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I've noticed my boomer parents using instagram and tiktok. I can't tell you how excited I am for them to kill those platforms like they did facebook. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Someday kids will understand when the baby boomers were actually born.

Or, I guess OP is a middle-aged person complaining about his elderly parents being on a phone app.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, I'm only 30 and my parents are boomers. They weren't even that old when they had me. - I'd imagine there's plenty of early-20's kids running around with boomer parents.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Early 20's here with 65y/o parents 👋

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    65 y/o is gen x no? boomers would be from the end of ww2 to the civil rights act wouldn't they... oh i guess that's like 60 to 80

    all this time i thought my parents were gen x... but they're actually boomers!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My mom's one of the youngest boomers, born in December 1964. She's 59. Still fits the boomer stereotype to a T, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    how can she be 59 if she was born in 64?

    edit: I'm stupid, I was sure 2024 was last year...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    "born in December 1964"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I'm in my early twenties and my mom is in her sixties. A friend of mine is in her mid twenties and her parents are both in their sixties, too. Some people wait longer to have kids for various reasons. Luckily, my mom barely knows how to open Chrome, so at least I don't have to worry about her getting addicted to TikTok lmao.

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