Ahh, Boomers… We have to love them, but bless their Boomer souls – they can be so freaking out of touch when it comes to giving millennials advice. We can’t blame them, this world that we live in is so incredibly different to the one they spent their twenties in.
I have heard some crazy Boomer talk in my time too. My Dad loves to tell me how I would probably be able to afford a house if I didn’t spend all my money on avocado toast and dresses that cost more money, the less fabric there is to them. Boomers are constantly reminding me how my generation has it ‘so easy,’ even though their generation could buy an entire house at age 21 with an unskilled worker’s salary. (But that’s a conversation for another day…)
Anyway, we have to laugh, because that will be us one day. So here are the worst of the worst Boomer advice on Twitter. (I can guarantee you’ve heard it all before.)
Seek Is A Scam!
“You can’t just apply for jobs online. You have to get out there! Drop off resumes, call then every day! Go pound the pavement.”#BoomerAdvice
— Meg (@MegMcA) November 9, 2019
*Walks around shopping centre handing out resumes* “sorry we only accept resumes online, you will have to go to our website.”
All Your Problems Will Be Fixed With A Second Job
“Just get a second job. You all think the world owes you something.” #BoomerAdvice pic.twitter.com/JQHy8q14j0
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) November 9, 2019
“Maybe if you didn’t spend so much time on that goddamn computer you would have more time for a second job.”
Wearing Jeans To Work Is A Disgrace
Dad: You should wear a suit and tie to work everyday.
Me: I’m a graphic designer and video editor, not the host of The Tonight Show. #BoomerAdvice— Kevin “Max” C. 🎙🎮 💀🎃👻 (@AskingSatan) November 9, 2019
“I would have been fired for wearing that to work.”
Climate Change Is Fake News
#BoomerAdvice
B: “you must give reliable sources or else no one will believe you!!”
Me: “ok the UN says the planet is dying”
B: “no it isn’t! college and liberals have BRAINWASHED you!”
— chicken teriyaki propaganda (@lrn_134) November 9, 2019
“Don’t trust everything you read on the internet.”
Flippin’ Burger Flippin’
#BoomerAdvice
“Go to college so you won’t be some dead beat flipping burgers.”4 years later
“Oh, you think you’re too good to flip burgers now?”
— Alexander Vornoff, the Mad Doctor (@DrAVornoff) November 9, 2019
“Maybe if you didn’t party so much in Uni…”
When I Was Your Age…
This may not be #BoomerAdvice but a definite boomer moment.
69 year old foster mom: “i got a room for 200$ a month”
18 year old Me: “well nowadays they ask triple the price plus first last and security deposit. ”
Foster mom: “I dont believe you.”
— CrypticCliff📒👻🖋🖊 (@crpyticcliff) November 9, 2019
“I had moved out of home and was paying my $50 a week rent all by myself, while maintaining a healthy social life, drinking $1 schooners, travelling on $100 airline tickets to Europe and purchasing a new $25 suit for work every week.”
Boomer Makeup Advice
#BoomerAdvice from my mom: just put on a little extra blush, you’ll feel better about life
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) November 9, 2019
“Why do you want your eyebrows so thick?”
“I never wore foundation when I was your age?”
“Why do you pay all that money to get your hair done? Just put some lemon juice in it.”
#Respect
If you can’t respect the person, at least respect the position #BoomerAdvice pic.twitter.com/o0K2IKKGmS
— Robert Perret (@RobertP221B) November 9, 2019
“Respect your CEOs.”
Do What You Love
Do what you love and the money will come.#Boomeradvice
— Lil’ Knee Socks🌈 (@SocksLil) November 9, 2019
This is my favourite. I’m still waiting for all my millions to flood in from watching Netflix and eating cake.
Image Sources: Warner Bros., GIPHY
