I feel like “Boomer” has lost all genuine meaning and really has just become “anyone over 40.” Pretty soon Gen X will be the new Boomers and Gen Z and Gen Alpha will pivot to blindly loathing them and blaming them for climate change and the myriad atrocities of capitalism.
I think it still has meaning. Just not the same meaning it had 10ish years ago. “Boomer” has transcended description of a particular generation and now refers to a general set of real or perceived attitudes and behaviors.
I know you’re attempting to explain the usage of the term, not defend it, but for those who are, I feel like that’s a slippery slope and that in other contexts reappropriating an otherwise neutral signifier into what is functionally a slur would immediately be identified as unethical. It’s like people using “gay” to mean “stupid” or “uncool.” And, for anyone outraged at the comparison, no, sexual orientation and a person’s age aren’t the same thing. But they’re both facets of people that are beyond their individual control and ageism is a genuine form of discrimination.
Bad shit is already happening. How many more wars need to flare up, how many more inches does the sea need to rise, how many more acres of forest need to burn, how many more mass shootings, how many more people need to reach a point where working a full time job isn’t enough to cover rent… I could easily go on. This isn’t a future thing anymore. This is all happening now.
Ay that’s pretty cool! Is it hard? Do you do it for fun, or cause it’s cheaper? The crying emoji has be leaning toward the latter, but I thought I’d ask
It was originally for fun but it turned out to be so easy that I just do it now. It’s insanely cheap if you buy flour in bulk or get it on sale. I started with an easy recipe called something like “40 minute hamburger buns” and kinda went from there. You can also freeze dough which is nice if I want to make bread for the week but still have it be fresh. I just plop it on the counter and toss it in the oven once it’s done defrosting and rising a bit.
If anyone takes anything away from this comment I hope it’s that fresh bread is very easy to make and so worth it. If you don’t have bread pans just make it into a lump and bake up a bread round or smaller lumps for rolls. If you don’t have yeast but you do have flour you can make a starter out of it that’ll replace yeast in recipes. It takes a bit but you can keep it alive forever by just giving it more flour and your bread will eventually develop its own unique flavor.
Bread is such an accessible and forgiving food that anyone can learn to make. I don’t know how it got a reputation for being difficult to make in the first place. Kneading kinda sucks but it’s just a few minutes out of the day and you get bread!
Yeah, I’m doing better off than most of the people I knew growing up, but I too have been looking at buying the cheapest of everything.
Great Value brand is getting the majority of my purchases these day. Just looked at my cabinet shelf, 18 GV brand items, 2 others (maruchan, rice a roni).
Also cut back on any drinks that don’t come out of my faucet (excluding coffee grounds and milk for the coffee).
Fuck, what about millennials? Those guys been fucked even longer.
Edging up to that 4th “once in a lifetime” economic collapse.
We are no longer the main protagonists :(
Captain Phillips meme,
Millennials: “Look at me. I am the boomer now.”
I feel like “Boomer” has lost all genuine meaning and really has just become “anyone over 40.” Pretty soon Gen X will be the new Boomers and Gen Z and Gen Alpha will pivot to blindly loathing them and blaming them for climate change and the myriad atrocities of capitalism.
I think it still has meaning. Just not the same meaning it had 10ish years ago. “Boomer” has transcended description of a particular generation and now refers to a general set of real or perceived attitudes and behaviors.
I know you’re attempting to explain the usage of the term, not defend it, but for those who are, I feel like that’s a slippery slope and that in other contexts reappropriating an otherwise neutral signifier into what is functionally a slur would immediately be identified as unethical. It’s like people using “gay” to mean “stupid” or “uncool.” And, for anyone outraged at the comparison, no, sexual orientation and a person’s age aren’t the same thing. But they’re both facets of people that are beyond their individual control and ageism is a genuine form of discrimination.
That’s because we are starting to fill their spots so they are being careful now.
Calm down, there is plenty of fucking for everyone.
We’re just hiding in the shadows silently eating avocado toast hoping the next generation will fix it because I think we broke it more.
This made me laugh… but then it made me sad.
(And as a gen z who has no f-ing clue what to do, it makes me scared. Is there room for one more in the corner?)
Our groceries cost as much as ordering in food did 5 years ago.
We barely did as it was too expensive, the future needs some drastic adjustment otherwise some bad shit is going to happen.
Bad shit is already happening. How many more wars need to flare up, how many more inches does the sea need to rise, how many more acres of forest need to burn, how many more mass shootings, how many more people need to reach a point where working a full time job isn’t enough to cover rent… I could easily go on. This isn’t a future thing anymore. This is all happening now.
I know, right? Millennial, here. I eat out more often than I cook. I should probably be doing what the Zoomers are.
I make my own bread now 😭
Ay that’s pretty cool! Is it hard? Do you do it for fun, or cause it’s cheaper? The crying emoji has be leaning toward the latter, but I thought I’d ask
It was originally for fun but it turned out to be so easy that I just do it now. It’s insanely cheap if you buy flour in bulk or get it on sale. I started with an easy recipe called something like “40 minute hamburger buns” and kinda went from there. You can also freeze dough which is nice if I want to make bread for the week but still have it be fresh. I just plop it on the counter and toss it in the oven once it’s done defrosting and rising a bit.
If anyone takes anything away from this comment I hope it’s that fresh bread is very easy to make and so worth it. If you don’t have bread pans just make it into a lump and bake up a bread round or smaller lumps for rolls. If you don’t have yeast but you do have flour you can make a starter out of it that’ll replace yeast in recipes. It takes a bit but you can keep it alive forever by just giving it more flour and your bread will eventually develop its own unique flavor.
Bread is such an accessible and forgiving food that anyone can learn to make. I don’t know how it got a reputation for being difficult to make in the first place. Kneading kinda sucks but it’s just a few minutes out of the day and you get bread!
Millennials are still struggling. It’s just that this article wasn’t about us.
On the bright side I can make pizza from scratch and meal prep virtually guarantees I get the macros I need for the gym.
Yeah, I’m doing better off than most of the people I knew growing up, but I too have been looking at buying the cheapest of everything.
Great Value brand is getting the majority of my purchases these day. Just looked at my cabinet shelf, 18 GV brand items, 2 others (maruchan, rice a roni).
Also cut back on any drinks that don’t come out of my faucet (excluding coffee grounds and milk for the coffee).