A Boring Dystopia

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Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success (fortune.com)

submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it still has meaning. Just not the same meaning it had 10ish years ago. "Boomer" has transcended description of a particular generation and now refers to a general set of real or perceived attitudes and behaviors.

[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know you're attempting to explain the usage of the term, not defend it, but for those who are, I feel like that's a slippery slope and that in other contexts reappropriating an otherwise neutral signifier into what is functionally a slur would immediately be identified as unethical. It's like people using "gay" to mean "stupid" or "uncool." And, for anyone outraged at the comparison, no, sexual orientation and a person's age aren't the same thing. But they're both facets of people that are beyond their individual control and ageism is a genuine form of discrimination.