The phrase “OK, boomer” has become a catch-all put-down that Generation Z–ers and young millennials have been using to dismiss retrograde arguments made by baby boomers, the generation of Americans who are currently 55 to 73 years old.
Workers aged 40 and older are protected by a federal statute called the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which prohibits harassment and discrimination on the basis of age. Yes, I get that the comment is a retort to “unwoke” elders who cannot be reasoned with. The problem is that the phrase is intended as a put-down that is based, at least partly, on age. If you say it at work, you’re essentially saying, “You’re old and therefore irrelevant.”
One of the most famous age-discrimination cases — which made its way all the way up to the Supreme Court — involved a manager who described an employee as “so old he must have come over on the Mayflower.”Tit for tat To millennials who have suffered through years of being called “snowflakes” by their elders, protests of age discrimination can seem a bit rich.
Man up, boomer. Did I hurt your precious feelings? 🤣
Lots of liberal crybabies these days
'There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.' ~ William Shakespeare I take 'OK Boomer' as an honorific.
NYCNavid This whole article could've been summed up thusly: calling people mean names at work is bad, and can get you sued.
As it should.
Ok, Boomer.
Ok
Ok boomer
Boomers have always been the best! Blessed to actually be one!
Wtf is ok boomer
It’s 1919 We reached a full cycle No flying cars but yup Slurs at work heck yes! 🤠
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Umm isn’t calling us a “snowflake” worse than calling you a boomer, giving what it’s implying...just saying.
This generations war induced by millenials its just stupid and nonsense.
Sorry, in the Trump age we’re all being “too PC”, that’s part of the reason he got elected. Ok...boomer? You can’t have it both ways!
Once again the system protects itself. What HR did all these years that Boomers harassed and discriminated against Gen X? And when will they retire forever anyways?
Ugh. Boomers.