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Things Boomers Did

submitted by Trollasaurus to Boomers 2 monthsFeb 19, 2024 21:14:26 ago (+3/-2)     (Boomers)

Originally I was going to post this as a response to a comment, then realized I would have to copy-paste it about 30 times over. Instead I'll link this post:

Boomers were the first generation to care more about themselves than their progeny. Or even the ones that came before them. Boomers had the easiest time finding good paying jobs that rewarded loyalty. Boomers had the 9 to 5 or 8 to 6 schedule; gifted to them by their grandparents. Boomers eliminated this schedule. Boomers worked their way up from sweeping a broom to management. Boomers created HR and inflated college degrees. Boomers threw their kids out at age 18 to fend for themselves. Boomers removed upward mobility in companies. Boomers voted for regulations and red tape on trades. Boomers voted for every tax that came their way. Boomers kicked their kids out at 18. Boomers did not teach their children the family business, pushing them to other careers. Boomers did not have family willing to take over their businesses (because they were pushed to other careers). Boomers refuse to step down and relinquish control of anything until they have to (look at our governments). Boomers had the wealth to create retirement homes to throw their parents into (first retirement opened in the USA in 1981), so they didn't have to take care of them. Boomers bought the most amount of houses, toys, etc as they approached retirement. Which rapidly inflated the cost of housing as houses were now owned by boomers who wanted passive income from rent. Boomers who retired proceeded to sell their investments to blow on depreciating things and materialistic goals. Mobile homes, cars, boats, trips across the country to visit every casino possible, etc.
Boomers with inheritance to leave, often sold to other boomers or refused to pass it down because their children did not "work hard enough" to "earn" their inheritance.
Boomers left nothing behind for their children, their grandchildren, their great grandchildren. When you raise this to a boomer they will respond with one of two preprogrammed responses. "I don't care because I will be dead and gone" or "I worked hard for what I have and you didn't have my life because you didn't work hard enough." (the average worker now works more hours than the average boomer did)
Boomers now rot in the retirement homes they created wondering why their family won't visit.


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[ - ] Reawakened 1 point 2 monthsFeb 19, 2024 23:14:45 ago (+1/-0)

Sounds like somebody has daddy issues. LOL

[ - ] Trollasaurus [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 02:23:46 ago (+0/-0)

My father (gen X) and I (gen Z), regularly talk about how bad the boomers are and we have a really good relationship.

[ - ] Reawakened 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 11:00:13 ago (+0/-0)

So you're gen Z and you think you have enough.... anything... to voice an opinion on previous generations? You should probably shut up before you embarrass yourself even further. Your daddy is apparently a cunt. When you want to know about boomers, talk to a boomer.

[ - ] Trollasaurus [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 12:38:40 ago (+0/-0)

When you raise this to a boomer they will respond with one of two preprogrammed responses. "I don't care because I will be dead and gone" or "I worked hard for what I have and you didn't have my life because you didn't work hard enough." (the average worker now works more hours than the average boomer did)

[ - ] Reawakened 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 13:37:35 ago (+0/-0)

Alrighty then.

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 12:29:48 ago (+0/-0)

I’m doing way better for myself than my boomer parents did. We all have choices.

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 01:17:00 ago (+0/-0)

Boomers: It's all our parents fault!

After-boomers: What they said!

[ - ] Gowithit 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 01:24:41 ago (+0/-0)

The boomers didnt have a problem letting their parents raise their kids while they were busy booming or whatever it is they were doing.

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 04:03:05 ago (+0/-0)

I remember them being 2800 miles to the east. Agreed though, that first private school was more crunchy granola than I liked. Still, the whole process seems to have worked out well enough.

[ - ] Trollasaurus [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 02:25:01 ago (+0/-0)

The only things the boomers could blame their parents for were good things disguised as evils like segregation, antisemitism, anti-gay, etc.

[ - ] Sector2 1 point 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 03:47:00 ago (+1/-0)

How about a contrived war on gooks that you could be forced to attend?

[ - ] Gowithit 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 01:15:42 ago (+0/-0)

Boomers threw their kids out at age 18 to fend for themselves.

My mom just threw this gem recently at my kid. Told her why are you telling my kid this jew shit? She gets all defensive saying its how its done I said no its not, whose benefit was it for? Where did any of us get for that? Yada blah, she called 10 or so minutes later to apologize.

Just do better.Best revenge guy. Well that and when they see their grandkids become you. The look they give is priceless. Well worth the visits.

[ - ] Trollasaurus [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 02:23:18 ago (+0/-0)

I missed quite a few things in the post. Began the normalization of divorce. Instituted labor laws. Instituted mandatory schooling laws. They ensured kids wouldn't learn skills from their parents and take over their parents trade/business by locking the kids in useless schools and barring them from the workplace.

[ - ] Gowithit 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 11:33:21 ago (+0/-0)

. Instituted labor laws. Instituted mandatory schooling laws

Do you think the new kids bucking those things are part of the plan? Because on one hand I applaud them (the z's and the a's) then on the other hand the bucking seems to be working more in the "planners" favor.





[ - ] Trollasaurus [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 12:42:49 ago (+0/-0)

It's crazy. I think about how my grandfather and his siblings, none of them learned how to read as children (all boomers). They didn't go to school, they worked for my great grandfather learning the skills necessary to build up the family farm. Of course all of them would go on to get divorced and flush it down the toilet. Hell, my grandfather was one of the ones who told my dad and his brothers they weren't deserving because they didn't work hard enough. But they still had more opportunity than I ever did. Boomers told their kids: "Go to school, you'll learn to read, write, and do algebra by age 13 which is really useful, but then we're going to force you to stay there another 5 years teaching you nothing useful and refuse to hire you for not knowing anything."

[ - ] Outlaw_Aryan 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 01:07:22 ago (+0/-0)

Jesus what a fucking whiny pussy!

[ - ] Cantaloupe 0 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2024 00:01:18 ago (+0/-0)

Just don't visit