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[mkm5]

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[Stump]

Is he wrong?

Yes.

I still hear Boomers proudly kvetching about young people who were "flouting the rules" during the Covid lockdowns.
I see neocon Boomers agreeing that demographic replacement is fine, as long as the gangs are only taking over a handful of apartment buildings.
The Boomers still say it doesn't matter when Haitians "legally" take over a town in Ohio, because "well...it didn't happen to my town."

You're hanging out with the wrong boomers. Or the wrong people period. I see far more of the younger generations just not giving a shit about what's going on in the country... from the comfort of their parents' basement. See, I can stereotype too.

I certainly haven't seen any type of movement from the "young people" that would indicate they're going to do anything about "demographic replacement"... or anything else. Bitching about it on internet forums isn't a movement.

Is there a single example of any way the Boomer generation has left the nation a better place for their children than when they inherited it?

You're using it right now.

[Mark Rippetoe]

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[Yngvi]

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Rip, you get credit for that; you are the opposite of the Boomer stereotypes.

The Boomer generation as a stereotypical group gets credit for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RazNHIreQ-Eeats mcdonalds everyday "be healthy children" | Funny quotes, Funny food memes, Funny memes about girls

There are good individuals in your generation, but as a group, the Boomers are awful.

You're hanging out with the wrong boomers. Or the wrong people period. I see far more of the younger generations just not giving a shit about what's going on in the country... from the comfort of their parents' basement. See, I can stereotype too.

I certainly haven't seen any type of movement from the "young people" that would indicate they're going to do anything about "demographic replacement"... or anything else. Bitching about it on internet forums isn't a movement.

You're using it right now.

Do you not realize this response exemplifies the delusional, self-congratulatory entitlement, unearned sense of accomplishment and blame-shifting stereotypical of the Boomers???

Nope; the internet was not you.

Nobody living in their parents' basement is comfortable; it is a life of ruin and despair.
This is like claiming an underfed and abused gorilla in a tiny concrete cage at the zoo has a great life of "comfort".

For some fucked up reason, Boomers take pride in saying things like:
"The economy I am still earning parasitic interest off of is fucked, but I am now going to blame my children for not being able to afford a house and claim they have a great life of comfort in their parents' basement"
"They just didn't want to have financial independence, because suddenly within one generation everybody became lazy"
"They just stopped having children and wanting families"
"I am such a good person for paying Juan to cut my lawn and clean my house. He just wants a better life for his children."
"We need more foreign IT workers! My unemployed kid with a Computer Science degree doesn't want a high-paying job like that!"
"I pay for my boats and luxury cars with my rental homes that I bought for $5,000 each 30 years ago; why can't these lazy kids work like I did? I worked harder than anybody ever did!"

Who encouraged them to stay in this basement anyway?
Many Boomers love to play the hero or get an ego boost out from the desire to be needed with these feel-good decisions that "help" their children, all the while pathologically discouraging any behaviours that could lead to growth or independence.
"You need to save money, better to live at home while your are an adult"
"Don't take that job in the trades, because it will destroy your life!"
"Your friend didn't go to University? His life is over."
"You took out a predatory loan, now pay it back! It's being responsible!"
"I'll pay you a fair wage to start out.... how about $3.50 an hour without benefits? No!??? You brat!"
"I know you have a Ph.D, but I started out at a minimum wage job, so you need to too."
"You don't like 50 million aliens undercutting your wages while being subsidized by the welfare system? You want to live in a safe neighborhood!? Stop whining and keep your head down!"
"You are a 40 year old childless cat lady, you are so liberated!"
"Gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that! Have some more atrazine!"

For fuck's sake, to further add insult to injury, the younger Americans are still being asked to subsidize the Boomers; have you ever looked at insurance rates?
The whole idea behind the latest insurance regulations was to subsidize the cost of healthcare for Boomers by charging all of the younger generations several times higher than market rates.

Boomerism is disgusting and indefensible.
It's one thing to make mistakes; it's completely another to brazenly choose to continue to make those mistakes.

[smokeyjones]

"You need to save money, better to live at home while your are an adult"

That one hits home here. One minute:

"This is your fault. You stupid millennials & your avocado on toast. Learn to save FFS"
"Yeah, technically this mortgage is comparable to your rent payment. Looks like you signed up for Netflix a year ago though. Declined!"

Now the economy is fucked again. For the nth time in our lifetime. 1000s of government workers laid off. Massive restructures across many large companies. Resulting in corporate landlords and innercity businesses / the hospitality industry being hit.

Time to do a complete 180! It's your fault again! Couldn't be the 1000s of workers we laid off. End working from home. Stop being stingy and buy lunch. We've not fixed our shitty public transport but hey it's best you drive. Private parking companies need the money!

The assholes telling you what to do have zero empathy. They're just looking to justify why it isn't their fault they took theirs and fucked you over.

[Subby]

Ok since it's obviously hit a nerve amongst Boomers, let me clarify.

Yngvi pretty much echoes what I meant by the comment. Which should tell you something that the sentiment is obviously more widely shared than not.

Boomers are the children of Baby boomers, born in the post WW2 Western World. They had unprecedented prosperity as America essentially got to expand into the world as the UK empire retreated. It wasn't automatically guaranteed that they would have success, but they definitely had a more favourable environment than most times in history. They also had the benefit of a technological, and more importantly medical boom, so their lives were extended. There's also the issue of the baby boomer voting bloc on demographics.

Every generation is merely a link in a chain, your lineage, your family, your culture, your country, your ethnicity etc etc you are passed the baton, and your duty is to struggle along and eventually pass that baton along. Most people don't think expressly in this way, but they act in that way. And when enough people do, you have a great civilisation.

Boomers damage and break this chain. By virtue of luck they have had outsized opportunities for wealth and prosperity that are not inherent to all people at all times, but unique to their time. They do not appear interested in this fact. They merely expect the baton to magically pass on as they received it. Like Hunter Biden giving another crackhead on the street the advice to "just inherit more crack money from your Dad bro"
The Boomer to the next generation is one of the few times in history that you can say, that yes, it is unique. The technological miracles that have happened in a generation, the internet. Some things are in fact different. The normal rules of cultural transmission do not apply directly.
Boomer's don't appear to have any knowledge of this, and even if they do, they are unable/unwilling to teach and pass on their knowledge. They are more interested in enjoying the fruits of their life. The fact their grandson is now their "granddaughter" is as interesting to them as the new winery they have just "discovered"

Why do you think Jordan Peterson is so popular? because he's a Boomer that provides Wisdom, (you may not like him or disagree with him but this is what he is doing and why people my age and younger like him) to the next generation.

A personal anecdote to demonstrate. This is my anecdote but I can guarantee that others will have something directly similar, or intrinsically understand the interaction.

I'm in my 30's and have my 1st child, my Dad has no other children and lives in the next state over, his brother has no children nor will. He only had one grandchild. On a recent visit over he asked what help he can provide. I asked him to relocate a state over to help provide care for his only grandchild, pointing out the obvious benefits as his current state is around 50% more expensive so it would be a standard of living upgrade. His job is temporary contract government work, his partner has no children of her own and does similar work. It would not be difficult to relocate work. Obviously he refused, he's currently travelling overseas. Peak Boomer. Boomers are the generation that proves the maxim of "good times create weak men"

Just to demonstrate my central point in a more specific way. My point being that Boomers are unable to understand the reality of the next generation, and are incapable of cultural transmission. I'm not sure how many guys are on this board that are my age or younger, but we all care about Women, and finding a good Woman to some extent.

Would any Boomer or someone that identifies with Boomers, please describe how Tinder has affected the dating market for people like me. That is Millenials and younger generations. My contention is that the responses to this post will be laughable, I'm not even sure that people will know what Tinder even is.

[Johnsonville]

Rip, you get credit for that; you are the opposite of the Boomer stereotypes.

The Boomer generation as a stereotypical group gets credit for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RazNHIreQ-Eeats mcdonalds everyday "be healthy children" | Funny quotes, Funny food memes, Funny memes about girls

There are good individuals in your generation, but as a group, the Boomers are awful.




Do you not realize this response exemplifies the delusional, self-congratulatory entitlement, unearned sense of accomplishment and blame-shifting stereotypical of the Boomers???

Nope; the internet was not you.

Nobody living in their parents' basement is comfortable; it is a life of ruin and despair.
This is like claiming an underfed and abused gorilla in a tiny concrete cage at the zoo has a great life of "comfort".

For some fucked up reason, Boomers take pride in saying things like:
"The economy I am still earning parasitic interest off of is fucked, but I am now going to blame my children for not being able to afford a house and claim they have a great life of comfort in their parents' basement"
"They just didn't want to have financial independence, because suddenly within one generation everybody became lazy"
"They just stopped having children and wanting families"
"I am such a good person for paying Juan to cut my lawn and clean my house. He just wants a better life for his children."
"We need more foreign IT workers! My unemployed kid with a Computer Science degree doesn't want a high-paying job like that!"
"I pay for my boats and luxury cars with my rental homes that I bought for $5,000 each 30 years ago; why can't these lazy kids work like I did? I worked harder than anybody ever did!"

Who encouraged them to stay in this basement anyway?
Many Boomers love to play the hero or get an ego boost out from the desire to be needed with these feel-good decisions that "help" their children, all the while pathologically discouraging any behaviours that could lead to growth or independence.
"You need to save money, better to live at home while your are an adult"
"Don't take that job in the trades, because it will destroy your life!"
"Your friend didn't go to University? His life is over."
"You took out a predatory loan, now pay it back! It's being responsible!"
"I'll pay you a fair wage to start out.... how about $3.50 an hour without benefits? No!??? You brat!"
"I know you have a Ph.D, but I started out at a minimum wage job, so you need to too."
"You don't like 50 million aliens undercutting your wages while being subsidized by the welfare system? You want to live in a safe neighborhood!? Stop whining and keep your head down!"
"You are a 40 year old childless cat lady, you are so liberated!"
"Gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that! Have some more atrazine!"

For fuck's sake, to further add insult to injury, the younger Americans are still being asked to subsidize the Boomers; have you ever looked at insurance rates?
The whole idea behind the latest insurance regulations was to subsidize the cost of healthcare for Boomers by charging all of the younger generations several times higher than market rates.

Boomerism is disgusting and indefensible.
It's one thing to make mistakes; it's completely another to brazenly choose to continue to make those mistakes.

You have a serious victim complex.

[mkm5]

This is interesting. DEI from the start? She does not appear to be very bright, and looks like she's on the verge of tears or a nervous breakdown when trying to answer simple questions. Either that, or it's the maniacal cackling laugh. Not sure which is worse.

Just a few more days to go...

https://youtu.be/nHY13iEEVyA?si=ee6FSgVujVzHNLvm

[Subby]

You have a serious victim complex.

What was the point of this post? it would have been far more polite to just say "your right" rather than provide this example of boomerism.

At the risk of causing you to post further. Can you elaborate on what you mean by victim complex and how it applies in this case.

[Martin Shenfield]

Would any Boomer or someone that identifies with Boomers, please describe how Tinder has affected the dating market for people like me. That is Millenials and younger generations. My contention is that the responses to this post will be laughable, I'm not even sure that people will know what Tinder even is.

Did you have your first child off a tinder swipe?

I'm a millennial and I have never used tinder once. I'm married and have two kids. Tinder is the modern day equivalent of going to a whore house. Don't complain because it's probably cheaper.

My deceased Dad was a boomer. He worked hard all his life and tried his best for his family despite being a very flawed man. He didn't leave us much because he didn't have it.

It's not about Boomers vs Millennials, or Jews vs everyone else. It all boils down to who is a douchebag and who is not, and note that being a douchebag permanently is different to being one transiently, which we are all capable of.