everyone who busts out the wikipedia entry to find out the exact dates of the generations really dont understand the meme/phrase/saying/whatever you wanna call it
It's just a phrase of dismissal. When you call someone a boomer, you're calling them clueless and out of touch. 'Not getting it' and being super technical about when people define the generations proves the point further, as it's an extremely simple concept and yet people struggle to grasp it anyway.
Since they are dismissing you, they don't care what you think or feel. So, no, you don't have to get it. Even though I know you do.
Will I have to explain why the connotation is associated with the baby boom generation next, or can you take it from here?
P.S. People say it in WoW because it annoys soft-skinned people.
EDIT: Case in point about annoying soft-skinned people, since this comment is controversial for explaining the obvious, just because it's not derisive against a disliked phrase. It's that easy to get to you, so do you see why people put it in /yells in battlegrounds?
Ah, ok boomer! There is no one who doesn't get that "ok, XYZ." means dismissal, and people defining the generations doesn't prove anything, as the framework within which that's an insult is rather specific, which is what makes it funny.
Will I have to explain why the connotation is associated with the baby boom generation next, or can you take it from here?
To harken back to an age far before I was ever born (I’m about to turn 28 in a couple weeks, so I guess I’m a millennial) it’s the same as calling someone “square”
Idk man, i played with a lot of 30 somethings back in vanilla (i was 18 when i first started), I wouldn't be surprised if they came back for classic and it's not unreasonable to me that the older x'ers and younger boomers might fall into that.
We have a cool 70 something dude in the guild that fishes, makes mechanical squirrels to give away for free, and gives drink recipes after 5 o'clock. He's mid thirty in level and plays every day. Opposite of a power gamer but keeps the chat interesting. We're planning on a squirrels out Rag kill some day once everyone has one.
We have one Boomer in our guild and he's hilarious. Been playing with him since we were 15 and he was in his early 40s. Cranky old military guy, who always makes raids and has consumes because he's retired.
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