Is that the first time it’s been mentioned in the thread? Came here to inquire what folks’ thoughts were of the term, if a slight derail can be allowed (given how far along the thread’s already advanced).
Gen X may be worse than the Boomers. Between the two groups, we have the current GOP.
Well, there aren’t many of them left. But the ones I knew were generally modest and hard-working, as steadfast in their virtues as they were in their bigotry.
So very very true. Great folks, until you discovered that some of them really weren’t. So: Just as virtuous and flawed overall as every other artificial category of people.
Yeah, when my parents retired and moved to Sun City AZ, I was horrified when I visited at the casual open bigotry using all the words. Nice enough to me, but I wasn’t comfortable around them.
I think that the term “OK Boomer” is a form of the silent treatment described in the referenced Atlantic article. As in “OK Boomer - you’ve had your say, and we’ll ignore you.” And the old have always felt that they were being pushed to the margins, so this phrase HURTS.
And a-change they did. Which is why pointless wars, racism, and civil unrest are things are the past! 
Boomer here.
I have no qualms about ‘Boomer’ taking on negative and insulting implications. We deserve it.
Don’t get me started. I can rant and rave about Boomers that would make a ‘radical’ millennial or younger generation blush. I am deeply ashamed of my generation especially in respect to how we have treated the young.
I’m a Boomer, too, just over the line on the older side of our generation, and I’ve never been particularly impressed by the accomplishments of our gang, either.
The handful of hippies notwithstanding, our cohorts have always been largely resistant to change, semi-hostile to advanced education and oblivious to nuance and context. History will not be kind to us, especially since the next 50 years of historians will mostly come from the ranks of an educated and progressive generation.
This is why generational labels frustrate me. I don’t know any boomers who fit this description. The ones I know have advanced degrees, are progressive politically, and are able to understand nuance and context. Now, if you want to talk about Virgos, I’m all ears.
It’s TRUE. Virgos suck so bad.
This. The stereotypical “boomer” is someone I’m completely unfamiliar with IRL.
and then they claim they’re still “technically” Virgos
As may be the stereotypical “millennial”, FWIW, and that’s even setting aside which stereotype. From my observations, basically ever time what we get is that at any given time, within the greater generational cohort one particular subset, that has some identified shared traits (real or assumed), is tagged and waved around as representative.
IMO in reality the cultural mores and the level of involvement in social developments of a majority of the boomers, or the GenXers, or the millennnials or [whatever “The Kids Today” will be known as in 2035], respectively will most likely map to those of the general majority of the population where they grew up, when they grew up, anyway.
PBS recently did an excellent two part series examining this; each video is 8-10 minutes long:
Some people have such big egos that they just can’t imagine a time when they won’t be around–they’re indispensable, after all.
Can we stop pretending the younger generations will magically “fix everything” when they grow up? From my observations, people just find new and innovative ways to fuck shit up. Young narcissistic egotistical selfish douchebags will tend to grow up and pursue careers that enable their narcissistic egotistical selfish douchiness. Young idealists tend to grow up, become frustrated by how ineffectual their idealism actually is, and potentially turn into selfish douchebags anyway.
I didn’t say anything about anyone fixing anything, did I?
Nobody born after 1964 has any power or agency. Their votes haven’t counted and their impact on society has been zero. They don’t exist, really. They certainly bear no responsibility. Of course the ones born in 1982 are completely discrete from those born in 1978. Mustn’t lump them together, tsk, tsk, tsk.
Taking longer than we thought? It will take until the end of time.
Apologies if he’s been mentioned before, but Boomer (George Scott), despite striking out 1418 times in his major league career had plenty of big moments for the Red Sox (and Brewers).