âOK Boomerâ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations
Now itâs war: Gen Z has finally snapped over climate change and financial inequality.
In aÂ
viral audio clip on TikTok, a white-haired man in a baseball cap and polo shirt declares, âThe millennials and Generation Z have the Peter Pan syndrome, they donât ever want to grow up.â
Thousands of teens have responded through remixed reaction videosÂ
and art projects with a simple phrase: âok boomer.â
âOk boomerâ has become Generation Zâs endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just donât 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 â and the issues that matter to them.