There was more than one person. This was the Boomer issue during the Vietnam War embodied in a couple lines in the song "Eve of Destruction", as follows:
"You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?"
Here's a blog I did about generations--specifically, my own, Gen-X, and how remarkably little we have contributed to history. Don't expect that to change. The Boomers insisted we were unfit for ownership of the world, and the Millennials and Gen-Z want to seize it as quickly as possible. They're welcome to it. We X'ers will be X'ed from history, and we probably deserve to be. A bit cynical, but hey, that's us. #histodons#GenX#okBoomer#millennials https://www.gardenofmemory.net/xed-from-history-why-my-generation-will-largely-be-forgotten/
Ce soir, AG de copro.
Retrouvailles avec les quelques indécrotables boomers qui constituent certains lots de la résidence.
Je propose un florilège en live pour passer le temps #OKBoomer#OKVroomer ⤵️
I recently tried to join Mastodon, and like Twitter before it, I don’t understand the premise. You follow individuals instead of topics, and if you try to follow hashtags they change on a whim all the time so you’re unlikely to get relevant posts....
Hashtags serve several different functions on Twitter. I’m not sure how similar Mastadon is in this respect, but here’s some of the purposes:
Areas of interest
So if you support a particular sports team, or like a particular TV show, or whatever, you can search for (and use) hashtags around that topic to find discussion and to make your thoughts more likely to be seen by those interested. These hashtags are likely to remain relevant over a long period of time, since their subject is a permanent, ongoing thing.
Trending news/issues
When something notable is happening in the world, hashtags are a good way of related information. This could be a sports event, or a breaking news story or whatever. These hashtags are usually going to be relevant only for a limited period of time, but they’re useful for in-the-moment info/discussion.
Jokes/Messages/Emphasis
This is like an ultracompressed and more focused version of the above. So if someone posts something they think, and uses a hashtag (which changes the text colour and thus draws the eye), it can be simply to highlight that message, a bit like using bold or italics. This is only likely to be relevant to the individuals involved in the conversation, although followers may get something from it too. They’re usually intended for one-off use, not for long or even medium term grouping of ideals or information - although their use can also be part of a wider trend.
See, for example, instances of people adding #OKBoomer onto a tweet - it’s adding tone of voice and attitude to the main tweet, but it also ties into a wider trend of similar messages relating to intergenerational conflict or disagreement. It can also be used in an ironic way, referring to the more earnest usage of the tag, in order to make a humorous, or self-deprecating point.
Overall hashtags can be very versatile and useful. And even fun.
Don’t worry y’all. That recent anti-trans rant by #CarlosSantana and that #OkayBoomer way of thinking is going to die off soon… sent to the history books like disco and plaid suits.
@aBirdieOnaWire The kids are all right. My counselor reminds me of this every time I bring up my kids and worry. I'm a Xennial and I totally get why they say #OKBoomer .
„Die #Digitalkompetenz in der Union ist auch daran erkennbar, dass MdBs nicht mal dann einen Satireaccount erkennen, wenn im Accountnamen "Parodie" steht...🙈“
Just watched the most #okboomer episode of Murphy Brown. Had to turn it off, it was so bad. Truly, truly grateful for how far society has come wrt women in the workplace, in the ~30yrs since the episode aired. Like, I remember watching the original, in my dorm's TV lounge in college.
I don't understand the whole Twitter/Mastodon social media format
I recently tried to join Mastodon, and like Twitter before it, I don’t understand the premise. You follow individuals instead of topics, and if you try to follow hashtags they change on a whim all the time so you’re unlikely to get relevant posts....