jamesrodom
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Boy, talk about the ability of social media to make a stupid, two-word meme go viral. Everybody's using "okay boomer" as a presumed insult from millennials directed to Baby Boomers.
My first reaction was: much ado about nothing. Younger people criticizing or ridiculing older people?? I'm going WAAAY out on a limb here: Yep, it's been known to happen before!
But then I heard a curious argument from a couple of Facebook 'friends' who happen to BE baby boomers, around my age. Turns out they're genuinely upset by this because they connect it to the legitimate issue of age-ism, specifically discrimination in employment based on age. These friends must work, are having trouble finding work, and see this as part of a pattern whereby younger people in human resource or other positions of authority may actually be reluctant to hire older workers.
Thoughts?
My first reaction was: much ado about nothing. Younger people criticizing or ridiculing older people?? I'm going WAAAY out on a limb here: Yep, it's been known to happen before!
But then I heard a curious argument from a couple of Facebook 'friends' who happen to BE baby boomers, around my age. Turns out they're genuinely upset by this because they connect it to the legitimate issue of age-ism, specifically discrimination in employment based on age. These friends must work, are having trouble finding work, and see this as part of a pattern whereby younger people in human resource or other positions of authority may actually be reluctant to hire older workers.
Thoughts?