What do you think of the common phrase "Ok Boomer"?

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soleil2666 · Accepted Answer

That generation lives in an entirely different universe to younger people. I remember it from my parents and their friends - the whole generation (at least in the west) essentially was allowed EVERYTHING they could possibly think of, and then some. Then they set out to move the boundaries further for those of their own generation who were socially not accepted - chiefly to allow what was traditionally sexual deviance, LGBT.
To them, getting their whole generation fully accepted (since they were all buddies in a way, including with the other side of the Iron curtain) takes precedence over anything related to anyone younger.
The thinking is that THEY are the ones running out of time, and so the rest of us are overprivileged simply by being younger, so we should all be firmly somewhere at the back of the queue until they get all that they wanted (and then some).
One can only hope there is a place in their thinking that considers sanity preservation important (things like science, facts, freedom of opinion and heterosexuality leading to having a family)

razelove · Accepted Answer

It's over used, and very rarely actually pointed at the baby boomer generation. It's simply a dismissal of what someone says because you disagree with the logic. Rather than actually arguing it, or saying you dismiss it, you dismiss the person and anything they would have to say as antiquated.

sejla · Accepted Answer

As a boomer sometimes it's irritating but some people my age are really snarky toward young adults. I think the connotation is that all boomers are closed minded, grumpy, racist people. It does describe some of us but not all of us.

After going to a SuperM concert a reporter from the local newspaper wrote a scathing report of the concert. I think as a sport reporter he didn't want to be there in the first place. He basically said anyone over 18 who went should rethink their priorities if they go to kpop concerts. That didn't go over too well since some of the fans were as old as their 60s and maybe 70s. He wrote other negative things and then the Twitter fight started. He got called a racist, boomer among other things. He wasn't that kind back either.

Words can divide on both sides of the age spectrum.

SueShe · Accepted Answer

Sorry but I don't get that joke.

I have never heard that expression and I have no idea what it really means or when it is supposed to be used.

Is it an expression from the 20th. century in reference to the baby boomers?

The only relation to a boomer I am aware of is the one of a person in the Air Force that operates the boom that refuels the aircraft in flight with the use of a boom from a tanker aircraft, just like in the picture below.

What do you think of the common phrase "Ok Boomer"?

aWes0MeNeSs · Answer

I honestly think it's pretty stupid. Like, okay? What's wrong with being a "boomer"? What's so insulting about that name? How is it supposed to be offensive? It's just a generation.

It seems like the people who use it think they're being really clever, but it just comes off as a pathetic attempt at an insult, like they couldn't do any better than that. Kind of like when a little kid throws a tantrum and calls you a butthead or something similar.

If someone's retort to me was "Ok Millennial", I would just laugh and think they were upset because they were losing an argument with me or something I said struck a nerve and the shoe fit. I've actually had a few online strangers say "Ok Boomer" to me, which I find comical considering I'm only 24 years old.

x태성인수x · Answer

We have enough polarizing memes in the world.
I'm disgusted at how shocked people are that the people we're passive aggressive to are passive aggressive back at us.

I'd prefer if someone could culturally find a way to bridge the gaps between people..
Not push us further apart.

0112358 · Answer

Overused but sort of good. Of course I’ve been finding boomers annoying since before most of you were born.

nikoluushkaa · Answer

Hilarious. Boomers can fuck off with their bootstraps. And buying houses on PT jobs.

something_memorable · Answer

Generations are retarded. People are born nonstop, 365 days every year, not in large generational clumps with consistent social and political views. What generation you are is as arbitrary a distinction as your zodiac sign.

Shiver · Answer

A quarter of everything I say is ok boomer, which is very cool.

sawno · Answer

Its quite a underhanded technique in debates, but anyone who is a reasonable debater can easily dismantle such a technique if its a genuine debate. Usually its just people being childish and unwilling to listen.

MackToday · Answer

It's funny but I doubt it changes anything boomers gonna boom after all.

HikerDude · Answer

I think it makes younger people look childish because it's a copout, an admission that we can't beat older people on the facts. Too many millennials don't feel like they should have to argue things out on their merits. So instead, they pout and give a 'whatever' response.

Mädchen · Answer

I don't think it's as serious as people make it out to be. Old people make Jokes at the expense of millenals for years. But suddenly it's 'ageist' to do the same with them? That being said I don't think it's that funny tbh.

jakeofalltrades · Answer

is that actually a thing? I just thought it was new meme

Liam_Hayden · Answer

It's stupid and illogical. It is dismissing someone based upon age, not upon the basis of the topic at hand. It also helps explain why my generation is so easily manipulated by emotionalism rather than logic.

Jersey2 · Answer

I am a boomer. I think it encapsulates many, not all, Millennials. It is simplistic, requires little thought, and shuts down intelligent discourse. Perfect for today’s generation.

vintagegirl90 · Answer

Amusing and it’s not a meme lol an actual young politician who’s a millennial in New Zealand if you’ve read the news and know it’s origins!

Unit1 · Answer

I think of this one whenever I hear it

Agape93 · Answer

I think it’s funny honestly

douride2 · Answer

A common phrase? Maybe it is my age or where I live. I have never heard it before.

wankiam · Answer

stupid... it says more about the idiot saying it than the person they are saying it too. pure ignorance springs to mind

clemp34 · Answer

Funny joke/meme but im not sure if it can really be used in a classic conversation

Anonymous · Answer

It was never funny and annoying and I know someone's gonna reply with it to this opinion.

moonpie89 · Answer

I've never heard that phrase before lol

elite665 · Answer

I think it’s stupid

Antelope · Answer

Good meme

Anonymous · Answer

Ok, kid.

Philyouup · Answer

I love it!

Anonymous · Answer

Just a meme

Twenty2 · Answer

Ok boomer

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