[Closed] PSA - ‘OK boomer’

35 year old here. Therefore a millenial. Therefore branded a snowflake by baby boomers.

Snowflake this, snowflake that. Gets boring.

Let them have it I say.

got 'boomer' at the dinner table this evening.  Was impressed by just how fast memes get created and that my daughter was up to speed

Isn’t it in response to the type of Older person that won’t listen to what the youth are saying, despite overwhelming evidence showing them to be correct, because they are ‘millennials’ Who can’t buy a house, not because the baby boomers have screwed the economy/housing market, but because of avocado on toast.

Tomhoward, aged 34 1/2

Try using boomer out in the wop wops. They will see you right.

Thought this was going to be a Batltlestar Galactica / Cylon thread .

Yep, all those boomer newspaper stories must really be getting them down.

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^ I knew this would get confusing really quickly.

Isn’t it in response to the type of Older person that won’t listen to what the youth are saying,

No yes no?

despite overwhelming evidence showing them to be correct, because they are ‘millennials’

Zoomers. OK, boomer? 😉

I think the safe option is to drink sherry and mumble insanely into a mustard-coloured cardigan. Otherwise:

I agree with her. And then she uses it. And then ...

...read the comments. And then go and boil my head in tar. Feels good, doesn’t it? (Goes biking)

I'll get the tazer ready........

Not gonna read any comments on that video but if she hadn't said that, would millions of people worldwide have heard the message of a green party MP in new Zealand? Whether that was her intention or not.

As in baby boomer?

Has that not been around for 20 years or more?

Edit: Wow a lot more

Back in 1963, when the term “baby-boomer” was first published in a Salt Lake Tribune article, it carried just one definition: a person born during the tail end or in the decade after World War II, when the United States saw a tremendous spike in births. Frequently shortened to “boomer,” over the years the phrase has been imbued with layers of meaning and implication. Much like “millennial,” “boomer” doesn’t merely indicate a person born in a given time or place, it’s a blanket term referencing the predominant trends, values and concerns of an entire generation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/ok-boomer-diving-generation-what-does-it-mean-ncna1077261

Hi Boomer*

*Gears of War

correct response is

"cry moar zoomer"

zoomer being the equivalent of 'boomer' for generation z'ers

i'll get a side of gammon with that thanks boomer

In what film does Steve Buscemi wear that and why haven't I seen it?

i’ll get a side of gammon with that thanks boomer

Added to my database of arsehole responses to older people.

Cheers! 🙂

It's from a song.

Says H. Also no longer cool because P1s are using it. Fam'.

Sip your sherry and call them a pussio.

Why can’t I and my fellow generation X’s have some abuse? Bloody Gammon Boomers and Millennials hogging it all.

I think it is just because you are irrelevant 😀

Fam’.

Surrup.

funkmasterp
Why can’t I and my fellow generation X’s have some abuse? Bloody Gammon Boomers and Millennials hogging it all.

Because, according to Wikipedia at least, we have won...

"In midlife, research describes them as active, happy, and achieving a work–life balance."

funkmasterp
Why can’t I and my fellow generation X’s have some abuse? Bloody Gammon Boomers and Millennials hogging it all.

Because you're all too workshy.

So I was born in 61 - what does that make me? too young to be a boomer so what am I ( apart from an argumenttive get 😉 )

I know I am too old to understand this stuff

So I was born in 61 – what does that make me?

You’re a boomer.

WTF is a xoomer? Gen X?

I thought Boomer was a Floogal.

the baby boom was over by the time I was born. Boomers are those born in the 50s surely?
Fromn above:

a person born during the tail end or in the decade after World War II,

I was born 16 years after WW2

1958 was in the 1950s.

Currently, five generations make up our society. Each of those five generations has an active role in the marketplace. Depending on the specific workplace, the workforce includes four to five generations. Here are the birth years for each generation:

• Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials: Born 1996 – TBD
• Millennials or Gen Y: Born 1977 – 1995
• Generation X: Born 1965 – 1976
• Baby Boomers: Born 1946 – 1964
• Traditionalists or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before

https://genhq.com/faq-info-about-generations/

Oops read that as you are 61 but you’re still a boomer.

Ok - I thought it was only 50s babies! Is being a boomer a good or bad thing?

Depends on where you are looking from.

She's not even a proper Millennial. Rubbish!!

Ooh I'm generation X, that sounds cool.

I also used to have a dog called boomer in the 80's. It was a batshit crazy Springer spaniel.

Just sayin like......

Boomer lives!

Just time to dig out the vinyl and slippers before bedtime

So I was born in 61 – what does that make me?

Late for your appointment.

Bloody boomers...

😉

🙁

Shit! I’m a millennial. Born in ‘77
I feel unclean

I'm sure under previous nomenclature I was Gen X. I seem to have been redesignated a millennial.

#iain'tafraidofnosnowflake

Who do I complain to, who actually is the awarding body?

#borninthelate70s

Edit - sorry I had to go back and put the apostrophe in the hashtag.

I really don't feel like a millennial.

funkmasterp

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Shit! I’m a millennial. Born in ‘77
I feel unclean

Get a grip Snowflake.

Just call yourself a Xennial.
In-between a Gen X and later millennial.
Analogue childhood, digital Adulthood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

Though I have seen definitions of millennials starting from 1981 making you a true Gen X.

Love the subject. Only because I like my parents and colleagues labelling anyone young a "millennial".....

18 years old???? - millennial.

Difficult one to explain but I hope this works:

A colleague was offended when I sounded them out for their attitude.
Who’s the snowflake?

Me for not liking people who hold racist sexist homophobic xenophobic attitudes?

Or the one who is upset because he can’t be nasty about people?

I’m 50, he’s not yet 30.

"snowflake" I find is an insult thrown by people who object to being called out for questionable, eg racist, views. See also, "triggered." Anyone using those terms as insults, it's a shibboleth that you are in fact dealing with a ****.

I usually find that calling someone the C bomb has the desired effect. None of this segretion in builder land!