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Boomers also like using the same huge fuckoff trailer to strap down something minuscule that could easily fit in the truck bed like an ice chest or a spare tire or some poo poo. And you better believe they're using 8 ratcheting tie-down straps for that ice chest, too.
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:No, it’s tilapia with lobster butter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy-F2CXsqTk
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May 25, 2019 20:56
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May 25, 2019 21:50
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You Are A Elf posted:Boomers also like using the same huge fuckoff trailer to strap down something minuscule that could easily fit in the truck bed like an ice chest or a spare tire or some poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOCJkSlnjG0
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May 25, 2019 22:14
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Remember in Forrest Gump when Jenny touched Forrest in his dorm room and he immediately busted a nut
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May 26, 2019 04:05
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Boomers love buying tons of stamped steel knives they let rust in the dishwasher and never sharpen, not that they can even sharpen them.
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May 26, 2019 04:25
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Boomers think Greaser culture was legitimately cool.
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May 26, 2019 04:26
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mind the walrus posted:Boomers think Greaser culture was legitimately cool. I guess it's similar to how a lot of Millennials actually think 90's Reality Bites style garbage is cool for some reason.
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May 26, 2019 04:29
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You're thinking of gen x
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May 26, 2019 04:30
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Yeah Reality Bytes was Gen X af and even they mostly rejected it Or do you mean that Americana Normcore fashion where everyone dressed like a fitted version of your grandparent's patio furniture from 93-97? That's just 20 year-cycle poo poo fashionistas lean on to round out their junior portfolios. No one thought that poo poo was cool, even then.
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May 26, 2019 04:38
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Gaunab posted:You're thinking of gen x No I'm thinking of Millennials getting excited about the previous generation's stupid teenage culture, because Boomers were not the teens of the 50's, they were the teens of the 60's.
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May 26, 2019 05:48
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Fartington Butts posted:"Oooh, I haven't seen that scratcher before. Can I get a dozen of those? Yes, I'll just scratch them right here and you can get me the $1 I'll win plus another dozen. Yes, I'll scratch those right here as well." *Pulls out checkbook and pen*
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May 26, 2019 16:08
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Grape posted:No I'm thinking of Millennials getting excited about the previous generation's stupid teenage culture, because Boomers were not the teens of the 50's, they were the teens of the 60's. Only 50s kids remember the 50s!
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May 26, 2019 16:21
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Grape posted:No I'm thinking of Millennials getting excited about the previous generation's stupid teenage culture, because Boomers were not the teens of the 50's, they were the teens of the 60's. The 00s were largely seen as a breakaway thanks to internet culture ensuring nothing ever truly "went away" and everyone was hyper-aware of everything that came before. We liked Grunge/MTV aesthetics as an inspiration, but even then we knew it was hollow as gently caress and preferred the artifice of 80s culture where everything was digital pageantry and we were fated to die in nuclear hellfire. That was way more reflective of what was happening in post-9/11 culture than the corporate playground of aimless angst that was the 90s. Everything that came back due to the 20 year-cycle in the 10s--New Jack Swing/Day-Glo aesthetics, appreciation of mid-late 90s cheese like Independence Day and "Kissed by a Rose" or whatever--still aren't considered cool as much as sorting through the wreckage and claiming the few diamonds leftover.
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May 26, 2019 16:39
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The perfect time windows for boomers to go to a place of business is ten minutes before it opens and wait in their car/outside or 5 minutes before it closes, insincerely apologizing OH ARE YOU ABOUT TO CLOSE, I'M SORRY while definitely not leaving to come back tomorrow.
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May 26, 2019 17:06
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mind the walrus posted:Speaking as one of the Millennials I'm telling you dude, no one was actually into what you're describing. I'm a Millennial too lol, and neither of us were old enough to be into any of that at the time, it was Gen X stuff. There has only in recent years been some large amount of people who were like 9 in the 90's posting tons of stuff about how super cool 90's teenage culture was.
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Grape posted:I'm a Millennial too lol, and neither of us were old enough to be into any of that at the time, it was Gen X stuff. There has only in recent years been some large amount of people who were like 9 in the 90's posting tons of stuff about how super cool 90's teenage culture was. 90s fashion may be the worst decade in the entirety of recorded history. High school hallways looked like a sea of walking potato sacks topped with dumb, edgy haircuts. Boomers were really easily offended by bad haircuts in the 90s. The_Franz fucked around with this message at 17:22 on May 26, 2019 |
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May 26, 2019 17:18
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I will say that some boomers are capable of changing with age and experience, though it’s rare. My dad was a slave to corporate life for his first twenty years out of college and he got really into the Jesus, Fox News and talk radio lifestyle during that time. We used to joke that his only hobby was yelling at the TV. Eventually he got fired from Wells Fargo home mortgage after almost two decades of service for refusing to evict an elderly woman who had been given a blatantly predatory loan, told his boss that he’d go to every news outlet who’d listen and tell them it was standard corporate practice. He was fired for “poor performance” a month later thanks to the very same right to work laws he so strongly supported. After that he started working at a small financial consulting firm and he’s part owner after many years of doing a job he really enjoys. He’s super jaded about the corporate world now and always talks about how greedy and unethical big business inevitably becomes when shareholders take over and the owners are removed from the day to day. He also became a Lutheran instead of an Evangelical and started to focus on the good parts of Christianity instead of the crazy fundamentalist poo poo his old church was spewing. He still calls himself a conservative but admits that his generation has been greedy and selfish above all else and has hosed a ton of stuff up. He says that socialists have some great ideas. He just really hates liberals. You and me both dad, you and me both.
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May 26, 2019 17:24
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mind the walrus posted:Speaking as one of the Millennials I'm telling you dude, no one was actually into what you're describing. The internet also killed mass media's monopoly on culture. We're probably not going to see a big trend like grunge or new wave ever again, because our music doesn't come from a handful of sources anymore and can't force a critical mass. Of course this also means decades don't really have their own style anymore, if they ever really did. My adolescence was in the 2000s and I really can't tell you if there was a certain style that made it stand out. We just recycle the same stuff over and over, I still hear 80s music and see 80s aesthetics everywhere.
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May 26, 2019 17:30
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mazzi Chart Czar posted:Boomes have a lot of worthless poo poo they will never use, so here is some tips on getting rid of it. My boomer mom, an otherwise lovely woman has a weird hoarding thing for boxes of wood. Like, just scrap wood. Every time I go over to her place I always end up tossing a box or two because no mom, it's Texas and you last used the fireplace in the Clinton administration. I'm sure it's been mentioned already but Boomers love defining their generational guilt around Vietnam. Overweight male boomers will wear increasingly decorated Vietnam Veteran hats as a peacocking method.
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May 26, 2019 17:31
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Grape posted:I'm a Millennial too lol, and neither of us were old enough to be into any of that at the time, it was Gen X stuff. There has only in recent years been some large amount of people who were like 9 in the 90's posting tons of stuff about how super cool 90's teenage culture was. skooma512 posted:Of course this also means decades don't really have their own style anymore, if they ever really did. My adolescence was in the 2000s and I really can't tell you if there was a certain style that made it stand out. We just recycle the same stuff over and over, I still hear 80s music and see 80s aesthetics everywhere.
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May 26, 2019 17:51
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the 00s only got to be half a decade and were the last decade, defined by skater shoes, flip phones, shell necklaces, and the complete domination of all media by Lord of the Rings.
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May 26, 2019 18:02
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shame on an IGA posted:the 00s only got to be half a decade and were the last decade, defined by skater shoes, flip phones, shell necklaces, and the complete domination of all media by Lord of the Rings. Frosted tips. That's he only thing that comes to my mind when someone says "2000s fashion."
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May 26, 2019 18:10
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Vanagoon posted:Is Denis Leary a boomer? Yes, but he’s mostly an rear end in a top hat.
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May 26, 2019 18:20
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mind the walrus posted:I was like 9 in the 90s lmao. I honestly do think that's typical 20 year-cycle stuff from younger kids tbh. Have you met a lot of them these days? I work in education so... I don't really think affection for old stuff is so novel, the internet blew the ceiling off the access and spread of old info and material, but I don't think that froze continuing trends as much as you think. The 00's distinctiveness is less obvious to us having lived through it as non-kids, but as more and more time passes it becomes more clearly A Period. Easiest way to tell is precisely interacting with current kids/teens. They are the ones the most able to tell you with brutal efficiency that your stuff from your own youth is now Old and Dated. quote:I feel ahead of the curve, where my juvenile cynicism and nihilism is now the goddamn norm. Uhhh, going back to the topic of Gen X....
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May 26, 2019 18:21
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LabyaMynora posted:Frosted tips. That's he only thing that comes to my mind when someone says "2000s fashion." Naw, that was late 90's and pre-9-11 00's. Which was an insanely distinct little epoch in music and fashion and stuff. Much of it horribly hilariously dated (some in a nice way, most not). Then again if you're from California, or have lived in constant proximity to Guy Fieri that date might extend for the tips.
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May 26, 2019 18:23
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Grape posted:I work in education so... quote:The 00's distinctiveness is less obvious to us having lived through it as non-kids, but as more and more time passes it becomes more clearly A Period. Easiest way to tell is precisely interacting with current kids/teens. They are the ones the most able to tell you with brutal efficiency that your stuff from your own youth is now Old and Dated. quote:Uhhh, going back to the topic of Gen X....
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May 26, 2019 18:29
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Celebrating Memorial Day as a noble tribute to American soldiers who have fallen bravely in battle while spreading “democracy” to the rest of the uncivilized world. Instead of, you know, treating Memorial Day as a horrifying reminder of how many lives have been pointlessly ruined or ended (often in gruesome fashion) because of American imperialist foreign policy.
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May 26, 2019 18:37
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My millennial sister and husband just voluntarily ate at a bubba gump shrimp company. I politely declined. But thanks to this thread I sound like I eat there every day....so....thanks?
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May 26, 2019 18:52
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Grape posted:I work in education so... The 2000s were nu-metal and emo yelling music. Also illegal wars. mind the walrus posted:You don't need to tell me. I was watching an Adult Swim block w/commercials from 2002 and the cultural differences hit you like a wet towel. We really liked glossy and shiny poo poo back in the early 00s for some reason. Don't forget things being EXTREME! And also neon green stuff seemed to be everywhere. Mind_Taker posted:Celebrating Memorial Day as a noble tribute to American soldiers who have fallen bravely in battle while spreading “democracy” to the rest of the uncivilized world. There's nothing more American than glorifying war and ignoring the senseless horror of it while also being a person who has never and would never fight in one. A big part of Forest Gump is him being a war hero who saved are troops.
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May 26, 2019 18:59
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Boomers love asking each other if they've done something or been somewhere,each acting like they've never done it to much amusement about how they should have, then admitting to each other how great it was when they did in fact go to the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
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May 26, 2019 19:13
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CPL593H posted:Don't forget things being EXTREME! And also neon green stuff seemed to be everywhere. That was a 90s holdover. The 90s was the decade of EXTREME WACKY INSANITY when gross-out humor was in, green slime was a punchline and shows like Jackass were taking off. Kids' boomer parents hated all of it.
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May 26, 2019 19:14
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mind the walrus posted:We really liked glossy and shiny poo poo back in the early 00s for some reason. That was the marketing/advertising/fashion world conspiring to get things back on track after the 90's were defined by drab, thrift-store clothing. They didn't create grunge, but they definitely hopped on board quickly to make what money they could, but then they used their resources to steer the culture into something completely different so everyone would need new clothes/furniture/poo poo.
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May 26, 2019 19:24
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Grape posted:Naw, that was late 90's and pre-9-11 00's. Which was an insanely distinct little epoch in music and fashion and stuff. Much of it horribly hilariously dated (some in a nice way, most not). Ahahahaha I'm in South Carolina the frosted tip is still current
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May 26, 2019 19:44
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Mind_Taker posted:Celebrating Memorial Day as a noble tribute to American soldiers who have fallen bravely in battle while spreading “democracy” to the rest of the uncivilized world. Check out the loving thousand pages of replies to this tweet. https://mobile.twitter.com/USArmy/status/1131704927963766785
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May 26, 2019 19:48
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LabyaMynora posted:That was the marketing/advertising/fashion world conspiring to get things back on track after the 90's were defined by drab, thrift-store clothing. They didn't create grunge, but they definitely hopped on board quickly to make what money they could, but then they used their resources to steer the culture into something completely different so everyone would need new clothes/furniture/poo poo.
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May 26, 2019 19:49
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shame on an IGA posted:Check out the loving thousand pages of replies to this tweet. culturally the military’s response to 1000 pages of suffering and heartfelt grief and firsthand accounts of ptsd and the va refusing treatment to veterans who then go bankrupt or kill themselves while ill/injured is to ask WELL WERE THEY THE BEST OF THE BEST?? NO? THEY WERE JUST NORMAL SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING THEIR COUNTRY?? WELL gently caress THEM BECAUSE ONLY THE BEST MATTER
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May 26, 2019 20:22
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I like the random officers here and there going "well, I had a good experience." Like one of them was literally "my dad is great he was a colonel who was up for promotion to general when he retired."
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May 26, 2019 21:43
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Boomers are real proud that "they" threw a crook like Nixon out of office but think the Deep State is out to get their big strong President now
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Mermaid Autopsy posted:Boomers are real proud that "they" threw a crook like Nixon out of office but think the Deep State is out to get their big strong President now Rah Rah Rah
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