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41 Observations People Made About Boomers In 2021 That Are Brutal But Hilariously True

The electric knife thing is textbook.

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back!

Today we will be doing a yearly recap of tweets about boomers that are equal parts brutal, funny, and true.

Like, this is no offense to boomers, but I just need you guys to stay out of the self-checkout line!

Anyway, enjoy.

1.

Boomers love to take full grocery carts through the self checkout and pay with cash

Twitter: @jclim462

2.

Boomers love using their index finger instead of their thumbs on their smartphones.

Twitter: @themeanmackean

3.

boomers LOVE double clicking on things on the computer that only need one click. this shit kills me inside.

Twitter: @MattyMays

4.

boomers love to lick their fingers to grip paper better 🤢

Twitter: @marbershopper
A 47 year old woman isolated on white showing what not to do during a coronavirus outbreak, licking your finger to turn a page.

5.

Boomers love commenting “who” on any article about a recently famous celebrity

Twitter: @jillllthoughts

6.

boomers love walking into cafés that aren't your basic starbucks and looking around like they don't know what the hell they just walked into

Twitter: @russkiybenis

7.

Boomers love to say “you’re going to jail buddy”

Twitter: @karrigaangracee

8.

Boomers love their electric knives on Thanksgiving

Twitter: @JoAnna_Gorcesky
a woman slices a turkey with the caption i literally only use this thing once a year

9.

Boomers love leaving notes on vending machines.

Twitter: @majinboudin

10.

Baby Boomers love having an Instagram account with 0 posts and 16 followers

Twitter: @UncleCoolGuy

11.

Boomers love home phones but hate when they ring

Twitter: @YoMyNamesJakeG

12.

Boomers love paying in cash and being proud of it

Twitter: @Birdtown
Senior woman holding gigantic dollar bill

13.

Boomers love to shuck corn right there in the grocery store before deciding if they'll buy it

Twitter: @byabetes

14.

Boomers love to stand in front of the chicken at grocery stores and finger all the packaging only to walk away without getting anything

Twitter: @boof_cart

15.

Boomers love putting a phone call on speaker and then holding it directly to their ear anyway

Twitter: @JordoKT

16.

boomers love being proud of random shit like eating paint chips and being traumatized

Twitter: @lilmo_rgan

17.

why do boomers love columbus day so much

Twitter: @leo_keo_

18.

Boomers love using the same profile picture for 7 years and just changing the vignette to suit each holiday season.

Twitter: @brad_gooodall

19.

Boomers love songs where they list things that happened in the 60s

Twitter: @bill_of_lefts

20.

Twitter: @SDTokadam
Senior man and son enjoying while using mobile phone sitting on park bench with the text lol siri ur so crazy over the top of it

21.

Boomers love to solve math problems on Facebook

Twitter: @davenuggets

22.

Boomers love bragging about how many cups of coffee they drink in a day but if you’re under 30 and yawn once they’re all “yOu’Re ToO yOuNg to be TIRED”

Twitter: @catpattt

23.

Boomers love to remind you to close the door because the air is on

Twitter: @shane_c_95

24.

Twitter: @HanRuthless
a jc penney store with the words "let me just pop into penney's real quick"

25.

Boomers love filling the whole kettle and waiting 30 minutes for it to boil

Twitter: @HBEZ101

26.

boomers LOVE a good "getting your steps in" joke

Twitter: @Natzrob

27.

boomers love to say "in all my years"

Twitter: @solitaryflight_

28.

Boomers love asking “how was the traffic?” after you’ve arrived perfectly on time. Obviously it was fuckin fine

Twitter: @ryan_a_meadows

29.

Boomers love texting “please call me”

Twitter: @numberonehand
an older woman typing please call me

30.

Boomers love to comment, “WHO CARES” on news articles.

Twitter: @richardskitch

31.

boomers love calling it “panera’s”

Twitter: @z0seph_

32.

Twitter: @stephx23

33.

Boomers love to leave for the airport 6 hours before their flight boards

Twitter: @69SoberSally
Two women talking with their suitcases, with one woman saying "I've been here for 72 hours"

34.

Boomers love saying “it’s like something out of a Saturday Night Live skit!!!🤣” to describe something as funny

Twitter: @niloumahboob

35.

Baby boomers love sharing memes about being dangerous and moody before they had their coffee.

Twitter: @Lord_BullGod

36.

Twitter: @WHATheHECKer

37.

Boomers love backing into parking spots.

Twitter: @GriffinHatten
An older woman and her car with the text "let me just back this up real quick"

38.

Boomers LOVE calling people "young man/lady" sir I'm damn near 40 but thanks for the compliment. 😭🤣

Twitter: @spidaman4999

39.

Boomers love to tell you that that first step is a doozy

Twitter: @codypeppersaia

40.

Why do boomers love decorative pillows with corny phrases on them

Twitter: @jnagol

41.

Boomers love writing reviews for places like "This place is amazing! I have no complaints!" and then give it 3/5 stars.

Twitter: @CalebMuguru
Older people on their phone in a cafe saying "Amazing!! 3/5"

The year is almost over, and we're looking back on 2021. Check out more from the year here!