My 38-year-old/fairly level-headed son (gainfully employed father-of 4) is also (to my dismay) on the "Boomer-Hurry-Up-and-Die" train and I have even seen some of these anti-Boomer "memes" on his FB page. My take is that it's mostly because those of us drawing Social Security and Medicare $$$ are being viewed by the younger generations as part and parcel of the slew of folks obtaining $$$ "entitlements" that are being sucked from their tax dollars by government programs, and they see no end in sight. They seem to make no distinction between the thousands or millions of folks getting gov't. $$$ who may have never contributed anything, as compared to those of us who have contributed about 1/3 of each and every one of our paychecks (about the equivalent of the Federal withholding in my case and many of yours, beginning in our teenage years). Why don't they see us as a different class, acknowledging our financial contributions? Perhaps because elders in our current culture experience a degree of invisibility and dismissiveness?

On another note (pun intended) per a comment by an earlier poster, our generation definitely DID have BETTER MUSIC!!! We had it ALL!!! I consider US to be SO blessed to have come-of-age in an era when practically everyone wanted to own a guitar because music was so amazing! The oldies of the '50's were still being played on the radio so all that Doo-Op was still available, and we had the Rhythm and Soul of Motown with Aretha and all the great groups, we had The Beatles & all the British Invasion, Hard Rock, Surfer Music, Acoustical Folk Music from Pete Seeger to, you might include the incomparable Simon & Garfunkle . . . and all the great Country artists who never let up . . . Social Justice Ballads ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother . . .") , we had rock incorporating Brass (Blood, Sweat & Tears) . . . we were in a transitional time where Musical theater went from "My Fair Lady" to "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" . . .

I really feel sorry for the tweens and teens who currently have so much less musical inspiration and outlets for diversity.

Bahaha!!! :bigbow:

Learn how to quote a post or yours is senseless.

If you’re not quoting a post, the one you posted is senseless.

Ok Mikey, ok Daniel, okay Susie. Huh?


Thank you for the update, Boomer!

Aces4,

I think Karen is married to Chad — or maybe Todd. Google “Karen Memes.”

You’re welcome.
Boomer

This is a rather sad thread. Personally, I don’t find the Millennials any different from other generations:

"The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and dress."
Peter the Hermit 1274 AD

Then they inherit nothing. I have expectations. Fulfill them or not. Their choice and their consequences. Simple.

Thank you for your reply. I totally agree with you. Most Millennials have no values or morals and think their parents owe them everything, including an inheritance which they worked so hard for.

Very touching...put a lump in my throat. God bless you and your family.

I do believe the same description of young ladies in the 60s was pretty much the same.

This is just so untrue, and so unfair. It's the "get off my lawn" attitude that causes some of the younger folks to have an attitude of scorn against their elders.

It's even worse when it's "most of their generation is....[insert pejorative here] EXCEPT for my special snowflake grandkids, who are practically perfect in every way."

Here's a clue. Your kids weren't saints. Neither are your grandkids, and neither were you. Not even if you lived an Opie life in Mayberry, or everyone you've known all your life has called you Pollyanna.

The #1 source of influence a child has, is his or her parents. And those parents' #1 source of influence is their parents. So if you see a bunch of self-entitled miserable kids, take a look at their parents. And remember those parents are YOUR kids' generation.

I don't pay much attention to the memes and general dislike of boomers by other generations, because I'm pretty sure at 20 I thought my grandparents were out of touch dinosaurs.

But I genuinely don't understand how boomers are somehow to blame for the high cost of housing, gig economies, lack of pension plans, soaring college tuition, etc. Even social security supposedly teetering on the brink of collapse is more a function of our sheer numbers than anything we did. And we're certainly not immune to the rising cost of living and increased housing prices ourselves.

It would never occur to me to blame my grandfather because he paid $3,200 for his house in 1939.

How did boomers have it so easy, exactly? I'm not being sarcastic; I honestly don't understand the anger.

The anger comes from needing something.... anything.... to blame.

"OK Boomer" is considered a dismissive put down by younger generations in reference to us Baby Boomers. The next time a younger whiny person says "OK Boomer" to you, you just answer with "OK Karen." It's the standard come-back and trust me, they'll get it. Google it for further explanation.