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Baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and millennials (born between the early 1980s and early 2000s) are not on good terms with each other. To oversimply, baby boomers think that millennials are entitled brats who don't take responsibility for pretty much anything while millennials believe that baby boomers are hopelessly outdated in the modern world. The two groups are constantly taking stabs at one another, and Twitter user Anna (@manhattanna) has recently found a perfect example of this ongoing war. Turns out, there's a Facebook group where millennials are pretending to be baby boomers, making fun of the ways they use social media. Anna tweeted screenshots of the group's activity, and the pics have already accumulated over 171K likes, with many commenters saying that the impersonations are so accurate, they're hilarious.

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Mesmer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ageism sucks no matter which direction it goes. I don't engage in it for Boomers OR Millennials. ~ Gen X'er

Sean Harrison
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is someone's wife dying funny? If anything this just proves what a******s Millenials are.

Lemon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For those who don’t understand, the joke here is that boomers tend not to understand how to use the Internet well, and confuse the laughing face for a crying one. Often times elderly people use the wrong banner for something that is actually serious.

Eric Spence
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The balloon and cake backgrounds imply a celebration while the "laughing until you are crying" emojis imply humor. What's not to get? I am not a millennial (Generation Xer) and understand this one.

Tambot
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a GenX too, but I don't get the joke either, and like someone else said, too much punctuation.

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Cindy Collins
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think this is funny at all.... sounds like something a millennial would do...a******s

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Amoureuse
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get most of the things. However, the amount of commas and dots baffles me. Online and offline. Isn't one comma just not good enough?

Pierre Marquez
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're making fun of boomers who typically make those kinds of grammatical errors.

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JENNIFER CLIFTON
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if boomer were born between '46 to' 64 and Millenials '80s to 2000s, where are the Gen Xers? I beg to differ on these dates...

Jeannie Brown
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not gonna lie, aim in that group and it’s awesome! We’re just having a good time and I’m almost a boomer myself.

Maria Urduja Osit- Li
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am an earthling born in a generation called Generation X... I just died laughing 😂 when I read this! 😂

Pete Andrews
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the Boomer celebrating their entitled millennial brats are now someone else's problem.

Id row
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like how Gen-X was left out of it. For the record, we also know that most millennials are entitled snowflakes who take no responsibility for their choices. All their problems are always someone else's fault.

Belinda Crum
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was wondering why Gen-X was not mentioned. I know why, because us Gen-Xers are awesome.

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there's a big difference between boomers and millennials...they think we care what they think... we know they aren't important enough to care about.

Sarah Britt
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just gonna tell myself that this is just some idiot trolling cuz there's just no way a person can be this ignorant.

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Anna herself was born in 1998, a kind of a generation gap."I can relate to [both] millennial characteristics and generation Z," she told Bored Panda. "[Millennials] are the future, they’re stressed out, and have a unique sense of humor."

Sure enough, the millennial generation have plenty of stuff to worry about. Compared to previous generations, for example, 22 to 37-year-old millennials are delaying or foregoing marriage and have been somewhat slower in forming their own households, especially compared to the baby boomer generation. They are also more likely to be living at home with their parents and for longer stretches.

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Katie Knox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Elissa, this is mom not Bob. What did you post this here? Are you going to Aunt Cindy’s for Gina’s birthday party? I will bring the macaroni salad. Love, Mom

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Most baby boomers, on the other hand, married relatively young (before the age of 25), but only two-thirds of these remain married today. In the case of many baby boomers in the workforce, they believe that time and experience are the key components that earn someone authority so that the longer a person serves an organization, the better ranking they deserve. Interestingly, they are also more likely to hold leadership positions in high paying fields such as medical or engineering. You could say that baby boomers pay credit where credit is due. For example, boomers contribute to the majority of positive feedback online as well.

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Kaisu
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is exactly how my baby boomer relatives behave on Facebook

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"The baby boomers that end up being characterized in the group are all the stereotype of the typical baby boomer who's clueless as to how to use the internet, blames millennials for the downfall of the earth, and usually some kind of racist/sexist/homophobic," Anna explained.

She found the group through someone else’s tweet and is really glad that it has gained popularity. "I've gotten so many messages from people saying they were having a rough day/struggling lately, and that the posts on this millennials vs baby boomers group make them laugh and gave them a distraction," Anna added.

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Alia G.
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I swear, I saw almost this exact interaction unfold between my gramma and my great aunt a while ago

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Eagle Girl
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The minute baby boomers found memes was when they went home to be with the Lord

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Sue Ogden
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean, am I a Twinkie or a Poptart? Neither one is terribly flattering.

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Bredan TheGreat
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I'll have son download that for me later" I laughed way to hard at that

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