‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations

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Post by doener » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:41 PM UTC

‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations
nytimes.com

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Post by bwsewell » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:56 PM UTC

they were friendly?

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Post by draw_down » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC

Yeah, it was that. Not the endless slew of articles about how millennials ruined this or that industry, or how they’re entitled hothouse flowers with no work ethic and no spine. It wasn’t “millennials can’t afford houses because they eat too much avocado toast”. It was “OK boomer”. Ay yi yi.

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Post by tomzus » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC

OK Boomer

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Post by frankbreetz » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC

“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” ― Anonymous Greek Proverb

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Post by frankbreetz » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:58 PM UTC

bwsewell wrote: post #2

they were friendly?

I think they are referring to how previous generations had "respect for elders"

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Post by Clubber » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:58 PM UTC

Much of this is contrived. The previous generation said GenX were slackers too. It's just something to sell ads.

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Post by rco8786 » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:58 PM UTC

Wait. Who was being friendly before?

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Post by ceejayoz » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:58 PM UTC

frankbreetz wrote: post #6

bwsewell wrote: post #2

they were friendly?

I think they are referring to how previous generations had "respect for elders"

People have complained about disrespectful, selfish youth since at least ancient Greece. Likely far longer, but Aristotle's on record about it.

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Post by rco8786 » Mon, Nov 04, 2019, 1:59 PM UTC

frankbreetz wrote: post #6

bwsewell wrote: post #2

they were friendly?

I think they are referring to how previous generations had "respect for elders"

Perhaps those elders forgot that respect happens in two directions.