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So no one is going to talk about the Ronald Regan statement. Ronald Reagan and his wife had a whole no drugs campaign but allowed drugs/ crack to be put in black/ poor neighborhoods. Ronald Reagan sucks!
It’s not about not trusting boomers. Millennial are just tired of people who aren’t dealing with millennial problems, giving advice as if it’s right. Like being told to just “walk in and apply” when everything’s online. After being told “Millenials are killing ___ business” so many times, you just gotta dismiss it
@Sam Hi Sam. The problem with these blanket assumptions is they're based on pop culture and individual negative experiences. Your experience isn't that entitled stereotype some boomers believe about "all" millennials. Similarly, "everyone" wasn't dropping out, drugging and partying. The majority of Blacks, Mexicans, Asians and po' whites were definitely not. We were working, studying, caregiving, trying to get by. Some of us were involved with civil rights, anti-war, women's rights etc. These movements didn't end because the media's attention went elsewhere. I am inspired by the activity of many young people to get up off my old ass and participate again. It's a fact that we have left the planet and the economy messed up for you. We also did very worthwhile things. The same is and will be true of millennials and Z's.
My parents used to get oranges for Christmas, yes it is a kid thing to try and get things out of their parents, but at the same time it has become so excessive to the point where people are nearly going broke to appease their kids
I really liked when Toni mentioned the older generation passing off their problems to the younger generation due to the “suck it up” nature of back then. She’s very open minded for thinking that way
He was standing in the back. He had the luxury of evaluating others decisions before making his own, at least not having to shamelessly turn his head backwards.
I think he was one of the most self aware and least prideful. The ONLY thing boomers did for the future was civil rights. They ruined the environment thinking that the economic growth would excuse it, but they ended up tainting the economy too. They helped start incredibly unnecessary wars in the name of anticommunism (Vietnam, Korea, etc.) - but if America is so live and let live, why can’t it follow that when it comes to the governmental and economic structures of other countries? They did more harm than good imo
No one's talking about this comment on the question about therapy: "I think that our generation, with the culture, it's like - we don't want people to think that there's something wrong with us, so we're not gonna go and try to get it fixed." That was a really honest and important statement.
Right? I thought the same thing! A lot of people (including myself) are still like that! For me personally I struggle a lot of with anxiety and now I'm not afraid to admit that but for a long time I thought there was something wrong with me so I refused to get help or talk to someone but in this day and age it's SO important to talk about it and make it a normal thing that people aren't afraid to talk about. I am so excited to see therapy becoming a more mainstream thing because it shouldn't be something you're afraid to talk about. It you need help, get it
Side Note: I really appreciated the Prompt being on the bottom of the screen throughout their conversations. I am quite forgetful, so I found it really helpful :-).
Kate Newberry yess!! or sometimes i’m doing something but still listening and i miss the prompt being shown and i have to rewind back when i’m like “wait what is this a response to”
I mean to be fair they've lived for so long I wouldnt be surprised if they were done with life and just waiting for the end. I mean I'm not even that old and I am 😳
The same people who are offended by "OK, boomer" are the same people that have spent years bashing Millennials. Maybe they should have followed their own advice about being respectful.
I don’t think it’s just boomers bashing millennials. I actually don’t think it’s boomers at all, but they’re an easy scapegoat because they are so large in numbers, hence the name ‘baby boomers’. The generation which came before the baby boomers is the silent generation or “war babies”, and they are in their 70s now and I think 80s too. Boomers were the ones fighting for civil rights like equality for both genders equality for black people and other people of colour, the silent generation was the ones who were raised with such sayings like “little girls should be seen and not heard”. Their parents were very forceful of certain values and behaviours in a way that the boomers actually rebelled against, yet the silent generation tolerated those values. My grandparents are in the silent generation, and actually they are not the sort of “back in my day” sorts, but they have friends in the same generation who are like that, and they are the ones "bashing on gen z and millennials”, if that really is a common thing that happens. I think from your comment you seem quite bitter about old people, that sounds like a you problem more than a millennial-wide problem. I think you should rise above rather than pay any notice of people “bashing” on you, because I think that’s not really a real issue, not in my country anyway. Take criticism and move on if it happens, just like everyone else from every other generation.
Balladeer Harpsicle obviously you missed the point. Boomers deal criticism but don’t want to receive any. Never did I mention myself in any of this. If I were to criticize a generation, I’m not going to complain when someone makes criticisms of mine. I’ve had plenty of experience with baby boomers. They don’t direct their comments towards me so I’m not offended. They direct them towards the entire generation. Over the years, they are the generation that has bashed millennials more than other generations.
I really like that the prompt is shown on the screen while being answered, I often forgot what the prompt was while watching other vids and this was helpful!
See that is what’s wrong with you Gen Zers and Millennials. Always on the go go go. You never calm down and sit down. Notice how ADHD rates are “rising”. Focus for once, sit down, and enjoy the present.
"These gender neutral bathrooms aren't safe." People often don't realize that almost all of these are single stall and made mostly for access for the disabled. What do we do when a mother needs to go in with her teenage son to help him because he has down syndrome? Most people who don't know him wouldn't let him in with his mother. I know because this is my little cousin.
I think that lady was referring to the women only restrooms that allow men who identify as female to enter. This happen in Target stores and other stores before they converted them to unisex or gender neutral bathrooms which are pretty much restrooms you can lock. Women and children are in a very vulnerable state when they are in the restrooms. There are a lot of creeps who are Trans or pretend to be trans will enter these women only restrooms and attack since most women are already easy targets when compare to a man anyway. The solution in my state of CA was pretty much for businesses to make a lot of restrooms gender neutral.
i searched through all the comments looking for one about this bc I couldn’t wrap my head around what she said it made no sense what so ever bruv. 90% of what she said made no sense though
It’s confusing for me when boomers complain about millennials specifically. Boomers raised millennials. You’re complaining about a generation YOU raised. There’s a disconnect
@@its_arisely it depends lol, I'm gen z and my parents are boomers, my cousins who are millennials, their parents are boomers, there are also some who are gen x whose parents are boomers, it just depends on boomers who gave birth to different generations. Some are earlier some are later. So gen x to gen z
@Dave Daniels are you really trying to put the blame on underage kids? Do you think they have something that appears in their brain when they're born later that makes them entitled?
exacly! people arond me be like: "check out this new bag for 2000$ (i bought for my parents money)" while im like: "will it be greedy to ask for game for 12$ this christmass?"
For the question “are younger gen to entitled?” A lot of the time kids/teens are ‘entitled’ because they were raised to get what they want, some kids are so kind and giving because they were raised to not be entitled
Yeah it's almost as if people are different based on their life experiences and boomer's general perspective on everything is as narrow as a spaghetti noodle.
Being "entitled" is a double edged sword. Yes, a lot of children are afforded certain things and wrongfully think that they should have them. However, as an adult in this economy, I feel as though you should feel "entitled" to better wages. That you should feel "entitled" to certain environmental changes and so on. People shouldn't settle on mediocrity. People probably felt like boomers were entitiled during their time and the movements they made. This is part of the why the millennials of today are the millionaires and that didn't really happen during their time.
I'm an only child, but I have a single dad who doesn't get child support and was disabled, so I never asked for anything unless it was for my birthday, and I'd never EVER ask for new technology unless he decided after 5 years it's probably time, but I'd never get those new expensive ones cuz like, tbh they're kinda over priced :/
Mike may have left out a few other figures, but that is indeed the Boomers greatest achievement: The Civil Rights movement was never fully actualized, with us embracing the anti free association part of it, but not the respect all people equally by law (and if you can by person) part. James might be a bit bright, but he was dead wrong on that one.
He was the only one in the end who actually said “nope, our generation did good things,but took too much of a blind eye to a lot more bigger problems”. Probably the only boomer there that actually took his pride out of the way. ✌🏻🤟🏻
I was just thinking this. My family is 4 people. Parents are both boomers, my sister and I are millennials. And in the video they even mentioned that when the boomers were the same age as millennials are now they had 3x more wealth. They were so much better off and could support themselves. Then they had kids and were able to spoil their kids more, and now their kids aren't as well off as they were and actually need more help. This is why boomers think we're entitled, because they don't understand the difference in our economic status from what they were at. Between being spoiled by them and now effectively making 1/3 as much as them, they call that spoiled with their "Back in my day..." mentality.
Side note; I’ve worked customer service jobs for 15 years, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that boomers are the absolute most publicly entitled group of people.
@@KDYT31 I imagine it's just because they believe they have a better understanding of what is reasonable than younger kids, whether it's true or not. Because of this, they expect that younger people will listen to them and that they are right because they have more experience. Younger people are more likely to be understanding of younger people and accept what they say just because they are similar age
no, don’t support what she said. It’s incredibly dangerous to say “suck it up” when somebody could really be helped and move on in a positive direction through therapy.
Istg I was so happy I almost cried a lil bit. And then the one lady didn't really seem to understand nb bathrooms but I feel like that comes more from ignorance then malice
Shinny art i mean yeah, its scary to think that Transgender people can enter into competitions, prisons and other things for the opposite gender especially with men.
Boomers: we made the world a better place James: ... let’s not forget that we ruined the environment and the economy and now there is a huge income gap Love him!
@@jeronimocumming2952 True but they should stop patting themselves on the back because they think they made it better. They should instead acknowledge the damage
@E There was however a dramatic acceleration in environmental damage from around the 1950's onwards with a massive increase driven by ever increasing Consumerism. Intensive animal agriculture, use of unrecylable plastics, use of pesticides, use of fertilisers, factory trawlers, the cutting down of the rainforest, the massive increase in ICE auto-mobiles, the strip mining of 3rd world countries to feed 1st world economies etc are all relatively recent environmental problems. It's a hard pill to swallow but the Boomer generation had the knowledge that what they were doing was damaging the planet and mostly they just continued on regardless whether willingly or in ignorance. Many of these things should have been regulated long ago but the economy was seen as more important.
E Boomers have don a lot of the damage. In fact boomers are still doing most of the damage the majority refuse to acknowledge climate change and environmental problems because they are stuck in the 1960’s
I don't think they get mad just to the fact that the newer generation has it easier, I think they get mad because the newer generation has it easier but the newer genereation doesn't realize that they have it easier.
Bastián L well, the newer generation definitely has certain things easier and certain things harder, but we tend to just think about and talk about the things we have harder because those are the things we need to fix, but we definitely recognize and appreciate what we do have easier, we’re simply just not as vocal about it. :)
gabb tothee James is only 59, that makes him a very young ‘boomer’ (technically the youngest age) so his life experience is different than an ‘old boomer’. He’s more of a mix between ‘Boomer’ & ‘Generation X’. Being a highly educated man he spent an extended part of his formative years in the university environment. I would argue that he’s more an example of ‘Old Gen X’ than ‘Classic Boomer’!
Suzi Monkey the boomer generation ends at 1964, which would be 55 years old. James isn’t the youngest or even the second youngest actually.. Long was 54 years old and Riza was 56 years old.
Honestly most of them not understanding what this phrase is referring to and condemning it regardless is really proof of why the phrase was created and used in the first place
Other than that it just used to be a joke. Believing these generations labels (that only refer to different generations of workers due to big political and economical changes) say anything about the person's personality, opinion or taste just shows the amount of ignorance in every generation. And unfortunately there are people who believe that.
& in 20-30 some younger ppl are going to disrespect you for being older and less aware and your going to clam "in my youth" i did more then you. Its a cycle
Furthermore being a millennial or a Generation Z person give you entitlement a false false intelligence just because of Technology which still has no bearing on life experience
Diaab muhammad just because we might do the same when we’re older doesn’t mean it’s not something that we shouldn’t try to stop doing. Personally I absolutely agree with the idea of ‘Ok Boomer’ (because really it’s just our generations way of letting out our frustration of the condescension boomers keep shoving in our face) BUT I don’t think it should actually be used when speaking to them because it closes discussions, that is unless the boomer is being an absolute dick (read, racist, classist, discriminative, etc) cause ‘ok boomer’ is basically the ‘ok grandma’ of our generation. There’s a specific context where it can be used, not thrown around carelessly. Also is it really entitlement or self awareness. From what I see, technology has allowed information to spread faster and more globally than ever before so younger generations tend to be more aware and open minded about issues as opposed to boomers and older generations and in most arguments that’s what they’re talking about. It’s a different kind of intelligence based on experience But boomers tend to ignore that. How many articles have there been out there that talk about how millennials are ‘screwing it up?’ The problem with boomers and younger generations has always been the condescension the former gives to the latter and also their inability to take responsibility for most of the bad things that they’d caused They focus so much on the good stuff they’ve done that they’ve forgotten the mistakes of their generation. AND they also ignore the different environment btw both generations eg economically, insisting that we’re lazy and ‘entitled’ because we aren’t able to achieve the same things they did when they were younger, ignoring the fact that the cost of everything has skyrocketed since then while income has more or less stayed the same. That is if you’re not mentioning the fact that boomers left a wrecked economy for us in the first place Personally all I want is just more understanding from boomers and less condescension. Open mindedness from both sides. Especially when it comes to issues like the environment. Millennials and younger generations have actually increased their attempts at making their society more environmentally friendly. But when it comes to actual big decisions that could make a huge impact, some boomers are STILL ignoring the signs. The US being a huge example. Also the reason we’re not taking China as an example is because China hasn’t spend the better half of a decade insisting that their the paragon of ethics and morality that should be looked up to by other nations. The ok boomer phenomenon doesn’t actually exist as often in other countries, especially ones where there’s better communication btw them and younger generations. So what does that say about America that it’s such a big thing there?
UTDoneWithLife zuc’s not a boomer, musk’s not a boomer, larry page’s not a boomer, kylie jenner’s not a boomer There’s quite a few rich boomers but also quite a few rich non-boomers
@@aggro4213 The 3 richest people in America, 2 of which are boomers and one of which is silent gen, own more wealth than the bottom half of America combined. So no, younger generations don't have all the money.
I believe Millennials mirror a lot of the income distribution of the general population; there are some Millennials/Gen Zers that have a lot of money and there are some Millennials/Gen Zers that have almost no money (especially when you take student loans into account). We also have to take into account where the Boomers in the video live. It's possible they're from an area that sees a lot of wealthy Millennials/Gen Zers that may not be representative of the population as a whole.
Haley Andre he is a boomer he’s just well educated everyone from that generation is a boomer but he’s like rlly smart omg I wish all boomers were this smart
Does the phrase "OK Boomer offend you?" "What does that mean?" "It's a phrase on the internet." *moves to agree* How can you be offended by a phrase that you don't know the meaning of?!?!
Oli Hughes They explained it to her and she went to SLIGHTLY agree. She’s allowed to feel offended because the phrase’s intent is supposed to be offensive. OK Boomer isn’t a compliment.
She said we're too entitled, but girl you're the one continously choosing to buy your grandchildren phones and succumb to their every desire. They are entitled because you allow them to be entitled.
@Peppa Pig I think they wanted an iPhone X or something then 6 months later they wanted the newest model. Didn’t they want to more expensive better thing? She buys them it and then they will just each year ask for a new phone. I get what you say by to not draw conclusions because maybe she meant something else but it seems that it was what she meant.
Thank you! She irritated me. Like, I think that's a personal problem, not a generational thing. What kid from any generation didn't ask their parents and beg for stuff.
Exactly. When I was in high school I remember everybody having the latest phone and I knew my dad was strict about that and as many times as I asked him he said no. Then one time he said only if I graduated with me being a sickly child and sure enough I barely graduated hs but I did and got my phone. It’s her teachings not generational..
Yes! As a child (12, almost 13), I can tell you that my grandparents don’t just give me everything I ask for because I ask a million times. That’s a problem with HER not with us. I’m honestly just getting annoyed with the fact that they’re blaming it all on us because they don’t know how to parent a child or are to lazy to act like an adult and deal with their kids entitlement. Not all of us are like that, and it’s literally only a small percentage.
And also in what world was any of Tatcher, Reagan or John Paul II a boomer anyway. Those 3 definitely aren't people I would pick as some amazing role models from the greatest generation either.
Quick question: I remember most of the old bands singing about sex, drugs n rock n roll... How is that different from today's music lyric wise? Yes, they didn't cuss in their songs, but the topics stayed the same?
tonksnjoy Satan big facts. I’m a musician (17yrs old) and I once had to play a song by the Rolling Stones, a band from their generation, that literally had the line “you make a dead man cum” like if that isn’t the same amount of explicitness as music today
Yeah I was also thinking genres as well, a lot of older generations when they think of 'today's music' just think rap and hip hop but music today is so so varied, there's an insane number of genres and artists. Yeah swearing is more common in music but there's a lot more to it and not every song or artists swears
tonksnjoy Satan literally now most songs are crammed with swear words, especially in rap. It’s like a butch of random sentences strung together that don’t relate. There is a lot more graphic details about gang violence (e.g stabbing people and bragging about having hitmen). I think she was also referring to how people just carelessly say the n-word all the time. They probably didn’t realise it at the time if they had strict parents and a lot more censored TV.
The radio hits they'd be referring to are different. We are a lot more graphic and don't just throw one off lines in there. It's not that they never did it but it was a lot more infrequent. They used more innuendo and suggestive lyrics where as we have songs like Oochie Wallie. Even old school blues could be nasty but you hear a lot more on the radio. We used to have radio edits where they changed the lyrics. Now you just have a 10 second long bleep out of curse words or things kids can't hear during the day.
@@Bhocobhipbookie but then again remember Cherry Pie, Pour some sugar on me, Gangsters Paradise, etc. They're just as explicit, just no cussing... Idk it's kinda hipocritical
Technically speaking what you said makes ZERO sense. Hes a boomer because of when he was born, just because he has views that many millennials hold doesn’t make him younger. It’s ignorant to think all people of a certain race/gender/sexuality and in this case age, all think the same. I know a lot of elders who think like him. My parents and grandparents for example.
As a 19 year old, I absolutely agree that our generation acts too entitled at times, but some boomers also believe that older equals being more entitled. EVERY generation has good and bad people in them.
Yeah, boomers act like young people deserve nothing until they've worked 20 years for it.. no health care, no vacation, no happiness, until you've worked yourself to death. Thinking kids should suffer is sad.
While they also were alive when cellphones had been invented and changed into what they are now. Brick phone of the 80s, flip phones of the 90s and 00s, smart phones from the 10s 😂😂
@@natatatt it depends on your economical power. I'm from 96, technically a gen z, and I got my first phone when I was a child, but it did nothing interesting (just a game of snake). but I know people who only got any type of mobile phone until much later in life (I'm talking late teens). I was raised in the long gone middle class so I was privileged.
Out of all the amazing things they said about the LGBTQ community and asking for help and all the amazing things about the younger generation, that’s all you focused on? Lol you’re a Scorpio aren’t ya? 🙄🤦🏽♀️✌🏽
"Entitled" they grew up in a world where a high school diploma was an entry level salary and they could work for a summer and pay tuition at Yale. Newer generations grew up post 9/11, during the great recession, and now have bachelors degrees as entry level, if you can even find a job, and we're stuck paying 3× our loans into our 50s. It's not viable.
saying a bachelor degree is entry level is a stretch. I looked for jobs my my field a couple days ago for once I graduate and every single one asked for a least 2 years of experience, more often 5 or 6
You're right. My grandpa went from being a janitor at a company to ceo on just high school diploma, and he uses that as reasoning to work hard. That is literally impossible nowadays.
My dad quit school, no diploma or GED, and owns 2 businesses and several properties. It’s hard work, I seen how hard he worked for that but he is the exception, as it definitely isn’t as easy for my generation, or anyone to do that. So I grew up with the work hard/play hard type of mentality and it just doesn’t work for me. It’s work hard/that’s it. I have a 5 digit student loan debt, and I don’t even make a 4th of that in a year. The student loan debt is a problem for my generation.
James seems to be most down to Earth and actually realistic and honest about everything. He knows what's happening and is also honest about how he acts or has been acting. When I'm older I think it's pretty good aim to end up being something like James. Ofcourse he isn't perfect either. Nobody is. But that's already pretty good.
Mike: “My generation made the world a better place and we will be remembered for the work of these three people” Also Mike: proceeds to name three people who are not Boomers
As a british person i had to look up Lady Thatcher because id assumed there mustve been a different one to which he was referring. There was not and Thatcher was awful
Bob Salazar capitalism = war, money, greed, power, colonization, monopoly Communism= war, power, greed, starvation, brutal rulers, destruction of rights, one way up (military), etc. The general people suffer more under communism, but people who control huge companies and have massive amounts of money control their country in capitalism. I would rather be in a country controlled by corporations so that they would have the money to at least make us THINK that we are happy.
James is the kind of older person I want to be, that I want my generation to be; still critical and forward thinking, able to accept responsibility, all while striving to help and teach in ways that exude kindness and respect. My age doesn't mean anything and it never will, it's the life I live in that time span that does. Wisdom doesn't come with age. It comes from experience and the ability to look outside of yourself and your own situations, and learn from others and theirs.
agreed. James was well informed about environmental dangers and knew exactly what their generation left us with. Long was in the tech industry and probably has much insight in the development of technology-- just wish I could talk to him.
I think they're talking about how the younger people are now rich because they're more inclined to do business at earlier age and the technology industry.
@@siegejay6364 There's a minority of younger people who are wealthy and know how to use technology to broadcast that fact. Doesn't mean younger people are rich any more than old people, they just grew up with internet access so not just the fellow country club members know about their wealth.
I feel like these ‘entitled’ kids they’re talking about are the ones they’ve seen on tv and social media because I don’t know about anyone one else but all of my friends are the most humble people in the world. We stand up for the elderly on the bus, we hold doors for people, we give food to the homeless and we use our social media to spread positive messages
James is the kind of person everyone should strive to be- you can’t generalize groups of people (in this case, based on age) just because you grew up a certain way. Not all boomers are ignorant, not all millennials are entitled, etc.
Ok so I am not a fan of saying that because someone is X they will be y. Also there are a lot of factors. But you look at different "key events" that take place in a generation and that has a tendency to shape the minds of certain groups of people. I think when looking at individuals those trends should at least be put on the back burner but when looking at wider issues they have to be acknowledged
Boomers: Younger generation are too entitled 9/11: School shootings: Global warming: Humanitarian crises: Rampant anxiety and depression: Boomers: buT CELL PHONES-
There have always been humanitarian crises so dont even. Also anxiety and deprrssiom have also always been present, ppl just didnt diagnose it back then, so it was even worse. We are really lucky bro
@@cristiperez2203 "There have always been humanitarian crises so dont even." There always have been but new issues have arisen- some were literally caused by baby boomers "Also anxiety and deprrssiom have also always been present, ppl just didnt diagnose it back then, so it was even worse. We are really lucky bro" Blatent misinformation. Mental health issues have been rampant and gen z has the worst mental health crisis we've ever seen. Suicide is skyrocketing, ED on the climb, issues with physical appearance...
I mean if you think its, we hadnt have wars, we havent been in a post war society, also, for the woman and for example black people, yea, we havent been through a lot
These people need to be looking for better music. I feel like they’re only hearing popular stuff on the radio but there’s so much more out there. So much good music to find.
Skye Johnson Lmao honey climate change isnt going to be THAT fast. sure we have to do something quick but its not like the world is going to end in 40 years lmao
@@LukaLolly Climate change isn't the only thing that can end civilization. And the world will never end, it's just society and progress that will. And so the loop continues.
james I'm pretty sure is also a scientist they featured on the flat earthers vs scientists episode, so he's one of the people I find easiest to agree with. Some of the responses from these boomers makes it painful to listen to, because they have no context of the statistical reality of the situation and how set in some of these ideas they are. (NOT entirely their fault, its a factor of how the brain works, given that the old hating on the young is something that dates back historically to at least socrates and plato)
@@SPLICEKNIGHT Honestly, I'm Gen Z and I agreed with most of what they said. I find the OK Boomer thing incredibly disrespectful and Millennials and my generation are incredibly entitled. Maybe not all of them, just like Baby Boomers don't all hate younger generations and are entitled to their own opinions without it being faulted by "how their brains work". But a lot of younger generations think they know everything and are very selfish and think everything should just be handed to them. I also don't think respect should be based off age. You respect the young and the old, unless they've shown some serious reason for not deserving it, other than simply having a difference in opinions.
But they do start screaming when you don't, when you say "no I'm not buying you that" they start to guilt trip. I'm not saying she isn't also in the wrong but the boomers when they heard no they knew it meant NO.
@@damianc669 it is normal for a kid to test boundaries. it is more likely that they feared their parents rather than respected. you want your kid to be a Happy functional adult, fear will drive them to act in a certein way out of desire to avoid confrontaion, and not because they truly believe this is the right thing to do, which is not sustainable in the long run.
@@damianc669 when my mom said no to buying me a apple phone I accepted it. She didn't actually say no though she asked if I wanted gun man to shoot me and take my phone and told me to go sit down
it's pretty self explanatory and there's nothing wrong with taking offence to something. It's a phrase that i typically see being used to dismiss the things they say.
She might not understand that its a joke often times. Yeah there is often some truth, but there is more to it than what they said in like 2 seconds. So I don't blame her
James honestly seems really cool, it sounds like he really tries to listen to younger generations to learn about how we view the world. Hearing him talk about climate change is refreshing, because as a 16 year old, it concerns me to see so many people denying climate change or simply not caring and leaving it for gen z/gen alpha to deal with.
Eric L * so many people not understanding climate change I read a great quote that there’s no such thing as denying climate change, you simply just don’t understand it
Mike's comment about communism was so out of touch with reality, making it seem like America ended communism when actually thousands of people died during the riots in Eastern Europe to overthrow the regime.
I'm Hungarian. In 1956 during the big revolution the US REFUSED to help, the USSR invaded the country and many people died or went to prison. But they put the Hungarian revolutions as the man of the year on the cover of Time magazine!! it's outrageous!
You know the fall of the soviet union was a contrarevolution most people voted against it. People in poland and hungary may heve been against it but the soviet union no !
Take the U.S out of the picture and there would still be a USSR. We forced them to spend millions of dollars on the military and made it so their economy crashed. Dozens of proxy wars stopped the spread of communism. It wasn’t all the U.S but to say that the U.S didn’t play a major role is downright wrong
I don't like that "boomers" think they are hated because they are old, I certainly don't hate anyone because of age. It's the mindset you have. Also, I think we should drawn the line of kids being spoiled and younger people just wanting a better life for everyone. I don't think that's entitlement, I view that as activism
I completely agree. It's entitled to believe you should be respected just because you're an elder and the mindset of "respect your elders unconditionally" drives people away.
My mom actually agrees with me in most things. When I was 5 or 6 she let me pick a toy and I got a Frog, then she told me that my frog was a boy that liked other boys frog. Sometimes other animals would be mean to him, I learnt to protect my gay frog and always saw being gay or lesbian as something natural. Later on I had pandas (gay couples) and other toys. My mom tells me that she tough the best way she could and that as I would grow up and learn more by myself I tough her. I love my mother!
I've seen James on another episode and I really like his output on life. He comes off as super intelligent but also very empathetic at the same time. Love seeing him on these episodes.
This is kind of a tautological logic indeed. If you blame people who you brought up to be entitled then you're basically blaming yourself for being a poor parent. You can't have it both ways on this one.
I don't think many people knew this but James was in another video from jubilee where he was a scientist arguing with flat earthers. no wonder he's smart
@: 3 right, zoomers and millenials, the ones that don't have control over the usage of fossil fuels and are for better and more pro-earth types of energy are the ones destroying the planet.
I mean there's a difference between asking for help and thinking you deserve it... . . . I'm 19 but i align myself as more right wing, not the same with my generation, asking for help should never be embarrassing but assuming everyone should bend to what you think you deserve rather than going out and getting it is sad, and i think when baby boomers say something like "pull yourself by the bootstraps" they're only asking to count on yourself because they see the potential in you, its not coming from a place of self importance but a place of experience. with all the tools my generation and the future is armed with, its sad if you fail.
Robert O'Reece Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is easy when you have access to resources. But when your parents are criminals/addicts, child protective services don’t have the time for you, you live in the ghetto, your school is underfunded, the people around you tear you down your whole life, then expecting them to only rely on themselves just becomes ignorant...what self? Where exactly are these people going to learn to be better or pull themselves up? It’s a ridiculous thought when you really get down to it. Of course some people do overcome severe adversity, but that is the exception and by no means the norm for people. If you read about psychology you see just how much we rely on the group. We are social creatures and stepping outside of our social expectations is more difficult than simply saying “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”. That simple statement just doesn’t happen for most of the population, of it did...well we wouldn’t have third world countries anymore. And what EXACTLY do generations today think they deserve? Clean water? Livable wages? The right to pursue happiness? Governments taking responsibility for the poorest people in their nations? That’s not entitlement, it’s a realization that you inherently MATTER, just as a human being, you matter. Entitled gets thrown around a lot and usually the examples are material possessions, hell even the people in this video used cell phones as an example of their grandkids “entitlement”. Just because we are more outspoken today doesn’t mean we are entitled, most of us just know that if we speak up we won’t be beaten to near death, we aren’t afraid of our parents or elders, and that’s a good thing for society. Children shouldn’t love in fear but if you can’t tell your grandchild no...that’s a you problem.
@@alibenkhalid4192 Except boomers are some of the most entitled people to exist. So many older people think they're owed things just because they're old. Like I work in healthcare and its always old people who expect us to hold their hands and take no responsibility for themselves cause they expect you to do everything. They also are always the one who expect to be waited on hand and foot by wait staff in restaurants, whereas people my age I notice tend to be the ones who are more understanding. They're always the first to complain when service is slow. I've literally witness so many older people freak out at the idea of having to use a self check out at a grocery store because they 'don't work there' and shouldn't have to ring up their own groceries, whereas younger people just do it and most of the time would prefer to do it themselves. Old people are always the "I wan't to speak to a manager"
@@SwtBeat I agree with the first part concerning that not everyone has a basic decent home life growing up. What does the younger generation think they deserve? Well, trying to compare clean water to it is ridiculous, because that should be a given. Livable wages will never be a thing with rich white people owning this country. Your right, no one should live in fear and that includes parents doing their job parenting. You can't spank a child today without being threatened to have cps called on you, called an abuser, etc. Since parents can't actually punish their kids, so they are just horrid and out of control. Mouthy, rude, disrespectful, they think they are owed something. Now, not all are but enough of them are. so, yea many of them are entitled.
James is the only one who really understands millennials concerns. The 60's did so much for civil rights. But, then you grew up, had to support your family, and put profit above most things... The world is not as you remember it coming up, period.
Historicly black people going to therapy was taboo largely because of racist practices. It was hard to tell who could be trusted to genuinely care and help.
That's awful. Thank you for noting this. May we all be treated fairly and helped in all the ways we need it one day. Mental health is as important as physical health.
One thing I don't understand about boomers: What makes you think that your experience applies to the world today? The technology is different, the economy is different, the society is different. Meanwhile, boomers are making laws for the future they're not even going to be a part of. It's crazy talk. People in their 30's 40's maybe, but people in their 60's-70's? Presidential candidates being over 65 sounds absolutely insane to me.
PROTECT JAMES AT ALL COSTS! Boomers like him are immune from “ok boomer”. I understand how it can be sad to hear the phrase being a boomer, but it’s specifically directed at people with backwards-ass opinions. James has graduated to at least Millennial and I think we should all aspire to be like him 💛
I never thought I'd see the day where being a millennial was considered a good thing. Most of us are anti gun, socialist, anti free speech, snowflake sjws.
To be honest though its also used by arrogant, childish leftists as a universal retort towards anyone who disagrees with them, and what is a 'backwards-ass opinion' is largely subjective.
Exactly. My mum often told me, the goverment basically paid half of my parents mortgage beause they they just paid it regularly and in time. Nowadays my generation can't even afford a nice home or pay their morgage for 30 years. and this is not the US. It's a small country in Europe.
@@Kitti_B Same here i can't even get a job in the field of my studies working for 12-14 hours the day for 25€ a day and not even a right for loan to have my own home as 30-20 years back they where getting loans for e.g. vacations and paid back just the half and so on free-paid college etc. And on top of that told by boomers "You don't have kids nowadays you only care about your career.." what else can you respond then ok Boomer..
Just reading your comment triggered me! In California, boomers paid practically nothing for UC and CSU degrees. They could totally work and pay as they attended. So sick of their stories on how they did it all on their own.
Bruh I go to the same college my boomer parent went to and the tuition is way more than it used to. Part of the reason is extra fees for student luxuries, BUT YOU CANT OPT OUT OF THEM even if you don't use whatever it is.
