Avatar feed
Responses: 4
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
13
13
0
PO3 Phyllis Maynard
PO3 Phyllis Maynard
4 y
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL this is the circle of life. The young will get old and complain about their young. Who knows what the new norm may be.
(1)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small
LCDR Joshua Gillespie
5
5
0
Is the article suggesting that it's "alright" to show disrespect to those who have (by virtue of experience and time) earned their place... or is it encouraging the youth of today to temper their disdain with a little foresight into how they may be treated hereafter? Frankly, the piece seems a bit more cynical than educational.

For my own part, "Ok Boomer" is a bit more insulting than the adolescent rantings society is accustomed to-here's why. Most people "rebel" in their teens and early twenties; they are confronting adulthood sans any notion of what to do with it. This more recent trend "seems" to cross more age boundaries, and include people who "should" by virtue of making it into their late twenties to early thirties (and perhaps beyond), have a bit more understanding.

If the more senior folks are "complaining", perhaps they have a point. Change is inevitable, but not always positive. Factors in the economic and social equation change... but the practical problems themselves really don't.
(5)
Comment
(0)
SGT English/Language Arts Teacher
SGT (Join to see)
4 y
I have seen the change in my 24 years of teaching. I saw the change when students were allowed phones in schools. They had too much, and still do, access to the bad sites. I have students talking about porn, drugs, as well as crazy ideas they get off the web. Oh, and I teach middle school sixth graders by the way.
(0)
Reply
(0)
SGT English/Language Arts Teacher
SGT (Join to see)
4 y
SGT (Join to see) - By the way, being call a "boomer" is disrespectful. We rebelled against norms, but I can't remember being disrespectful to older people. Yes sir and yes ma'am was taught and taken seriously.
(0)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
4
4
0
Very true share sir, each generation complains that the previous one doesn't understand them.
(4)
Comment
(0)
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
(3)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small

Join nearly 2 million former and current members of the US military, just like you.

close