r/BoomersBeingFools • u/ThisQuietLife • 1d ago
Boomer Story They are afraid
Hitting Costco today has a totally new feeling. The Boomers all seem to have a thousand yard stare as they try to figure out what they should stock up on to brace for tariffs. Their reference point is so outdated that they don’t realize it’s literally everything in the warehouse. It’s all connected to imports, either in finished goods or in components and ingredients. They bought the ticket. Now they gotta take the fucking ride.
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u/Potential-Amoeba1902 1d ago
Do they know Costco left their DEI program in place? 😂❤️
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u/poojidung 1d ago
I just joined Costco for that reason.
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u/chickentootssoup 6h ago
I was a member before but now we shop there almost exclusively. Target has gotten about 90% less of our money the last few months.
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u/Ok-Confidence9649 7h ago
I will say that it seems that a great deal of the people who are out protesting are of the grey/white haired variety. It’s made me start to wonder if a lot less of them support this agenda than we have been led to believe.
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u/dogsaresmart 6h ago
Numerically speaking the votes don't show trump being loved as much as he and media pretend he was. It's only 1/3 of the voting block that elected him. The problem is those who didn't vote that could have. So yeah if we really read the numbers that 1/3 was mostly boomers and my generation x with a very small number of Millennials and Genz. So we can basically tell that even his boomer support wasn't that great. His base just yells the loudest and gets seen the most attention ( usually because they dress like idiots and advertise they're loyalty).
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u/PerformanceSmooth392 1d ago
Yeah, the maga boomers seemed to have vanished in my area. I haven't seen a maga hat in weeks!
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u/BulkyMonster Gen X 1d ago
Dude in my neighborhood took his giant trump flag down
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u/PerformanceSmooth392 1d ago
Isn't it sad how it takes a near total economic collapse for some people to come to their senses?
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u/Count_Bacon 1d ago
Whats sad is they'll never learn because they have the memory of goldfish. Sure if we somehow keep elections a Democrat may win in 2028 but since they won't be able to fix this mess fast enough they will happily vote in another fascist next time
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u/Left-Koala-7918 6h ago
They didn’t come to there senses. They are just as hateful and isolationist as ever. They are just upset that this is hurting them. If someone else and did all the same stuff as trump (excluding the tariffs) they would be thrilled
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u/HankThrill69420 Millennial 2h ago
Yup. As long as someone has it worse, they don't ultimately care.
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u/nu7kevin 2h ago
There are no senses. Don't make the mistake to assume there are senses, rational logic, or any thinking at all.
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u/Dense_Dress_1287 1d ago
Ring his bell every day, and ask him where his (made in China) Trump flag is.
Ask him, you are worried someone stole it, why hasn't he replaced it yet.
Keep pressuring him, until he publically admits HE WAS WRONG
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u/Oldebookworm Gen X 17h ago
Mine still has his up. His wife has cancer. I wonder if they’ve been affected yet
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u/69FireChicken 1d ago
All the Trump flags are down in my neighborhood, even the most obnoxious fool with the 40' flag pole and banners hung across his garage doors put them all away. Guy couldn't even replace the Trump flag with the U.S. flag, just a bare pole now
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u/RegularScary3739 21h ago
Well a US Flag is too expensive with the Tarriffs
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u/69FireChicken 21h ago
Oh he has one, he flew it pre Trump madness, and upside down occasionally during Biden's term!
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u/BeenCleverForever 22h ago
McMansion by me took their big plywood Trump sign down a couple weeks ago, you love to see it.
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u/pouleaveclesdents 1d ago
I saw one this morning in the grocery store. He seemed quite happy, he was singing along with the store music and telling his wife what a great day it was.
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u/Skreeethemindthief 6h ago
Saw a boomer guy in my local bakery yesterday with one. He was ahead of me on line and kept turning around and looking at me so I had to keep seeing it. If they can't see the truth now, then there is truly no hope.
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u/GolfHack1959 1d ago
Just came from the Hands Off protest in my city and the Libs outnumbered the Maga counter protesters 100 to 1 im happy to report.
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u/tippiedog 22h ago
I attended the Hands Off rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin. I did not see a single counterprotester, but that's not too surprising for Austin.
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u/rdcdd101204 1d ago
If life with boomers has taught us anything, it's to prepare our butt's because they're gonna make a run on toilet paper as their response.
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u/DG_Now 1d ago
You have to get a bidet.
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u/rdcdd101204 1d ago
After this week, i no longer have bidet money.
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u/DG_Now 1d ago
Fair enough.
Maybe check Goodwill?
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u/crzyboy 1d ago
"Pardon me, but do you happen to have any well used bidets in stock today?"
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u/rdcdd101204 1d ago
Hold on....you've got me thinking. Should we start a used bidet venture? Surely, the market is about to explode much like our vulnerable derrieres.
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u/DG_Now 1d ago
I think there's a market for some people's used bidets. If a person can sell bathwater, they could certainly sell a used butt cleaner.
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u/GolfHack1959 1d ago
I seriously cannot understand why they have not caught on in this country yet.
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u/Numerous-Ad9958 1d ago
Bought mine a few months before covid hit here - had family in Korea so I had a good idea what was coming here. I feel like a savage not using one to the point I even bought a portable one for when I’m not home.
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u/Taman_Should 23h ago
Simple answer: probably a combination of homophobic insecurity and deep distrust in anything that feels “foreign.”
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u/nhaines 1d ago
My friend said the same thing. I said that while I'm not opposed to the idea of a bidet, all I can afford is the $25 ones on Amazon that connect straight to the cold water pipe for the toilet, and I never need to be that awake in the morning.
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u/DG_Now 1d ago
You get used to it pretty quickly. And then you can't live without it.
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u/PoopInTheBathtub 21h ago
For anyone thinking this is a joke, it's not. This is a 100% true statement even in the winter.
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u/GwenChaos29 19h ago
Yup, yup, i have one of the cheapo 25 buck ones, and the cold water isn't as bad as you think. A few weeks in, and you won't believe how you lived without it. I buy toilet paper now, one roll at a time from my local organic/vegan bottle shop because i use it so sparringly.
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u/MentalCoffee117 20h ago
Especially if you have a deep dug well.
Also, username made me chuckle considering the topic.
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u/astrangeone88 10h ago
Lol. One of my friends has an imported one and even warm water up your guano gusher at 6 am was...weird.
I was considering the cheaper ones that screw into the cold water pipe and then realized I don't need icy water up the butt, especially in winter in Canada.
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u/Loose-cannon1954 16h ago
Your shitgibbon president is going to tariff Canadian softwoods and pulp again. 90% of US toilet paper is made from that softwood pulp. So, yeah.
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u/Thewittywhy 1d ago
Their suffering is my joy 💜
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u/Son_of_Leatherneck 1d ago
Their suffering is my joy because they ONLY voted for him to cause suffering among “the others”.
I’m steadfast in my belief that magats would gladly eat shit if they knew “the others” would be forced to smell their breath.
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u/quell3245 23h ago
My 76 year old father was visiting the day of the election. He usually goes to bed at like 10 but stayed up until 2 am slept for 4 hours to get back up at 6 to watch more of Trump getting elected. He was like a kid on Christmas he was so excited. Spoke with folks yesterday and both were asking how he could do such a thing with tariffs and it doesn’t make sense. I told them last year high tariffs/higher prices were coming but all they could say at the time “Trump will fix it, you wait and see”
Felt nice to say “Didn’t I tell you this would happen?!”
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u/Boxer03 19h ago
I have family freaking out now about how the tariffs have tanked their investments and I couldn’t help but get mad. I’ve been trying to tell them for the past year this was coming and what Trump & Co would do to the economy but was treated like I was a hysterical Chicken Little. I am beyond angry. I am disgusted, depressed and have lost any compassion I may have once had.
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u/BeigeVelociraptor 11h ago
I've already decided that if my family ends up having this realization I am going to be insufferable.
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u/BasisDiva_1966 11h ago
I made a point NOT to watch the news on Election Day. I woke up the next for my visiting in-laws (faux news addicts) to tell me he won.
My MIL said ‘we won’t be affected’😳 My FIL said don’t worry your 401k will go through the roof 🤦♀️
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u/Professor_Old_Guy 9h ago
The delusion and total lack of understanding is ridiculously, mind-numbingly, head-shakingly, jaw-droppingly, a case of stupidity of the highest order.
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u/Siggy0721 1d ago
Sorry, I sure didn’t vote for that asshat, but he has a large following of younger white men. Google it. I’m just sayin’.
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u/NoHost1856 1d ago
Yes, I'm a boomer and I didn't vote for that prick so don't all slush us into one pile. There's a lot of of us that hate him more than you do especially now.
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u/Radicle_Cotyledon Xennial 1d ago
There's a lot of of us that hate him more than you do especially now.
That's a bold statement.
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u/Ownerjfa 23h ago
I'm also a boomer who didn't vote for that orange pick. I can attest that that statement is very true.
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u/babiekittin Millennial 22h ago
Majority of voters aged 50+ voted Cheeto, and 50+ men voted Cheeto in larger numbers than 50+ women.
So, not all GenXers and Boomers, but shit man, the fucking majority of you.
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u/europanya 14h ago
GenX here. We’ve only and always voted blue. My entire family and close friends. We don’t all suck!
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u/babiekittin Millennial 8h ago
GenX is going boomer. Sorry if that's a suprise to you, but the majority of your generation went Cheeto in the last presidential election.
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u/europanya 4h ago
At least we bother to vote. Millennial turn out was sad. I WISH more people under 45 would vote!
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u/Radicle_Cotyledon Xennial 23h ago
Why the "more than you" though? Do we really need to one-up this kind of thing? It's not a competition.
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u/therealmudslinger 22h ago
If hating Trump is now a competition IVOLUNTEERASTRIBUTE!!
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u/Radicle_Cotyledon Xennial 22h ago
Okay now it's ON. Consider yourself competed with.
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u/Ownerjfa 21h ago
Yay! A game! I'll start. I hate the orange Putin licker.
Next?
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u/Son_of_Leatherneck 2h ago
If hating trump is a competition, I’m playing 21 dimensional chess and everyone else is playing tic-tac-toe.
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u/SapphicSuccubus69 1d ago
I can 100% guarantee you I hate him more. Not just because of these idiotic tariffs, but because these republican fucks have been harassing my friends and family.
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u/SandiegoJack 23h ago
This is result of boomer actions since before we were born.
Unless you were straight dem since before Reagan? Yeah, it’s kinda on most of you.
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u/Boxer03 19h ago
I agree with you. I get that many older people didn’t vote for Trump but I can’t help but feel like anyone that voted Republican in the past has contributed to the mess we are in today. Their lies were so easily disproven like Reagan’s “trickle down” and Bush’s WMD claims but instead of using their common sense, people ate up the propaganda.
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u/prohandymn 14h ago
Registered blue in my senior year of HS ('76) in a very red district, was the only one in fact.
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u/Son_of_Leatherneck 2h ago
My first ever vote for POTUS was for James Earl Carter. I’ve never voted for anyone red in my life.
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u/babiekittin Millennial 22h ago
Majority of voters aged 50+ voted Cheeto, and 50+ men voted Cheeto in larger numbers than 50+ women.
So, not all GenXers and Boomers, but shit man, the fucking majority of you.
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u/Itismeuphere 23h ago
And a surprising number of certain groups of minorities. There was a swing towards him in that demographic and it made a difference in some states.
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u/babiekittin Millennial 22h ago
It's weird though, because those groups are all incredibly christian... almost as if the religion has something to do with it.
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u/Son_of_Leatherneck 2h ago
Not all. A shit ton of Muslims voted for trump or voted third party. I tried to talk sense into two of them, but they were too far gone to think logically. One a pharmacist and one a Doctor. I’ll never figure that shit out.
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u/Son_of_Leatherneck 2h ago
You get white men think that trump is some kind of alpha. Not sure how you’d see an alpha in that whiny little bitch, but they do.
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u/Herrrrrmione 22h ago
So, the same PoV that they have …
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u/Son_of_Leatherneck 2h ago
Not at all. I didn’t vote to hurt them, but I enjoy that they voted to hurt themselves. Big difference.
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u/dwp1956 1d ago
I'm a 69 year old boomer on a fixed income who despises Trump with a passion. I mean, I've never hated anyone as much as I hate that fucker. I didn't even know I had it in me to hate like this, and I sure as hell didn't vote for him. So far, I'm down $45,000 in my retirement IRA in only a few weeks. I lost $13,000 on Thursday alone and I'm afraid to even look at at how much worse it is since Friday. I've put money into my 401K since I was 35 and now the actions of ONE Man is stealing it from me. And my suffering is your "joy"?
I can assure you that many of those boomers in Costco didn't want, vote for, or deserve this shit.
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u/ThisQuietLife 1d ago
Yes, many. But, Trump’s support was highest among men 65+ (55% who voted chose him).
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u/CleverTool 1d ago edited 12h ago
Right?! And yet 8 million voters chose to abstain from voting this time around, when they knew full well shitshow2.0 would be hella worse.
They're the ones that fucked us over.
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u/HarrietsDiary 1d ago
I actually hate his followers more. Grifters gonna grift. Choosing to follow the grifter like a child following the pied piper off a mountain is a fucking CHOICE.
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u/SharpCookie232 1d ago
Same. Gen X here. I voted for, rallied for, and contributed to Sanders and then Biden and Harris. I support single payer in every way I can. I'm as blue as blue gets. But I also have my hope of retirement in the stock market and it's vanishing.
If you think that's funny or that I deserve it somehow because I'm some arbitrary amount richer or older than you, then you're an asshole.
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u/Fickle-Copy-2186 23h ago edited 11h ago
Yep, my husband and I went to MANY protests against Trump 2017-2020. Mostly older people at the protests/ marches. We were in our 60s than. Glad to see others out protesting now. Not all boomers are conservatives. You have to remember the protests against the Vietnam War and Nixon were us. We now donate to the candidates and organizations that are for democracy.
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u/NataniButOtherWay 19h ago
My dad is borderline boomer/gen-x, he still hadn't recovered from 2008. Yet somehow he doesn't understand why I don't trust the stock market with my money.
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u/MonkeyKingCoffee Gen X 16h ago
"I'm not that kind of Boomer" is the most Boomer thing in the Boomerverse. Right up there with "I'm not a Boomer. I'm [all together now] Generation Jones!"
GenX here. I have NO problems saying that GenX sucks. They broke bad. And more than half of them are full-on Nazis.
Why can I say that? Because it's true. How else are you going to describe an entire generation when the majority of them are behaving badly?
This isn't r/AllBoomersAreFools, after all. Pretty-much every American has one of the foolish ones somewhere in their sphere -- the annoying uncle/neighbor/boss/co-worker. And since this generation is so horrifically bad (but demands to be adored for some damned fool reason), this is a pleasant area of the internet to trade "look-at-the-fool-I-had-to-deal-with-today" stories.
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u/S0ylentBob 1d ago
Costco is the American church of globalization. They worship there every Sunday and know as much about what’s behind it as the scripture they sat through earlier.
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u/AZFUNGUY85 12h ago
I think Wal Mart started that bus long ago. Coatco is an offspring. Shopping malls being the Holy Temple of American consumer culture.
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u/Beautiful-Web1532 7h ago
I like to go first thing in the morning on a weekday. The place is a fuckingv retirement home. The aisles are crowded with geriatric gatherings. It's funny, I feel Luke I'm the rabbit in the tortoise and hare story when I'm there.
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u/Dangerous_Midnight91 1d ago
That’s just every Tuesday afternoon at Costco. You think they have a plan on what to buy? No! They go there because it’s entertainment for them and they have nothing else meaningful in their lives to occupy their time. My parents (82) randomly go to Costco probably 2x per week just to look around. They buy like two things that they 100% do not need. It’s more about the $1.50 hot dog than anything else…
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u/Flashy_Watercress398 1d ago
Yeah, my in-laws go to the nearest warehouse store every time they have medical appointments in the nearest "city." I cook when I'm there, and do the annual pantry clean out the week after Christmas, and the amount of stockpiling is bonkers.
They don't cook, but there will be cases and cases of canned beans, broth, tomatoes, etc. MIL doesn't even know HOW to cook rice, but there's a 25# bag in the pantry. 5 calves could be raised annually on just the amount of cheese, milk, cream, etc. that rots in one of their TWO giant refrigerators. And then there's the stand-alone freezer.
I mean, fine, buy industrial amounts of bath tissue or foil or paper plates. That won't spoil. But the food waste makes me crazy.
(And yes, I smuggle "barely out of date" canned goods and such to my house, because I know it's fine and that they'd just chuck it if they noticed.)
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u/fluffy_bunny22 1d ago
I was just at the in laws and opened the fridge and there were 5 containers of coffee creamer. They drink 1 cup in the morning each.
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u/Flashy_Watercress398 1d ago
All I've got going for me now is that Dad got rid of the pickup truck, so now the Sam's runs are limited to whatever fits in the back seat of the Prius (since the trunk is full of their rollators.)
Otherwise, they'll buy the most random shit on the planet, for themselves and as gifts. (My annual Christmas gifts are the wildest collection of crap for the landfill or thrift store. This year was a weird wall clock, a kitchen timer, and a Starbucks gift card. Items one and two are things I use my phone for. I drink coffee, but I don't drink Starbucks because I actually like coffee, but I get one every year. Last year was a lap blanket for a Lilliputian. The year before was some contact paper type of stuff for my kitchen. Another "winner" was a caddy for remotes. We don't have a TV*. Every year, it all goes straight to the local pet rescue thrift shop.
And before anyone asks, yes, I've tried answering the "what do you want for Christmas?" question. An inexpensive cooking thermometer. A book that piqued my interest. A rice cooker. A new wallet. My favorite candy. Socks. But here we are.
They're just addicted to buying crap for the sake of shopping.
*OK, we have a TV. It's in a box in the closet. I should probably sell it.
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u/SunflowersnGnomes 20h ago
I swear my mom goes to the nearest warehouse store and just buys weird stuff. For Christmas recently, my husband got a fire blanket. We think it came with the random survival kit she gave my son (who actively avoids the sun and outdoors.)
One year we got a giant pack of toddler underwear. When neither of my kids were toddlers. (Youngest was like 12.)
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u/travelingslo 16h ago
This was hilarious. The remote box. For a family with no remotes. 🤣🤣🤣 It is not actually funny. But…
You’re not alone. My MIL shops for the sake of shopping and argues with me about what size clothing I wear. I’ve known her for 30 years, in which I’ve put on 40 pounds. I know what size sweater I need, thanks. She doesn’t want to believe me. Honestly I think she buys stuff SHE wants, despite the fact we will never use it. We quit buying gifts years ago and have asked her to stop. It never gets through.
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u/CleverTool 1d ago
Surely this is a sin. 🤯
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u/Flashy_Watercress398 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm not religious, but I agree.
Edited to add:
Before anyone jumps to hoarding due to childhood poverty, no. Dad's father worked for the railroad and his mom ran a boarding house. They worked, but were solidly middle class. Mom's parents were both medical doctors, they had household help and well-to-do parents. They were small-town rich.
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u/tippiedog 22h ago
I live 1/2 mile from my local Costco, and it's part of our weekly shopping routine. After doing this for a few years, I have a very good sense of their merchandise rotation. Costco's merchandise is rotated seasonally with very little difference for the same season one year to the next. I'll walk the whole store maybe once a quarter to see what's new--and 90% of the merchandise that's rotated in was the same last year at the same time; otherwise, we just get what's on our list because we already know what else is in the store. I can't imagine why people would want to browse 99% of the same merchandise every week or more often. That just sounds like unfocused boredom.
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u/IllustriousBig456 Millennial 1d ago
Seeing boomers in agony brings me more pleasure than a 1000 lying whores! -Game of Thrones
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u/MonkeyKingCoffee Gen X 21h ago
What should they stock up on?
Coffee.
My coffee isn't going to be affected by the tariffs. But 99% of the coffee sold here will. I just put a post up on my website, so I'll copy and paste it here. Note -- "buying domestic" is going to cost considerably more than paying the tariffs. Domestic coffee is expensive. Some of it is eye-watering expensive.
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A serious message about coffee tariffs from Monkey King Coffee:
Coffee is going to be one of the hardest-hit items by tariffs. 99% of the coffee Americans drink is imported. And it is imported from the countries which are being hit the hardest.
Stock up. Seriously. Stock up on coffee. Especially if you drink imported coffee. (If you don't know the country of origin, it's imported.)
Roasted whole-bean coffee freezes VERY well. You can fill your freezer at today's prices. However, coffee goes into the freezer once. And it comes out once. Don't keep taking it out and replacing it as you use it. Pull a bag from the freezer. Drink it. Then pull the next bag.
This is an ideal opportunity to seek out quality African and Asian coffees, which offer great value. Try some Ethiopian coffee -- the land where it all began. Some Kenya AA. Or Tanzanian peaberry. Sumatra. Vietnam (about to skyrocket in price).
Mexico, Central and South America have been major producers for centuries. The Kona typica cultivar originally came from Honduras, for instance. Keep an eye out for Terrazu, Huehuetenango, Comayagua and similar.
The farmers who grow these coffees are going to see their business plummet. And even commodity coffee is likely to double in price. (Everybody pays more from the importer to the roaster. That cost will be passed on to the customer.)
Anyone who has questions about storage, brewing, and generally getting the most for your money can reach out any time.
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u/Uvabird 14h ago
I tried to explain to some boomers that they needed to stock up on coffee.
I was immediately shut down for 2 reasons. One, I apparently was committing the offense of discussing politics in public. Second, they bought Dunkin Donuts brand coffee and that is made in America, they proudly told me.
Seriously. They told me that. Must be a secret grow house in Chicago for arabica beans or something.
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u/Glittering_Eagle_652 19h ago
I'm officially a boomer (@ 67) & I have hated that MoFo since the 70's. He's done nothing but destroy every thing he's ever touched.
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u/No_Atmosphere_2186 1d ago
Why haven’t boomers boycotted Costco? I thought they hated DEI? Didn’t Costco maintain their DEI policies.
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u/Bring-out-le-mort 15h ago
Didn’t Costco maintain their DEI policies.
Yes!
Issaquah will never bend the knee to Mar-a-lago!
That said... if you aren't careful, you will get trampled by the senior citizen crowd at opening time on Monday mornings. They're racing to the pharmacy.
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u/krazyb2 1d ago
Right now, before I head to run even my most basic errands, I am researching the businesses political affiliation before spending my money there.
It is more important than ever to vote with your dollar right now. I refuse to willingly give my money over to these evil people if I can help it.
I'm also not traveling to any red states for at least the next four years.
Idk what else I can do so im doing that. My family understands and has agreed to travel to visit me instead of me visiting them as I normally would(luckily I live in a blue state).
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u/Old-Arachnid77 13h ago
Same, although I live in a blue dot in a red state.
It’s driving my husband nuts that i have insisted on researching and closing off specific companies and retailers, but he’s on board. Goods unite us is where it’s at
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u/DecentExplanation750 1d ago
I can't tell you how many times I've been in Costco and some boomer is frantically searching my cart for clues on what to stock up on, asking in a panicky voice if they are running out of tp/water/chicken and I tell them no, I am buying these things because I am out of them.
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u/AgentTragedy 2h ago
My friend's family rarely goes to Costco now (they just don't need bulk goods that often) but the last time they went an older man (friend said around 60 but he's bad at guessing ages) asked if he should stock up on toilet paper, chicken, bread, hamburger, cheeses, dog dental sticks, etc. My friend just had to say "Sir... these are the things we need. We're running low. We aren't stocking up on anything but hamburger and chicken and we're only doing that because we always keep those on hand in our freezer. Frankly, if you need to stock up for the tariffs, you'll need to stock up on literally everything. There's nothing the US can make enough of by itself to sustain 340 million people. Our economy is dependent on the global trade which we're now cut off from."
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u/BreezySAM 22h ago
Sadly, some people would have rather not voted, than vote for a woman. My FIL hated Trump after logically seeing what happened at the insurrection and decided not to vote at all, than vote for a Democrat. Those two groups are examples of the gap in the vote turnout.
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u/CariadocThorne 9h ago
Trump is still working on his campaign promises from 2016, playing the long game. By the end of his term, the economy will have dived so far that economic migrants will be going the opposite direction, solving the US immigration problem and forcing Mexico to pay for a border wall to keep out illegal immigrants from the US.
Checkmate libtards /s
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u/Count_Bacon 1d ago
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u/Dense_Dress_1287 1d ago
Because fox will never put the graph on the screen, showing the market/economy performance as a function of DEM/REP in charge.
Because it would show that on average, markets rank during REP and rise during DEM administrations
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u/depamat 8h ago
I’m a boomer in Florida, I voted for Harris as did most of my friends down here. We’re not all morons
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u/Bit_part_demon Gen X 2h ago
No, you're not. Way too many of my fellow Gen-Xers get a share of the blame. And apparently a lot of Zoomers. Keep being awesome!
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u/GolfHack1959 8h ago
If you ever try to intellectually engage with a Trump supporter you will quickly find how little intellect any of them actually possess.
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u/Ok-Local138 20h ago
They're mentally calculating whether they need to get a part time job to cover the dip (i.e. slashing) of their 401k's. Should they do it now, when part time jobs might be available, or wait for the stamped for jobs after the next 6 months. Dilemmas!
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u/LetsLoop4Ever Gen X 1d ago
It would be cool if they'd understood that last reference. Yet they do not.
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u/Scoo 10h ago
I’m not going to jeer, I’m just shunning them. I don’t engage or explain or scowl, that would be giving them something, and they’re getting absolutely nothing from me.
There are going to be countless people needing help in the coming years, my empathy and support is going to the ones who are kind and decent and deserving.
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u/BrandNewMeow 1d ago
Huh, maybe that's why they were especially bad about blocking the entrance, exit, and every aisle in between when I went last night. Just standing there in the middle of everything.
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u/doctorsnowohno 12h ago
I'm in a red state and it's full of Gen X Trumpers. The boomers are annoying button pushers, but their kids are leading the Trump train.
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u/lchen12345 11h ago
I see the emergence 3 camps (from maga) : "regrets their vote", "it's all part of the plan", lastly "I hate this and it's Biden's fault".
It's too early for me to figure out the percentages to which they fall into.
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u/RecommendationCalm18 21h ago
Look up gender and age analysis of 2024 election. A lot of young men and women voted for Trump! This shit show isn’t owned by just boomers. Wake up people!!!
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u/geforce2187 14h ago
They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, "let 'em crash."
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u/badgirlmonkey 4h ago
The Boomers all seem to have a thousand yard stare
Thousand mg of lead stare.
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u/gattomeow 19h ago
What if a peculiar virus appeared which resulted in a great incapacitation of Boomers?
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u/lolas_coffee 6h ago
I love that Boomers just saw their budgets cut in half.
Instead of enough money to live to 90, they are looking at being homeless at 78.
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u/blizzard7788 1d ago
Went to a protest on southside of Chicago. About 800 people. Median age was over 55.
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u/SimilarStrain 3h ago
Plus my most enjoyable point, they're all silent! No one is soapboxing how much they want to gargle tRumps turkey neck
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u/LolaSupreme19 8m ago
Unless it’s made in Russia, they will pay the Trump tariffs. Let those triple Trump Boomers know that the tariffs are a $4700 tax on consumers that they will pay with higher prices.
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