Kids often have different views and opinions than their parents and they're OK with it. Usually. But when dads and moms start openly disrespecting the coronavirus in front of their sons and daughters, it's game time. Which, in social distancing terms, means shaming them online.
That's right, social media has been receiving an increasing number of complaints against boomer parents. And they are really valid as well. I mean, some are saying that COVID-19 isn't real and is just a conspiracy, and others are even mocking the virus by throwing it parties... They say you can't change who your parents are, just the way you choose to deal with them. But is there really no chance?
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It's for their own good now, as it was for your own good then... Right?
No dying is good for the earth. Let the corona rage so burden on earth could be reduced
Load More Replies...This is what you tell Boomers. " You know how many people catch a cold in the winter right. If we don't wear masks AND distance 6' / 2m AND wash our hands often AND stay home then that is how many people will be catching COVID-19. Tell me, how many people do you know who have caught a cold last year? Do you know how many kids get a cold every year? Do you know how many pregnant women get colds every year? Do you really want that many people to get COVID-19? Do you know how many hospital workers are getting COVID-19? Please, wear a mask AND distance 6' / 2m AND wash your hands often AND don't go anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary (not just a want).. When we get most people vaccinated, then life can go back to near normal.
I know all of this may sound strange at first. As Te-Erika Patterson pointed out, it is widely believed that children will imitate their parents’ behaviors and attitudes, consciously or not. The 1961 Bobo Doll experiment, conducted by Stanford professor Albert Bandura, for example, showed that children will interact with others in the precise manner that was modeled for them by adults. Understanding the responsibility that comes with it, many parents try to make their kids become carbon copies of themselves, or grow up to be the people they wish they were themselves.
But a 2014 study, based on data from the U.S. and U.K., found that parents who are insistent that their children adopt their political views inadvertently influence their children to abandon the belief once they become adults. Think of it like this: children who come from homes where politics is frequently discussed are more likely to talk about politics once they leave home, exposing them to new viewpoints—which they then adopt with surprising frequency.
All cruises were cancelled in April, so I guess Deborah turned into a Karen when she got that news.
Well the dad was going too. So that would also make him a Kyle.
Load More Replies...I guess most of us can agree that the conversation we're having about the coronavirus has rapidly become politicized. "As the coronavirus now emerges as another front in the culture war, social distancing has come to be viewed in some quarters as a political act — a way to signal which side you’re on," McKay Coppins wrote in The Atlantic. So maybe these online shamings aren't just related to public health? Maybe these kids are detaching themselves from their parents' views as the nation is getting ready to choose its leader?
Not necessarily. Writer and tsunami scientist Kaya Wilson, for example, tweeted that he had to tell his 70-year-old mom people are calling this pandemic the 'Boomer Remover' before he could convince her to cancel all of her boomer cluster activities.
"My mom has been pretty good since then," he told Bored Panda. "She just took a bit longer to take it seriously. She's in the UK, I'm in Australia and I'm much more online than she is. I'm also a scientist."
But Kaya and his mom have similar views when it comes to politics. "She lives alone and is now very active, doing sketch club and yoga on Zoom, walking with her friends, etc. She's formed a bubble with her neighbor and plays tennis with her grandkid. The older grandkids help drop off groceries etc. Once she realized getting coronavirus would be a very lonely experience, she took precautions."
My son is child of boomer parents and we are maybe more worried than he is about all this sh.t with coronavirus
I am a boomer not all boomers are un aware of the dangers I have been in isolation since my mother in law died last August. she broke her hip and died in the hospital we were asked if she might have had covid at that time. We aren't sure but we are taking no chances with ours or anyone elses health. Keep safe dear
Thankfully, my Boomer parents are taking this whole pandemic seriously.
Did anyone else read/sing this to the lion king song tune? No, ok i'll just go away...
Load More Replies...There are only four of them, each wearing masks and gloves. Let's hope that they also have a window open for proper ventilation.
Yeah, and especially if there weren't too many cases in the area, this doesn't look too bad. The only thing I see is that they aren't very spaced out, but other than that it looks like they're taking pretty good precautions.
Load More Replies...I have a pair of friends that are 60+ years old who won't stop going out to eat, hanging out with friends, singing in choir. I keep thinking when will they land in the hospital.
Some of the first cases I heard of in the US was a choir in the mid west and it has got worse from there. It is very sad . The bible says the wise one sees the danger and takes precautions.
Load More Replies...Really... this isn't a boomer thing. It's a stupid people thing, and stupid people come in all ages. Wife and I and 99% of our siblings are taking precautions, but it's the kids who being imbeciles.
In fact, this is a very human bias, we have to reassure ourselves about the fact life is fair. If people get attacked, sick, killed, it has to because they looked for it (hello victime blaming). Has we always see ourselves as "good", well, we're safe. Just like my grand father was shocked when my mother accepted to take a test for AIDS. She received a transfusion during the tainted blood scandal in France, but he was convinced that she could not have contracted it, as was neither gay, nor drug addict, nor prostitute ...
Slightly off topic but it's so damn sad that that was the stereotype. I wonder how many people didn't get diagnosed until it was too late because of it.
Load More Replies...I am a Boomer this is why We distance and stay home. I do the shopping when I have to. We have 5 out of the 6 riskiest health issues. I feel for you Emilyrm
The virus will get her ill because her ignorance makes her behave in stupid ways without taking proper precautions.
Load More Replies...If he lived through the Spanish Flu, then he can have the final word. As is, no. 🙄
I literally told my friend last year that soon we would have another deadly virus. 🤔
Load More Replies...my nonna: i lived through mussolini. anything more is by the grace of god. i don't agree that means she should ignore the virus, but dang the perspective.....
My parents are boomers and are more careful then anyone else I know. Most people my age where I am from don't give it a second thought even those that had it
Well, some "boomers" aren't taking it seriously. The ones that I know are taking it very seriously.
My 68yo mum went to the hair dresser the day lock down was off in France. (because, I mean, that was the most important thing to do and cound't be delayed because... idk) "It wouldn't be open if it was dangerous". So off course my grand mother (84yo with diabetes and a poor heart condition) didn't see any problem to go the hair dresser at the end of the same week... because my mother wouldn't have go if it wasn't safe...
Nice payback honduran girl. Time to take viruses back to white folks. Cough ona blanket and give it to a boomer.
Tell them that if they don't start taking this seriously, you'll move out!
I'm doing remote learning, so my grandmother isn't forcing me to go to school.
To give some context: I live with my grandparents and my sister.
Load More Replies...niether did government officials and some of them are older than boomers. I will pray for your health
Nope. The 55+ year old people I know have a lot more sense than this kind of ignorance.
Load More Replies...My mom is 61. Wait 62.. Today is her birthday! She is very worried about covid. She parks in my driveway with her mask on about once a week, "air hugs" the kids because we don't leave the porch. She has not been in one store at all.
I am a Boomer and we are not all that stubborn. Just show them love and keep distancing yourself. I am going to pray for Kids who have unreasonable parents on this issue
I am 50.In April, I got Covid from an unknown source. Didn't wear a mask b/c none were available at that time. Got my mask thru Etsy 2 days before I ended up in the hospital. Easter week I was off work, so I cut our shrubs around the church for a day and half. Had sinus symptoms for 2 weeks after that until i went to bed on a Friday night. During the night, kept waking up having a problem breathing. Packed a bag for a few days Saturday morning & went to the ER. 4 tests later, 2 for Covid, 2 For Flu. You have Covid. Next day I was on a ventilator for 4 days. Spent 5 more days in ICU, too weak to do anything, 4 days in a regular room in the "Covid suite". Spent 2.5 months getting well enough to go back to work. I am treated for High blood pressure(under control), type 2 diabetes, Celiac Disease, Lymphocytic Colitis. All under control. I do not take the flu shot and haven't had the flu ever but this snuck up on me. Keep your butt home as much as possible. OH yeah, I went to my PCP 4 days before I went to ER. I was tested and passed out 30 seconds after my nasal swab. Went to ER, blood work and EKG were good, sent home. PCP notified hospital that i was a possible Covid but they didn't test me. When PCP got results back, i was in hospital on ventilator, and it was positive. How many people were infected by me and could have died. I don't take that lightly. Wear a damn mask, be careful, and if older, be extra careful.
I hope you recover from COVID fully, but get yourself a flu shot every year. With all your other conditions, you should get one. It won't give the flu - it can't. Just get yourself protected.
Load More Replies...nasty s**t, he should be washing his crusty ass hands anyways, virus or no virus
Same as the "woke" young people claiming that none of the Covid deaths are actually Covid deaths but people that died from other causes. The government declared them Covid deaths to terrorize gullible people.
I get this a lot when I tell people that my mother died of covid. They ask if she was old and had health conditions. Well, no s**t she did. We knew that if she caught it she would be a goner. It's still what killed her. (Care home in the UK)
Load More Replies...There is not such a thing as "typical boomer". I am a boomer (59 y) and I'm very worried about this sh.t. As well most of my friends who are my generation
Don't get the downvote. A lot of people, regardless of the generation, have a lot of concerns. It's just not only old people that are dying. Young people are dying too and a lot of the survivors are left with permanent damage to their health. Covid-19 isn't an inconvenient flu that will bother you for a short time. It's a virus that's out to do as much damage to your body as it possibly can. And it doesn't mind if it's killing itself in the process.
Load More Replies...I am a boomer I make and sterilize mask and give them away free. I will pray for you.
That's like turning off ur cellphone to conserve battery :(
Load More Replies...I pity you, and I also congratulate you for understanding that they have actively chosen to be woefully ignorant. I hope you have made sure to get all the vaccinations!
Whereas my church is only just opening ( with guidelines in place) and all the little kids are holding a rope (to help them follow each other) with six foot markers on it and double masked. We literally prayed for a vaccine.
I would like to know more about his condition now, 7 months and more than 40 million people infected worldwide after you wrote that about your dad
They have been groomed all their life to believe that they are invincible. When they were in grade school, they were taught to take shelter under their desks in case an atomic bomb exploded...
Same with earthquakes. Like an inch of plywood would keep the entire building off you. Anyway, I’m a late boomer (1960) who’s more like GenX. I remember the those atomic bomb drills, only we were led to the school basement, but had to stay in a straight line, so the ones who got there last had to line up on the stairs—-all the way to the first floor that we’d just “evacuated” from. Go figure. Anyway, the drills weren’t conducted like that to reinforce our opinion that we were invincible. It was the Cold War. Even as children we knew we weren’t. The drills were like that because most adults, including educators, didn’t really understand the kind of destruction an atom bomb—-much less the nuclear bombs we had at that time, including ICBMs—-could do. Their minds were thinking physical destruction, not instantaneous incineration.
Load More Replies...1. Politicians aren't doctors nor virologists. Would you take medical advice from a car mechanic? 2. No live matters until black lives matter as much as white lives matter. 3. Yes they are. Would you rather walk through a crowd of incontinent people with or without pants?
Honestly I'd rather take medical advice from a car mechanic than a politician.
Load More Replies...Most of us Boomers are trying to stay safe and at home -- but we are getting very depressed and having high anxiety living like caged animals. If younger persons would stay home also, then all of us may be able to sooner. Instead of protecting us, younger persons are lecturing us when they are out living their lives (and maybe infecting others). So -- should us Boomers take our chances of being exposed to COVID (not a good choice) or do we spend our hard earned retirement in a cage, not enjoying our lives (equally bad choice)?
You spend your hard earned retirement in a cage, not enjoying your lives. You're spending money either way. The younger generations are depressed and have higher anxiety levels anyways, learn to deal with it. You'll be fine, pansy. Y'all are putting even more pressure on us by going out and getting people infected. Would you rather spend money or die?? Spend money and have all of your loved ones in pain and agony because they couldn't be with you as you took your last breath?? Spend money or put the burden of your death on your already stressed out and worried loved ones, and make them spend money?? Seriously?? I hope you have enough sense to choose the right choice here. Learn to live with the mental health conditions that so many of you refuse to believe exist, or you put your life on the line and make the ones you love suffer. Choose wisely, friend.
Load More Replies...Why do you listen to him and go without a mask anywhere? Nobody can force me to do anything that I know, or just I think, that is not good for me or for others. Not even my parents, nor my children!
Please don’t say the r word, I am technically the r word, and I have the brain function to slap one on
Hide a mask in your pocket. Tell your father he can kill and be killed by COVID, but you’re too damn young to die. And that’s coming from a 59 year old who does wear a mask and gloves and stays six feet away from people when I go out, because I am ALSO too damn young to die!
Hay use scarf or a t-shirt if you don't have a real mask. Or make one out of a cotton t-shirt lots of how to's on You tube!
>:( I don't like OP or their father. Using a slur isn't justifiable. R*t*rd is a slur against neurodivergent people.
I'm very sorry (& mad) he won't take care of himself & others, but you CAN take care of yourself & others. Don't be forced into doing what you could greatly regret. Wishing you the best...
I've said this a lot in the last 7 months... "Covid doesn't care what you believe, but I do, b/c you're a risk to others around you." And I'm thinking I should just give up...
"Slow down. Stay indoors. Wear masks. Here's some hand sanitizer. Now, have you updated your wills?".... LITERALLY what this GEnXer said to her parent with four risk factors for death by common cold, let alone COvid.
Boomer here. Some people give me push back for doing all I can to isolate, etc. Look them in the eyes and say I'm doing it for all the sacrificing medical people who are exhausting themselves, risking their lives & families, trying to save those who aren't being careful. Seems to shut them up.
My nephew’s wife is pregnant, and her mother went on vacation to friggin’ Myrtle Beach ~ the summer’s #1 hotspot ~ and didn’t think it was a big deal. She couldn’t go to her own daughter’s baby shower. So selfish.
I am a boomer and could not be more shocked by the behaviour of people OF EVERY AGE GROUP who make the active choice to be ignorant, stupidly irresponsible, and a threat to other peoples' health. Period.
As I wrote in one of comments above, I don't think there is such a thing as "typical boomer". I am a boomer (59 y) and I'm very worried about this sh.t. As well most of my friends who are my generation. I am very careful for myself, but I'm worrying about youngsters who want to party, to go out, to meet friends... They are more endangered then boomers, I think.
My 60 y/o mother, living with her one and only immunocompromised child: goes to 3 different choirs, a birthday party for an 84-year-old, 5 different stores because they are having a sale and a concert because you can't expect her to just put her life on hold because of a virus. Me: I go to the grand total of ONE store that sells lactose-free products. Mother: starts yelling at me that if I'm going to infect her and her boyfriend dies, she's going to kill me. A couple of months later, her school shuts down because a parent of a student who's sister she teaches has tested positive and is hospitalised. Mother dearest decides she's not going to get tested because she's not willing to go to the hospital and anyway if she's infected, all of us will be as well. FML
I'm in Canada where rules are in place to varying degrees. Leaving it up to the individual isn't going to work. I hope you get through this intact. :(
Load More Replies...The worst offenders are 'boomers' and those in late teens early twenties. The young have an excuse - they've yet to experience losing family members and really don't understand death and illness, staying away from others is harder for the young, they miss socialising much more than other groups. But I have been shocked by the sheer stupidity of people I thought were intelligent..
Why? I know this is your opinion, but you are puttting lives at risk for this disease! I don't know you, but that is dangerous and selfish. Please...be safe and smart. And don't put peoples lives AT RISK!!!
And yes, it's all fun and games till someone gets seriously sick. And in this case, my opinions dissent from boomers. My GF's parents got sick with it, and her dad almost died. So I agree with you on that part. Sorry for being so unclear.
Load More Replies...I'm sick of how people keep thinking of ways to categorise and mock people, even when there's no significant unifying factor between them. This obsession with a range of years when people were born? Seriously. That's messed up.
This is all about boomers but we all can see that COVIDiots emerge in all generations. They all are playing the dangers down, making up conspiracy theories and ranting about their civil rights and their freedom. Idiots like Trump and other influenzas that deny the dangers of Covid do not understand how they are damaging all efforts to contain and reduce the impact of the virus. I guess it just takes some more influenza's to die from Covid before their followers start getting the message.
I am a boomer and could not be more shocked by the behaviour of people OF EVERY AGE GROUP who make the active choice to be ignorant, stupidly irresponsible, and a threat to other peoples' health. Period.
As I wrote in one of comments above, I don't think there is such a thing as "typical boomer". I am a boomer (59 y) and I'm very worried about this sh.t. As well most of my friends who are my generation. I am very careful for myself, but I'm worrying about youngsters who want to party, to go out, to meet friends... They are more endangered then boomers, I think.
My 60 y/o mother, living with her one and only immunocompromised child: goes to 3 different choirs, a birthday party for an 84-year-old, 5 different stores because they are having a sale and a concert because you can't expect her to just put her life on hold because of a virus. Me: I go to the grand total of ONE store that sells lactose-free products. Mother: starts yelling at me that if I'm going to infect her and her boyfriend dies, she's going to kill me. A couple of months later, her school shuts down because a parent of a student who's sister she teaches has tested positive and is hospitalised. Mother dearest decides she's not going to get tested because she's not willing to go to the hospital and anyway if she's infected, all of us will be as well. FML
I'm in Canada where rules are in place to varying degrees. Leaving it up to the individual isn't going to work. I hope you get through this intact. :(
Load More Replies...The worst offenders are 'boomers' and those in late teens early twenties. The young have an excuse - they've yet to experience losing family members and really don't understand death and illness, staying away from others is harder for the young, they miss socialising much more than other groups. But I have been shocked by the sheer stupidity of people I thought were intelligent..
Why? I know this is your opinion, but you are puttting lives at risk for this disease! I don't know you, but that is dangerous and selfish. Please...be safe and smart. And don't put peoples lives AT RISK!!!
And yes, it's all fun and games till someone gets seriously sick. And in this case, my opinions dissent from boomers. My GF's parents got sick with it, and her dad almost died. So I agree with you on that part. Sorry for being so unclear.
Load More Replies...I'm sick of how people keep thinking of ways to categorise and mock people, even when there's no significant unifying factor between them. This obsession with a range of years when people were born? Seriously. That's messed up.
This is all about boomers but we all can see that COVIDiots emerge in all generations. They all are playing the dangers down, making up conspiracy theories and ranting about their civil rights and their freedom. Idiots like Trump and other influenzas that deny the dangers of Covid do not understand how they are damaging all efforts to contain and reduce the impact of the virus. I guess it just takes some more influenza's to die from Covid before their followers start getting the message.
