Poll of the Day > Has the boomer cultural power lessened, or are they just less vocal now?

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Count_Drachma posted...

You can either support the far-left policies that led to the destruction of American labor or you can complain about the far-left policies that led to the destruction of American labor.

Remember kids: "You actually have to pay your workers and try not to kill them and also they can't be literal children" are "fer-left policies that led to the destruction of American labour," and absolutely zero blame for that can be placed at the feet of greedy billionaires who decided that they'd rather employ children they were allowed to kill instead of becoming slightly less billionaire.

Count_Drachma posted...

And for all of your grandstanding, I doubt you'd be willing to take a time machine and live as just an ordinary person 60 years ago.

Why do you think this is a zero-sum game? Can you not think of a way that we could have video games and polio vaccines and a sustainable housing market? Do you not realize that "sure, you'll need to make double your regional median income to feel any semblance of housing security, but at least your mom won't serve jelly salads!" isn't actually a particularly insightful remark?

BlackScythe0 posted...

How is being upset about the politicians that were elected and the policies that were implemented "generalizations"?

This is really the thing to focus on. Did every single person born between 1945 and 1965 contribute to modern social problems? No. Obviously not. But the prevailing culture among that generation and the political climate and decisions that generated have very obviously had disastrous effects on wealth inequality, cost of living, and many other everyday problems the current generation has to contend with. That also hasn't stopped. Many from that generation continue to cling to that culture and let it guide their voting decisions (even in the face of abundant reason to change), making everything worse in the process.

Does that mean celebrating the death of millions of people is a good thing? Not so much. Does it mean that there's room to recognize that said generation's inevitable demise will change the political landscape in a way that ameliorates some of those issues? Yeah. It's a fine line, one which is prone to being exaggerated for Internet comedy, but I can understand where it's coming from.

adjl posted...

Yeah. It's a fine line, one which is prone to being exaggerated for Internet comedy, but I can understand where it's coming from.

I hope you can similarly understand that because I've lost friends who were good people and nothing like the pantomime villains that Generation Whatever imagines they were simply because they were born in such-and-such a year, when some smug, self-righteous little shit gloats "that's one less boomer!" my regret is that I can't eat as much as I would like to puke all over them.

That stereotypical, Reagan- or Thatcher-voting boomer whom you despise? They were our opponents too, at the time. We rejected their values, despised their attitudes and ridiculed their beliefs, and plenty of us -- we were an activist generation, too -- stood up and opposed them; sadly, not too successfully. Pisses me off no end when idiots lump us all together just because of our fucking birth year. And if you're a millennial or an Xer or whatever, you should hate it when people do the same thing to you too.

Blightzkrieg posted...

More millenials like minions than baby Yoda, sorry

I like both actually. Cute things are just as attractive as shiny things are to me. (The only thing I regret about being born in 1981 is that I was too young to enjoy The A-Team and Knight Rider when they first came out.)

Vampire_Chicken posted...

I hope you can similarly understand that because I've lost friends who were good people and nothing like the pantomime villains that Generation Whatever imagines they were simply because they were born in such-and-such a year, when some smug, self-righteous little shit gloats "that's one less boomer!" my regret is that I can't eat as much as I would like to puke all over them.

That stereotypical, Reagan- or Thatcher-voting boomer whom you despise? They were our opponents too, at the time. We rejected their values, despised their attitudes and ridiculed their beliefs, and plenty of us -- we were an activist generation, too -- stood up and opposed them; sadly, not too successfully. Pisses me off no end when idiots lump us all together just because of our fucking birth year. And if you're a millennial or an Xer or whatever, you should hate it when people do the same thing to you too.

actually, I don't care, because it's usually pretty facetious when people generalize an entire generation. I can have a laugh about it, but then counter what they have to say, like an adult. People will dump on millennials, I'll go along for a bit, and then I'll point out how fucked things are for them.

I couldn't wait for my grandparents to die, because they were all suffering. I'm pretty sure that if you actually engaged someone that mocked boomers in person, they'd definitely discuss the good people they know of that generation. I don't see the problem with someone venting their frustration with the bleak future by laughing about the boomer generation going over the hill. I learned my shit-talking from them. If they don't like their own medicine, boo hoo. I have gotten huge laughs mocking the elderly, and they love it.

Covid got a good bit of them I think. Especially the more vocal ones.