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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by UlyssesT@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Younger Hexbears, if the spirit of boomerdom visited your household, boomer is more a state of mind than a specific birth year, so feel free to share your stories too.

There are some obviously better-known movies like Wall Street, but I remember an obscure one called "Let It Ride" that was played on tape over and over and over again so many times that it was like the theme song of the household for a while. It was a Richard Dreyfuss film about a gambling addicted asshole who seeks to triumph over his gambling problems by... gambling. Until he gets vibes about winning and then wins at gambling. galaxy-brain

As a boomer bonus it portrays The Wife as a bad person because she's... upset at the protagonist's gambling addition. Oh yeah and she suspects he's eager to commit some adultery. How dare she... the way to show her is to have a much younger love interest that is totally into the protagonist because he starts to win at gambling! morshupls

For anyone that has had gambling-addicted boomer parents, the kind that thought a fun outing for the kids was going to the racetrack, or to Vegas, you may have similar stories of poverty perpetuated because your grillman also liked to "Let It Ride."

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[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Dukes of Hazzard, and Young Sheldon. My parents love Sheldon and it constantly try to compare me to Sheldon.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago

Young Sheldon. My parents loved Sheldon and it constantly try to compare me to Sheldon.

That's more recent but very cursed.

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

Ah just checked, I thought it was much older than that. Still a great example though, along with The Big Bang Theory.

[-] glans@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

Isnt young sheldon from like 3 years ago?

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

I still get junk in the mail with fucking young sheldon advertisements on it

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

What's wrong with Young Sheldon anyways?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago
[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

Yep, that's a big one, but it also has quite a bit of ableism as well.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago

And racism! It's sort of a collection of fucked up ideologies. agony-4horsemen

[-] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

Young Sheldon

I'm not familiar with the spin-off prequel, beyond the premise, what else makes this show especially cursed?

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