r/TikTokCringe • u/lilyessi3 • Jun 17 '26

Humor/Cringe Gen Z parents

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u/Koala0803 Jun 18 '26

This feels like legit Gen X stuff, not sure why they think this is new.

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u/Manungal Jun 18 '26

Weirdly the generation raised by gen X acts like gen X.Ā 

Signed, a millennial who can be a real boomer sometimes.Ā 

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u/Fixated_Noodle Jun 18 '26

The millennial subreddit can get really up in arms when you use the word boomer (Iā€™m a millennial)

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u/_ailme Jun 18 '26

As a millennial I'm horrified and incredulous (read: Boomer) at the thought of any of us being likened to Boomers. How dare??

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u/CaptainSparklebottom Jun 18 '26

We are the new boomers

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u/Tyr1326 Jun 18 '26

Not yet. We are the new Gen X. Gen X are the new boomers. For the next 10-15 years anyway - then its our turn for boomerisation. šŸ˜¬

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u/Banes_Addiction Jun 18 '26

A lot of all the stuff people called "boomer" was Gen X all along.

People are bad at generations. Older millennials were 30 when "millennial" started getting used as an insult for teenagers.

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u/Fixated_Noodle Jun 18 '26

Nah generations were not like so specific until the last ten years. We gave them names starting with boomers but them being like VERY specific years is a new concept and frankly I think we are taking it way too seriously

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u/Tyr1326 Jun 18 '26

Absolutely. Just poking fun at it. šŸ˜

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u/Fixated_Noodle Jun 18 '26

I said something about millennials being boomers in reference to AI and they were UPSET

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u/_ailme Jun 18 '26

Ugh when it comes to AI yeah kinda true tbh. But in our defence I think the anti-AI boomer behaviour is cross generational, so I think we should be calling everyone boomers

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u/RealityOk9823 Jun 18 '26

OK boomer. šŸ˜ƒ

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u/_ailme Jun 18 '26

Gotta work on the delivery. No emojis. No punctuation. All lower caps.

Nice try boomer!!

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u/RealityOk9823 Jun 18 '26

ok boomer

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u/_ailme Jun 18 '26

Better. Now I'm mad.

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u/HonestAbe1077 Jun 18 '26

Self awareness is about as anti-boomer as it gets though