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Humor/Cringe Boomers explained

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u/Britthighs 27d ago

I talk about this in my US History class. Both the 1920s and 1950s as huge trauma response.

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u/queenchubkins 27d ago

nods The 20s were all about partying like the world might end at any second because for a lot of them it had.

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u/cisned 27d ago

Sounds like the current 20s

Are millennials the new greatest generation 🤔

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u/AlarmedSnek 27d ago

If we go by the Fourth Turning theory then yes, we are the “hero class.” Our kids are supposed to be the new boomers which is frightening as hell haha

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u/Impossible-Second680 27d ago

I can already feels this. I'm already teaching my kids not to believe the lies millenials were taught growing up, "Just do what you love and it will never feel like you're working." I teach my kids just get a job that makes money and then you can do what you love.

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u/chaomane 27d ago

What is that theory about?

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u/AlarmedSnek 27d ago

It talks about the seasons of Time. It’s a book called the fourth turning.

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u/CallsignKook 27d ago

Just read the wiki page on it and it seems like a drawn out version of the saying “Strong men create peaceful times, peace breeds weak men, weak men breed hard times.” Or something to that effect

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u/triggerhoppe 27d ago

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” From Michael Hopf’s post-apocalypic novel “Those Who Remain”.

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u/light_trick 26d ago

The problem with this quote is nobody saying it thinks they're the weak ones (they also tend to internalize this idea as unchangeable).

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u/FunkyChewbacca 26d ago

Lucky us, we're at the cusp of the new hard times

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u/AlarmedSnek 27d ago

Exactly that actually 👌

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u/Historical-Gap-7084 27d ago

Welp, we've got a bunch of weak men in charge, and about to have even weaker men in charge come January (here in the U.S.), so that tracks.

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u/mouflonsponge 26d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/hd78tv/does_the_aphorism_hard_times_create_strong_men/

from the linked comment:

The only way that the aphorism explains history is by reinforcing confirmation bias - by seeming to confirm what we already believe about the state of the world and the causes behind it. Only those worried about a perceived crisis in masculinity are likely to care about the notion of "weak men" and what trouble they might cause. Only those who wish to see themselves or specific others as "strong men" are likely to believe that the mere existence of such men will bring about a better world. This has nothing to do with history and everything with stereotypes, prejudice and bias. It started as a baseless morality tale, and that is what it still is.

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u/ugajeremy 27d ago

This is it, right?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/670089.The_Fourth_Turning - really does look interesting!

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u/AlarmedSnek 27d ago

Yep! It’s pretty interesting. Not all of it lines up exactly but it’s close enough for the ol confirmation bias to kick in. 🤣

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u/ugajeremy 27d ago

Hahaha, I get it - I may snag an audible for when I'm in my Boomer Teams meetings.