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It's almost an unwritten rule that the younger generation disagrees with the older generation on most things. For example, Millennials and Gen Z tend to agree on most social and political issues, according to the Pew Research Center. Gen X, Baby Boomers, and the Silent Generation, in turn, share similar opinions among themselves, but mostly disagree with what younger people have to say.
Some might say that it's just the way it's supposed to be, but that doesn't mean folks born in different eras can't agree on some things. It turns out that young people actually share many similar opinions with the older generation. People shared some examples in an online thread where one netizen asked, "What is a boomer opinion you absolutely agree with?" See the most popular answers below and let us know which hot takes you agree or disagree with!
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#1
Can I just read the article instead of watching the video? .
Michael Largey 3 days ago
That assumes that the source is capable of writing a coherent and reliable article.
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#2
If it took 1-click to subscribe, it should take 1-click to unsubscribe.
#3
Don’t make me download an app to access the menu.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 days ago
Just give me a physical menu to look at otherwise I am leaving.
#4
Social media was one of the worst things that happened to society.
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
Yes. It's so pervasive, and it presents people, especially young people, with unreal expectations, and distorted beliefs. Essentially, there are no natural filters, as there are in physical person to person interaction.
#5
Not everything needs to be smart or AI integrated. Sometimes analog just works better.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 days ago
It's all marketing and data capture. I generally avoid anything IoT related.
#6
I want to talk to a human in customer service when I need help, not a chat bot.
#7
Why does every thing need to have me make an account? I just want to buy tickets to this random thing in a town I will never come back to.
I don’t need to create a user name and password just sell me the ticket.
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
Seriously. How else do you you expect us to harvest your email and pass it on to our 'affiliates and partners?'
#9
The mental illness you have diagnosed yourself with does not make you interesting or quirky, and doesn't give you an excuse to be a jerk.
Friendly chatting with strangers in public is prosocial, not "weird".
otiose 3 days ago
It's like everyone wants to be unique and have settled on neurodivergent as being the answer. Yes, sweetie, you are different, just like everybody else.
Crystalwitch60 2 days ago
Exactly that ,couldn’t have put it better myself x
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StrangeOne 2 days ago
That goes the same for those professionally diagnosed. It's good to find answers. It's bad to not work on yourself and just use it as an excuse to never try to improve.
Lady Eowyn 2 days ago
My mental illnesses were diagnosed by medical professionals. It's an explanation, not an excuse.
Jayjay 2 days ago
But also something that people may show a little understanding for you. I think this post talks about jerks hiding behind a mental illness, self diagnosed or not.... and not about people with whatever kind of illness. I think the title of this post is a bit off. Having a mental illnes in no way says something about being a jerk. It could have been stated better as: "Jerks falsely claiming mental illness as an excuse for their behaviour, damaging the image of people with diagnosed mental illness and behaving fine".
Load More Replies... Breadcrumb. 2 days ago
Sure small talk with strangers can be great but it can also lead into unwanted conversations. If you can't take the rejection you have a problem.
Rika 2 days ago
Chatting with strangers is only friendly when it happens in a social setting like a bar or a park. Sitting next to a stranger on the bus or the metro to start a conversation is weird because 1) The person is going somewhere, not looking to make friends, and 2) They have no way out until at least the next stop (and if they have the window seat, they can't even be sure you'll let them leave). It's creepy AF: you're basically trapping them and forcing them to interact with you. Don't do that!
Jayjay 2 days ago
Not always, I am handicapped, so I walk on crutches, and in public transport I meet the loveliest people, adressing me, willing to help, and I have lovely conversations with them, telling me how auntie or uncle had this or that :). I love socialising in public transport :). But there are also the people you mentioned, and the art of it all is: do not impose yourself unto someone else. Be kind, and let be.
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Kenneth Smith 2 days ago
The problem is that some people actually are, and it's actually debilitating, and it actually turns ones life into a wasteland as they watch on in horror. The real ones don't treat it as a quirk. The real ones are desperately trying to undo the damage. They don't want to highlight the "quirk". They desperately want to destroy it because it's k*****g them.
Kenneth Smith 2 days ago
If you told me I'd have to live with this chronic pain every second for the rest of my life, I'd jump for joy if it meant I'd never have to deal with neurodivergence and mental illness ever again. The problem is that dealing with all 3 at once, frankly, s***s.
Load More Replies... Sarah Belt 2 days ago
This post just feels like an attack on people with hidden disabilities. If you can't tolerate strangers mentioning a mental illness, maybe it's you that isn't ready for small talk, not them.
B 2 days ago (edited)
After my ex left me for another man and took our child with her, she visited six different doctors before she managed to get our son a diagnosis of ADHD and later labelled autistic (to make her life easier). He was just a naughty toddler, and now a decade later he's absolutely fine except that he's dependent on autism medication thanks to her. Not everybody needs a label.
xolitaire 1 day ago (edited)
Is this comment section for real? Re-read the post. This has absolutely nothing to do with mental illness. OP literally tried to chat somebody up and the answer was "NO". That's it. And OP's first reaction to the rejection is "they do not want to talk to me, the personified gift to humanity?! They must be sick in the head! That is the only possible explanation!" Now listen here: if they didn't want to talk to you and told you "NO", chances are very high they are neither mentally ill nor a jerk - they just didn't want to interact with a complete stranger. What you do in a situation like that is easy: you WALK AWAY instead of throwing a "nice guy/girl" tantrum about mentall illness that you clearly know nothing about.
Maya_D 2 days ago
Talking to strangers without a good reason is definitely considered weird where I live.
Vinnie 1 day ago
One does have to keep local culture and context in mind.
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Forrest Hobbs 2 days ago
Er, what? "Friendly chatting with strangers in public is prosocial, not "weird"." - yeah, right. 🙄 Try that on the London Underground or anywhere in Finland. You'll be educated, one way or another...
Lazy Panda 2 2 days ago
Has many a friendly chat with strangers on the London underground. Obviously pick your time, peak rush hour isn't it.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 2 days ago
Don't try to talk to me in public if I don't know you, that s**t is weird
Lazy Panda 2 2 days ago
I'm so sorry that you find small social interactions that acknowledge your existence painful.
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Poppy 1 day ago (edited)
Sometimes despite being involved with medical and psychological services for many years it takes self diagnosis to get an answer. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety for over 30 years and was under both psychiatric care as well as my GP but it wasn't until I asked to be assessed for ADHD that I finally got an answer to why life has been so difficult for me to cope with. The depression and anxiety I was diagnosed with early on in life was as a result of trying to cope with my ADHD without help or realising what was wrong with me. My parents didn't know how to cope with me, I got fired from jobs, I couldn't keep a relationship and I always had money problems to name just a few issues. Since I've been diagnosed and on the correct medication I'm doing better, I've kept a job and not had any long sickness periods like before. I don't think it makes me interesting or quirky and I don't use it as an excuse to be a jerk
Poppy 1 day ago
(I'm sometimes a jerk just like everyone else can be a jerk at times). Sometimes self diagnosis is the only way to get answers that have been missing all your life.
Load More Replies... ️Rando Panda 2 days ago
"The spectrum" has become an excuse to be insufferable, and this has been reflected in entertainment. Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch is a good example, as far as I'm concerned. Many have speculated that he's on the spectrum, but he calls himself "a highly functioning sociopath," which I guess is better? This apparently gives him free range to insult people, be completely self-absorbed and treat the few who put up with him (or surprisingly, love him) like garbage. The same can be said for Sheldon Cooper on The big Bang Theory. It took a while, but Sheldon was eventually taught to be less alienating. Also, for the sake of entertainment, these characters did not end up the same as people in the real world would--alone.
Vinnie 1 day ago
Also, not all people on the spectrum are brilliant. However, I've heard of brilliant ones being hired and kept because they did brilliant work, their bosses didn't push them to socialize, and nobody got in anyone's way.
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Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 2 days ago
For those who dont want to talk to strangers, just mumble your shopping list to yourself and appear crazier than they are. Works for me. Some people with legit MI cant help chatting with other people. My favorite crazies are like Big Chief from Coocoo nest. Stone silent
Lazy Panda 2 2 days ago
Eh? No it isn't. I didn't downvotes you, but it's a sweeping generalisation.
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Those headlights are too bright.
Vexed Panda 2 days ago
As someone with astigmatism, i can tell you that night driving is just one, big, J.J. Abrams movie now. You'll think your lights are cool right up to the point where i can't see the road and drive right into you. If we survive, i'll be sure to say, "Oops."
#11
Permissive parenting is creating an entire generation of entitled, spoiled & unprepared kids who are going to be miserable as adults.
I’m not saying that boomers were great parents - not at all.. but the pendulum has swung so far the other way.. with kids facing no consequences, having a disability that excuses everything and parents who either justify it all or are to lazy or overworked to parent properly.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 days ago
I completely agree with this. Children need healthy boundaries, and thrive in structure. Being overly permissive creates unhappy children, as they are unable to appreciate what they have and are unable to have healthy relationships with their peers.
#13
Furniture used to be built to last.
Everyone should know how to sew a button.
Butter is better.
I want a living person when I call customer service.
Vinyl is a better listening experience.
Owning your media is better than streaming.
It was nice to not be reachable at every moment.
#14
If your website/app makes me click away more than 1 pop up ad before I can read your article, I am just closing the page....
It is not a hard concept for businesses to understand but the less accessible they make their product, the less people will consume it.
#15
I shouldn’t have to start a fake order to be able to look at your website’s food menu.
#16
Not every negative experience is a ‘trauma’ - some actually instill valuable lessons.
#17
Not everything needs to be shared online.
Crissy Newbury 2 days ago
Don’t put pictures of your kids on Facebook etc. It’s stupid. Pedos love it.
#18
I dont want an app to set a thermostat, oven, or an alarm.
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
I don't mind apps, as long at the appliance doesn't require one to work properly. I'm perfectly capable of pressing the start button on my dishwasher.
#19
If you are walking, then the phone should not be in your face. Put your phone away and concentrate on where you are going, and don't just step out into the street.
#20
Kids don’t need phones at a young age or social media.
quentariel 2 days ago (edited)
Kids here are really independent and often walk or take bus to school or hobbies, so a phone really is a must. But I fully agree with social media, that's something you should be older to get.
#21
Right to repair. Companies making everything proprietary and inaccessible so that they can squeeze money out of people for repairs is inconvenient and just downright outrageous. Some industries need to be able to fix their own machinery in order to reduce down time or financial loss. So kicking a person while they’re down by charging them for parts, labor, and a whole list of arbitrary things is dead wrong.
lise duhamel (That_U_Scully) 4 days ago
This is incredibly important. It impacts farmers immensely and goes against the entire principle of buying something and owning it.
#22
People *are* becoming too sensitive. There are things we no longer tolerate in society, yes, but we don’t need to victimise ourselves for every tiny thing when it clearly wasn’t about that.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 days ago
I take offence at you suggesting that people are too sensitive!
#23
Just give me a physical menu, not a QR code..
#24
Music was better back then. No auto tune. They actually played the instruments. It had something to say.
StrangeOne 2 days ago
There was s****y music back then, too. Not every 90s song was great. Many of the billboard tops were overplayed and annoying. Just shoved down our throats. (I never want to hear Lou Bega ever again.) Music stations were a blessing. That's how I discovered bands that weren't mainstream. Much Music had their Rap City hour, French Kiss, Much Loud, and another Indie program. MM is how I discovered Delerium, Garbage and a bunch of other songs and bands I wouldn't have known about. Fast forward to today, I can thank youtube for allowing me to find music around the world. That's how I really got into Depeche Mode, Ruslana, Within Temptation, Sirenia, Nightwish, Mission Jupiter, The Birthday M******e, Placebo, Xandria, and others. "Music is just organized noise." - John Lydon Imo, I don't care how it's manufactured and produced. If It makes me feel good, I like it.
#25
While I don’t agree with the literal statement “if you stopped buying coffees you’d be able to buy a house” I do believe that in modern society we spend way too much money on things we don’t need to spend money on. I think if we stopped doing that we would all be better off.
#26
I’m sorry, but american tipping culture is out of control. 20% is the max i’ll tip a server at a sit down restaurant and that’s if the service is great. otherwise, 10-15% for bad to average service. don’t get me started on the places that swing an ipad around in my face and say, “it’s gonna ask you a couple questions.” don’t bombard me like that. .
#27
That giant trucks American men love take way too much parking space.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 days ago
They have big trucks in order to compensate for something...
#28
Appliances built before 1995 really were better.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 days ago
Better? Idk. More reliable, 100%. My old stove/oven combo didn't have all the features of the newer ones, but it lasted 61 years. It was purchased for the house in 1962.
#29
You should be able to read a map without GPS.
Crissy Newbury 2 days ago
My husband and I never argued in the car. I was a great navigator/map reader back in the day. Now we argue all the time and I just want to throw the sat nav out the d@mn window. I swear one day I will do it.
#31
I shouldn't have to worry about your pronouns.
If you look like a dude, I'm gonna assume you are.
Vice versa for women.
And past that, I really do not care what your gender is. You're my co worker/acquaintance and that is it.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 days ago
Yes, and no. I think young people today place way to much emphasis on the labels they call themselves, as if an identity can be defined by a word. I am not heterosexual, or latino, or white, or short, or plump. Yes I am all those things, but I'm a lot more than that too. I am just Rafael, and that's enough for me. However, just like if somebody asking me to call them Bill instead of William, why would I complain if Bill wants to be referred to as they/them if that's what makes them feel more comfortable in their skin. It costs me literally nothing at all. He, she, they, it's a syllable. A single utterance that only has meaning to those who assign it meaning. So why are people so up in arms about it? If Bill wants to be Sue, then that's cool too. It has ZERO effect on my life.
#32
People should dress better in public. You won’t need to wear a three piece suit but don’t wear pajamas out even if it’s just to get a gallon of milk. Have some respect for yourself. Get some better fitting clothing if you don’t feel comfortable in non pajamas.
Kit Black 4 days ago
Nah, that's too conformity coded. Absolutely fine to have a dress code at work, and to require people to stick to it. But wanting people in public to dress to suit your personal idea of what's appropriate - nah, that's just a dressed up way of saying, you don't like people who are different.
#34
Doing DoorDash while complaining about being broke is stupid. .
️Rando Panda 3 days ago
I have never used an app for food. I keep microwavable food in the freezer for nights that I don't want to cook--that's junk food enough, and about as much of a premium as I'm willing to pay for my laziness.
#35
Slow down! If you need to speed because you’re running late, then you need to work on your time management skills.
Michael Melfa 2 days ago
People have always driven too fast. Heck, here in the states during the 70s, because of a combination of the movie "Smoky and the Bandit" and a national law that lowered the speed limit, there was a fad where people installed CB radios in cars to warn each other of speed traps.
#37
Help clean up and put your plate away as a guest in someone's house and make kids play outside.
#38
People my age make a ton of excuses for themselves instead of just doing the things they should be doing.
#39
I agree, all the subscriptions defeat the purpose of replacing cable. For me, I don't think under 16s should have constant access to tech, also I think they should have NO access to social media.
#40
I happened to be visiting a business when someone showed up in pajamas and asked about job openings. To their credit, the business sent them on their way, and didn’t give the pajama-clad person an application.
#41
Kids these days don’t seem to know how to study?! I’m Gen Z and the class average in my college classes are staggeringly low. Two of my professors made a point of saying they’ve never had such low class scores. And I’m in the sciences!
#42
Schools function better without parents making excuses for their kids. Also, kids need homework. The number of high school students who did all their reading for class IN CLASS, being read to by the teacher, is insane.
Kit Black 4 days ago
There is no relationship between the problem of high school students not actually doing any of the reading, and whether or not homework is valuable. Homework is not valuable for elementary school ages. And while it *is* helpful for older kids, in our current educational system, it is often over assigned while also managing to be pointless repetitive work that is not appropriate for the age.
#43
Save for retirement. Government may not be there to take care of you in your golden years.
#44
Guarding one's personal boundaries and inner peace is really becoming a code for "I'm selfish and won't reciprocate.".
#45
For retail workers: It’s not hard to say hi or thank you to a customer.
I mean I’m not asking for much- just acknowledge my existence ffs.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 days ago
But then how do I know I'm still in Philadelphia? My favorite retail experience here was when I was walking up to the cashier at a local store. She was chatting on her cell phone, when she saw me walking towards her to ask if she could check a price for me. She says loudly into her phone "I know this mother-f-in cracker ain't comin' up here to ask me no question". I have never fallen in love so quickly, or felt so seen as a human being. Oh yes my darling, I am coming to ask you a question. And just for that, I will have a slew of other questions that my tiny brain will attempt to produce for the next 15 minutes.
#46
Everything is too violent nowadays.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 days ago
Violent films and tv series from the U.S. better not show a b**b though..
#47
Put a coat on, for Christ's sake. It's cold out.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 days ago
It is near zero here in the U.K. I have just been to the shops wearing a t-shirt. Not everyone feels the cold the same.
#48
If you don't have the money to buy it outright, you can't buy it.
With 2 exceptions. Education and a house.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 days ago
I have bought cars with a car loan. That said, your car payment shouldn't be comparable to a mortgage payment. My current car has been paid off for 10 years. I have a friend who's always complaining about not having enough money, but I learned she had a $1700/month car payment. Did you really need a Porsche SUV when you're having trouble making rent? My highest car payment ever was $150/month.
#49
Couples get divorced/break up too easily and for too trivial of reasons.
Michael Largey 3 days ago
And couples get engaged/married up too easily and for too trivial of reasons. Maybe there's a connection?
#51
Listen, I have a cart load of groceries. I do not want to do it myself. I want someone to scan them and beg them. A good cashier is gonna do it. Probably four times faster than me.
Maria Maria 4 days ago
Having staff bag groceries is one of those weird American things. In Europe we bag our own groceries.
#52
Everyone needs to stay off my lawn and absolutely no one needs to ring my doorbell EVER or knock on my doot unless I'm expecting them. And we all should know less about each other.
StrangeOne 2 days ago
I once had to knock on a lady's door to let her know the power lines next to her house were sparking and zapping like crazy on a tree branch. She looked terrified but, I think, still thankful we alerted her.
What do you think ?
Jo Firth 2 days ago
If other generations agree with these, why are they labelled Boomer dislikes?
Taibhse Sealgair 2 days ago (edited)
Because ageism makes for good rage-bait..
Load More Replies... pelemele 2 days ago (edited)
Why use the term "boomer" (especially when we know it is mostly used pejoratively) when this article concerns opinions that have nothing to do with a specific generation? And why try to pit generation A against generation B? It's bull.sh.i.t and it doesn't achieve anything.
Laszlo Larthlanc 2 days ago
Is nobody irritated about being asked to fill out a survey for the dozens of things we used to do without being asked to rate the service? I walked into my bank and needed to ask a teller to provide me with access to my safe deposit box, and a day later receive an emailed request to fill out a 5 page survey. In fact, this happens every single time I use a teller's services for anything. This not only happens at my bank, but at places where I have made purchases or engaged the services of doctors, dentists, insurance agents, and other professionals. It's like having a microphone shoved in your face when you leave a market every time you shop there, asking you how you liked shopping there.
Tams21 2 days ago
The only thing that never changes is that people remember the good things in the past and gloss over the bad things.
Multa Nocte 2 days ago (edited)
As someone who lived in "the past", I can tell you that the positive changes that have occurred in my lifetime are staggering. Yes, we are currently living in a backwards time warp hellhole in the US, but the fact that I couldn't hold a credit card in my own name when I graduated from high school and now can is quite a positive thing, the fact that I see women on the Supreme Court and as vice-presidents and as Senators, that some people with a different colour skin in the US were doing pretty well in life, that progress was being made in climate change, littering, and pollution, the progress made in medicine via vaccines and other breakthroughs, at least until the mango Mussolini came in and overturned the applecart for most of us, was a cause for me to have been pretty proud of many of the progressive changes that have happened in my lifetime. Anyone who tells you it was better "before," unless they specifically mean the past 12 months in the US, would be lying.
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Sea Squirrel 2 days ago
Don't interrupt our conversation to ask Alexa to put on the lights. You're standing next to the switch!
Jo Firth 2 days ago
If other generations agree with these, why are they labelled Boomer dislikes?
Taibhse Sealgair 2 days ago (edited)
Because ageism makes for good rage-bait..
Load More Replies... pelemele 2 days ago (edited)
Why use the term "boomer" (especially when we know it is mostly used pejoratively) when this article concerns opinions that have nothing to do with a specific generation? And why try to pit generation A against generation B? It's bull.sh.i.t and it doesn't achieve anything.
Laszlo Larthlanc 2 days ago
Is nobody irritated about being asked to fill out a survey for the dozens of things we used to do without being asked to rate the service? I walked into my bank and needed to ask a teller to provide me with access to my safe deposit box, and a day later receive an emailed request to fill out a 5 page survey. In fact, this happens every single time I use a teller's services for anything. This not only happens at my bank, but at places where I have made purchases or engaged the services of doctors, dentists, insurance agents, and other professionals. It's like having a microphone shoved in your face when you leave a market every time you shop there, asking you how you liked shopping there.
Tams21 2 days ago
The only thing that never changes is that people remember the good things in the past and gloss over the bad things.
Multa Nocte 2 days ago (edited)
As someone who lived in "the past", I can tell you that the positive changes that have occurred in my lifetime are staggering. Yes, we are currently living in a backwards time warp hellhole in the US, but the fact that I couldn't hold a credit card in my own name when I graduated from high school and now can is quite a positive thing, the fact that I see women on the Supreme Court and as vice-presidents and as Senators, that some people with a different colour skin in the US were doing pretty well in life, that progress was being made in climate change, littering, and pollution, the progress made in medicine via vaccines and other breakthroughs, at least until the mango Mussolini came in and overturned the applecart for most of us, was a cause for me to have been pretty proud of many of the progressive changes that have happened in my lifetime. Anyone who tells you it was better "before," unless they specifically mean the past 12 months in the US, would be lying.
Load More Replies... Sea Squirrel 2 days ago
Don't interrupt our conversation to ask Alexa to put on the lights. You're standing next to the switch!
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