Andrew Tate

Not really - it's a very specific category based on age and conditions when growing up, not on mindset.

Every definition you'll see will point to a set time frame plus the fact that it was the first generation to grow up with television in the house and how media (or lack thereof) influenced them.

Gen X - the one that follows - is mid 60s to early 80s - started having basic PCs in the house and was the first generation where both parents were possibly working.

The definition hasn't changed with time.

The topic of discussion has strayed away from Andrew Tate. I take it that means his reputation and relevance has taken a hit from his time away.

I didn't apply it to tate fans.

OK Boomer is a bit like the UK term "gammon" it borrows the specific generational language and broadens it to the general characteristics. Gammon usually refers to men and Karen usually refers to women. Karen doesn't mean exactly the same thing but it's describing a similar set of behaviours.

As I said, i see your point but I disagree with the characteristics applied to 'boomers' regardless of age.

If someone is going to be labeled a 'boomer' based on behaviour, there should at least BE a connection with the generation, or whats the point? People are just throwing in characteristics they don't like and saying it's 'boomer' for the hell of it at this point - see post below for example. If people are going to create a new mindset, at least create a new label.

I know you didn't mention Tate, but the poster who brought up the term in the first place did, and I was just trying to bring us back on topic.

They have made up a new word. 'Ok boomer' is the new word (or phrase) which does exactly what you suggested they do. It describes the behaviour rather than the specific age range of the person.

I didn't invent it and I don't make the rules. Once something is in common usage, it's legitimate language. Granted, ok boomer is mostly a US phrase.

Do you not think those born in the 70’s and 80’s could develop a Boomer “mentality”? Anger at change, suspicious of foreigners, an active dislike, and superior attitude, to women, transphobia and climate change denial etc.

The type of guy who follows charlatans like Tate or Peterson would, nearly always, fit “the bill”. The type who’d listen to Joe Rogan over a medical doctor regarding covid.

The lost young men who are blindly defending, and paying for his “nonsense”, will grow up to be the Boomers of tomorrow. That is, unless they can be, somehow, taken off the path to hatred, fear and anger and shown the path of compassion, love and empathy.

It is frightful that these money-grubbing sociopaths are conning so many young men out of their money and their time. Especially, considering what sort of vulnerable state they must be in for them to fall for their BS in the first place.

Hmmmm...I think I'll stick to the original meaning and not some makey uppy nonsense someone online mangled it into, if it's all the same to you Emmet.

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Would referring to the current crop as “New Boomers” or, even, “Neo-Boomers” be any better? “Post-Boomers”?

As for Tate, the man, himself, may not be a Neo-Boomer(?) but his “schtick” certainly appeals to them. The online kind, anyway.

Why anything boomer..?

You seem to have an obsession with tagging the generational boomers into this for some reason...?

Sure. Sure Sure. But that's the second meaning of the term boomer. It refers to a specific age demographic AND a set of behaviours associated with that age demographic, but not limited to that age demographic.

I'd be surprised if you aren't aware of both meanings. And if you weren't, you are now.

Well, judging by the posts in the last few pages, you'd be in the minority. It sounds more like you're a traditional millenial with a grudge against the older generation because - well, because they're the older genration - and this is how you express it.

I#m leaving it here though - I don't see the connection between the Tate fanclub and the mindset of a generation of people who just want to be left alone to live out the rest of their lives, you somehow do. We agree to disagree and get back on topic.