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MineralMan

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27. I'm 76 years old and find them to be hilarious.

Fri Apr 22, 2022, 12:47 PM

Apr 2022

It's not really about Boomers as the "parents." It's about every generation and its parents. We all end up risking becoming our parents. I experienced the same thing, myself, and am a lot like my parents. However, that's not really a bad thing. They were good people.

I have nieces and nephews who have teenagers and young adults as children. I skipped doing that, but it's funny to see those nieces and nephews becoming their parents. Their children will do the same thing. We all take on some of the characteristics of our parents, and develop some other characteristics that are our own.

The commercials are playing on that, not going after Boomers. We'll all be old folks -- if we're lucky, and our children will be horrified to see themselves turning into us, just as we did about our own parents.

Thos commercials are genius!

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Progressive Insurance [View all] DownriverDem Apr 2022 OP

Do you mean the becoming your parents ones? 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2022 #1

That's GEICO EYESORE 9001 Apr 2022 #3

No, those are Progressive. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #6

Shows how much attention I pay EYESORE 9001 Apr 2022 #20

Do a search for the USAA ads with Gronk. TheProle Apr 2022 #22

I somehow avoided seeing those EYESORE 9001 Apr 2022 #26

I love these becoming your parents ads.....so funny. a kennedy Apr 2022 #4

So do I! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2022 #17

Me too! Diamond_Dog Apr 2022 #28

Yes DownriverDem Apr 2022 #2

I'm a baby boomer, and I think they're absolutely hiliarious. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2022 #19

Which ones? Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #5

Dr Rick DownriverDem Apr 2022 #7

I love those ads. They're hilarious. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #8

Not to me DownriverDem Apr 2022 #9

I'm a Gen X, in my fifties. Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author DownriverDem Apr 2022 #10

"...You think we'll be heading out about the end of the 3rd Quarter?" Stallion Apr 2022 #13

I know. My dad is Silent Generation, older than boomers, but Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #14

My husband does that! Diamond_Dog Apr 2022 #29

I love the one Diamond_Dog Apr 2022 #31

The garden gnomes--"Not those two?" "Yep, they're gone." Wingus Dingus Apr 2022 #39

Yes, yes, love these ads......👍🏻 a kennedy Apr 2022 #25

The only commercial I like is with Walter the cat. Emile Apr 2022 #11

I'm a Boomer, I have Progressive insurance on my car, Ocelot II Apr 2022 #15

Ageism DownriverDem Apr 2022 #16

I'm a boomer and I love those commericals ripcord Apr 2022 #18

They're teasing, not "bashing." Most of us boomers can laugh at ourselves. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2022 #21

I think they're funny! They're the only commercials I watch on purpose instead of skipping them renate Apr 2022 #23

I think they are for the most part very funny. TheProle Apr 2022 #24

I'm 76 years old and find them to be hilarious. MineralMan Apr 2022 #27

How exactly are the writers ridiculing the boomers Torchlight Apr 2022 #30

You should speak to the manager about that. nt. Mariana Apr 2022 #32

hah...well played... bahboo Apr 2022 #34

I literally used those in a class I taught on aging. nolabear Apr 2022 #33

The ads are hilarious to me as a Millennial Sympthsical Apr 2022 #35

I like the one with the sign guy and the little kid gratuitous Apr 2022 #36

I love the one where the guy has the remote velcroded to his coffee table. I'm a boomer and would ratchiweenie Apr 2022 #37

I think the ads are hilarious and rather poignant nuxvomica Apr 2022 #38