Young Ones Nickname COVID-19 as “Boomer Remover”
Not everyone, who uses “Boomer Remover”, is doing so for humor purposes. (The Donald Win)
Some of the Millennials, and some Gen Z, have adapted a coronavirus nickname to slam Baby Boomers. This trend, which began last month, labels the coronavirus as “Boomer Remover”. In addition to the elderly’s vulnerability to this virus, there is a political undercurrent to this nickname.
The older generations tend to vote conservative. On the Democrat side, they are going for Biden instead of Sanders. In the general election, they tend to go for the Republicans. So, instead of the label that some conservatives use, “Wuhan Virus”, some of the Millennials and Generation Z are opting for “Boomer Remover”.
From Newsweek:
Boomer Remover has since become a battleground for generational warfare on social media, frequently couched as a natural consequence of how the Baby Boomer generation has treated the planet or approached politics–either an unfortunate outgrowth of the more conservative brand of politics suggested by Baby Boomer voting demographics relative to Millennials and Generation Z, or a deserved comeuppance for damage done to the environment and/or social fabric. In response, Boomers and Boomer defenders have used the trending term to decry young people’s alleged dependency.
The younger generations appear to want to blame the Baby Boomers for environmental destruction. By extension, “Man-Made Global Warming.” This virus, some of these young ones claim, is nature’s response. A wave of “Boomer Remover” memes have been generated.
References: Newsweek and Know Your Meme
OK Fossil aka Bernie
You mean 1%-er Bernie? The Millionaire? With the Billionaire backer? That Boomer?
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2020/03/bernies-billionaire-how-richest-man-in.html?m=1
“[Pierre Omidya is] also a major donor to Soros’ Open Society Foundation.”
‘Nuff said.
Well he did by $500.000 worth of his (#1 selling ) own book with campaign funds to make that money.
Memo to Lars, Millennials and Gen Z… COVID 19 doesn’t discriminate based on age:
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/03/six-icu-patients-nj-hospital-ages-28-48/
When I first saw the above cartoon, I immediately thought the character on the left was a depiction of our fave Bernie Bro.
I though that was Dr. Rachel Levine, the transgender Pennsylvania Secretary of Health! LOL
Yep,looks like him/her/it. A shrink on top of it.
A transgender shrink? Why do so many in the mental health field have mental health problems themselves?
They go into that field so they can “fix” themselves…
They are not all dysfunctional crazy.
I have known two who seem “highly functional” and no more othereise weird than a dozen other geeks I know. Very successful professionals, in other words.
We need to avoid too broad a brush.
I’m a 37 year old native of San Francisco, and I’ve been around plenty of trannies in my life. What I have observed over the years is that more than 90% of them are bat$hit crazy speed freaks. When they do a shot of methamphetamine they turn into sex obsessed perverts with a criminal mindset. Anybody who’s is familiar with the TL (tenderloin for you non San Franciscans) knows exactly what I’m talking about.
Interesting that these morons want the virus to kill off the generation that works / has worked hard to provide all the money the govt has taken to provide the free shit these basement dwellers rely on ti live.. they don’t seem to realize that if they get their wish, and all the conservatives are killed, they’ll starve / freeze/ whatever to death, because there are no adults with any actual life skills around to provide for them.
The two Democrat Presidential candidates are what?
Never mind.
Older then SHIT
nuff said
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BOTH of them have been in Government for at least the past forty years and blame President Trump for the problems that they have helped cause.
I gotta admit, “boomer remover” is kinda funny.
What’s going to be even funnier is when the youngsters are older and the whippersnappers then point the finger at them for everything that has gone wrong.
It never ceases to amaze me on how people continue to point fingers instead of attempting to make thing better.
Next time a youngster starts in just say “you’re welcome for OSHA and the EPA. Now thank me for my service.”
Millenial enabler
Y-suppliers
Zee-keepers
As I sit in the stoop, flush of supplies, a Highlife as company, Black Sabbath’s N.I.B. something the soul, sun is a shine’in’…
I think some of this is gallows humor, but every joke has a hint of truth.
The Great Reset of Assets is upon us.
As an late Xer (1980) with a Millennial gf (1995) and many we have friends of all era,
I get it.
The government has redistributed heaps to prior generations, burning opportunity in the future. Use the meme as a guide stone, there many be some that wish Boomers ill, I’m of the opinion that Millennials/Xers just want an honest shot.
Life has never been more expensive for the poor and with a shrinking middle class this trend will continue.
Do I advocate government redistribution?
Fuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccckkkkkkkkk no!
Neither does swaths of the yuts.
This us vs them nonsense ain’t helping.
Carrots vs sticks, free market/lowest tax vs Comrade Bernie/AOC
Teach them the way or be a bad Leader.
That’s on you.
“I’m of the opinion that Millennials/Xers just want an honest shot.”
A wise man once said “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”.
In a few weeks when Millennials endure Coronavirus induced mass layoffs in the service sector, they’ll run, not walk to their parent’s Boomer Bank for a cash infusion.
And those not already there will be moving to back to “Boomer” basements and spare rooms. That barrista money only goes so far when there is rent to pay. But when there are few or no barristas needed, well. Wonder how many Starbucks employees will be turning in their aprons and Sharpies.
Just got a haircut from my local barber (he is open on Sundays for appointments). This past week he has had zero walk in business in his shop, and he has six chairs and five independent contractor barbers working with him. He said he thinks this thing is going to tank many small businesses and professions that depend on walk in customers and clientele.
Being generation X
We always seem to fall under the radar
Why is that
Middle children of history man.
try being in the 1960-64 cohort. We are classified as boomers, but are not. We are a generation of “tweeners” between the boomers and Xers…
We watched the depression generation build the world, watched the boomers declare it to be oppression, then watched the gen x get screwed by the boomer truth regime that required two job families to support the welfare state.
Bernie and Biden are both examples of the people who lived on the work of others their entire lives and believe it is normal to do so.
Fahqem…
Nailed it!
Spot on, SGM. Born in 62. Parents were depression kids, dad served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. None of us 4 kids fit the “boomer” mold.
Ditto with myself and my sister (she was born in 66).
I’m a barely “Pre” Boomer who is on Social Security. Years ago I did the research and calculations that showed, based on my contributions and those of my employers, that I would be far better served now had the system been privatized rather than operated as a Ponzi scheme by the federal government.
Not only would I be better off, so would this country. Imagine the almost incomprehensible scope of the per capita wealth of America if all those now on social security had hundreds of thousands, even millions, tucked away in investments providing them a far better annual income than they now get from the government.
As for the anti-Boomer movement, these young fools should realize it was the Boomers who gave birth to the hippie/anti-war movement of the 1960’s that produced all their leftist college professors and all this current “woke” insanity.
The Boomers also were the driving force behind environmentalism and the anti-manufacturing and anti-fossil fuel movements.
It was Boomers, who, with youthful idealism, embraced the spirit of feminism and the civil rights movement, giving birth to their precious “diversity.”
It was the Boomer Generation that made it possible for homosexuals to exit their closets.
Boomer idealism caused the current homeless crisis by opposing conventional treatment of mental illness.
Boomers brought us the drug culture, first through the widespread acceptance and usage of marijuana in the 60’s, then the other drugs that followed.
I see the Boomers as a silly, self-indulgent generation, too many of whom squandered a wonderful legacy handed to them by preceding generations. And that makes me see the anti-Boomers as a bunch of clueless fools who don’t realize the ties between themselves and the Boomers. They wouldn’t have all this wonderful “wokeness” they so cherish if it weren’t for the Boomers.
Of course, it’s all about the money: Social Security created before the Boomers were born, and Medicare, created by the Greatest Generation when Boomers were in their twenties.
By the way, for all the Boomers and borderline Boomers like me here at TAH, I do not mean to disparage the entire generation, many of whom have led responsible admirable lives, building on and improving what they were born into.
But the sad truth is, too many fellow Boomers did not. It is also a sad truth that, busy in our own lives, we let the irresponsible ones bring us much of what I outlined above.
Conversely, we are also the ones, along with our children and grandchildren infused with our traditional values, who have continued to keep this country on a somewhat even keel. they are our contribution, our legacy, who will be the saving grace of this republic if it is to survive.
I recall reading some years ago that there are a few entities that never adopted social security and have had their own retirement systems. Perhaps in Texas or the TVA or some other New Deal creation. Since those non-SS retirement plans actually had to be actuarially sound they were in better shape and paid better benefits than SS.
Funny how things like that never seem to find publicity like all those “new” things that get exposed every 20 years or so because everyone has such short attention spans.
The city of Galveston, TX has their own alternative to Social Security and it has done monumentally well by comparison.
Those of us dependent on Social Security are going to be in world of hurt in about 12 to 14 years when we may get a cut to our benefits. But if the progs have their way, we will all be dead by then anyway.
Folks in Chile have a private retirement system. They are the best-off retirees in South America.
Compare them to US “Social Security”. … Then get annoyed with our decision for a government system.
” social” is a negative inverter. “Social studies” isn’t. “Social security” isn’t. “Social justice” isn’t. “Social contract” isn’t. ”
“Socialism” is “isn’t-ism”.
Hell, they are just pissed cause us Boomer Babies drove the coolest cars, grew up on the best music, had the classiest leading ladies, and the truly funniest TV shows. Fifty years from now a ’57 Chevy will still sell for whatever price you want to put on it. Anybody want to make a bid on this ’97 Lumina? Anyone? Bueller?
I remember when diesel fuel smelled sweet.
Now it smells like stale gasoline.
When I was a kid I asked the driver of a B model Mack cement mixer what he was burning in that truck. He said “Soft Coal”. It sure smoked black enough to have been!
Take care of yourselves all you Boomers! I hope to see you all on the other side.
Few big trucks blow smoke like an old Mack. One thing about those older models from that era is that the truck worked you too!
Yes they did and they outlived several drivers! Power steering by Armstrong & two-seventy air conditioning. Two windows open and 70 miles an hour.
Drove a B-61 Dump back in the late sixties. The Quad box kept you busy
and built upper arm strength.
Classiest leading ladies? Gonna have to back that one up… your comparison standards are Myrna Loy, Katharine Hepburn, and Claudette Colbert.
The leading ladies was not a reference to those ladies that were born as boomers, but more so the ones we watched on TV/Movie screens as WE were coming of age. That list would take days and days to write, and would include all of the ones you mentioned, plus the likes of Liz Taylor, Natalie Wood, Betty White, Jayne Mansfield, ect ect ect ect ect ect ect ect ect ect ect
We all saw the comments from our resident leftie here regarding Karma’s Justice on all of us shitty boomers.
Those comments are hardly unique to him.
Hey maybe you get your wish and it takes me out, maybe it doesn’t. I’m guessing based on my health I’m gonna be okay.
The independent voters are watching right now. They see these comments from those like our friend here and try as they might to spin their words after the fact the independents know what was meant.
Those words smell a lot like a socialist solution to a great many problems. End the lives of those with whom you disagree… That works okay as long as you hold all the power until your own demise.
The so called big tent party once again revealing its intolerance and hate for it’s fellow citizens.
It’s a bold move in an election year, we’ll see if it pays off.
The bastard children of Marx only produce Death.
I work in a subsidized housing complex full of older people and a majority voted for Clinton over Trump, so these sickos who want the older generation to die off had better be careful what they wish for.
I guess I’m safe being born in 1945 and being named the silent majority. Reason I was born that year was because my Dad didn’t go over seas and return in 1946 where the name Baby Boomers originated.
Any thoughts on this ladies and gentleman?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-federal-reserve-makes-massive-rate-cuts-launches-quantitative-easing-program
It’s going to hurt those of us who rely on interest income to offset our IRA required minimum distributions, by causing a faster draw down in our savings principal. For those hoping to live a long life, that’s not good news.
In spite of what Lars and his ilk believe, even us old geezers still have to sacrifice for the good of the country.
The dollar is currently going south
And the Dow Futures is in free fall
A odd statement out of China
Claims trump is finished!!!
WTF give are people and the markets
Over reacting and do you make of
The oil war going on between
SA and Russia is this a little to convenient. my 401 is going to disappear
Tomorrow is the fed over doing it
Don’t panic
The objective of hostile forces is panic.
Don’t panic.
Will never panic
It’s all the idiots hoarding
That have me doing a double take
I can’t touch my 401K
For another 11 years but I believe
There is more at work here then meets the eye
If the story is ever told
Hostile Foreign Powers, and hostile internal powers, are flogging these monkeyshines.
The chaos is intentional, and aimed at taking us out.
Both the external and internal threats are -desperate-, thus going all-in.
And when this is over, there needs to be an accounting.
Right on cue, Bloomberg, of all people, goes for “nationalize it!”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-calls-for-feds-to-take-over-industries-calls-outbreak-a-war-like-situation
Fuckstick anti-American constitution-traitor shitbag. Him and the Bernouts, one and all.
Exactly we are still waiting to people to be held accountable
For the last coup my broker is hold and buy and so am I
But like he said the foot dragging on draining the swamp is having
A chilling effect as we speak my god moms real estate business
And my wife’s is coming to a sudden halt
Because banks are refusing to lend and are blaming the market
And political issues as the reason
Not only do we have idiots hoarding shit paper
But a lot of Wall Street seems to have lost faith
In a lack of action by ??? I hold a lot of ATT stock
And I have no voice in the fact that there money losing
Propaganda channels that are bleeding cash
Are not being dealt with to turn around
And are now making this even worse
And spreading lies and bullshit
Panic, no.
Anger and disgust, yes.
It’s time to short some of those stocks that are heading south.
It’s in free fall
As we speak
This is completely stupid
Don’t feed the finance-trolls.
Monday will be a bloodbath, beginning in the premarket, second trading stop by 09:35 and so on.
I’m honestly getting scared they’ll do a bail-in like Cyprus when Douche Bank goes pop and their derivatives book becomes a Dodd-Frankensteinian monster that shits JB weld all over the interbank lending market.
So basically, replay of Fall ‘08 but this time the tyrannt-osaurus makes it out of LALA Land because Doctor Fed expended all his ammo trying to shoot butterflies to impress his unicorn buddies.
….
There goes the last of my siffin’ glue.
Damn you car ownah, damn you straight to hell.
MGM and Caesar’s have basically
Temporary closed all of there hotels
And gaming properties around the world
Putting 100,000 plus employees out of work
I still have a little bit of cash left it’s time
To buy after the blood bath is finished
Tomorrow
I’m afraid this is just the fat lady having her pre warmup dump.
GS just called a 1Q -5% gdp, I thinking this is too optimistic.
My call, DOW 16k, if it holds above 15.5 we could be out the woods… but.
This
Is
Unknown
Territory to the maxxxxxx
I remember when the Dow hit 1000
back in the mid seventies. It was a
big deal in the news. I was poor and
had no stocks.
Now I’m retired with all my money in
CD’s at the credit union. More money
than I thought I would ever have.
And it just keeps chuggin along at
a guaranteed interest rate for
many years to come.
Who’s the damn fool now?
My late grandmother who lived to 100 and my mother who is now in her mid-80s, both effectively used CD interest to supplement their retirement income. There’s always comfort in guaranteed interest.
26L not only are you not a damn fool, you’re looking like an investment genius as the stock market continues its death spiral!
Lucky you! You may get to see it hit 1000 again!
Here’s some sobering fun with numbers. If your investment portfolio loses 30% you’ll need a gain of 43% to get back to its initial value. A 40% loss will require a 67% gain to reach initial value.
As a retiree, I’m scared of market volatility. I sold all my stock mutual funds and went to a cash position in late February. My losses are minimal year to date and I plan to sit on the sidelines through the end of this quarter. I don’t suffer from Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) only the fear of running out [of money].
And here at Casa de Sparky Western Annex, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop and be told either all the hotels here are closing or the client stops all non-emergency work.
This oughta be fun.
Pandemic?
Dem-panic!
Go lemmings! GO!
Fools and idiots panic very easily. I hope that they’re done going batshit with panic purchases because I’d like to make a beer run without having to break some panicky fool’s ribcage!
“beer run”
Ha…I was just thinking I should pick up
some beer on the way home from the Post Office today.
I wonder what brands are left.
Bars have been ordered closed, let them mess with beer and liquor sales and watch the Moonshiners wallow in money!
Back from the post office.
Stopped at the local convienence
store just outside the Mill gates.
Cooler packed to the glass. Could not
fit any more beer in there.
When the Mill has a shift change so does
the cooler stock. The guy that owns it is
a Viet of the Nam Marine vet.
Don’t those folks know they are supposed to tele-commute to the mill and work from home? So say our expert leaders.
Frickin’ white-collar yuppie idjits.
Guernator got annoyed because younger people went out for a St. Pat’s Day celebration over the weekend. Livid, he was. I keep hoping he’ll blow a gasket some day.
Recent stats on this:
Infections
COVID-19: Approximately 156,400 cases worldwide; 2,952 cases in the U.S. as of Mar. 15, 2020.
Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the U.S. per year.
Deaths:
COVID-19: Approximately 5,833 deaths reported worldwide; 57 deaths in the U.S., as of Mar. 15, 2020.*
Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.
Out of a population of 7.7 billions, Covid19 can’t hold a candle to the flu. Both are respiratory diseases, and both can be fatal but the Covid-19 bug is weaker than the flu bug and is NOT killing everyone it hits.
Just my 2 cents worth as I hunker down in my compound: I think there are far more than 2,952 cases of infection in the US. Lack of testing kits nationwide keeps the numbers low. Some epidemiologists project at least 250,000 to 500,000 Americans are already infected with COVID-19 and estimate that upwards of 1,000 Americans will die daily at the height of this pandemic. Historically, it takes three months for a pandemic to end so I think the worst is yet to come.
1000 daily out of 330,000,000, call it 20 per state. Correct?
Correct. 1,000 daily doesn’t sound like much in a country of 330 million. But depending on the length of the pandemic, the death totals could easily surpass the 12-60K that die in a typical flu season. And, of course, the VA still projects 22 veterans on average will continue to commit self-murder daily.
A politically neutral way to play down the craziness:
“It’s not a ‘pan-demic’. It is a ‘damn-panic’. ”
Be not afraid. Let not your hearts be troubled.
Or as a WW2 vet said;
“You call -this- a ‘global crisis’? Hmph… “
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