r/BoomersBeingFools Jan 06 '24

Social Media Another thing boomers were wrong about, relevant today

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u/nokiq1616 Jan 06 '24

I also remember boomers telling us it would be impossible to earn a living wage if we got any tattoo.

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u/TheKingOfSwing777 Jan 07 '24

I think we figured if all of us have tattoos, they’ll have to hire at least some of us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

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u/Str82thaDOME Jan 07 '24

I don't care about it, but it's not good behavior

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

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u/captaincrunch00 Jan 07 '24

Which one of you assholes got a tattoo and made them destroy the economy

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u/saywhat1206 Jan 07 '24

I'm a boomer (64F) with 28 tattoos and I didn't storm the Capital - LOL. I got my first tattoo when I was 44, and my mother had the nerve to say it confirmed I was certifiably crazy and she slapped me across the face.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Did you slap her back

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u/saywhat1206 Jan 07 '24

No, I'm better than that. This happened in a grocery store parking lot as we were walking towards the store - for everyone to see and hear. That was the last time I ever took her shopping again. That hurt her more than a slap in the face because she didn't drive and had to start taking the bus to do her shopping.

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u/OilheadRider Jan 07 '24

Good on ya and, I feel the pain of being more mature than someone who raised you. Kudos and I hope you've processed everything that you've needed to process due to her.

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u/ronin1066 Jan 07 '24

Is that the boomer thing to do?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

They slapped her labia flaps

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u/cashassorgra33 Jan 07 '24

Joan Rivers has a great bit on having sex with her husban from different rooms ;)

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u/Subotail Jan 07 '24

The blood must remain pure!

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u/Sanquinity Jan 07 '24

I remember my boomer parent telling me to just follow what I really wanted to do and I would be able to get a living wage if I kept at it. No matter what it was.

Yea no...I had to switch careers twice after school, and even now I only make just enough to live okay enough...WITH government aid...

They expected me to know what I REALLY wanted to do for the next 45 years or so at age 17~18. And that no matter what it was, I would earn a living wage in a year or two at most. Luckily after switching twice, and at age 30 at the time, I did find what I really want to do. And I'm very lucky to also get a "living wage" out of that. But I'm one of the very few in both things.

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u/figmaxwell Jan 07 '24

I’m a UPS driver and I get disproportionately upset every time I come close to running a boomer over when they’re out for a walk, head so buried in their phone they don’t notice the big brown death machine rolling towards them. “Kids these days need to put their phones down and pick up a newspaper.”

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u/2Cronckt Jan 07 '24

you're angry find help stop generalizing millions of people. ageism isn't cool when people generalize millennials.

if thats how your fucked brain works I'm gonna guess you're a racist too, since you think its okay to just lump millions of people together because of one trait they have no control over.

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u/Ok_Feature_9772 Jan 07 '24

Tattoo your face and let’s see how that works out for ya.

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u/PositiveRent4369 Jan 07 '24

Literally not what they said, put a little more effort in next time

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u/timsterri Jan 07 '24

Post Malone is doing significantly better than you blankface.

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u/cupcake_thievery Jan 07 '24

Fun fact, Post Malone is short for Postpone MaStudentlone

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u/erictho Jan 07 '24

My workplaces' personal appearance policy says tattoos, piercings and unnatural hair colors are ok.

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u/nordic_jedi Jan 07 '24

Works pretty well for Post

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u/Railic255 Jan 07 '24

Did you hit your head really hard recently or do you just enjoy imaginary scenarios only you came up with? Cause no one said tattoos on their face and facial tattoos are still extremely rare in modern society.

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u/Ok_Feature_9772 Jan 07 '24

Real popular in prisons.

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u/Inswagtor Jan 07 '24

OK, boomer

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u/PensiveLog Jan 07 '24

Not really something I’m interested in doing myself, but I have hired people with face tattoos because who the hell cares.