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TheRealNorth

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63. I hear ya on the stereotyping

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 04:30 PM

Nov 2019

But when I open my internet browser every morning, there are always articles stereotyping millenials, and the Boomers I know eat it up.

The stereotyping of millenials has been pervasive in our society for the past few years, and there has been no pushback until now.

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To the OK Boomers.. [View all] Peacetrain Nov 2019 OP

I'm just going to add this to any "OK Boomer" thread I come across, to add perspective JHB Nov 2019 #1

Love it!! Peacetrain Nov 2019 #3

Thank you Peace Train! redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #2

Nice, so you told the younger person Bettie Nov 2019 #9

No, I was totally disrespected in a public meeting by a person who has very little experience. redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #21

I get it Bettie Nov 2019 #26

No I'm afraid you don't. I never stopped them from sharing an opinion, redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #35

I get that you are determined to be sulky & to silence those like me instead of sharing... Hekate Nov 2019 #56

You don't seem silenced Bettie Nov 2019 #64

DU is an open discussion board Hekate Nov 2019 #68

I have just caught up with this in the last week. Peacetrain Nov 2019 #11

You Can Also Remind Them... jayfish Nov 2019 #13

They have no idea what it was like to grow up in the world we did. nolabear Nov 2019 #14

Thank you. we can do it Nov 2019 #18

Yes! redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #22

+1 Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #24

Indeed! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2019 #36

But the majority of the Boomers voted to go back those days... TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #49

Yeah, well, he said a lot of things. But we're not homogenous. nolabear Nov 2019 #60

I hear ya on the stereotyping TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #63

Yep, and it's wrong all around. We need each other! nolabear Nov 2019 #70

+1,000 nolabear. As someone else said: I was there for the first Earth Day... Hekate Nov 2019 #58

Many boomers tried.... zaj Nov 2019 #4

What generation do you think Barack Obama is Peacetrain Nov 2019 #16

Lol no Loki Liesmith Nov 2019 #38

"It's not fair for any Millennial to be branded with the Tide Pod Challenge... LanternWaste Nov 2019 #50

LOL No Hekate Nov 2019 #59

It was the boomers that fought and died for Civil Rights, women's rights, workers rights, still_one Nov 2019 #5

Boomers were also the last great warrior generation, 10 million served. braddy Nov 2019 #42

I am 69, but I get a kick out of "OK, Boomer." I think it is a clever retort. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #6

Great post malaise Nov 2019 #7

Far out, man! Mme. Defarge Nov 2019 #8

Every time I hear "OK Boomer" apnu Nov 2019 #10

😂 we can do it Nov 2019 #20

As a Gen X'r, I get where the milennials are coming from TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #12

Well I'm glad for the centrist Democrats Loki Liesmith Nov 2019 #39

That's cool TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #45

This is a manufactured issue matt819 Nov 2019 #15

Exactly... as I posted to someone.. My grandmother could not vote when she was 21.. Peacetrain Nov 2019 #17

Manufactured by those not on our side, it seems to me. Stinky The Clown Nov 2019 #30

OK Boomer Sooner OKNancy Nov 2019 #19

Indeed. Funtatlaguy Nov 2019 #27

I like this as a metaphor Danascot Nov 2019 #32

Off the rails. Funtatlaguy Nov 2019 #44

I am sitting in a class right now ismnotwasm Nov 2019 #23

I started "Ask a Millenial" among the Boomers in my office. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #25

Should have never given them the internet MyNameGoesHere Nov 2019 #28

OK, all I have to say is 'VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO" Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #29

I'm a boomer and I am deeply... NNadir Nov 2019 #31

Just remember one thing, kids... In the immortal words of Joe Walsh (guitar player..not politician) world wide wally Nov 2019 #33

He also said... tonedevil Nov 2019 #73

I worry we are leaving a mess for our kids captain queeg Nov 2019 #34

don't forget..we levitated the Pentagon too :) samnsara Nov 2019 #37

I read about that I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #65

But will they live a full life? Claritie Pixie Nov 2019 #40

Why did these whippersnappers let Trump get elected? jpak Nov 2019 #41

The youngest boomers were the worst get the red out Nov 2019 #43

That has been my (general) experience also TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #46

I feel bad for milennials that went to college after me TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #52

I'm 63 and it seems the HS class of 1980 started with "preppy stuff" LeftInTX Nov 2019 #48

Pink and Green get the red out Nov 2019 #61

Yeah. That's when the Young Republicans showed upon campus captain queeg Nov 2019 #51

I'm 55, started 1st grade in 1970; don't tell me I'm a boomer! eShirl Nov 2019 #53

Thank you, Peacetrain. smh Hekate Nov 2019 #47

It has been estimated that only 1/3rd of colonists were for the revolution Maeve Nov 2019 #54

As an ageing hippie boomer I send my deepest desires to all generations behind me randr Nov 2019 #55

This Gen Xer FrankBooth Nov 2019 #57

Gen X here, not on board with the bashing stevil Nov 2019 #62

I'm 55. When people (oldsters) whine about it they look like a punk. BuffaloJackalope Nov 2019 #66

Dropping this here irisblue Nov 2019 #67

When people say Ok, Boomer it is usually directed to the selfish & bigoted Boomers dustyscamp Nov 2019 #69

CORRECT Skittles Nov 2019 #72

Ok, Boomer. whttevrr Nov 2019 #71

This is for the 50,000 boomers who will never be able to argue their case DBoon Nov 2019 #74