Heinously Uncool Things Only Baby Boomers Think Are Still Cool...

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OP - Your baby picture.

Me.

R5 Great choice. Nice to see some self reflection.

Personal email? What’s wrong with that? Everybody is supposed to use work email for everything?

I think that's a reference to sending "funny" articles, photos, stories by e-mail, R7, vs a social media platform (Instagram, Twitter), or Facetime and texting.

Savings accounts

Paid off car loans

Paid off mortgages

Long term care insurance

Medicare advantage plans

Me.

Scented candles

The young always hate the old. I did when I was young because I thought I would never become old. I didn't think I'd live that long. But if you live long enough, life has a way of sneaking up on you before you realize it. Someday OP's kids/grandkids will be ridiculing him the same way as well. It's human nature.

What's a BB brand?

Oh r12, OP is 75 years old. She's penniless, bitter and reeks of poo. Don't let her fool you.

R13 Bare back, silly.

Body Builders

Pursing young flesh.

I'd completely fall apart if I didn't lift, R16. Blame us for what we're truly responsible for: tubing the country.

Nobody cares what a bunch of entitled millenial pricks think is cool. Let them go find extra jobs to pay off the idiotic debt they racked up for their student loans. Meanwhile, they can impress us their actual accompishments that don’t involve self-involvement and narcissism.

The only people who sneer at diamonds are those who can't afford them.

R20 I prefer emeralds and sapphires.

[quote]Scented candles

No, these are for trash of all generations. I would never have a scented candle in my house.

Levi’s are classic.

What are the “cool” jeans now, kids?

I was a Levi’s guy for 45 years till they made the original heavy-duty denim fabric so hard to find and then charged $50 for a pair when I did. I can remember when a pair of Levi’s was $17.50 (early ‘70s.)

Jesus Fuck R24! How old are you?

r25, I'm not r24, but I remember buying 501s in 1978 for maybe $19.99.

I'm a bit too young to be a baby boomer but what these kids writing these listicles don't realize is the best thing about getting older is not giving a flying fuck about what someone else thinks is "cool" (a baby boomer word if I ever saw one, btw). I'll wear what I want, thanks, and anyone who doesn't like it can avert their delicate young eyes or find a nearby fainting couch to swoon on.

Besides, look at what 20somethings are wearing these days. Kids, you're not in a place to criticize anyone's sense of style, not even a Dockers-wearing suburban dad's.

I am 35 and I love my Yankee Candles. I only buy Yankee brand.

Reverse Mortgages

[quote]I am 35 and I love my Yankee Candles. I only buy Yankee brand.

Basura blanca.

OP, interesting that you didn't use the more modern spelling of catalogue (catalog).

R13, BB is Baby Boomers.

Some of these things were never meant to be "cool." Vacation cruises? I hate the whole idea myself and will never take one, but I don't think anyone takes one to be cool.

People probably just take cruises because they enjoy them. Imagine living your life for your own pleasure, and not just as a show to put on for acquaintances and strangers on social media! Imagine doing what you want, regardless of how Instagrammable it is! No wonder the olds have the young folks clutching their pearls! Scandalous!

You could get a pair of jeans for <$30 in the 80s.

You are so right, R27. I'm 64 and laugh at all these kinds of articles because I. Don't. Give. A. Shit.

R32, I’ve only been on one cruise, & it was with my family. I studied in Europe twice in college so I know the backpack/hostel/eurrail experience well.

I actually recommend cruises to people who only have a couple weeks to take vacation. You don’t have to carry luggage or figure out where to go or the local language or transportation.

The drawback to cruises is that they are fattening.

Vinegar and water cleanout

Hey, OP - I'm 47 and I wear - *gasp* - CARGO SHORTS!!!!

I hope there's a couch nearby for you to fall back into.

And yet all the Boomers who allegedly don't give a shit are defensively swarming all over this thread.

Anyone who says “heinously uncool” has got to cool.

I meant got to go.

OP = 2 Kool for skool

Well, I like conspiracy theories and buffets and I am still in my 20s. The rest I don't really care about, though.

R37, you really wear cargo shorts? They look bad enough on young people, but it’s downright embarrassing for an old person to sport them.

Wearing something age appropriate will help you look classier and ultimately give you a boost of self-esteem.

The BBs didn’t give us the fucking Kardashians. Please

I used to click on the occasional Yahoo article that looked interesting a few years back before they redesigned their website, and then read the comments section. They were always full of Republicans blaming Obama, gay people, and Democrats for everything that ever went wrong in this world no matter what it was. So I am not surprised to see it on the list.

LOL at the idea that a BB thinks Yahoo is "cool." Do you really think some 63-year-old with a Yahoo account their nephew set up for them 16 years ago thinks Yahoo is "cool"? More likely the thought process is:

1. This account still works fine and I know how to use it. 2. IDGAF about any other criteria for judging email accounts. 3. See 1

Young 'uns are projecting again. I doubt that old people care about being cool. Maybe you're thinking about celebrities?

I think everything about baby boomers is horrible.

The slang expression cool predates the Baby Boomers.

By “cool” they mean “superficial.”

Get a new word if you’re so fucking brills

A mutual jackoff session on an overnight flight with a hot 20-something under our coats last night as we were both flying back to visit our flyoverstan families for the holidays.

Diamonds are never uncool.

re: the word "cool":

[quote] Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use of cool for "fashionable" is by 1933, originally African-American vernacular; its modern use as a general term of approval is from the late 1940s, probably via bop talk

Way to put the olds in their place with 80-year-old slang, you crazy young flappers, you! Why, your gin mills and Charleston dances will be the death of our culture!

[quote]Wearing something age appropriate will help you look classier and ultimately give you a boost of self-esteem.

At 67 (but looking only 53), what IS age appropriate, r43? What WILL "ultimately give (me) a boost of self-esteem"? And by that, I do mean self-esteem, not r43-esteem.

I tend to shop at landsend.com or Brooks Brothers.

Cable / linear TV. As Baby Boomer as it gets.

Home landlines.

Watching teevee news.

I am a boomer (67). I do not have a landline, watch TV news, have cable, wear cargo pants, use yahoo, nor go on cruises.

I do use hotmail. I tried gmail. Way too much spam, which fails to appear in hotmail. I did not sell my CDs, though I have transferred them all to my hard drives, and listen to music over my computer.

OT, Costco jeans, $14.99. Wal Mart jeans on Black Friday, $7.99.

[quote] Watching teevee news.

Agreed. However, the younger generations have nothing to brag about either. I have heard people in their 30s and 40s proudly state that they get all their news from The Daily Show. 20somethings get most or all of their news from various social media.

Somebody ought to make a list of uncool things only millennials think are cool. I will start:

1. Measuring the worth of their entire existence by how many strangers (whom they'll never meet) from across the country or across the world click a heart on their Instagram/Twitter posts.

2. Requiring a smartphone app even to breathe.

3. Becoming socially inept recluses because technology has almost completely erased the need to leave the house or contact anyone outside of it for any reason.

4. Giving a fuck what boring celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande say, think, and/or do.

5. Recording their dull daily routine and sharing it on Snapchat or Instagram live as though driving to work, going on a walk, or looking out the window is some important Earth shattering event.

I get all the news I need, and then some, right here on Datalounge.

[quote] Home landlines.

I haven't had a landline for years. But having lived thru 9/11 and the NYC blackout a few years later, I've seen how the cellular network can fail. I wonder if those with landlines will have the last laugh if there's a real catastrophe.

... a few *months* later....

"Life Alert" bracelets...as if their self absorbed children would even care about mom tumbling down 3 flights of stairs in her home.

R65 - what's wrong with buffets?

I think even most Baby Boomers would admit that home landlines and cable TV are almost stereotypically Baby Boomer-ish.

Manners

Good taste

Integrity

Humility

Hard work

Taking responsibility for their actions

Marriage

Having real friends for life

Telling the truth instead of being paranoid/PC

Bodies free of tattoos

Faces free of piercings

Modest clothing and jewelry

401Ks

Keeping private life private

Eating food without photographing it first

Taking pictures of others instead of duck lip selfies

Resolving conflicts with strangers without recording it and then posting it on SM

Knowing with absolute certainty how to address someone by their true gender

Protesting by showing up to do the hard work instead of posting a banal comment on-line

Face to face interactions with other human beings

Cooking without a single "artisan" ingredient

Closed "concept" floor plans

Church

Not falling off cliffs while taking pictures of self.

^^^^Bitter old person, obviously.

This baby boomer does NOT believe in church R68. Not interested in gay-hating cults of any kind.

"But what if the cellular network FAILS?! Didja ever think of that? Huh? Didja?"

We are not in the least bit bitter about Millennials falling off cliffs as they take selfies, R70. Keep up the good work.

Give me break, half the young people out there believe in right wing conspiracy theories.

Ah, most adults don't really care what you would consider cool. We are all grown up, so we are not looking for approval.

AOL. It constantly amazes me how many people not only use it but vividly defend it.

"vividly" -??

I love diamonds, I mean I love their sparkle but I don't have any. Why are we talking diamonds?

I am not into church, so do not speak for me, r68.

[quote] AOL. It constantly amazes me how many people not only use it but vividly defend it.

I neither use nor defend AOL but I did use them until about 2002. They were the easiest way to get on USENET in the 1990s. I suspect that many AOL users have the same rationale as Yahoo users: It works, I know how to use it already, it's free, IDGAF what anyone thinks of my email domain, end of story.

What does amaze me is the total faith many younger people have in Google, Alexa, and every kind of social media. There's no concern that your searches and conversations are being recorded, just absolute trust in these megacorporations to be benevolent. Teens and 20somethings are SO cynical about everything in the world except for tech megacorporations and oligarchies. Those, they fully love and trust.

I went on a cruise about 8 years ago...first time I needed a passport. It was OK but I would never go again.

Selfies are kind of weird...even overweight, homely people love to share Selfies, I don't get it. I am kind of curious.

Speaking as a Baby Boomer, I think it is safe for me to say that many Baby Boomers have a really hard time accepting the fact that we are now the older generation, and that it is only natural for youth to move on from old people ways.

[quote] the best thing about getting older is not giving a flying fuck about what someone else thinks is "cool"

Even better is not giving a flying fuck what someone else thinks PERIOD. Seriously.

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GOP.

I have no envy of the young. Mortgage paid, money in the bank, solid marriage, good friends, good health, habits under control, and enough life experience to be able to deal with most new crises. I enjoy indulging my own tastes and don't care if others admire them or share them.

I'm 66 -- the only two things on OP's list that I like are procedurals and cruises.

the dl shows its big shitty asshole once again as evidenced by this thread.

For people that constantly bitch about "millennials", some of you sure are touchy!

People do get rude about people who dress younger than their years.

I’m 35 and don’t see what’s wrong with Levi’s. They don’t look good in me, so I don’t wear them, but i see young guys in them and they’re not bad.

I am a Boomer and I agree with all the things on your list, but you are fucking insane and as out of touch as you think we are if you think that diamonds are uncool and passe. They will never be. Ask any 25 year old woman who is hoping for a proposal.

Those 505 button-fly Levi's are the gift that keeps on giving. You don't like 'em, that's fine. More for me. Enjoy your saggy, baggy basketball shorts and shiny poly Adidas track pants.

Shoelaces.

Cruises are a funny thing. When I was young, they were the best family vacations that we ever took (so we ended up going on LOTS of cruises - Caribbean, Alaska, etc.). Here is why they work for a family or larger groups: It is inevitable that most people keep different schedules and have different interests in general; vacations REALLY amplify these differences and can lead to some really big disagreements and bad blood. On a cruise you can share meals with each other (when you feel like doing so) and occasionally meet up for other activities. That said, family members or friends can do their own thing all day and all night without too much worry about one another. Parents don't have to worry too much about kids and friends don't have to keep the same schedule as others in their group. I have traveled all over the world with groups and you really can't say that very often. I have not taken a cruise since college and I might never take one again - but they do have their pros.

Levis is still cool with millennias. I wear their jeans and I am not a boomer. Nothing is wrong with buffet or shoelaces.

What's the difference between Levi's 501s and 505s? I'd not heard of 505 buttonfly jeans until r95.

I think the photo must’ve distracted me, R99. I meant 501.

[quote] must’ve

OH MY. r100!

What's wrong with "must've," r101?

must have not must of, r101. UR a goof.

And it's "oh, dear," r101, not "oh, my."

Here's something is apparently uncool but that was popular with the Greatest Generation - formal dinnerware and sterling flatware. No one seems to want them anymore. I have two complete services for 12 in sterling sitting in my garage. (Inherited, not purchased.)

R105, it goes in cycles. Someday everyone will want the stuff again.

It is not a word, R102. Were you home-schooled?

Of course it's a word, r107. It's a contraction for "must have." Were you schooled at all.

Poor R107. How embarrassing.

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R43. What are your qualiifications to make such a statement? Are you a clothing designer? Fashion critic? Please, impress us with why we should listen to you.

In Europe (France), cargo shorts - below knew length - are de rigueur summer casual wear for males of all ages.

I like the idea of cargo shorts, but they are the uniform of the douchebro.

Next time look for the new buttless shorts. Like buttless chaps, but short.

Are there cargo pockets, r115, for wallet, phone, keys?

What a funny thread. I haven't thought about cool since the 80s. I am fascinated by what the kids think is cool. My generation likes Facebook because we can keep up with old friends more easily. I had thought that the kids liked Instagram but have recently been informed that they've soured on it. What do kids like now, I wonder? Oh, I love cargo shorts. So many pockets. So useful.

nobody but oldsters say "boobs" anymore. very 70s.

Social Security.

social security is cool. i'm 38 and disabled.

Red Lobster

I am a baby boomer, and I have always loathed, hated, and despised Red Lobster. In fact, I have only eaten there once. It was that bad. Same applies for its Italian brand, Olive Garden, though I've been there three times.

9-5 Monday to Friday jobs, working for the same company your entire life and getting a pension.

Never have eaten at a buffet in my adult life. Disgusting.

How old are you, r123. I once felt that way about jobs and pensions, and internally mocked my friends who were into all that. Now, I wish I had a pension. If that comes your way, don't let you ego talk you out of it unless you've got something better lined up.

r124 My grandparents have pensions from their jobs & fit the description I made at r123. Not even my parents have pensions at their jobs now. I think it's mostly govt workers have them these day (and taxpayers help foot that bill, big time).

Post-piss dribble stains on their "Dockers".

I have never worn a pair of Dockers, either.

Some of you seem to confuse "boomer" with "straight guy."

Grammar nazis

I am a very late Baby boomer, so I've missed many of the material advantages (or perhaps chosen not to sell myself to mind numbing soul destroying jobs to do so).

What is uncool may become cool again.

Vinyl records, anyone?

And I agree about the Levis. Mmm ...

General Foods International Coffees - celebrate the last moments of your lives

Again, r130, not me. Ever. Flavored coffee = Glade you drink.

Do mature individuals really care about such a trivial thing?

Who gets to decide what's cool or not?

YouTube vids of American Bandstand and Soul Train.

Their children and grand children.

Who cares what the children and grandchildren think? Oh, that's right, their parents who think they're the center of the universe.

[quote]I am a baby boomer, and I have always loathed, hated, and despised Red Lobster. In fact, I have only eaten there once. It was that bad. Same applies for its Italian brand, Olive Garden, though I've been there three times.

There's no longer any connection between RL and OG. RL is now owned by the people who own Bob Evans and California Pizza Kitchen.

When I ate at each, r136, it was a part of something called Darden. Unlike you, I have not kept up with the latest.

R129, You didn't sell yourself to mind numbing, soul killing jobs (usually well paid, secure and with a nice pension). What type of jobs have you held that provided you with a satisfying standard of living and fed your soul? What do you recommend for the youth of today?

Death to throw pillows and scented candles

Levi's have been around since 1858. They're not a trend specific to baby boomers.

Nothing will looked be back upon with more ridicule than jeans costing more than a hundred dollars with cutesy Osh-Gosh-B'Gosh stitching on the back pockets

Totally agree R68

R68, how many WWs did you get? Were you counting?

My additions to OP's list:

Hairless twinks (you creeps)

Geriatric diapers (more of a necessity than something yoy people really think is cool but still)

Making passes on straight men half your age

Hating on PrEP

Hating on youth for striving for the same opportunities you had at their age

Israel

Getting into arguments online that wanking to Barron Trump is not pedophilia

Hillary Clinton

Joe Biden

Beto

White straight men (except Bernie)

Liberal homophobia

Identity politics (when it serves Hillary and works to bash Bernie without engaging with his platform)

Political corruption (it proves that a politician is a "realist", cf what DL said when Hillary wad getting a million dollar check from big banks for a per 10-min speech)

Killing Brown people overseas (it proves a politician can make Hard Choices)

More heartwarming Boomer traditions:

Under-tipping

Fighting with customer service staff and calling managers on them

Voting Republican

Capitalism

Extolling Medicare but not wanting The Government in your life

Making college kids work for you on zero hour contracts

Whining about coddled youth's entitlement when they refuse to work for you for free (something you never did at their age)

Lecturing teens they need to tolerate school shootings as a price to pay for Our Freedoms

Harassing others for using Spanish in public (there's not a Freedom for that)

Evangelical megachurches

Making gay marriage about you and your straight relationships

^^ I see Alexandria Egypt Cortez has found her way to the DL

I like comfortable cotton jeans.

I think baby boomers over tip, to make up for the undertippers.

Lot of baby boomers were war protesters and they marched for civil rights. Some of the younger boomers must be White Supremacist, assholes.

Your list is part of the greatest generation, r144. It does not seem like boomers to me.

r147 I certainly do. I have more money than I'll ever need, no heirs, and I figure the people I tip work harder than I ever had to and need the money more than I do.

We can another great Boomer tradition at r145: Racism and classism.

[quote]Your list is part of the greatest generation

You know that only YOU call yourselves that, right? Which is lame as hell.

Another Boomer lamity for the list: Praising themselves and then buying into their own hype.

I am a few years short to be a BB. But I will have a pension and a solid 401K when I retire. If that makes me uncool, then so be it.

Boomers were born 1946 to 1964.

The people who fought WWII were called greatest generation as far as I know, I know of no other name.

This is correct, r153.

[quote]Your list is part of the greatest generation

The generation that made black men fight in black-only divisions and made a military-wide rule that NO white man had to salute any black man regardless of their respective ranks. WOW! No wonder Tom Brokaw loved them so much he titled his book that shitty phrase.

Eldergays? What are hemorrhoids?

Real breasts, playing hard to get, Barbie Dolls

Dachshunds

Jurassic Park movies

Marilyn Monroe

Richard Gere

Tailgating

Brats

Superfood

YouTube influencers

Sushi

Cannonballs

Hard candy with lint on it

"Meanwhile, they can impress us their actual accompishments that don’t involve self-involvement and narcissism"

A baby boomer lecturing others about narcissism? Ha!!! Bet you voted for Trump, too, just like all the other old farts

The youth of today will perish unless they overthrow the dark Satanic mills (Iiterally and symbolically) of the United States.

R118 Millennials use the archaic connotation of ‘idiot’, I’m told.

White male rock bands.

Maybe they're no longer a girl's best friend.