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‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations

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Re: ‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations

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Post by mc32 »

johnday wrote: post #15

This is silly. The only party here marking the end of "friendly generational relations" is the NY Times itself. Drawing lines through society is the cheapest and easiest way to look wise without making any meaningful comment.

Yup it’s as if kids didn’t have grandparents and if they do they hold them in contempt.

This is just an exaggeration of a pithy retort that people think is funny (and it is). But that doesn’t mean people “believe” in it any more than people believe wearing a LeBron jersey makes them into better players.

Some boomer should have some “OK SLACKER” t-shirts printed with the tag, “Have a productive day”

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Post by TheHypnotist »

rco8786 wrote: post #10
frankbreetz wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Perhaps those elders forgot that respect happens in two directions.

Right, hasn't lazy millennial been beaten to death enough?

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Post by ceejayoz »

pgeorgi wrote: post #19
ceejayoz wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Are you referring to "The children now love luxury...", which is often misattributed to Socrates? https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Socrates#Misattributed

No: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-peo...

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Post by dogsgobork »

lawlessone wrote: post #20

Really? i thought i ended when everyone was talking about how millennials are ruining companies by not buying affordable products. Or saying millennials are poor because they like avocados. Or saying millennials are entitled for demanding a living wage.

It's like how class warfare is only when the poor fight back.

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Post by frankbreetz »

Clubber wrote: post #14
frankbreetz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think global warming makes this a little different then calling young people slackers.

Do you really believe the article's premise that boomers don't believe in global warming? If so, is it all of them, or just some of them? Of course another purpose of this "culture war," is to take the blame off the politicians who had a chance actually make the regulations and laws and lay it on a generation of citizens. What has Generation Y and Z actually done to stop global warming? I don't see anything but talk.…

I think that a much larger percentage of Gen Z believe in global warming than boomers do.

Of course, politicians are elected by people so if everyone believes in global warming and votes that way everything will work out.

GenY and GenZ tend to vote for more pro-climate policies, many more of them protest for the government to do something. Many more of them on environmental conscience.

The big thing you seem to be missing is governments should be doing the will of the people, and the will is there for GenZ, but not for the Boomers.

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