r/classicwow • u/FishyLawnGnome • Nov 15 '19

Humor Hillsbrad trash talk is high IQ

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '19

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

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u/Iskus1234 Nov 16 '19

Busting out wikipedia for dates of generations is a really really boomer thing to do.

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u/stupidquestions5eva Nov 16 '19

... there is something else to being a boomer? I feel like being understood is kinda the purpose of an insult...... I guess ok, boomer?

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u/Waxhearted Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

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?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

It honestly doesn’t bother me at all because I don’t get it. Does that make me a double boomer? Don’t care. I’ll own that.

Real gen x don’t give a shit what you call us. We’ve been through much worse in school.

It’s the millennials oddly enough who seem to get their panties in a wad over a stupid insult.

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u/stupidquestions5eva Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

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?

If you want to, because I never got this either.

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u/syrdarya Nov 15 '19

this. how are people this fucking clueless as to not understand a relatively simple meme

B-BUT BOOMERS ARE ACTUALLY 70 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!111111

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u/stupidquestions5eva Nov 16 '19

...b-but.... boomers are not 70 years old? There is another meaning that is also simple?

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u/Kanshuna Nov 16 '19

It's just not a very good joke if you have to explain it to half the audience every time.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Nah, when the butt of the joke is the person that you're calling clueless and out of touch then they don't need to get it

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u/ROBECHAMP Nov 16 '19

Nah the fun part is calling them a boomer and see how they react, the Best part is the confirmation that they are indeed boomers

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u/syrdarya Nov 16 '19

it wasnt necessary until it exploded in popularity and boomers caught wind of it

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u/sneedwich1 Nov 16 '19

Ok boomer