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I think Tyler misreads this. While he’s right that Boomers are viewed as a force of nature, ‘Ok Boomer’ signals agency to fellow Ms/Zs rather than impotence. I hear it as, “we can just go around these people or run out the clock on them. They no longer matter.
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In general, when one side in a conflict is more time-rich, this will always happen. The adversary turns into a lame duck due to mortality, no matter how much nominal power they have. The NPV of their power declines to “mostly harmless”. It will happen to X’s, Ms, Zs in turn.
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I’m reminded of the Seinfeld episode with the Mandelbaum family. That episode starts with Jerry giving them the benefit of doubt on relevance, but ends with what’s effectively an “ok mandelbaums” punchline. By the end it’s no longer even worth humoring their self-importance
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Much of the reactionary political wave in the west is a growing sense of unease over China saying “Ok America/West” In both cases the confidence behind the posture is somewhat insecure, but it can only grow, while the deprecated adversary can only weaken.
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It also strikes me as a kind of new ceasefire agreement: Ms know debating the boomer won't lead to improvement since boomer tactics are to misunderstand and then talk over them. So in the interest of time, and to reduce boomer airtime "ok, boomer"
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Yes, this. Boomers alternate talking at MXZ saying either: “you’re not engaged enough” or now “how dare you claim to be engaged, we defined what that means” I’m a boomer and *I’m* sick of it too