45 Absurd Pieces Of Advice From Baby Boomers Who Don’t Understand How The World Works Today

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My Gen X parents said this all the time when I was being tormented by a boy in middle school. I cringe looking back on how many times they told me he probably liked me, or joked that I wasn't allowed to date him. I was a socially inept tween and he was a minor bully who found an easy target. I didn't need dating advice, I needed the jerk to not be sitting directly next to me in multiple classes.

I would watch this in a second

Yeah, this would be indicative of a problem with that person today

No kidding, and that 500$ you accrued and managed to save up is gone before febuary as u had to use it for GAS to get to ND from work the month of January and because of your job being closed a handful of days for holiday you couldn't afford gas with the shorted pay

BS. We had nothing handed to us. The majority of us worked damn hard to provide for our families (you). And you are going to be grateful to inherit what little we have left after you inflate our life savings away.

This should be higher (14 rn)

Life is hard for most people. What you see are a few of the more successful people talking about it, but what you don’t see are the tons of other people who had to struggle to make anything.

I beg your pardon, but most of us born in the post—war boom did NOT have everything handed to us, we did NOT make nothing of ourselves, we do NOT hoard resources, we do NOT squat in power (except for certain politicians), and we do NOT blame everyone else. Unfortunately, we do die, as OP will one day. Hopefully OP gets himself informed before he dies.

Instead of generational disagreement, we could use class war. The very wealthy, the corporations and the Right are hoovering up all the money, creating a new oligarchy.

My mother has a hard time accepting this reality. Complete denial.

Baby boomers didn't get everything handed to them. They had to grow up quick, get a trade, live with little so that they could save and provide our generation with comforts we take for granted. They do the jobs our generation are too proud to do and worked years of grunt work to get themselves up the ladder where people nowadays expect to be a manager in a year because they have a sociology degree. And PLEASE stop the this should be higher comments even stating position. Its in order of up votes. If it actually should be higher it will be.

My mom is 81 and I think doctors are trying to make her immortal at this point. She's in better shape than I am.

67 yr old white female, grew up in lower middle class family. had to work for what i have. my first paying job was at age 14. went without extras in early adulthood to provide for our children. once they became adults, we had a little extra, but we saved most of it to retire early. hard work got us where we are today. retired at 55, traveling abroad, reaping the benefits of our hard work and budgeting.

Never die lol

Boomer years had a lot happen which is why all boomers aren't the same. 1949 - 1955 they were still prim and proper on the outside. 1956 -1962 rock and roll, the teens go wild! 1963-64 getting into some groovy stuff. The TV shows my sister grew up on were mostly B&W and very wholesome. The shows I saw were shallow.

that last part sticks out to me. ive heard people, boomers specifically, say they want everything done to keep them alive as long as possible. and then there's me (millennial) saying when its time for me to go, let me go. dont do anything. just let me go and cremate me

Wow! Wish I had ANY of my life handed to me! My family was considered middle class, but 1 income, 4 kids in private school and I don't know how my parents did it. We worked our asses off for our "white privilege!!"

on the bright side, their generation is finally starting to die off

What a whinner. And who is blaming everyone else? Now that you got this off your chest get to work and show us just how superior the whinner generation is.

That is so many prejudices in one sentence. So lets play a Game. "The winner takes it all" You were born white, in Europe as a Baby Boomer. Congratulation! But....Zonk. You are female. And your parents think a good education is wasted money. Because you will marry and be a stay home Mom. Specially in the catholic countrys. You were born white in the 60/70s, in Europe and... gay. Zonk. In many countrys a punishable offence. Like in the UK. Or Germany till 1994. Ups. Not good. You were borne white, but in East Germany. GDR. And your parents are not beloved by the regime. You will leave school after 10 years. Doesn´t matter how smart you are. Most likley you will work as a farm worker. You or a family member got cancer in the 80ths. Ups. No luck. No treatment. Even if you are rich as god. Is life easier today? No. If you are a woman and are living in certain parts in the world you will still get no education, get harresment. Same as a gay person.

Stop blaming baby boomers for your problems. Don't like it fix it. Its easier to back with perfect vision but dont look back using today's standards. For today's kids are going to be blaming past generations for their problems. It happens every generation. Look back and blame.

Eff this. Yes, I grew up out of poverty, no college debt. But interest rates for a house were 9.75% We had double-digit inflation. Guys got drafted, some went, some died. Big family meant no inheritance. No Internet, no good source of news from all over. Experience and age were preferred for jobs, now I don't get hired because I have white hair. Sexism was *even worse* than it is now, racism even more so. Most hourly jobs had no vacation pay, no sick pay. If you could get a union job or some other jobs, there might be pension $, I didn't get any 401K contribution til my 40s. People with leukemia died, also a lot of other treatable illnesses now. We got polio vax, but not measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, chicken pox; people had disabilities related to this. We're at risk for shingles because of chicken pox. Cars, bikes and playgrounds were a lot more dangerous, kids got hurt, people died in car crashes. It was uncommon to travel far, no GPS, just maps.

I started mowing lawns at 8 years old and doing odd jobs until I worked 12-16 hour days for more than 30 years as an adult. I don't remember being handed anything.

Also every third or so post on BP, "135 new photos of horrible bad ugly tattoos what were they thinking".

I'm 60, ex-marine-engineer and I still sometimes buy Lego. It's therapy.

Ah yes, advice from the wealthy to suckers.

That's not her fault though, because that used to be true.

This was a problem for me many years ago for a short time when I was on unemployment. UE office has you fill out a form for each job application you place. You have to list who you spoke to and stuff like that. In other words - they assumed you are applying in person. But my field of work was in IT and IT type companies were early adaptors with the "apply online" stuff. I would like to think in 2023 they have caught up with the idea of online applications since it is so common now.

Did you just say a half million dollar trailer?!