• village604
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    12 hours ago

    Not really anymore. Boomer is just a generic term for old people standing in the way of progress now.

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        10 hours ago

        But the term isn’t only used against baby boomers. It’s basically the same as ‘fogie’ from back in the day. I guarantee you that there are Gen X people who have been called boomer unironically

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            59 minutes ago

            That’s because Boomer isn’t generation specific. It gets its name from them, but it’s just another iteration of what kids call old people when they’re being dismissive.

            And really, you’re pulling a Principal Skinner “No, it’s the kids who are wrong,” which is kinda the definition of Boomer.

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          10 hours ago

          Gen X are worse than baby boomers. They gave us the antivaxx movement.

          Killing future children with climate change was taking too long so they went with preventable diseases.