• qooqie@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I never really understood where this came from. Is it from the whole “customer is always right” culture they were raised with?

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      11 months ago

      It comes from entitlement, and mistaking a postwar economic boom with massive government handouts for personal effort.

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      11 months ago

      Just like an idiot, the typical boomer doesn’t understand why the saying exists or why it was started. They focus on just the surface level, and assume the rule for usage is the same as the title.