To put it mildly, millennials (and to some extent Gen X and Gen Z) aren’t fond of baby boomers. Boomers hogged the economy and the world’s resources, we say, and they have no regard for what future generations will inherit.
But when Reddit user u/coolfreeusername asked the question, “Non-boomers … , what’s your most boomer opinion?” it led to a pretty awesome discovery. Turns out, younger generations and baby boomers share quite a few thoughts. Here are some of them.
#1
Having your kid go “viral” for some stupid thing he did or just crying is a way to humiliate them and you are a disgusting parent for making the whole world laugh at them
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#2
PULL UP YA DAMN PANTS.
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#3
Not everything needs to be filmed and put on the internet
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#4
I don’t want my damn refrigerator connected to the internet. It has one job.
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#5
Just because we have access to instant communication doesn’t mean I’m obligated to message you back immediately.
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#6
Just because I disagree with your opinion doesn’t mean I hate you, I don’t need to agree with everything just to be politically correct. You can still disagree and be cordial. We seem to have forgotten that.
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#7
Social Media was a mistake. I genuinely think that it is single-handedly one of if not the most damaging thing to the world that’s happened in the past however many years.
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#8
No phones when you’re eating with someone
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#9
No one wants to listen to your music. Turn it down/ roll up your windows, or better yet… both.
No one thinks your loud car/motorcycle is cool. Drive like a normal human being around town. If you want to drive fast, get some track days.
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#10
Children are so coddled and over protected nowadays. Bring back the playgrounds of yesteryear where the monkey bars were sky high and the merry-go-round could go mach 5. If the little f***ers fall and get a bruise, they’ll know not to be a dumbass next time (an invaluable life lesson). Teach them how to responsibly handle dangerous objects like knives and garden tools. The way we’re raising children today is one of the main reasons we have so many stupid ass adults with no valuable life skills and a god complex cuz they think their actions don’t effect them
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#11
Physical keyboards are better.
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#12
Late to the party but a lot of pop music today is overly sexual, especial Cardi B. I really don’t want to be out at the bar listening to how you suck dick and have a vagina.
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#13
I hate how literally everything these days has a stupid app that you need to have in order to use it. Everything from kids toys to freakin cars needs some sort of crappy app these days. Why!? What if you plan on having this item for a long while and the app either gets deleted, gets malware, or just doesn’t function due to the company not updating it? You would have to throw it out causing more waste in this world. This is planned obsolescence just disguised as being technologically advanced.
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#14
A 9 pm bedtime is perfectly reasonable.
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#15
Stop helicoptering your kids and let them go outside and scrape their knees and drink from the hose.
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#16
TikTok is stupid.
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#17
Kids absolutely shouldn’t have cell phones or tablets or whatever thing like that.
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#18
People are far too thin skinned. Stop taking everything so personally and learn to handle things you don’t like hearing.
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#19
Quit spending money on stupid stuff that you won’t want in a year and put it towards saving for the future.
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#20
People use their phones too much, particularly for texting and social media. Getting upset because your girlfriend/boyfriend hasn’t texted you back for a few hours, or hasn’t liked your photo, is so unhealthy.
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#21
Being on time for casual social events matters.
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#22
Twerking is trashy.
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#23
Sending out thank you notes when you receive a gift from someone. My mom was always big on that and I understand why. I bought an expensive gift for my friends birthday and she never messaged me or said thank you for the gift. Saying thank you isn’t that hard and it means a lot to the person.
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#24
Cancel culture is stupid. Everyone is stupid when they’re young and dumb. You make bad decisions sometimes and the you you are today isn’t necessarily the you that you used to be. Social media should have a 7 year mandatory erase period. Any tweet or fb post or whatever disappears after 7 years permanently.
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#25
Posting your kids on social media
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#26
Our society is wayyyyyyy too materialistic. Most people can’t go one year without “upgrading” their phone or buying the latest and greatest GPU. Your last year’s model will work just fine.
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#27
Flannel shirts are amazing, and should be a part of everybody’s wardrobe for fall/winter
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#28
Am 29:
If the conversation is going to take more than 3-5 texts (or emails), just call me.
Social media is bad for your health. Social media is not real life. Never take anything said on Twitter/Facebook/Reddit seriously.
Kids these days need to go play outside more.
Participation trophies are stupid. This is coming from someone who had a few as a kid.
Taxes aren’t hard to figure out, especially if you don’t own a house.
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#29
There’s too many subscription services for s**t.
It’s nice to have access to unlimited movies and TV, but like. For the most part I wind up just watching the same sitcom over and over to decompress after work. I wonder how much I could have saved by just getting B99 and King of the Hill box sets instead of paying for Hulu for four years.
And anything where they mail you a box of curated crap every month is absolutely unnecessary, toot f***ing sweet.
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#30
I don’t like e-books. I only read books that are printed on paper. It’s just much more satisfying.
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#31
I like physical buttons. Not everything needs to be on a touchpad.
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#32
That society is slowly putting much more emphasis on people accepting their faults than working on them.
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#33
A culture of immediate gratification and excess of creature comforts begets a spoiled population. There’s something to be said for the character that can be built through patience and powering through adversity.
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#34
Teenagers are scary. Mainly in groups of 3+
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#35
My back hurts
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