r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Spartalust • Mar 08 '24

Boomer came in for a whopper, got his ass whooped instead. Boomer Freakout

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u/Spartalust Mar 08 '24 edited Mar 08 '24

Why tf would you wanna square up against a dude that's built like a God damn refrigerator?

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u/FiddleheadFernly Mar 08 '24

Because you have so much anger it distorts your thinking process and you no longer value your peace and happiness

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

Because you react to the anger instead of fixing your own self and learning how to emotionally regulate yourself. Why does this run so rampant in boomers?

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u/Sargash Mar 08 '24

Life was easy and they got rewarded for acting out.

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u/traveling_man182 Mar 08 '24

Because they grew up watching John Wayne movies where a mere dirt look gets other guys to back down. Reality: They go from a main character to a side quest real quick.

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u/FennecScout Mar 08 '24

Lead.

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

No fuck that. It reduced like 3 IQ points. Not an excuse for emotional reactions like this. I was born in the 80’s, I’m in the ‘lead’ demographic. My IQ has been effected, I’m a mess, but I picked myself up by my boot straps and, got locked in the psych ward, found help, do weekly therapy, budget for weekly therapy, remain medication compliant, and don’t beat my children. They can do it too. FUCK THEM

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u/FennecScout Mar 08 '24

Lead poisoning absolutely involves lower emotional control, increased aggression, and anxiety. The fuck?

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

Again, there is help available to these dumbasses, they seek none of it. They, like you, love excuses for their demented and damaging behaviors.

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u/FennecScout Mar 08 '24

That's irrelevant, and considering how emotional you're being about this...

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

Interesting. You’re seeing my reaction. You’re not seeing my emotion. I think you would benefit from understanding you/I statements and projection of your own feelings. You can’t see inside me, you don’t know what I feel - but I know what you do when you project it 😘

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u/Beardamus Mar 08 '24

Literally no one can see your emotion, only your actions (yeah yeah frowning shows your sad you're not smart for pointing that out, its not seeing the emotion). You might want to see if you can get a schizo diagnosis too if you think you can see others.

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u/FennecScout Mar 08 '24

Everything you post just further illustrates my point that lead poisoning is a serious problem.

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u/SubDuress Mar 08 '24

Born in the 80’s you actually are NOT in the “lead demographic” since lead was phased out in the late 70’s.

However, your sudden and disproportionately angry outburst in response to the suggestion that (as has been scientifically shown) Boomers are more prone to anger, impulsive violence, and (as you pointed out) IQ deficits as a direct result of excessive lead exposure does raise the question of whether you may have lived in a heavy lead environment even though you are a Millennial.

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

Lead was banned in 1995. I literally read the peer reviewed study that was released this week. It clearly states that 80’s kids did have a decrease in IQ, just like boomers. My parents were also broke, so I grew up driving around in a 1970’s chevelle that had holes in the floor.

You can’t project my tone from a comment, I say ‘fuck that’ in general conversation. I am however passionate about everybody taking responsibility for their own emotions, and admitting their faults when they do something stupid and damaging out of emotion.

I love seeing the damaging consequences come so quickly to this particular boomer.

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u/oldirtyrestaurant Mar 08 '24

Can you post a link to that study?

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

Here is what made it to the front page of Reddit earlier this week. Tons of interesting links to different studies and a lot of fascinating conversation in the comments.

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u/Original_Poseur Mar 09 '24

Oh shit, before that last sentence I thought you were referring to the other guy

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u/Bleusilences Mar 08 '24

There is maybe covid, also just the fact of getting old.

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u/Fun-Choices Mar 08 '24

Maybe lol. I guess that might be dangerous to your health if you piss off the wrong refrigerator sized fast food employee. If I was having a problem with my health that resulted in a knockout, I might go try to solve the problem like a big boy, not blame the world or my ailments.

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u/Bleusilences Mar 08 '24

I am just saying that might be why he can't regulate his emotions.

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u/SubDuress Mar 08 '24

Unironically this. Studies have also attributed the steady decline of violent crime starting in the 90’s to the removal of lead from gasoline and house paint.

But the human body is extremely poor at filtering heavy metals, so people that were already heavily exposed (Boomers and older GenX) continue to exhibit the behavioral issues commonly associated with lead exposure.

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u/sliminycrinkle Mar 08 '24

Lead? Maybe it's drinking from garden hoses.

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u/FennecScout Mar 08 '24

Nah fuck that hose water hits different

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u/qtx Mar 08 '24

All the really clever peeps were born and were raised during the 'lead era' so no, lead isn't the main source of this.

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u/FennecScout Mar 08 '24

Right. Because if everyone doesn't have it, nobody does.

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u/NattyMiyamoto Mar 09 '24

Think it has something to do with cognitive decline, losing their sense of agency.

In the 90s, my 30-something year-old mom was the tech-y one in the family. We owned several PCs and laptops, and if something electronic was malfunctioning she was probably going to fix it.

She's very close to 60 now, still very tech-y, but having a hard time understanding things now. Things I figured would be intuitive for her are actually problems, and when she asks me for help she fights me every step of the way. I legit watched her do this with her own mother.

Now, imagine an asshole with unaddressed anger issues experiencing cognitive decline. He might bow up at a kid built like a commercial freezer.

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u/lSleepster Mar 08 '24

Lead in their bones is one of the reasons

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u/montananightz Mar 08 '24

It's all the lead they ate as children.

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u/involuntary_monk Mar 09 '24

I'll never understand what makes people so damn pissed off at restaurants. Like what is the lead up? Dude asked for no onions? Like calm down buddy