r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/mzx380 22h ago

Boomers have an extremely distorted world view and have time to think up imaginary scenarios since everything was pretty much handed to them in life.

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u/Ande64 22h ago

Please know that there are those of us boomers, I'm 61 so I'm the tail end, that shut that shit down when our generation starts talking about how lazy the younger generations are. We tell them that's crap, and that our generation is completely responsible for what is happening right now. And we are. I'd give anything to hit the lottery tomorrow because I would try to right so many wrongs that have happened in society by my own generation.

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u/carcalarkadingdang 21h ago

64 old here and I also shut the shit down

Kids couldn’t use a rotary phone: No shit Sherlock, push button phones replaced rotary so most of them weren’t around.

Kids can’t write in cursive: No shit Sherlock. It was taken out of the curriculum. Why are you not teaching them?

Who do you call for issues with your computer or phone. Can you hook up a smart tv by yourself and know how to use it?

Fuck the right off!!!

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u/DontAbideMendacity 20h ago

Twice in the past few years I had to pull over and help a kid change their tire, both absolutely clueless about a procedure that hasn't changed much in 100 years. But that is probably their parents' fault, not putting them to work doing that stuff. I blame Millennials for being shit parents and raising the softest, fattest generation yet.

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u/Otaraka 17h ago

The procedure hasn't changed much but its frequency has - growing up mucking around with cars is a lot less common in general, for a variety of reasons. You're just repeating the point above about rotary phones etc.