What's with all the Ageism in These Threads??

[crazycatlady]

62. i often feel like I'm one of the few non Boomers on this forum

But one thing that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is that every generation (or more) has unique challenges that their elders did not. Many elders don't see this as the challenge of a generation and instead use it as fodder for criticism. Many a boomer in some online comments section about student loan debt talks about how they paid for college by (waiting tables, flipping burgers, bagging groceries, etc) and thinks someone today can do the same. What the Boomer on the internet fails to see is the price of tuition compared to the wages these jobs pay and that it is next to impossible.

Instead of showing empathy, they have the 'get off my lawn mentality' and complain that the kids spend too much money on iPhones (ok that was a younger Gen X congressman) and how if you gave up the iPhone you could pay for health insurance, college tuition, a house, etc.

I also find this ironic. Boomers love to criticize millennials for being addicted to social media. Let me point out that the president with a twitter problem was born in 1946.

I'll also say that I find the GOP Gen X politicians to be sociopaths more than the Boomer ones. I'll take W over Paul Ryan any day.