Boomers ruin everything. Now, they're trying to ruin the “OK Boomer” meme, too.
It all started when the New York Times published a piece explaining the slang phrase used by young people to dismiss out-of-touch arguments from their elders. Journalist Taylor Lorenz described “OK Boomer” as “Generation Z's endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just don't get it, a rallying cry for millions of fed-up kids.” As she reports, “Teenagers use it to reply to … basically any person over 30 who says something condescending about young people — and the issues that matter to them.”
Thus, the Times' headline seems fitting: “‘OK Boomer Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations.” It does indeed.
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