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“Okay, Boomer.”

This phrase has become notorious on the internet over the past few years as a response to boomers who say condescending, politically incorrect or presumptuous things to younger generations. But perhaps today we can look at it in a new light. This article might just have you saying, “Okay Boomer. You have a good point there!”

Boomers often get a bad rap for being out of touch or behind the times, but no generation is a monolith. And recently, young Reddit users have been admitting some of the things they can get behind boomers on. From hating loud music in restaurants and shops to begging for actual buttons in their cars, rather than those frustrating touch screens, boomers aren’t the only ones who sometimes want things done the old fashioned way. Below, you'll also find interviews we were lucky enough to receive from Wendy Green, host of the Hey, Boomer! podcast, and Jean Mader and Laura Bettinger, hosts of the OK Boomer podcast.

So be sure to upvote the responses you agree with, and feel free to share anything else you think the boomers are right about in the comments (don’t worry, we won’t tell your fellow millennials/gen zers!). Then if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda piece that might make you realize how much you have in common with boomers, we recommend reading this article next!

#1

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Googling recipes while cooking and having to read everyone’s life story and family history to get to the ingredients drives me bats**t insane.

I’ve gone back to cookbooks.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If there's not a "jump to recipe" button, I'm not even considering scrolling to the recipe.

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I love technology as much as the next person, and I really am not sure how I would have functioned had I been born several decades earlier than I was. Traveling to foreign countries or taking road trips without having Google Maps and the option to text or call for help in the palm of my hand? Yeah, no thanks. But even I have to admit that the boomers are right about some things. 

Menus do not need to be a QR code. Music in businesses should not be so loud that I have to shout across the table to my partner, and oh my god, no I will not get a smart watch. I don’t care how many steps you’ve walked today, Brenda. I look at my watch to see what time it is. We’re all going to be old one day, so there’s no need to judge our elders (aka the boomers) for not understanding or getting on board with certain technological advances. After all, some people might find it charming that they couldn’t meet their significant others on Tinder and that they might have no idea what a TikTok is. 

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#2

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About I’m not downloading a f*****g app to use your menu

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#3

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Not everything needs to connect to the internet or have an app attached to it. I just want my fridge to keep s**t cold, I don't understand why we have to bring WiFi into this situation.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't like this either or that they invent a gadget for literally anything, (that is easy to do) when we have hands

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To gain some insight on this topic, we reached out to Wendy Green, host of the Hey, Boomer! podcast. Wendy is a boomer herself, but she told Bored Panda, "I think we actually have a lot in common with the younger generation, particularly the Gen Z group who (at least from my perspective) seem to be more focused on activism."

She also shared that Hey, Boomer! was born 3-weeks after the pandemic shut everything down. "I knew that people in the Boomer generation were going to be hit particularly hard by the loss of jobs, and there is an ageist bias that makes it much more difficult to find a new job as you get older. So, my intention was to help people in the 55-75 year old range to recognize that we are still relevant, we still have a lot to give and encourage them to stay engaged."

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"Many of us were very active politically when we were younger," Wendy explained. "Many of us are re-engaging in that activism and working with young people is a win for all of us. My show also features guests that are reinventing themselves after leaving full time careers, finding adventures and facing challenges. It is a pretty cool show."

#4

just about the furthest left leaning guy you’ll find, and i’m pretty against cancel culture. in theory i understand it, & think it should still be “used” w people like kanye west. but when we’re digging YEARS back to find something someone tweeted once when they were 16… that seems a little unfair. i held opinions at 16 that i now think are silly at 25. people change, they shouldn’t be immediately crucified.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't have some dumb attitudes before you're 25, you're not 'normal'. After that, it's then a refusal to review those attitudes that becomes your problem.

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#5

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About I don’t need a subscription for everything. No you don’t need my phone number or email just let me buy my shirt and get the f**k out of the store

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#6

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Most features in cars should have buttons. Want to turn on your heated seat, button, not scroll through three screens.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very distracting indeed when you look through 4 screens to figure out how to lower the temperature. Some cars are better than others.

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But Wendy is not a fan of using our generational titles to divide us. "I do think we put too much emphasis on the differences between generations," she told Bored Panda. "Each generation is shaped by the events that occurred in their life times. I think learning from each other is the better approach rather that isolating and making fun or different generations. I always cringe when I hear people speak negatively about any one generation. We are all individuals. It does not make sense to generalize. I encourage people to look at their own internal biases and attempt to build conversations and relationships with all age groups. It takes away the feelings of 'the other'.”

If you'd like to hear more words of wisdom from Wendy and check out her podcast Hey, Boomer!, be sure to visit her website right here!

#7

You should be able to live and sustain a family off of one income!

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#8

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About When you’re in a public place you should respect others around you but not being disruptive with your behavior. For example, not playing music on your phone without headphones while on a bus, in a restaurant etc.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not old-fashioned, that's just about whether you're a civilised human being or a feral shitbag.

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#9

Electronic devices should be repairable. All of them.

Tv's and smartphones should last for at least 10 years. How is that we are all *enviromental friendly* but we switch iPhones every 2 or 3 years?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went back to France for the first time in two years and was very surprised to see "indices de réparabilité" on all electronic devices and appliances. For those who don't speak French, it is reparability index and means how easy it is to repair something. I don't know how much it influences buyers, but I think it is good to have manufacturers and consumers think about it.

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We also reached out to Jean Mader and Laura Bettinger to learn more about this topic. Jean and Laura are two sisters, best friends and boomers who host a podcast called OK Boomer. Awhile back, (hard for Boomers to keep track of time as the years go by so fast, they noted!) Laura started listening to podcasts and announced to Jean, "This seems like fun, we already chat for hours so why not start a podcast?"

"We are blessed with seven Millennial children and their Millennial partners between us," Jean and Laura told Bored Panda. "We consider ourselves experts regarding 'Boomers and Millennials and everyone in between', so boom, the OK Boomer Podcast was born. We launched our podcast in early 2020, thanks to Pat Rullo at SpeakUpTalkRadio."

#10

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About You should really put your phone down when you're out to eat with people. Maybe it's because I grew up with that rule but I know when I'm getting lunch with a friend or something I find it incredibly irritating when they're on their phone

Edit: holy s**t my first award??

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone puts their phone face down. The first one to picks theirs up gets the bill for everyone else.

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#11

I want a human customer service operator not an automated operator or chat bot.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a person with lots of experience in Customer Service/ Helpdesk: this is the future. ALL corporations are drooling for a proper AI that correctly recognises voices. As soon as a good one is on the market, thousands of people will loose their jobs, on top of other administrative tasks being moved to southeast asia to cut the costs even further

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#12

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Music in bars is too loud.
(Edit to add that I've been a touring musician and live sound technician. I love music but it actually sounds better at lower volumes, and I want to be able to hear it in to my old age)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Loud music turns into a mush. You can no longer distinguish the nuances from it and your ears hurt. Who wants to purposely be uncomfortable and suffer from tinnitus for the rest of their lives? The music is too loud even in shops, not to mention the cinema. I read a while ago that a woman suffering from misophonia found a solution in earplugs intended for this, which dampen the sound, but not as much as traditional earplugs. Sounds heavenly.

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"The name of our podcast is based on the retort, 'OK, Boomer' which is often used to mock Baby Boomers and those who are perceived as old-fashioned and being out-of-touch," Jean and Laura shared. "We podcast twice a month, and we try to find the humor and joy of living this life. Listen in as we encourage all Boomers, Millennials and everyone in between to be happily okay together."

We were curious if there's anything boomers typically get made fun of for that Jean and Laura actually agree with. "Hey, we love to make fun of ourselves," they shared. "And we understand that Millennials are spot-on about many things we Boomers do our say. But no matter what our Millennials tell us, we are still going to carry cash, because electronic wallets befuddle us."

"Yes, we know we can text businesses and restaurants, but we would rather call a person," Jean and Laura noted. "Uber and Lyft are indeed beyond us. Ordering fast food online and picking it up, or having it delivered is very confusing and stressful for us. We’ve had computers and smartphones for 25 years now, and we still need our kids to help us reboot them. Or explain what those funny symbols are that we can’t really see without our glasses. And don’t put us in a Granny Flat!"

#13

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Not everyone deserves a trophy. You SHOULD experience failure and disappointment in life. It's a teaching experience, stop getting so p**sy when you don't automatically get your way.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some of the best lessons I learned in life was screwing something up 14 ways from tuesday and getting called out on it.

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#14

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Certain things shouldn't require you to download an app and/or create a whole account, including:

- Ordering food in a restaurant
- Paying for parking
- Buying something online
- Sending a parcel

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially when paying for parking and there’s a different app for each car park.

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About I don’t really know if this is a boomer opinion per say but you don’t need to document everything thing you do and post it to your social media. Sometimes it’s better to just live in the moment and enjoy what’s happening around you

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We also asked Jean and Laura if they disagree with anything Boomers often say or believe. "At this point in our lives, we are ready to love everyone," they told Bored Panda. "But we do think Boomers should be more like Millennials when it comes to taking care of your physical and mental health. Millennials are not 'snowflakes', they are just not as 'seasoned' as us oldies."

#16

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About If you’re walking on a crowded sidewalk, get off your f*****g phone it’s not the job of other pedestrians to avoid you while you make your vlog. Awareness of your surroundings is important.

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#18

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Physical keyboards are better than virtual keyboards.

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Jean and Laura just want to see all generations living in harmony. "We put too much emphasis on generational differences, we can all learn and grow from each other. We truly adore our Millennial children and friends and love learning from them, keeps life interesting, maybe keeps us young! And 'Wordle' unites us all!"

"We live in beautiful Ohio," they also shared. "In fact, Laura played the piano and recorded the opening music you hear at the start of each podcast episode. The song is 'Beautiful Ohio'- the official song of our state. We want everyone to have a beautiful life. Oh and we tried the Tik Tok Balsamic Vinegar & Sparkling Water Coke Hack challenge on our podcast!"

If you'd like to hear more from these fun ladies, be sure to check out the OK, Boomer podcast right here!

#19

It’s ok if you’re non-binary, but it’s also ok if that notion takes a little bit of getting used to for the rest of us.

Also, the amount of attention this issue gets is *far* out of proportion to the scope of the actual issue.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yep, it's something like 2% in firstworld countries and almost non-existent in others.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It isn't non-existent in other countries. Those people just don't feel safe coming out.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard someone say, "you've taken the time to get used to who you are and now you have introduced this person to me for the first time, expecting me to feel the same as you right away. It took you time, and it will take me time, but what's important right now is that I love you no matter what and I will get there." I thought it was nicely put.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually have never met someone who wont be patient with you about this, unless you are intentionally ignoring them (IRL, not the internet). I feel like a lot of people are getting defensive over something that hasn't happened to them

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of people will express opinions online that they won't say face to face. That doesn't mean they don't have them.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can be whomever you want to be. But it's ridiculously self-centered to want the whole world to know and make sure they remember. Sorry but in reality, nobody gives a sh"t if u go by "she", "it", "cow" or "alien"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a difference between "getting used to" someone being non binary and being outright willfully disrespectful. It doesn't matter what percentage of the world is nonbinary etc, people are still being hurt, killed, and otherwise discriminated against for it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And WHY should it be everyone else's business? Seriously. Who care?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Barely anybody actually gets as upset over it as people think we do. Unless you are misgendering them on purpose than it's desrved anyways

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up where misgendering someone on how they look was offensive. Eg. Wearing baggy clothes to the supermarket and having someone call me Sir was embarrasing to not been viewed as 'woman' enough. So it would be polite to assume someones gender based on their biology. Now with Non-binary and Trans representation being public, it's now polite to call someone based on how they visually present, which is a complete 180 degrees. Some people may miss gender you at first, but it's not always to be mean. It's being polite in their own way, until they learn your personal pronoun preference. P.S I'm not even old yet, I was grew up in the early 2000s

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except some transgender people still present very much as their birth gender. I've found it best to ask for folks pronouns rather than assuming

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't help but wonder if a lot of the kids today suddenly identifying as they/them aren't actually non-binary, gender fluid, etc...They're just trying to be cool.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of people won't actually get mad at you if you slip up a couple times and apologize. When you're ignoring someone's pronouns/identity on purpose, that's when there's a problem.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for posting this. I think the media makes this a big issue and it is that part that makes people irritated.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's giving time, gentle reminders, and people who refuse and use excuses. Since we're misgendered and insulted constantly, we should be excused for getting exasperated. And no it isn't.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is that a large number of people don't even try to "get used to it", and flat out ignore it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one's absolute b******t. Depression, anxiety and suicide rates are all significantly higher for Trans/non-binary folk, violence versus trans women was the highest it has been in years last year, politicians are trying to take their rights away while ignoring the obvious science supporting them, and a trans women who you wouldn't be able to tell is trans was just put in a men's prison the other day. These issues are not blown out of proportion, they are sweep under the rug and hidden. If anything they need MORE attention, not less. Just because you can't see the problem doesn't mean there is no problem. It means that you can't see the problem

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's instead focus on the number of women who've ended up pregnant in prison by their cellie who tries to pretend like he's a woman (because women's prisons are nicer). It's evil to force a real woman to live in a 10 x 10 locked space with a biological male who now can assault her any time he wishes, no matter what pronoun he wants to demand to be called.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get that older people might have trouble with this, but that isn't an excuse to not try at all. Whenever someone uses 'oh its just hard for me to change' as an excuse I want to punch them- first of all, at least try, and second of all, don't you think it's hard for me too? Having someone correct you a few times feels nowhere near as bad as getting deadnamed

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And to stop being upset or offended when you try to take an interest in their situation. I don't do it now.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do you need to tell the world and why do we need to know? Really, we don't care, we like you or we don't. Doesn't matter what you identify as, if you're nice to others is what matters.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like this stems out of the vocal minority in social media, like most of these issues. People that love crying discrimination for anything and ruin the perception of the entire group. Most trans/nb people I actually know personally are really chill and not very outspoken to begin with, really contrasting with the nasty ones you can see online sometimes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you stop thinking of the "binary" heteronormative as the default, then it'll become much easier to accept when people change.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are so many more new terms for people's sexuality, or non-sexuality, I've just lost track. I'm not putting anyone down. I just don't get it all. We should just be telling them we love them for the person they are. And be happy they've found their own identity.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just good manners to address someone as they wish. If a person's name is Frank, you wouldn't call them Bill. Same thing with gender identity.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will be respectful and honor a person’s pronoun. But every time one person says “we are they/them”. I immediately think they are multiple personalities and off their meds.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. Gender should be mostly irrelevant. With exceptions. Not the other way around.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again, I just have to laugh. People say they want equality and inclusivity, but if it's not "woke" or sensational, or something that's currently being celebrated as "so brave", then they don't want to talk about it. And you know what? That's fine! How about we all just be a decent human being to one another, and if we don't agree with someone's personal lifestyle and beliefs, we shrug and get over it? Or bid them a good day and move along! Is accepting differences really that hard, people? Little kids play with whomever. Why can't we live and let live, and then hold ACTUAL haters who commit ACTUAL crimes accountable?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun fact: more than 2 genders have been around since the BC era, in multiple cultures across multiple continents

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Mary Elliott
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's never okay to be rude to others because you dislike their legally-recognized sexuality. So, please grow up, get over yourself, and stop being a douche to the non-binary. And yes, this issue needs a lot of attention because people have been made desperately unhappy, to the point of self-harm, by the intolerance of others.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally think it's people not understanding how gender works. It's a not a mental or emotional thing, it's a physical health thing that yes can alter the emotions but because you say you're not something doesn't mean you are not that something. You may simply not want to be that something.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also just because they are proud of thier pride club, don't expect the rest of us to sign up for it...or even be remotely interested in it. We have just as much right to our individuality as they do. They make LGBT movie, most people don't flock to the theaters to watch it. They scream your homophobic...no we are just not interested in it. We are not stopping theaters from showing it, nor are we stopping them from watching it, we are just choosing not to waste money watching a movie we are genuinely not interested in just to make them feel better. Like OP said this issue gets way too much hype.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone deserves to be able to laugh,smile, love,and be loved. To be supported by friends and family. So I say this without in any way seem rude or clueless or not woke. But how am I supposed to know how to address you without actually asking you. And being polite about it at the same time without offending you.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly the easiest way that I have found is that if you have any doubt as to how someone may identify then just introduce yourself first"Hi, I'm createdbutnottreatedequally, I go by she/they pronouns it's nice to meet you" and then they have the option to follow your lead or not but either way you should learn their name at least. It took some fumbling then an honest conversation to figure that out. Hopefully it can help someone

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just want to punch everyone who asks my pronouns. I always just say "I don't care, call me what you want". I'm gender fluid and truly don't care. Call me dude, chick, rhino, don't care! And it infuriates me when someone tries to pry and answer out of me after I say that. "I just don't want to call you something that offends you or misgender you!" DID I NOT JUST SAY "I DONT CARE!"?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also: I do not care your sexual orientation or identification when we meet the first, second or 20th. Time. Neither do I care if you're my coworker. That stuff might be important to your friends and close family/possible mates. It is not to me. Let's just make a deal: you don't talk about that and I won't tell what I put where in my wife.

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7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This issue is also not entirely new. Remember the SNL skit "It's Pat"? That was decades before recognition of being "nonbinary" entered the culture. Does anyone else remember trying to decide whether to address a cover letter to a prospective employer as "Mr" or "Ms" (or even "Mrs") when they had an ambiguous first name, like "Terry" ? It is just another aspect of the human condition and we have to do the best we can.

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Jane Ellen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Non-binanry??? WTF, and to hell with your PRONOUNS!!! OMG, the world is a crazy mess.

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Keley Babs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of attention this issue gets is JUST FINE. Richard binary gender roles hurt all of us.

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Jp@nda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you would get the best answers by reading a few different types of articles(scientific, opinion) and perhaps wikipedia to get a well rounded picture

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Olja S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think taking about issues speeds up the changes. I'm sure in a certain period people were saying the same about women's rights or equal rights for white and black people.

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Kathy Marcum
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why should 98% of us have to bow to the 2% and put our gender preferences on our emails?

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Mary Crawford
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's more of a role expectation that's no longer relevant. Never was, but now it's not accepted. Well, shouldn't be. Not just for non binary, for everyone who just wants to live their own life. It's creating conflict in people in an existential manner. There are a lot of people who are just fed up, so hence the battlefield. Regardless of the small focus it seems to be taking it's a pretty all encompassing issue, challenging our belief systems. This is why people say wake up. The world is changing.

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Let’s Go Brandon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unpopular opinion: names can be legally changed because your name is your identity; gender cannot because gender is not an identity but an identifier determined by your genetics, which are unchangeable.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I'd add that it's ok to be a cisgender straight person. And it doesn't automaticly make you transphobic or homophobic.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well stated. We have hired a couple people that identify differently than their birth. To us it makes no difference. The resume, experience (they are young and having a hard time finding employment, everyone is afraid to hire someone perceived as "different"), and have turned out to be two of the best team members. They are so thrilled to have a job, do it well with future advancement within the current structure. The key is honesty, integrity and we will teach them everything they need to know. And a plus when they do outgrow us and move on and will have a glowing recommendation from us for their future employment. Will gladly provide letters of recommendation.

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Robert Craig
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't even know why it's an issue , people don't go around yelling hey, I'm straight! I don't know why alternate genders orientations do.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They aren't saying anything about who they are attracted to when they say they are non-binary but what gender they identify as. When someone says they are straight they are referring to what gender they are attracted to not what gender they are. You can be mail, female, trans, or nonbinary and still be straight.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A good way to put it that made a lot of sense to my trans friends not understanding why people needed to get used to their pronoun changes was "you know yourself for your whole life, they know you your whole life, too. But only you know what you truly were that whole time. They didnt. you had your whole life to learn and grow into what you are and this is their only and first time they can respond to it out of their so many years of having a baby boy/girl." It's definitely a process to get used to. You switch up your whole social status!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's simply a mass mental illness. The people jumping on the bandwagon are no different from the anorexia craze in the 80s. A way to seek attention and feel like you're unique while you're behaving exactly like everyone else. And just like the eating disorder craze, you destroy your body while doing it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do people of the LBTQ+ community need to tell everyone about their sex life? I dont go around introducing myself as a heterosexual person.

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Justin Dough
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean the issue even animals don't have. Like people try to change but thier biology literally makes their body try to get sick or die. Unlike frogs that actually change their cells and gender when mates are hard to find. The scientists in support of things like that even say hormones and stuff don't effect depression and well-being yet give those same things to make people feel comftorble in a body that literally would get sick or die if they stop taking those things. Which is wierd cause higher testosterone is even linked to kidney problems and heart failure and other issues.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not to mention that 95% of these people have no idea it's making them sterile. Permanently. In fact, they're told it's safe and reversible. There is no scientific proof that it's safe and in fact, lupron is used to chemically castrate male sex offenders. Estrogen which is used in menopausal women, has high risks of cancers which is why many women choose not to use it. Also - if you start blocking puberty at age 10-15, they don't tell you that it means you won't go through puberty. Which means you'll have the sexual organs and function of a 10 year old when you're 25 and that's not fixable.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can shoot a black man in Walmart and have no negative impact on your career, but if you hurt a gay person's feelings... Seriously, I'm gay and even I don't know WTF is going on. I def grew up knowing I was different and not what was typical, keeping it secret was actually important if I wanted to work. Yes it's made it difficult to be myself many times. But as an adult I'm fine. Not because nothing bad happened, but because I developed enough self esteem and positive self image and worth to realize the opinion of people I don't like, care about, or respect shouldn't have any hold on me. Their insults have a lot more to do with their own insecurities than anything to do me me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, but we're super underrepresented and society is built in a way that erases us. It IS an issue.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No such thing as non-binary. Stop buying into it and call it what it is. If you don't, you're part of the problem. He is he and she is she. Period.

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Basic home appliances (fridge, washer/dryer, etc) do NOT need a touch screen

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Screw fast fashion, my clothes should be made to last.

I’m not rich so it’s unavoidable, but I’m willing to spend extra on clothes that aren’t made of plastic and I do my best to repair my damaged clothing instead of throwing it out.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some cheap pieces can last very long time (but may not be sustainable), some expensive clothes are of poor quality (and not sustainable as well), you have to keep eyes open.

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Are you suddenly feeling like your vision and hearing aren’t working as well as they used to? Do you feel immediate rage when you can’t figure out how to work a new piece of technology? Do you not understand TikTok and why the young people are obsessed with it? You might have more in common with boomers than you think! Keep upvoting the responses that you resonate with, and let us know in the comments if you think the boomers have made some good points about anything else. Then if you want to check out Bored Panda’s last article on this same topic after you’re finished with this list, you can find another piece featuring things that are better done the “old-fashioned way” right here.  

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About GIVE ME BACK MY HEADPHONE JACK

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Things aren’t made like they used to be. Everything you buy now is so cheaply manufactured. Even high end furniture uses cheap particle board and crappy joinery. We bought a pretty high end couch a few years back and it’s barely holding together.

Edit: thanks everyone for commenting and thank you for the award! I’ve been on Reddit since 2008 and have never had a comment get this much action

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Standard headlights on new automobiles are too bright. Literally being blinded by every other car DURING THE DAYTIME wondering if their brights are on

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LED headlights when they fail. Old headlights much simpler, bulb fails, get bulb and replace but thanks to LED tech so many headlights need to be fully replaced and dumping the whole unit is just so wasteful when you have all the companies talking about how environmental their cars are. Things should be more modular.

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Turn the music down, no, you don’t have “excellent taste in music” and nobody wants to hear it. Stop being jerks.

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About TV is getting too dark. Not emotionally - it is visually too dark and I can’t see it

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, but "emotionally" is true, too. Like 80% of the modern media are those bleak grimdark craps without a shred of positivity and sincerity which think that "mature" means "extreme violence, gore and erotica".

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About I prefer reading on paper, not on screen

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Gustav Gallifrey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a boomer, and i love physical books. But i also love my Kindle. I can carry dozens and dozens of books with me. If, for some reason, i don't feel like reading THAT one right now, i can take a look at THIS one.

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You are a clueless idiot if you pay 150$ for a concert ticket and spend the whole time watching it on your cell phone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And if you’re holding up your phone/tablet and blocking my view doing so, I will kick you lightly in the back of the knee

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About The sheer amount of younger people I’ve seen with horrible people/social/conversational skills blows my mind, and I firmly believe it is greatly in part due to phones and social media.

Boomers always say s**t like “go play outside, interact with the world, spend less time on your phone” etc etc and I wholehearted agree.

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#30

A lot of products *were* made better in the past.

Pyrex is a prime example but there's thousands more.

Planned obsolescence as a consequence of prioritizing quarterly profits over customer satisfaction is another nail in the coffin of this current version of the economy we live in.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandfather taught my dad who taught me, how to build furniture. Handcrafted, dove tail joints, real wood not particle board....I'm teaching my son how to now as well. Owning all the furniture my dad made for me and my son, now that dad passed away, is priceless to me. Plus it's things that'll last FOREVER

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If you have shared walls or live in an apartment building, you need to respect quiet hours of 10pm - 8am.

I get so grumpy if my building neighbors are loud past 10pm.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if you DON'T have shared walls. No one in a house wants to hear the rowdy party down the street.

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Just because you CAN say something, doesn’t mean you SHOULD. Think twice, speak once. I’m only 28, raised by my father who was 39 years older than me. Just seems like people pop off at the mouth way faster than in previous generations.

All these comments make me feel much younger now, glad I wasn’t the only one who got the old school raising.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Knowing when to speak up is great, knowing when to remain silent is even greater.

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I really don't want to hear about anybody's sex life in graphic detail

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Will Cable
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They slip it in and beat it about, ramming their sex life down our throats. They should think long and hard before just whipping it in to the conversation. We should stop beating about the bush and tell them "NO' they are a pain in the a*s with it.

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#35

Family dinners with everyone sitting down, eating and talking, no tv and no phones are essential

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Social media is the reason for a lot of problems

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and solutions also. Depends on how you use it, and who you're connecting with, much like IRL

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Having to create a username and password to join just about anything online is a royal pain in the a*s

Good gravy this got way more attention that I was expecting. I will check out Password Manager seeing as it is highly recommended.

For the record-I often see boomers much more fed up with computer requirements that require jumping through hoops more than younger generations. I don't think younger generations love these irritating requirements but if anyone feels this is not a boomer opinion I really don't have the energy or care enough to argue

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"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About tipping has gotten out of control- coming from someone who relies on tips for income. it hurts people who actually should be getting them because now people are extremely agitated about any and all tipping. i was just at a music festival and the guy who exchanges your cash for drink tickets (not even the person who pours the beverage) had an ipad with tip options starting at 18%

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Will Cable
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where will this tipping situation end... getting a circumcision and leaving the doctor a tip...OK, bad example

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#39

"Not Everything Needs To Connect To The Internet": 40 Young People Share What Things Boomers Might Be Right About Sometimes it's faster (and easier) to just plug something in, instead of dealing with bluetooth connectivity. There's something nice about knowing how to get it connected and being able to physically connect/disconnect.

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Language has evolved really quickly and what's socially acceptable changes every year. I'm with the boomers in that if we use language that is outdated, please assume ignorance not malice! I accidentally used a slur a few years ago that is common in my community (referring to eye shape) and had no idea it was a slur until someone told me...thankfully kindly and privately. I do wish the assumption was "you probably didn't know this but..." and not "YOU ARE A BIGOT!"

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also note cultural peculiarities - some words or hand gestures can be offensive in some countries, but not in others.

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