I Am So Sick Of Hearing the Term.....

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"boomer".

It seems that all the youngins are denigrating the people that are now Fathers, Mothers, Grandmothers and Grandfathers. Every day my news feed has an article pointing out all the old fashioned things they do, or how what they say embarrasses younger people, or why they won't embrace new technology, or how it's so stupid that they still read newspapers or have cable TV, yada, yada, yada.

Personally, I was writing computer code before their mothers were even born, so don't tell me about the newest Tablet that even a wuss could operate.

I have a landline because my business has been using that number for 30 years and I still get calls from old customers.

I CAN use a cellphone and I CAN send e-mail, but I ALSO can set them down and HOLD A CONVERSATION.

I STILL respect my elders, even though most of them have passed away. Youngins don't seem to have any respect.

I must say, though, that my children (gen Z and millennium - if you MUST classify them) are more like a boomer than their classified counterparts. I like to think it was because we raised them right.

I just don't understand why everyone needs to be "classified". Just maybe some of us "normal" people are capable of following the traits of multiple generations.

So, don't call me a boomer, just call me sir.
 
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I was born in 1953 and regardless of what the "young'uns" think of me I am part of the last group that enjoyed the "real America." "Romanced" countless women, had many great "road adventures," fought a few men, made a metric ton of money, spent a ton and a half, drank more alcohol and "other party favors" than I should have and spent the last 3 decades trying to "making amends" for it. If anyone tried to live my life in "contemporary society" they'd never make it past the first week. "Boomer" just don't quite get it, not that anyone cares. Joe
 
I am a late boomer , got no problem at all being called one . I have skills that most if not all the generations that came after never learned and have taught myself the ones they are so proud of possessing , the ones that are actually worth knowing. I can install a set of points and set them correctly and also install anything my computers require to have replaced. Most of them can't do any of that , they are too lazy to learn.
 
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GypsmJim said:
I just don't understand why everyone needs to be "classified". Just maybe some of us "normal" people are capable of following the traits of multiple generations.
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I hear you on the categorization thing. It is driven by the market research and sales industry, but I find it insidiously communist in nature, like ranking the creatures in Animal Farm.
 
The primary issue that the younger folks have, or should have, with we Boomers, is the debt we're leaving them, our grandchildren and probably their grandchildren too. Boomers, and some since, have been profligate borrowers and spenders and I doubt that most of our progeny will look back fondly on that. Other than that we're little different from past generations in the eyes of our children, I certainly remember rolling an eye or two at things the previous generation or two said about us when we were young. Can't imagine why they criticized our haircuts (or lack of them), beards, hallucinogens, wildly painted VW vans, music, draft dodging and so much more. And we had plenty to say about the "old farts" too. But for those critiquing we Boomers, it will be their turn soon enough.
 
I was born in 1961,I guess I'm a late boomer,I know how to skin a deer ,clean a duck make sourdough bread and grow a great garden.Its so sad to see people who have no clue about the out doors or how to make something out of nothing
 
GypsmJim said:
"boomer".

It seems that all the youngins are denigrating the people that are now Fathers, Mothers, Grandmothers and Grandfathers. Every day my news feed has an article pointing out all the old fashioned things they do, or how what they say embarrasses younger people, or why they won't embrace new technology, or how it's so stupid that they still read newspapers or have cable TV, yada, yada, yada.

Personally, I was writing computer code before their mothers were even born, so don't tell me about the newest Tablet that even a wuss could operate.

I have a landline because my business has been using that number for 30 years and I still get calls from old customers.

I CAN use a cellphone and I CAN send e-mail, but I ALSO can set them down and HOLD A CONVERSATION.

I STILL respect my elders, even though most of them have passed away. Youngins don't seem to have any respect.

I must say, though, that my children (gen Z and millennium - if you MUST classify them) are more like a boomer than their classified counterparts. I like to think it was because we raised them right.

I just don't understand why everyone needs to be "classified". Just maybe some of us "normal" people are capable of following the traits of multiple generations.

So, don't call me a boomer, just call me sir. to grow up
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OK boomer.
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;) I was born in 1960 and very happy to have grown up in the era I did. I wouldn't trade my
pre computer childhood for what our children (not all) have become. The don't know what they missed growing up free
to roam and lucky to be bored on occasion.
 
So the term 'boomer' is offensive you say? As the child of parents living thru the 'great depression' and winning WWII i am a boomer. Never thought it was a negative generalization or maybe don't get the thread caption. Boomers came up in late 40's, 50's & early 60's. We saw so much innovation too numerous to mention. We learned from our parents a work ethic to better our lives. Could go on with the things we brought into being. With pride and respect i am a boomer. What a time to grow up!
 
Jim, I laughed about the tablet. My grandson could manage his way around an iPad when he was four or five. The kids and grandkids call on Papa when they have computer issues. I was an early adopter of personal computers in the late 70's.
 
I am very glad that I grew up in a time when it was pretty easy to find a place to hunt or shoot. Now it's seems to be one giant string of sub divisions with no forest to play in. There's no way I would trade my memories for what they are going to have.
 
pharmer said:
I was born in 1953 and regardless of what the "young'uns" think of me I am part of the last group that enjoyed the "real America." "Romanced" countless women, had many great "road adventures," fought a few men, made a metric ton of money, spent a ton and a half, drank more alcohol and "other party favors" than I should have and spent the last 3 decades trying to "making amends" for it. If anyone tried to live my life in "contemporary society" they'd never make it past the first week. "Boomer" just don't quite get it, not that anyone cares. Joe
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Our backgrounds are similar, except for one thing. I have never tried to make amends.
 
dockmurgw said:
Glad to see you back Jim...you were treated quite badly in another thread by someone who signed up to agitate and inflame, and it was this very subject. I happily clicked "Report" on that one.
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I guess I never left. I don't remember the thread you referenced, so I guess I didn't feel too bad.
 
I don't give a darn if my grandkids know more about computers than I do. Heck...I'm the one who taught them how to clean fish, dress out a buck, shoot a gun, sharpen a knife, cast a fly rod, tie trout flies, paddle a canoe the right way, start a fire without matches, saddle and bridle a horse, throw the diamond hitch on a pack saddle, and plant a substantial vegetable garden!!

When "push comes to shove," those are skills that will come in handy when the computers go down and the proverbial "ship hits the sand" in this world as we know it.:)
 
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22hipower said:
The primary issue that the younger folks have, or should have, with we Boomers, is the debt we're leaving them, our grandchildren and probably their grandchildren too. Boomers, and some since, have been profligate borrowers and spenders and I doubt that most of our progeny will look back fondly on that.
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I personally have not left any debt for anyone. It was the politicians that did it, many of which I never voted for.

I lived in a lower middle class family, and worked full time while attending the University. No debt when I graduated, and I followed a curriculum that had value in the real world.

We waited to get married until we had the down payment for a house (a fixerupper by the way). Then, we waited until we had paid off the mortgage until we started a family. I never bought a car until I could pay cash.

I learned from my parents. They lived in a flat until they paid cash for a little house. My kids learned from us and their Grandparents. My son bought his first house at age 19, after working all thru high school. Today he is an executive making an obscene salary. My other son is a licensed Master Social Worker. Not rich, but serving the community.

I just bought a brand new Cadillac, and have no reason to be embarrassed about it.

All my contemporaries had the same neighborhood, the same parent's values and the same opportunities. Life is what you make of it.
 
DixieRanger said:
So the term 'boomer' is offensive you say? As the child of parents living thru the 'great depression' and winning WWII i am a boomer. Never thought it was a negative generalization or maybe don't get the thread caption. Boomers came up in late 40's, 50's & early 60's. We saw so much innovation too numerous to mention. We learned from our parents a work ethic to better our lives. Could go on with the things we brought into being. With pride and respect i am a boomer. What a time to grow up!
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The term itself is not offensive. What is offensive are the negative comments that the youngins direct at us.

My parents and grandparents not only lived thru the depression in the USA, but also thru the devastation of WWI in Europe.
 
Jerry in SC said:
Jim, I laughed about the tablet. My grandson could manage his way around an iPad when he was four or five. The kids and grandkids call on Papa when they have computer issues. I was an early adopter of personal computers in the late 70's.
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I started writing computer code in 1968.
 
white cloud said:
I am very glad that I grew up in a time when it was pretty easy to find a place to hunt or shoot. Now it's seems to be one giant string of sub divisions with no forest to play in. There's no way I would trade my memories for what they are going to have.
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My first Shooting Club was in 1970. After marriage and moving I joined a club closer to my house. My old club was overrun by houses. All the ranges had to be closed. Now, only a small indoor range is left.

I have been a member at my current club for 48 years now. The neighborhood is not conducive to building houses. Plus, for a $3k investment 39 years ago, my camp is on the top of a mountain and only the deer complain about gun fire.
 
GypsmJim said:
I personally have not left any debt for anyone. It was the politicians that did it, many of which I never voted for.

I lived in a lower middle class family, and worked full time while attending the University. No debt when I graduated, and I followed a curriculum that had value in the real world.

We waited to get married until we had the down payment for a house (a fixerupper by the way). Then, we waited until we had paid off the mortgage until we started a family. I never bought a car until I could pay cash.

I learned from my parents. They lived in a flat until they paid cash for a little house. My kids learned from us and their Grandparents. My son bought his first house at age 19, after working all thru high school. Today he is an executive making an obscene salary. My other son is a licensed Master Social Worker. Not rich, but serving the community.

I just bought a brand new Cadillac, and have no reason to be embarrassed about it.

All my contemporaries had the same neighborhood, the same parent's values and the same opportunities. Life is what you make of it.
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Enjoy the Cadillac, you undoubtedly have earned it. Agree, no apologies necessary.

Me too, I don't owe anyone anything. But, under our watch, the debt went from single digit trillions to $37 trillion and growing rapidly. We can argue "we didn't do it" but collectively, we Boomers did do it, or certainly allowed it to be done. And for that I suspect several generations behind us won't look fondly upon our collective profligacy. In an avalanche no single snowflake feels responsible.
 
I started coding around 1978, and am still using my Manx Aztec C compiler from the early 80's. Thousands of lines of code thru that thing, still works great even if it is 16 bit real mode, LOL.

And I'm still in my rock band. From 1980.

Boom! :)
 
22hipower said:
Me too, I don't owe anyone anything. But, under our watch, the debt went from single digit trillions to $37 trillion and growing rapidly. We can argue "we didn't do it" but collectively, we Boomers did do it, or certainly allowed it to be done...... In an avalanche no single snowflake feels responsible.
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I have been debt free most of my life. Had to carry a mortgage on this place for 6 years just because I didn't have that much cash available at the time. According to Social (in) Security I have 54 "work years," no "zeroes." I didn't "allow" all my tax money to be handed to unproductive folks (regardless of how they got here) so life would appear to be "fair." The fair has clowns and so does the nation's capitol which has bankrupted the US to flesh out the Great Society. Read LBJ's "vision" of it, the "non censored" version, it's a hoot. Joe
 
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