this facebook thing is hideous and hateful and egregious in its singling-out of the lgbtq community, but also, just occurred to me that we are now set on a course towards boomers eating tide pods
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Agreed, it’s reinforcing the lack of education and intelligence that American’s used to be prideful on. The whole GOP game plan: dumb everyone down and now easier to dupe and we don’t have to pay them based on education levels. 2 birds 1 stone, how do people not see it???🤕🤕
Boomer here. Eating tide pods? Not on my bingo card this year. By the way, there are millions of Boomers, like myself, who are still very motivated by progressive ideas and policies. We have worked, marched, voted, and continue to fight for human rights and equal rights!
A Majority of boomers. we keep getting confused with Silent Geners. back when the saying was "don't trust anyone over 30" that meant the Silents. Statistically the most MAGA generation is Gen X, who DID vote majority for Trump (a big majority. without them he would have lost)
It’s not just LQBTQ people - it’s also women, immigrants-anyone who’s not a straight, white man. I just left Facebook after 17 yrs. But as a Boomer, I respectfully request you don’t take it out on us. That’s just singling out a whole group, which seems to be exactly what you’re criticizing.
Thanks Sarah. As a boomer it took me 20 minutes to work out what the hell you were talking about. Will now put my slippers and shawl back on and start adding the salt and pepper.
How do I explain to my Opus Deid mom she is not pro Latina by supporting the KGB honey pot of a first lady from Slovenia? And still get a birthday acknowledgement?
My mother went off the rails at the start of covid. She thought the whole thing was a ploy to disrupt our freedoms. Then she went antimask, antivax, apparently is now a 9/11 truther and has weird beliefs about UK law (admiralty vs common law? Idk). It's a real worry.
It’s more of a US thing but it’s catching on places with legal systems significantly more different than the US and UK ones. Which, im not a lawyer (barrister?) but those two seem pretty different already
Most common to have these beliefs about US law I think but I’ve heard of it in UK. Even though it makes “sense” the most in places with legal systems descended from Britain, it’s catching on elsewhere too.
If it wasn’t for Boomers who worked hard for most of their lives.. half the stuff they take for granted wouldn’t be available to them.. in rights, laws , education employment etc.
I get angry when someone treats me like an afterthought
I think you’re forgetting boomers grew up without the internet & social media. We have critical thinking skills. We actually learned how to talk to others irl. But I have heard TikTok is far, far superior.
What in the world are you talking about? Back in the 60s & 70s the Boomer stereotype was hippies & yippies. Wasn’t true then & the idea that all Boomers bought in on ivermectin & other Covid conspiracies is just as laughable.
Just block them. I’m 66. I taught middle school. The kids didn’t even know that you cannot actually delete your posts from the Cloud. They’d send nude pics to their boyfriends/girlfriends and get upset when the pics were shared worldwide.
Remember boomers are the ones who fought for Roe v Wade, we've knocked doors for campaigns, made phone calls, stuffed envelopes for campaigns (that's what we had back in the day), we marched for women's rights and yes we burned our bras.
Women couldn't have credit card in their name until 1974. We couldn't own property without a man. We fought for that. What have you done? Show some respect.
At least you admit you are a bigot. The LGBQ does not want anything to do with you, we can do without your support actually. Keep our name out of your mouth.
And swallowing bleach. And taking ivermectin. I mean, if fb is going to censor misinformation, we'd have to go without any words of wisdom from our new head of Health and Human Services. Like how to cook roadkill.
In your world where refusing to agree that trans women are actual women is an attack on the entire LGBT community, perhaps. And it's not just intolerant boomers who hold that position - step outside your bubble.
Now is the time for all lgbtq and allies to come together. Together we are stronger and we have to fight every bit of anti lgbtq legislation and changes to corporate rule. It is also time for people to be willing to boycott all companies whose actions are discriminatory.
I'm a boomer and plan on banning FB and their fact checking scammers. And definitely don't do tide pods either. More like kiss my a$$ if you don't like it...
There is nothing the LGBTQ+ needs less than to be freely described as mentally ill. This new world order hasn't learnt jack shit from history, now nation states are impotent to stop bigoted, trolling bullying megalomaniacal ranting if the already obscenely wealthy oligarchs.
I implore people who have the means to come to Canada & form a real line of resistance with us, now, while we still can; otherwise we are all f**ked on both sides of the border
just a reminder that Boomers were one of the age groups that went majority for Harris, and about the only one that did not increase support for Trump. Perhaps you meant The Silent Generation (over 76)?
Facebook and the whole Meta thing is a joke! I was hacked! Instead of punishing the hacker, I e been banned three times now and off Facebook, Instagram and threads. I’m the victim here!!!!🤬
Lmao, I responded to one boomer trying to explain that a joke can be based in reality due to a structural problem, and also not be about them specifically, before I realized your replies are just chock-full of boomers going #notallboomers 🤦🤣
If they're such an exception, they need to help their friends and relatives until this isn't a problem anymore 🙃 Telling us "not all" doesn't help anyone.
Its crazy to me because this is just the same joke boomers were making about gen z and millenials like 6 years ago. And she's just referencing Facebook's commitment to allowing misinfo. Based on their reaction, you'd think she just said "Boomers are all bigots who should eat tide pods and die"
they're just being honest now, because I for sure have seen so many hateful comments where I flag the thing and they tell me days later that "no no, it's fine to be called a freak, to be misgendered and stuff like that, you just suck"
I don't understand (but 'boomer' triggers me, that's the way I am, self defensive) It appears that adolescents are the consumers of detergents; is the concern that oldies will eat them and not leave any for the kids? I don't imagine so. Boy, the junk I stuck in my body as a youth!
Switching to community notes might be interesting… but not enough to keep my business. I am getting off of that cesspool. Trying to get the fam on something else, not meta, alphabet or twitter linked.
Hating on any demographic based on stereotyping is such a brainless move. Why alienate your allies when you are already in the minority? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Fascinating. You're upset about possible discrimination against the lgbtq community and toss in a diss toward boomers. Nothing accelerates the end of discrimination like more discrimination.
and one that is divorced from the actual facts. Boomers are not Trump supporters. they went majority for Harris. the whole "OK Boomer" thing was a way to get Gen Xers (who DID vote majority Trump) to ignore warnings from their parents.
Exactly. The moron TikTok generation stopped making dance videos long enough to vote for the guy that hates all the friends they claim to have, is going to set what’s left of the planet they will inherit on fire and put guns into classrooms like they haven’t had enough shootings. So disappointing
part of the confusion is that in 2016, a majority of those over 65 were Silents, who were the ones we were protesting about back in the 60s. If you ever heard the phrase "don't trust anyone over 30" that was who we meant. 8 year later more than a quarter of them have died and 65+ is mostly booms
I say everyone inclined to eat a Tide pod (who are NOT minors nor "cognitively disabled" by injury or impairment) SHOULD eat ALL the Tide pods they want to eat. In all the different flavours, with and without Downy or Oxy or Fragrance free, because variety is nice.
Several hate groups were started on FB and run through it.
No idea how much law enforcement has used it to undermine those kinds of groups but it doesn't seem to be stopping the very richest from going into the deep end.
Social media being literally converted into a propaganda farm like this.
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
I'm sure you thought you were funny and clever in your post...
You might not be 100% in agreement with me but we all share a common desire to retain our democracy and to fight against the hateful harmful things being proposed by the incoming Trump administration.
Although I wanna point out that GenX is the generation that went harder for Trump than any of the other generations, including Boomers. No idea why this is so.
Boomer, here i agree with you, but I won't be eating tide pods. McDonalds just announced they are rolling back diversity policies, and coke and Ford donated to Orange Boy's inauguration. Never will buy their products and don't eat fast food!
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The Boomers: the worst parents known to humanity.
America we have the power. We consumers have power.
How quickly his morals changed as soon as Dana White entered the board of directors is so fucking sad.
How do I explain to my Opus Deid mom she is not pro Latina by supporting the KGB honey pot of a first lady from Slovenia? And still get a birthday acknowledgement?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement
It's hideous, hateful and egregious to single out ANY community 😔
I had no idea who she is. I follow independent news sources.
Just don't care for generalizations.
Reminding you not to tar all of us boomers with the same brush. After all, isn't that how most of these problems get started?
I get angry when someone treats me like an afterthought
#META
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-blunted-iq-half-us-population-study-rcna19028
https://bsky.app/profile/we-all-do-better.bsky.social/post/3lckr4qm7q22d
(But I know a few I would *feed* them to... 😋)
Or it will start a zombie apocalypse.
I implore people who have the means to come to Canada & form a real line of resistance with us, now, while we still can; otherwise we are all f**ked on both sides of the border
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Funny. And true. 😁
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Make them regret their decision. 💪
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No idea how much law enforcement has used it to undermine those kinds of groups but it doesn't seem to be stopping the very richest from going into the deep end.
Social media being literally converted into a propaganda farm like this.
I'm sure you thought you were funny and clever in your post...
You might not be 100% in agreement with me but we all share a common desire to retain our democracy and to fight against the hateful harmful things being proposed by the incoming Trump administration.
Get on twice per day, am and pm.
Check in with friends and done.
Meta is not the problem.
But chase those illusions.
Schadenfreude is the first.