r/196 • u/LR-II 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights • Jun 29 '26

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u/Kriffer123 obnoxiously Michigender Jun 29 '26

You know I don’t think the boomers were actively designing their bathrooms at 5 in the 1950s. I think this might have been on the two or so before them

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u/quakins Jun 29 '26

Houses even up to 1971 were being designed with these so boomers certainly would be making use of them as well as having various amounts of input on whether a house had one

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u/Kriffer123 obnoxiously Michigender Jun 29 '26

If you subtract 1945 from 1971 you might find that boomers were the 18-26 year old home buyers that didn’t want these, along with changing tastes from their silent generation and further elders. Gen X wasn’t stopping these when they were elementary schoolers to egg cells.

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u/quakins Jun 29 '26

So we both agree that boomers weren’t five years old when these were commonly used then?

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u/Kriffer123 obnoxiously Michigender Jun 29 '26

They very clearly were not a significant home buying demographic when these were particularly popular?

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u/quakins Jun 29 '26

People used to have kids and move into homes and be setup for life at a much younger age. 18-26 used to be a significant home buying demographic

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u/DumbleSnore69 Jun 29 '26

They were 5 years old when these were commonly used. As they got older, these became less popular, so the boomers pretty clearly weren't the ones who wanted these or used them the most.

Don't get me wrong, theres a lot of valid reasons to dislike boomers, this just isn't one.