• schmidtster@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Okay boomer was an insult for the baby boomer generation, now it’s being used for anyone older. Both are acceptable.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah it was originally shit like “you sound like a 60 year old trump supporter who hasn’t gotten with the times”. It was “I’m not going to bother fighting with you, so I’m going to treat you like the uncle i only deal with on thanksgiving”

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      9 months ago

      Ah, so it means anyone who you disagree with who happens to be a few years older than you… So it’s pointless?

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        9 months ago

        No they don’t have to be older. If I had a friend who was a year older than me and I said “battle passes, looter shooters, and tik tok are dumb” he could call me a total boomer.

        It’s about someone harnessing an older perspective.

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        9 months ago

        Bigotry requires prejudice, boomers aren’t clumped together, just called out when the situation requires it.

        Calling someone a Karen isn’t bigotry so why would boomer?

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            9 months ago

            Funny, are you being prejudiced against people who use boomer and Karen and clumping them all together…?

            That’s mighty bigot and hypocritical of you.

            Context matters, if someone uses the term correctly and not prejudiced against an entire group, why shouldn’t that be allowed? There goes supporting my drag queen friend and gay associates I guess, can’t call them gay apparently.