For many younger people, property ownership is a milestone that feels like a distant fantasy. It’s more common to feel like we’re a few bad financial decisions away from not making rent than that we’re saving enough for a deposit. Nonetheless, there will supposedly come a time when a more significant chunk of Gen Z …
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28 Nostalgic Companies Gen X Kids Wish Would Make a Comeback
We all have fond memories of things from our childhood that are totally obsolete today. Whether it be the toys we played with as a kid, the video games we challenged our siblings in, or the stores we used to shop at. We totally forget about a lot of those things until we come across …
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‘Don’t worry, we’ll get you a nose job’: Gen X and millennial daughters complain about the cruelty of boomer moms
As a culture, we have long come to accept that the Baby Boomer generation seems unique in their ability to be impolite and sling insults with little to no prompting. We don’t know if it’s the lifelong sense of entitlement or the lead exposure, but a lot of them are just plain mean—especially when it …
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‘Why are teens so dang loud’: Gen Z shares their most Boomer sounding complaints about the modern world
What’s that saying… you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become your parents? Something like that. It’s a cliche, but it’s almost inevitable. When you’re a kid, you can swear every which way that you’re going to do things differently than your folks. It’s an honest gesture, and you might …
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Millennials reveal what it takes to get boomer relatives to accept the reality of the job market: ‘This job was paying $15 an hour’
It seems like empathy is a trait that no generation is famous for, but none more so than those pesky Baby Boomers. Blame it on an adulthood full of late 20th-century economic benefits or blame it on lead poisoning, they’re not exactly known for appreciating the struggles that younger people can face today. This is …
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‘So, you don’t plan to retire?’: 15+ Perfect comebacks to the classic line ‘Nobody wants to work anymore’
There’s an art to the perfect comeback. Sadly, that moment usually comes way after we have the chance to say it to someone’s face. There’s a classic Seinfeld episode that explores this, where George goes to great lengths to execute the perfect retort. It’s a phenomenon that the French call «L’esprit de l’escalier» or «staircase …
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Prospective homeowners lament obstinate boomers who block younger relatives from inheriting property: ‘It’s hard not to feel like the Baby Boomer generation let their children & grandchildren down’
It may be old news, but it never gets any less painful to realize that many of us under the age of 50 are far less likely to ever own a home than our older relatives were. If you don’t have a high-paying job or the Bank of Mom and Dad on your side, the …
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Cheapskate dad chews out daughter for adding $20 to paltry tip behind his back: ‘The total came to $340’
It might be pretty much universally resented, but tipping culture is a cold, hard reality in the US. Servers make their livings on tips, there’s no way around it. Sure, we’d all love to live in a world where everyone makes a living wage and the burden is shifted away from the consumer and onto …
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The Most Entertaining Boomer Technology Struggle Posts of the Week (May 19, 2024)
I’m glad we have a multigenerational internet. I understand that elder millennials miss the days when the internet was their own little young person, cool kids club, but times have changed, and we have to share the internet with people of all ages. The key is finding social media sites that are developmentally appropriate for …
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20+ Boomer Technology Struggle Posts For Coots Who Can’t Check Their Email
Not all baby boomers are bad at technology; only most of them are. I thank the universe daily that my parents aren’t so old that they can’t write an email or post to Facebook without accidentally posting a blurry picture of their befuddled faces. Honestly, I think those remaining from the Silent Generation are the …
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