“Ok boomer” has become Generation Z’s endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just don’t get it, a rallying cry for millions of fed up kids. Teenagers use it to reply to cringey YouTube videos, Donald Trump tweets, and basically any person over 30 who says something condescending about young people — and the issues that matter to them.
The latest meme online is “OK Boomer” which is a way that Gen Z and Millennials can quickly and easily dismiss any comment they disagree with by older Boomers (interestingly, Gen Xers either end up getting linked with the group being targeted – Gen Z & Millennials often call us “Boomers” and Boomers often call us “Millennials”. Or we get ignored completely which we’re used to!) 😉
Anyhow, that led into discussion about whether this meme was ageist or offensive with one commentator pointing out that it was no different than saying “the n-word” (and then people responding that if you’re comparing two words and you won’t even write out one of the words, that’s probably a much worse word and not comparable at all!)
*That*, in turn, led to a spin-off meme where it was suggested that non-black people could just rewrite rap songs to replace the n-word with “boomer”, often to hilarious results.
I thought it’d be fun to give it a shot myself using a classic Public Enemy song (uhm, times have changed so you probably want to listen to this one with headphones on, not with it blaring on a driveway while playing basketball like I did in 1991!) 😉
Yo! ho! ok boomer! ok boomer! ok boomer!
Cursin’ up a storm with your finger on a trigger
Feelin’ all the girls like a big gold digger
Take a small problem
Make a small problem bigger
Say yo! I ain’t poor I got dough
You don’t consider me your brother no more
Goddamn kilogram, how do you figure
I don’t wanna be called yo boomer
Yo boomer!
Judge says to me “ok boomer sign these goddamn papers”
My boss told me “ok boomer you’re fired”
‘Cause my body told me “ok boomer you’re tired”
Ok boomer this, and ok boomer that
I’m your boomer now ’cause your head got fat
Flava framalama boy you won’t figure
I don’t wanna be called yo boomer
Yo boomer!
B-O-O-M-E-R
Boomer!
Everybody sayin’ it
Everybody playin’ it
Load it on a scale
‘Cause everybody’s weighin’ it
Martha say “yo I be good boomer”
“Boomer get a shovel boomer be good digger”
I don’t care how small or bigger
I don’t wanna be called ok boomer
Yo boomer.
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