Comment on Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success
hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 8 months agoI 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 8 months ago
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.