"OK Boomer"

MrAbyss · 08-11-2019 11:05am #1

The "I shot JR" for fellas in their early 30s still living with their parents and considering what brand of tampons to purchase?

Toto Wolfcastle · 08-11-2019 11:06am

OK boomer

BuboBubo · 08-11-2019 11:08am

MrAbyss wrote: »

The "I shot JR" for fellas in their early 30s still living with their parents and considering what brand of tampons to purchase?

Gender fluid, something something

Deebles McBeebles · 08-11-2019 11:12am

OK Google, define 'OK boomer'.

LineOfBeauty · 08-11-2019 11:14am

It's not an ideal phrase given the implication that all Boomers are bad but it is considerably better than co-opting a phrase for the mentally ill.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-11-2019 11:16am

MrAbyss wrote: »

The "I shot JR" for fellas in their early 30s still living with their parents and considering what brand of tampons to purchase?

Don't understand the question.

Don't actually understand IF It's a question, to be honest.

Bob Harris · 08-11-2019 11:18am

My neice said this to me in a message yesterday.

I don't know what she's on about.

HelloHello1234 · 08-11-2019 11:19am

Bob Harris wrote: »

My neice said this to me in a message yesterday.

I don't know what she's on about.

Typical boomer:D:D:D:pac::pac:

JohnnyFlash · 08-11-2019 11:19am

Boomer and Candy have both been used in thread titles in the last day. I don’t think I’m being overly drastic in recommending we launch immediate sanctions against the US; ban Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and start an urgent project to create a European internet free of stupid americanisms and outrage culture.

IAMAMORON · 08-11-2019 11:20am

I thought it was " who shot JR ?".

That used to be relevant , boomers.

What is a tampon ?

Bob Harris · 08-11-2019 11:20am

HelloHello1234 wrote: »

Typical boomer:D:D:D:pac::pac:

I'm still at a loss.

How Soon Is Now · 08-11-2019 11:20am

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Boomer and Candy have both been used in thread titles in the last day. I don’t think I’m being overly drastic in recommending we launch immediate sanctions against the US; ban Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and start an urgent project to create a European internet free of stupid americanisms and outrage culture.

Sounds kinda nice actually!

Bob Harris · 08-11-2019 11:22am

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I thought it was " who shot JR ?".

That used to be relevant , boomers.

What is a tampon ?

Mickeroo · 08-11-2019 11:23am

I hadn't heard this phrase a week ago and now it seems to be everywhere. Is this the new "woke"?

Woke Hogan · 08-11-2019 11:24am

"Boomer" isn't a demographic that exists in Ireland. We didn't participate in the war, hence no post-war "Baby Boom." So it doesn't really apply here, the middle aged snowflakes can stop getting triggered because the young people said mean things.

ronano · 08-11-2019 11:24am

I've only heard it for a week and it's grating as ****, ok boomer is not a political statement, it's nothing. Stop.

Will I Am Not · 08-11-2019 11:26am

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Boomer and Candy have both been used in thread titles in the last day. I don’t think I’m being overly drastic in recommending we launch immediate sanctions against the US; ban Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and start an urgent project to create a European internet free of stupid americanisms and outrage culture.

May get used to it. All these American YouTubers have the next generation ruined.
My niece asked me to bring her to the candy store the other day... she meant Super Valu. She also says diapers instead of nappies

Boom_Bap · 08-11-2019 11:27am

Leave me alone yiz pr*cks.

Regards,

Boomer

Plumbthedepths · 08-11-2019 11:28am

I'm still not sure what 'woke' means , but not really interested in finding out either. I'm guessing it's a word to describe an overly sensitive @sshole.

Will I Am Not · 08-11-2019 11:29am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I'm still not sure what 'woke' means , but not really interested in finding out either. I'm guessing it's a word to describe an overly sensitive @sshole.

Nah, that’s piles.

Plumbthedepths · 08-11-2019 11:31am

Will I Am Not wrote: »

Nah, that’s piles.

Both equally a pain in the hole.

Raconteuse · 08-11-2019 11:46am

Just another one of those terms from the U.S that people using it (like virtue signalling and George Soros) haven't a notion what it means (baby boomer: someone who was born between 1946 and 1964 - referring to the boom in births following WWII, and a generation which did a lot of good in terms of changing certain repressive social mores, but some YouTube personality said something edgily negative about them, so here comes the bandwagon!)

Before the "ok boomer" response, I was born long long after 1964.

Cordell · 08-11-2019 11:49am

a generation which did a lot of good in terms

Apparently they are privileged and the cause of millennials not being able to afford a home and generally the root of all evil.

Before the "ok boomer" response, I was born long long after 1964

If you're gen X don't worry, our time will come soon

VinLieger · 08-11-2019 11:51am

Its funny how people are getting so worked up about it considering its been a pretty accepted phrase for so long, also those same people have probably spent the last 10 years decrying millenials as the root of all modern problems.

Personally as Gen X'er im just enjoying sitting back and watching.

daheff · 08-11-2019 11:53am

"OK Boomer" is the snowflake/millennial version of "Whatever"

world class wreckin’ cru · 08-11-2019 11:55am

I hate people.

riffmongous · 08-11-2019 11:56am

It's a good response to the equally stupid crap you read about snowflakes and millennials.

And it really works on its targets, which is the main reason it's taken off, they can't stand it

Raconteuse · 08-11-2019 11:56am

Cordell wrote: »

Apparently they are privileged and the cause of millennials not being able to afford a home and generally the root of all evil.

If you're gen X don't worry, our time will come soon

Sure am. To be fair, our generation didn't do much. We are the children of the boomers who worked their asses of for us. And we repaid them with cynicism and "whatEVER!"

VinLieger wrote: »

Its funny how people are getting so worked up about it considering its been a pretty accepted phrase for so long, also those same people have probably spent the last 10 years decrying millenials as the root of all modern problems.

It's not the phrase - it's the use of it by people who haven't a clue. And the stupid blame game. Yeah the dude sweeping the streets of Baltimore who was born in 1955. Get him! Or all those drafted to fight in Vietnam against their will.

Bio Mech · 08-11-2019 11:56am

God I hate humanity. Thanks to things like this.

The sun cant go red giant soon enough.

Poor_old_gill · 08-11-2019 11:57am

Idiotic to use it in an Irish context as it makes no sense and just serves to show that people are influenced by American culture to the extent where they just repeat nonsensical phrases that they don't fully understand.

I say that as a millenial but it's always the same dopes in your friend groups who go along with this nonsense.
The ones who aren't able to understand the nuances to situations so they need a catch phrase put on it so that don't need to think.

Que - some goon coming on to say "Ok Boomer" as they aren't able to dispute the above point.

nthclare · 08-11-2019 11:58am

Bin the trash cans, I say

s7ryf3925pivug · 08-11-2019 12:01pm

Yeah way off. I'm 40 and I'm at the tail end of generation X. Boomers are way older.

andekwarhola · 08-11-2019 12:02pm

Please make it all go away.

riffmongous · 08-11-2019 12:02pm

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Idiotic to use it in an Irish context as it makes no sense and just serves to show that people are influenced by American culture to the extent where they just repeat nonsensical phrases that they don't fully understand.

I say that as a millenial but it's always the same dopes in your friend groups who go along with this nonsense.
The ones who aren't able to understand the nuances to situations so they need a catch phrase put on it so that don't need to think.

Que - some goon coming on to say "Ok Boomer" as they aren't able to dispute the above point.

Wtf is a goon? Perfect example post of why it's fine to use Ok Boomer in Ireland

Cordell · 08-11-2019 12:03pm

Raconteuse wrote: »

And we repaid them with cynicism and "whatEVER!"

Well, I'm working my arse off for my kids and I expect the same payment

This is the way of the world, moving forward.

Badly Drunk Boy · 08-11-2019 12:05pm

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I'm still not sure what 'woke' means , but not really interested in finding out either. I'm guessing it's a word to describe an overly sensitive @sshole.

I love the bit in Brooklyn 99 where the black, gay police captain talks about when he came out in the 80s.

Captain Holt: I must say, this is going considerably better than when I came out to my colleagues. They were not, as the kids say, awake.
Jake: Do you mean 'woke'?
Captain Holt: I did mean 'woke'. But it's grammatically incoherent.

A good, dacent, everyday grammar nazi.

Poor_old_gill · 08-11-2019 12:06pm

riffmongous wrote: »

Wtf is a goon? Perfect example post of why it's fine to use Ok Boomer in Ireland

No its not.
We didn't have a baby boom in Ireland - it makes no sense to use it as it's a phrase attached to people born in a specific country (not Ireland) at a specific time.

Goon is a phrase used across the English language (spoken in Ireland) so it's free to use. If I had said Yankee goon, American goon or something similar then you may have a point

tuxy · 08-11-2019 12:09pm

What year was the biggest baby boom in Ireland? A few decades before the famine?
Our boombers are in the ground for some time now....

Bob Harris · 08-11-2019 12:10pm

Ireland's 'boomers' equivalent will be those conceived during the big snow in 2018.

Plumbthedepths · 08-11-2019 12:10pm

tuxy wrote: »

What year was the biggest baby boom in Ireland? A few decades before the famine?
Our boombers are in the ground for some time now....

The only baby Boom I'm familiar with was the 1991 baby boom, Italia 90.

SafeSurfer · 08-11-2019 12:10pm

Do people in Ireland really identify themselves with generational labels created by American marketing firms? Generation X, Generation Z, Millenials. It’s nonsense.

That a dismissive, ageist term has been adopted by a generation supposedly supportive of diversity, equality and inclusion, which rejects even gender labeling is interesting.

Plumbthedepths · 08-11-2019 12:11pm

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Do people in Ireland really identify themselves with generational labels created by American marketing firms? Generation X, Generation Z, Millenials. It’s nonsense.

That a dismissive, ageist term has been adopted by a generation supposedly supportive of diversity, equality and inclusion, which rejects even gender labeling is interesting.

Don't you just love hypocrisy.

Poor_old_gill · 08-11-2019 12:12pm

Bob Harris wrote: »

Ireland's 'boomers' equivalent will be those conceived during the big snow in 2018.

They must be close to a year old now - the whingey pr*cks.

Never did a days work in their lives and most of them have everything handed to them

tuxy · 08-11-2019 12:12pm

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Do people in Ireland really identify themselves with generational labels created by American marketing firms? Generation X, Generation Z, Millenials. It’s nonsense.

That a dismissive, ageist term has been adopted by a generation supposedly supportive of diversity, equality and inclusion, which rejects even gender labeling is interesting.

Irish people love this but not as much as they love terms like loony left and alt-right.

They see things happen on TV or videos online and then apply it to what's happening in Ireland if they see even the tiniest of similarities.

riffmongous · 08-11-2019 12:14pm

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

No its not.
We didn't have a baby boom in Ireland - it makes no sense to use it as it's a phrase attached to people born in a specific country (not Ireland) at a specific time.

Goon is a phrase used across the English language (spoken in Ireland) so it's free to use. If I had said Yankee goon, American goon or something similar then you may have a point

It's an insult or dismissive phrase, it doesn't have to make total sense. The point is it gets to the people who think it applies to them, who have no problem labelling others.

No one said goon in Ireland in the last 50 years, you imported it from the Americans same as youre complaining about now.

Omackeral · 08-11-2019 12:16pm

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I'm still not sure what 'woke' means. I'm guessing it's a word to describe an overly sensitive @sshole.

100% correct

chrissb8 · 08-11-2019 12:16pm

For a generation (Millenials) that purports about letting people live without labels we suuuure are obsessed with labels.

I'll be the first to say I think something is wrong with my generation. We really are lazy sods in alot of regards and always like playing the blame game. You'd swear every generation didn't have their challenges to overcome.

Millenials blame alot of extenuating factors except themselves. While doing nothing in their life to try and improve themselves and "expecting" something to just happen without putting the work in.

We have an overall victim complex and I feel this "Boomer" stuff is in line with that. That Boomers messed up our planet. They are to blame for the housing crisis. They made the world what it is today. How can we possibly get ahead with the state of things?

So you know how can they say anything with their ignorant opinions etc.

The world is what it is. Get on with it. Or is laying on your bed for 3 hours on your phone after you get in the door from work going to help you get on in life?

Will I Am Not · 08-11-2019 12:17pm

riffmongous wrote: »

It's an insult or dismissive phrase, it doesn't have to make total sense. The point is it gets to the people who think it applies to them, who have no problem labelling others.

No one said goon in Ireland in the last 50 years, you imported it from the Americans same as youre complaining about now.

So if someone thinks it’s stupid that must mean they think it applies to them?

Plumbthedepths · 08-11-2019 12:17pm

riffmongous wrote: »

It's an insult or dismissive phrase, it doesn't have to make total sense. The point is it gets to the people who think it applies to them, who have no problem labelling others.

No one said goon in Ireland in the last 50 years, you imported it from the Americans same as youre complaining about now.

Popeye cartoons played on RTE for years, Goon was the name of mindless characters in the programme I certainly remember hearing the word used in school and elsewhere and I'm under 50.

Poor_old_gill · 08-11-2019 12:19pm

riffmongous wrote: »

It's an insult or dismissive phrase, it doesn't have to make total sense. The point is it gets to the people who think it applies to them, who have no problem labelling others.

No one said goon in Ireland in the last 50 years, you imported it from the Americans same as youre complaining about now.

When speaking - you should be trying your best to make sense.

You're just backing up my point that people are using a phrase that they don't understand to attempt to insult someone when the insult doesn't apply to them.

Its doubly stupid, its stupid squared

Cordell · 08-11-2019 12:19pm

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Do people in Ireland really identify themselves with generational labels created by American marketing firms? Generation X, Generation Z, Millenials. It’s nonsense.

That a dismissive, ageist term has been adopted by a generation supposedly supportive of diversity, equality and inclusion, which rejects even gender labeling is interesting.

They are the most intolerant generation of them all.

"OK Boomer"

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