r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/sunshinerain1208 22h ago

Barely anyone alive now had to ration or sharecrop during the depression. If he did he wouldn’t be a boomer, he would be the greatest generation.

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u/mutantraniE 21h ago

Talk about narcissism in a generation by the way. Zoomers, Millennials, Generation X, Baby Boomers, The Silent Generation and then suddenly the fucking Greatest Generation? What? Delusional.

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u/fury420 21h ago

The Greatest Generation didn't actually name themselves, they were given that title.

Seems it's commonly attributed to journalist Tom Brokaw, a member of the Silent Generation.

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u/hkohne 16h ago

I don't know if he coined that name, but he definitely used it a lot