{"id":140239,"date":"2024-01-13T11:21:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=140239"},"modified":"2024-01-13T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:21:31","slug":"the-ok-boomer-arrogance-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/the-ok-boomer-arrogance-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘OK, boomer’ arrogance strikes again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four years ago I took issue with the phrase “OK, boomer<\/a>,” and the resulting feedback is the most I’ve ever gotten regarding a column to date.<\/p>\n

The Fix<\/em> comments alone numbered almost 600, and there were many responses on social media — mostly unfavorable.<\/p>\n

Of the negative reactions, the one with the most merit was how discipline and behavior have deteriorated over the decades. Indeed, a good portion of the blame for this falls on<\/em> (mainly progressive) boomers and Gen Xers, the parents of centennials, aka Gen Z.<\/p>\n

Not to mention, many of these folks now run our schools and universities.<\/p>\n

A TikTok video made the rounds this week in which a Gen Zer, who based on her ID tag is named “Cat,” complains about how easy boomers and Gen Xers had it compared to her generation.<\/p>\n

Cat’s shocked that Americans work 8-hour days\/40-hour weeks for a good portion of their adult lives. This segues into her belief that Gen Zers are the only ones<\/em> who can’t make ends meet working such hours.<\/p>\n

“Twenty years ago when you were getting started, you could live on your own,” Cat says. “Twenty years ago when you first started, you were able to do everything that I am now struggling to do.”<\/p>\n

She then states the obvious — that the longer you work, the more you can do. This somehow is supposed to be rip on boomers\/Gen X … and then she emphatically notes she doesn’t want to work “the rest of her life” just to be able to barely pay her bills.<\/p>\n

Cat concludes that boomers and Gen Xers also are responsible for the current economy in which she cannot participate — well, at least in the manner she wants.<\/p>\n

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GenZ joins the workforce in Joe Biden's America. pic.twitter.com\/aFtp3DLbOB<\/a><\/p>\n

— \u272a Evil Te\ud835\udd4fan \u272a (@vileTexan) January 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n