William Shatner gets into Twitter war with millennials

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Captain Kirk has a bone to pick with millennials.

According to a report by Fox News, William Shatner, star of the popular Star Trek franchise, recently got into a heated Twitter exchange with millennial users who incorrectly targeted him with the popular "OK Boomer" jab.

For those unfamiliar with the phrase, "OK Boomer" is a popular online retort used to dismiss the opinions of baby boomers that younger people deem irrelevant or uninformed. Shatner was commenting on a back-and-forth between "Dancing with the Stars" host Tom Bergeron and viewers upset about Sean Spicer's continued presence on the show when one of his followers directed the "OK Boomer" jab at the 88-year-old actor.

Shatner was born in 1931 and is, by definition, not a boomer.

"Sweetheart, that's a compliment for me," he wrote.

I'm not really into pejoratives, but what's the term for people when they can't interpret a joke?" the user replied.

"Millennial?" Shatner fired back.

He continued: "I feel it's like one of those childish insults in fandom that seem to affect the delicate types to the point they meltdown & go over the rest of our heads as something ridiculous," he wrote. "If the person posting it thinks they are making a dig; they are the fools."

While the original poster stopped responding, another user chimed in noting that "OK Boomer" is "not for the boomers that understand [EXPLETIVE]. It's for the ignorant ones like you."

The "Star Trek" actor didn't let the insult stand.

"And just what are we ignorant about Courtney? We don't understand the struggles? War? Depressions (economic and personal)? Inflation? Double digit Prime Interest rates?" he retorted.

That's when the user made the argument that millennials inherited hardships from the boomer generation -- another slight that Shatner couldn't abide.

"And the meek shall inherit ... is that all your generation does is point fingers and blame others for their pity parties? You don't get a participation trophy for life; you take what you get and play your best hand. It's been that way since forever," he tweeted.

The duo then argued back-and-forth for several hours about whether or not they are a boomer or a millennial respectively.

Captain Kirk is a snowflake, who knew?

Captain Kirk is a snowflake, who knew?

Donald Trump is not the only old person who should stay off of twitter .

OK Boomer

"And just what are we ignorant about Courtney? We don't understand the struggles? War? Depressions (economic and personal)? Inflation? Double digit Prime Interest rates?" he retorted.

Well, he has some good points.. especially here:



He was born right after the great depression, grew up during WW2, the cold war, vietnam war and so on.. I don't know his family history background or what he was born into, but I would like to think he has some valid claim.

Don't wanna go off too much since it wasn't posted in the PPR section. Just my feelings

OK Gen Z-er

I wonder what comes after Z?

OK Gen Z-er

I wonder what comes after Z?

Captain Kirk has a bone to pick with millennials.

According to a report by Fox News, William Shatner, star of the popular Star Trek franchise, recently got into a heated Twitter exchange with millennial users who incorrectly targeted him with the popular "OK Boomer" jab.

For those unfamiliar with the phrase, "OK Boomer" is a popular online retort used to dismiss the opinions of baby boomers that younger people deem irrelevant or uninformed. Shatner was commenting on a back-and-forth between "Dancing with the Stars" host Tom Bergeron and viewers upset about Sean Spicer's continued presence on the show when one of his followers directed the "OK Boomer" jab at the 88-year-old actor.

Shatner was born in 1931 and is, by definition, not a boomer.

"Sweetheart, that's a compliment for me," he wrote.

I'm not really into pejoratives, but what's the term for people when they can't interpret a joke?" the user replied.

"Millennial?" Shatner fired back.

He continued: "I feel it's like one of those childish insults in fandom that seem to affect the delicate types to the point they meltdown & go over the rest of our heads as something ridiculous," he wrote. "If the person posting it thinks they are making a dig; they are the fools."

While the original poster stopped responding, another user chimed in noting that "OK Boomer" is "not for the boomers that understand [EXPLETIVE]. It's for the ignorant ones like you."

The "Star Trek" actor didn't let the insult stand.

"And just what are we ignorant about Courtney? We don't understand the struggles? War? Depressions (economic and personal)? Inflation? Double digit Prime Interest rates?" he retorted.

That's when the user made the argument that millennials inherited hardships from the boomer generation -- another slight that Shatner couldn't abide.

"And the meek shall inherit ... is that all your generation does is point fingers and blame others for their pity parties? You don't get a participation trophy for life; you take what you get and play your best hand. It's been that way since forever," he tweeted.

The duo then argued back-and-forth for several hours about whether or not they are a boomer or a millennial respectively.