Boomers in the 80s and 90s were fucking depressed. They described their lives as a boring, soul-crushing existence where they did the same hollow shit day in and day out. They hated their bosses, they hated their jobs, their kids, their wife/husband. People had "Mid-life crises" where they tried to fill the void with "a fast car and a young hot fling." things capitalism told them would make them happy. It didn't.
Seriously listen to any media made by boomers when they were in their 30s-50s. It's all jokes about how fucking mundane life is.
Even at its peak, life under capitalism was hollow and soul crushing.
They were basically taught "as long as you keep your head down and play the game, we won't hurt you financially"
Sure, (if you were white and male) you had money, but it took everything else away. Community, friendship, family. Trapped them in a gilded cage. Having to watch their children having even that promise of financial stability ripped from them. And don't get me started on how terrible it was if you weren't a white dude.
I have to wonder if the "selfish, childish boomer" stereotype is something of a coping mechanism. Maybe some boomers are like that because thats their jokerfication.
I'm in my mid-twenties and I already see high school girls as kids
Yeah, it took me a while to adjust to that because I’d see a senior in high school and think they were like 13. I know it’s not literally true, but they seem to age backwards the older you get.
Same, I remember being 22 and talked to someone who claimed to be in seventh grade and I thought "but you are like little baby, shouldn't you be in fifth at the oldest?"
And then it hit me, I'm now the old guy.
I'm in my early twenties and I know people who are 19 and look like children. I can't even imagine making them pay for their own meal, let alone thinking about sex with them.