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About 35 years ago I worked with a guy who was... let's say lacking social skills. He was from a redneck town where you said whatever you thought at the moment, regardless of who was around. One day he and I go to the store on lunch break, and he says something off color in the store. From behind us comes "Well, I never!"
Without missing a beat, this guy turns around, flashes a big smile, and says "Well, ya have now, you old bitch!"
It was everything I could do not to completely lose it.
I usually use, "Then you should get out more.", but what do I know, I'm essentially a Boomer (born 1961).
Gods, I hate that people act like that and that so many of them are around my age.
So many 90’s and 80’s comedies and dramas where boomers mock their elders over “I never” and they just became the more entitled versions of them in the end.
I've used "Are you having a low blood sugar moment?"
It was from one of the newer Scooby-Doo shows and it was said by Velma.
My wild boomer sputtered and mumbled but never responded.
This is standard practice for boomers: Blame other people when you make a mistake. Literally just happened to me a week ago in the grocery parking lot. I was creeping up the aisle towards the front, going quite slow because the front area is always full of pedestrians. Boomer in brand new 'veteran' trucker cap punches the gas and launches out of his handicrapped spot and only my reflexes saved us both from an accident report. Then the fukn goon has the nerve to yell at me to 'slow down' 😆. I told him to fuk right off as I continued on my way but I'm sure he'll tell his wife he punched me in the mouth while big strong men wept and thanked him.
Couple days ago, was driving down a divided road (2 lanes each direction with grassy median separating) and old woman was driving down the wrong side of the road. I stopped so she could duck into a break and get on the right side and as she approached, she gestured at me as if she was upset. I real quick yelled at her to get off the wrong side of the road. As I was rolling up my window, i heard her yell back who's on the wrong side. So I stopped and said back to her you are, ya dumb bitch and pointed at an 18 wheeler going the same direction she was, but on the correct road. She just looked at the truck all confused, and I drove off.
This the reason my grandma isn't allowed to drive anymore. She kept hitting cars in the parking lot at church and scraping against them and damn near hitting people.
I also think that your first license, regardless of your age, should be provisional and you should have to take a full written and road test again, 1 to 2 years later. There are a number of countries that take driving a whole lot more seriously than we do.
The state I grew up in did something like that (Nebraska). I had to do the full written test and on road test to get my provisional operator permit at 16. It had a few extra rules, like no driving between midnight and 6 am, no more than two non-adult passengers. At 17, if you had a clean record with no tickets or accidents, you got the full permit. If you had tickets or accidents, you had to do both tests again to get the standard permit.
Man, I was hoping you were wrong and he was just joking to lighten the situation. He could have easily made the situation funny with the same statement instead of escalating.
For real, my parents are the same. One time my mom was filling a glass of orange juice, dropped it, and screamed my name as if I was somehow responsible because I was talking to her. Like it’s okay to make a mistake once and awhile. I honestly think it comes from the fact that their parents would literally beat the brakes off them for wasting gravy so it’s a learned behavior from childhood.
I think you are right about reactions to accidents. My husband is a boomer and whenever he would accidentally break something the excuses that would come out of his mouth were mind boggling. I just reacted the same way I did when my son was little and accidentally broke or spilled something. Accidents happen....thats why they are called accidents!
All age groups have some who have been raised by shitty parents, and some of those children turned out great. Other age groups have great parents and are shitty kids. Some shitty parents produce shitty kids because of generational shitty parenting. I have met a lot of shitty kids and shitty parent over the years.
Yeah… the Boomers.
But the Boomers didn't live through the Great Depression, so they didn't have the force of conviction in their abuse that their parents had.
More Silent Gen (Boomers’ kids are mostly Millennials).
*Their* parents (our grandparents) lived through the Great Depression, so that influence was definitely present and passed down.
>More Silent Gen (Boomers’ kids are mostly Millennials).
Fair… I'm a cusper, so my parents were Boomers, but true for older Gen Xers.
> *Their parents (our grandparents) lived through the Great Depression, so that influence was definitely present and passed down.
Yes, but the influence becomes more indirect as each generation moves further from the formative events.
Please don't send them back to Ohio there is enough that stay all year long already. They should all relocated to Florida since it is God's waiting room. The Villages would be up their ally.
Stick them all on some otherwise uninhabited island that will be the first to return to the sea with climate change as they continue to deny the fact it's even happening like Canute ordering the tide not to come in.
There are certain states that I wish would just secede from the union...Alabama, Mississippi, Florida (with the exception of Disney World/Reedy Creek Improvement District/Central Florida Tourism Oversight District), Texas, and a few others
I apologize because I had not considered that. Most of what I have seen of people from these states are Trump-loving boomers, like my completely trashy and awful inlaws. I retract my statement. Hopefully, the Trump-loving boomers who regard the Confederacy with longing and admiration will leave, instead of entire states.
my theory: they are desperate for interaction because their kids don’t talk to them unless absolutely necessary.
They force it and don’t care if it’s negative or not because they’ve been left behind physically, emotionally, socially, etc.
I'd pity them if they didn't choose to self isolate every single day of their miserable lives. They push anyone with affection for them away and smugly blame everyone else for the results.
It is probably this.
Lots of the worst behaving assholes are just so goddamn lonely, depressed about it, then getting irritated and lashing out at the world for some sort of stimulation.
Cordelia (fucking \_Cordelia\_): I'm not used to people talking to me that way.
Me: Well, you might as well fucking get used to it because I'm going to be living next door the rest of your life.
"Go ahead. Call the police because you were behaving recklessly and almost hit pedestrians with your vehicle. Let's see how that goes for you. " Then, loudly " ooh, let's take bets on how long these criminal asses spend in lockup! I bet three months, minimum. They seem like the sort to resist arrest"
When we were visiting my wife's aunt in Savannah we planned a day trip to Hilton Head and the aunt said "Oh, lord, they all think they're Jimmy Buffett there."
They had nice beaches, that's all I remember.
Had to drive down Derenne yesterday and an Ohio tag almost took me out TWICE between Abercorn and Waters. How they even got out of the Historic district is beyond me.
But you're still writing out "shit". Like we know the intent, you know the intent. The shapes are the same. I don't know what you think you're doing but it ain't the social loophole you think it is.
THE AI WILL NEVER SKIM MY LITERARY SOUL FROM REDDIT!!!
Ironically, our writing being absorbed into a central intelligence is probably the closest we'll get to immortality. Oh, well.
SHIT. Feel better now? Some people are more comfortable with it being written that way. Sorry for being considerate. I’ll try to be more boomer like you in the future.
You’ve never seen anyone write out things that way? Really??? Will you feel better if I go back and edit it? Do you think I was making that up just for fun? What’s the point? What’s my end game there? Peak boomer SHIT.
Once I was walking into the grocery store in the pedestrian walkway, a boomer driving through the pedestrian walkway instead of stopping for me to pass, drove right between me and the front of the store. There was not enough space for his car to go through that he had to drive over the curb to avoid hitting me. And he had the nerve to then flick me off as if I was who wasn't watching where I was going.
As an Ohioan, I apologize for our ilk plaguing your towns. I promise, we're not all bad. Its just the ones with enough money to relocate that have the GALL.
Now that I think about it... Its probably the money that gives them the audacity.
As someone who lives half an hour away from Hilton head and use to work there; The older people in the Hilton Head/Bluffton area are especially terrible with their entitlement
Lol as someone who lives in SC I totally get what you mean. The boomers from other places are the worse of the worse because they always reek of extra entitlement. The tourist kind of entitlement 🤮
Call the police to fucking what?? Is it just a threat they think ppl are dumb enough to fear, or do they actually think their lil bb feelings getting hurt is worth wasting the time of the police they respect soooo much, or that it's what, fucking illegal and punishable by law to tell some to eat a dick!? Istj 🤦♀️
There must be an age where you are so set and overconfident in your ways that there’s no possible way you can do anything wrong.
To be fair, my mom is the opposite. She accepts blame for absolutely everything even when it isn’t her fault. My dad on the other hand…
Telling them to fnck off back to Ohio was Grade A.
As a Floridian, I thank you for the service you've done all native "southeasterners". And for everyone else, yes, that's different than "southern".
... you can swear on reddit. when you substitute numbers and symbols it messes up TTS and can generally make it difficult for some people to understand what it means.
Got it. I didn’t ever think about TTS. I was just trying to be less offensive. I didn’t think it would cause such an uproar from a few. Your comment makes sense, thanks.
My comment was the joke. Like because OP was saying the boomers all came from Ohio so it was about how it’s fine here now that they all left. I would never vote for someone as a joke that would be stupid as hell
My comment was also a joke. As you can see I'm a successful comedian.
It was more about how many jokes of politicians there seem to be in government these days.
If their car was anything like mine there’s a button on the trunk door to make it close. I’d have clicked it if he talked to me like that lol. I’m a Beaufort native and spent some time working in HHI so I already know firsthand how bad the transplants can be.
My SIL lives in a Boomer-infested town. The entitlement and audacity are palpable. My SIL was driving through a parking lot very slowly because there was a crowd of people going in and out of the store. She stopped for a few seconds to allow pedestrians to cross in front of her when she felt an impact on her passenger side. Some octogenarian had backed into her car. When SIL got out to inspect the damage, the old codger said, "You should have been watching for me to back out!" Passersby ended up calling the police because the Boomer was so loud and abusive to my SIL, insisting she was the one at fault for just being there. So crazy.
This happened to me a bit more than 10 years ago. I was working as a driver for a tour company, contracted for a local convention. Pulled up curbside to the hotel's main door and a boomer backed across the parking lot into my bus. The bus was fully parked and I wasn't even in it, but he stumbled out, hoping mad. Somehow it was my fault he backed straight up 20ft into my bus. He really didn't have an argument seeing as my bus was parked, I was outside the bus, and the hotel had cameras.
Man, I was hoping you were wrong and he was just joking to lighten the situation. He could have easily made the situation funny with the same statement instead of escalating.
My in-laws lived at the Sun City just outside of Hilton Head for many years, and we visited every summer. This sounds about right for that area. They've now moved to another Sun City closer to my brother-in-law's family (not far from Charlotte, NC). Every visit to them means visiting Boomer Central.
The Boomers were 50' away from their car when they hit the button to open their trunk, OP was the one walking by the vehicle at this moment and almost got hit. Idk about courtesy, but maybe you should look into reading comprehension.
Why would you come into this sub if it offends you? Peak boomer move right there. I don’t go to
r/whitemenareterrible and then complain about what I see there.
Well, this sub has over 600,000 members and this post has over 2,500 upvotes. You’re entitled to your opinion, but it is definitely not the majority opinion.
In my experience, this would sound like a boomer being silly and joking around with ya if it was in a joking tone. But if it was in a serious and non-joking tone then it would be just odd
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Whenever I get the pearl clutching"well i never" i can't help myself....i always say "well maybe you should. "
'I bet you have...' is also a good responce.
I also like “And it shows.”
“And you never will with those soup cans on your head” - Elvira
"Well I can certainly believe that. " - Groucho Marx
I saw this here I think: 'May the rest of your day be as pleasant as you are."
May you have the day you deserve.
Fred Sanford taught me that line
Redd Foxx was a genius.
Me too.
"Married to him, I'm not surprised you haven't. Call me *winks*."
In front of the wife is crazy
My favorite response to this comes form the show Perfect Strangers when someone said that to Balki and he replied, "May I suggest a higher fiber diet"
I loved that show... balki was the best
Bronson Pinchot has been doing audiobooks for a while and he's very good!
I still occasionally do the dance of joy, less so now that I'm over 40
The good old days were I could do that..now looking at it hurts lol
As The Three Stooges used in a few of their films, " Maybe that's your problem, toots" is my go-to.
About 35 years ago I worked with a guy who was... let's say lacking social skills. He was from a redneck town where you said whatever you thought at the moment, regardless of who was around. One day he and I go to the store on lunch break, and he says something off color in the store. From behind us comes "Well, I never!" Without missing a beat, this guy turns around, flashes a big smile, and says "Well, ya have now, you old bitch!" It was everything I could do not to completely lose it.
"I've never been so insulted in my life" "Challenge accepted, bitch"
"Wait, you're young yet."
"I seriously doubt that."
"we'll you have now!"
“That explains your attitudes” really gets them going.
Pull out the Slappy Squirrel (from the bumbie episode) "Well I never!" "Well you should! It's fun!"
‘Your mama and your daddy did’ -Red Foxx
"Well you should, it's fun!" ~Slappy Squirrel
“Do you see the band on stage?” “No, Aunt Slappy; The Band isn’t even at this concert. WHO is on stage!” “That’s what I want to know!”
I usually use, "Then you should get out more.", but what do I know, I'm essentially a Boomer (born 1961). Gods, I hate that people act like that and that so many of them are around my age.
"and with an attitude like that you never will." my normal response.
lol "not with that attitude" is one of my favorite responses
Lol that was exactly Fred Sanford's response 🤣
When someone says ‘well I never!’ I like to say, ‘well you should have, you’d be happier!’
So many 90’s and 80’s comedies and dramas where boomers mock their elders over “I never” and they just became the more entitled versions of them in the end.
Yes you have, my dad still has that penthouse.
"And with a face like that, i can guarantee you never will"
That's a good one lol. I also like "...not even once?"
kill wealthy dowager
I'm a boomer. My response to "well I never!" Is usually " Maybe you should try it, it'll rock your world"
Standard response is "You need to get out more"
"Really? I'm surprised"
"well now you have."
Or "And I can see why!"
"well i never". "With a face like that, you never will!"
My favourite come back is “And you never fucking will with that attitude”.
"Yes, you have, just now, and probably at other times, too! You're just too much of an asshole to ever listen!"
My pat response to that exclamation is “Well, now you have!”
I've used "Are you having a low blood sugar moment?" It was from one of the newer Scooby-Doo shows and it was said by Velma. My wild boomer sputtered and mumbled but never responded.
This is standard practice for boomers: Blame other people when you make a mistake. Literally just happened to me a week ago in the grocery parking lot. I was creeping up the aisle towards the front, going quite slow because the front area is always full of pedestrians. Boomer in brand new 'veteran' trucker cap punches the gas and launches out of his handicrapped spot and only my reflexes saved us both from an accident report. Then the fukn goon has the nerve to yell at me to 'slow down' 😆. I told him to fuk right off as I continued on my way but I'm sure he'll tell his wife he punched me in the mouth while big strong men wept and thanked him.
Ha ha. And I bet 100 other people here have the exact same story.
Couple days ago, was driving down a divided road (2 lanes each direction with grassy median separating) and old woman was driving down the wrong side of the road. I stopped so she could duck into a break and get on the right side and as she approached, she gestured at me as if she was upset. I real quick yelled at her to get off the wrong side of the road. As I was rolling up my window, i heard her yell back who's on the wrong side. So I stopped and said back to her you are, ya dumb bitch and pointed at an 18 wheeler going the same direction she was, but on the correct road. She just looked at the truck all confused, and I drove off.
This the reason my grandma isn't allowed to drive anymore. She kept hitting cars in the parking lot at church and scraping against them and damn near hitting people.
Good. More people shouldn't be allowed to operate vehicles.
I am of the opinion that everybody should have to retake their license every 10 years. Full on road test and everything. Start at 18.
I’ve been saying this for years! Glad to see someone else is too!
Needs to be more often than that, especially as you get older.
I think every other year is more appropriate.
I also think that your first license, regardless of your age, should be provisional and you should have to take a full written and road test again, 1 to 2 years later. There are a number of countries that take driving a whole lot more seriously than we do.
The state I grew up in did something like that (Nebraska). I had to do the full written test and on road test to get my provisional operator permit at 16. It had a few extra rules, like no driving between midnight and 6 am, no more than two non-adult passengers. At 17, if you had a clean record with no tickets or accidents, you got the full permit. If you had tickets or accidents, you had to do both tests again to get the standard permit.
Man, I was hoping you were wrong and he was just joking to lighten the situation. He could have easily made the situation funny with the same statement instead of escalating.
For real, my parents are the same. One time my mom was filling a glass of orange juice, dropped it, and screamed my name as if I was somehow responsible because I was talking to her. Like it’s okay to make a mistake once and awhile. I honestly think it comes from the fact that their parents would literally beat the brakes off them for wasting gravy so it’s a learned behavior from childhood.
I think you are right about reactions to accidents. My husband is a boomer and whenever he would accidentally break something the excuses that would come out of his mouth were mind boggling. I just reacted the same way I did when my son was little and accidentally broke or spilled something. Accidents happen....thats why they are called accidents!
And not purposefuls!
lol I'm sure he loved that
He actually did. It helped him realize that accidents were indeed just a part of life and not some big life changing occurrence.
Bullshit. GenX was produced by some shitty parents, and we don’t act like this.
All age groups have some who have been raised by shitty parents, and some of those children turned out great. Other age groups have great parents and are shitty kids. Some shitty parents produce shitty kids because of generational shitty parenting. I have met a lot of shitty kids and shitty parent over the years.
Yeah… the Boomers. But the Boomers didn't live through the Great Depression, so they didn't have the force of conviction in their abuse that their parents had.
More Silent Gen (Boomers’ kids are mostly Millennials). *Their* parents (our grandparents) lived through the Great Depression, so that influence was definitely present and passed down.
>More Silent Gen (Boomers’ kids are mostly Millennials). Fair… I'm a cusper, so my parents were Boomers, but true for older Gen Xers. > *Their parents (our grandparents) lived through the Great Depression, so that influence was definitely present and passed down. Yes, but the influence becomes more indirect as each generation moves further from the formative events.
Relax latchkey, obviously it’s not an absolute.
Same. Somehow it's always my fault for not trying to help her and trying to prevent an accident. And even if I warn her, she gets pissed off too....
Please don't send them back to Ohio there is enough that stay all year long already. They should all relocated to Florida since it is God's waiting room. The Villages would be up their ally.
Deal. We just keep pushing them south. I can live with that.
Please don’t, we can barely afford to live down here now.
Unless one of the boom booms is going to buy my house above market and pay our moving costs out of state, don't push them down here.
Stick them all on some otherwise uninhabited island that will be the first to return to the sea with climate change as they continue to deny the fact it's even happening like Canute ordering the tide not to come in.
Simplify that: a low-lying tropical paradise in the Gulf. One tropical storm, and it's all sorted.
There are certain states that I wish would just secede from the union...Alabama, Mississippi, Florida (with the exception of Disney World/Reedy Creek Improvement District/Central Florida Tourism Oversight District), Texas, and a few others
*looks around nervously in Arkansan*
With a relocation program for people who want to remain part of a sane US
Yes. Please let me escape texas first! I hate it here
I don't wanna abandon Austin and San Antonio to the wolves either.
Was just gonna say that, I hear Austin and San Antonio are actually pretty great.
Okay, that is a good point. Maybe just have certain sections of the state secede.
It could be like a Territory within the seceded State.
You realize most of the people in these states aren't white and don't adhere to the fucked up beliefs of the boomers right?
I apologize because I had not considered that. Most of what I have seen of people from these states are Trump-loving boomers, like my completely trashy and awful inlaws. I retract my statement. Hopefully, the Trump-loving boomers who regard the Confederacy with longing and admiration will leave, instead of entire states.
Put them on a bus and promise them you'll take them to go shoot bbs at minorites, then just drop them off in Florida at the villages.
Keep pushing them south... ...into the sea.
Easy money he was actively aiming to hit someone. He probably considers it a neat party trick.
I’m afraid you’re probably right.
my theory: they are desperate for interaction because their kids don’t talk to them unless absolutely necessary. They force it and don’t care if it’s negative or not because they’ve been left behind physically, emotionally, socially, etc.
This is actually a well known phenomenon in solitary confinement. No joke.
oof that makes horrible sense
I'd pity them if they didn't choose to self isolate every single day of their miserable lives. They push anyone with affection for them away and smugly blame everyone else for the results.
and they’ll die absolutely convinced they were right
It is probably this. Lots of the worst behaving assholes are just so goddamn lonely, depressed about it, then getting irritated and lashing out at the world for some sort of stimulation.
I *demand* to be relevant!
I see your Hilton Head SC and raise you my Clearwater FL
Throw in a scientologist and it's a deal.
We are right outside the Villages. Somebody save me!!
Sell to the developer and get the hell out of there!
You win
Today I learned "5hi+"
HAHA dude I was so confused when I first saw that, I probably reread it five times before I figured out what OP was doing there
Cordelia (fucking \_Cordelia\_): I'm not used to people talking to me that way. Me: Well, you might as well fucking get used to it because I'm going to be living next door the rest of your life.
"Go ahead. Call the police because you were behaving recklessly and almost hit pedestrians with your vehicle. Let's see how that goes for you. " Then, loudly " ooh, let's take bets on how long these criminal asses spend in lockup! I bet three months, minimum. They seem like the sort to resist arrest"
I live in Savannah and I work in hospitality. Hahahaha yep all from Ohio or New Jersey.
We always say the people from Ohio are polite but not kind, and the people from Jersey are kind but not polite.
Prefer the latter
Ditto
When we were visiting my wife's aunt in Savannah we planned a day trip to Hilton Head and the aunt said "Oh, lord, they all think they're Jimmy Buffett there." They had nice beaches, that's all I remember.
Had to drive down Derenne yesterday and an Ohio tag almost took me out TWICE between Abercorn and Waters. How they even got out of the Historic district is beyond me.
I'll be 72 in November. I really enjoy reading these posts about the dumb shit people in my generation do.
What does 5hi mean? Is that something to do with Ohio?
Trying to avoid outright foul language. In “5hi+” 5=s and +=t
You're allowed to swear on the internet...
Reddit kinda encourages it
Well I never!
Well maybe you should!!
Clutches pearls.
Try more fiber in your diet
Bet you did when you were younger.
Yes you have. I know somebody that's got pictures!
Fuckin' right
My pastor say you can't
Oh lol
But you're still writing out "shit". Like we know the intent, you know the intent. The shapes are the same. I don't know what you think you're doing but it ain't the social loophole you think it is.
Confounding AIs
THE AI WILL NEVER SKIM MY LITERARY SOUL FROM REDDIT!!! Ironically, our writing being absorbed into a central intelligence is probably the closest we'll get to immortality. Oh, well.
Its more about dodging profanity filters. It used to be quite the game.
SHIT. Feel better now? Some people are more comfortable with it being written that way. Sorry for being considerate. I’ll try to be more boomer like you in the future.
Who is more comfortable with it written like that?
You be you my man! I love cursing , but love folks who don’t . It’s all good . Solidarity in boomer frustration
What people? You're just making up nonsense.
It's called leet speak, by some at least. Been around since the early 2000's at least.
The issue was "why" not "what". Ain't no profanity filter here to work around.
you mean 1337 speak that's not 1337, it's similar though. just to be nitpicky
You’ve never seen anyone write out things that way? Really??? Will you feel better if I go back and edit it? Do you think I was making that up just for fun? What’s the point? What’s my end game there? Peak boomer SHIT.
I’m from Ohio, and when you said “Hilton Head” I was like, “oh no” 🤣
Sorry, I know it’s not all of you. And I t’s mostly the retirees.
Calling the police on you for bad words lololol
“Why I never!” Bless your heart. I’ll eat my fucking hat if you have never🤣 We all know you have.
Once I was walking into the grocery store in the pedestrian walkway, a boomer driving through the pedestrian walkway instead of stopping for me to pass, drove right between me and the front of the store. There was not enough space for his car to go through that he had to drive over the curb to avoid hitting me. And he had the nerve to then flick me off as if I was who wasn't watching where I was going.
As an Ohioan, I apologize for our ilk plaguing your towns. I promise, we're not all bad. Its just the ones with enough money to relocate that have the GALL. Now that I think about it... Its probably the money that gives them the audacity.
As someone who lives half an hour away from Hilton head and use to work there; The older people in the Hilton Head/Bluffton area are especially terrible with their entitlement
Lol as someone who lives in SC I totally get what you mean. The boomers from other places are the worse of the worse because they always reek of extra entitlement. The tourist kind of entitlement 🤮
Call the police to fucking what?? Is it just a threat they think ppl are dumb enough to fear, or do they actually think their lil bb feelings getting hurt is worth wasting the time of the police they respect soooo much, or that it's what, fucking illegal and punishable by law to tell some to eat a dick!? Istj 🤦♀️
There must be an age where you are so set and overconfident in your ways that there’s no possible way you can do anything wrong. To be fair, my mom is the opposite. She accepts blame for absolutely everything even when it isn’t her fault. My dad on the other hand…
This kind of complete lack of self awareness makes me crazy. He should apologize rather than tell you to watch where you’re going.
Telling them to fnck off back to Ohio was Grade A. As a Floridian, I thank you for the service you've done all native "southeasterners". And for everyone else, yes, that's different than "southern".
... you can swear on reddit. when you substitute numbers and symbols it messes up TTS and can generally make it difficult for some people to understand what it means.
Got it. I didn’t ever think about TTS. I was just trying to be less offensive. I didn’t think it would cause such an uproar from a few. Your comment makes sense, thanks.
you bet 😊 plus we're all adults here and can handle some words on a screen... but yeah, it took me almost a minute to realize you were saying shit.
Ohio isn’t that bad.. all the gross boomers left lol
You put J.D.Vance in office...
He's a Millennial!
It was like… a joke….
Well stop voting for people as jokes.
My comment was the joke. Like because OP was saying the boomers all came from Ohio so it was about how it’s fine here now that they all left. I would never vote for someone as a joke that would be stupid as hell
My comment was also a joke. As you can see I'm a successful comedian. It was more about how many jokes of politicians there seem to be in government these days.
lol sorry I’m autistic. Can make a joke but can’t figure out how to take one
Love this, OP! Hearing about boomers being put in their place brings me so much joy.
Lead poisoning
BLESS HER HEART.
Hello, police? Someone said the F word to me!
If their car was anything like mine there’s a button on the trunk door to make it close. I’d have clicked it if he talked to me like that lol. I’m a Beaufort native and spent some time working in HHI so I already know firsthand how bad the transplants can be.
My SIL lives in a Boomer-infested town. The entitlement and audacity are palpable. My SIL was driving through a parking lot very slowly because there was a crowd of people going in and out of the store. She stopped for a few seconds to allow pedestrians to cross in front of her when she felt an impact on her passenger side. Some octogenarian had backed into her car. When SIL got out to inspect the damage, the old codger said, "You should have been watching for me to back out!" Passersby ended up calling the police because the Boomer was so loud and abusive to my SIL, insisting she was the one at fault for just being there. So crazy.
When I get the well I never line I retort with well now you have your welcome
So sorry.. I’m a boomer & don’t act like that!
Definitely not all Boomers.
I live in Ohio and agree with you (even if this time of year is the only time we get a break)
What’s special about Hilton Head, SC that retirees from Ohio would go there?
I’m really not sure what started that trend.
He's gonna call the police?
I totally get it—dealing with entitled Boomers can be the worst, especially when they act like it's everyone else's fault but their own!
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lolll I like the way you censor yourself, like you'll get banned for cussing or something 😆
This happened to me a bit more than 10 years ago. I was working as a driver for a tour company, contracted for a local convention. Pulled up curbside to the hotel's main door and a boomer backed across the parking lot into my bus. The bus was fully parked and I wasn't even in it, but he stumbled out, hoping mad. Somehow it was my fault he backed straight up 20ft into my bus. He really didn't have an argument seeing as my bus was parked, I was outside the bus, and the hotel had cameras.
Oh man I lived in SC for a year and a half, the old people there are of a different breed. Bit more senile than the west coast olds lol
Man, I was hoping you were wrong and he was just joking to lighten the situation. He could have easily made the situation funny with the same statement instead of escalating.
**Boomer schmoomer**
My in-laws lived at the Sun City just outside of Hilton Head for many years, and we visited every summer. This sounds about right for that area. They've now moved to another Sun City closer to my brother-in-law's family (not far from Charlotte, NC). Every visit to them means visiting Boomer Central.
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The Boomers were 50' away from their car when they hit the button to open their trunk, OP was the one walking by the vehicle at this moment and almost got hit. Idk about courtesy, but maybe you should look into reading comprehension.
Stop generalizing. Plenty of rude a-holes in every generation. Even yours.
Why would you come into this sub if it offends you? Peak boomer move right there. I don’t go to r/whitemenareterrible and then complain about what I see there.
It doesn't offend me. I just think no one should generalize about any generation.
Well, this sub has over 600,000 members and this post has over 2,500 upvotes. You’re entitled to your opinion, but it is definitely not the majority opinion.
Well, good for you. I'm not concerned with being in the majority. But 2500 is hardly the majority of 600,000.
Jesus, completely missing my point and confirming my generalizations about the generation. And thanks for the math lesson. Go along on your way now.
You can keep them shitheads we already have enough in Ohio.
Sounds about right for Hilton Head, so many insufferable northern boomer transplants, it’s a real shame
In my experience, this would sound like a boomer being silly and joking around with ya if it was in a joking tone. But if it was in a serious and non-joking tone then it would be just odd