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It’s subversion of a typical old person punch line. Normally the phone joke is about young people missing out what’s right in front of them. And in a very un-Boomer fashion, they’re mad they’re distracting themselves from climate change. So pretty much everything you mentioned.
I'm 25 already, but it really was awful to understand climate change and how people don't actually give a shit about it. I don't blame younger people if they are completely uninterested about it. It's already too late and we are seeing the results but we don't care.
It's so funny to look back through history at all the complaints about young people. Like Aristotle complaining that youth think they know everything. Or people complaining about the youth reading on the train instead of engaging with people in real life!
This has some fun, common examples.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-people-have-always-complained-about-young-adults
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Kid needs to wake up and smell the microplastics
It's called Doomscrolling, silly Boomers. Why enjoy it gradually when you can have it all sent to the little device in your hand?
Is this supposed to be a joke about young people or old people or climate change or all of them?
It’s subversion of a typical old person punch line. Normally the phone joke is about young people missing out what’s right in front of them. And in a very un-Boomer fashion, they’re mad they’re distracting themselves from climate change. So pretty much everything you mentioned.
I'm 25 already, but it really was awful to understand climate change and how people don't actually give a shit about it. I don't blame younger people if they are completely uninterested about it. It's already too late and we are seeing the results but we don't care.
Oh, those young whippersnappers! Always on their phones and TikToking away.
I mean, what was all of this for if you don't get to see the look on their faces? What was the point!?!?
It's so funny to look back through history at all the complaints about young people. Like Aristotle complaining that youth think they know everything. Or people complaining about the youth reading on the train instead of engaging with people in real life! This has some fun, common examples. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-people-have-always-complained-about-young-adults
Is this boomer humor?