Anyone who has worked with the general public for minimum wage can tell you that it’s traumatizing. What not everybody will clarify, though, is that sometimes this suffering comes from the trauma of the customer, as well as your own. As a random stranger paid to perform a service for others, you tend to come …
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Funny Gems & Cringe Anecdotes From the Depths of LinkedIn
Remember LinkedIn? The site where people you barely knew in college harassed you to connect, and your ex-boyfriend keeps stalking you? Well, not only does it still exist, but active users are regularly posting to the bygone website as we speak. Shocking, I know. But they really seem to be into it. If you haven’t …
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People Discuss the Generational Differences Between Attitudes To Work
It’s a tale as old as time: none of us will ever truly understand how hard our forefathers had it compared to our cushy, modern lives. Even our parents’ generation supposedly had to work for things in a way we didn’t, and some will have you believe that this is down to an attitude problem. …
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Funny Posts From Old People Who Haven’t Mastered Social Media
My grandmother never fails to impress me. At ninety three years young, she has (sort of) figured out Facebook – wishing all of her thirty-six friends happy birthday, and sometimes, happy birthday in heaven. While it’s great to see her keeping in touch with friends from Tufts (most of whom have fallen victim to Ray-Ban …
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Wholesome Boomer Moments & Endearing Gaffes
As much as boomers and millennials seem to love warring on the internet over who screwed the world up, we can’t let ourselves forget how awesome old people can be, especially when they attempt to use some new kind of tech for the first time. It’s also important to remember that we’re all going to …
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Boomer Neighbors Harass Local Geese, Get A Taste Of Their Own Medicine
It’s an unfortunate fact that there are many privileged people out there who move to be surrounded by nature without really considering whether they like it or not. Along with the breath-taking phenomenon of natural beauty comes the reality that brings it about; just like a rose garden doesn’t come about without a hell of …
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Retail Store Faces Backlash After Implementing “Boomers Only” Hiring Policy
If the older generations are anything to go by, there are a lot of things that make Gen Z an age group to look down on. They can’t spend more than mere minutes away from their screens, half of them use neopronouns, and the main way they communicate is through obscure memes. Oh, and don’t …
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Gold Posts From a Facebook Group Where Millennials Pretend to Be Boomers
Facebook isn’t quite as popular as it once was, especially considering it started as a social platform for college students to connect with each other. That was a long time ago. These days, Facebook feels like it’s been largely abandoned by everyone but Aunt Barb and her bible studies friends. If you’ve ever wondered what …
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Entertaining & Wholesome Boomer Moments From Musicians And Their Fans
Like all other parts of the entertainment industry, music has always had an obsession with youth. As far as popular culture is concerned, it’s people under the age of 35 who make the tunes that set the zeitgeist (give or take a few exceptions). However, this doesn’t mean that the generations of legendary musicians that …
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Funny Posts & Petty Gossip From the ‘Best of Nextdoor’
When neighbors start talking, hilarious things happen. This should have been Nextdoor’s slogan, because the app is full of priceless posts full of pettiness, gossip, and bizarre observations. Whatever the original intent of the app was is irrelevant at this point, because there’s no arguing that Nextdoor’s social platform has become a comedy goldmine. Twitter …
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