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		rightbyte on April 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft execs on Apple's music store (2003) > I don’t hear about a lot of Gen Z kids talk about PlayStation and have even heard it referred to as a boomer console and anecdotally the PlayStation crowd seems to be predominately 30+. Has "boomer" slipped into meaning "people older than me" now? There are no boomer consoles.

jackvalentine on April 16, 2023 | [–]

> Has "boomer" slipped into meaning "people older than me" now?

Yes.

etempleton on April 16, 2023 | | [–]

Yes, kids use it as a pejorative to mean “old.” And by old they mean anyone older than them.

AmblingAvocado on April 15, 2023 | [–]

Atari perhaps?

dagmx on April 15, 2023 | [–]

Would also mostly be Gen X, or the youngest end of boomers

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