‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations

Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by bwsewell on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:56AM (#21441611)

they were friendly?

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by frankbreetz on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:58AM (#21441628)

I think they are referring to how previous generations had "respect for elders"

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by rco8786 on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:59AM (#21441640)

Perhaps those elders forgot that respect happens in two directions.

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by TheHypnotist on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:14AM (#21441760)

Right, hasn't lazy millennial been beaten to death enough?

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by croon on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:55AM (#21442161)

Yes, which is why we've moved on to Gen Z now as the scapegoat du jour.

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by ceejayoz on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:58AM (#21441635)

People have complained about disrespectful, selfish youth since at least ancient Greece. Likely far longer, but Aristotle's on record about it.

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by pgeorgi on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:09AM (#21441717)

Are you referring to "The children now love luxury...", which is often misattributed to Socrates? https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Socrates#Misattributed

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Re:‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations by ceejayoz on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:14AM (#21441761)

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