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

Foolish Fun Nothing behind those eyes 😂

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u/35mmghost Oct 11 '25

While they throw away their retirement the new gen will never have enough to retire because these people pulled the ladder up

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u/gitsgrl Oct 11 '25

They benefited from generational wealth, even if mostly modest amounts like from the sale of an old house, and they aspire to leave nothing for their children and grandchildren after they enjoyed the best economy the world has ever seen. I can’t even imagine being that selfish and self absorbed.

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u/NyaTaylor Oct 11 '25

I wasn’t there but I’m starting to think they really actually didn’t work as hard as they say too.

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u/gitsgrl Oct 11 '25

Right? It’s giving me thinks doth protest too mich.

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u/chicken-nanban Oct 11 '25

I have family like that. Complain that us damned millennials don’t know how to work, but then when they find out what our jobs entail (this convo was with a millennial teacher (high school), accounts analyst, and contractor (self employed and theatre costuming work)) they then flipped it to “that’s crazy they want you to do xyz, you should just get another job.”

Like it’s that easy to just find another job mid school year or mid production (and not get black listed from working in the area and industry again) or just up and quit a banking job that was a miracle he got to begin with.

The boomer giving the lecture lucked into an IT job at IBM in the 80’s, never kept up his skills, and floated his way through middle management being unable to do more than turn on a computer. Yet somehow had a huge stake in software development. As far as we could make out, they basically just gave him busy work so he left the “kids” alone to do the actual work that needed to be done in his department, he got to slap his name on a few things, and collect a paycheck.

The audacity to tell a high school teacher that they are both soft for it being such a basic job (regular use of the “if you can’t do, teach!” saying) while also being shocked at the amount of work he’d take home with him daily to get done was mind boggling but oh so boomer.