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UNPRECEDENTED: Aging boomer retires to free up job for someone younger (www.thebeaverton.com)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’s a joke. We all take so much generational shit from boomers a light knock like this is absolutely fair game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Idk maybe it was a light knock once but now it feels like a trench war based on flawed premise

However I cannot argue it can be fun to shit on iPad kids even it isn’t super fair

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you’re comfortable shitting on kids for wanting to be entertained and parents needing 5 minutes of sanity then yes you can handle this joke

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I am super comfortable, chair with massage levels comfortable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No you were just a judgmental person with no kids and a lack of imagination. Not every kid with an iPad is spoiled and/or has parents that offloaded the parenting to a screen.

It is wild how comfortable people are judging parents based off a myriad of assumptions all informed by like 4 seconds of seeing a kid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Eh I know I would have been quite happy with one if I'd had it as a kid, especially during road trips. Even the Walkman was a boon.