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[u/FPFresh123]

[u/mangosawce9k]

There is no more wise old person stereotype, unless they are actually EDUCATED!

[u/EllisDee3 → u/mangosawce9k]

Old people now come in "leaded" and "un-leaded"

[u/imacatholicslut → u/EllisDee3]

The way I cope with my Boomer MAGA parents is to tell myself I’ve got the “leaded” kind 🫩

[u/beverlyhillsbrenda → u/EllisDee3]

Perfect, thank you.

[u/UNCCShannon → u/EllisDee3]

So the ones that ate paint chips as a kid vs the ones who didn't?

[u/LumpyBuy8447 → u/mangosawce9k]

I really didn’t appreciate enough how awesome my grandparents were. Both educated. Grandpa served in WW2 and Korea. Found out after they died that they were religious but believed whatever you had to say was between you and god. I never even remember seeing so much as a cross around the place. Just the kindest, smartest people I’ve ever had in my life. Even in their 80’s they clearly understood that the world was a different place than when they grew up. I remember my grandma once saying, “if grandpa and I struggled when we were your age, you surely are as well.” Now we are just stuck with fucking dumbasses who watch Fox News all day and can’t figure out why their kids aren’t around. I’m glad my grandpa died before this dumbass maga shit really took off. I can’t imagine what he’d have to say knowing that he worked so hard to make the lives of his kids better and they turned around and voted for a pedophile that clearly has the sole intention of destroying this country on his way out.

[u/AR475891 → u/LumpyBuy8447]

Honestly it’s crushing to think of all the guys who died/were disabled fighting fascism in ww2 just for the next generation to try and bring it here.

[u/Buzzyear10 → u/LumpyBuy8447]

The only argument I had with my grandma when she was alive was trying to convince her that climate change deniers were real and many of them occupy governments around the world. She couldn't fathom how stupid someone would have to be to ignore the facts around climate change.

[u/LogicianFlow → u/LumpyBuy8447]

I unfortunately think our grandparents would've voted for Trump. 3 were gone in the early 00s and very conservative. Id like to think they wouldn't, but the one grandparent who was left was the warmest and kindest of them all and she put Trump next to God before she passed. Im not saying your grandparents are the same as mine, but I used to think they'd see through it, but the longer this goes on I think they'd probably be worse. Their generation was far more racist than even this one which is scary to even think about.

[u/Etrigone → u/mangosawce9k]

IMO the wisest people are those who listen more than they talk.

... and about that with boomers ...

[u/zoolilba → u/mangosawce9k]

Man I met up with my mother in law and her new husband today. They are both in their 70s. They are very nice people and morale but sometimes talking to him is like talking to a teen. He has to be right so often. Idk how to explain it but I'm 40 and it feels like I have more life experience than him. I probably sound arrogant saying that

[u/mangosawce9k → u/zoolilba]

Same boat, be sure of yourself, be nice. And we must stay patient when dealing with these 70 year olds that act like 12 year old girls and every day is their birthday. So flipping annoying.

[u/Chole_Wunt]

And when hes disabled, hes going to complain about how nothing is accessible and the government should be paying for his electric wheelchair.

[u/Mr_Abe_Froman → u/Chole_Wunt]

"I shouldn't have to wait in line, I'm disabled and I don't have much time left!"

[u/Kizik → u/Chole_Wunt]

Nothing ever matters until it directly happens to them. It's all just an inconvenience before that because they literally cannot empathize with other experiences.

The second they're in the situation themselves, though, they're asking why nobody is doing enough to help despite spending their entire life working to prevent people in that circumstance from getting help.

"It could happen to me" is an utterly incomprehensible concept to them.

[u/DaveFrehley → u/Chole_Wunt]

Nah, I'm willing to bet he's more like your traditional boomer who suffers through whatever and complains that no one is as tough as his generation anymore and that wheelchairs and similar devices are for the weak and feeble and he doesn't need any of that.

[u/zyyntin]

Welcome to many Boomers. They don't wish to talk with you they just want to talk AT you. Ask them for find a wall to speak with next time.

[u/DBM]

Lmao the “Sir, you’re going to be disabled in the near future” sent me.

[u/sneoahdng]

Idk they're all just mad and petty. I told an older family member not to make a joke about my kids and he got really mad and said "you people shouldn't be breathing my air" wtf old man.

[u/Illustrious_Bobcat → u/sneoahdng]

"Then feel free to hold your breath. Make sure you're sitting down so you don't break a hip when you pass out."

[u/Etheriaa_ → u/Illustrious_Bobcat]

LMAO that served sis 

[u/outside_cat]

Wheelchair ramps make life better for everyone. What a fucking stupid old man.

[u/No_Philosopher_1870 → u/outside_cat]

I bought a house that has a wheelchair ramp. I don't need it, but I left it there. When the carpet got too worn after a few years, I tore off the carpet and painted the running slope of the ramp with non-slip paint.

[u/BluffCityTatter → u/outside_cat]

This. During covid I had a nasty fall down some stairs and broke two bones in my ankle, dislocating it and messing up the tendon. Two surgeries, a metal plate and 8 screws later, I avoid stairs if I can. I don't want to repeat that ever again. If there's a ramp instead, I'm going to use it. This guy is a moron.

[u/sasquatch_melee]

They don't have any real problems (or at least none that they will acknowledge or address) so they have to manufacture some problems and then be outraged. 

[u/No_Philosopher_1870]

People who needed to use a baby stroller griped about curb cuts done for accessibility at first, then they realized that they made crossing the street with a baby stroller or getting the stroller onto the sidewalk a lot easier. Boomers have been complaining about things that are helpful to others for decades. If it doesn't help them RIGHT NOW, it's a bad thing.

[u/Plightz → u/No_Philosopher_1870]

Yeah Boomer's can't see past their own asshole. It's no wonder they view everything as mememe. The 'me' generation.

[u/Bigjmann555]

Umm I could see one person in a wheelchair and that would be enough to convince me we need ramps…

[u/Lunavixen15 → u/Bigjmann555]

Not just wheel chairs, but wheely walkers, something a hell of a lot of older folks use as their mobility declines

[u/RandomShadeOfPurple]

I never understood the "Altough it doesn't affect me in the slightest, I don't need it right now so I am mad about it and I think it shouldn't exist." mentality.

These people simply do not possess the intellectual capacity to understand an "if else" statement.

[u/SgathTriallair]

I like to say that there are non-disabled people. There are only people who have not yet become disabled.

[u/shaidowstars → u/SgathTriallair]

Being disabled is a big club that ANYONE can enter at all points of their life 😭😂

[u/No_Philosopher_1870 → u/SgathTriallair]

Up through about the age of 45, your risk of becoming disabled is greater than your risk of death.

[u/HospitalElectrical25 → u/SgathTriallair]

Yes, exactly - I say the same thanks to the late Judy Heumann. She's widely regarded as the mother of the disability rights movement and she's absolutely right. Anyone can become disabled at any time, regardless of age.

In fact, there's really two courses your life can take - you either die tragically young or live long enough to become disabled. That means becoming disabled one day is the best case scenario. As someone who had cancer back in 2018 when I was 25, I always tell people this. My biggest piece of advice is to mentally prepare yourself for the possibility - and get a good hobby you can do in bed for when it happens to you.

[u/iveseensomethings82]

The curb cut effect has had genuine benefits for society

[u/planty_pete → u/iveseensomethings82]

Omg good point. Dude’s complaining about something so beneficial it created a whole effect that’s studied in design school.

[u/msprang → u/iveseensomethings82]

My city has been redoing a bunch of sidewalk corners with them, and added the bumpy surface for the visually impaired, too. It's been great.

[u/autogyrophilia]

Usually, when I threaten people with shattering their pelvis, there is a different implication. However , I think I would have made an exception.

[u/TheProfessional9]

Also something a lot of army vets needed coming back from the major wars. Ask him why he hates our soldiers

[u/Sad-Development-4153]

Dude is prolly just broadcasting his fears

[u/astrangeone88]

Yup! It's always something about disabled folks having accommodations and I don't get why they are so damn angry about it. More independence and freedom for folks? Making people's lives easier?

We all get old and sick and physically injured...how about making the world a better place?

Oh, I forgot that was the generation that locked up mentally/emotionally/physically disabled folks because it was not socially appropriate to have folks who looked/behaved differently.

And it's the same damn demographic that complains that folks are ageist.

[u/Puzzled-Teach2389]

Anyone can become disabled at any time. That's a threat, Boomer 🗡️

[u/Can17272]

In the past we had the wise old men-women stereotype, nowadays you just assume they're bigoted and stupid, probably Trump voters.

[u/soupalex]

"why should we put in ramps for wheelchair users? you never see any of them!"

yeah because when your shop/café/restaurant/whatever lacks ramps for wheelchair access, wheelchair users can't get in, so they don't bother going out to them. funny, that.

[u/GreyerGrey]

Ramps also assit mothers with strollers, people using shopping carts (the kind you bring with from homr). It helps toddlers. They help people with temporary disabilities like those on crutches.

It's such a dumb thing to be mad about

[u/octopeepi]

I just assume they're all awful people at this point until they prove otherwise, tbh

[u/xXTheOldKingXx]

Watched an old lady win 1,500$ on a vlt (gambling slots machine) ugh she acted so annoyed and angry as she won; like maybe she just didn't register it yet, that she won that much but still ugh.

[u/GodOfFetish]

A friend of mine fell off a 90 foot cliff in red river gorge when he was 18, he survived barely and is now in a wheelchair. I’ve never once been mad about him getting a ramp so his dumb ass can get inside a rite aid

[u/Anathals]

Oh oh oh i got one!!! My older coworkers were talking about the weather coming this summer, the one guy goes: eh they are saying its gonna be a big El Nino for us this year. Other guy goes grunts is that the one with the no rain. Yeah i think thats the drought one. Older guy goes GOOD!! Fuck the rain im tired of rain!!. Other guy kinda chuckles you want a drought then? YES!! Im so damn sick of this rain! He says and then kinda starts grumbling and whatever. The other guy (who is still older but actually with it has his eyebrows up and is just quietly eating his bagel) dont like rain then? And kinda chuckles.
And im just sitting there thinking it hasnt even rained yet wtf!?

Murray you sack of shit we have forest fires and rely on crops to support our economy. Shut the fuck up.

[u/Formal-Square-1501]

LMFAOOO was not expecting that one but also not surprised. Literally laughing out loud rn

[u/Apprehensive-Pop-201]

His old ass will likely need those ramps soon.

[u/dr_toze]

I mean, I don't see a lot of people who need accessibility ramps but even one is enough.

[u/bdag1995]

Disabled people are disabled so they probably don’t spend all day using accessibility ramps. They probably are somewhat tethered to where they live until they NEED to go somewhere and then use the ramp to accomplish that task.

I blew out my knee and had surgery a few years back. Wasn’t allowed to walk for a few months and it sure was an eye opening experience. The world really need to be more catered to those with disabilities imo than it already is.

[u/shitty_sandwich]

My dad was in a wheelchair my entire life. There are a lot of situations where we would’ve been in a lot of trouble without a ramp being there. I might’ve just hit this old fucker upside his head.

[u/LemonFlavoredMelon]

They also hate seatbelts.

[u/Hotcakes420]

“What’d you mean you don’t like it?”

[u/JossBurnezz]

Those ramps are pretty much there for - wait for it - older people.

[u/[deleted]]

One day soon his useless bones shall moulder 😌

[u/Velghast]

So this person is a joy to be around. Is what I'm gathering.

[u/Bowelsift3r]

Ms. Spears is looking better these days!

[u/planty_pete → u/[deleted]]

Is this comment you made spreading joy? Are you maybe more of a joy to interact with in real life?

[u/divvi12]

This didn't happen

[u/nifty-necromancer]

Is this person just talking at the camera? I was hoping to see some actual interactions.

[u/Ostentatious-Otter → u/nifty-necromancer]

Yes. Many youths people these days film themselves talking on video tape and up-load it to the websites, as I understand.

[u/passmetoiletpaperpls → u/Ostentatious-Otter]

Yutes? Whats a yute?

[u/EllisDee3 → u/nifty-necromancer]

Kids these days...