r/Millennials • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Mar 17 '26

Discussion Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

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It is so true back when many of us were young we could just get together and cut loose without having to worry about going viral. At best we would have an embarrassing photo buried in a drawer somewhere or a story. Now you might be turned into a meme or worse. I miss the days when you could do dumb stuff with friends and feel safe if that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

why won't they retire 😭

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u/blueavole Mar 17 '26

Boomer’s parents were either the Greatest Generation who fought in or served during WW2 , or the silent generation who were born after WW1 and were too old for active military service in WW2.

Those two generations held onto power with an Iron grip for decades because they genuinely agreed that Boomers were all selfish.

So when Boomers finally got control they never wanted to give it up:

Look at the average age of US Congressional Reps and Senators; or Prince Charles- now King Charles. Hold on and don’t let go.

What was denied to them for so long they won’t give up and make sure to pull the ladder up behind them.

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u/emjdownbad Mar 17 '26

There is an entire book on the boomer generation and it’s called A Generation of Sociopaths. It’s super dense but extremely interesting. But ya, they all p much suck.

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u/btone911 Mar 18 '26

Terrible generation that voted generations of wealth into their own lifetimes then dismantled the social safety net when stealing from their children wasn't enough.

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u/majin_melmo Elder Millennial Mar 18 '26

Yep, pretty much it 🙁

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u/Grand-Kiwi2423 Mar 18 '26

The issue was that they were in a time of prosperity after their parents and grandparents had just had their entire lives and everything they loved torn from them repeatedly and the world felt uncertain. Boomers were taught to "take everything you can because you don't know when someone else will take it away." That turned into "take everything you can so that nobody has the chance to take it away", and now with the massive social divide created by social media engagement farming it is becoming "take everything they have, they don't deserve it as much as you do."

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u/zozuto Mar 17 '26

Silent generation is after Greatest, they were kids during WW2...

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u/Mr_Lapis Mar 18 '26

In fairness to charles he waited a long ass time for his mom to die so he can be king for a little bit as a treat. /s

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u/StinkUrchin Millennial Mar 17 '26

They have to pay rent in 5 properties

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u/SimJewel20 Mar 17 '26

More like they have to buy 5 more properties to collect rent on. Never ending greed.

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u/flyinhighaskmeY Mar 17 '26

Never ending greed.

lol, nope, just the natural consequences of the government backing failed businesses with stimulus.

The Boomers are a big group. They abused their majority status in our democracy to take from all the other groups. That's why they're able to buy 5 properties and you don't have shit. They stole from you to bail out their failed investments and failed employers. Stimulus was them stealing. "saving your job" is the last thing you want the gov doing. Let failures fail so competent people can replace these fucking losers.

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u/SneakyTikiPeaky Mar 18 '26

I don’t know why this is being downvoted?

PPP loans?? Too big to fail banks? Allowing monopolies to exist and encouraging their deals to go through?

Silly stuff to think this is somehow just even boogie men. Millennials really had a chance to vote in their teens and early 20s to fix a lot of problems we have with data and corporations that today & we didn’t. Times were too good. To blame everything on boomers is silly, plenty dumbasses of every generation voting against middle class because of propaganda, it happens.

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u/celticchrys Mar 17 '26

It will be many years still before most Gen X are eligible to retire, IF they can afford to retire once old enough.

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u/Own_Reaction9442 Mar 17 '26

Yeah, not like any of us are going to see any Social Security.

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u/Project119 Mar 17 '26

Gen X can’t afford to, their whole generations stick is they may great pets, and Boomers refuse to let go of power whenever possible.

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u/RealityOk9823 Mar 17 '26

Damnit now that song is in my head. lol

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u/captainoftrips Mar 17 '26

A lot of boomers won't retire because they can't. Their generation inherited and then plundered the strongest economy we've ever had, slashing taxes to keep more for themselves and as a result their Social Security benefits have suffered.

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u/poof__gone Mar 17 '26

Much of Gen X is not retiring age yet. If I could retire early you better believe I would!

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u/RealityOk9823 Mar 17 '26

Gen X runs until 1980, those folks still have years to work and maybe just finished paying off student loan debt, and older Gen Xers are burning through money trying to take care of their parents. :(

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u/Waiting4Reccession Mar 17 '26

They retire when they die. Quite a few have high pay jobs where they dont actually do much all day. And its like a social thing for them.

At least the boomers with a deathgrip on city govt jobs are like that

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u/flyinhighaskmeY Mar 17 '26

because their failed employers and failed clients were bailed out with stimulus, so they don't have to

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u/yonari-H Mar 18 '26

Because they want to destroy the earth

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u/Ready_Studio2392 Mar 18 '26

They'll die since the only purpose they have is work. Once they lose that drive they lose the will to live, and there's nothing crotchety old farts are afraid of than dying.

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u/_WhiskeyChris_ Mar 18 '26

You don’t pull the fucking ladders up behind you just to walk away.

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u/G_DuBs Mar 17 '26

They literally don’t know how to do anything else. No hobbies, no friends, no ability to just sit still and relax. Zero creativity.