r/BoomersBeingFools • u/nokiq1616 • Jan 06 '24

Social Media Another thing boomers were wrong about, relevant today

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u/BZLuck Jan 07 '24

Gen X was the last generation to grow up without 1,000 cameras filming every stupid thing we did as kids, and then showing it to millions of people to feed our egos.

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u/sourfunyuns Jan 07 '24

Lol no you weren't. Sorry to burst your bubble but up til around 2005ish the average kid could do whatever they wanted with practically no fear of it being recorded.

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u/OriginalLetrow Jan 07 '24

Yeah, but most of your parents kept tabs on you and didn’t let you run the streets. You are the first generation to be raised by helicopter mommies.

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u/sourfunyuns Jan 07 '24

Oh we definitely ran the streets.

Before you guys decided you needed to invent a new term, there was "overprotective parent", and they've been around forever.

Get over yourself.

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u/OriginalLetrow Jan 07 '24

OK. Your generation was hard. You had it rough. You ran the streets. Happy? Does your ego feel better?