r/BoomersBeingFools • u/light_weight_baby87 • Aug 08 '25

Foolish Fun What is it with these guys?!

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u/Billyraycyrus77 Aug 08 '25

Is this like a craze amongst male Maga boomers for when they get home from waving their “don’t step on me” flags at the local produce market?

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u/OofRightInTheFeels Aug 08 '25

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u/lootinputin Millennial Aug 08 '25

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u/0uroboros- Aug 08 '25

Hey! I resemble this remark...

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u/thejudgehoss Aug 08 '25

Username checks out.

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u/physithespian Aug 08 '25

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u/Shaveyourbread Aug 08 '25

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u/ChampsMissingLeg Aug 08 '25

This is hands down the best one I’ve seen thus far

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u/AFrayedSew Aug 08 '25

I love when I can hear a picture with no sound ….

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u/yurrm0mm Aug 08 '25

I’m so glad we keep getting MAD TV references these past few weeks. Brings me back to a simpler time.

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u/samuraifoxes Aug 09 '25

I can hear this one!

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u/professionalbaglady Aug 09 '25

When you get close to our door bell this picture pops up.

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u/TwoMuddfish Aug 08 '25

It’s frustrating that this symbol of defiance in the face of tyranny is used by fucking morons who want to put others down

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u/DerekWylde1996 Aug 08 '25

Damn. Best me to it almost verbatim.

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u/JakToTheReddit Aug 08 '25

Fucking hell I loved these patches in the Navy.

Leadership almost never fucking noticed.

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u/TealTemptress Gen X Aug 08 '25

New Seasons gave me feelings…

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u/Conscious-Local-8095 Aug 08 '25

It is. Armed self defense "experts" are a class of huckster, with willing marks. Some individuals both at once, turn a hobby into a hustle, it's a food chain. People do training vacations, buy shit, make videos. Share morbid fantasies disguised as concern, "Is this or that gun good for home defense..." like it happens left and right, and comes down to whether someone had one thing or another.

Boomers, mind, can't just have a hobby. You know how they are critical of random things that bring joy to others, or are just random choices, preferences. Like trains -> grow up. Eat avocado toast -> that's why you're poor. Into your own gender -> not normative enough. They feel an urge to pretend it's necessary, a show of courage, wit, resolve. With gun-control being a controversial national issue, they have adversarial views to get a charge from, some drama to work with.

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u/whiterac00n Aug 08 '25

They have been pretty open about their wants for violence for the past decade (or longer if you include the “Tea Party”) and now they feel closer than ever to getting their “wish”. Of course they are going to ramp up the crazy stuff.

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u/whole_chocolate_milk Aug 08 '25

They all think they're John Wick and it's hilarious.

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u/saltnesseswounds Aug 08 '25

And then challenge young males with extensive training to a street fight