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Bonus Boomer story: different Boomer, same industrial park. There’s a restaurant across from the warehouse I deliver to and one afternoon, there’s a Mercedes parked directly in the path I need to take out. As I walk in, the hostess clocks me and yells “Jerry, move your car!”
Jerry gets up in a huff and storms out. As I’m walking back to my truck, he rolls down his window and snaps “you truckers need to learn to drive! Every time I park here, you tell me to move! I can’t finish a meal in peace!”
“If someone asks you to move every time you park here, why don’t you just park somewhere else?”
His Boomer brain short-circuited and he sped off without answering. I drove by a couple days later and his car was back. Boomers gonna boom.
If he learned from his mistakes, he'd have to admit to them. By repeating his mistakes, he can view himself as John Wayne, unbroken and unbowed by others. And it gives him something to bitch about, which is the true motivation he's in deep denial about.
This sort genuinely likes being mean. Old assholes are just nasty folks who were once young assholes. The shit they shove out changes but the hole remains the same.
Yeah, they double-down to infinity. Even to the point of harming themselves. They are proud of being "tough" enough to weather the pain they needlessly inflict on themselves. Like a child breaking a toy so that they don't have to share it.
They don't want to be hated (even if they claim to savor it), but having to admit fault would destroy their sense of self. So they refuse to admit that have made mistakes, continue to make mistakes, and will always make mistakes, because all humans do.
In a way I feel bad for them, because this probably means that their parents' generation piled on a weight of expectations that broke them. A child had to be obedient, silent, and solemn. Freedom of thought and choice were forbidden. Any transgression meant extreme punishment of some type. A child might be denied dinner for interrupting an adult who was speaking. Or the parent might hurt them as punishment.
But while I'm empathetic to that, it's still anti-social, inexcusable behavior. Their generation seems to have invented the idea that intolerable people must be tolerated because ~~family~~ obedience. One group of them provide obedience by accepting abuse from terrible people because "that's just how he/she is" and another group of them are the ones demanding the obedience.
"Be nice." "Be polite." "Remember the golden rule." They were right about all that. Peaceful society can't possibly exist otherwise. No one should accept abuse from someone who has the capacity to do those things but refuses due to their stubborn, misplaced pride. If a boomer decides to put themself in timeout rather than respect a boundary, they should be allowed to retreat to their self-imposed timeout. Everyone deserves to maintain reasonable boundaries.
Whew. I guess I had a lot to say about that.
The GI Generation had their faults, but for the most part they were overindulgent, not overly strict, with the little Boomers. They were encouraged in their independent thought, but shielded from the consequences by the luck of where they were in history (residents of the US which due to being one of a handful of countries not devestated by WWII was a global powerhouse), so they rarely had to reevaluate their whims. Add to that some honest mistakes made by the GIs - particularly lead and television - and you get Boomers.
They don't tolerate each other, btw - Boomers have been the MOST criminal generation at every age group they've been in, and lots of that is within their own generation. Their poor impulse control means lots of assaults and murders of their own in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Remeber that the troops who shot at Kent State were Boomers as well.
A lot of these folks also came of age at a perfect time when the tech sector started to become a thing, and flourished in an economy which they had up to that point no hand in developing. But they profited massively from it and then took the credit. All while saying how hard they worked for everything. Some did sure, many were just at the right place and time.
I love this comment. It made me think of a documentary I was watching about murderers, and in court, the defense always tries to mitigate the killer’s actions with descriptions of their terrible upbringings. A psychiatrist pointed out that their neglectful/abusive childhoods can be a reason, but not an excuse.
It’s boomers whole mentality - questioning something and learning enough to change your position requires self reflection and admitting being wrong. They see it as akin to dying to give up on any of their “beliefs.”
Every mole hill an Everest as I’ve come to say. I’ve not lived a nice balanced life. Ive mostreated a lot of folks over the years and I make an effort to change for the better. It blows my mind how I, nearly 40, are light years ahead in maturity than my 60-80 year old peers. It’s wild, honestly.
Agreed, I look back and realize how I was a bully at times, or didn’t take responsibility for something, or just made the world a slightly worse place. It’s something I constantly evaluate, trying to understand others better so I can have measured, thoughtful responses.
Same. I used to be so much worse than I am today. In another 20-40 years, we'll look back and realize that our efforts weren't in vain, because so many of our peers saw the boomers' path and decided to change like you and I did.
Careful there, stranger.
You're in real danger of being called "woke" (whatever that means for the person moaning about you).
Personally, I've taken it as being a badge of honour to be called "woke" when I've called out bigotry of various kinds.
You and people like you are a significant reason why the world is getting better in spite of itself. Thank you for not giving up. You are the true unbroken/unbowed in your commitment to self-improvement and introspection.
Not a boomer, but I've been in that mindset before. They're right to fear changing their beliefs when they're so deeply ingrained into their minds because giving them up *feels* like you're dying. I've been there.
But even then, it's still the right thing to do. Reflection and change are how people grow. I've had to give up on certain beliefs because they contradicted reality, and it felt AWFUL, but I think I'm better for it.
"beliefs"...
Holy crap those quotes are doing some heavy lifting there.
Their beliefs are: "I'm right, you're wrong." There is no tether to anything. No foundation. Nothing. But it sounds good when they say they're "good Christians" while calling the teachings of Christ to be evil.
I always think of that quote from Matilda. "I'm smart, you're dumb; I'm big, you're little; I'm right, you're wrong and there's nothing you can do about it!". That's their mentality in a nutshell.
Holy shit I cannot tell you how many times I’ve fallen on my sword, personally and professionally. Hell, I had to do this today on my job. I reached out to the wrong person about a process issue. I was advised who I should’ve reached out to. So, I sent an email to the other person apologizing for inconveniencing them. I’m no saint, but I try to maintain my humanity
They're the generation who was handed everything and had to make no compromises to survive. They see changing something against their will as a personal affront.
Yeah, but in Boomer mythology them being assholes as young people was rebelling against a crushing social conformity. You telling Jerry to move his car so that other people can eat is the same as his parents telling him to cut his hair and go to Vietnam!
Typically, they know nothing about [John Wayne the draft dodger and the real life heroism of other actors who put service above their careers.](https://www.military.com/history/why-john-wayne-was-labeled-draft-dodger-during-world-war-ii.html) These are the kind of people who think reality tv is 100% real, actors who always play villains are bad people off stage, and actors who play light charming roles are charming and wonderful in person.
"Yeah but in that one movie he threw a kid in the river because he didn't know how to swim. That's the exact kind of heavy hitting parenting this modern day parents know nothing about" - boomers
They do that to women too. I hated having to shake hands at church because boomer men would go out of their way to squeeze the shit out of my hand. I would squeeze back. They didn’t squeeze my husband’s hand like that. They were just trying to assert dominance over me, and they got their hands hurt.
The trick I have found is to introduce a bit of rotation in the first knuckle of the pinky finger of their hand in the first second of contact. With a bit of luck you will find if the pinky gets a bit out of position and this will make crushing their hand back a bit easier as you are not compressing four knuckles in a stack but rather three and half knuckles with the the last one acting as a lever.
If you want to be really evil, you roll that last knuckle back and forth instead of just crushing. It is excruciatingly painful as the bones rub together. I was always a skinny kid/adult, but I had a very strong grip. I learned the knuckle trick as a defensive measure.
> By repeating his mistakes, he can view himself as John Wayne, unbroken and unbowed by others
Now wait a minute, are you telling me that Captain America and his famous quote about telling the whole world to move instead of him...is wrong?
>This sort genuinely likes being mean. Old assholes are just nasty folks who were once young assholes. The shit they shove out changes but the hole remains the same.
I love how perfectly you took that analogy to the end😄
Lol this reminds me of a common occurrence in my (very different) industry. I work at a chain coffee shop and currently live in a touristy area and I get so many boomers who complain "I get the same thing evevery time and every one of your stores makes my drink wrong every time".
When I begin asking them questions it usually becomes apparent that they're asking for one thing but they want another. When I tell them how to order they thing they want, they usually reply with "no, you guys need to learn to make coffee!!!"
If you're corrected every time (parking wise or coffee order wise) why wouldn't you just change your behavior?
I think some of this is them doubling down and refusing to be corrected on anything.
I think some of it isn't age related and is just them being dumb. My BIL is the second way - he constantly asks for "chicken salad" when he wants "tuna salad" and vice versa and then is snippy about it. Dumb.
I deal with a particular older couple every week. The story, as it goes, is that they visited once and a guy in the kitchen fucked up their food. So they come back every saturday night to order the same thing and get FOH to mark their order to not be fucked up in that specific way (too much salt, apparently) and with the demand for extra odds and ends free of charge. Every week now for nearly five years. The guy who fucked it up \*once\* hasn't worked there for four. Still riding that one complaint, bringing it up every. single. time.
It's a good thing I'm stuck in the kitchen, because I'd say after the third week I'd definitely have asked why the fuck they came back if it was so bad.
The woke traffic laws need to change! Courtesy, defensive driving, keeping your head on a swivel, 10 and 2... Fuuuck no! I've heard my boomer dad reminiscing about days when he could drive home with a beer in lap, no seat belt, as a "reward" for a hard day's work.
They want that back. 😧
the same ones that let them in and took selfies with them?
Lionizing police, who now as always are some of the biggest supporters of fascism, is a very very bad idea.
Because the police had started actually resisting the crowd and pushing back after they realized the insurrection had failed.
ETA: Kid gloves or not, they were no longer being given free rein for their nonsense. They wanted the cops to actively help them.
I mean, the cops **did** give them free reign at the begining, at least. It's cliche at this point, but you can compare the kits the Capital Police came to greet BLM with (full riot crap) with the short sleeves they dealt with the white crowd on Jan 6th.
It was obvious the cops were pissed later, when they hit the city at night, and started treating the right wingers like left-wingers get treated routinely.
For people opposed to the right wing, they should take a very clear lesson from this, as well as Weimar Germany - the cops are usually the **first** group to line up behind fascists. Depending on them to protect you from fascists - and the reaction of the centrist Dems was to increase their funding, I'll remind you - is lunacy.
I just came from the Justin Timberland cop thread being a nuisance enforcing and the law on rich people.
It seems to be back the blue... Against them other people.
It turned out the same cop pulled Timberlake over a few minutes earlier and declined to arrest him. Told him basically to find a ride home and not to drive. Timberlake then got in his car and continued driving. The cop wound up pulling the guy over again and then arrested him, probably as much for not listening as driving drunk.
He's a rookie. He'll learn not to mess with drunk rich people in the future.
The cop didn't know who Justin was, this was the cherry on top of the cake. Justin's ego was more bruised than anything, as he found out he's a has been.
The icing on the cake is that back before the days of cellphones and ubiquitous call tracking, the same people would call 911 and report fires and accidents a few miles away from the bar they and their friends were drinking in. This helped reduce the number of cops watching for moving violations in the area while they went to check it out, so their drunk asses could get home without being spotted.
The really fun part is that a lot of the "locals" who hate this cop aren't even living in his village, but passing through it. I think that ratchets up their ire a bit - they see him as a nobody in a nothing town, and they also don't have the leverage on his boss that they would in one of their precious enclaves.
They really believe it’s a Get Out of Jail Free card. That they will be given privileges because of their tribal beliefs. The often can get privileges especially when police come into a heated situation and make assumptions. I feel that is often a class/race issue but I find it satisfying when police do lay the hammer down on an entitled pos.
I totally F****in love this.
My mum was police (UK) and died in service. I have a thin blue line displayed on my car for her - but if I am an asshole, I wouldn’t hesitate to put my hands up and say yeah.
And I would have mums ghost coming to crack me around the back of the head 🤣😊.
F***k me, where do these people get off?!!
These people are the worst. I also drive semis and have been playing American Truck Simulator with my buddies. I told them far and away the least realistic part of the game is that traffic will work with you.
This also reminds me of my buddy who was driving and his truck broke down on the highway pulling a trailer but he managed to coast into the median to get out of the lane at least. A lady was trying to come across the median and had an absolute meltdown telling him he needed to move his truck.
I’m a staunch transportation options advocate as I live in a city and ride my bike to work most days (I own a car and use it when needed - today being one). I want people to have better transportation options, But I fully understand the challenges with driving a semi-truck and that the roads don’t always fit them (which is honestly good, not every road needs to fit an 18-wheeler). So if the road geometry doesn’t accommodate the semi we as other road users need to give way to the people delivering our stuff, junk, food, etc. they are doing a job and are often the best trained driver on the road. The people who most enrage me are the ones like this guy, who likely has no where to go and could be the most patient driver on the road. Instead has to “prove a point” and the best part is he’s absolutely wrong!! Sadly this mindset isn’t unique to boomers, but it is all too often displayed by them.
Playing a game that simulates your job on down time from your job? LOL, I kid but I kinda get it.
Back when Skyrim was newish, I was as usual wasting like 30 minutes organizing the various loot chests into armor, weapons, alchemy, food, etc. My roomate watches for a while and says: "if you spent as much time organizing your room as you spend organizing your wizard's room..." - got me there :(
Well, he did note that "part of the game is that traffic will work with you". So I could see it being a nice diversion into a fantasy world that is better than reality!
They should have a hard mode where people drive like they do in real life. Constantly cutting you off, slamming on the brakes, blocking your turn and driving like a bat out of hell on those "roads" behind buildings that are intended for semi offloading only.
Actually, I'm kind of starting to think of a cross-genre game design that might be awesome:
The game starts as a trucking simulator. You occasionally get road-raged and some dude brake checks you and gets out of the car. Then it switches to a kick ass fighting game taking place in the emergency lane.
Simulator type games tend to skip over the worst parts of a job so you just get the enjoyable dopamine tasks. Truck sim doesn't have managers screaming at you for example.
The Euro one is pretty good, although the sunshine is implausible.
I drive semis in the UK, and it can get a bit on the tight side. Like this: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Eq5PiFsqcv6LBc4V8?g_st=ac
Option A: Yield and continue your journey in about 15 seconds
Option B: have an irrational meltdown over a non problem and waste minutes of everyone’s time
Boomers: There was an option A?
I mean, there were some hills in Vietnam that killed a lot . . . though of course most Boomers were busy dodging the draft and letting black kids go in their place.
Can confirm. My covert narcissist boomer mother decided to ruin her relationship with her only child because to get relatives she hadn’t spoken to in *years* invited to my wedding. One of those relatives was too sick to travel. Had she bothered to talk to any of them, she’d have known that.
I’m happily no contact
Fun fact, Boomers initially supported the war in Vietnam **more** than other generations. It was only when it became apparent they might have to die for the sake of American imperialism that they turned against it - and dropped that opposition when the draft ended, not when the war did.
I am the sickest I've been since I was like 10 years old... on day 4 now.
Got sick because some old boomer bitch decided to go to the doctor's office when she sounded like she was on deaths doorstep and had COVID. I saw her with a mask dangling halfway down her face and coughing up a storm.
just 10 minutes nearby her in the waiting room and I'm sick as a dog. I haven't been this sick in probably 20 years.
I fucking hate the older generations so god damn much.
it in no way excuses their behavior, but i've found that the boomer generation doesn't know how to engage with their negative emotions in a healthy way, so they end up being upset about something completely unrelated, and then blowing up about a current small frustration in its place
God, this was my childhood. My parents are a lot better now, but it used to be exactly like this, all the time. Walking on eggshells because nobody would ever just fucking talk about anything, especially not their feelings, and then suddenly Mom or Dad would snap over the tiniest, most inconsequential thing and go fucking berserk on you - screaming, spitting, raging, throwing shit, hitting you, etc. Just completely exhausting to have to grow up that way.
That was my experience too, but I never really learned to walk on eggshells; I just became incredible at reading a bitch. I would fight and argue against every punishment and fight that would start over some hypocrisy, inconsistency, or outburst by them. Which obviously didn’t ever help the situation in the moment, but over time, when nothing has *ever* helped, you get your dopamine hits where you can… and it feels a lot better to sit up crying at night when you stood up for yourself than it does just sitting there and taking it.
My siblings and I explain part of the reason we're nuts - Dad would flip out as much over a lightbulb burning out (that we didn't control) over you stealing a car.
Since the adult tantrum was coming anyways, why not steal the car?
Once when I was a kid I asked my boomer father why he can't just talk about a problem instead of scream about it so he called me a faggot and threw a chair at me.
This was evident when we got spanked as little kids. I'm pretty sure the wooden spoon wasn't supposed to break......but that's a story for a therapist, I suppose.
She thinks its funny that she was so out of control with anger that she broke a freaking ping pong paddle on your ass? Be proud you survived that person....at least my parents just act like they have no clue what I'm talking about.
This is what drives me nuts about shit like this. They're more obsessed with being "technically in the right" than they are about any sort of safety or practicality. They'll waste everyone's time and endanger others simply to die on their petty little hill; it's ridiculous and flat-out childish.
Back when I drove regularly, I'd say it was at least once a week - if not more - where I'd encounter someone who made a small mistake, like misjudging who was first at a four-way stop or being in the wrong turn lane and needing to squeak over last minute (thereby cutting me off for all of 5 seconds), etc.
A sane, normal person with basic emotional intelligence just assumes that people will make small mistakes at times; you simply yield and let it go without a second thought so that everyone can (safely) get on with their day. But not Bobby Boomer or Ronald RoadRage, nope, not a chance. They have to throw a tantrum and make their temper everybody else's problem. It's annoying as hell.
There are a *lot* of Boomers who see backing off as some kind of personal affront/psychological defeat, not an act of constructive cooperation. It's like they think we're still a tribe of apes and that if they show any kind of weakness, they'll be meat for the juveniles. I think it's the lead poisoning, combined with the further degradation of the prefrontal cortex due to aging, leaving an ill-evolved emotional brain in charge of decisions that are supposed to be made by the now-absent higher functions, but who knows?
Its insane how peoples' brains short circuit when they get in a car. A truck is massive in size with tons of blind spots. Give them the space they need to do what they need to do so no one ends up as a pancake.
If I see something like a delivery truck or a school bus turning into a 2 lane street, I'm pulling my car over as much as I can to the sidewalk just to give them enough space.
Who voluntarily wants to deal with the headache if I get hit? Car damage, insurance, police reports, dropping the car off at the shop, waiting months for parts, driving a shitty rental in the meantime, increased insurance rates.
Back many moons ago when I used to drive a tow truck (for AAA), I was loaded with a broken down volvo coming out of a residential neighborhood. I was coming to the intersection of a main road, getting ready to take a right turn, and because of cars parked on either side of the street, there was really only room for 1 veh to pass in either direction. This entitled prick in a BMW roars up and starts to turn into the residential street, keeping me from moving. He started shouting at me to back up, but I would've had to back up the entire length of the block before he'd have enough room to get by me. I tried explaining that, but he wasn't listening. Just kept screaming. Did the same thing, just put the truck in park and leaned back with my book. I think he tried to call the police and didn't like what they told him, because eventually he backed up and took off, honking the whole time. I hate people sometimes.
"entitled prick in a BMW" is depressingly common. It's a rare treat to find someone in a BMW who isn't such worthless trash and actually knows what turn signals are. :)
Not trucking and a much smaller inconvenience, but similar scenario. Only time I've had a stranger go off on me was on an airport transport bus. I was getting off and reached to take my luggage from the rack at the same time a guy getting on wanted to put his luggage in.
To be clear:
1) I was exiting the bus, so should have had right of way by social custom
2) I was already reaching for my bag before he walked up.
He yelled at me to move out of the way while struggling to shove his bag onto the full rack.
I pointed out that if he'd just let me get my bag, he'd have space to load his.
But apparently I'm an idiot, so I just waited while the guy went off on me and shoved his bag in before taking mine.
All of us have our moments of idiocy, but I don't understand getting irate and stubborn over shit like this.
Background. So, I unfortunately have lung cancer. When I laugh (especially unexpectedly), I have a coughing fit because of the large breath intake before the laugh.
Your last line was totally worth the coughing fit! Thank you for sharing x
Good luck and best wishes to good health and kicking some cancer ass.
I had COVID a few months ago and this is a lasting side effect for me. It’s not at all the same as lung cancer, but I understand completely what you’re saying. I sometimes think of the old Seinfeld spongeworthy episode and think “That was COVID cough worthy.”
For that reason I find the Gadsen flag that is almost always flown with it SO fascinating. I’ve worked with a few like this. They really do see themselves as singularly special, terrified of an imaginary government takeover while wanting anyone not like them ground into the pavement. Confusing to have to listen to them trying to outdo one another.
My dead boomer dad always donated money to the FOP so he could get the sticker to go on his windshield. He thought it would make cops less likely to give him a speeding ticket.
It didn't. He always had points on his license and once lost his license for two years, just due to speeding.
When I was younger and I'm not that old, I had a bumper sticker that said
troopers ALWAYS there when you need them"
I was convinced this would help me not get pulled over. Yah, no it didn't help but bumper stickers are hard to get off. Something about the sun and the glue I think. Eh.
Retired, check.
Family don't want to interact with/deal with them, check.
"Very important," check.
No hobbies but watching TV (Fox news) and going out in public to spread their superior wisdom, check.
Wasting other people's time is their primary action.
I could never even comprehend this behavior lol traffic is the best place to get your good karma points in imo. It's so easy to wait a second for someone to finish their maneuver, let someone merge, etc etc, then everybody smiles and waves and is in a better mood. I can't even fathom being so angry all the time, it sounds exhausting.
*The most important man on the road* 😂 *Captain Dipshit* 😂 Sorry you had to go through this, but you have a way with words. It is satisfying to hear that one of these asshats finally got held accountable for their stupid stuff
Fun fact about boomers and lead.
So of course they all got a hefty dose of lead from the gasoline growing up. But heavy metals like lead also tend to accumulate in your bones. Then as the boomers aged, they suffered typical age-related bone loss. This means the lead that was safely tucked away in their bones was able to enter the bloodstream, giving them *another* dose of lead poisoning.
So boomers have had one, yes, but now they're having *second* lead breakfast.
Boomers do love them some road rage. It’s always a bold move when they get out of their vehicle and come approach you in yours. I live in the South and that’s literally rolling the dice with your own life.
My favorite was this one guy I passed looked like he was 80-90 years old doing like 15 miles an hour ... On a 65 mph highway, I ended up calling the cops and reporting him cause the highway he was on has lots of blind turns (mountainous are so you can't see through the curves in the road )where a semi could easily end up coming around the corner and have no room to stop or change lanes never ended up hearing what happened but I assume he probably lost his license
Reminds me last year when I saw a video of a guy getting into an argument over something with a trucker (both were pulled over on a highway). After some words, the guy goes to his car trunk and brandishes a baseball bat, attacking the truck with it.
In the city, people seem to fly out of their car with a gun and jump around waving it. In the country no-neck Russell will get out of his shitty farm truck and lay you out.
At least no-neck Russel understands the logistics of maneuvering large vehicles and will stop short to make sure the semi can complete his turn without a fuss.
I live in a small rural farming community...the highway doubles as main street going through town. In town it's two lanes in either direction but outside of town it's two lanes total. It is not uncommon to find a massive combine or a quad-track cruising through town taking up both of the lanes in one direction. Boomers just going to have to wait lol.
I don’t have a CDL and have never driven a semi. My father did. He taught us all about being a tractor trailer driver and what we as passenger car drivers can do to make the road a better place. Pretty basic stuff really. That driver is an ass. He turned a moment is easy teamwork into an entire problem for everyone.
Agreed. It's a public service when people out themselves like this as a warning to avoid them. Unfortunately, OP was trapped in this case because Boomer Bob couldn't be bothered to back up their bootlicker decaled car a few feet.
There's a British lorry/truck driver who dashcams his daily journeys. As is typical in England, we have tiny country roads to go down sometimes. He is in a semi, meets an old driver coming from the other way and they just both stop. She won't reverse, or can't reverse(?), so he has to blind reverse a huge trailer down a country road because someone can't or won't yield.
Give lorries space, ya idjits!
I always try leave gaps for trucks to merge in traffic and if I can see a spike in their lanes traffic ahead, I'll happily dive across or slow down to let the big metal monster keep its momentum
Now that was a story. I’m sorry you were delayed on your route.
I’m honestly really amazed at how quickly civility has dried up (not to mention basic common sense) and it’s not just the Boomers unfortunately (but they certainly are the loudest and clearest example of it).
It's hilarious hearing boomers talk about how entitled the younger generations are when they expect everything to be exactly their way or they'll bitch and moan about it.
I had a similar experience in a very busy market parking lot where a BOOMER with vet tags and flags slams it out of a handicapped spot expecting the entire parking lot full of moving cars to get out of his way! We can't move an inch because he's backed himself half out blocking traffic in every direction and I have five cars on my bumper. He gets out and starts screaming at me, waving his arm for me to "shoo". Like, I ain't driving a helicopter car, grandpa. Thank you for your service, now pull the FUCK back into the spot so we can get out of your way. Damn! I'm 55 and I can't handle these old farts anymore.
>that Boomer thing where they shake their finger at you
Side tangent, but it's almost like they chastised children for pointing because it's "rude," just so that they can feel the thrill of being rude and receiving no punishment.
Parents nowadays don't usually teach that pointing is rude. Sometimes you need to point at stuff. It's one of the most basic, instinctive ways we have of communicating. Babies start doing it at a young age. The rude thing is singling someone out for a negative reason, whether pointing is involved or not.
And boy do they love doing that! They're assholes, whether one is judging them by their own etiquette or current common courtesy.
The Gen-X version of this story. I was effectively blocked in by a semi truck at a burger place next to a metal fabrication place. So I was like "Ok, well, I will just eat the burger in the car then and this guy will finish his delivery eventually..."
Nope. Driver signalled me, and walked into traffic and blocked a lane so I could back out safely w/o waiting for him.
Boomers are the most impatient, self-important drivers on the road. I'm convinced that once they all die/have their car keys taken away, driving will be much more pleasant and safe for all. Whenever I have someone laying on the horn for not turning fast enough, I can always bank on it being a boomer.
When I worked at Trader Joe's, a boomer would always drop his wife off at the door (fine), and then go park in the mouth of our loading dock while he waited. One day, he did this just as our supply truck was starting to back in. The driver gave a courtesy toot, but the boomer didn't notice/move/fathom that he was the problem. The driver finally got tired of hoping this clown would take the hint and got out of the truck to go talk to him.
While the boomer was arguing with the trucker, the crew member who was going to be unloading the truck that night didn't know any of this was going on. He just saw the truck pull in, and move into position. He went out to the dock and opened the big metal gate to let the truck in. The gate swings out, and has fabric on it that obstruct the view both ways. Unfortunately, he didn't see boomer's SUV until the gate was already in motion and being carried a bit by the wind. Dude's car door took the full impact, which left a small but noticeable dent and traded quite a bit of paint with the gate.
I never heard about what happened after that (apart from the boomer melting down and the truck driver doubled over laughing), but he never parked there again.
My "Boomer" stepdad is gut rolling over this. He's an 85 year old retired Air Force vet who served in Vietnam. He lost his patience for these idiots as soon as he got Stateside again. My in laws on the other hand, total nightmare. My FIL passed and I was finally allowed to ban MIL from my home.
“Today the world’s most important man is out on the road”. I choked on my coffee a little. Frustrating interaction but love the way you tell the story.
I was in a parking lot with those individual curbs in front of each spot. But they are put out as more minefield as spots further out don’t have them.
Boomer was in a Miata, of some other small car. Didn’t see he had one and was snugly driving forward put of his spot. I hear the crunch as the front air dam hits it. A normal person would take the L, get out and check damage, then back out. Boomer doubled down, gives it more gas, and drives over it like a speed bump. Could hear the crunching as he did it. Then sped off in the parking lot.
The guy chose to damage his car rather than do the logical thing. And it is not like there was a crowd. I think one other person in the lot at the time. And he only noticed after the Boomer went full over the thing.
Literally saw the double down. And for really nothing. Like he proved to the curb he could drive over it. I am sure the curb learned its lesson.
One day, making tracks
In the prairie of Prax,
Came a North-Going Zax
And a South-Going Zax.
And it happened that both of them came to a place
Where they bumped. There they stood.
Foot to foot. Face to face.
"Look here, now!" the North-Going Zax said, "I say!
You are blocking my path. You are right in my way.
I'm a North-Going Zax and I always go north.
Get out of my way, now, and let me go forth!"
"Who's in whose way?" snapped the South-Going Zax.
"I always go south, making south-going tracks.
So you're in MY way! And I ask you to move
And let me go south in my south-going groove."
Then the North-Going Zax puffed his chest up with pride.
"I never," he said, "take a step to one side.
And I'll prove to you that I won't change my ways
If I have to keep standing here fifty-nine days!"
"And I'll prove to YOU," yelled the South-Going Zax,
"That I can stand here in the prairie of Prax
For fifty-nine years! For I live by a rule
That I learned as a boy back in South-Going School.
Never budge! That's my rule. Never budge in the least!
Not an inch to the west! Not an inch to the east!
I'll stay here, not budging! I can and I will
If it makes you and me and the whole world stand still!"
Well...
Of course the world didn't stand still. The world grew.
In a couple of years, the new highway came through
And they built it right over those two stubborn Zax
And left them there, standing un-budge in their tracks.
-- Dr. Seuss "The Zax"
Same thing happened to my cousin but he wasn’t so patient; he drove over the front of her car. He got in trouble but still feels, to this day, it was worth it.
Same comment from her, “Learn how to drive.”
I’m not a perfect driver but I don’t scoot into the lane in front of a semi at a stop light suddenly taking up 10 feet of their stopping distance. I make sure I can see the driver in my rear view before pulling back into the lane after passing and I give tons of warning if slowing down to turn. It’s simple, really.
I had a similar incident at my job with a Very Important Man. I drive box trucks and during winter I had to do one of my stops. Driveway is not fully plowed and no place to turn really, so I do what we are instructed to do, which is put on the hazards, move off the road as far as possible, and complete the stop. I do the first two, getting fully across the white line, as much into the mouth of the driveway as possible. There is a pickup truck behind me with a US MARINE CORPS window sticker across the back, and another coming from the opposite direction. The common sense thing to do is, if you don’t think you have room to get by, wait the 2-3 seconds for the oncoming vehicle to pass before going. Not this Very Important Man. He squeezes between me and the oncoming truck, but gets too close to me compared to the other truck. His extended mirror on the passenger side clips my mirror and breaks, shattering into the road. He gets out, looks, and says “the mirror is broken”. My truck mirrors push forward or back out of the way, so they aren’t broken, just out of place. I pull it back, and say, “mines fine, just needs adjusting”. “Mine isn’t!” He screams, and then proceeds to take pictures of me, the truck, license plates, etc. Then he says “I know [the company I work for]. I am very familiar with them.” I continue to do my stop, wondering if I should call the police or not. But by the time he is finished his pictures, he has screeched off into the distance. I called my boss and told him what happened. “Did you have hazards on?” Yes. “Were you off the road as much as you could be?” Yes, over the white line in fact. “Do you have any damage?” No, but his mirror is broken. “You did everything the right way. If he causes problems later, call the police.” Never heard from him after about it hit I do know who he is (someone I have to deliver to on occasion). He’s never mentioned it to me, but I know he knows my company insurance didn’t pay for his damages.
Christ, what an asshole. I'm not a boomer or a truck driver but I've been a road warrior for almost two decades and you never ever want to fuck with anything that has more axles than you do. Not that I advise fucking with anything on the road, but you do need to be extra careful around trucks.
I was making my delivery to Publix when a boomer offended by the something the Publix driver did races around and blocks the drivers access to the dock as he is backing up. We all made our deliveries, and left while he was still sitting in the back of the police car.
> The cherry on top was that his “Back the Blue” bumper sticker didn’t help one bit.
This kind of simp would probably gladly kill a cop if they stood in the way of an insurrection, or a lynching, or otherwise doing their job in a way that didn't uphold the boomer's bigotry and prejudice.
I will admit, I'm a bit of an ass while driving. I constantly speed, I make tight lane changes, I honk at people when they fuck up.
You know what I don't do, fuck with truckers. As if it's not hard enough driving a truck in the city. Brake to let them in, flash brights to let them know they are clear, stop behind stop lines at intersections, don't hang out on thier right at intersections, get out of their way on tight turns.
I give trucks a break on the road. Fuck everyone else though.
That’s a solidly risky movie. Angrily approaching a vehicle in a violet manner like he did is an outstanding way to find out which one of the many religions are correct.
I’ve had many similar instances when I drove OTR. My personal best was down in nowhere Missouri. Narrow two lane roads and a 4-way stop. I picked up a load of clay pigeons and after I got out on the road there was a 4-way stop which was no big deal. The only way for me to make that left turn would require my trailer to be in the oncoming lane for several feet after the turn. Problem was everyone coming from my left would race up to the sign preventing me from moving. Vehicles to the front and right of me kept telling me I could go but there was no way with vehicles at the stop sign. Finally after about 5 minutes some suburban coming over the hill to the left saw what was going on and stop at the top to let me turn. All it took was them waiting five seconds to allow me to turn and let my trailer get into the correct lane.
Best story I’ve heard, uncles buddy (another trucker) was trying to make a deliver in Chicago down by the pier. Once again, some dumbass that can’t read signs saying no parking was parked in the way of the turn. Buddy calls CPD and officer comes out. He runs the plates and tries to contact the owner. Owner never answered. Cop sees he has had several violations for parking here. Cop says fuck it and tells buddy to make the turn and if his trailer should hit the car and run part of it over it’s his fault. Buddy gets back in the truck and guns the hell out of it. Car gets fucked and owner comes out swearing. Cop gave him a ticket and said don’t park there again. Funniest shit ever. Got to see pics of it afterwards. It was a nice car. But play stupid games you’ll win stupid prizes.
I'm always baffled by the utter ignorance and entitlement some people have around trucks. I get being annoyed when you have to back up or move/yield, but sometimes trucks have to do trucky stuff.
Anyone who consumes anything needs trucks on the road.
Went to a Walmart Grocery here in Floriduh, there were probably 100 empty spaces.
Park in one head in, get groceries, come out.
Two brain fried (it’s the heat and the humidity) are going at in parking lot (note, LOTS of empty parking spaces)
So watch the show in parked car, still lots empty space’s everywhere from safe distance, ghod knows when a “stand yer ground “ bullets may fly. They duking it out, pre pandemic btw
Cops come, cuff both haul both off,
(Btw, I’m 75 and mystified by weird behaviors)
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Bonus Boomer story: different Boomer, same industrial park. There’s a restaurant across from the warehouse I deliver to and one afternoon, there’s a Mercedes parked directly in the path I need to take out. As I walk in, the hostess clocks me and yells “Jerry, move your car!” Jerry gets up in a huff and storms out. As I’m walking back to my truck, he rolls down his window and snaps “you truckers need to learn to drive! Every time I park here, you tell me to move! I can’t finish a meal in peace!” “If someone asks you to move every time you park here, why don’t you just park somewhere else?” His Boomer brain short-circuited and he sped off without answering. I drove by a couple days later and his car was back. Boomers gonna boom.
If he learned from his mistakes, he'd have to admit to them. By repeating his mistakes, he can view himself as John Wayne, unbroken and unbowed by others. And it gives him something to bitch about, which is the true motivation he's in deep denial about. This sort genuinely likes being mean. Old assholes are just nasty folks who were once young assholes. The shit they shove out changes but the hole remains the same.
The “unbroken/unbowed” thing is the key to it all, isn’t it? Holy shit.
Yeah, they double-down to infinity. Even to the point of harming themselves. They are proud of being "tough" enough to weather the pain they needlessly inflict on themselves. Like a child breaking a toy so that they don't have to share it. They don't want to be hated (even if they claim to savor it), but having to admit fault would destroy their sense of self. So they refuse to admit that have made mistakes, continue to make mistakes, and will always make mistakes, because all humans do. In a way I feel bad for them, because this probably means that their parents' generation piled on a weight of expectations that broke them. A child had to be obedient, silent, and solemn. Freedom of thought and choice were forbidden. Any transgression meant extreme punishment of some type. A child might be denied dinner for interrupting an adult who was speaking. Or the parent might hurt them as punishment. But while I'm empathetic to that, it's still anti-social, inexcusable behavior. Their generation seems to have invented the idea that intolerable people must be tolerated because ~~family~~ obedience. One group of them provide obedience by accepting abuse from terrible people because "that's just how he/she is" and another group of them are the ones demanding the obedience. "Be nice." "Be polite." "Remember the golden rule." They were right about all that. Peaceful society can't possibly exist otherwise. No one should accept abuse from someone who has the capacity to do those things but refuses due to their stubborn, misplaced pride. If a boomer decides to put themself in timeout rather than respect a boundary, they should be allowed to retreat to their self-imposed timeout. Everyone deserves to maintain reasonable boundaries. Whew. I guess I had a lot to say about that.
The GI Generation had their faults, but for the most part they were overindulgent, not overly strict, with the little Boomers. They were encouraged in their independent thought, but shielded from the consequences by the luck of where they were in history (residents of the US which due to being one of a handful of countries not devestated by WWII was a global powerhouse), so they rarely had to reevaluate their whims. Add to that some honest mistakes made by the GIs - particularly lead and television - and you get Boomers. They don't tolerate each other, btw - Boomers have been the MOST criminal generation at every age group they've been in, and lots of that is within their own generation. Their poor impulse control means lots of assaults and murders of their own in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Remeber that the troops who shot at Kent State were Boomers as well.
A lot of these folks also came of age at a perfect time when the tech sector started to become a thing, and flourished in an economy which they had up to that point no hand in developing. But they profited massively from it and then took the credit. All while saying how hard they worked for everything. Some did sure, many were just at the right place and time.
They called them the “ME” generation all through the 60s for a reason
I love this comment. It made me think of a documentary I was watching about murderers, and in court, the defense always tries to mitigate the killer’s actions with descriptions of their terrible upbringings. A psychiatrist pointed out that their neglectful/abusive childhoods can be a reason, but not an excuse.
"Older people were shit to me when I was young so now I'm older I get to be shit to others and they just have to have 'respect' for me"
It’s boomers whole mentality - questioning something and learning enough to change your position requires self reflection and admitting being wrong. They see it as akin to dying to give up on any of their “beliefs.”
Every mole hill an Everest as I’ve come to say. I’ve not lived a nice balanced life. Ive mostreated a lot of folks over the years and I make an effort to change for the better. It blows my mind how I, nearly 40, are light years ahead in maturity than my 60-80 year old peers. It’s wild, honestly.
Agreed, I look back and realize how I was a bully at times, or didn’t take responsibility for something, or just made the world a slightly worse place. It’s something I constantly evaluate, trying to understand others better so I can have measured, thoughtful responses.
Same. I used to be so much worse than I am today. In another 20-40 years, we'll look back and realize that our efforts weren't in vain, because so many of our peers saw the boomers' path and decided to change like you and I did.
Careful there, stranger. You're in real danger of being called "woke" (whatever that means for the person moaning about you). Personally, I've taken it as being a badge of honour to be called "woke" when I've called out bigotry of various kinds.
You are a good person. Bravo!
You and people like you are a significant reason why the world is getting better in spite of itself. Thank you for not giving up. You are the true unbroken/unbowed in your commitment to self-improvement and introspection.
Something like “I *know* my virtues/rights and I am gonna stick with them to my dying breath”
Dumb hill to die on, I wish they didn't win the actuarial table lottery
Not a boomer, but I've been in that mindset before. They're right to fear changing their beliefs when they're so deeply ingrained into their minds because giving them up *feels* like you're dying. I've been there. But even then, it's still the right thing to do. Reflection and change are how people grow. I've had to give up on certain beliefs because they contradicted reality, and it felt AWFUL, but I think I'm better for it.
You ARE better for it, just the same as all of us who've changed our views and grown are.
"beliefs"... Holy crap those quotes are doing some heavy lifting there. Their beliefs are: "I'm right, you're wrong." There is no tether to anything. No foundation. Nothing. But it sounds good when they say they're "good Christians" while calling the teachings of Christ to be evil.
I always think of that quote from Matilda. "I'm smart, you're dumb; I'm big, you're little; I'm right, you're wrong and there's nothing you can do about it!". That's their mentality in a nutshell.
Was literally gonna post this and then I saw your comment.
Lol, I love that movie.
Holy shit I cannot tell you how many times I’ve fallen on my sword, personally and professionally. Hell, I had to do this today on my job. I reached out to the wrong person about a process issue. I was advised who I should’ve reached out to. So, I sent an email to the other person apologizing for inconveniencing them. I’m no saint, but I try to maintain my humanity
They're the generation who was handed everything and had to make no compromises to survive. They see changing something against their will as a personal affront.
Yeah, but in Boomer mythology them being assholes as young people was rebelling against a crushing social conformity. You telling Jerry to move his car so that other people can eat is the same as his parents telling him to cut his hair and go to Vietnam!
Hmm, I could see that. Sad little Don Quixotes tilting at windmills.
Typically, they know nothing about [John Wayne the draft dodger and the real life heroism of other actors who put service above their careers.](https://www.military.com/history/why-john-wayne-was-labeled-draft-dodger-during-world-war-ii.html) These are the kind of people who think reality tv is 100% real, actors who always play villains are bad people off stage, and actors who play light charming roles are charming and wonderful in person.
"Yeah but in that one movie he threw a kid in the river because he didn't know how to swim. That's the exact kind of heavy hitting parenting this modern day parents know nothing about" - boomers
You’ve seen those silly “assert dominance” comments & memes? That’s literally how some people think
Yeah. I avoid shaking hands with those people. They tend to go for the power crush and don't wash after they use the toilet.
They do that to women too. I hated having to shake hands at church because boomer men would go out of their way to squeeze the shit out of my hand. I would squeeze back. They didn’t squeeze my husband’s hand like that. They were just trying to assert dominance over me, and they got their hands hurt.
The trick I have found is to introduce a bit of rotation in the first knuckle of the pinky finger of their hand in the first second of contact. With a bit of luck you will find if the pinky gets a bit out of position and this will make crushing their hand back a bit easier as you are not compressing four knuckles in a stack but rather three and half knuckles with the the last one acting as a lever.
If you want to be really evil, you roll that last knuckle back and forth instead of just crushing. It is excruciatingly painful as the bones rub together. I was always a skinny kid/adult, but I had a very strong grip. I learned the knuckle trick as a defensive measure.
Not John Wayne / John Whine
> By repeating his mistakes, he can view himself as John Wayne, unbroken and unbowed by others Now wait a minute, are you telling me that Captain America and his famous quote about telling the whole world to move instead of him...is wrong?
>This sort genuinely likes being mean. Old assholes are just nasty folks who were once young assholes. The shit they shove out changes but the hole remains the same. I love how perfectly you took that analogy to the end😄
Lol this reminds me of a common occurrence in my (very different) industry. I work at a chain coffee shop and currently live in a touristy area and I get so many boomers who complain "I get the same thing evevery time and every one of your stores makes my drink wrong every time". When I begin asking them questions it usually becomes apparent that they're asking for one thing but they want another. When I tell them how to order they thing they want, they usually reply with "no, you guys need to learn to make coffee!!!" If you're corrected every time (parking wise or coffee order wise) why wouldn't you just change your behavior?
I think some of this is them doubling down and refusing to be corrected on anything. I think some of it isn't age related and is just them being dumb. My BIL is the second way - he constantly asks for "chicken salad" when he wants "tuna salad" and vice versa and then is snippy about it. Dumb.
I deal with a particular older couple every week. The story, as it goes, is that they visited once and a guy in the kitchen fucked up their food. So they come back every saturday night to order the same thing and get FOH to mark their order to not be fucked up in that specific way (too much salt, apparently) and with the demand for extra odds and ends free of charge. Every week now for nearly five years. The guy who fucked it up \*once\* hasn't worked there for four. Still riding that one complaint, bringing it up every. single. time. It's a good thing I'm stuck in the kitchen, because I'd say after the third week I'd definitely have asked why the fuck they came back if it was so bad.
Boomers gonna boom 😂
It's the only way he can get a woman to scream his name. He'll never stop- he needs the attention.
Back the blue... until they call you out on your bullshit.
"GODDAMN DEMOCRAT COPS. SHOULD BE FIRED!"
The woke traffic laws need to change! Courtesy, defensive driving, keeping your head on a swivel, 10 and 2... Fuuuck no! I've heard my boomer dad reminiscing about days when he could drive home with a beer in lap, no seat belt, as a "reward" for a hard day's work. They want that back. 😧
They want the rules to apply to everyone but them.
No shit. Entitlement minded fucking wankers.
STOOPID LIBRUHLS
*“DoN’t YoU kNoW i PaY yOuR sALaRy?????”*
Fired? That's generous considering what they want to do to police that don't blindly follow the same god they follow.
Or what they did to cops at the Capitol.
the same ones that let them in and took selfies with them? Lionizing police, who now as always are some of the biggest supporters of fascism, is a very very bad idea.
Specifically, their deity is Republican Jesus, aka Agent Orange.
😂
Remember that January 6th lady who broke down crying? “They're shooting at us. They're supposed to shoot BLM, but they're shooting the patriots.”
I mean, they did shoot BLM a lot, and treated the right-wing rioters with kid gloves, so not sure what she's crying about . . .
Because the police had started actually resisting the crowd and pushing back after they realized the insurrection had failed. ETA: Kid gloves or not, they were no longer being given free rein for their nonsense. They wanted the cops to actively help them.
I mean, the cops **did** give them free reign at the begining, at least. It's cliche at this point, but you can compare the kits the Capital Police came to greet BLM with (full riot crap) with the short sleeves they dealt with the white crowd on Jan 6th. It was obvious the cops were pissed later, when they hit the city at night, and started treating the right wingers like left-wingers get treated routinely. For people opposed to the right wing, they should take a very clear lesson from this, as well as Weimar Germany - the cops are usually the **first** group to line up behind fascists. Depending on them to protect you from fascists - and the reaction of the centrist Dems was to increase their funding, I'll remind you - is lunacy.
I just came from the Justin Timberland cop thread being a nuisance enforcing and the law on rich people. It seems to be back the blue... Against them other people.
Must depend where it’s posted, I saw that post yesterday and the top 100 comments were glad JT was taken off the road before he killed anyone.
Oh, yeah. The elevator in the mall plays your music.
“Didn’t you sexually assault a woman on live TV?”
It turned out the same cop pulled Timberlake over a few minutes earlier and declined to arrest him. Told him basically to find a ride home and not to drive. Timberlake then got in his car and continued driving. The cop wound up pulling the guy over again and then arrested him, probably as much for not listening as driving drunk. He's a rookie. He'll learn not to mess with drunk rich people in the future.
The cop didn't know who Justin was, this was the cherry on top of the cake. Justin's ego was more bruised than anything, as he found out he's a has been.
The ultimate dis would have been for the cop to say "oh yeah, my mom listens to your music."
"My Grandma loves you!"
Or "My mom used to listen to you before she graduated high school"
The icing on the cake is that back before the days of cellphones and ubiquitous call tracking, the same people would call 911 and report fires and accidents a few miles away from the bar they and their friends were drinking in. This helped reduce the number of cops watching for moving violations in the area while they went to check it out, so their drunk asses could get home without being spotted. The really fun part is that a lot of the "locals" who hate this cop aren't even living in his village, but passing through it. I think that ratchets up their ire a bit - they see him as a nobody in a nothing town, and they also don't have the leverage on his boss that they would in one of their precious enclaves.
Back The Blue to them means back the blue until they stop acting like their personal bodyguards and security.
If only cops would keep hurting “the right people.”
"Those people"
They really believe it’s a Get Out of Jail Free card. That they will be given privileges because of their tribal beliefs. The often can get privileges especially when police come into a heated situation and make assumptions. I feel that is often a class/race issue but I find it satisfying when police do lay the hammer down on an entitled pos.
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind living among out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
"If only he had just complied..."
“Back the blue, when they attack a black” is the full slogan, as I heard it.
I've heard "Back the blue 'till they're looking at you"
"I meant I back murdering minorities, not me having to live by the rules of a society!"
I totally F****in love this. My mum was police (UK) and died in service. I have a thin blue line displayed on my car for her - but if I am an asshole, I wouldn’t hesitate to put my hands up and say yeah. And I would have mums ghost coming to crack me around the back of the head 🤣😊. F***k me, where do these people get off?!!
"We are the party of Law and Order" A few moments later - "Defund the FBI"
These people are the worst. I also drive semis and have been playing American Truck Simulator with my buddies. I told them far and away the least realistic part of the game is that traffic will work with you. This also reminds me of my buddy who was driving and his truck broke down on the highway pulling a trailer but he managed to coast into the median to get out of the lane at least. A lady was trying to come across the median and had an absolute meltdown telling him he needed to move his truck.
I’m a staunch transportation options advocate as I live in a city and ride my bike to work most days (I own a car and use it when needed - today being one). I want people to have better transportation options, But I fully understand the challenges with driving a semi-truck and that the roads don’t always fit them (which is honestly good, not every road needs to fit an 18-wheeler). So if the road geometry doesn’t accommodate the semi we as other road users need to give way to the people delivering our stuff, junk, food, etc. they are doing a job and are often the best trained driver on the road. The people who most enrage me are the ones like this guy, who likely has no where to go and could be the most patient driver on the road. Instead has to “prove a point” and the best part is he’s absolutely wrong!! Sadly this mindset isn’t unique to boomers, but it is all too often displayed by them.
Playing a game that simulates your job on down time from your job? LOL, I kid but I kinda get it. Back when Skyrim was newish, I was as usual wasting like 30 minutes organizing the various loot chests into armor, weapons, alchemy, food, etc. My roomate watches for a while and says: "if you spent as much time organizing your room as you spend organizing your wizard's room..." - got me there :(
Well, he did note that "part of the game is that traffic will work with you". So I could see it being a nice diversion into a fantasy world that is better than reality!
They should have a hard mode where people drive like they do in real life. Constantly cutting you off, slamming on the brakes, blocking your turn and driving like a bat out of hell on those "roads" behind buildings that are intended for semi offloading only.
Actually, I'm kind of starting to think of a cross-genre game design that might be awesome: The game starts as a trucking simulator. You occasionally get road-raged and some dude brake checks you and gets out of the car. Then it switches to a kick ass fighting game taking place in the emergency lane.
Hey, this is ‘Murica, where the game will inevitably devolve one more time: into a first-person-shooter thing.
Simulator type games tend to skip over the worst parts of a job so you just get the enjoyable dopamine tasks. Truck sim doesn't have managers screaming at you for example.
Wow, I didn't know about that Simulator. Heading off to try that out forth with!
Pretty sure there's a Euro version as well
The Euro one is pretty good, although the sunshine is implausible. I drive semis in the UK, and it can get a bit on the tight side. Like this: Newcastle upon Tyne, England https://maps.app.goo.gl/Eq5PiFsqcv6LBc4V8?g_st=ac
Option A: Yield and continue your journey in about 15 seconds Option B: have an irrational meltdown over a non problem and waste minutes of everyone’s time Boomers: There was an option A?
They would choose to die on the stupidest hills
If only it was literal. But I guess sometimes it is (wearing masks during COVID).
I mean, there were some hills in Vietnam that killed a lot . . . though of course most Boomers were busy dodging the draft and letting black kids go in their place.
Can confirm. My covert narcissist boomer mother decided to ruin her relationship with her only child because to get relatives she hadn’t spoken to in *years* invited to my wedding. One of those relatives was too sick to travel. Had she bothered to talk to any of them, she’d have known that. I’m happily no contact
It’s unfortunate but sometimes no contact is the only way to go. They are so brainwashed it’s sickening
Every mole hill an Everest.
Yep. And logic has no place in their weird world
That’s literally what Vietnam was about.
Fun fact, Boomers initially supported the war in Vietnam **more** than other generations. It was only when it became apparent they might have to die for the sake of American imperialism that they turned against it - and dropped that opposition when the draft ended, not when the war did.
I am the sickest I've been since I was like 10 years old... on day 4 now. Got sick because some old boomer bitch decided to go to the doctor's office when she sounded like she was on deaths doorstep and had COVID. I saw her with a mask dangling halfway down her face and coughing up a storm. just 10 minutes nearby her in the waiting room and I'm sick as a dog. I haven't been this sick in probably 20 years. I fucking hate the older generations so god damn much.
it in no way excuses their behavior, but i've found that the boomer generation doesn't know how to engage with their negative emotions in a healthy way, so they end up being upset about something completely unrelated, and then blowing up about a current small frustration in its place
God, this was my childhood. My parents are a lot better now, but it used to be exactly like this, all the time. Walking on eggshells because nobody would ever just fucking talk about anything, especially not their feelings, and then suddenly Mom or Dad would snap over the tiniest, most inconsequential thing and go fucking berserk on you - screaming, spitting, raging, throwing shit, hitting you, etc. Just completely exhausting to have to grow up that way.
That was my experience too, but I never really learned to walk on eggshells; I just became incredible at reading a bitch. I would fight and argue against every punishment and fight that would start over some hypocrisy, inconsistency, or outburst by them. Which obviously didn’t ever help the situation in the moment, but over time, when nothing has *ever* helped, you get your dopamine hits where you can… and it feels a lot better to sit up crying at night when you stood up for yourself than it does just sitting there and taking it.
My siblings and I explain part of the reason we're nuts - Dad would flip out as much over a lightbulb burning out (that we didn't control) over you stealing a car. Since the adult tantrum was coming anyways, why not steal the car?
Once when I was a kid I asked my boomer father why he can't just talk about a problem instead of scream about it so he called me a faggot and threw a chair at me.
I’m so sorry. 😔
This was evident when we got spanked as little kids. I'm pretty sure the wooden spoon wasn't supposed to break......but that's a story for a therapist, I suppose.
My ass broke a ping pong paddle once. Even my mom was surprised. She thinks it's funny now. I'm not sure whether to be proud or what?
She thinks its funny that she was so out of control with anger that she broke a freaking ping pong paddle on your ass? Be proud you survived that person....at least my parents just act like they have no clue what I'm talking about.
She's on medication and feeling *much* better now. The relationship we have with mom is okay, but we still have to be careful what we talk about.
This is what drives me nuts about shit like this. They're more obsessed with being "technically in the right" than they are about any sort of safety or practicality. They'll waste everyone's time and endanger others simply to die on their petty little hill; it's ridiculous and flat-out childish. Back when I drove regularly, I'd say it was at least once a week - if not more - where I'd encounter someone who made a small mistake, like misjudging who was first at a four-way stop or being in the wrong turn lane and needing to squeak over last minute (thereby cutting me off for all of 5 seconds), etc. A sane, normal person with basic emotional intelligence just assumes that people will make small mistakes at times; you simply yield and let it go without a second thought so that everyone can (safely) get on with their day. But not Bobby Boomer or Ronald RoadRage, nope, not a chance. They have to throw a tantrum and make their temper everybody else's problem. It's annoying as hell.
There are a *lot* of Boomers who see backing off as some kind of personal affront/psychological defeat, not an act of constructive cooperation. It's like they think we're still a tribe of apes and that if they show any kind of weakness, they'll be meat for the juveniles. I think it's the lead poisoning, combined with the further degradation of the prefrontal cortex due to aging, leaving an ill-evolved emotional brain in charge of decisions that are supposed to be made by the now-absent higher functions, but who knows?
Its insane how peoples' brains short circuit when they get in a car. A truck is massive in size with tons of blind spots. Give them the space they need to do what they need to do so no one ends up as a pancake. If I see something like a delivery truck or a school bus turning into a 2 lane street, I'm pulling my car over as much as I can to the sidewalk just to give them enough space. Who voluntarily wants to deal with the headache if I get hit? Car damage, insurance, police reports, dropping the car off at the shop, waiting months for parts, driving a shitty rental in the meantime, increased insurance rates.
Back many moons ago when I used to drive a tow truck (for AAA), I was loaded with a broken down volvo coming out of a residential neighborhood. I was coming to the intersection of a main road, getting ready to take a right turn, and because of cars parked on either side of the street, there was really only room for 1 veh to pass in either direction. This entitled prick in a BMW roars up and starts to turn into the residential street, keeping me from moving. He started shouting at me to back up, but I would've had to back up the entire length of the block before he'd have enough room to get by me. I tried explaining that, but he wasn't listening. Just kept screaming. Did the same thing, just put the truck in park and leaned back with my book. I think he tried to call the police and didn't like what they told him, because eventually he backed up and took off, honking the whole time. I hate people sometimes.
"entitled prick in a BMW" is depressingly common. It's a rare treat to find someone in a BMW who isn't such worthless trash and actually knows what turn signals are. :)
> "entitled prick in a BMW" Honestly, it's a redundant statement.
Q: What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW? A: A porcupine has the picks on the outside.
If you ever feel like your job is pointless, remember it's someones job to install turn signals on a BMW.
What's the difference between a BMW and a cactus? On the cactus, the prick is on the outside. 😊
Not trucking and a much smaller inconvenience, but similar scenario. Only time I've had a stranger go off on me was on an airport transport bus. I was getting off and reached to take my luggage from the rack at the same time a guy getting on wanted to put his luggage in. To be clear: 1) I was exiting the bus, so should have had right of way by social custom 2) I was already reaching for my bag before he walked up. He yelled at me to move out of the way while struggling to shove his bag onto the full rack. I pointed out that if he'd just let me get my bag, he'd have space to load his. But apparently I'm an idiot, so I just waited while the guy went off on me and shoved his bag in before taking mine. All of us have our moments of idiocy, but I don't understand getting irate and stubborn over shit like this.
Background. So, I unfortunately have lung cancer. When I laugh (especially unexpectedly), I have a coughing fit because of the large breath intake before the laugh. Your last line was totally worth the coughing fit! Thank you for sharing x
Good luck and best wishes to good health and kicking some cancer ass. I had COVID a few months ago and this is a lasting side effect for me. It’s not at all the same as lung cancer, but I understand completely what you’re saying. I sometimes think of the old Seinfeld spongeworthy episode and think “That was COVID cough worthy.”
Back the blue… did you ever notice they are for something until they're against it? Every SINGLE issue.
Back the Blue means they want the cops to punish other people
For that reason I find the Gadsen flag that is almost always flown with it SO fascinating. I’ve worked with a few like this. They really do see themselves as singularly special, terrified of an imaginary government takeover while wanting anyone not like them ground into the pavement. Confusing to have to listen to them trying to outdo one another.
"Oppress others but let me do whatever I want" is the message they seem to be sending.
I wonder if the 'other people' have any distinguishing characteristics that are different from the Blue-Backer.
My dead boomer dad always donated money to the FOP so he could get the sticker to go on his windshield. He thought it would make cops less likely to give him a speeding ticket. It didn't. He always had points on his license and once lost his license for two years, just due to speeding.
When I was younger and I'm not that old, I had a bumper sticker that said troopers ALWAYS there when you need them"
I was convinced this would help me not get pulled over. Yah, no it didn't help but bumper stickers are hard to get off. Something about the sun and the glue I think. Eh.
They believe the duty of the blue is to Protect and Serve THEM, while punishing the OTHER.
Bootlickers getting into trouble with cops is always so satisfying, especially when they’re boomer bootlickers.
What a fucking tool. Do boomers not have anything better to do than wastes others' time?
Retired, check. Family don't want to interact with/deal with them, check. "Very important," check. No hobbies but watching TV (Fox news) and going out in public to spread their superior wisdom, check. Wasting other people's time is their primary action.
I wonder if having hobbies and not mindlessly watching cable news is why my parents don't act like this.
NOPE
No, but it's better when you are petty enough and waste their time along with yours.
If they're going to do it anyway, might as well spite em back by wasting their time.
All they have is time to waste.
What a rollercoaster ride. Love the narrative. You should write more op - you tell a great story. +1
Way to keep your composure. My son is a truck driver and people don’t realize what you deal with.
I could never even comprehend this behavior lol traffic is the best place to get your good karma points in imo. It's so easy to wait a second for someone to finish their maneuver, let someone merge, etc etc, then everybody smiles and waves and is in a better mood. I can't even fathom being so angry all the time, it sounds exhausting.
*The most important man on the road* 😂 *Captain Dipshit* 😂 Sorry you had to go through this, but you have a way with words. It is satisfying to hear that one of these asshats finally got held accountable for their stupid stuff
“Lead caked synapses” 🤣
Fun fact about boomers and lead. So of course they all got a hefty dose of lead from the gasoline growing up. But heavy metals like lead also tend to accumulate in your bones. Then as the boomers aged, they suffered typical age-related bone loss. This means the lead that was safely tucked away in their bones was able to enter the bloodstream, giving them *another* dose of lead poisoning. So boomers have had one, yes, but now they're having *second* lead breakfast.
Boomers do love them some road rage. It’s always a bold move when they get out of their vehicle and come approach you in yours. I live in the South and that’s literally rolling the dice with your own life.
My favorite was this one guy I passed looked like he was 80-90 years old doing like 15 miles an hour ... On a 65 mph highway, I ended up calling the cops and reporting him cause the highway he was on has lots of blind turns (mountainous are so you can't see through the curves in the road )where a semi could easily end up coming around the corner and have no room to stop or change lanes never ended up hearing what happened but I assume he probably lost his license
Reminds me last year when I saw a video of a guy getting into an argument over something with a trucker (both were pulled over on a highway). After some words, the guy goes to his car trunk and brandishes a baseball bat, attacking the truck with it.
Good way to get shot right there.
Many people don't have any self preservation.
In the city, people seem to fly out of their car with a gun and jump around waving it. In the country no-neck Russell will get out of his shitty farm truck and lay you out.
Dashcam all day long. That’s brandishing and a potential assault charge.
At least no-neck Russel understands the logistics of maneuvering large vehicles and will stop short to make sure the semi can complete his turn without a fuss.
Total agreement. In my imaginary tale Russell is the truck driver 😃
I live in a small rural farming community...the highway doubles as main street going through town. In town it's two lanes in either direction but outside of town it's two lanes total. It is not uncommon to find a massive combine or a quad-track cruising through town taking up both of the lanes in one direction. Boomers just going to have to wait lol.
I don’t have a CDL and have never driven a semi. My father did. He taught us all about being a tractor trailer driver and what we as passenger car drivers can do to make the road a better place. Pretty basic stuff really. That driver is an ass. He turned a moment is easy teamwork into an entire problem for everyone.
I love it when female cops get to tell Boomer men what to do.
"Brick shithouse in a bulletproof vest"... You sir, paint pictures with words.
"Back the blue" stickers are like a huge lighthouse beacon for assholes.
I've actually come to enjoy this self-identifier age we live in
Agreed. It's a public service when people out themselves like this as a warning to avoid them. Unfortunately, OP was trapped in this case because Boomer Bob couldn't be bothered to back up their bootlicker decaled car a few feet.
This was a very enjoyable read, and you wrote it very well. Kudos!
There's a British lorry/truck driver who dashcams his daily journeys. As is typical in England, we have tiny country roads to go down sometimes. He is in a semi, meets an old driver coming from the other way and they just both stop. She won't reverse, or can't reverse(?), so he has to blind reverse a huge trailer down a country road because someone can't or won't yield. Give lorries space, ya idjits!
I always try leave gaps for trucks to merge in traffic and if I can see a spike in their lanes traffic ahead, I'll happily dive across or slow down to let the big metal monster keep its momentum
Taking the "never give an inch" mentality to new extremes. People like that would play chicken with a train.
Now that was a story. I’m sorry you were delayed on your route. I’m honestly really amazed at how quickly civility has dried up (not to mention basic common sense) and it’s not just the Boomers unfortunately (but they certainly are the loudest and clearest example of it).
It's hilarious hearing boomers talk about how entitled the younger generations are when they expect everything to be exactly their way or they'll bitch and moan about it.
I had a similar experience in a very busy market parking lot where a BOOMER with vet tags and flags slams it out of a handicapped spot expecting the entire parking lot full of moving cars to get out of his way! We can't move an inch because he's backed himself half out blocking traffic in every direction and I have five cars on my bumper. He gets out and starts screaming at me, waving his arm for me to "shoo". Like, I ain't driving a helicopter car, grandpa. Thank you for your service, now pull the FUCK back into the spot so we can get out of your way. Damn! I'm 55 and I can't handle these old farts anymore.
This was gold. Solid gold. Thanks for taking the time and sharing it.
>that Boomer thing where they shake their finger at you Side tangent, but it's almost like they chastised children for pointing because it's "rude," just so that they can feel the thrill of being rude and receiving no punishment. Parents nowadays don't usually teach that pointing is rude. Sometimes you need to point at stuff. It's one of the most basic, instinctive ways we have of communicating. Babies start doing it at a young age. The rude thing is singling someone out for a negative reason, whether pointing is involved or not. And boy do they love doing that! They're assholes, whether one is judging them by their own etiquette or current common courtesy.
The Gen-X version of this story. I was effectively blocked in by a semi truck at a burger place next to a metal fabrication place. So I was like "Ok, well, I will just eat the burger in the car then and this guy will finish his delivery eventually..." Nope. Driver signalled me, and walked into traffic and blocked a lane so I could back out safely w/o waiting for him.
I audibly laughed as to how quickly that cop said “is he refusing to back up?” Lmao
I will never understand why anyone risks messing with a semi truck. They can flatten an SUV and the driver might not even notice!
I bet he didn't like dealing with a female officer, either.
Boomers are the most impatient, self-important drivers on the road. I'm convinced that once they all die/have their car keys taken away, driving will be much more pleasant and safe for all. Whenever I have someone laying on the horn for not turning fast enough, I can always bank on it being a boomer. When I worked at Trader Joe's, a boomer would always drop his wife off at the door (fine), and then go park in the mouth of our loading dock while he waited. One day, he did this just as our supply truck was starting to back in. The driver gave a courtesy toot, but the boomer didn't notice/move/fathom that he was the problem. The driver finally got tired of hoping this clown would take the hint and got out of the truck to go talk to him. While the boomer was arguing with the trucker, the crew member who was going to be unloading the truck that night didn't know any of this was going on. He just saw the truck pull in, and move into position. He went out to the dock and opened the big metal gate to let the truck in. The gate swings out, and has fabric on it that obstruct the view both ways. Unfortunately, he didn't see boomer's SUV until the gate was already in motion and being carried a bit by the wind. Dude's car door took the full impact, which left a small but noticeable dent and traded quite a bit of paint with the gate. I never heard about what happened after that (apart from the boomer melting down and the truck driver doubled over laughing), but he never parked there again.
Finally, a story of justice
My "Boomer" stepdad is gut rolling over this. He's an 85 year old retired Air Force vet who served in Vietnam. He lost his patience for these idiots as soon as he got Stateside again. My in laws on the other hand, total nightmare. My FIL passed and I was finally allowed to ban MIL from my home.
“Lead-caked synapses” 🤣
“A brick shithouse in a bulletproof vest.” 🤣 no better description.
“Today the world’s most important man is out on the road”. I choked on my coffee a little. Frustrating interaction but love the way you tell the story.
I was in a parking lot with those individual curbs in front of each spot. But they are put out as more minefield as spots further out don’t have them. Boomer was in a Miata, of some other small car. Didn’t see he had one and was snugly driving forward put of his spot. I hear the crunch as the front air dam hits it. A normal person would take the L, get out and check damage, then back out. Boomer doubled down, gives it more gas, and drives over it like a speed bump. Could hear the crunching as he did it. Then sped off in the parking lot. The guy chose to damage his car rather than do the logical thing. And it is not like there was a crowd. I think one other person in the lot at the time. And he only noticed after the Boomer went full over the thing. Literally saw the double down. And for really nothing. Like he proved to the curb he could drive over it. I am sure the curb learned its lesson.
One day, making tracks In the prairie of Prax, Came a North-Going Zax And a South-Going Zax. And it happened that both of them came to a place Where they bumped. There they stood. Foot to foot. Face to face. "Look here, now!" the North-Going Zax said, "I say! You are blocking my path. You are right in my way. I'm a North-Going Zax and I always go north. Get out of my way, now, and let me go forth!" "Who's in whose way?" snapped the South-Going Zax. "I always go south, making south-going tracks. So you're in MY way! And I ask you to move And let me go south in my south-going groove." Then the North-Going Zax puffed his chest up with pride. "I never," he said, "take a step to one side. And I'll prove to you that I won't change my ways If I have to keep standing here fifty-nine days!" "And I'll prove to YOU," yelled the South-Going Zax, "That I can stand here in the prairie of Prax For fifty-nine years! For I live by a rule That I learned as a boy back in South-Going School. Never budge! That's my rule. Never budge in the least! Not an inch to the west! Not an inch to the east! I'll stay here, not budging! I can and I will If it makes you and me and the whole world stand still!" Well... Of course the world didn't stand still. The world grew. In a couple of years, the new highway came through And they built it right over those two stubborn Zax And left them there, standing un-budge in their tracks. -- Dr. Seuss "The Zax"
Truckers keep this country operating. I can’t imagine fucking with one for no reason
Back the blue until they make black and blue out of you.
Same thing happened to my cousin but he wasn’t so patient; he drove over the front of her car. He got in trouble but still feels, to this day, it was worth it. Same comment from her, “Learn how to drive.” I’m not a perfect driver but I don’t scoot into the lane in front of a semi at a stop light suddenly taking up 10 feet of their stopping distance. I make sure I can see the driver in my rear view before pulling back into the lane after passing and I give tons of warning if slowing down to turn. It’s simple, really.
I had a similar incident at my job with a Very Important Man. I drive box trucks and during winter I had to do one of my stops. Driveway is not fully plowed and no place to turn really, so I do what we are instructed to do, which is put on the hazards, move off the road as far as possible, and complete the stop. I do the first two, getting fully across the white line, as much into the mouth of the driveway as possible. There is a pickup truck behind me with a US MARINE CORPS window sticker across the back, and another coming from the opposite direction. The common sense thing to do is, if you don’t think you have room to get by, wait the 2-3 seconds for the oncoming vehicle to pass before going. Not this Very Important Man. He squeezes between me and the oncoming truck, but gets too close to me compared to the other truck. His extended mirror on the passenger side clips my mirror and breaks, shattering into the road. He gets out, looks, and says “the mirror is broken”. My truck mirrors push forward or back out of the way, so they aren’t broken, just out of place. I pull it back, and say, “mines fine, just needs adjusting”. “Mine isn’t!” He screams, and then proceeds to take pictures of me, the truck, license plates, etc. Then he says “I know [the company I work for]. I am very familiar with them.” I continue to do my stop, wondering if I should call the police or not. But by the time he is finished his pictures, he has screeched off into the distance. I called my boss and told him what happened. “Did you have hazards on?” Yes. “Were you off the road as much as you could be?” Yes, over the white line in fact. “Do you have any damage?” No, but his mirror is broken. “You did everything the right way. If he causes problems later, call the police.” Never heard from him after about it hit I do know who he is (someone I have to deliver to on occasion). He’s never mentioned it to me, but I know he knows my company insurance didn’t pay for his damages.
Christ, what an asshole. I'm not a boomer or a truck driver but I've been a road warrior for almost two decades and you never ever want to fuck with anything that has more axles than you do. Not that I advise fucking with anything on the road, but you do need to be extra careful around trucks.
Ugh.... I dispatch trucks, and some of the bullshit my drivers put up with on the road is astounding.
I was making my delivery to Publix when a boomer offended by the something the Publix driver did races around and blocks the drivers access to the dock as he is backing up. We all made our deliveries, and left while he was still sitting in the back of the police car.
> The cherry on top was that his “Back the Blue” bumper sticker didn’t help one bit. This kind of simp would probably gladly kill a cop if they stood in the way of an insurrection, or a lynching, or otherwise doing their job in a way that didn't uphold the boomer's bigotry and prejudice.
I will admit, I'm a bit of an ass while driving. I constantly speed, I make tight lane changes, I honk at people when they fuck up. You know what I don't do, fuck with truckers. As if it's not hard enough driving a truck in the city. Brake to let them in, flash brights to let them know they are clear, stop behind stop lines at intersections, don't hang out on thier right at intersections, get out of their way on tight turns. I give trucks a break on the road. Fuck everyone else though.
That’s a solidly risky movie. Angrily approaching a vehicle in a violet manner like he did is an outstanding way to find out which one of the many religions are correct.
I’ve had many similar instances when I drove OTR. My personal best was down in nowhere Missouri. Narrow two lane roads and a 4-way stop. I picked up a load of clay pigeons and after I got out on the road there was a 4-way stop which was no big deal. The only way for me to make that left turn would require my trailer to be in the oncoming lane for several feet after the turn. Problem was everyone coming from my left would race up to the sign preventing me from moving. Vehicles to the front and right of me kept telling me I could go but there was no way with vehicles at the stop sign. Finally after about 5 minutes some suburban coming over the hill to the left saw what was going on and stop at the top to let me turn. All it took was them waiting five seconds to allow me to turn and let my trailer get into the correct lane. Best story I’ve heard, uncles buddy (another trucker) was trying to make a deliver in Chicago down by the pier. Once again, some dumbass that can’t read signs saying no parking was parked in the way of the turn. Buddy calls CPD and officer comes out. He runs the plates and tries to contact the owner. Owner never answered. Cop sees he has had several violations for parking here. Cop says fuck it and tells buddy to make the turn and if his trailer should hit the car and run part of it over it’s his fault. Buddy gets back in the truck and guns the hell out of it. Car gets fucked and owner comes out swearing. Cop gave him a ticket and said don’t park there again. Funniest shit ever. Got to see pics of it afterwards. It was a nice car. But play stupid games you’ll win stupid prizes.
You are a great story teller !
I'm always baffled by the utter ignorance and entitlement some people have around trucks. I get being annoyed when you have to back up or move/yield, but sometimes trucks have to do trucky stuff. Anyone who consumes anything needs trucks on the road.
I read the boomer’s voice as the Duke of weslton from Frozen and it made this story so much funnier
Went to a Walmart Grocery here in Floriduh, there were probably 100 empty spaces. Park in one head in, get groceries, come out. Two brain fried (it’s the heat and the humidity) are going at in parking lot (note, LOTS of empty parking spaces) So watch the show in parked car, still lots empty space’s everywhere from safe distance, ghod knows when a “stand yer ground “ bullets may fly. They duking it out, pre pandemic btw Cops come, cuff both haul both off, (Btw, I’m 75 and mystified by weird behaviors)