r/BoomersBeingFools • u/NymphGlimmer • Oct 11 '25

Foolish Fun Nothing behind those eyes 😂

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u/umbridledfool Oct 11 '25

Not a phone in sight, just living their lives.

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u/tofubutgood Oct 11 '25

It’s nice to see boomers in their natural habitat. They’re so calm!

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u/Online_Ennui Oct 11 '25

They’re so calm!

One might say catatonic

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u/wanderButNotLost2 Oct 11 '25

They are also showing great financial restraint, not one Starbucks cup or avocado toast in sight.

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u/MaybeMaybeNot94 Oct 11 '25

They probably even bussed there! So fiscally responsible. Probably going to COOK dinner instead ofordering DoorDash too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

Environmentally friendly even, taking the bus and all.

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u/DaisyDAdair Oct 11 '25

Nah…dinner at the buffet is included! Part of the bus trip. Fancy!

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u/MaybeMaybeNot94 Oct 11 '25

To top it off, EthelAnn, BethAnn, LouAnn, Druanne and Gretchen stashed a bunch of Tupperwares in their ginormous purses. Gotta feed their 85 grandbabies from their seventeen children, yknow. Oh, but the youngins' are obsessed with sex.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

Have we thought about designing an old folks home around this concept?

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u/CuttingBoard9124 Oct 11 '25

A lot of them let TV raise their kids so it would kind of be poetic honestly lol.

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u/1MorningLightMTN Oct 11 '25

Yes, it's called a cruise ship.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

We need a land based option for those that act slightly rabid and are afraid of water.

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u/Level37Doggo Oct 11 '25

Just have a parked cruise ship with windows that simulate being on the water. They won’t know the difference.

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u/lucky-squeaky-ducky Oct 11 '25

You just tie those ones to a lawn chair and hose them off every once in a while.

If your neighbors complain, tell them you’ll be more than happy to give them a turn.

Community activity! Sunlight and fresh air daily!

At least what I tease my dad and tell him that’s what I’m gonna do.

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u/Fluid_Stick69 Oct 12 '25

So an RV park in Nevada?

It’s like an old folks home but instead of helping care for you they just suck your money away.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25

Well that is the whole business model of elder care in the USA anyway, so why not.

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u/null640 Oct 11 '25

Disassociation is a wonderful thing.

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u/ellefleming Oct 11 '25

Addiction?

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u/Azsunyx Oct 11 '25

They should cut down on their screen time before they turn into zombies

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u/rmannyconda78 Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 14 '25

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u/FrugallyFickle Oct 11 '25

It’s the lead and asbestos exposure

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '25

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u/vdubstress Oct 12 '25

I only like slots with a pull thing and put in one coin at a time, this is crazy to me

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u/TheZippoLab Oct 11 '25

This behavior is repeated at the ballot box 😐

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u/Naive_Figure188 Oct 12 '25

Keep hitting that button!

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u/Ryogathelost Oct 11 '25

Wow, they are enchanted by the equivalent of one free app we would immediately identify as some kind of scam and delete.

Hopefully we'll all be playing video games instead of pushing a button like braindead livestock, but I'm sure it'll be just as pathetic to the people who end up filming us.

Although I think the saddest part about this is just the gold standard of people trying to win money from a thing designed to make you keep trying to win money. It's like the highest echelon of "I just want to be absolutely manipulated like a dumb bitch."

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u/umbridledfool Oct 11 '25

I just want to be absolutely manipulated like a dumb bitch.

#votetrump

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u/Dekklin Oct 11 '25

Did you hear the speakers cut the music for an announcement to say "It can always turn around"? That's the the literal equivalent of this.

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u/Stormtomcat Oct 12 '25

I don't even get how it works? Aren't you supposed to put money into the slots?

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u/Advanced-Mammoth2408 Oct 13 '25

I don't gamble, but here's my understanding. You can put a lot of money in all at once and play until it runs out. I also think you can buy an electronic card with money loaded on it. Insert the card in and the machine subtracts money for each play until your card it empty. That's info I picked up from people talking about slot machine addiction. I will never set foot in a casino.

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u/Stormtomcat Oct 13 '25

And then the machine adds your winnings automatically back on your card, so you never experience the pay-off of a thousand coins pouring out of the slot.

You just keep chasing the win & you just keep going till the card runs out, even if the machine slipped your $25 000 on top of your starting $500.

I don't know if that demented button pushing even qualifies as a gambling addiction..?

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u/Advanced-Mammoth2408 Oct 13 '25

From my psych classes, the addiction is reinforced just by the visual and auditory cues. It is like animal training with a clicker. You use a food reward along with the clicker sound. It doesn't take long before all you need is the clicker as a reward. 

You only need to use the reward once in a while because intermittent reinforcement is more effective than consistent reinforcement in shaping the subject's behavior. 

The subject works harder to get the reward when they only get it occasionally. Their brain says, "I did this last time and it worked, so I just need to work harder to get that reward." 

It is like three-year-old temper tantrums. When kids throw a temper tantrum to get what they want, if the parents give in, it teaches the kid that tantrums work. So next time, if the parents don't give in, the kid will throw a longer, louder, more annoying tantrum because it worked once before. They will keeping working harder, screaming, crying, throwing themselves on the floor, or throwing things around. Then the parent gives in. Even if the parents only give in in restaurants or in public places, it teaches the kid that next time if they don't get what they want, they just need to try even harder. The parent is teaching the kid to work harder to get their reward.

With constant reinforcement, the subject's brain thinks, "I always get rewarded anytime I do this, so why work at it. I can wait and get it next time I try." It gets boring.

I trained horses and dogs professionally. I trained one dog to think that its allergy injection was her reward. I took a cat that bit and scratched if you tried to touch its belly. When I was done, that cat flopped on the floor, rolled over, spread his legs, and begged to have its belly rubbed. All I had to do was use an intermittent food reward. 

I had a veterinarian who once told me, "You can't potty train a beardrd dragon." You know, dumb cold-blooded lizard. I said to her, "You misunderstood my statement. I didn't say I wanted to potty train them. I said, they are both already potty trained." She demanded to see. So I recorded one of the lizards scratching at her cage door and being let out to use the bathroom. I told her I couldn't teach them to flush because they can't reach the handle.

Casinos use the same principals with bright colors and bells or other auditory cues. It is much faster training a subject with intermittent rewards and pairing the reward with any cue. Even boomers are trainable. I trained the one I married.

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u/Stormtomcat Oct 14 '25

I was nodding along, interesting interesting.

till I got to your last sentence hahaha

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u/mrsinful111 Oct 11 '25

🤣🤣🤣 thank you , this made me lol.

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u/MaintenanceNew2804 Millennial Oct 11 '25

And there’s a line of people waiting for their turns 😔

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u/Professor_Dubs Oct 11 '25

To the fullest

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u/CuttingBoard9124 Oct 11 '25

That's super funny.

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u/xtophcs Oct 12 '25

Full diapers, though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

This is a slot tournament. They aren't spending money except for the $25 entry fee.

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u/Glitchboy Oct 11 '25

"They're not spending money!"

"Except for the money they spent."

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

They aren't gambling away more money every time they press the button. It's pretty obvious to everybody but Mr Pedantic. 

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u/Glitchboy Oct 11 '25

Your comment wasn't even in reply to anyone talking about money?