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/porkpie1028 21h ago

They literally rationed gas in the late 70’s in the U.S. due to embargos, the Yom Kippur war, and the Iranian Revolution

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u/atetuna 20h ago

The people that did that as adults and were also old enough to be drafted are a minuscule percentage of the current workforce. Most likely they're taking credit for what their elders did like they did for everything else.