I’m sure Millennials and Gen Xers, Xennials, and Gen Zers are sick and exhausted of hearing us brag about the music of the 1960s, the glorified mass mud bath known as “Woodstock” and our paisley fashions.
They argument back by digging up outdated photos of us wearing Nehru shirts and polyester leisure suits.
There is even a modern slang term “Ok Boomer” used as a reply when the people I was with and I start reminding them about how attractive our era was! What problems me most about the younger generations is their “cancel culture”. As I understand, it originated about three years ago and is described as the “popular practice of withdrawing support by canceling public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive.” That sounds to me prefer an expanded version of “shunning” in Amish communities or the outdated Catholic practice of excommunication. So, cancel culture is nothing new. I only wish that there was a “cancel culture” that worked with our Heating and Air Conditioning unit… My last energy bill was objectionable and offensive to me, even though I could not cancel it for obvious reasons. I tried to use noise-canceling headphones to block out the noises coming from our 15-year-old Heating and Air Conditioning system. I used odor-canceling air fresheners in the hopes of stopping the combined smells of our dog, our teenage son’s room, and whatever was coming from our Heating and Air Conditioning vents. When our wife l gained that I had canceled a recent Heating and Air Conditioning cleaning and maintenance appointment and used the money to buy a activitys streaming package, she was ready to cancel our 25-year-old marriage. I do pity the Gen Alphas born after 2012 because the people I was with and I Boomers will be older and crankier when the people I was with and I start telling them about the attractive 1960s.