How Baby Boomers Ruined America (ft. Tim Dillon) 

Tim’s line of “their kids were there to support them emotionally and not the other way around” is so true to my and my friend’s experience

My dad was the ultimate boomer. Only cared about himself, never met my kids even though he lived 20 minutes away, spent every dollar he ever made and inherited. He was sure to take credit for how his kids turned out but fought everything the whole way. He fought paying for college or anything but made sure to tell everyone how smart and accomplished his kids were. The ultimate boomer

For boomers and senior citizens, the current market and economy are unnecessarily harder. I'm used to simply purchasing and holding assets, which doesn't seem applicable to the current volatile market, and inflation is catching up with my portfolio. My biggest concern is whether I'll survive after retirement.

If anything Dillon is UNDERSELLING how awful Boomers are. "The first generation that wanted to do better than their children."

George Carlin on Boomers: Whiney, narcissistic, self-indulgent people, with a simple philosophy: “gimme-it it’s mine”! “give-me-that it’s mine”! These people were given everything. Everything was handed to them, and they took it all. Took it all. Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. And they stayed loaded for twenty years, and had a free ride, but now they’re staring down the barrel of middle-age burn-out, and they don’t like it. They don’t like it so they’ve turned self-righteous, and they want to make things hard on younger people.

I hope tim dillion is getting paid for this because hes carrying the podcast so hard

All throughout my 20s, my parents asked when I would be settling down and having kids. Now in my 30s with kids, I cannot get them to spend time with their grandchildren. They’d rather watch the news.

When Tim said “we were there to support THEM emotionally” I felt that. My mom is a boomer I’m Gen X and as a 10yr old she’d talk to me like I was her 35 yr old girlfriend. I love my mother but I really, really , really HATE the boomer generation. Tom Wolfe nailed it when he dubbed them the “ME” generation. As a result the Gen X generation were like feral children. Most of my childhood was unsupervised, which actually was kinda fun but didn’t help me get ready for life as a successful, well rounded adult. I kinda had to figure it out on my own.

When people say "the greatest generation," they mean the generation that was in WW2.

The greatest Generation got it wrong handing everything to Boomers. As a generation that lived through extreme poverty ( Great Depression) and a horrific world war it makes sense. They gave them everything they thought they wanted. But they got it wrong, the greatest gift you can give your kids is the confidence of self reliance, resilience and personal responsibility.

The reason all this is true is because they were the first generation to be given easy access to the “upper middle class” while being heavily brainwashed by corporate/global interests

Also most of those hippies were spoiled rich kids who went back to their old lives once they had fun.

Why is the guy with the bad haircut laughing so hard

Boomers are the locusts that eat all the crop and move on, leaving famine behind.

I’m an older Millennial and even I’m offended by the thumbnail picture suggesting Baby Boomers are The Greatest Generation. That’s their parents that spoiled them.

Andrew's fake laugh is so terrible

The forced, fake laughs are too much, man. Tim Dillon on fire as always tho.

Bill Maher firing his agent and quitting CAA because he didn’t get an invite to the CAA exec’s Christmas Party is the most boomer thing 😂

GenX here.... we are ok with you guys ignoring us again.

"The Greatest Generation" is the one before the boomers. The one that fought in WWII.

My Boomer Father has been saying his Generation is the most selfish and hypocritical generation and that they really f-ed things up. I didnt understand where he was coming from because he nor my mother are like that. But now that Im older, i understand what he was saying now.

This is such a fascinating topic that Tim has pioneered in recent years. A book or documentary on boomers and the effect on society to this day is absolutely needed.

Gen X is way underrated. The fact that a lot of us made it through childhood and teenage years without unintentionally killing ourselves with our absent Boomer parents needs more recognition.

This is so true, it’s giving me PTSD. No one has called the police more than the Boomers

As a millennial, I just want a house and a piece of land to grow food. I just want off the wheel of the rat race.

Yes! The children were there to entertain them and validate their achievements

I can't count how many times my mother said she couldn't wait for us kids to grow up and leave. And now she says I never call or visit 😂

Flagrant went downhill so fast. Schultz, Bert and Tom need to start a pod called “the unbearables”

I’m a millennial that grew up with parents born on the cusp of boomer and gen x (1965 &1966). My dad was semi-stereotypical boomer, but instead of saying “I worked hard for this, I deserve this!” like most boomers, he was more “I worked hard and mostly lucked out.” That’s probably some of the pessimism of gen x talking .

Schultz really can't help but interrupt Tim on every opportunity possible

The way this man describes that generation is like he personally knows my own parents

Does Andrew know that you don’t have to move your whole body or kick something when you laugh

That boat comment is very fuckin real haha

As an older millennial, I absolutely despise ALL boomers and their selfishness that has destroyed this country

Worse than Jimmy Fallon’s fake laugh.

As a person with Boomer parents, everything he’s saying is spot on lol. My Grandparents were incredible people, my parents are complete pos. Thankfully in my case, I was raised by my Grandparents.

Tim knows how to tell a story. It’s so much better when he is allowed to tell it. When you talk over him it adds NOTHING. Because it’s not on the level of Tim’s pearls of wisdom.

As a boomer myself, I can attest to my generation being as bad as any in history. As someone who was out there protesting the Viet Nam war and then turn around and see my generation start one war after another thru my lifetime is depressing. We thought we were going to be the peace generation and, instead, we became the perpetual war generation. As someone who was a hippie living on a commune at one time (I ended up dedicating my life to making money), to watch my generation ruin the planet chasing a buck is depressing. We thought we were going to be the back to earth generation and, instead, we became the disgusting materialistic generation. As someone who believed in equality for all and prosperity for all to watch my generation destroy the working class in America is depressing. We thought we were going to be the love generation and, instead, we became the hate generation - racism, classism, xenophobia, religious hatred, cultural hatred - we've got it all. To watch politics deteriorate to the pandering to the 1% at the expense of everyone else is depressing. We thought we were going to have the most fair minded, equality driven, generous, magnanimous government ever. Instead, it has been the exact opposite. To watch our generation destroy the planet with impunity in the name of chasing a buck is depressing. We thought we were going to save the earth, instead we are full bore towards destroying it. We had John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. All murdered. That was the previous generation. Our generation has vomited up Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Beyond depressing.

As a 1976 Gen-Xer and genuine human being--who loves to laugh---I loathe fake laughter (Andrew and Akaash....Jimmy Fallon...Bert Kreischer, etc.).🙄😐

Gen X is kicking back watching all of this and saying “what a shitshow!” 😂

Seems Tim forgot about Gen X... like their Boomer parents did.

Listening to TD talk about boomers is the biggest guilty pleasure ever. It's comedy gold

This is literally a college course waiting to happen. It's like Tim has been a fly on the wall watching my entire life. So dead balls on target its incredible. As a native NYC he crushes every aspect of what NYC boomers are like.

I love how no one even mentions Gen X. Everyone just forgets they even exist. 😂

it was the movement from primarily rural to primarily urban life that happened during the “greatest generation”. kids no longer grew up working hand in hand with their parents, grandparents, siblings on the farm, all working to accomplish a common goal, survival of the family. it just changed the culture and ethics of society.

My dad’s parents gave him everything he needed to succeed. He became a multi millionaire he refused to pay for me and my brothers college. His mom who was a part time teacher used all her savings to put him through Harvard.

…completely overlooked Gen X…it’s ok, we’re used to it.

Never in my life would i expect someone to reference Neil Postman on this podcast. Smh Tim is riding the bomb and waving his ball cap in the wind as he falls towards societal destruction and he is aware of it

I'm 37, my dad was born in 1935, served through Korea and into Vietnam (forged his birth certificate to join younger than legally allowed, he didn't have one until he joined up). He was WAY different than the parents of other kids that were young enough to be his kids. A true member of the silent generation, and I am so thankful I was raised by him instead of by some limp wristed weaklings like so many of the other kids.

9:00 I distinctly remember the phrase my father used in between disowning me and death threats being "sink or swim". It really didn't occur to him that his job as a parent was to help.

Ask boomers if they have ever made a mistake in their life. Most honest response you will get is something like "Well of course, but..."

Genuinely what's the point of have the two guy to the left on just keep them in the background. All they do is crowd and annoy the guest

I was constantly told how much child support was from my father. Yo dude, I didn’t ask to part of your shit show

The boomers drilled holes in the boat, set in on fire, shot the captain and complained about how we failed to stop them, about how much we all suck as people for not physically preventing them.

Trying to hear Dillion’s Boomer takes but the cackling, Zone of Interest Era Schulz is too distracting.

I have a family member in that age group that pats himself on the back by watching WWII documentaries 7 days a week. that hit home too hard.

WOKE is a Gen X thing Tim. They were doing it in the 90's when millennials were just being born. You attribute the things you grew up with to being "your generation" when really you were a child and those things were created by the previous generations. 70's movies for example were not created by Gen X. 80's stuff was not created by 80's kids.. etc etc

The book Tim mentions, "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Niel Postman, is still relevant and well worth reading.

Tim Dillon's comedy is like hilarious 4-D Chess 😂 Genius

Gen X the forgotten generation... and honestly, as a Gen X'er, I think most of us prefer it that way. While all of the other generations are fighting each other, us Gen X'ers are off in the corner doing our own thing staying out of it.

Children there to support them emotionally- this hits nail on the head

I feel like the description of millennials is only focusing on liberals that are millennials.

As an older millennial, he’s spot on about us in a way and it’s a lot of the things I’ve rejected. I saw my peers slipping into it and a lot of friends all of a sudden became acquaintances. All the attention seeking just became bothersome to me someday.

If you’re interested in this, you should check out The Fourth Turning by Neil Howe. He explains the Boomers and why it feels like the world is coming to an end. Another great book is Peter Zeihan’s The End of the World is just the Beginning

I was adopted and my parents used to complain at times when me and my brother would ask for things. Mentioned to us how much more richer they would be without us or the cars and clothes they can’t buy because of us. I would think 1: we came with a check every month and two they didn’t have to say yes,they had an actual choice. Always perplexed me.

My parents treated wealth as a high score in a video game. There wasn’t a reason to have it other than to say they have a high score and looked at their kids as someone holding them back from getting a higher score.

Came here just to say Flagrant is horrendous.

Love this podcast but ANDREW YOU HAVE TO LET THE GUEST TALK MAN…..you’re killing me!!!!

15 minutes in, haven't heard one mention of Gen X. Forgotten again.

As a 53-year-old man, I can confirm all of this. I was born in 1970. My mom and dad divorced when I was very young, and they have to be the most self-centered people I've ever met. They weren't particularly good parents, they didn't really care, and they really didn't put much time or effort into me. They lived like adult children for most of their lives, and now, 70's, are whining and crying that they aren't young anymore and they can't do the things that young people do. My mom hasn't even worked since the 1980s. They only care about themselves, they care absolutely nothing at all for my kids, they don't care about me, and they have already blown through most of the money they inherited from their parents. They have a bad surprise coming. I know they are so selfish and stupid as to think I'm going to rush in and take care of them when they are old, but they've gotten to live Decades of a lifestyle my wife and I will never live. Because we work and we put everything we have into our kids. I actually look forward to the day when I can tell them that they're free ride is over and now they have to do what I have always done. Look after myself

Conversation w/my Boomer Dad during COVID: I'm concerned about how this situation & inflation are affecting the younger generations. The ramifications from this are going to be devastating. Boomer Dad: "Well, we don't want to die either."

Boomers were the first generation raised with Television. I think the effects of Television on human beings will not be understood for some time.

Top Tier Tim! 🔥

Omg. Yes! They resented us for sure! Lol. Mum shoved me in full time when I was 5 weeks old because, you know, "Why on earth shouldn't I have had a career and social life Em? I mean...for goodness sake! The world doesn't revolve around you!" It was my mum's 70's birthday last night. Her speach was all about how hard she and my stepdad worked and why they "deserve every single bit of success" they have enjoyed because of "how hard" they worked, how important her friends are to her...not one mention of my brother's, myself or our children lol. Btw, neither my stepdad nor my mum "worked hard". They both worked in the Australian Public Service. My stepdad still jokes "I learnt never to look out of the window in the morning at work...if you did, you'd have nothing to do in the afternoon." hahaha. They bought their home and holiday house for a pitance and berate us because we haven't bought houses ourselves. Oh...the funniest moment: mum put a "Climent Action Now" sign on their letterbox...they take at least five OS flights every years, drive everywhere etc. They just have no idea!

I told my dad I had smoked pot. He promptly got me high on hash and then dropped me off at my mom's house. I was 12.

Tim Dillon is a philosopher at this time ❤

Didn’t hear Gen X mentioned once, during this diatribe. Shocking. Called the forgotten generation for a reason.

For my parents generation making sacrifices meant working 24/7 and spend so little time with us, letting the society and tv educate us..in my case teaching me stuff that are no longer usefulin the world we'reliving today...lucky I grew up with my grandparents...as a parent myself I try to avoid those mistakes with my kids

Andrew feels like a hipster’s comic, where Tim is a comic’s comic.

Am I the only one who thought Andrew had his feet on Tim's lap 6 minutes in ? 😂

"They view their kids as an impediment to their success. They wanted them to do worse than they did." - You just described my boomer father to a tee. (Gen X ignored again...)

00:01 The book 02:06 Baby boomers' selfishness and lack of civic virtue 06:12 Baby Boomers prioritize personal freedom over sacrifice 08:12 Difference in generational perspectives 12:10 Baby boomers' hypocrisy and impact on millennials 14:12 Generational differences in self-starting mentality 17:47 Nihilism among Baby Boomers is a problem. 19:22 Zoomers have a bit of darkness, while still caring 22:31 Zoomers are desensitized to school shootings 24:19 Discussion on creating brand awareness through a unique video approach

Tim got a sunburn only on the middle of his face

Andrew Shultz is the most confused red baron pizza haircut.

They have millenials and Gen Zs partly backwards. Millennials were the 80s and 90s babies that would use every slur and insult in the book, would do drugs pretty recreationally, had a middling rate of teen pregnancy, etc. Gen Zs do less drugs than prior generations, have less sex, are generally more anxious, and more progressive. Euphoria is not at all a representation of a typical California school.

My boomer parents are great. We have two kids now and they drop everything to watch them while my wife and I work- and they share it’s one of the greatest joys of their lives to help with their grandkids. I love Tim but I don’t think I’ll relate to his book personally.

You want to see the boomers be outraged crush antique cars.

07:36 "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman is the name of the book.

Greatest Generation refers to the baby boomer’s parents. The generation born during the depression who fought WW2

Get the book y'all!

Protect Tim Dillon!

Meanwhile Gen X just wants to be left alone.

Boomers are the "Entitled Generation." Millennials are the "Participation Trophy Generation." Meanwhile, Generation X are the "Forgotten or Feral Generation.'

Oh man, hit the nail on the head about boomer parents smoking, drinking, etc with their kids. Not something I would ever do with my kids as I know how harmful that is.

I don’t know what they are talking about. As a Boomer you are right, I had it made. Other than being drafted during Vietnam war to go kill other teenagers in their own country. In the seventies the job market was poor. I lost my job in banking during the oil bust in Texas as well as rent property. Started over at 35. Lost over half of my savings in ‘87, 2000, 2008 due to Wall Street manipulations. I did sacrifice for my children which was my responsibility. I paid into social security and paid income tax for 49 years; I am still paying since i am working at 75. I don’t know anyone my age that acts like the Boomers you are describing. 99% of Boomers were not Woodstockers or did drugs. You are full of it but very entertaining.

That silent sound is the sound of Gen Xers once again being forgotten about but going back to work to make this civilization rolling forward.

“The boomers didn’t have a major war” Did Shultz forget about Vietnam? That was probably the biggest defining moment of that generation.

I'm a millenial (born in 87) and I know that my boomer parents wanted the best for my siblings and I. They were just too stupid to vote against Reagan and trickle down economics. Back in the 90's they didn't think that college graduates in the future would be getting unpaid internships. But they still voted for the policies that made unpaid internships common.

The Woodstock Generation is a term used to describe individuals of the baby boomer generation in the United States who subscribed to the values of the American counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s. Thank God, I thought he was talking about my era of the boomer generation who came of age in the late 70s (Generation Jones). disco, rock and roll, judging people by the content of their character and plentiful cocaine and weed.

NO Major war???? Vietnam???? Regardless of the politics involved..... Vietnam was horrible combat theater