Twitter Thread Has Folks Say "I'm With Boomers on This One"
"I'm With the Boomers on This One" — Twitter Thread Has Folks Begrudgingly Agree With Older Gen
By Callie (Carlos) CadornigaPublished June 30 2023, 1:45 p.m. ET
Let's face it. Boomers have never exactly seen eye to eye with people from proceeding generations. Whether they're facing off against millennials or Gen-Z kids, boomers seem to relish in their staunch refusal to not only ignore shifting cultural trends and modern-day struggles but actively make it harder for us to navigate them thanks to outward hate and backward legislation.
It's safe to say that boomers will truly never see eye to eye with anyone else. However, a Twitter thread has folks identifying the moments in which they begrudgingly agree with boomers on certain topics.
On June 24, 2023, historian Eladio Bobadilla tweeted out asking, "What makes you go, 'I'm with the boomers on this one'?"
His unique question has garnered some surprising reactions from other users.
Here are some of our favorite opinions that some future generations share with boomers.
Touching grass.
In terms of appreciating nature, I stand with the Boomers.
It’s good to disconnect from technology occasionally and enjoy the simple beauty around us.
— Dee Wayne (@DeeWaynee94) June 25, 2023Screens have taken up most of our time and attention these days, whether we need them for work or are just binging shows. There's absolutely nothing wrong with folks turning things off for a bit and getting some outdoor time to take in the sights and breathe some fresh air — poor outdoor air quality notwithstanding.
More jobs for more folks.
People should be able to graduate from high school and get a secure union job with a pension, and they should be able to buy a home with their normal job money.
— Official Hightower Hater (@tremonenta) June 25, 2023Boomers love to assume that folks can crack open a newspaper and simply find a job, but the job market has shifted considerably since then. We'd honestly be huge fans of the idea of steady jobs out of high school to help us navigate an ever-shifting housing market and achieve more independence that boomers still cling to.
Missing regular headphones.
Headphone jacks shouldn't have gone. Don't get me wrong, I'm cool with bluetooth, but wires were not nearly the inconvenience people thought they were. At least not enough to outright get rid of the option entirely
— St☆r (@Staris_Reborn) June 26, 2023Bluetooth headphones are finicky. USB-C headphones only work with certain phones. But devices used to be able to accommodate the same headphone jack without having to figure anything else out. We miss those old plug-ins.
Pop culture, the great unifier.
The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Kurt Vonnegut, the 60s Batman TV show, Corvettes, Disneyland, pizza delivery, hydroponic weed, tiki culture, drive-in movies, funk music, punk rock, Steve McQueen…
— Buff Tucker (@BuffTucker) June 25, 2023Even if you're a fan of today's music and movies, there's certainly nothing wrong with checking out the old tunes and shows of yesteryear. People are still in love with The Golden Girls to this day, after all!
Affordable homes sound like a dream.
$30,000 home prices.
— Bärí A. Williams, Esq. (@BariAWilliams) June 27, 2023The housing market has gotten so bad that folks work two jobs in order to afford to pay rent in an apartment with eight roommates in it. If we could bring prices back down to more manageable prices, that'd be swell.
Too dang loud!
Lower the sound system at restaurants and coffee shops. 😂
— Dr. Justin Zimmerman (@JZPhilosophy) June 25, 2023Have you ever been to a public food establishment and you can barely hear yourself think over the music? Be they boomers or Gen-Z, we all have ears that we'd like to preserve.
Slow the machine takeover.
Appliances don’t need to be connected to the internet
— Brandon Christensen (@TheNewBrandonC) June 25, 2023We don't need our appliances to connect to the internet. We don't need to sync our juicers to an app. We don't need our fridges to text us updates.
Not everything needs a Wi-Fi connection.
Paywalls to the world.
Why do I need to sign up or subscribe to every website just to read 1 article or watch 1 video?
— Ricky Spanish (@_TheUnserious) June 26, 2023If "keeping news and valuable information on current events behind a paywall" doesn't scream dystopia, we don't know what will.
Who doesn't love a good book?
E-books. I can’t stand trying to read on a screen. My brain just doesn’t process it nearly as well. I need the physical pages turning in my hands.
— Daniel Haas (@danhaas95) June 25, 2023As Phyllis Lapin from The Office would remind us, there's nothing quite like the feeling of curling up with a good book.
Press nothing to speak directly to an agent.
More customer service reps over the phone pls
— saira 🍄 ⛈️⛈️ (@cuteccumberr) June 25, 2023Does anyone else just yell "AGENT" when talking to a voice-activated automated message while on the phone to skip all of the preamble?
Circling back to headphones...
People should not play music or videos out loud on their phones on public transport.
— hides his eyes (@AlexBro97829019) June 25, 2023This hardly even feels like a cross-generational consensus as much as it does basic human decency. No matter how old you are, no one should have to hear the videos on your phone in a public space. No one could possibly be interested in that.
Boomers are consistently out to make our lives harder or more tedious, but there are apparently a number of things we can all agree on.
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