“I’m With The Boomers On This One”: 50 Things Boomers Got Right, According To Younger People

I'm 40, and I get pissed when kids pass in front of me. For instance, when I'm coming out of the supermarket with a heavy trolley, and some 8 year old just gets in the way with his little electric scooter thing. I dunno, I was taught as a kid to pay attention and not block my elders' way.

Phone calls _were_ great when it was landlines. Now phone calls suck, because the way they work now there’s lag and two people can’t talk at the same time, and you don’t hear your own voice in the earpiece anymore.

Had to make a random call on a landline a couple years ago for the first time since probably 2005, and it was heaven. Like the person was right there in the room with me. I forgot how much better it used to be.

Digital 1:1 education is a mistake. Learning to do things by hand results in better comprehesion and undetstanding than. Reading screens is awful, and taking tests on computers is awful too.

I don't want to talk to the f*****g AI at Taco Bell.

Physical media is the way to go. Don’t give me a game disc that just has me download the game to my console. What’s the point in the disc then? Also, have the complete bug tested product available in stores, instead of a 90 GB day one patch, is it really that insane to ask?

Also bring back movie rental shops, I miss renting Scooby Doo movies from Blockbuster as a kid. And at least I can choose what movie I want instead of navigating through 20+ streaming services to find it.

I hate the fact that I can’t look up information and read it. It’s all on YouTube. I just want to read the information.

I agree with you about the appearance thing. I mean sure people should dress however they want and are comfortable with but it amazes me how sloppy some people will appear even when it's something important.

How you present yourself to the world in turn affects how the world treats you. If you look clean and put together often people will treat you better. It's totally dumb but it's also completely, observably true. One of the most common compliments I get from women is that I'm a good dresser and that *alone* is reason to keep doing it lol...

I think part of the hostility is people hear it and they assume you mean "dress in a three piece mafia suit everyday" when all we're really saying is get some clean, well-fitting essentials and look put together when you go out in public. A good haircut and grooming doesn't hurt either.

Touch screens and rubber buttons are the devil. We need clackity keys, metal switches, and plastic dials. My phone needs a button keyboard and laptops need more USB ports for wires because blutooth is demonic.

Neopronouns have "pick me," energy. I'll do "They/them," no problem but anything past that screams of narcissism and thinking way too hard about it to me.

In urban environments, stop f*****g littering, put trash in your pocket until you find a garbage can or until you make it home.

Also, be considerate of others. Don't blare music, especially in areas where people are minding their own business and do not give a F**K about what you're listening to (Public transit, hiking trails, etc). Earbuds are cheaper than bluetooth speakers, generally, f*****g morons.

I agree with ACAB but don't exacerbate the problem by being blatantly disrespectful unless they've done something to deserve your disrespect other than exist. The current state of american police sucks, but no matter what kind of society we live in, policing/guarding/peacekeeping will always need to be an apparatus.

I think the fact that so many jobs have moved to only being able to apply online is stupid. It basically leaves your chances of landing an interview up to RNG. Physically walking in, hopefully dressed up, grabbing a paper application, and if possible, making an initial impression is how it should be done. But nope, last time I was out job hunting years back, 90% of the places I went into basically just turned me away and said I can only apply online.

This was in like, 2018. I imagine it's probably worse now.