I'd be more annoyed about the misuse of "boomer" than about being called "old".
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Ok Boomer.. /s
I caught myself lecturing a young recently hired colleague about about the correct use of boomer, and realized as I was talking that the kids have rewritten the rules when I was busy being old
Young people don't care about generation labels. The only divide is young vs old (with "old" being anyone older than them obviously). And "boomer" is a fun word to use as a pejorative. The fact that it makes people mad when used "incorrectly" makes it even better.
Yeah I'm getting grey hair but I CERTAINLY don't deserve getting lumped in with Boomers.
Just get ‘em back by calling them a millennial.
The one advantage of being Gen-X. Most of the time, everyone just forgets about us, period. But there are times we get the Boomer label. It's painful.I blame those of us who ended up following the Boomers' footsteps and forgot that we were once against all that.
As my mother would say when the subject came up,
"Whatever."
I'm ok to be an Unc. Its means a lot where I live and is a sign of respect. Uncs and Aunties hold the world together.
But it also means getting older 😭
Better than getting dead, which is the only alternative. Also, not everyone gets old, we who do are the fortunate.
Better than getting dead,
Press X to doubt
I have no problem with growing old, quite, slow, and deliberate. There's upsides.
Can I just trade like, 30 years of my life for lifelong youth
Okay.
*shoots you in the head*
A mercy, honestly
Ehh, it depends. Babies can be legit uncles.
Also, I've got too many folks younger than myself complaining about chronic aches and pains when I don't have any that aren't self inflicted.
See who’s laughing when they die fighting their neighbour for the last crumb of lembas bread because we ruined the environment.
I would be honored to make it to boomer age. Many are denied the luxury of old age.
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