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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jesus, it's like anyone older than a gen Z is a boomer now

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The term boomer shooter has been around for a couple decades to designate shooters from the '90s like Doom, it's not a "now" thing. The genre has stayed popular and a shooter doesn't need to be from the '90s to be a boomer shooter, either.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

As a Gen X who Doom'd after hours on the work LAN I ran, i am constantly offeded at being called a Boomer :)

I dont know a Boomer who plays more then Solitaire.

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am showing my age here, but it seems that boomer in context of slang means old person if you are in your 20s or earlier.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's been "anyone older than me that I don't like" for a lot of the perpetually online, for a while now.