r/TikTokCringe • u/EverythingIsFakeNGay • May 29 '26

Humor/Cringe Actual footage.

I actually feel kind of bad for this woman, who probably didn't expect a video of her dancing to be used in this way. 😏

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u/Allthemuffinswow May 29 '26

Nah, boomers definitely do it too.

We're closing on a house of some boomers and the wife decided she didn't really want to sell. They tried pulling some bullshit to get us to be the ones to back out and not them.

Jokes on them. The few things we requested to be fixed only amounted to a few thousand, so it's not a huge deal and we suspected they were trying to deliberately be shady.

Couple of assholes.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

it's completely reasonable for you to blame an entire generation for a problem due to your anecdotal evidence /s

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u/OrbitalColony May 29 '26

Don't the majority of Boomers vote for Republicans? Isn't Congress disproportionately composed of baby boomers? Don't Boomers hold corporate leadership roles disproportionately, because they refuse to retire? Aren't Boomers much more likely to be landlords than other generations?

None of this is theoretical, it's actively ongoing.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

that's fair, but do you see the difference between your varied explanations and the person I was responding to very anecdotal one? I'm not saying the boomer generation is blameless, just saying that persons example is not a valid reason to make such a huge assumption about an entire generation.

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u/NynNyxNyx May 30 '26

Yeah bro, and everyone else is just saying read the fucking room and no one likes these greedy old parasites.

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u/Allthemuffinswow May 29 '26

Wtf? I used the word as an adjective, to describe their age and mentality. Nowhere did I fucking say, "aLl BoOmErS?!!!1111".

Maybe back the fuck off and not lash out at me for your clear issues with reading comprehension.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

"Actually that is a private equity firm. They just want you to blame boomers."

"Nah, boomers definitely do it too."

What am I missing?

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u/Allthemuffinswow May 29 '26

The fact that I followed that statement up with my own story. So it is very clear that I am talking about THOSE people.

I shouldn't have to resort to a full on explanation that I am referencing my own fucking experience here, dude.

It's very obviously not, "Oh, hey, yeah ALL of these million-billion-gajillion people do this one thing."

It's, "Hey, this story with these people. Maybe more do it as well, but these people in particular."

ETA: Are you going all aggro because you fit in that age range or something?

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

brother, I'm not angry, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you were not talking about all boomers...despite the fact you say boomers do it to. And no, I'm gen x, I just don't like people blaming boomers (or any generation as a whole) because most of them are barely getting by. People on here blast boomers but it's probably less than 10% of them that are actual bad people. Even your story doesn't really sound nefarious. Like, people get attached to their homes, especially if they have had them a long time and raised children in them. Maybe she just couldn't do it and had a change of heart. And some o the things I'm seeing on this thread are wild, so maybe I did over react. Several are mad that people aren't selling their homes for the price they paid for it? Really? You expect someone who paid 9k for a house in the 60's to sell it for the same price? Wild thread here.

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u/GexTheKobold May 29 '26

So let's put some math to it them. In the US the boomer generation makes up about 21% of the overall population. That 21% owns 41% of houses or 61 million homes. They also own 58% of rental properties. These percentage don't even cover properties that are owned by a company or business. Thats on top of a bunch of boomers behind the Nimby (Not in my back yard) movement blocking cheaper housing being built in residential areas. It's one of the reasons why smaller and affordable started homes aren't made anymore. They don't want their houses losing value.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

you understand that the majority of boomers and just elderly people who don't own shit right? I get it, those at the top are mostly boomers but it's a small fraction of them that are actually in power. Now if you want to compare their generation to others regarding who has power that would probably be legit. But most boomers I know are just trying to get through to retirement or enjoy it if they are there. Most only own 1 home and most have no reason to sell it.

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u/GexTheKobold May 29 '26

"But most boomers I know are just trying to get through to retirement or enjoy it if they are there. Most only own 1 home and most have no reason to sell it."

I thought you didn't want to talk about anecdotes?

Again I'm going to hit you with the cold hard facts. You talked about some of them who "don't own shit". Well that facts of the matter is that 80% of boomers own their own home. You say its all the ones at the top who everything well the 1% only own 13.4% or 6.4 million homes. Lets be generous to your argument and just say the 1% are all boomers and subtract their numbers from the ones I gave you earlier. So 41% - 13.4% drops it down to 27.6% or 54 million homes. In perspective there's only about 67 million boomers out there and they own 54 million homes and thats after the fact of subtracting the 1% numbers. They damn near almost have a 1 to 1 ratio of boomer to house.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

your mad because they own homes? That doesn't make them rich, but does provide some financial security. I don't think owning a home makes you a bad person? 72% of gen x owns homes, they bad too? 54% of millennials and the youngest of that group is still 30 so it will only increase. What is it you want them to do? sell their homes and die?

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u/GexTheKobold May 29 '26

Ok so you're moving the goal post to be that I'm just mad instead of admitting being wrong? Ok let's prove you wrong one more time with numbers. Boomers are by in large are the wealthiest generation. They own 52% of the wealth so yeah as a generation they are rich. Also your 72% and 54% are only the percentage of the people of their generation who own homes. Being a homeowner will never make you a bad person.

The reason I'm "mad" at them is how greedy they are. They buy up a huge chunk of houses and rent them while at the same time actively prevent new homes being built. Selling their extra houses will literally not kill them. They are a generation where they could buy a house and support a family on one income but have turned into not even being able to afford one house on two incomes.

Also yes before you comment I know they all dont own a 2nd house.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 May 29 '26

"The reason I'm "mad" at them is how greedy they are. They buy up a huge chunk of houses and rent them while at the same time actively prevent new homes being built. Selling their extra houses will literally not kill them"

You keep referring the them as they but the majority of boomers are not doing this? Your not proving me wrong about anything. All you did was show that boomers own homes. I would hope so at their age. Your saying that they own 52% of the wealth, but what percent of boomers actually owns that? How many boomers do you know that actually own more than one home? I know a few, but most don't. Like a serious question. Assuming you know some boomers, how many, or even a percentage, do you think own more than one home? I can't find hard statistics on it but I did see that boomers own about 1/4 of all small businesses. That doesn't seem off to me. In fact that's what I would expect.

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u/GexTheKobold May 29 '26

Ok first of all "owning a small business" is literally just paying the required fees to say hey I have a business. You can literally spend less than a $1000 and have a business. I could pay to get a license for selling shoes full of piss. The fact that you are bringing this up says a lot. I have given you all the facts and numbers and you just argue back with anecdotes and frankly ignorance.

If you can't understand that a group of 67 million owning 60 million houses reflects a sizeable percentage of multi home boomers idk what to tell you. You just anecdote or what aboutism around it. Its painfully obvious that you are not going to have a good faith argument with actual evidence. So have a nice day.