Easier from a financial point of view definitely which puts a lot of pressure on people that simply wasn't there previously (as I understand it anyway). I agree that education is better but its i completely alien concept to me that anyone even needed educating that groping your secretary wasn't right (to use an extreme example)
OK given a) we have never met, b) I am NOT racist c) NOT homophobic d) and not sexist, just because I disagree with some of your views and opinions please explain what makes me an "ok boomer" whatever that is? BTW, the majority of people I know (or at least the circles I move in) are anything but racist (or at least by the standard definition of what a racist is) so I would respectfully suggest Simon de Montforte and those who claim the majority of over 60s are, should change his circle of acquaintances and friends.
Some of your views strike me as somewhat xenophobic, you start frothing at the mouth at the mention of Greta Thunberg, suggest that young people have it easier these days than you ever did (which is ridiculous) and generally give off the impression that you consider anything good in your life to be entirely down to your personal actions and any young people's complaints are generally down to their personal faults and capable of being remedied if they pull their socks up. The political views you express on here give the impression of someone who was happy to take the benefits growing up, but now wish to pull the ladder up after yourself. That's why I would consider you as falling within the remit of a "boomer" in its current usage.
As you know I've said before that I don't believe you to be racist but I would say you fit into the boomer category in that you have benefited from certain things but now wish to deny others that ability. You moved to Italy using freedom of movement but wish to deny that to anybody else. In that respect I'd say you are a "boomer" which means that to me the term doesn't mean one specific thing. It does apply to those who are racist etc but also and in my opinion more accurately to those who reaped the rewards but want to stop others. Often the two forms of boomers are linked together, I know plenty who fit both categories but there are also a lot who only fit one
I do find it strange that the younger generation feel the need to categorise everyone and give everyone a name...
She commented on the lads obvious disability, my wife is disabled, its not discriminatory to acknowledge that disabled folk have a disability. It’s like saying red is red. He isn't being discriminated against, he's been put in a customer facing role When he could instead have been given a less exposed role, or could have been deemed unsuitable owing to his disability. So she’s acknowledging how inclusive a society we are which is the polar opposite of being discriminatory.There’s nothing to be offended about. She wasn't pointing and laughing. As a close family friend she brought it up during a broader discussion about how we feel that millennials are so easily offended. It doesn't translate to ‘slagging him off’ as you put it. There’s nothing at all about the comment she made that’s discriminatory in my book.
That’s not what boomer means. It’s pretty much a word for middle aged people who complain about younger people.
It’s sort of a sarcastic revenge word because they are sick of being labelled as ‘Millennials’ and ‘Gen-Z’ and then being insulted constantly. That’s why it came about, as a retort to older people complaining about the younger generations.
I know what it is, just find it strange from a society that proclaims in public that everyone is equal.... then has a name for every age, orientation, etc...
I know, but in public the younger generation denounce it.... but then facilitate divisive stereotypes. Just seems like hypocrisy in my opinion.
I agree, saying that something is offensive doesn't mean that it is, if your average millennial says that something is offensive then generally they mean that its offensive to them. I think that where my generation struggle is that your generation take offense at that which we don't, but also that in being offended you’re convinced that you're in the right.
There have always been names used to differentiate between age groups as it helps to create profiles. Historically they've not been used to insult people however a lot of older people suddenly started to use the word millennial in order to insult, degrade and dismiss the views of the younger generation. In turn they turned the tables in a 'lets see how you like it' style and hit back with 'ok boomer'. Turns out they didn't like it Edit: yeah. What Jamdrop said
I think in this example the son wasn’t offended at all but recognised that someone may have overhead his mum saying it in public and that could have caused upset to the worker or just looked bad to anyone overhearing her talking about the worker’s disability. I’m sure if she’d have waited until they were in the car or back home to mention it he wouldn’t have commented in the same way.
Conviction is a terrible thing and I've seen both sides of this debate fall foul of it. There's that saying about opinions and arseholes after all. The below is all general not accusing anyone here it's just me trying to put it into words. We've been so fired up and told what we can do anything if we try. Told to stand up to bullies and call out things we think are wrong. It's just sometimes we disagree with you.
Personally I don't think it happened at all. Highly coincidental that this mum made a sweet and innocent pleasant comment. The sun flipped his lid and threw a wobbly and the mum went home and coincidentally had a group chat with her friends about millennials being offended during which she slagged off her son to such a level that her friend, who just by coincidence is well known to hate millenials, came on here to use it as a prime example of how offended millennials get.
Or that the old mysogynists and racists get upset and flaky because their views are no longer acceptable. my millennial kids aren’t easily offended, in fact they have all have a wicked sense of humour. They will though call out racism and other unacceptable behaviour. but, that might be that they were brought up with proper values.
Humans are tribal, we create groups and names to put words around a sense of common desires or goals.
I think it happened. I think mum made a ‘sweet’ comment along the lines of ‘Look how cute it is they employed this guy despite his obvious disability’ in a loud or at least normal volume voice in a busy place and the son nearly died of embarrassment and told her to shut up. She, being of the age of people who never get offended, promptly got offended at being told to not publicly point out people’s disabilities then slagged him off to her mates in their ‘let’s pick on Millennials’ group chat.
