For a community called “LemmyShitPost” there is an awful lot of gold here.

I feel like it's more bleeding into, ok x-er now.

Not to say that all of Gen X's like this, but I'm definitely seeing some of the older ranks falling into this sort of behavior

Yes, but it has nothing to do with generations, or age. I prefer "MAGA" to boomer, because I think that's the group most people have a problem with. MAGA does not correlate well with age. MAGA comes in all ages, and even cuts across class. With the rich class supporting it because it's to their advantage, and the bigots of the poor class supporting it because they are bigots and ignorant.

The hardship Boomers had was mostly far away and hypothetical. They grew up with the constant threat of nuclear war.

The old Star Trek episode "Gary Seven" has an interesting take on this. Boomers expected that civilization would end before they got to adulthood. Then it didn't, and they had no idea what to do with themselves.

Then they come to a time when they're resented by both their parents and their children. The Greatest Generation was horny after the war and literally fucked the Boomers into existence, but realized too late that they didn't actually like having children. Boomers treated their children the way their parents treated them. Gen X sorta puts up with it, but Millennials aren't having it.

Other than that, capitalism knew by the 1950s that if they push the working class too hard, they'll revolt. Better to back off the money printer a little to make sure we can keep running it for as long as possible. And so the working class could have a reasonably comfy life doing the same trades for their whole working life (provided they were white). Over time, capitalism found that it can keep a working class revolt from happening by dividing the working class against each other; racism and religion works pretty well. Then it was time to overclock the money printer.

I feel like “having it easier” can be relative. I definitely have it easier than my grandmother who is a black woman born in the late 1930s who only has a high school education. I’ve even had an easier life than my parents in many ways, even if they did achieve the “American Dream”. I may not be able to afford a house right now, but everything else has been easier as a whole so far. I’m in the USA, so we’ll see how the rest of it goes.

ETA: spelling

I was told the other day by someone younger than me that saying "okay boomer" is cringe now. The new hot hip fan-didly-tastic slang is "unc status" or "aunt status", apparently. Means the same thing, but in sleek Gen-Z packaging.

Can also be used to refer to a boomer who seems surprisingly OK.

I'm so old that I used to tell this story to people to figure out if they were too young to bother with:

A friend and I were in a cheap restaurant for breakfast after being up all night. Server brings the drinks we ordered, sets them down, goes about her business.

"... Hey! This isn't orange juice. This is Tang. Who does she think we are, astronauts??"

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There's only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's generation, and the millennials.

i have respect for my grandparents so i dont call them this but when they bring up stuff i just nod becuase its better to let them ramble than sit there and argue with someone who could have a heart attack.