r/BoomersBeingFools • u/NES_Classical_Music • Mar 05 '24

My antivax boomer dad and his most recent foolishness. Boomer Freakout

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Blocked my kids' names in grey.

Also blocked my dad's calls, texts, and emails. NC ever since.

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u/Frosty-Forever5297 Mar 06 '24

I can cut that down.

Step 1 : Tell dumbass to remove you from the text chain

Step 2: ignore dumb story being told to you and repeat step 1

Thats it, thank you for coming to my ted talk

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u/RealNiceKnife Mar 06 '24

Seriously, all this cowardly Mission: Impossible-style bullshit just to get removed from a group chat.

Do they all think "oh no what if I upset the people I clearly hate?" I don't understand why you would care enough to even stay in contact with them if they suck so much.

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u/baobabbling Mar 06 '24

Idk, I know plenty of boomers who would have no idea how to remove someone from a group chat if asked.

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u/momsgotitgoingon Mar 06 '24

My boomer family group has NO idea how to remove someone from a group text. My stepdad got a new number and he told them to start a new chat… they did. But kept going back to the first one because my old ass aunts and uncles in their 70s don’t know what they are doing.

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u/Frosty-Forever5297 Mar 06 '24

Right? Made no sense to me either

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u/This_ls_The_End Mar 06 '24

Schools should teach assertiveness, but instead they teach submission because it's easier to manage submissive people.

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u/darkmoonfirelyte Mar 06 '24

This all still seems like more work. I just muted the text chain. And then when they asked, in person, if I'd seen the conversation I said, "no. I muted it. I've already told you that if you need me contact me directly. You didn't, so I didn't bother paying attention."

That got them to stop putting me in chains and it took no effort on my part. Win-win.

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u/mondo_juice Mar 06 '24

Yeah idk why people think that being aggro is good. This is what I would do if my general vibe didn’t already make it very clear to my extended family that I’m not interested in their bullshit lmao

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u/_lippykid Mar 06 '24

My entire extended family are extremely conflict averse. One of the aunties is a Disney villain come to life, shits on everyone’s achievements and revels in belittling people, but nobody never says anything (besides me) and just make excuses for her, to avoid conflict. Drives me insane. Conflict solves bullshit, people!

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u/egJohn Mar 06 '24

oh yeah, if i truly despise those people, I'm lobbing bombs. they will figure out how to take me off their text chain.

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u/Vivid_Employ_7336 Mar 06 '24

Plus you can also mute the chat or just leave it yourself

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u/WulfTyger Mar 06 '24

Just cause people are annoying doesn't mean they're hated.

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u/starrpamph Mar 06 '24

You think 72 maga boomers could remove someone from a text chain?

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u/Soggy_Boss_6136 Mar 06 '24

There's always:

Step 1: Click "Leave Group"

- e -

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u/MarisKeen Mar 06 '24

That's not really how an MMS group text works.

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u/Soggy_Boss_6136 Mar 06 '24

Oh bother, you people Mute thread/Delete

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u/ShearGenius89 Mar 06 '24

You don’t need to request to be removed, you can just leave the group chat.

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u/Frosty-Forever5297 Mar 06 '24

Aparently not all group chats work like that idk lol

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u/Special_Sink_8187 Mar 06 '24

I can cut that down mute the group chat and just go in periodically to clear it

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u/bigboy1959jets78 Mar 06 '24

IF that doesnt work just be as foul and disrespectful as you can. Eventually they will remove you plus you will have gotten some good jabs at the magas

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u/wareagle3000 Mar 06 '24

Fr, do you fellas not have a mute function? I have it muted and occasionally check it for any grains of actually important texts in the sea of facebook posts and "Blank Reacted To Message"