Have you ever scrolled through social media and stumbled upon a meme or funny cartoon that left you clueless, but your aunt and uncle were cracking up in the comment section? If so, you might have had a firsthand experience of "boomer humor."
These jokes are a subset of humor that revolves around the lives of the baby boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964. Inspired by the unique aspects of growing up during that time, some find these outdated jokes cringeworthy, while others find them amusing.
Take a look at these witty posts collected by the team at Bored Panda and let us know which one tickles your funny bone.
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At Least One Youngster Agrees
In order to understand the true essence of these posts, let's explore the history of the baby boomer generation. While facing great uncertainty and hardship during the period of 1946-1964, many couples in the United States had put a hold on starting a family.
In the aftermath of conquering these challenges, people were ready to have kids as they believed that the future would be filled with happiness and success. Families started growing faster than ever before – giving birth to the baby boom generation! The US alone welcomed 76 million bundles of joy during this time.
Not done by a boomer - a boomer could spell Pictures correctly.
An Actual Cute One
During this era, labor unions promised higher salaries, businesses were booming, and new consumer goods were hitting the market shelves. In short, people were living the dream. With prosperity came change as families started heading to the suburbs for a better life.
As corporations kept growing, the markets were filled with more affordable products. Cars, home appliances, TVs – you name it, they had it. Parents wanted to give their families all the material things they couldn’t have.
I Hate My.... Husband?
Boomer Humour
Many adults had started buying things like washing machines and refrigerators. They had unknowingly become a part of the consumer economy. In fact, businesses started targeting the millions of relatively affluent boomer children with their marketing efforts.
For instance, kids were buying mouse-ear hats after watching the Disney show and barbie dolls and Elvis Presley records and so much more. A Life magazine article from 1958 proclaimed that children were a “built-in recession cure.”
Peak Boomer Humor
Boomer Humor
Stickers
Once the boomers approached adolescence, some of them started having different thoughts about consumerism. Something began to shift as these restless teenagers questioned the status quo and craved something more. And thus, the youth counterculture movement was born.
Boomer Humor
May someone explain which part of this is boomer-humor? The stupid question or the sarcastic answer?
Classic Boomer Humour
I snorted, causing both cats to wake up long enough to shoot me a dirty look. It's almost time for zoomies.
This generation was a part of a lot of significant movements like the Civil Rights Movement, the protest against the Vietnam War, and the second wave of feminism. Motivated by a desire for equality, justice, and peace, they advocated for fairness, freedom, and inclusivity. They witnessed various challenges, including economic shifts, technological advancements, and some of the most important societal changes in modern history.
Lol Boomer Humour
Their humor often reflects the values and challenges they faced, focusing on dad jokes, outdated references, and tales of "back in my day" adventures. Whether you are millennials or Gen Zers, these baby boomer jokes can certainly make you smile with their simplicity.
Boomer Humour
Boomer Humour Useless Circle
Boomers And Maximum Volume
Kids These Days, Am I Right? Get A Life, Gamers!!!
Some Boomer Humour For Everyone
It's Comfy
The inclination to seek solace on a couch might be linked to underlying parental issues.
Apologies In Advance, If You Don't Like Boomer Humour But This One Made Me Laugh
This One Isn’t Terrible
That's Nice
Boomer Humor Is When Unprocessed Food
Boomer Humour Supremacy
Boomer Humour
These always irk me. Not teaching kids kursive and not having a rotary phone and then giving them s**t. Like it's their fault. If no one had taught us cursive, we wouldn't know how to read it either, and wouldn' t have begged others to teach it to us in our free time.
Canadian Boomer Humour
Boomers Really Hate Self Checkout
I'm not a boomer and found this quite funny. I'm hating the 'oh look it's boomer this boomer that' it's so boring
My Father Decided To Share This Gem
Kidding. Kibitzing. Kissing. Kilting. Kiting. Killing. Kicking.
Boomer Humour
Bloody Kids And Their Epi Pens
E-loon is Gen X. Why else change the name of his mis-fortune?
Bravest And Finest
Insert Tired Joke About The Names Of Starbucks’s Size Options
For one thing, we weren't trying to livestream while we did this.
Hahaha, Remember When We Had Deadbeat Addict Fathers Hahaha (Boomer Humour)
My Kind Of Water Bed! Lol!
Found This By My Aunt, “Teehee”
2069 Boomer Humour Be Like
Boomer Humour
It was all fun & cartoons until I tapped my paperback book to turn the page
Was Expecting Boomer Humour, But Was Pleasantly Surprised
My knife reminds me of Mr Auntriarch, good quality, still sharp (and a number other things I'm not going to commit to print)
What All Of These Boomer Humour Comics Can Be Boiled Down To
Average Boomer Comic (East Coast It Notes)
Clearly the opposite of boomer humour. How would we understand this, we don't know what any of these symbols mean (supposedly).
Boomer Humor
Don’t Even Know What To Say About This Boomer Humour
Safety Bad
If Only This Guy Hadn't Splurged On All That Avocado Toast
Boomer Humour
A MacBook And A Little Bit Boomer Humour
I Don’t Think We’re In A Position To Criticize Anyone’s Humour
Boomer Humour
Boomer Coworker Sent Me This
No One Has Has Compassion For 60 Years
"compassion and heart" - yeah, ask lgbtq+ and black people about how much "compassion and heart" there was in the 60s.
Finally Dipping Out Of My Far Side Page
Boomer Humour For Millennials
Every generation would struggle with the tech of previous and future generations. Try riding a penny-farthing or using a mangle.
An Expensive Meal
Boomers' Idea Of Humour
Titter, noun: a short, half-suppressed laugh. "there were titters from the E-loony bin"
Some Real Boomer Hentai
The Distilled Essence Of Boomer Humour
Eh Ha Heh Heh Let’s Make This About Me!
What kind of weakling takes paper books on holiday, I plan to do some serious reading, on my kindle.
Boomer Humour vs. Zoomer Humour
Um... I, Uh, Guess Her Showed Her
Boomer Humour
What Does This Even Mean?
Found This In A Retiree Home I Was Touring To Buy…
And you didn't see how cringe-inducing many of the jokes were?
Load More Replies... I suppose the take away from all this is that the younger generations don't understand what boomer humour is. I suggest you look at Monty Python and the Carry On films to see what it actually was.
And you didn't see how cringe-inducing many of the jokes were?
Load More Replies... I suppose the take away from all this is that the younger generations don't understand what boomer humour is. I suggest you look at Monty Python and the Carry On films to see what it actually was.
