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05 Jan 2020, 1:06 pm

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ME: “You should have a full-time job before you buy a new car.”
HE: ”OK, boomer.” (Buys a new car, which gets repossessed six months later.)

ME: “Maybe you should find out more about this girl before you shack up with her.”
HE: “OK, boomer.” (Shacks up. Comes home one day to find her and all of his valuables have gone missing.)

ME: “If you’ve been drinking, maybe you should call an Uber driver.”
HE: “OK, boomer.” (Drives drunk, passes out, ploughs into 3 parked cars, loses license.)

The phrase “OK, boomer” seems to be used most often by younger people who want to dismiss an older person’s wisdom and do what they want.

In my experience, it’s mostly used by 19 year olds who mock me for knowing what a CD is :evil:



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05 Jan 2020, 2:08 pm

Maybe too many people have mocked them for not knowing what a CD was. Obviously they know what one is.

I've had creepy moments where I walked into antique stores and had to explain to the staff what a phonograph record was...and the staff is older than me.


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05 Jan 2020, 2:16 pm

Not long to go until the Millenials become the establishment :P



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05 Jan 2020, 2:37 pm

The_Walrus wrote:
Fnord wrote:
ME: “You should have a full-time job before you buy a new car.”
HE: ”OK, boomer.” (Buys a new car, which gets repossessed six months later.)

ME: “Maybe you should find out more about this girl before you shack up with her.”
HE: “OK, boomer.” (Shacks up. Comes home one day to find her and all of his valuables have gone missing.)

ME: “If you’ve been drinking, maybe you should call an Uber driver.”
HE: “OK, boomer.” (Drives drunk, passes out, ploughs into 3 parked cars, loses license.)

The phrase “OK, boomer” seems to be used most often by younger people who want to dismiss an older person’s wisdom and do what they want.

In my experience, it’s mostly used by 19 year olds who mock me for knowing what a CD is :evil:
... cassettes ... 8-tracks ... 78s ... 45s ...



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05 Jan 2020, 4:33 pm

Fnord wrote:
... cassettes ... 8-tracks ... 78s ... 45s ...

ok boomer


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05 Jan 2020, 4:33 pm

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05 Jan 2020, 4:39 pm

That’s Boomer Esiason. He played American Football as a quarterback with the Jets and other teams. He is a Long Island native.



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05 Jan 2020, 4:55 pm

i'm a zoomer.


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05 Jan 2020, 4:57 pm

I don't know what I am. What comes after Boomers?


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05 Jan 2020, 4:58 pm

^xoomers.


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05 Jan 2020, 4:59 pm

Ah, that explains everything! I'm X-Rated. 8O

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05 Jan 2020, 6:32 pm

MaxE wrote:
OTOH I can see how in Queensland maybe there is a major problem with old farts in digger hats sitting on their verandas and yelling at the blackfellas to weed their gardens faster; never having been there I can't say, but it's quite possible that @Bradleigh has a valid point that we ignorant Yanks simply don't get.


Even if not intended, I find this a teensy bit offensive.

I said earlier that I have only ever used it in jest with my peers, I do actually have a good amount of respect for older people, have rarely met many that would be any problem (I rarely meet people). I imagine the only time I would ever use it if one told me that the current job market is easy to get into, but is all online applications now and incredibly difficult without much experience.

Or perhaps if I was told that I was on my phone too much, as I usually watch a video while on my daily walks, but if I am watching the screen is usually me watching news, insightful commentary on social to economic subjects and philosophy. It is rarely me being vapid in favour of expanding my knowledge or perception.


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05 Jan 2020, 6:48 pm

How can you learn from other people's mistakes if you don't let them make mistakes?



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05 Jan 2020, 9:58 pm

BTDT wrote:
How can you learn from other people's mistakes if you don't let them make mistakes?

I think this sums it up quite nicely.


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06 Jan 2020, 2:15 am

The generation after the Boomers is Generation X—born between about 1964 to about 1979.



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06 Jan 2020, 8:26 am

There are some who consider later Boomers—born about 1957 to 1964–to be of “Generation Jones.”