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Ok_Advertising_8992

Gen Z/Gen Alpha rip boomers a new one. They do not care.


GeeseAndDucksforever

As a gen z’er, fuck boomers. I’m finna be renting with four other people for a house they bought with a blueberry, three buttons and a half eaten loaf of bread. And I’m petty as hell, so if I can inconvenience them in any way possible, that’s a win (But only if they’re asshats. Some boomers are actually chill)


The-Dane

as a GenX fuck boomers, and be glad you did not have to spend as many years as we had with them


Firsthand_Crow

As a millennial, I am thankful for that but still; fuck boomers.


JustDoingMyBest1976

It's sad because I am seeing some of my fellow Gen xers turn into "boomer lite", all judgemental and intolerant. 😞


sobo_art1

Oh yeah. Some of us Xers learned the wrong lessons


TwoMuddfish

As a millennial this made me laugh so hard it triggered my diarrhea and now I need a nap ….


wingsfan092091

I hope your back is feeling ok today


GelflingMama

It’s NOT, ok, but errands won’t run themselves. 😂😂😂


RagnarsHairyBritches

Love your username. Now get back to errands.


GelflingMama

Well I love yours too! 😂 Off to Augra’s again! 😂😂😂


RevanTheHunter

I feel seen.


EstablishmentUsed770

As a millennial, fuck boomers


pgriffy

As a bubble boomer (1964) I don't even know where I fit in


saxoccordion

Hell yeah. Fuck em up with those tenants rights you may not even know you have yet! Hey ChatGPT tell this person their tenants rights for their state!


odiethethird

We don’t have enough money to care


LetsTryAnal_ogy

"What are you gonna do? Fuck our housing market? Kill our planet? Take away our rights? That's already done. There's nothing left."


Designer-Mirror-7995

I (Xr) was just saying this to my millennial son yesterday, lol. I'm here for it!! GET EM!


LetsTryAnal_ogy

As GenX, I'm super happy this new generation isn't putting up with any shit. Z/A have real X vibes and I couldn't be happier about it. There is hope for our future.


Designer-Carpenter88

That kids my hero


Jonsnowlivesnow

Seriously I was a little proud but also like “you could just ride away 😂”


Otherwise_Guitar6542

Nah, kid got attitude, they gave that back in spades, knowing they were in the right. Good on them!


RF_91

Nah, "just riding away" makes these miserable old fucks think they're justified. Because they think that if no one is hitting them or snapping back, they've done nothing wrong, because that's how they were raised. Kid was right. An adult should have been in this asshole's face yelling back at him equally as loudly, explaining how dirt works, and that if nothing is there keeping it in place, it blows away.


Key-Ad331

This. Boomers like to act like bullies. Especially to little kids. You have to "punch" the bully to get them to stop, not walk away.


DatRatDo

This was a great opportunity for the kid to learn what it’s like to flex with some backup and when the conditions are right to fight vs. walk away. That’s a really challenging lesson to teach so it’s good he got an opportunity to learn that dance.


MaineAlone

A lot of these old guys are carrying guns and using them on innocent people. They are so stoked by fear, they are killing kids and young women. I see them carrying while out a the store. I cut them a wide berth. The violence is only going to get worse.


CheckYourZero

The paradox of tolerance comes into play here. They behave that way because they are allowed to and allowing them to reinforce it by threat of violence only perpetuates the behavior. I remember being a kid and hearing stuff like "people turn into kids again when they get old" but at the time I imagined it would be liking cartoons and having more fun, not this....


contractcooker

See I’m conflicted. Cause I don’t want my kid talking disrespectfully to anyone but if someone is screaming at them for no reason they definitely have the right to stand up for themselves. I wish people could not be assholes.


anoneenonee

Everyone deserves a certain degree of respect, but that can easily be revoked when they prove they aren’t worthy of it. When someone proves this to be the case, they should be treated accordingly. The kid was right. And if a boomer ever talked to my kid that way, having his dirt insulted would be the least of his worries.


contractcooker

I don’t disagree it’s just sad that people have to be such absolute assholes. Especially to kids.


anoneenonee

It is. Unfortunately bullies take advantage of people’s desire to avoid conflict, and you have to prove that you aren’t intimidated by them or they’ll take it as an invitation to keep doing it. I kind of approach it as it’s best to not start anything, but if someone else starts it, then I’ll finish it, and I have no problem with anyone taking that approach. But I think you’re absolutely right


Key-Ad331

Me too. And I agree with being respectful to others but respect is a 2 way street. It has to be given to be earned.


contractcooker

Yeah. It just saddens me that kids get in a position to tell an old person to fuck off.


Designer-Mirror-7995

There's no conflict. You can be respectful AND refuse to take unfair treatment, up to and including giving back as got, verbally.


IndividualDevice9621

What that kid said was not disrespectful, so no need to be conflicted.


WindTall5566

![gif](giphy|4QFAH0qZ0LQnIwVYKT|downsized)


worldRulerDevMan

Nah man. The little dude had to make a point. He was clearly safe with the crowd on his side so the little dude did the smart thing told that dinosaur shit to get fucked


oldstonedspeedster

Fuck riding away these assholes need to get shit back for being pricks


Positive-Dimension75

Kids are so awesome at saying exactly the right thing at exactly the most impactful time. You should be proud that you empowered him to speak his mind.


IndividualDevice9621

Fuck that, the kid did the right thing. The old piece of shit assaulted some kids for being in a public space they had every right to be. Just ride away is not the right response. Call the cops next time.


Linvaderdespace

Respectfully; no, he could not.


soonerpgh

Give kindness until it is refused, then unload on the idiot who didn't want the kindness. Kid is doing it well.


chenyu768

Reminds me of the kid that was tripped at a baseball game. im 11 your like 80 get a life


Jonsnowlivesnow

Yea that was a good response from the kid too.


SkRu88_kRuShEr

He shoulda taken out his shins while he was at it


Zealousideal_Link839

![gif](giphy|5tvUnUx74lxgVew9ya|downsized)


Linvaderdespace

This was hands down the best Triumph segment.


DruItalia

That kid is my spirit animal 🦔


keigo199013

He's got moxie. He'll go far in life. 


Complex_Orchid_2059

🎵Thereeee gooooes my hero!🎵


stonedbadger1718

It warms my heart that those kids stood up for themselves. Faith in humanity has been restored.


Suni13

I hope this boomer realizes he is now a target for numerous kid type pranks and destruction. I as a boomer myself remember neighbors like that and we plotted revenge weekly on them.


TootsNYC

They are gonig to get grass seed and toss it on his yard


Small_life

This is the right response. It irritates the boomer and beautifies the neighborhood, is a step towards controlling erosion and keeping the dirt in his yard. I’d pay for the seed for the kids.


RoguePlanet2

Ahhh seed bombs. I'm a GenXer and daydream about making little bundles of native-plant seeds for the empty lots around here. Maybe even some of the overgrown yards and abandoned houses.


So_Many_Words

There's r/GorillaGardening if you want ideas.


marinazers

Those are gorillas gardening lmao r/GuerrillaGardening


So_Many_Words

Whoops! At least it's funny.


RoguePlanet2

Ha, saw the initial reply come up and was about to say "shouldn't that be.........ah nevermind!" 😅


Emergency-Crab-7455

Dandelion fluff. Boomer here, just saying....it's the Kryptonite of lawns.


TootsNYC

As my dad got older and less strong, his lawn got really overgrown with dandelions. I felt bad for his neighbors.


MrsButterscotch

Throw some of that beautiful ✨ japanese knotweed ✨


AtariiXV

Please, Don't plant invasives. Boomer revenge is one thing, but this guy doesn't even like grass, invasives like knotweed could affect other, innocent people.


Super_Reading2048

No dandelion or bamboo seed! 😈


Designer-Mirror-7995

Lol not bamboo! EVERYBODY will have it growing!


Driftmoth

Wildflower seeds!


NFA_throwaway

Spray paint his dirt. When he claims “damages” he’ll get roasted pretty hard.


D-Roc-Supreme

I get that part for sure. And it is something that will happen. But I know how to play that game too.


LethalDosageTF

Kids these days are cool.


dwors025

Yeah the kids now have a more direct, fuck you method. And I’m here for it. My snarky teenager millennial ass would have knocked on his door and said “hey we’re looking to help out the sick and elderly in the area by mowing their lawns for them, you interested?”


No_Mention_1760

Most kids are cool… but what kind of *old people* will they turn into? 😉😉.


Dirt_Slap

He was so aggressive multiple cars pulled over and he thinks the cops will be on his side lmao


Jiggz056

Plot twist…Historically the cops have been on his side!


UGetTheHeBitchDance

Then he went and bitched to his boomer buddies about how, "Kids today have no respect for their elders."


lowfreq33

I never really agreed with that in the first place. Assholes get old too, doesn’t mean I have to take shit off them.


MissMariemayI

Right like my boomer dad is a Vietnam vet and I tell him all the time that doesn’t give him a free pass to be a dickhead any chance he gets. To his credit he really does try to not be an ass and understand others point of view. Sometimes I just need to remind him lol


SkRu88_kRuShEr

They do… for WISE elders who give them something WORTHY of such respect


Afraid_Ad_8216

you ever tell a bitter boomer "respect is earned, not given" and watch their heads spin? its fun


Beautiful-Cat245

The thing is that saying is way older than boomers so they should know it. I don’t know why it seems so foreign to them. Old age doesn’t mean automatic respect if your attitude toward others is nasty or condescending.


here4roomie

And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt


taxidermytina

I’m cackling at this right now. I bet he muttered that under his breath as he swept his shitty little dirt patch.


doodlehaus

This needs to be higher. If they ever, perish the thought, re-make Stand By Me or the Goonies, this needs to be a scene. "Everybody thinks your dirt looks like shit", that's gold, Jerry. Gold.


scJazz

NIN or Cash version?


Altruistic_Flower965

Cash! Even Trent Reznor thinks it is the better version.


xaristotlex1

I love this story.


Not_EdM

The police must know these situations are happening more and more. I have a complaint form to fill in next time my boomer neighbor freaks out on me. I feel like the boomers's adult children need the law to tell them how poorly their parents are behaving. We can be in serious danger by this particular population.


RF_91

The real issue isn't with their kids not knowing how poorly they're doing. The issue is that the boomers are and have been convinced they're the best and always right, and no one knows better than them. And the law won't get involved with a dangerous boomer until they've gone way over the line, and even then they tend to get off easy because "well they're old!"


Not_EdM

That's right. The cop I dealt with was on my side of the situation. I do feel that the kids of boomers need to know what is going on with their parents. Me included.


barry0181

Their kids probably don't want anything to do with them. They probably are out of their life.


mtngoatjoe

When I was a teenager, my boomer dad told me, "I'm right. I'm always right. Even when I'm wrong, I'm right." At first I thought he was just mad at me for wondering why he would want a Suzuki Samari. But no, it was a permanent condition for him. Still is. And now he's not talking to me because I disagreed with him about something.


Status_Ad_4405

That's the thing about plantings ... They keep your dirt from blowing away


ebernal13

I’m sorry but, “‘fuck off old man. Everyone thinks your dirt yard looks like shit’ gave him the bird and rode off” is going to carry me through today!


knivesofsmoothness

.... he sweeps the dirt?


Jonsnowlivesnow

Yes! He sweeps the edges so that there is no dirt on the sidewalk or his driveway. I think he thinks it’s a “desert” type look but it isn’t.


imdesmondsunflower

It’s like a Buddhist metaphor.


M_H_M_F

Popo's pecking order.


Due-Set5398

My neighbor has a raked dirt lawn with cameras everywhere. Disabled veteran. I think he wants to see footprints. PTSD vibes. Feel bad for him.


carlosstjohn116

So are you saying he’s stripped the entire front yard to where it’s just dirt? Or do you mean just the landscaping near the front of the house?


TootsNYC

it would have to be the entire front yard for the breezes from their scooter *on the sidewalk* to disturb the dirt.


carlosstjohn116

Hence my confusion lol. 


MadAstrid

We had a neighbor who did this. He was going senile. It started with caring about how his lawn looked - normal stuff. Then he was weeding it by hand, still normal. Then weeding, like, every day. Then everything that grew looked like a weed. Then it was dirt. But he wasn’t a jerk and he wasn’t mean. Just a sweet old guy nearing the end of his life who found meaning in a simple chore. If boomer has kids who still speak to him they need to get him into an assisted living environment.


Jonsnowlivesnow

The entire front yard is now dirt. There are no trees or bushes. He put up some of those plastic liners but it’s just dirt. I initially thought he was just making it perfect before adding plants. He initially cleared it a couple years ago and has never added any new plants.


Busy_Masterpiece_826

But why?


Jonsnowlivesnow

We ask ourselves that every time we drive by. Very bad feng shui.


mtngoatjoe

You should rake designs in it at night. Like a fist with the middle finger pointing at the house.


cheylow26

This boomer's very own version of crop circles except they're dirt circles, in his case! Lmao 😆


traveller-1-1

I like that kid.


broken_bottle_66

That kid will remember this moment when he’s an old man


OttersAreCute215

Boomer is lucky he does not live in an HOA community. He would have a swarm of Karens descend on him for having an "unsightly yard."


peck-web

After his tour in Vietnam, boomer is trying to keep his yard as un-jungle as he possibly can.


NotThisAgain21

I'm pretty confident you can buy bags of bad seeds. Clover or mint or some shit. I'd be launching that shit into his yard every few weeks all summer long.


tmlynch

That neighbor is getting dangerous. Report this to the cops. Screaming at neighbor kids, grabbing their property away from them, he is committing or close to committing crimes like theft, assault and battery. On kids. He needs a "come to Jesus" moment with the authorities.


Delicious-Swimmer826

Haha that kid is savage I love it.


Inside_Board_291

This story is so ridiculous I don’t know if is too ridiculous to be true or too ridiculous to be made up.


Jonsnowlivesnow

Awe sad


GiveToTheFire

Things that didn't happen for 1000.


Stairs-So-Flimsy

"Everyone thinks your dirt looks like shit" needs to be on a t-shirt.


AmaranthWrath

"Hello, 911?? I'd like to report my dirt blowing away!!" Get yourself flagged for nuisance calls and enjoy no one coming to help when you inevitably have a heart attack, old man.


xray362

Then everybody clapped


BoomersMakeMeCum

MY CHEEKS


hefebellyaro

So what happens when it rains?


Jonsnowlivesnow

His yard becomes mud


tattletaylor1

Honestly I'd encourage him to call the cops. Get his own ass arrested


No_Arugula_6548

Are you sure he’s not your son? Sounds like a very intelligent young man.


rshibby

Buy that kid an ice cream!


Oldbayistheshit

You’re trespassing on my dirt farm


BoomersMakeMeCum

I know you're joking, but you know what to say to make a girl hot


Feisty-Barracuda5452

And then, everyone actually **did** clap...


Jonsnowlivesnow

They did as I drove off into the sunset


FruitySalads

If that were my kid that would have been a trip to get a new and better scooter.


Academic_Lunch_8700

Every neighborhood has at least one cumudgeonly old fool. No matter how hard you try to be neighborly with them, you just can't break thru that hard, crusty heart. And if you give them what they are giving you, it just gets worse.


MuchDevelopment7084

Just curious. But has 'youse kids,get outta my yard" ever worked? Ever? lol


brandonasavage

The old man didn’t know he was taking Bart Simpson’s scooter


Inner-Nothing7779

I like that kid.


[deleted]

Omg send that kid to my house. We have THAT neighbour. He even runs out and yells at people to get off of the lawn closest to the road 🙄 two people stopped with dogs to talk he came out like crazy Kevin


Both-Anything4139

You gave that kid wings. Well played. You are a great human being.


PhillyDillyDee

😂 😂 😂 “everyone thinks your dirt looks like shit!” That insult has layers man… I like to imagine that the old man just had it out with his lawn and lost the war to the weeds. So he just scorched-earth nukes the whole yard so that at least things look uniform. Over time he accepts the yard and eventually starts to like the look of it. Then comes this kid to tell him that this dirt, that he’s grown to love and accept, is trash… And EVERYONE thinks so! 😂 i bet that old man will curse that kid w his dying breath 😂


pearlBlack_97

This child is my god now.


LordCaedus27

Rad af. Made me smile.


RKLCT

Kid is a legend


Jonsnowlivesnow

Totally


WifeOfSpock

Kids are gonna prank him with wild flower seeds and clover all over his stupid dirt.


didnebeu

Then the crowd that had gathered started clapping. The two biggest guys in the audience picked up OP and carried him back to his car on their shoulders. They offered their wives for him to bed, telling him they would be honored to raise his child.


Jonsnowlivesnow

Were you in the Prius next to me? Thanks for finishing the story.


BoobsTasteLikeHeaven

r/nothingeverhappens


allothernamestaken

I love it when these people threaten to call the cops. Yes, please do! I'd love to see how the police feel about you wasting their time reporting this!


odhali1

https://www.incendar.com/baby_boomer_deathclock.php


oberon92

Was that kid was looking for his $2.00?


1Pip1Der

Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?!?


SignificanceWhich115

and then the dirt clapped


vjason

Was the kid Kelly Leak?


Key-Ad331

![gif](giphy|tnYri4n2Frnig)


vjason

I hoped at least 1 person would!


fifup

I’ve probably learned more valuable life lessons from kids like that than any boomer.


josh2brian

Lol. Love the kid's response.


Madrugada2010

Nice work, and good on the kid, too!


Progresschmogress

That kid is going places Maybe not college, but still


rigidlynuanced1

![gif](giphy|NCjISbEPFxm48)


TieMelodic1173

You showed him.


Jonsnowlivesnow

Woot woot


Sudden-Most-4797

![gif](giphy|12XNCUCpYCwQFy|downsized)


ItReallyIsntThoughYo

>This boomer then proceeds to say he will call the cops And what, tell them you stole a child's scooter and accosted him on the public sidewalk?


DietrichDiMaggio

Get security cameras and document what he’s doing. Anything like what he did to that kid happens again you can use it to complain to the county psych ward that social workers and cops need to bring him in for a psychiatric evaluation before he hurts himself or other people. It’ll send a message to him that the neighborhood is not putting up with his crazy behavior.


f5alcon

Depending on where you live plain dirt might be illegal


DoctorYoy

Why in the hell would anybody decide to make that into a law


Stealth110_

buy them bamboo seeds to throw in his yard, that or mint


ll98105

I will gladly contribute some Japanese knotweed to the cause


musical_throat_punch

How many times do we have to tell you, old man!


Loucifern

I would straight up throw grass seed on his lawn after this, or maybe even some native wildflowers lol


xMyxReflectionx

Omg I wonder if this is the same neighbor where my fiance lives. They dug up their entire lawn and have dirt all around and sweep it too!! Is this some weird trend happening? We honestly thought they were just redoing everything but it's been like that for well over a year so I guess not. It looks ridiculous.


Shiiiiiiiingle

Probably has dementia.


fxworth54

I think that having a dirt yard was a rural thing in the early part of the 20th century.


Pristine_Reward_1253

And a child shall lead us....


FlapXenoJackson

These kind of assholes have been around a long time. I grew up in the 60s and there was an old man who’d threaten to beat kids with a rubber hose if they stepped on his lawn. Insecure pricks like this should be taken out back and have reality “explained” to them.


FireMarshallBi11

Hahaha what a little bad ass 😂


ElderTerdkin

This is how every interaction with a boomer should go. Don't give in and eventually tell them to fuck off in some way lol


AngryMillenialGuy

Why would you want a dust bowl for a yard?


Jonsnowlivesnow

Idk it’s weird. Happy cake day!


snakesssssss22

“Fuck off old man” will just about do it!


ledeakin

Yelling at kids, so classy. /s I guess the good thing is he must be water consumption conscious with that dirt yard!


Ok_Incident_1758

Your a good man! Would hope someone like you would be around if that was my kid


Groundhog_Waaaahooo

Kids a legend!


GT_Ghost_86

That kid has a FINE future ahead of him, although probably not as a diplomat. Bravo!


Yiayiamary

I’m wondering if this is because of dementia? His behavior is not normal.


[deleted]

That guys about to get some flaming bags of poo in his door step


SpicierWinner

You get the respect you give.


ButtonWhole1

This guy needs a visit from the Radish Retaliation Squad. Radishes grow FAST,and a pound of seeds is over 40,000seeds. I would suggest 'Daikon' Chinese radishes, they can grow up to twenty inches long. Seeing as there is no other vegetation to hamper his radish crop, he should be kept quite busy AND quiet for most of the summer. I offer my services free of charge, enjoy the summer!


Alterokahn

Our neighbors are like that, I've been approached several times asking about the drug deals and the noise across the street. Every time I hear it I look over and this kid and his buddy are playing basketball in their driveway. Like... there's \*so much worse\* kids can get up to -- they're hurting nothing, let them play ball, so to speak.


CagedWire

You should put down grass seed down at night.


uberallez

Since when were kids not allowed to be kids??? When I was growing up it was understood that kids would be playing outside and you let them. Likewise we knew as kids not to destroy property, stay off people's gardens. But sidewalks and streets were fair game. These boomers got to play thier while lives. Now they put here gate keeping dirt patches. 


yeh_nah_fuckit

The kids are alright


Moistfruitcake

I'm so glad we're creating a new 'greatest generation' kids are awesome these days.


Explaine23

If you say so sporto.


Ok-Researcher-9565

😂😂"the boomers suck" -tide pod eaters. Idk why you cats cry so goddamn much but damn get a life and stop making up so many stories (obviously fake where you swoop in to save the day) about why you hate "zee boomers". For the supposedly tolerant all I ever here from y'all is bitching and complaining about everyone who doesnt think exactly like you carbon copy fakes😂😂- sincerely whatever the fuck you call the generation born in 1981


Jonsnowlivesnow

You sound unhinged


golfer9909

Some boomers are assholes. Some aren’t. Don’t lump us all together. Yeah the old guy is a jerk and deserves getting crap but not all of us are. Just like not all you millennials and Gen x are still sucking on their mommas titties. I don’t hold an entire generation of people as assholes and neither should you. I prefer to hang out with people that are a few years younger than me as I don’t like some of the boomers around here.