saw this coming for millennials and zoomers in the early 90s. My corporate finance professor predicted it in 1993.

[@Npc1488-wc1kf]

Billy bob from Hope sent my jobs to the CCP right before I graduated then orchestrated a recession to more easily send the stupids to another war

[@BakoBoi]

In my experience, boomers are much more likely to be snowflakes than Gen Z and millennials

[@chrischoy9]

Even banter itself is telling

[@RockerBug17]

For all the Boomers with poor memory; minimum wage throughout the majority of the 80s was $3.35 /hr. That is the equivalent purchasing power of $9.41 /hr as of June 2022. You can argue about the nominal value all you want, but the FACT is that if you make any less than $9.41 today, then your wages are worse than someone from 80s.

[@darkhighwayman1757]

As a gen X ..we saw the party but weren't invited. The party was over by the time we had beer money for it.

[@shaq9361]

gen x'ers ride the accomplishments of millennials and boomers

[@OrneryMouse]

Older gen xers are indistinguishable from boomers. Younger xers are more akin to millenials. We've been working the bar at the party since it started. Just can't get a day off or afford the drinks, or even get a seat at the bar anymore.

[@struggler5702]

I am an old Gen Z person, and I like my peers I have been relatively successful in home ownership and whatnot, but it was excessively difficult. Older generations are complaining that newer generations know their rights, their worth, and will not demean themselves for shitty pay. This is the first generation you will never get away with mistreating, because they will not take it.

[@calicokush]

every generation believes there's was the first. When they're young they're ageist against the old, when they're old their ageist against the young... the period between they take the keys from the generation that's still coming up and hand them to the next because you didn't change the world when you were five. It's all about the Gen Alphas now and the Betas next.

[@kawaiiphase7829]

As a millenial myself : • active duty for 8 yrs to escape homelessness/poverty • skipped predatory college scam as you can't go bankrupt/govt owns majority of the debt/doesn't guarantee employment • refuse to make the financial mistake of having kids ( I have a vasectomy which is WAY CHEAPER than affording kids) • went straight into the workforce after my EAS • and the only debt I have is my house(only able to purchase by VA loan) • I invest in the stock market. Yet I can't guarantee my retirement, can't pay off my house, can't afford to support my wife and never going to happen kid off my pay alone, we don't live in the city. So yes. Boomers had it easy; and as a vet they can shove it as idgaf about the draft. Not everyone went to war and going to college was actually affordable compared to how a lot of us enlist because we were born poor. I hate boomers.

[@mrbillhilly343]

Baby Boomers dodged the Vietnam draft..... While calling Millennials "selfish" for not having children. Baby Boomers spat on war vets returning home, while calling Millennials "disrespectful towards police" during a protest.

[@costumeninja1914]

But you will never pass on your seed. Beta male.

[@SebastiansSebastian-fc4pj]

@@mrbillhilly343 yeah, they are also the ones who pushed project 100k. Sending in mentaly ill people to war

[@johnevans5782]

As a Boomer I would seriously dispute that we had anything easy. I had to enlist to get off the farm that my family didn't own. I worked my butt off on my own for decades. I didn't even have a GI Bill. I was too busy working to even be able to consider College until I was in my mid 40s and was able to go with my wife's help. I bought a house using my VA Loan, but the mortgage company played with the paperwork, offered me a special repayment option and when that backfired, foreclosed. My wife and I have, for 20 years, lived paycheck to paycheck. We don't have any guaranteed retirement. My Son is in college, but he had to earn scholarships because I can't do it for him. What exactly did we Boomers do that you hate us again?

[@mrbillhilly343]

@@johnevans5782 Blamed Millennials for all the problems YOU CREATED, while chastizing us for everything we did because you needed a human-punching bag to take-out all your insecurities on. You made us waste our lives away chasing study & jobs, leaving us at 40+ years of age & baron; because we were always "too young to get married" or "not financially able to have a family" & sabotaged our relationships & micromanaged our lives like you owned us. Oh & all the fun you Boomers had, you banned it & got it outlawed, so now you have something to yell at Millennials for "having nothing to do" like it's all their fault.

[@theblueknight9746]

1996 here. I say it Depends on the boomer. My dad (1960) grew up in poverty in the middle of nowhere, spent 20 years in the military, and made giant personal sacrifices for me and my sister (and my mother). He does NOT embody the reasons I dislike the boomer generation. My boss is a boomer; he gave me a raise literally for not being a shitbag. He is not the eternal boomer. However, Boomers who grew up in wealth and had everything handed to them, and then turn around and call us entitled for wanting to be able to buy land or a house, make me want to go full Robespierre.

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

Plenty of boomers grow up poor yet still become extremely selfish. It’s just a mindset that each generation has members of. It just happens that for boomers they’re much more prevelant and obvious because they somehow continue to influence our society. The boomers I know who grew up poor are worse because it just shows that despite knowing poverty, they’re still willing to throw other people into it for their own selfishness sake. Imagine, having kids after being pooor and then wishing poverty and failure on everyone who comes after you just because you grew up poor. Yup, this is a boomer phenotype rarely addressed, but there’s thousands of them out there.

[@orbitty1354]

I actually understand that. You turned out to be very good. Keep it up.

[@steveguillory7568]

@@ibnuts2831well said. I was born in that same timeframe and don’t recall being handed anything. Every generation has their own opportunities and challenges. Millennials are simply cherry picking data. They do have their own challenges for sure.

[@jh-mp8so]

​@@ibnuts2831well said

[@michaelhenry4405]

This is the BS that boomers do. your father made you believe that he "made giant personal sacrifices"... its that exact reverse psychology BS they all do. No bro. He didnt make personal sacrifices for you. He simply cared for you and did what was needed at the time to look after his family. What else did you expect from somebody who decided to get married and create children. To not GAF and leave you on the side of the street hungry and dying or beat you with a stick? Dont give me that crock of horse twaddle. at your age are you living in your own house with a wife and 2 kids without any real worries except for just arriving at work? The answer is categorically no. Boomers dont need to get a pat on the back (a participation trophy if you must) for doing what is the minimum expectation to raise a family. let alone try and title it as a "giant personal sacrifice". He could have easily just left and had a great life without you. But he didnt because it wasnt the right thing to do. That isnt surprising nor impressive.

[@rsls101]

My Boomer Parent: “Why don’t you ever visit or call often?” Me: “Because I work two jobs. You were a housewife.”

[@monkeyloven]

You can add because you barely talked to me when I was a kid. You ignored me most of my childhood.

[@cycologist7069]

Good learning experience.

[@iridescentsea3730]

@@monkeyloven 100%

[@Mindset_Mechanics]

But being a housewife is backwards and oppressive anyway right?

[@James_36]

you can also thank boomers for turning women into worker slaves for corporates, the younger generation think that is freedom. What gets me is the younger gens hate boomers whilst also being brainwashed by their propaganda on top. Boomers destroyed the family unit and forced women into the workplace on mass and made it impossible to be a housewife... whilst making them think women are empowered and turned them also into man haters.

[@scruffy7443]

My Baby boomer Father a retired navy Veteran (Vietnam area), Grand father retire WWII (Pacific) veteran taught me, 'one of the Gen X out there', how to be responsible. I can cook, do chores, build, fix cars, mow the lawn, laundry, pay bills, mostly everything what they have done, and I can survive without a smart phone along with social media that makes most Gen Z and millennials squirm in a panic without.🤡

[@Nick84525]

THERE IS MORE TO LIFE BESIDES FUCKING WORK FOR CHRIST SAKES

[@Mpel3]

Oh you're better than everyone else. How nice for you.

[@scruffy7443]

@@Mpel3 Not better than everyone else, just better than liberal Zoomers. lol

[@lanac7974]

Bro we all do that Just leave the fucking chat ok

[@scruffy7443]

@@lanac7974 😹🤡

[@HikaruYamamoto]

This message brought to you by people who are not a millennial or gen Z. We are not doing better than our parents. They didn't have college debt at 30. They owned a house. They could raise a family off one income doing manual labor. The main reason my generation is not having children is because it is insanely expensive. Sure not wanting them to be born into this dumpster fire is one reason too.

[@lifeinjersey9846]

Agreed my parents were married and had a 2 story house by 30. My mother 2 year degree and my dad a 4 year. Me, same thing 4 year degree and working on a masters. I havr a job but no way could I afford the house they did when I was there age? Rent and everything is so expensive I have a roommate to cut the costs so I don't have to be in debt or live in a bad area. Younger generations aren't perfect but when you realize that most of them got into the work force after 2008 where the economy wasn't recovered it was tough. It wasn't the economic boom that boomers got to enjoy. Our generation works hard but doesn't get the same benefits their generation did. At times our generation works harder, working 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet. Its frustrating how hard some generation work only to be called lazy and entitled. Oh don't go to college to be in debt that's your fault? No its the older generation wanting college degrees. College degree has thr same weight their hs diplomas had. They want employees with degrees, oh blue collar jobs? Good luck half of them were outsourced by boomers. Not to sound rude but boomers were given a society on a silver platter and messed it all up. Younger generations are just trying to get the same things only its not as easy. Oh don't have a house by 30? You're lazy. But they ignore the fact some people work 80 hours a week on 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet something boomers never had to worry about.

[@HikaruYamamoto]

@@lifeinjersey9846 Exactly this, but Boomers want to pretend its our avocado toast ruining us lol.

[@mortis3732]

@@lifeinjersey9846 Exactly.

[@nationalsocialist6590]

I like how we forget gen X. Well they were consider the edgy leave me alone I leave you alone generation.

[@HikaruYamamoto]

@@nationalsocialist6590 Gen X needs to just pick a side lol

[@shadowsmirk]

"I'm Gen-X. I just sit on the sidelines and watch the world burn."

[@YanPagh]

because videogaming, our 80's music and coffee are that good - we made it so.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@YanPagh We also gave the world the internet the way it is today. We wrestled control away from the boomers and off the main frame and put it on the pc and eventually server farms.

[@tumarfa]

Gen X doesn't exist.

[@YanPagh]

​@@tumarfa Oh hi there millennial, how is your quest for relevance through whining doing?

[@tumarfa]

@@YanPagh I was joking. I'm a Gen X myself. And it does actually often seem like we don't exist, as it's all about Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z all the time.

[@evanmcarthur478]

They messed these kids up with the hypocrisy of 2008 and 2021 Bailouts and Misappropriation of money.

[@fishybusinessco.8398]

I was told by my science teacher that we would literally fight wars over water and we best get ready to suffer

[@Davethe3rd]

It's kind of like this: Imagine a restaurant that's been in your town for generations that was well known for it's excellent cuisine. Every time you mention it around your parents, they get that wistful look in their eyes and reminisce fondly of the meals they had and the good times they shared. About the owner and what a great guy he was and how everybody knew his name. But... That was literally decades ago. That owner retired and sold the business to his kid, who is letting HIS kid run it. Things ain't so good no more. Some of it was the kid's fault. He's young and not so wise. Not only did he not have to build the business, he didn't have the luxury of watching his father build it like his father did. But some of it is society's fault. Things are more expensive now. People don't appreciate and value what they used to anymore. Times are tough, so corners get cut. Traditions get shelved because nobody knows why or how to do it right. The food loses quality, but costs more. Now, that restaurant isn't so good anymore, but if you ask around the neighborhood, everybody still sings its praises. They lament that nobody appreciates quality food anymore, not realizing that the food there isn't quality and hasn't been for a generation. That's the disconnect. The world the Boomers lived in doesn't exist anymore. It was sold for parts when we were in diapers. But nobody wants to shake up the system because they're afraid. Or rather, there are a few at the top that profit very much from a broken world. So they maintain the system at all costs.

[@justin2morton1]

This is law. Best comment I've seen

[@involuntaryanalysis]

Perhaps it's time for violence?

[@Skydive20991]

We just have to burn everything to the ground and rebuild it all.

[@porchaj.7862]

Perfectly stated

[@justin2morton1]

@@Skydive20991 I literally live for that day. I can't wait.

[@AnneLien1987]

I am a " Millennial " and let me tell you: i dislike boomers a LOT.

[@monke6912]

genZ here, i will help you in every way possible,we should be one for all and all for one

[@CowToes]

@@monke6912 join us during the great uprising. The night of the pillow when?

[@monke6912]

@@CowToes idk man if it happens araund 2025 then i can join

[@CowToes]

@@monke6912 gru

[@mikeh7917]

Get back to chewing Tide pods.

[@michalsmrha1661]

It's all boomers fault that's out of discussion.

[@Nick-1117]

Boomers: How can we talk to young people. Also Boomers: who cares what they think we had it much worse.

[@ethankoch7706]

As a gen z kid watching this I can totally relate

[@RobertJohnson_Zeppo]

As a gen x, I am sorry your generation experienced the narratives that you have experienced. The adults haven't been adulting very well for a very long time, but from what I have seen of your generation, the kids are going to be just fine.

[@hughjorgan7871]

We boomers had to wait for the WWII generation to get out of the way. Heck, Bob Dole ran as late as 1996.

[@Davivd2]

As a Gen X'er I don't understand why we get called boomers and get all the hate. We were, and still are, in the same boat you are in. Our parents are the literal boomers that stopped protesting and sold out harder than any generation before or since. My parents were hippies when I was really young, listening to the Beatles. Then they voted for Ronald Regan and praised him while drug abuse, crime, and poverty skyrocketed. You think you grew up scared of school shootings? The 80's had actual crime rates that were worse than today's crime and violence rates. We also grew up with the looming threat of nuclear annihilation from the Soviet Union. Racism didn't start with George Floyd. We had Rodney King. It's been around since day one of America's life. We got labeled Gen X because we were the nothing generation. The X was just because there wasn't really anything better to say about us. We grew up knowing the world was fucked just like you guys are learning. Gen X'ers may be the same age as the people you see ruining the world, but those people are ruining our world too. It's really about the rich 1 percent having too much power and greed with no consequences that's the problem. I wish the younger generation understood this. Zoomers are just as fucked as we are.

[@hughjorgan7871]

@@Davivd2 You got it about half right. The 1960s counterculture was a Moscow directed Marxist subversion scheme, the New Left was sort of a reaction to 1950s anti-communism. The Soviet Union could not defeat the US on the battlefields of Korea & Vietnam, so they took the fight to the streets of America.

[@sheepketchup9059]

@@Davivd2 gen x don't really get hate tho they get ignored

[@CuttySobz]

I hate that my parents and grandparents are too greedy to pass anything onto me my sister or my cousins. It's like they think they'll live forever.

[@MajinMist603]

Well when they die guess you have to start taking stuff before the government or banks come in and take it for themselves .

[@imranharith8936]

We took their burden

[@Misanthropic_hellhound]

What a bunch of asshats

[@Mannwhich]

Same, my parents likely will give their home to my older brother, who still lives at home with them, and should already have enough to buy his own since he never payed rent to them.

[@EMKABMART]

haha... I love you. Them evil people not just handing you anything.

[@raydemers5669]

Gen X here. These boomers are parents, grand parents and more. This generation vs generation is a manufactured issue by content creators. And yes, my parents (boomers) set an excellent example of striving and working for what you want while enjoying your life. My Millennial kids love their boomer grand parents and I do as well.

[@ASHU.ASMITHA]

My own boomer dad says we are spoiled children when he is the one who never left me to work(unless it’s big fame post in govt ) He shamed me for choosing Arts degree. And cursed me that I will lose my life since I didn’t chose doctor as career . Dude ,, enough . I know what I want than you know. I am adult enough. I don’t hate him but it’s so annoying. I respect him as my parent. I just leave or don’t listen whenever he talks something nowadays. It’s so blissful not to argue with such backward mindsets. Ignore them. We are the upcoming generation.

[@alienvalentine]

Because the media said we should. I've yet to meet a Boomer that has actually said any of this shit. Only the media telling they are.

[@chaoticboots2574]

I work with about 6 of them, you can have one of mine

[@nobody-vp1dr]

It's called psychological warfare. Divide conquer then control.

[@ruthannmarie7119]

Exactly don't underestimate boomers

[@ablethreefourbravo]

I've met A TON of Boomers that say this shit. As in most of them.

[@crissd8283]

Fear sells, the media and politicians wants fearful viewers and servants. Fear is a powerful tool against the working class.

[@brasstacks5319]

Boomers have always been the ones who seemed hateful. As a younger gen Xer who has been reading their hit pieces since '97, I didnt think it was possible for them to actually get worse than when I was young. They certainly are though.🙄

[@Attmay]

They are the new old people at this point and it scares them, so they lash out at everybody younger than themselves for problems they and they alone created. I liked the old old people better.

[@KratostheThird]

@@Attmay The Greatest Generation is almost completely gone, save for some old people who managed to live over 95 years. The Silent Generation is leaving us too.

[@holoceph3916]

They were literally the hippies that became yuppies. Hippies have always garnered a culture of nasty entitlement

[@fogisherenow]

That is funny and they say gen z is bad 😔