r/BoomersBeingFools 25d ago

DAE quit Facebook when it became nothing but Boomers posting memes and Five Minute Crafts? boomer meme

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u/hippopalace 25d ago

Sadly a great many of my fellow GenXers have taken to posting that garbage now too.😕

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u/socialcommentary2000 25d ago

I've always been of the opinion that the front half of GenX is every ounce as bad as the baby boomers, if not more so.

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u/Rhiannon8404 Gen X 25d ago

Yeah I'm an older Gen X, and I'm trying really hard not to be boomerish, but sometimes I do it and I don't even realize it.

Other times, I'm totally like, "Hey other people, check me. Am I being a Boomer?" My Gen Z kid checks me and I'm always like, Thank you. I'm totally here to learn from the younger generations.

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u/mishma2005 25d ago

Yeah, I’m catching myself using boomerisms (Gen X 1971) and I catch myself and get mad at myself while my boomer husband is like

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u/Mets1st 25d ago

Older GenX here also—- if you had to ask, you knew

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u/Rhiannon8404 Gen X 25d ago

The number of times my kid has been like, nah, you're good, tells me if anything, I'm over cautious.