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Old 11-28-2019, 07:02 AM   #341
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Originally Posted by Geeoff View Post
The kids use the word "boomer" to denote an old-fashioned mindset. It is not ageist. In this context, a millennial can be a boomer.

Also, boomer has never been a slur. I'm pretty sure baby boomers came up with this term themselves.
One more slight distinction: "Baby boomers" are collectively the most privileged cohort in the history of human civilization instead of, you know, a historic underclass, a remnant of generations of slavery, which continues to face significant disadvantage to this day.

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