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Millennials Are Pretending To Be Baby Boomers In This FB Group And Here Are 25 Hilarious Posts
Baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and millennials (born between the early 1980s and early 2000s) are not on good terms with each other. To oversimply, baby boomers think that millennials are entitled brats who don't take responsibility for pretty much anything while millennials believe that baby boomers are hopelessly outdated in the modern world. The two groups are constantly taking stabs at one another, and Twitter user Anna (@manhattanna) has recently found a perfect example of this ongoing war. Turns out, there's a Facebook group where millennials are pretending to be baby boomers, making fun of the ways they use social media. Anna tweeted screenshots of the group's activity, and the pics have already accumulated over 171K likes, with many commenters saying that the impersonations are so accurate, they're hilarious.
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varwenea 6 years ago
They're making fun of Boomers' inaccurate use of background and emoji choices.
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Sean Harrison 6 years ago
How is someone's wife dying funny? If anything this just proves what a******s Millenials are.
Eric Spence 6 years ago
The balloon and cake backgrounds imply a celebration while the "laughing until you are crying" emojis imply humor. What's not to get? I am not a millennial (Generation Xer) and understand this one.
Tambot 6 years ago
I'm a GenX too, but I don't get the joke either, and like someone else said, too much punctuation.
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Cindy Collins 6 years ago
I don't think this is funny at all.... sounds like something a millennial would do...a******s
Anna herself was born in 1998, a kind of a generation gap."I can relate to [both] millennial characteristics and generation Z," she told Bored Panda. "[Millennials] are the future, they’re stressed out, and have a unique sense of humor."
Sure enough, the millennial generation have plenty of stuff to worry about. Compared to previous generations, for example, 22 to 37-year-old millennials are delaying or foregoing marriage and have been somewhat slower in forming their own households, especially compared to the baby boomer generation. They are also more likely to be living at home with their parents and for longer stretches.
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Katie Knox 6 years ago
Elissa, this is mom not Bob. What did you post this here? Are you going to Aunt Cindy’s for Gina’s birthday party? I will bring the macaroni salad. Love, Mom
Katie Knox 6 years ago
Elissa it’s good to hear from you but why did you post this on my page. Love, Mom
Amy Skrocki 6 years ago
someone forget to put "this is another scam!" to the comments. I see a boomer post that on every ad or post....
Most baby boomers, on the other hand, married relatively young (before the age of 25), but only two-thirds of these remain married today. In the case of many baby boomers in the workforce, they believe that time and experience are the key components that earn someone authority so that the longer a person serves an organization, the better ranking they deserve. Interestingly, they are also more likely to hold leadership positions in high paying fields such as medical or engineering. You could say that baby boomers pay credit where credit is due. For example, boomers contribute to the majority of positive feedback online as well.
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"The baby boomers that end up being characterized in the group are all the stereotype of the typical baby boomer who's clueless as to how to use the internet, blames millennials for the downfall of the earth, and usually some kind of racist/sexist/homophobic," Anna explained.
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Janette Monfils 6 years ago
No, no they dont. I've seen plenty of baby boomers with grammar no better than a 5 yo.
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Roland Austria 6 years ago
I have aunts and uncles who actually talk like this. I wonder why. They often post in all caps too.
Alan Wilkening 6 years ago
Yes, ALL CAPS is a thing with some that I know, as if they think they’re sending a telegram in an old black & white movie, and the email provider charges by the word.
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Lisa Flinn 6 years ago
Boomers continuously have the most egregious grammatical errors. The lack of proper punctuation and simple sentence structure, most often times, makes it difficult to destinguish what they're even trying to convey.
Elliott Martinson 6 years ago
Distinguish? Also, those should be hyphens, not commas in that sentence. But you can't easily type them on phones and tablets so whatever.
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Elaine Adams 6 years ago
Boy all of the misspellings are a dead giveaway that this is a Millenial.
Libby Shaw 6 years ago
Wtf, did they miss spelling and grammar in elementary school? This group is not funny. Fail.
Khendra Libbey 6 years ago
Yes. It’s showing that boomers don’t have great spelling or grammar skills
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She found the group through someone else’s tweet and is really glad that it has gained popularity. "I've gotten so many messages from people saying they were having a rough day/struggling lately, and that the posts on this millennials vs baby boomers group make them laugh and gave them a distraction," Anna added.
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Matthew Litwin 6 years ago
I love that the kayak is tied to that jeep like a hostage is tied to a chair. I’m pretty sure that jeep could roll down a mountainside and that kayak would still be on the roof.
Billy Beecham 6 years ago
Oh hey! I know her! Almost thought it was someone else until I saw the finger.
Cindy Collins 6 years ago
At least it is not constant selfies and making that god awful fish face
Kim Schuch 6 years ago
HAHAHA my mom's name is Cheryl, she drives a Jeep, and owns a kayak LOL
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Debra Eliassen 6 years ago
Is bad grammar and horrible spelling part of the joke? The youngs are usually the ones with all the mistakes. I kind of think they don’t even realize how unintelligent they appear. Poor things. You have to pity them.
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genzennial 6 years ago
possibly on paper. but the amount of errors in spelling and grammar online are horrible.
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Crystal Conner 6 years ago
This is my mother in law EVERY time someone in the family has a birthday
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Rasmus Albrechtsen 6 years ago
Ever thought about, if Jesus was really gay, and instead of Amen, he said, ah, men 🤔
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Susanne Carvin 6 years ago
So I couldn't stop thinking about this kid's haircut - like was he embarrassed? how could this happen? did he want this? And I googled around and found that this is (or was) a particular hairstyle in Russia. I feel a little better knowing that this kid probably wanted this. It's also close to a specific punk hairstyle from the 80s. At any rate, his friends probably have the same cut, he's fine and I'm not feeling secondhand trauma for him anymore.
MantisKeeper 5 years ago
please tell me this is photoshop, it isn't good to change you're children's looks for humor
Helene Kira Håkansson 6 years ago
This is the haircut Petunia Dursley gave Harry Potter... 😳 I understand why it grew back...
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Anet Arteacher 6 years ago (edited)
Seriously I’m 62 and I’ve been on the Internet since Mobius. Most of my friends are my age if not older and are equally adept at using Internet. We mainly use it for political satire. What you’re actually making fun of is badly educated people. I see these types of posts from undereducated, religious right winger 30 somethings all the time.
Jenny Lorenz 6 years ago
I wish I could upvote your comment more. People are quick to say millenials/boomers. When really it's any generation.
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Cinzabeary 6 years ago
Honestly, it wasn't that long ago I was confused what an app store was, too.
Debbie Lyn Jones (Deb) 6 years ago
I think many of them forget that we > the older generation created what is known as the "World Wide Web" today.
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Billy Beecham 6 years ago
How much for the folgers coffee can left side of shelf second tier down, right side of pic? Been looking for one and 4.79 at walmart is a good price but they fill those things with coffee grounds! Can you believe it? Dang, I stopped trying to buy cigar boxes years ago when they had the nerve to tell me I had to buy them filled with cigars. Like I really wanna get cancer just to decoupage a box.
Jessica Campbell 6 years ago
My Great Aunt Elaine, really did sell Home Interiors lol, every sibling, including my grandma ,had their entire house decorated with Home Interior lol
RidingMyPetKangarooToWork 6 years ago
They forgot to add that prices start at a very reasonable $300. Their stuff is always worth more than everyone else's
danielw 6 years ago
lol. My brother made the mistake of trying to help my grand parents sell a nasty a*s carpet on craigslist. they were insisting it was 'Persian- made in Persia!' (tag said made in Taiwan) that they payed 4 grand for it so it must be worth three grand (over a couple of decades ago) and that we 'Millennials' are just being too cheap.... (the thing was s**t-stained from their annoying poodles, it was thread bare and worn in. Half of it was sun-faded where a coffee table wasn't and most of it faded into a nasty 70's orange color.)
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Kristin Ingersoll 6 years ago
Joan. Honey. You just made their point. You're commenting to the people in the FACEBOOK group. This isn't that group. This is Bored Panda, where someone else has compiled screenshots of that group. Oh, the irony!!!@ 😂😂😂😂
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Eagle Girl 6 years ago
The minute baby boomers found memes was when they went home to be with the Lord
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danielw 6 years ago
...I thought I was the only person who called people Dolts. have an upvote!
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Bredan TheGreat 6 years ago
"I'll have son download that for me later" I laughed way to hard at that
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Eagle Girl 6 years ago
YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE PREDATORS,,, I saw it on 60 minutes insert suprised e moji
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Hans 6 years ago
Is this babyboomers vs. millenials a US thing? Frankly, I hardly understand most of the entries here. Truly understand, in the sense of not comprehending what might be referred to...
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
It's mostly a thing being instigated on social media. I've never run across it in real life. I think Gen X is behind it all. ( Sorry, Gen X, I didn't want you to feel left out.)
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Branwen Shelton 6 years ago
Millennial here, this is absolutely hysterical because all of our grandparents and great aunts and uncles behave EXACTLY like this on FB. I laughed almost the whole way through this because I could see someone in my family doing what I was reading on nearly every one.
Alethia Nyx 6 years ago
Wow, reading some of these comment I amazed at how many people seem to take offence at this. It is a joke, people teasing many baby boomers ability to properly understand how to use social media and what is appropriate to say. Why do people have to get so crabby at a joke? As for being negative about 2 generations making fun of each other people saying this is new, you live under a rock, children will always complain that their elders are out of touch, and the elders will always complain that the youth have it so much easier than in their day, it was the same between the boomers and their parents, and is the same between gen X and their children. The only thing I don't get about this group is people seem to think BBs cant type or spell, the keyboard isn't something that was invented when the internet was.
Full Name 6 years ago
As a member of neither of these generations (I'm Gen X) I don't "get" the humour. At best a couple of these made me slightly smile if I squinted at them just right.
Rafaella Bueno 6 years ago
Eh, it's just one of those "it really be like that" kind of relateable funny. My mom doesn't write like this, but she has friends younger than her that definitely do, and it's funny because it's universal (people from many countries and different cultures and languages just all somehow act the exact same way). I'm a millennial and I find most millennial memes funny, whether they fit me, someone I know, or just the stereotype of millennial.
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Rider 6 years ago
For every Boomer hating on a Millennial and for every Millennial hating on a Boomer, there's a Gen-Xer hating both of you. Dear Eris, that entire post was beyond picayune.
Dana Hynes 6 years ago
Agreed. Some Boomers supported wars, some protested them. They lit a fire under women's rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights. Boomers are a huge and far from homogenized group, and have brought both good and bad changes to the world. Ditto millennials - I've deleted 3 young men because they were alt-right bigots. My Gen X friends are as mixed as any other group.. Generations mean nothing, really.
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Ian Carter 6 years ago
Isnt it sad how we have found yet another way to categorize ourselves , we are not happy with race,religion,nationality,ethnicity and sexual orientation we now have this when you were born s**t. Why do we have to be part of a stupid tribe and hate the other guys. The generation that comes after you and before will always have a different view point to your own on music, fashion and politics but we dont have to conform to these boxes. I was born in 77 I dont care if I am gen X,Y or Z I am me, I live my way stop being tribal sheep.
Dana Hynes 6 years ago
Absolutely. Ask yourself if you adore everyone you know your own age. And realize generations mean nothing except what pop culture you share.
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April Simnel 6 years ago
"I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it' anymore and what's 'it' seems weird and scary. It'll happen to YOU!"
Douglas 6 years ago
I think this kind of discussion is not very relevant. The conflict between the generations has always existed, now it is more evident because of the social media. The pseudo-conflict between boomers and millenials, tomorrow will have other protagonists, the millenials and the next generation. I believe that both should respect the posture of each group, the boomers should help the new generation to progress and the millenials should help the old generation to adapt to the new situations.
Barbara Walker 6 years ago
If anything, every BB I deal with spells everything out (and correctly) with punctuation. Some of these were a little funny but the awful attempts to misspell words ruined it.
JoAnn Tinsley 6 years ago
I agree, they make it sound like we don’t have grammar skills. We had grammar and English stuffed down our throats. I think 🤔 the younger generation could learn something about commas, spelling, paragraphs, et al.
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Martha Meyer 6 years ago
Just a question: are all these U.S.boomers radical christians or why is it considered normal to mention God and praying every other sentence?
2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
I'm at the ragged edge of Boomer and unfortunately this is how some of my friends interact with the medium. It's odd because they don't talk like this in real life, just online. I've deleted dozens of people I thought were relatively intelligent, only to find that if you hand them an iPhone and open a FB account for them they become bad-meme-posting zombies.
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Hans 6 years ago
Is this babyboomers vs. millenials a US thing? Frankly, I hardly understand most of the entries here. Truly understand, in the sense of not comprehending what might be referred to...
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
It's mostly a thing being instigated on social media. I've never run across it in real life. I think Gen X is behind it all. ( Sorry, Gen X, I didn't want you to feel left out.)
Load More Replies... Branwen Shelton 6 years ago
Millennial here, this is absolutely hysterical because all of our grandparents and great aunts and uncles behave EXACTLY like this on FB. I laughed almost the whole way through this because I could see someone in my family doing what I was reading on nearly every one.
Alethia Nyx 6 years ago
Wow, reading some of these comment I amazed at how many people seem to take offence at this. It is a joke, people teasing many baby boomers ability to properly understand how to use social media and what is appropriate to say. Why do people have to get so crabby at a joke? As for being negative about 2 generations making fun of each other people saying this is new, you live under a rock, children will always complain that their elders are out of touch, and the elders will always complain that the youth have it so much easier than in their day, it was the same between the boomers and their parents, and is the same between gen X and their children. The only thing I don't get about this group is people seem to think BBs cant type or spell, the keyboard isn't something that was invented when the internet was.
Full Name 6 years ago
As a member of neither of these generations (I'm Gen X) I don't "get" the humour. At best a couple of these made me slightly smile if I squinted at them just right.
Rafaella Bueno 6 years ago
Eh, it's just one of those "it really be like that" kind of relateable funny. My mom doesn't write like this, but she has friends younger than her that definitely do, and it's funny because it's universal (people from many countries and different cultures and languages just all somehow act the exact same way). I'm a millennial and I find most millennial memes funny, whether they fit me, someone I know, or just the stereotype of millennial.
Load More Replies... Rider 6 years ago
For every Boomer hating on a Millennial and for every Millennial hating on a Boomer, there's a Gen-Xer hating both of you. Dear Eris, that entire post was beyond picayune.
Dana Hynes 6 years ago
Agreed. Some Boomers supported wars, some protested them. They lit a fire under women's rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights. Boomers are a huge and far from homogenized group, and have brought both good and bad changes to the world. Ditto millennials - I've deleted 3 young men because they were alt-right bigots. My Gen X friends are as mixed as any other group.. Generations mean nothing, really.
Load More Replies... Ian Carter 6 years ago
Isnt it sad how we have found yet another way to categorize ourselves , we are not happy with race,religion,nationality,ethnicity and sexual orientation we now have this when you were born s**t. Why do we have to be part of a stupid tribe and hate the other guys. The generation that comes after you and before will always have a different view point to your own on music, fashion and politics but we dont have to conform to these boxes. I was born in 77 I dont care if I am gen X,Y or Z I am me, I live my way stop being tribal sheep.
Dana Hynes 6 years ago
Absolutely. Ask yourself if you adore everyone you know your own age. And realize generations mean nothing except what pop culture you share.
Load More Replies... April Simnel 6 years ago
"I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it' anymore and what's 'it' seems weird and scary. It'll happen to YOU!"
Douglas 6 years ago
I think this kind of discussion is not very relevant. The conflict between the generations has always existed, now it is more evident because of the social media. The pseudo-conflict between boomers and millenials, tomorrow will have other protagonists, the millenials and the next generation. I believe that both should respect the posture of each group, the boomers should help the new generation to progress and the millenials should help the old generation to adapt to the new situations.
Barbara Walker 6 years ago
If anything, every BB I deal with spells everything out (and correctly) with punctuation. Some of these were a little funny but the awful attempts to misspell words ruined it.
JoAnn Tinsley 6 years ago
I agree, they make it sound like we don’t have grammar skills. We had grammar and English stuffed down our throats. I think 🤔 the younger generation could learn something about commas, spelling, paragraphs, et al.
Load More Replies... Martha Meyer 6 years ago
Just a question: are all these U.S.boomers radical christians or why is it considered normal to mention God and praying every other sentence?
2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
I'm at the ragged edge of Boomer and unfortunately this is how some of my friends interact with the medium. It's odd because they don't talk like this in real life, just online. I've deleted dozens of people I thought were relatively intelligent, only to find that if you hand them an iPhone and open a FB account for them they become bad-meme-posting zombies.
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