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An older millennial, for example, may be perfectly imitating their parents’ progress through the expected stages of career, marriage and family, and hold trust in A) the unstoppable betterment of humanity B) the ability of government to likewise improve or amend its flaws C) order, justice and prosperity under capitalism and D) survival of the world’s existing power structures in the face of climate change, etc.Īnd so 4chan came up with “that 30-year-old boomer,” a guy whose life isn’t all that great, but who fundamentally cannot realize this.
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As dedicated students and curators of the Boomer ethos will tell you, one needn’t literally belong to the Baby Boomers to share in their delusions. These new labels, including “doomer,” “gloomer,” “zoomer” and “bloomer,” are meant to capture a spectrum of mindsets and corresponding life paths that the channers use as a map to the future of society.Īny rundown of these figures - which remain the subject of some debate, and in the nature of memes, have quickly spiraled out of coherence - must begin with the concept of inherited Boomerism. For the last year or so, the imageboard’s anonymous users have concocted an array of generational archetypes that play rhymingly on the “boomer” tag - now widely applied across the mainstream internet to mock out-of-touch, politically regressive, web-illiterate old folks (or younger people with that same energy). If you want to understand the shadow that the Baby Boomer generation has cast over everyone born after 1964, look no further than 4chan.