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06 Jan 2020, 8:48 am

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


We got disco and 8-tracks and cassettes in stereo. We got rural scenes and magazines.
We got truckers on C.B. And we got Richard Pryor on the video.



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06 Jan 2020, 8:55 am

I’ve never actually seen an 8-track player, except in photographs.

And I’ve only seen 8-track tapes in photographs.

Cassettes and cassette players were abundant.

Only really slick, singles-bar type people had 8-track players in their cars.



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06 Jan 2020, 8:58 am

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06 Jan 2020, 9:02 am

He looks to be close to Boomer age himself.

The big Boom Boxes of the late 70s might or might not play cassettes.



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06 Jan 2020, 9:06 am

I'm hip to all your 70s jive.



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06 Jan 2020, 9:28 am

Jive Talkin'---the Bee Gees!



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06 Jan 2020, 10:06 am

I have my dad's eight track player and the tapes. There was one in his car too.


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06 Jan 2020, 7:52 pm

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After all the anti-millennial stuff that was pushed by Boomers, being dismissive of how things are different than it were for them. I think people should continue to keep pushing the envelope. It has been ridiculous seeing the older generation trying to frame the phrase like some sort of slur, like dismissing their opinion on something is so harmful.


Boomers, as a cohort, aren't used to being told their opinions are neither wanted nor needed. When you've dominated discussions most of your life, suddenly being treated as though you're irrelevant is shocking, you're entitled to have people listen goddammit- hence the hysterics. It's probably compounded in contexts where it's also viewed as personal, since you know, feelings.


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06 Jan 2020, 7:55 pm

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


Won't that just irritate Gen X to no end. :lol:


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06 Jan 2020, 7:59 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Boomers, as a cohort, aren't used to being told their opinions are neither wanted nor needed. When you've dominated discussions most of your life, suddenly being treated as though you're irrelevant is shocking, you're entitled to have people listen goddammit- hence the hysterics. It's probably compounded in contexts where it's also viewed as personal, since you know, feelings.


I tend to think of myself as Gen-X for precisely this reason. I'm usually in the company of older significantly older boomers who dominate conversations.

"Why didn't you tell me that? Maybe I never got a chance to say anything. Or maybe I didn't feel like arguing with someone who said the exact opposite.

I've done very well financially. Not only do I have a good paying job but I can easily retire and maintain my present standard of living for a couple of decades. Hopefully you will do as well.



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06 Jan 2020, 9:25 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Bradleigh wrote:
After all the anti-millennial stuff that was pushed by Boomers, being dismissive of how things are different than it were for them. I think people should continue to keep pushing the envelope. It has been ridiculous seeing the older generation trying to frame the phrase like some sort of slur, like dismissing their opinion on something is so harmful.


Boomers, as a cohort, aren't used to being told their opinions are neither wanted nor needed. When you've dominated discussions most of your life, suddenly being treated as though you're irrelevant is shocking, you're entitled to have people listen goddammit- hence the hysterics. It's probably compounded in contexts where it's also viewed as personal, since you know, feelings.

Hmm, I think this post made me realize something. As an autistic boomer I have been not only treated as irrelevant but have been irrelevant most of my life. That is why not only am I not offended but getting a kick out the whole controversy.

In the sprit of irreverence if you really want to make snowflake boomers mad hack all the classic rock stations so all that is heard on those stations is Greta Thunberg yelling “How dare you” over and over again. And that guy who compared “Ok boomer” to the N-Word, that guy gets pranked by some avocado eating fake Gen Z cops who arrest him for driving while boomer. The late Abbie Hoffman would appreciate that.


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06 Jan 2020, 9:28 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Boomers, as a cohort, aren't used to being told their opinions are neither wanted nor needed. When you've dominated discussions most of your life, suddenly being treated as though you're irrelevant is shocking, you're entitled to have people listen goddammit- hence the hysterics. It's probably compounded in contexts where it's also viewed as personal, since you know, feelings.


Any generation's opinions could be deemed as not being needed or wanted. It's rather wrong headed to single out boomers on that score .Conversations aren't just dominated by boomers . It's something some people will do irrespective of what generation they come from .

As for applying 'Snowflake' to boomers or millennials or any other generation ; it's a stinking pile of mindless crap whichever generation it's aimed at .



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07 Jan 2020, 4:31 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
I’ve never actually seen an 8-track player, except in photographs.

And I’ve only seen 8-track tapes in photographs.

Cassettes and cassette players were abundant.

Only really slick, singles-bar type people had 8-track players in their cars.

Hey! I had an 8-track player in my first car. :D Played David Bowie, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd. I’ve never been to a singles bar.



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07 Jan 2020, 8:58 am

It now seems weird that I've never seen an 8-track player, or an actual 8-track tape.

My older brother had a few stereos. I guess he didn't see the need for an 8-track player. None of my friends had older brothers with 8-tracks either at home or in their cars.

There were some cars that played cassettes; and there were some cars that only had radios.



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07 Jan 2020, 9:21 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
“OK Boomer” is insulting to older folks.

My encounters with Millennials have been similar to my encounters with Boomers: a mixed bag.

People forget that Boomers were probably much more rebellious than Millennials are today. It’s not like we’re all stodgy grampas.

I have no similar insulting meme for Millennials—so let’s cut the OK Boomer crap, unless it’s in jest.
Yea,boomers used to be the rebels and the silent and WW2 generations were the establishment and gen X were called slackers.

Boy have times changed.


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07 Jan 2020, 9:38 am

My work world is much different than what I did in school. I don't have to spend hours proving math theorems. I just need to know the correct answers. Nobody cares how I got them.



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