Boomer Hate Thread

[The Hungry African]

You know, come to think of it, that's how Jeets operate too... Boomers and Jeets have a disturbing amount of things in common with one another.

Why do you think boomers are the only demographic that actually like jeets? Who do you think is signing off on all those H1 visas? TBD cannot come soon enough.

 

[The Hardest R]

Doubtless he wanted top dollar for them. I’ve tried to buy stuff from boomers before (you know the type of stuff — extra tables and chairs sitting in their garages, old musical instruments or camera equipment that’s gone unused for 50 years, etc) and I’ve had them be SOOO offended and refuse to negotiate.

Sir, it’s literal trash. You’re not going to get the money you want from it. Instead, your descendants will have to haul it to the dump when you’re dead.

He was “desperate” when he offered them to me at the price he paid for them. I still declined.

Boomers assume everything they buy is an appreciable asset. So he intended to offload these liabilities off on people as a profit to him. Like you said, anything that wasn’t a nice profit was offensive to him. Nobody took him up on it because you can just buy these things new.

We discussed boomer heirlooms and keepsakes here before. As pointed out, we don’t have the room to buy a bunch of stupid shit. The era of finding a glass coke bottle from your depression era parents and then selling it for $100 or whatever is over. Mass manufactured fine china from 1955 is not worth thousands of dollars, it’s some shit that millennials and zoomers don’t have room in their efficiency apartments for. Boomers wanted high property prices because their houses is their nest egg, these are the consequences.

 

[The ATF Disliked That]

We were contracted for two days, so you're paying us for two days. I mean, we can come back here and stare at you for another 4 hours if that makes you feel better.

They believe that all work payments are based on hourly wage rather than a contracted price whenever it's convenient for them. It blows my mind how retarded they are when it comes to money, yet they somehow have the most wealth.

The used car market being destroyed wasn't because of the boomers, it was Obama's Cash for Clunkers debacle.

Ah yes, the dumbest federal program in history. It's not like people really needed these old cars that we're affordable and could be fixed with simpler parts or taking parts from other cars and putting them all together. And since this was during the late 2000s, this was made by Boomers in government, so yes, Boomers technically ruined the used car market.

 

[HerTea Pants]

Boomers assume everything they buy is an appreciable asset.

I wonder if that mentality has to do with the homes many of them were essentially given for free and are now worth millions?

A little back story on how my boomer dad came to end up living with me part time. He had a house, basically given to him by his mom when he knocked my mom up pretty much exactly 50 years ago to the day. I suspect I was conceived during the 200th US Independence Day celebrations. If there's one thing we know about boomers is they love a good booze filled party. Anyway, this house was purchased by his mother for just under $40k. She signed it over to him after making several years of the payments and he took over the remainder. I don't know how much was still owed on the mortgage but it wasn't a lot.

Towards the end of 2024 he was here visiting us and a water pipe froze in his house causing catastrophic damage. The house had already fallen into major disrepair with failing plumbing, electrical, and it was filled to the brim with various collections of crap. I think he had about 7 TVs, 3 washing machines, and a ton of car parts, and he never threw out a piece of mail. EVER. I drove him home to assess the damage. It was determined to be unfixable so the house was sold to an investor for $265k. Basically a free house for him and he made that much money on it. Yeah, he thinks he's pretty dang smart. If he had maintained the house it would've been worth over $500k.

Fast forward to present day. We are struggling to make our own mortgage payment, put food on the table for our kids, and we just had to fix a leaking roof which was very expensive. He's been here for a month. Hasn't paid us a dime. He told me he didn't think the roof leak was that serious of a problem and was shocked when he asked and I told him how much it cost to fix.

No parents of mine helped me acquire a house. It took until I was 44 years old to be able to afford it. We already struggle each month and he has no problem being a freeloader also while judging us for fixing or maintaining our house so it doesn't end up in the unlivable state his house was in.

Their mentality is absolutely screwed up. I have been considering the theory that their generation is majorly brain damaged by lead poisoning. Because nothing about their mentality or priorities makes any sense.

DOTP can't come soon enough!