People born in the 70s, 80s, and 90s rarely have any idea about the younger generation’s lifestyle. They often say things that are irrelevant to this generation.
A user asked the forum, “Younger generations, what’s the most annoying/out-of-touch thing a baby boomer has told you?” Here are the top responses.
PRICES ARE SO HIGH
“My grandma and grandpa don’t understand the modern-day value of items. They will go to the grocery store and think prices are high on reasonably priced items. They also do not know how much it costs to rent a place.”
ASK FOR A JOB APPLICATION
“‘Just walk in and ask for a job application!’
or ‘Just call in and ask them how your interview went.’ It doesn’t work like that anymore, Mom!”
YOU WILL MAGICALLY FIND YOUR DREAM JOB
“Some nonsense about how after I graduate, I’d magically find myself in my dream job.”
WATCH HISTORY CHANNEL
“I’m a history major, and a boomer told me to watch the History Channel for the full story.”
YOU DON’T NEED LOANS
“‘You don’t need loans. Just work a part-time job over the summer to pay for college.’ Thanks, Grandpa. That will work. I can make $30,000 per year working a minimum-wage job part-time.
I have a Master’s degree, and I’m in my thirties and just now making $30,000 per year.”
PERFECT LIVES
“How ‘perfect’ their lives were and how everything was better in ‘their day.’
Like, back in their freaking day, people were thrown in prison for being gay, the police didn’t care if a husband beat his wife, and it was also legal for a man to rape his wife.
But yeah, they were the good old days.”
MILLENNIALS DON’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING
“I got into an argument with my Lyft driver yesterday. He said he lost his job as a jeweler because ‘Millennials don’t care about anything.’ They spend their money on hanging out. They don’t want to buy a house because they think ‘mom and dad’s house’ is theirs.”
THERE WAS NO DEPRESSION
“There was no depression and PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) when I was your age. You just got over it.
They wonder why so many of their friends killed themselves, died in war, or lost their minds after it. Maybe because everyone’s mental health was ignored?”
JUST GO TO THE DOCTOR
“You’re sick? Just go to the doctor!
No. I don’t want the $500 bill from an apathetic healthcare provider who will throw Amoxicillin at me and tell me I’ll be fine. I’d rather die at this point.”
YOU HAVE GOT SO MUCH STUFF
“‘You’ve got too much stuff,’ they say to the young person.
The young person is forced to live in a tiny rental box without the most basic storage space.
The boomer lives surrounded by junk and trinkets in a paid-off 5-bedroom house with an enormous loft and garage.”
YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE PHONE
“My mom thinks that we spend too much time on our phones. We have school for 7 hours of the day, we wait for 3 hours for her to get us, we get to her house and clean for two, and then we can play on our phones.
While we’re at school and waiting for her, she’s either scrolling through Facebook, smoking pot, or riding on a motorcycle with her boyfriend.”
I WILL GO TO WORK NO MATTER WHAT
“For example, my wife works in a restaurant and has been throwing up all day. Her stepdad told her today, ‘I will go to work no matter what, as long as I’m alive.’ This, even after I explained to him that it is illegal for her to work around food within 24 hours of vomiting.”
YOU ARE TOO YOUNG
“I have very severe chronic pain. Plenty of older folks have told me I’m ‘too young’ to be in this pain clinic that I go to.”
CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T REAL
“That climate change isn’t real (my dad said this).”
YOU CALL THAT A JOB?
“I don’t work Monday-Friday. I work random schedules, and often, it’s on weekends. If my elderly great-aunt sees me off work on a Tuesday, it’s always ‘Not working?’ in a condescending voice.
Or ‘Back in my day, I worked 14 hours a day, seven days a week! You call that a job?!’ It’s 2019; there are labor laws for that.”
VIDEO GAMES
“Video games can’t be a hobby.”
YOU ARE NOT ADULT UNTIL YOU HAVE KIDS
“You’re not an adult until you have kids after expressing my choice to be child-free.”
YOU ARE AN IDIOT
“A secretary at my middle school called me an idiot for not having phone numbers memorized after my grandfather forgot to pick me up from school. She also said it wasn’t her fault I missed the bus; I don’t ride the bus. I’m so glad I’m in high school now.”
YOUR GENERATION HAS NO SOCIAL SKILLS
“No one in your generation has any social skills.
I don’t know, Barbra, because during our formative years, people like you were micromanaging our every interaction, so we never had the opportunity to develop social skills or learn conflict resolution.
Maybe if your generation hadn’t disrupted such a fundamental part of social and emotional development, an enormous portion of my generation wouldn’t have social anxiety.”
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