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Aren’t actual boomers? Or just slang for people older than 40?
is it so hard to believe ops parents are 60+ ?
No, but my kids call me a boomer and I’m a millennial. I appreciate the shade.
All this generational nomenclature is so fucking infuriating. All it seems to do is cause friction.
Found the boomer!
No but seriously though, I agree.
Uh so, I’m not a parent or anything but, if my kids called me a boomer I’m pretty sure I’d fight back, like take a year off their age each time they got it wrong or something like that.
Edit: to be clear to the parents out there I meant playful teasing not like psychological abuse
Wrong way to approach it.
To parents, start using the word wrong.
Any time you kid does something cool you might have done as a kid. "Awesome, that's so boomer."
If they can't do their homework. "You're such a boomer."
It drives kids up the wall when parents use slang right, but when you use it wrong it's even more infuriating.