25 Things Boomers Love To Complain About That Infuriate Younger Generations Too

We often think that age is what makes a person cranky and prone to complaining. Change is not easy to adapt to as older adults find particular new-fangled ideas, innovations and socially acceptable rules a little too intolerable. However, according to Gen Zers, there are quite a few things about our modern world that even they find just as annoying as boomers do.

These ‘boomer complaints’ seem to have a growing fandom amongst younger generations who find they too can relate to the apathy felt by the older generations for certain things like QR codes, saving to the cloud and self-driving cars, which they confess can be somewhat out of their comfort zone too.

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#1

People are too sensitive nowadays.

Hear me out. Yes, it’s great that we’re becoming less tolerant of prejudice, but there are a******s everywhere. You need to be able to build up some resilience for your own sake.

#2

I hate tech in cars. With a passion. I want a hand break. I want levers and dials and buttons with physical feedback.

#3

Why does it take me 30minutes and pressing 20 buttons to get a real human on the phone.

#4

I think they should ban TikTok.

#5

Kids need to be taught that their actions have consequences, specially when it comes to “Prank” videos where people are just annoying in public. Other people are not NPCs, you are not the main character, and if you knock s**t out of my hands for a “prank” I will slap tf out of you, I don’t care how privileged you think you are. It’s so dystopian that the age of these creators keep getting younger and younger and we seriously need to address this problem more bc 10 year olds making “prank” videos are going to get themselves or someone else hurt.

#6

Why the hell is background music in restaurants and stores so god damn loud. Looking at you chipotle.

#7

Elementary and Middle schooler do not need “graduation” ceremonies. Finishing those levels are the bare minimum of not being neglected.

#8

Are you an app based company? NO? Then don’t force me to download an app to use your service.

I know you’re just selling my info. Trying to profit off me twice. I will always give you 1 star for this. It’s cheap and scammy.

#9

People who modify the exhaust on their car just to make it louder. I can tell the difference between a big engine and your wet fart machine.

#10

Self-driving cars are such a terrifying concept.

#11

I hate QR code menus, I want physical menus like we’ve had for centuries.

#12

I don’t want to put my data on the cloud i don’t really know where it goes and I dont trust it.

#13

Planned Obsolescence. FuQ whoever invented that concept. In the bootyhole. With a cactus.

My uncle has a 1949 Chevrolet deluxe. It still runs.

I’ve got a GM double bay electric range I inherited from my dad. It’s from the late 1950s… it Still works… everything on it, still works. It has saved me buying a new one for YEARS.

There was a time when stuff got made locally by people who took real pride in craftsmanship.

Now? it’s all made with the assumption it’ll be I’m a landfill 2 months after the warranty. We are more technologically advanced then ever but we make worse c**p than the boomers parents did. WTF?

#14

Nobody seems to respect each other. Seriously, it’s all “me me me me me” and they think they are entitled to respect without actually giving it to others.

#15

“Smart” appliances of any kind. More expensive because they’re trying to peddle it as something top of the line and new and awesome, then infinitely more expensive once your brand new item breaks after 3 weeks of owning it and you have no choice but to shell out money on top of money to make the damn thing work again, and there’s only like 1 guy in the whole state that works on the repairs for the f*n thing so the company can charge you 1 million dollars an hour. Add on the typical planned obsolescence and ruining our earth and resources for it all and you’ve got one angry bh (me).

#16

Why do people say “literally” when they mean figuratively?

#17

My husband made fun of me the other day because I went off on a “they don’t make things like they used to” rant. But it’s true!

#18

Cities need to STOP BUILDING THOSE UGLY A*S EXPENSIVE CONDOS/APARTMENTS.

I keep seeing wild grass fields and mass amounts of woodland being torn down for these abominable structures and it makes me so mad every time another micro habitat is destroyed for profit.

#19

Idk that this is really a boomer take but there’s no more honor or respect in our society anymore. I try to be as nice and positive as I can to people around me and I want to help people and make peoples lives better but it just doesn’t feel like you can do that anymore. It’s like if I’m driving and see someone stuck on the side of the road I want to help them but it’s like there’s a 50/50 chance I either get robbed or they freak out thinking I’m going to hurt them or something since it’s almost unheard of that people just help eachother. It feels like nobody knows their neighbors anymore and community is dead. People only care about themselves these days and it makes the collective attitude incredibly sour. There’s so many negative people in this world that it makes it hard to stay positive when every time you are you just get shut down or it’s not reciprocated. People have become so self centered and entitled these days.

#20

How everyone you meet asks for your social media profile. I don’t have any. You wanna talk to me, here’s my number.

#21

I’m sorry but that broccoli haircut is just awful.

#22

Sometimes it’s you. Get over yourself.

All over social media I’ll see people ranting about having social anxiety/depression/having a mental illness and not getting invited places. And while I want to have sympathy, a lot of the time I’m like “damn, I can see why.”

Some people are just such a pill.

Talk to whoever, and heal whatever you need to heal, but don’t be expecting a party invite if all you do is sit in a corner or talk about a dead pet.

#23

I hate that you need an app for everything. Don’t get me wrong, I love apps. I couldn’t get through my day without Spotify, YouTube, my banking apps, etc. but when f***s like McDonald’s want me to get an app just so I can get menu items at their normal prices, they can fk right off.

#24

Why is everyone always on their f*****g phones? When I see friend groups all sitting around on their phones instead of talking to each other it’s depressing.

Having phones banned at schools is actually not a bad idea. Kids are glued to their screens all day then complain they have bad social skills or no friends which is just… come on now. And I’m no extrovert myself but at least make an effort.

#25

Why are teens so dang loud in public spaces.

Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.