It is about the same as the term "Millennial." Boomers initialized the mud sling

Nov 19, 2019
10:10:55am

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Boomers used the term "Millennial" as a pejorative well before the term "Boomer" was flipped back at them as a pejorative.

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POLL: Using the term 'Boomer' to denigrate someone older than yourself

Frank Castiglione

11/19/19 10:08am

Underrated

DieHarder

11/19/19 10:09am

Kids are idiots. Idiotic behavior is to be expected. When does the game start?

Eddie

11/19/19 10:10am

It is about the same as the term "Millennial." Boomers initialized the mud sling

TheWanderer

11/19/19 10:10am

The best thing about Millennial.....

TheHop

11/19/19 10:13am

No, the best is Gen Xers who mock Millennials for participation trophies

Machiavelli

11/19/19 12:09pm

I work with a bunch of millenials. Great kids, great employees, not at all

SoCalCoug

11/19/19 10:14am

Yes. You are an outlier. Millenials are slobs and lazy.

TheWanderer

11/19/19 10:18am

I love working with Millennials. IMHO, they have also played a key role in companies caring about work/life balance.

slappy

11/19/19 10:19am

Problem is the age range is so large. I am at the very beginning of the

Ash

11/19/19 11:17am

You post like an old boomer. Kinda shocked you’re that young.

messi

11/19/19 8:03pm

I work at the fastest growing company in Utah. Average age: 29.

Ikuna

11/19/19 11:19am

And the out of control costs. Did that generation seriously think that they could set themselves up

AtomicHamster

11/19/19 10:14am

For years Boomers made fun of Millennials for being overly sensitive and snowflakes. Now they freak out at "Ok, Boomer"

slappy

11/19/19 10:15am

Actually I would argue Gen Xers started it.

The Y's Insider

11/19/19 10:22am

As a Gen Xer I also enjoy watching it but the irony of the SJW...

CoachSpeak

11/19/19 10:31am

You must not understand the SJW value system

The Y's Insider

11/19/19 10:51am

the last one kinda makes sense when you say it that way.

Jay Rick

11/19/19 11:02am

Southern Jehovah's Witnesses?

Machiavelli

11/19/19 5:35pm

Some people are upset about that? Ok, boomer.

chago04

11/19/19 10:12am

SOONER!!!

Mayor of Cougartown

11/19/19 10:12am

Anybody going to studio B with Blaine and Dave?

Q-grr

11/19/19 10:13am

Has the target ever made a negative comment about younger people?

bruincoug

11/19/19 10:14am

Millennials are constantly called lazy, and have been the butt of jokes for years. “Ok boomer” is harmless

DieHarder

11/19/19 10:16am

Fighting bigotry with bigotry is pretty dumb.

SandYFan

11/19/19 10:18am

Being upset about "ok, boomer" is pretty dumber.

chago04

11/19/19 10:19am

Thinking that calling someone a millennial or a boomer is bigotry is dumberest

sidsie716

11/19/19 10:20am

Denigrating a HUGE NUMBER of people based on age is bigotry.

SandYFan

11/19/19 10:23am

Ok boomer

sidsie716

11/19/19 10:24am

Boomer is a state of mind more than an age bracket.

joelvandyne

11/19/19 10:31am

It is?

SandYFan

11/19/19 10:33am

In this context absolutely.

joelvandyne

11/19/19 10:34am

So when it's used, it's NOT intended to mean "you old people who suck"

SandYFan

11/19/19 10:40am

Not just any mindset, the one that millennials are killing Applebee's, or are in

joelvandyne

11/19/19 10:49am

I see.

SandYFan

11/19/19 10:57am

ok sandy

shimmy

11/19/19 10:37am

Bigotry...? Interesting. I don't think either is bigotry.

SWP

11/19/19 12:00pm

Hilarious watching Boomer snowflakes complain about it after years of slinging

DapperDan

11/19/19 10:18am

The irony in boomers getting upset over being called boomer is the best part

sidsie716

11/19/19 10:19am

As a boomer, I can only speak for me, denegrating boomers

BYU71

11/19/19 10:21am

To clarify, I have never used the term Millennial in reference to anyone...ever

Frank Castiglione

11/19/19 10:22am

I do believe that "The greatest generation" rightfully earned that title.

CopperLix

11/19/19 10:24am

I also like the title "Builders" for that generation.

m0resn0w

11/19/19 11:34am

Why would Boomers be builders? What did they build?

BrobaFett

11/19/19 12:29pm

The national debt?

CoachSpeak

11/19/19 12:39pm

Uhhh....the Boomers aren't the Builders...

m0resn0w

11/19/19 1:56pm

I see what you were saying with a couple of re-reads.

BrobaFett

11/19/19 3:49pm

Interestingly, the generation before them mocked them just like how boomers

Jay Rick

11/19/19 11:39am

The number one way of shutting down these insults is showing that you're not hurt over it. Boomers failing miserably

shimmy

11/19/19 10:30am

My perspective as a boomer........Get Off My Lawn!

Chicago Cougar

11/19/19 10:41am

1. I love that Mills and Xers get called Boomer. 2. Zers will have their turn

Florwood

11/19/19 10:45am

If you aren't actually a Boomer, you are a huge Boomer.

CougarMandias

11/19/19 11:18am

One problem that doesn't go both ways is that this mindset goes against

Ash

11/19/19 11:19am

Respect is earned regardless of age. You’re not entitled to it.

Lieutenant America

11/19/19 11:47pm

I thought it was funny at first, but now it’s like every third post on reddit and it’s crossed into obnoxious territory.

SuperTank

11/19/19 11:45am

I think it is kinda dumb. I also thought the millennial bashing was really dumb

IceCreamButt

11/19/19 12:00pm

You're assuming ALL boomers sowed this.

Eddie

11/19/19 12:03pm

I'm not assuming all of them did. I said boomers sowed it, not that all boomers

IceCreamButt

11/19/19 12:15pm

This post is what, "OK BOOMER" was made for.

BrobaFett

11/19/19 12:23pm

Why would it be offensive?

Dr MoBYU

11/19/19 12:58pm

Denigrating? Seriously?!? It’s dismissive but not denigrating.

StalwartBraveTrue

11/19/19 4:40pm

Straining at a gnat.

Dr MoBYU

11/19/19 6:52pm

Spending years insulting "millennials" and expecting them not to fire back,

Resurgens

11/19/19 7:29pm

Okay, boomer

Mikey

11/19/19 7:33pm

RE: Okay, boomer

Resurgens

11/19/19 7:35pm

I think you're presuming a lot about me

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