Balancing Act: We officially sucked all the fun out of 'OK, Boomer.' This is why we can't have nice things
by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Nov 06, 2019
3 minutes
That didn't take long.
"OK, Boomer" went from a fun, harmless-even-though-it-stings-a-bit phrase to an overthought, hyper analyzed, "declaration of intergenerational war" (Maureen Dowd's words, not mine) in a week flat.
The saying started out as a clever, if biting, retort delivered by Generation Z in response to the lame directives/opinions/hand wringings of pretty much anyone over 30.
Then the New York Times wrote about it. And NBC News covered it. And Deseret News got defensive about it. ("Generation Z is embracing
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