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You may be right, as if everyone born before 1965 is a Boomer*

Posted by Potomac

on November 9, 2026, 17:44, in reply to "In the social media zeitgeist, everyone "old" is a boomer"

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it's become gen z slang for every generation older than them. That's why it so cringe for people like us to use it.

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. . . how so many of them acted during the Vietnam War / 1960s and 1970s. A lot of coddled, entitled middle class and rich white kids decided they were not going to make any sacrifices for their country.

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This gives me hope for the future. The Millennials and Gen Z just need to realize - villain November 9, 2026, 14:04

What is today’s hourly wage that would match the buying power of minimum wage in the 1970s? - villain November 9, 2026, 21:42
- I saw that making 51k in 2000 is over $100k now* - WesMantooth November 10, 2026, 06:23
- Yeah, but those are simplistic comparisons because they don't include things - fratstud November 9, 2026, 22:10
  - Aside from the medicine, I would kill to live in the 70s. - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 11:44
  - Technology advances are pretty irrelevant. - villain November 9, 2026, 22:41
    - 100% social media is a net negative. I think the internet is overall net positive - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 11:44
      - agreed* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 16:29
    - The destruction of the media oligopoly is one of the best things that has - fratstud November 9, 2026, 22:50
      - I would have to pull a Ted K and go live alone in the woods. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 22:53
        
        I could do it, easily. Other than posting on here, I pretty much already - Mismysteri November 10, 2026, 07:15
        
        oh please. If you were living in 70s you'd move directly to the Sunset Strip. - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 11:49
        
        good point* - Mismysteri November 10, 2026, 18:56
  - Exactly. People conveniently forget how simplified life was back then. EDIT - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 22:41
    - you're describing my dream. what a time. - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 11:52
      - What year were you born?* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 14:42
        
        74* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 15:16
        
        Them in all fairness, you have little meaningful memory of how things were in the 1970s. - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 16:27
        
        the music and movies were outstanding. the disco era - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 16:37
        
        Cool. Now do everyday life. - Lexillini November 11, 2026, 11:52
        
        Nah. I can see how it was hard on a family in the economic climate - AceFrehley November 11, 2026, 11:58
        
        it was cool to see Star Wars as a new release while in college* - Potomac November 10, 2026, 18:03
        
        if you lived the disco era in real time, as I did, you might not feel that way* - Potomac November 10, 2026, 18:03
        
        Studio 54 baby. It was a helluva time* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 18:24
        
        I would have loved it, a lot! Missed it by about 10 years for being a young adult. Damn* - Mismysteri November 10, 2026, 18:58
        
        double clicked nm* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 19:12
        
        How about being 25 in 1980 and going to the Sunset Strip. - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 19:12
      - I mean...all of our houses float around 1500 sqft unless you've converted the garage... - haighter November 10, 2026, 12:08
        
        So...I was curious. Turns out the average sqft for a household of 4 in the US is 2099 sqft... - haighter November 10, 2026, 12:21
        
        my house is 1450 with another 400 of converted garage that was done 7 years ago - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 12:23
        
        Mine is a 2 floor rowhouse. Around 1100 sqft upstairs...and we converted half of the downstairs... - haighter November 10, 2026, 12:52
        
        my house was built in 1936. it was the cookie cutter era of the San Fernando Valley - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 12:56
        
        Yea...1947 for mine. My neighborhood is called "the Sunset" (specifically the Outer Sunset)... - haighter November 10, 2026, 12:59
        
        While my wife was a kid growning up our neighborhood was very heavily blue collar... - haighter November 10, 2026, 13:05
    - Holy shit! You’ve described my families life (kinda). ;-) * - haighter November 10, 2026, 07:48
    - Are you arguing for or against that pace/style/quality of life? - villain November 9, 2026, 22:44
      - You couldn't do it. Certainly not all of it. You would go out of your mind. I would too. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 22:48
        
        The grocery store is the real deal breaker. Villain is too young to remember - fratstud November 9, 2026, 22:54
        
        I fear we will soon go back to a time much worse in that prospective.* - villain November 10, 2026, 12:00
        
        We are probably in the second inning of what I call "the era of scarcity." For now the - fratstud November 10, 2026, 15:24
        
        Yeah. I mean in many ways, we ate healthier. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 22:58
        
        Not everything was injected with high fructose corn syrup. * - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 12:25
        
        remember when the big gulp was actually huge because we'd only drink 8-12 ounce bottles - Ari Gold November 10, 2026, 10:19
        
        I remember a time in my life where I drank about a 6 pack of Coke a day. - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 10:35
        
        I have one or two a week either with pizza or tacos…cause there’s no better… - haighter November 10, 2026, 10:49
        
        right out of the bottle. there really is nothing better.* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 12:25
        
        Unless it’s mixed with a black rum. * - harb99 November 10, 2026, 13:16
        
        That sounds nice* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 15:17
        
        I was a big Jack and Coke drinker at one time. Kind of want one now.* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 13:51
        
        I love Jack and Coke. It's by far my favorite mixed drink* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 15:17
        
        I guess living down here, I was "pressured" into drinking more bourbon. - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 16:28
        
        Jack is very similar but not as sweet. Bourbon and coke is a tad sweet - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 16:36
        
        Currently distilling two test batches of “oyster vodka”… - haighter November 10, 2026, 16:43
        
        What is oyster vodka? is it good in a bloody mary?* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 17:15
        
        Well...still experimenting right now...but yes. There's an Oyster Co up here...Hog Island... - haighter November 10, 2026, 18:24
        
        No offense, but that sounds less appetizing than Pralines and.........dick* - villain November 11, 2026, 11:29
        
        because the "Caesar" is a popular variant of the classic Bloody - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 18:42
        
        It’s going to play heavily (exclusively?) in seafood / shellfish focused restaurants. * - haighter November 10, 2026, 19:27
        
        I like Dr. Pepper / Mr. Pibb. I maybe have 1 a week, most weeks.* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 11:01
        
        My mom had this ancient sugar cookie recipe that used Crisco. She made a batch - fratstud November 9, 2026, 23:11
        
        Damn. I forgot about Crisco cookies.* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 10:43
        
        We still have a family recipe in circulation, ‘Oatmeal Crispies” - kokomojo November 10, 2026, 10:51
        
        I wasn't even certain that Crisco still existed.* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 11:00
I fail to understand why people are supposed to hate me as a boomer - Potomac November 9, 2026, 15:20
- I recently asked ChapGPT why Boomers are hated and it echoed what some have stated here. - GAIllini November 10, 2026, 12:05
- Your generation bankrupted and destroyed the country. It’s not complicated* - DouchieHowser November 9, 2026, 21:30
- I like you Potomac, but you literally just did the meme....and it's exhibit A as to why boomers - villain November 9, 2026, 18:10
  - I love how GenX and beyond love to hate on Boomers as a whole - kokomojo November 10, 2026, 11:02
    - I don't want to type this all out again, so I'm going to let Chat summarize it for me... - villain November 10, 2026, 11:57
      - Bullshit - kokomojo November 11, 2026, 13:00
        
        I could be mistaken…but weren’t you a government employee? * - haighter November 11, 2026, 13:10
  - I don’t think this is true at all. My parents were both pretty poor/lower middle class economically - WesMantooth November 10, 2026, 06:21
    - As someone who is pretty job loyal it boggles my mind to watch people hop…that said… - haighter November 10, 2026, 07:56
  - Right, everything was just handed to Steve Jobs, as one sample Boomer - Potomac November 9, 2026, 19:09
    - Are you comparing yourself to Steve Jobs?* - DouchieHowser November 9, 2026, 21:30
  - I am talking about hours worked, not the economy - Potomac November 9, 2026, 19:02
    - You sure about this Clark? - villain November 10, 2026, 12:04
- It has admittedly waned over the years but I came to strongly dislike the boomers for . . . - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 16:05
  - This sounds like a sounder post. Maybe even Teeki* - WesMantooth November 10, 2026, 06:15
  - In the social media zeitgeist, everyone "old" is a boomer - Xar November 9, 2026, 17:34
    - You may be right, as if everyone born before 1965 is a Boomer* - Potomac November 9, 2026, 17:44
  - Blame lies squarely on the Boomers for destroying the prospects of - fratstud November 9, 2026, 17:04
    - The Boomers at their core were the most self-indulgent generation ever. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 21:24
      - Best music and movies ever* - AceFrehley November 10, 2026, 12:35
      - The Millennials are worse in those regards. I usually defend the Boomers as a group, though, because - fratstud November 9, 2026, 22:05
        
        The Millennials are indeed far, far worse as a group than are the Boomers. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 22:30
        
        He does, I'm just busting his balls because for every dude who fled - fratstud November 9, 2026, 22:56
    - That sure is a lot of impact for a cohort only 18 years wide* - Potomac November 9, 2026, 17:45
      - You do realize that cohort has had the majority voting power for decades, correct?* - villain November 9, 2026, 18:13
        
        No because at any time four cohorts vote* - Potomac November 9, 2026, 19:11
        
        four cohorts vote, and yours has been the largest of those cohorts for decades - villain November 9, 2026, 19:30
  - Our country was not threatened. Our boys died for nothing. - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 16:25
    - The Boomers did not start the dumb Vietnam war nor escalate* - Potomac November 9, 2026, 17:43
      - IT WAS THE POLITICIANS FAULT, NOT THOSE OF US WHO VOTED FOR THEM!* - villain November 9, 2026, 18:14
        
        The boomers weren't old enough to vote for Kennedy in 1960 they were at their oldest 15 - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 18:30
        
        The voting age was 21 when I turned 18* - Potomac November 9, 2026, 19:12
        
        Great point. The oldest boomers couldn't vote until 66 so 68 would have been their first - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 19:25
    - That's not accurate. At all. And it was more than just opposition to the war. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 16:31
      - Oh wow, Chad is actually smarter than you. Pathetic.* - BLMatters November 9, 2026, 17:40
        
        Whatever. His Wordle stats are shit.* - Lexillini November 10, 2026, 10:43
      - Ladybird Johnson's family owned Bell Helicopter.* - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 16:34
        
        And . . . ? This is the equivalent of leftists screaming "Halliburton!!!" during GWOT.* - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 16:43
        
        I believe Johnson escalated the war in order to make money - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 16:47
        
        Johnson was a lousy SOB but he wasn't that lousy. - Lexillini November 9, 2026, 21:20
        
        And Nixon ended the war, became supremely popular, and was removed in a bloodless coup* - fratstud November 9, 2026, 16:48
Hard NO on any means testing. If that happens everything needs to be eliminated - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 14:08
- One of my all time idols is Ayn Rand - kokomojo November 11, 2026, 13:10
- The intention was literally in the name of the program. - villain November 9, 2026, 18:17
  - Social security. You pay into it and later you get money. - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 18:31
    - It was always a tax - villain November 9, 2026, 19:34
      - it's not tax when most people will get more than they put in.* - AceFrehley November 9, 2026, 19:41
        
        The average man gets far less out than they pay in when you account for - fratstud November 9, 2026, 23:03
- Capping social security should be ok; eliminating cap on FICA would be terrible* - Potomac November 9, 2026, 15:22
- I'll take that over eliminating the cap, which is what the leftists want to do. I have believed for - fratstud November 9, 2026, 14:35
  - to skip a tax deferral and / or match is insane.* - Ari Gold November 9, 2026, 19:46
    - I have well over $3 million in my rollover and I ain't 50 yet. The contribution does almost - fratstud November 9, 2026, 22:44

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