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6. Sorry boomers

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:14 AM

Aug 2020

What is that supposed to mean?

Everyone will die eventually.

Is this another sooner rather than later meme or what?

Sad if this is where we are at as a nation.

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Sorry, boomers: millennials and younger are new US majority [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP

But boomers will make up more of those who VOTE. SoonerPride Aug 2020 #1

The "and younger" bit makes it a bit misleading Sympthsical Aug 2020 #13

Maybe some day they'll start voting like they are... brooklynite Aug 2020 #2

That is the real question still_one Aug 2020 #16

Let's hope that they're better stewards of planet earth than my generation was. dware Aug 2020 #3

Yes. That's my feeling Walleye Aug 2020 #18

But do they vote? qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #4

Fine with me. Unfortunately, tho, they don't vote anything Hortensis Aug 2020 #5

Sorry boomers CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #6

It's a passive aggressive way to be dismissive and insulting. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #15

Noted CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #24

Cherishing the lingering resentment Walleye Aug 2020 #21

Yeah, what's the need for the attitude? treestar Aug 2020 #28

My parents are both deceased CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #34

+1 treestar Aug 2020 #36

Do they make up a majority of voters? No, they do not. MineralMan Aug 2020 #7

Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms Celerity Aug 2020 #25

that is simple demographics and life tables SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #26

Yea... I am ready. As a 70+ old man I am ready for them to take over even if they do LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #8

Gen Xers laugh and shake our heads SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #9

Yep. Never had the numbers, and now we're getting old. BusyBeingBest Aug 2020 #22

Yeah, this whole OP skips over GenXers as if they don't exist. brush Aug 2020 #31

I don't mind at all! ananda Aug 2020 #10

Everybody is young and then they get old. So? betsuni Aug 2020 #11

Barely, and in another year or two, those older Millennials will be over 40 themselves frazzled Aug 2020 #12

I'm an older Millennial Sympthsical Aug 2020 #17

Maybe it's because frazzled Aug 2020 #29

Incredibly well said n/t Sympthsical Aug 2020 #33

👆 👆 👆 Well said! nt crickets Aug 2020 #40

and the majority of them under 30 are still living in their parents basement, lol Baclava Aug 2020 #14

Okay, so I'm a Boomer. hamsterjill Aug 2020 #19

I was just getting ready MuseRider Aug 2020 #23

Thank you so much! hamsterjill Aug 2020 #38

If I ever see them pick up the torch and run with it, I'll gladly step back. Siwsan Aug 2020 #20

White boomers and up, white men, and the less educated are the vanguard for Rump and Celerity Aug 2020 #30

I prefer to call them the willfully ignorant, rather than the less educated Siwsan Aug 2020 #32

Wow. Time marches on. Wht a revolutionary concept! Tom Rinaldo Aug 2020 #27

Good news. Now they have to vote. phylny Aug 2020 #35

Have Fun... don't run with scissors. Baked Potato Aug 2020 #37

Meh, and one day they will be replaced ornotna Aug 2020 #39