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- Nov 8, 2017
In no particular order:
1). Boomers were the first generation ever to believe that consumerism was revolutionary. To this day many Boomers think they stopped a war because they liked the right pop music or wore the right t-shirt.
2). Boomers believe literally everything they see on TV. In direct contradiction to the belief listed above, they see television as probably the supreme authority in the land and never question it. In fact if you tell them something that is not talked about on TV, they will immediately believe it is suspect or outright false. I find that Boomers have almost zero intellectual curiosity as well. Even when I would speak with Boomers who seemed to be well read and had libraries of books on display, I've never encountered them bringing up cool interesting ideas. Either they forgot all this exposure, or they never read it, or they never understood it.
3). Boomers do not have any self awareness about how dumb they are. I've spoken to many boomers and occasionally they will talk about their experience in school or getting a job and the fact of the matter is it was way easier. Being a lawyer was easy as hell and cost a fraction of what it does now, same with everything. I realized this when I started thinking about how it could be possible that so many Boomer doctors, engineers, lawyers, leaders, could be tricked by the most basic and asinine internet/phone scams. Or how they are completely retarded learning anything new. I used to think it was just age but I came to realize that Boomers are actually really just insanely fucking stupid and naïve, but their world of credentialism was way smaller back then. Also, they were primarily dealing with other boomers as you could imagine. Even with my own grandparents, they often forget that not everybody else in the world is retired and seem genuinely confused why you cant just do everything on their schedule. They can't see an inch past their face on most things.
4). Boomers love enforcing frivolous rules, but breaking more severe rules if they think it inconveniences them. This is especially apparent now with Covid. If you don't double-mask in the grocery they might make a scene, but they'll be in the fruit section molesting everything for like half a fucking hour or ripping open bags of buns and removing some cause they don't feel like they need that many.
5). The Baby Boom was unprecedented, possibly in the past few centuries. That population glut means that to this very day everything in our culture is geared towards them due to their numbers alone. This is changing of course, but if you've ever wondered why certain advertisements still exist, or why 24 hour news is the way it is, or why politics is the way it is, it's fucking boomers. They're still in the spotlight because there's money to be made with them and their dreary habits and their dopey prejudices.
1). Boomers were the first generation ever to believe that consumerism was revolutionary. To this day many Boomers think they stopped a war because they liked the right pop music or wore the right t-shirt.
2). Boomers believe literally everything they see on TV. In direct contradiction to the belief listed above, they see television as probably the supreme authority in the land and never question it. In fact if you tell them something that is not talked about on TV, they will immediately believe it is suspect or outright false. I find that Boomers have almost zero intellectual curiosity as well. Even when I would speak with Boomers who seemed to be well read and had libraries of books on display, I've never encountered them bringing up cool interesting ideas. Either they forgot all this exposure, or they never read it, or they never understood it.
3). Boomers do not have any self awareness about how dumb they are. I've spoken to many boomers and occasionally they will talk about their experience in school or getting a job and the fact of the matter is it was way easier. Being a lawyer was easy as hell and cost a fraction of what it does now, same with everything. I realized this when I started thinking about how it could be possible that so many Boomer doctors, engineers, lawyers, leaders, could be tricked by the most basic and asinine internet/phone scams. Or how they are completely retarded learning anything new. I used to think it was just age but I came to realize that Boomers are actually really just insanely fucking stupid and naïve, but their world of credentialism was way smaller back then. Also, they were primarily dealing with other boomers as you could imagine. Even with my own grandparents, they often forget that not everybody else in the world is retired and seem genuinely confused why you cant just do everything on their schedule. They can't see an inch past their face on most things.
4). Boomers love enforcing frivolous rules, but breaking more severe rules if they think it inconveniences them. This is especially apparent now with Covid. If you don't double-mask in the grocery they might make a scene, but they'll be in the fruit section molesting everything for like half a fucking hour or ripping open bags of buns and removing some cause they don't feel like they need that many.
5). The Baby Boom was unprecedented, possibly in the past few centuries. That population glut means that to this very day everything in our culture is geared towards them due to their numbers alone. This is changing of course, but if you've ever wondered why certain advertisements still exist, or why 24 hour news is the way it is, or why politics is the way it is, it's fucking boomers. They're still in the spotlight because there's money to be made with them and their dreary habits and their dopey prejudices.
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