I know this is a joke, but it makes curious. Is "boomer" just used a derogatory term for people older than the speaker now? I ask because the youngest boomers are 60 now and in practice I see the term used against people younger than 60.
Millennial gamers had a collective quarter-life crisis a few years back that manifested itself in form of memes where anyone who whined about modern games being bad was called an out of touch "30 year old boomer". Then as retaliation the whiners started calling anyone who defended modern games as "zoomers", which gave the generation Z a fancy new nickname.
You just imagine some little shit say these words to you in precisely the way that makes your fists itch to make a dent in their face.
That said, if your antagonist evokes the “little shit” vibes without you consciously thinking that, it’s probably only fair that you evoke “boomer” vibes for them. Well.
(It’s also apparent that “boomer” has evolved to mean any old fart.)
It's amusing that the phrase "Don't trust anyone over 30" gained popularity when the Baby Boomers were under 30 but now the sentiment is focused against them (and Gen-X and Millennials).
the youngest boomers are 60 now and in practice I see the term used against people younger than 60.
In those cases the term isn't being used because the speaker is attempting to accurately identify the age of the person they are referring to. It is name-calling.
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I know this is a joke, but it makes curious. Is "boomer" just used a derogatory term for people older than the speaker now? I ask because the youngest boomers are 60 now and in practice I see the term used against people younger than 60.
It's used to describe an attitude or behavioral stereotype, rather than strictly to refer to that demographic group in the US.
Millennial gamers had a collective quarter-life crisis a few years back that manifested itself in form of memes where anyone who whined about modern games being bad was called an out of touch "30 year old boomer". Then as retaliation the whiners started calling anyone who defended modern games as "zoomers", which gave the generation Z a fancy new nickname.
You just imagine some little shit say these words to you in precisely the way that makes your fists itch to make a dent in their face.
That said, if your antagonist evokes the “little shit” vibes without you consciously thinking that, it’s probably only fair that you evoke “boomer” vibes for them. Well.
(It’s also apparent that “boomer” has evolved to mean any old fart.)
It's amusing that the phrase "Don't trust anyone over 30" gained popularity when the Baby Boomers were under 30 but now the sentiment is focused against them (and Gen-X and Millennials).
In those cases the term isn't being used because the speaker is attempting to accurately identify the age of the person they are referring to. It is name-calling.
I’m not a boomer but my kids say “Ok boomer” to me all the time