Tag: OK Boomer

“OK, Boomer”? Pay The Bills, Support A Family, Then We’ll Talk

Authored by Dave Huber via The College Fix,

A recent op-ed in the Princeton University student paper The Daily Princetonian takes issue with criticism of the trendy phrase “OK, boomer.”

The expression is sort of a payback for derision of the Millennial Generation, but especially its successor, the centennials (those born in 1996 and after). It’s intended as a judgment of boomers’ alleged mishandling of everything from the economy to the climate.

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Millennials Have a Right To Be Pissed at Boomers. This Data Proves It.

Via Vice News

 

Just how badly are millennials being screwed out of wealth? Let’s take a look at the data.

The Federal Reserve regularly publishes data on the generational gaps in wealth. The boomers have plenty of it, and millennials don’t. That’s no surprise — the boomers are older. But what recent data also clearly shows is that when the boomers were millennials’ age, they had significantly more than millennials do today.

Back in 1989, when boomers were between 25 and 43, they already owned 20.9% of the country’s wealth, according to data from the Federal Reserve updated earlier this month. In 2019, millennials are between 23 and 38, and they currently own a whopping 3.2% of wealth. That means boomers had more than six times as much wealth in 1989 as millennials do now.

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Millennials In Panic As Outraged Boomers Threaten To Withhold Participation Trophies

Via The Babylon Bee

U.S.—The nation’s millennials are in a panic as baby boomers, feeling insulted by such things as the “OK Boomer” meme, have now threatened to withhold participation trophies.

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Hey, snowflake, don’t ‘OK, boomer’ me at work

Via Marketwatch

The phrase “OK, boomer” has become a catch-all put-down that Generation Z–ers and young millennials have been using to dismiss retrograde arguments made by baby boomers, the generation of Americans who are currently 55 to 73 years old.

Though it originated online and primarily is fueling memes, Twitter feuds and a flurry of commentary, it has begun migrating to real life. Earlier this month, a New Zealand lawmaker lobbed the insult at an older legislator who had dismissed her argument about climate change.

As the term enters our everyday vocabulary, HR professionals and employment law specialists like me now face the age-old question: What happens if people start saying “OK, boomer” at work?

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