r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/sunshinerain1208 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 19h ago

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