Anyone else think Stonewall’s infantile “U ok, hun?” response to the deadly serious concerns raised in the press over the last few days/weeks/years, was on a par with “Ok, boomer” or “F U, Terrrfs!”…
I still object to putting “OK, Boomer” in the same category as the other two, because there is, in fact, a very real phenomenon of Baby Boomers in particular failing to comprehend how the world has changed since they were just coming out of school, in easily demonstrable economic terms. Yes, it probably gets overused, but in many instances it’s a perfectly valid way of pointing out that generational disconnect.
That said, of course, Stonewall’s Tweet is utterly inappropriate, unprofessional and childish, and also fails to even use the snide comment correctly. “U okay, hun?” should be used with a dig about how overly emotional the target is being, suggesting that they need to have a nice lie-down. Instead, they switch to complaining about how someone is daring to talk about them, which really just encourages the response of, “Well, as soon as you’re as irrelevant to public policy as you deserve to be, I’ll be happy to forget about you, too.”
“U okay, hun?” – the sad result of a company or organisation having a social media manager – a salaried position! – whose idea of outreach is to hop aboard whatever phrase or trend is surging in memes lately.
I think “OK Boomer” belongs in the list. There is almost always a generational disconnect, and singling out this one generation, as opposed to the generations before or after them, implies that they, and only they, have the worst disconnect, the only one worth mentioning. I don’t buy it. “It gets overused”? Yes, and that’s the problem. The list shown is an off-the-cuff rendering of several stock phrases people use as insults, and “OK Boomer” very much fits. That some people might find the phrase actually appropriate in some cases doesn’t change this.
As a Boomer, I agree that it belongs there, too. It’s just another flippant way to be insutling and dismissive, whether it’s applicable or not, and it’s ageist TBF.
Stonewall is paying the piper for centering T over LGB, and they’re rattled. I listed to Jo Phoenix on Savage Minds podcast yesterday talk about how Stonewall’s mission creep from providing advice on request for LGB issues, to trying to force a flavor of Diversity and Inclusion that basically throws Lesbians and Gays under the T bus, advising the law not as it is but as they wish it to be.
I still object to putting “OK, Boomer” in the same category as the other two, because there is, in fact, a very real phenomenon of Baby Boomers in particular failing to comprehend how the world has changed since they were just coming out of school, in easily demonstrable economic terms. Yes, it probably gets overused, but in many instances it’s a perfectly valid way of pointing out that generational disconnect.
That said, of course, Stonewall’s Tweet is utterly inappropriate, unprofessional and childish, and also fails to even use the snide comment correctly. “U okay, hun?” should be used with a dig about how overly emotional the target is being, suggesting that they need to have a nice lie-down. Instead, they switch to complaining about how someone is daring to talk about them, which really just encourages the response of, “Well, as soon as you’re as irrelevant to public policy as you deserve to be, I’ll be happy to forget about you, too.”
“U okay, hun?” – the sad result of a company or organisation having a social media manager – a salaried position! – whose idea of outreach is to hop aboard whatever phrase or trend is surging in memes lately.
I think “OK Boomer” belongs in the list. There is almost always a generational disconnect, and singling out this one generation, as opposed to the generations before or after them, implies that they, and only they, have the worst disconnect, the only one worth mentioning. I don’t buy it. “It gets overused”? Yes, and that’s the problem. The list shown is an off-the-cuff rendering of several stock phrases people use as insults, and “OK Boomer” very much fits. That some people might find the phrase actually appropriate in some cases doesn’t change this.
As a Boomer, I agree that it belongs there, too. It’s just another flippant way to be insutling and dismissive, whether it’s applicable or not, and it’s ageist TBF.
Stonewall is paying the piper for centering T over LGB, and they’re rattled. I listed to Jo Phoenix on Savage Minds podcast yesterday talk about how Stonewall’s mission creep from providing advice on request for LGB issues, to trying to force a flavor of Diversity and Inclusion that basically throws Lesbians and Gays under the T bus, advising the law not as it is but as they wish it to be.