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“Boomer” Dad Shares His Perspective On Today’s Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

Talking politics over the breakfast or dinner table may not be the best idea when you’re at your parents’ house. But many of us did, and burnt and promised ourselves this would not happen again until the next time we ate together. Christmas holidays are notorious for this kind of thing, and I’ll just leave it there to not put salt on the wound.

But recently, the Redditor The_regal_retard posted a pretty surprising opinion her 72-year-old dad, who’s a retired school teacher, shared with her one morning. Captioned with the headline “My boomer dad shared his unsolicited view on labor issues in the US at breakfast this morning,” her post went viral, immediately amassing 21.2k upvotes.

And taking the generational differences into account, you would have never expected the “baby boomer” to share similar views with millennials. This story may well show how much prejudice we have when judging others’ views before even giving them a chance to be listened to. Read on for the full post below, which will give us all some illuminating thoughts to reflect upon.

Recently, a daughter shared her 72-year-old dad’s views on labor problems in the US and it left everyone surprised

Image credits: Nenad Stojkovic (not the actual photo)

"Boomer" Dad Shares His Perspective On Today's Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

She then added a couple of updates to give everyone more background information about her post

"Boomer" Dad Shares His Perspective On Today's Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

Many people shared how pleasantly surprised they were to see this was a boomer’s opinion

"Boomer" Dad Shares His Perspective On Today's Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

And this is what others commented

"Boomer" Dad Shares His Perspective On Today's Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago

Now it all makes sense why I didn't do well in school and feel so frustrated and stressed. I need to think creatively and question things, and I love problem solving and using my brain. I was actually told "You're not paid to think." at my job that does involve thinking. This could also be why so many kids are increasingly diagnosed with mild learning disorders and delays. If you have to call it a "delay" then maybe it's not the kid that has the problem.

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago (edited)

I'm living in Germany, working as a chef for a hotel-chain. Full time, what means 39 hours/week. Yearly, my monthly brutto wage raises automatically with 5%. Every November we get a plus month salary as Christmas-bonus. Every year in June and December we get a share-bonus, 10-10% of our yearly wages. If one have to work on official holidays, it's a double pay for that day and a plus day off, for Sundays-working is a +20% in money. Yeah, everything is relative, so let's see what can I afford with my salary? I'm living in the South part of the country, in a 200.000 pop Uni-town. 40% of salary is going to living costs: 1-room apartment rent, bills. From 30% of my salary I can afford to buy things without to have rigorously check the prices...but anyway, I'm checking ;). 30% I can spare. I have yearly 30 days holidays-time, what means 1,5 month holidays. I don't have to panic, if I need healthcare treatment, because my (and others) taxes will cover the costs. Just saying....

12points

wowbagger 2 years ago

It's great that younger generations are taking up the leftist cause, but it's pretty annoying when they express "surprise" at older folks having some of the same ideas. It's not like milennials or Gen Z invented this stuff. Critiques of capitalism have been around since the birth of capitalism, and critiques of power structures have been around forever. Let's have a little humility here.

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Some of them. Others are joining and running fascist parties. It sure as hell isn't Gen X and baby boomers you see at those proud boy marches

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago (edited)

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wowbagger 2 years ago

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Some of them. Others are joining and running fascist parties. It sure as hell isn't Gen X and baby boomers you see at those proud boy marches

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“Boomer” Dad Shares His Perspective On Today’s Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

Recently, a daughter shared her 72-year-old dad’s views on labor problems in the US and it left everyone surprised

She then added a couple of updates to give everyone more background information about her post

Many people shared how pleasantly surprised they were to see this was a boomer’s opinion

And this is what others commented

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Liucija Adomaite

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Austėja Akavickaitė

Austėja Akavickaitė

“Boomer” Dad Shares His Perspective On Today’s Labor Issues In The US, A Lot Of People Agree

Share iconRecently, a daughter shared her 72-year-old dad’s views on labor problems in the US and it left everyone surprised

She then added a couple of updates to give everyone more background information about her post

Many people shared how pleasantly surprised they were to see this was a boomer’s opinion

Share iconAnd this is what others commented

Games

Liucija Adomaite

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Austėja Akavickaitė

Austėja Akavickaitė

Recently, a daughter shared her 72-year-old dad’s views on labor problems in the US and it left everyone surprised

And this is what others commented