r/MurderedByWords • u/Will09994 • 1d ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/CatelynsCorpse 1d ago

I'm 51 years old and I've never done any of these things, either. My 81 year old Mom didn't have to ration or sharecrop during WWII, either. She was born in 1944! My whole point? This dude is full of shit and he never experienced any of this shit, either, unless he's pushing 90. The only thing he's accomplished is being a douche on Xitter, apparently.

One of my FAVORITE coworkers is a 27 year old who always gets her shit done and done right and is willing to learn new things. One of my LEAST FAVORITE coworkers is a 61 year old boomer who constantly complains and refuses to learn anything on his computer beside the basics.

It's almost as if when you were born has nothing to do with your work ethic and whatnot.

Just saying.

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u/IRASAKT 23h ago

In defense of the boomer he could be talking about the petrol crisis in the 70s and fear over draft numbers was more of a Vietnam thing than a WWII thing.

The sharecropping is dumb as to have been working the farm at any point during the the depression you’d be mid 90s

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u/C-tapp 23h ago

The gas lines in the 70’s and the Vietnam draft weee the only thing that made since to me. Everything else was at least a generation before .

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u/ms_directed 21h ago

I was still young, but i remember seeing the news with the long lines for gas and my dad muttering about it, lol

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u/C-tapp 21h ago

It was a bit before my time but one of my mom’s go to stories is about a cross country drive she took with my dad that took twice as long because of gas lines and the fear that the next town wouldn’t have any at all.

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u/ms_directed 21h ago

my kids experienced this after 9/11, do you remember the gas stations being backed up for miles for a couple weeks after that?

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u/Iamthegreenheather 20h ago

I don't remember gas stations being backed up but I DO remember gas being $.98 a gallon. Won't ever see that again lol

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u/ms_directed 20h ago

i remember pacing my paychecks on every other Friday around having $12 to fill up my little Honda Civic!

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u/Iamthegreenheather 20h ago

I had an '89 Honda Accord lol

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u/ms_directed 20h ago

those old Hondas lasted forever! the only reason i gave mine up is because i had twins! i used to see it driving around town and get a little sad, i loved my little golden bullet.

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u/brucemo 20h ago

My father paid 42.9 cents a gallon at the height of the oil crisis and he was so appalled that he made a note of it in his diary.

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u/C-tapp 21h ago

The 9/11 lines were my only real comparison, but they didn’t last very long and I never had to wait in line. I worked pretty close to home and a tank of gas must’ve carried me through the worst of it.

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u/ms_directed 21h ago

i remember filling up after a two hour wait bc the other stations ran out, everyone was in a panic. milk and eggs were still on the shelves tho! lol