And don't be fooled by the Boomer's constant nanny-state laws. It isn't about protecting kids, because trust us Gen-Xers, the only thing they cared about kids is if they could molest them. Boomers don't give two shits about kids and if they thought they could live 20 seconds longer by devouring baby livers they'd swarm the fucking NICU's like zombies outside Israel in Day-Z.
I get where this is coming from .... molest them or spank the shit out of them for spilling their juice on Daddy's new carpet.
And yes, for them, the purpose of the young is to serve the old.
And you are right, many of them conceive of any person, under the age of 50, with any shred of self-determination, to be "spoiled" and "ungrateful" despite the fact that we are probably as downwardly mobile as the Russian merchants and intellectuals, after the Revolution.
I get resentful of being the bologna alongside the milennials (the cheese), in a generational club sandwich.
See, in "normal times" we are like the axis, holding up a teeter-totter between the stubborn ways, and the hair-trigger-like emotions of our parents (grandparents weren't like that) and the interests of our kids and also keeping ourselves healthy, as our own bodies are aging.
It is just frustrating. It is like you want to do what the Bible asks you to honor your parents, but there are no clear guidelines as to how to do that. And that is such a brilliant
metaphor "get the kids sick so that they quarantine, then they develop a "herd immunity" (sounds good, whatever it is) and we can carry on with our lives as usual.
So when you have parents who think like this, how is it possible to honor them, in the way they would like to be honored?
Sorry, but happy, that I am not the only one triggered by all of this. Still a bit bitter and confused, as usual.