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• Bosht@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s not a myth. If it wasn’t so disgustingly true across the board I’d be in agreement. Class war over generational and all that, but I’ll also call out the systems and people that are actively (STILL) shitting all over progress. Their generation is at fault in large part to why we’re so utterly fucked and continue to be (see Reagan). The majority of our gov is run by geriatric fucks that refuse to align with their constituents and cling on to their positions until they’re literally in wheel chairs. Those are fucking boomers. They’re in charge still, and they’re the ones holding the reins on voting in any iota of progress in any number of categories, one being minimum wage. Fuck them.

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  • thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Its a myth. but hey, lets not facts get in the way of anything. y know, like individual circumstances, actual ages of the people in charge running the government and tech companies, etc.

    if you believe the myth, then you’ve been led around by the nose by big tech. y know the the predominately gen x’ers who run the tech world.

    BTW I’m a gen xer. born in 68. know more about tech than most millennials( though probably less than many here of any age) and less about cars than most gen x’ers. Know what that says? Means I spent my time differently than others in my generation, same as every generation. Stop with the myth.

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    • Bosht@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, generalizations are usually bad, and there are exceptions to literally any group. Doesn’t mean it’s a myth. The term wouldn’t exist if it was a myth, and wouldn’t be so widely used if there wasn’t a large amount of truth attached to it. I’m also not discrediting the issues we have with corpo bullshit. Thats obviously it’s own issue, but I will point out that part of the reason corp interests are in our politics at all is again because of the same group voting in the ability for lobbying by those corps.

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    • gamer@lemm.ee ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If a majority of boomers think Thing1, but you are a boomer who thinks Thing2 instead, you are not disproving a myth, you’re being an outlier. If you were to pick a random boomer off the street, there’s a very good chance that he thinks Thing1 instead of Thing2. So “boomers think Thing1” is a perfectly valid (if a bit casual) statment that adequately represents the underlying statistical facts of the situation.

      It can be frustrating as a Thing2 boomer, but that’s just how it is. The world thinks Amercans are hateful, disgusting ghoulish greedy misanthopists, and it feels bad to hear that as an American who didn’t vote for Trump, but I accept the logic behind the generalization.

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      • thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So now you’re telling a guy who lived the experience that he is mistaken. Kid. Enough. You have no idea what you’re talking about, like, at all.

        You enjoy your evening.

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• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  ok boomer

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• TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  L+ratio

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• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You should look into the Pew Charitable Trust paper about why they are abandoning generational studies. In short they are inaccurate and wrong for every generation except one. Want to guess which generation bucks the trends?

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  • rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is it Gen Z or the Boomers?

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