Heinously Uncool Things Only Baby Boomers Think Are Still Cool...
From one of those listicle thingies online:
Catalogue shopping
Conspiracy theories
Throw pillows
Buffets
24-hour news channels
Capri pants
Diamonds
Golf
Yahoo!
Personal email
TV procedurals
Vacation cruises
Levis, Dockers, Keds, and a host of other BB brands
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 164 | January 12, 2019 4:55 AM
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R5 Great choice. Nice to see some self reflection.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 24, 2018 5:34 AM
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Personal email? What’s wrong with that? Everybody is supposed to use work email for everything?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 24, 2018 5:42 AM
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I think that's a reference to sending "funny" articles, photos, stories by e-mail, R7, vs a social media platform (Instagram, Twitter), or Facetime and texting.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 24, 2018 5:44 AM
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The young always hate the old. I did when I was young because I thought I would never become old. I didn't think I'd live that long. But if you live long enough, life has a way of sneaking up on you before you realize it. Someday OP's kids/grandkids will be ridiculing him the same way as well. It's human nature.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 24, 2018 6:06 AM
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Oh r12, OP is 75 years old. She's penniless, bitter and reeks of poo. Don't let her fool you.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 24, 2018 6:14 AM
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I'd completely fall apart if I didn't lift, R16. Blame us for what we're truly responsible for: tubing the country.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 24, 2018 8:47 AM
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Nobody cares what a bunch of entitled millenial pricks think is cool. Let them go find extra jobs to pay off the idiotic debt they racked up for their student loans. Meanwhile, they can impress us their actual accompishments that don’t involve self-involvement and narcissism.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 24, 2018 9:13 AM
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The only people who sneer at diamonds are those who can't afford them.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 24, 2018 9:21 AM
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R20 I prefer emeralds and sapphires.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 24, 2018 9:25 AM
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[quote]Scented candles
No, these are for trash of all generations. I would never have a scented candle in my house.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 24, 2018 9:26 AM
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Levi’s are classic.
What are the “cool” jeans now, kids?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 24, 2018 9:59 AM
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I was a Levi’s guy for 45 years till they made the original heavy-duty denim fabric so hard to find and then charged $50 for a pair when I did. I can remember when a pair of Levi’s was $17.50 (early ‘70s.)
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 24, 2018 10:14 AM
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Jesus Fuck R24! How old are you?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 24, 2018 10:33 AM
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r25, I'm not r24, but I remember buying 501s in 1978 for maybe $19.99.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 24, 2018 10:42 AM
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I'm a bit too young to be a baby boomer but what these kids writing these listicles don't realize is the best thing about getting older is not giving a flying fuck about what someone else thinks is "cool" (a baby boomer word if I ever saw one, btw). I'll wear what I want, thanks, and anyone who doesn't like it can avert their delicate young eyes or find a nearby fainting couch to swoon on.
Besides, look at what 20somethings are wearing these days. Kids, you're not in a place to criticize anyone's sense of style, not even a Dockers-wearing suburban dad's.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 24, 2018 10:43 AM
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I am 35 and I love my Yankee Candles. I only buy Yankee brand.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 24, 2018 11:13 AM
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[quote]I am 35 and I love my Yankee Candles. I only buy Yankee brand.
Basura blanca.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 24, 2018 11:14 AM
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OP, interesting that you didn't use the more modern spelling of catalogue (catalog).
R13, BB is Baby Boomers.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 24, 2018 11:18 AM
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Some of these things were never meant to be "cool." Vacation cruises? I hate the whole idea myself and will never take one, but I don't think anyone takes one to be cool.
People probably just take cruises because they enjoy them. Imagine living your life for your own pleasure, and not just as a show to put on for acquaintances and strangers on social media! Imagine doing what you want, regardless of how Instagrammable it is! No wonder the olds have the young folks clutching their pearls! Scandalous!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 24, 2018 11:32 AM
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You could get a pair of jeans for <$30 in the 80s.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 24, 2018 11:34 AM
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You are so right, R27. I'm 64 and laugh at all these kinds of articles because I. Don't. Give. A. Shit.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 24, 2018 12:03 PM
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R32, I’ve only been on one cruise, & it was with my family. I studied in Europe twice in college so I know the backpack/hostel/eurrail experience well.
I actually recommend cruises to people who only have a couple weeks to take vacation. You don’t have to carry luggage or figure out where to go or the local language or transportation.
The drawback to cruises is that they are fattening.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 24, 2018 12:14 PM
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Vinegar and water cleanout
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 24, 2018 12:18 PM
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Hey, OP - I'm 47 and I wear - *gasp* - CARGO SHORTS!!!!
I hope there's a couch nearby for you to fall back into.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 24, 2018 12:19 PM
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And yet all the Boomers who allegedly don't give a shit are defensively swarming all over this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 24, 2018 12:21 PM
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Anyone who says “heinously uncool” has got to cool.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 24, 2018 12:27 PM
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Well, I like conspiracy theories and buffets and I am still in my 20s. The rest I don't really care about, though.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 24, 2018 12:49 PM
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R37, you really wear cargo shorts? They look bad enough on young people, but it’s downright embarrassing for an old person to sport them.
Wearing something age appropriate will help you look classier and ultimately give you a boost of self-esteem.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 24, 2018 12:50 PM
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The BBs didn’t give us the fucking Kardashians. Please
by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 24, 2018 12:51 PM
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I used to click on the occasional Yahoo article that looked interesting a few years back before they redesigned their website, and then read the comments section. They were always full of Republicans blaming Obama, gay people, and Democrats for everything that ever went wrong in this world no matter what it was. So I am not surprised to see it on the list.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 24, 2018 1:00 PM
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LOL at the idea that a BB thinks Yahoo is "cool." Do you really think some 63-year-old with a Yahoo account their nephew set up for them 16 years ago thinks Yahoo is "cool"? More likely the thought process is:
1. This account still works fine and I know how to use it. 2. IDGAF about any other criteria for judging email accounts. 3. See 1
by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 24, 2018 1:05 PM
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Young 'uns are projecting again. I doubt that old people care about being cool. Maybe you're thinking about celebrities?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 24, 2018 1:06 PM
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I think everything about baby boomers is horrible.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | December 24, 2018 1:07 PM
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The slang expression cool predates the Baby Boomers.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | December 24, 2018 1:07 PM
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By “cool” they mean “superficial.”
Get a new word if you’re so fucking brills
by Anonymous | reply 50 | December 24, 2018 1:08 PM
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A mutual jackoff session on an overnight flight with a hot 20-something under our coats last night as we were both flying back to visit our flyoverstan families for the holidays.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | December 24, 2018 1:08 PM
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Diamonds are never uncool.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 24, 2018 1:09 PM
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re: the word "cool":
[quote] Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use of cool for "fashionable" is by 1933, originally African-American vernacular; its modern use as a general term of approval is from the late 1940s, probably via bop talk
Way to put the olds in their place with 80-year-old slang, you crazy young flappers, you! Why, your gin mills and Charleston dances will be the death of our culture!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 53 | December 24, 2018 1:15 PM
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[quote]Wearing something age appropriate will help you look classier and ultimately give you a boost of self-esteem.
At 67 (but looking only 53), what IS age appropriate, r43? What WILL "ultimately give (me) a boost of self-esteem"? And by that, I do mean self-esteem, not r43-esteem.
I tend to shop at landsend.com or Brooks Brothers.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | December 24, 2018 1:21 PM
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Cable / linear TV. As Baby Boomer as it gets.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | December 24, 2018 1:22 PM
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I am a boomer (67). I do not have a landline, watch TV news, have cable, wear cargo pants, use yahoo, nor go on cruises.
I do use hotmail. I tried gmail. Way too much spam, which fails to appear in hotmail. I did not sell my CDs, though I have transferred them all to my hard drives, and listen to music over my computer.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 24, 2018 1:38 PM
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OT, Costco jeans, $14.99. Wal Mart jeans on Black Friday, $7.99.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 24, 2018 1:38 PM
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[quote] Watching teevee news.
Agreed. However, the younger generations have nothing to brag about either. I have heard people in their 30s and 40s proudly state that they get all their news from The Daily Show. 20somethings get most or all of their news from various social media.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 24, 2018 1:40 PM
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Somebody ought to make a list of uncool things only millennials think are cool. I will start:
1. Measuring the worth of their entire existence by how many strangers (whom they'll never meet) from across the country or across the world click a heart on their Instagram/Twitter posts.
2. Requiring a smartphone app even to breathe.
3. Becoming socially inept recluses because technology has almost completely erased the need to leave the house or contact anyone outside of it for any reason.
4. Giving a fuck what boring celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande say, think, and/or do.
5. Recording their dull daily routine and sharing it on Snapchat or Instagram live as though driving to work, going on a walk, or looking out the window is some important Earth shattering event.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 24, 2018 1:42 PM
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I get all the news I need, and then some, right here on Datalounge.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | December 24, 2018 1:42 PM
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[quote] Home landlines.
I haven't had a landline for years. But having lived thru 9/11 and the NYC blackout a few years later, I've seen how the cellular network can fail. I wonder if those with landlines will have the last laugh if there's a real catastrophe.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | December 24, 2018 1:43 PM
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... a few *months* later....
by Anonymous | reply 64 | December 24, 2018 1:44 PM
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"Life Alert" bracelets...as if their self absorbed children would even care about mom tumbling down 3 flights of stairs in her home.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | December 24, 2018 1:47 PM
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R65 - what's wrong with buffets?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 66 | December 24, 2018 1:54 PM
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I think even most Baby Boomers would admit that home landlines and cable TV are almost stereotypically Baby Boomer-ish.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | December 24, 2018 2:06 PM
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Manners
Good taste
Integrity
Humility
Hard work
Taking responsibility for their actions
Marriage
Having real friends for life
Telling the truth instead of being paranoid/PC
Bodies free of tattoos
Faces free of piercings
Modest clothing and jewelry
401Ks
Keeping private life private
Eating food without photographing it first
Taking pictures of others instead of duck lip selfies
Resolving conflicts with strangers without recording it and then posting it on SM
Knowing with absolute certainty how to address someone by their true gender
Protesting by showing up to do the hard work instead of posting a banal comment on-line
Face to face interactions with other human beings
Cooking without a single "artisan" ingredient
Closed "concept" floor plans
Church
by Anonymous | reply 68 | December 24, 2018 2:15 PM
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Not falling off cliffs while taking pictures of self.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | December 24, 2018 2:18 PM
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^^^^Bitter old person, obviously.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | December 24, 2018 2:18 PM
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This baby boomer does NOT believe in church R68. Not interested in gay-hating cults of any kind.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | December 24, 2018 2:19 PM
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"But what if the cellular network FAILS?! Didja ever think of that? Huh? Didja?"
by Anonymous | reply 72 | December 24, 2018 2:23 PM
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We are not in the least bit bitter about Millennials falling off cliffs as they take selfies, R70. Keep up the good work.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 73 | December 24, 2018 2:24 PM
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Give me break, half the young people out there believe in right wing conspiracy theories.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | December 24, 2018 2:24 PM
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Ah, most adults don't really care what you would consider cool. We are all grown up, so we are not looking for approval.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | December 24, 2018 2:28 PM
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AOL. It constantly amazes me how many people not only use it but vividly defend it.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | December 24, 2018 2:29 PM
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I love diamonds, I mean I love their sparkle but I don't have any. Why are we talking diamonds?
by Anonymous | reply 78 | December 24, 2018 2:32 PM
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I am not into church, so do not speak for me, r68.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | December 24, 2018 2:35 PM
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[quote] AOL. It constantly amazes me how many people not only use it but vividly defend it.
I neither use nor defend AOL but I did use them until about 2002. They were the easiest way to get on USENET in the 1990s. I suspect that many AOL users have the same rationale as Yahoo users: It works, I know how to use it already, it's free, IDGAF what anyone thinks of my email domain, end of story.
What does amaze me is the total faith many younger people have in Google, Alexa, and every kind of social media. There's no concern that your searches and conversations are being recorded, just absolute trust in these megacorporations to be benevolent. Teens and 20somethings are SO cynical about everything in the world except for tech megacorporations and oligarchies. Those, they fully love and trust.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | December 24, 2018 2:37 PM
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I went on a cruise about 8 years ago...first time I needed a passport. It was OK but I would never go again.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | December 24, 2018 2:37 PM
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Selfies are kind of weird...even overweight, homely people love to share Selfies, I don't get it. I am kind of curious.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | December 24, 2018 2:41 PM
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Speaking as a Baby Boomer, I think it is safe for me to say that many Baby Boomers have a really hard time accepting the fact that we are now the older generation, and that it is only natural for youth to move on from old people ways.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | December 24, 2018 2:48 PM
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[quote] the best thing about getting older is not giving a flying fuck about what someone else thinks is "cool"
Even better is not giving a flying fuck what someone else thinks PERIOD. Seriously.
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Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 86 | December 24, 2018 3:01 PM
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I have no envy of the young. Mortgage paid, money in the bank, solid marriage, good friends, good health, habits under control, and enough life experience to be able to deal with most new crises. I enjoy indulging my own tastes and don't care if others admire them or share them.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | December 24, 2018 4:11 PM
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I'm 66 -- the only two things on OP's list that I like are procedurals and cruises.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | December 24, 2018 4:12 PM
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the dl shows its big shitty asshole once again as evidenced by this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | December 24, 2018 4:17 PM
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For people that constantly bitch about "millennials", some of you sure are touchy!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | December 24, 2018 4:26 PM
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People do get rude about people who dress younger than their years.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | December 24, 2018 6:45 PM
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I’m 35 and don’t see what’s wrong with Levi’s. They don’t look good in me, so I don’t wear them, but i see young guys in them and they’re not bad.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | December 24, 2018 7:33 PM
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I am a Boomer and I agree with all the things on your list, but you are fucking insane and as out of touch as you think we are if you think that diamonds are uncool and passe. They will never be. Ask any 25 year old woman who is hoping for a proposal.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | December 24, 2018 7:41 PM
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Those 505 button-fly Levi's are the gift that keeps on giving. You don't like 'em, that's fine. More for me. Enjoy your saggy, baggy basketball shorts and shiny poly Adidas track pants.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 95 | December 24, 2018 7:49 PM
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Cruises are a funny thing. When I was young, they were the best family vacations that we ever took (so we ended up going on LOTS of cruises - Caribbean, Alaska, etc.). Here is why they work for a family or larger groups: It is inevitable that most people keep different schedules and have different interests in general; vacations REALLY amplify these differences and can lead to some really big disagreements and bad blood. On a cruise you can share meals with each other (when you feel like doing so) and occasionally meet up for other activities. That said, family members or friends can do their own thing all day and all night without too much worry about one another. Parents don't have to worry too much about kids and friends don't have to keep the same schedule as others in their group. I have traveled all over the world with groups and you really can't say that very often. I have not taken a cruise since college and I might never take one again - but they do have their pros.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | December 24, 2018 8:02 PM
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Levis is still cool with millennias. I wear their jeans and I am not a boomer. Nothing is wrong with buffet or shoelaces.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | December 24, 2018 8:24 PM
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What's the difference between Levi's 501s and 505s? I'd not heard of 505 buttonfly jeans until r95.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | December 24, 2018 8:26 PM
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I think the photo must’ve distracted me, R99. I meant 501.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | December 24, 2018 8:29 PM
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What's wrong with "must've," r101?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 24, 2018 8:36 PM
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must have not must of, r101. UR a goof.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 24, 2018 9:22 PM
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And it's "oh, dear," r101, not "oh, my."
by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 24, 2018 9:46 PM
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Here's something is apparently uncool but that was popular with the Greatest Generation - formal dinnerware and sterling flatware. No one seems to want them anymore. I have two complete services for 12 in sterling sitting in my garage. (Inherited, not purchased.)
by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 25, 2018 12:11 AM
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R105, it goes in cycles. Someday everyone will want the stuff again.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | December 25, 2018 12:16 AM
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It is not a word, R102. Were you home-schooled?
by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 25, 2018 12:43 AM
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Of course it's a word, r107. It's a contraction for "must have." Were you schooled at all.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | December 25, 2018 12:45 AM
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Poor R107. How embarrassing.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 25, 2018 12:47 AM
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Chain messages on Facebook. "If you forward this to 10 people, you will be blessed beyond your wildest dreams!," "if you don't send this message to at least 5 friends something awful will happen to you. Better forward it to make sure it doesn't!," etc.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 25, 2018 1:11 AM
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R43. What are your qualiifications to make such a statement? Are you a clothing designer? Fashion critic? Please, impress us with why we should listen to you.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 25, 2018 7:36 AM
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In Europe (France), cargo shorts - below knew length - are de rigueur summer casual wear for males of all ages.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 25, 2018 7:57 AM
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I like the idea of cargo shorts, but they are the uniform of the douchebro.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 25, 2018 8:26 AM
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Next time look for the new buttless shorts. Like buttless chaps, but short.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 25, 2018 8:45 AM
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Are there cargo pockets, r115, for wallet, phone, keys?
by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 25, 2018 8:47 AM
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What a funny thread. I haven't thought about cool since the 80s. I am fascinated by what the kids think is cool. My generation likes Facebook because we can keep up with old friends more easily. I had thought that the kids liked Instagram but have recently been informed that they've soured on it. What do kids like now, I wonder? Oh, I love cargo shorts. So many pockets. So useful.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 25, 2018 9:41 AM
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nobody but oldsters say "boobs" anymore. very 70s.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | December 25, 2018 11:29 AM
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social security is cool. i'm 38 and disabled.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | December 25, 2018 1:59 PM
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I am a baby boomer, and I have always loathed, hated, and despised Red Lobster. In fact, I have only eaten there once. It was that bad. Same applies for its Italian brand, Olive Garden, though I've been there three times.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | December 25, 2018 2:48 PM
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9-5 Monday to Friday jobs, working for the same company your entire life and getting a pension.
Never have eaten at a buffet in my adult life. Disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | December 25, 2018 2:53 PM
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How old are you, r123. I once felt that way about jobs and pensions, and internally mocked my friends who were into all that. Now, I wish I had a pension. If that comes your way, don't let you ego talk you out of it unless you've got something better lined up.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | December 25, 2018 2:58 PM
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r124 My grandparents have pensions from their jobs & fit the description I made at r123. Not even my parents have pensions at their jobs now. I think it's mostly govt workers have them these day (and taxpayers help foot that bill, big time).
by Anonymous | reply 125 | December 25, 2018 3:02 PM
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Post-piss dribble stains on their "Dockers".
by Anonymous | reply 126 | December 25, 2018 3:04 PM
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I have never worn a pair of Dockers, either.
Some of you seem to confuse "boomer" with "straight guy."
by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 25, 2018 3:09 PM
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I am a very late Baby boomer, so I've missed many of the material advantages (or perhaps chosen not to sell myself to mind numbing soul destroying jobs to do so).
What is uncool may become cool again.
Vinyl records, anyone?
And I agree about the Levis. Mmm ...
by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 25, 2018 3:13 PM
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General Foods International Coffees - celebrate the last moments of your lives
by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 25, 2018 3:14 PM
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Again, r130, not me. Ever. Flavored coffee = Glade you drink.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 25, 2018 3:22 PM
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Do mature individuals really care about such a trivial thing?
Who gets to decide what's cool or not?
by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 25, 2018 4:08 PM
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YouTube vids of American Bandstand and Soul Train.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 25, 2018 4:18 PM
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Their children and grand children.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 25, 2018 4:19 PM
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Who cares what the children and grandchildren think? Oh, that's right, their parents who think they're the center of the universe.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 25, 2018 4:47 PM
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[quote]I am a baby boomer, and I have always loathed, hated, and despised Red Lobster. In fact, I have only eaten there once. It was that bad. Same applies for its Italian brand, Olive Garden, though I've been there three times.
There's no longer any connection between RL and OG. RL is now owned by the people who own Bob Evans and California Pizza Kitchen.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 25, 2018 5:15 PM
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When I ate at each, r136, it was a part of something called Darden. Unlike you, I have not kept up with the latest.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 25, 2018 5:24 PM
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R129, You didn't sell yourself to mind numbing, soul killing jobs (usually well paid, secure and with a nice pension). What type of jobs have you held that provided you with a satisfying standard of living and fed your soul? What do you recommend for the youth of today?
by Anonymous | reply 138 | December 25, 2018 6:45 PM
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Death to throw pillows and scented candles
by Anonymous | reply 139 | December 25, 2018 6:49 PM
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Levi's have been around since 1858. They're not a trend specific to baby boomers.
Nothing will looked be back upon with more ridicule than jeans costing more than a hundred dollars with cutesy Osh-Gosh-B'Gosh stitching on the back pockets
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 140 | December 25, 2018 7:34 PM
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R68, how many WWs did you get? Were you counting?
by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 25, 2018 8:40 PM
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My additions to OP's list:
Hairless twinks (you creeps)
Geriatric diapers (more of a necessity than something yoy people really think is cool but still)
Making passes on straight men half your age
Hating on PrEP
Hating on youth for striving for the same opportunities you had at their age
Israel
Getting into arguments online that wanking to Barron Trump is not pedophilia
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
Beto
White straight men (except Bernie)
Liberal homophobia
Identity politics (when it serves Hillary and works to bash Bernie without engaging with his platform)
Political corruption (it proves that a politician is a "realist", cf what DL said when Hillary wad getting a million dollar check from big banks for a per 10-min speech)
Killing Brown people overseas (it proves a politician can make Hard Choices)
by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 25, 2018 8:45 PM
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More heartwarming Boomer traditions:
Under-tipping
Fighting with customer service staff and calling managers on them
Voting Republican
Capitalism
Extolling Medicare but not wanting The Government in your life
Making college kids work for you on zero hour contracts
Whining about coddled youth's entitlement when they refuse to work for you for free (something you never did at their age)
Lecturing teens they need to tolerate school shootings as a price to pay for Our Freedoms
Harassing others for using Spanish in public (there's not a Freedom for that)
Evangelical megachurches
Making gay marriage about you and your straight relationships
by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 25, 2018 8:54 PM
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^^ I see Alexandria Egypt Cortez has found her way to the DL
by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 25, 2018 9:24 PM
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I like comfortable cotton jeans.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 25, 2018 9:28 PM
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I think baby boomers over tip, to make up for the undertippers.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | December 25, 2018 9:30 PM
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Lot of baby boomers were war protesters and they marched for civil rights. Some of the younger boomers must be White Supremacist, assholes.
Your list is part of the greatest generation, r144. It does not seem like boomers to me.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | December 25, 2018 9:33 PM
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r147 I certainly do. I have more money than I'll ever need, no heirs, and I figure the people I tip work harder than I ever had to and need the money more than I do.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 25, 2018 9:36 PM
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We can another great Boomer tradition at r145: Racism and classism.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | December 25, 2018 9:36 PM
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[quote]Your list is part of the greatest generation
You know that only YOU call yourselves that, right? Which is lame as hell.
Another Boomer lamity for the list: Praising themselves and then buying into their own hype.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | December 25, 2018 9:38 PM
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I am a few years short to be a BB. But I will have a pension and a solid 401K when I retire. If that makes me uncool, then so be it.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | December 25, 2018 9:42 PM
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Boomers were born 1946 to 1964.
The people who fought WWII were called greatest generation as far as I know, I know of no other name.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | December 25, 2018 10:20 PM
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[quote]Your list is part of the greatest generation
The generation that made black men fight in black-only divisions and made a military-wide rule that NO white man had to salute any black man regardless of their respective ranks. WOW! No wonder Tom Brokaw loved them so much he titled his book that shitty phrase.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 25, 2018 10:26 PM
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Eldergays? What are hemorrhoids?
by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 27, 2018 2:51 AM
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Real breasts, playing hard to get, Barbie Dolls
by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 27, 2018 3:01 AM
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Superfood
YouTube influencers
Sushi
Cannonballs
Hard candy with lint on it
by Anonymous | reply 159 | December 27, 2018 3:18 AM
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"Meanwhile, they can impress us their actual accompishments that don’t involve self-involvement and narcissism"
A baby boomer lecturing others about narcissism? Ha!!! Bet you voted for Trump, too, just like all the other old farts
by Anonymous | reply 160 | December 27, 2018 4:53 AM
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The youth of today will perish unless they overthrow the dark Satanic mills (Iiterally and symbolically) of the United States.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | January 6, 2019 8:14 PM
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R118 Millennials use the archaic connotation of ‘idiot’, I’m told.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 162 | January 6, 2019 9:30 PM
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Maybe they're no longer a girl's best friend.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 164 | January 12, 2019 4:55 AM
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