35 Things That Are Classic Baby Boomer Stereotypes
Why are they like this?
Baby Boomer stereotypes are having a moment again, and this roundup leans all the way into the jokes. From lawn care habits to phone etiquette, the internet has plenty to say about the generation that shaped a lot of modern daily life.
Here, the focus is on the little behaviors people love to tease, especially the ones that feel instantly recognizable across family group chats, social media feeds, and everyday conversations. Some of it is harmless nostalgia, some of it is pure generational side-eye, and all of it is meant to be taken with a grain of salt.
Keep scrolling for the classic Boomer habits people say they notice everywhere.
1. Mowing their lawn at ungodly hours
scarletskyguy2. Overusing thumbs-up emojis
AnnabellaJonas3. Using their Bitmoji with the megaphone
That one hits a little too close to home for some people.
4. Knowing which route you took
stmchugh
5. Putting their phone calls on speaker and shouting at them
spleeborg_
6. Watching TV news or church broadcasts 24/7
SixSecondRide
7. Zooming in on pictures on your phone
craigwatson_16
8. Drinking from the hose and talking about how they did
Addison_Peacock
9. Collecting Coca-Cola memorabilia
renamamiyas
10. Overusing ellipses
MakATK
11. Talking about their deceased friends
Ohsuh_Ossa
12. Wearing jeans to the gym
Torgrude45
13. Calling cannabis 'pot'
pyroxiumn
14. Participating in weird Facebook chain posts
madison_nieder
This is similar to the family feud over grandma’s secret apple pie recipe.
15. Overly complicated universal remotes
barahsanks
16. Sending random links
MeghanHughes
17. Paying with exact change
ayeeesarah
18. Mustard
catherinepio17
19. Turning on all the lights in the room you're in
dridsteph
20. Taking videos with their iPads
PachZowers
21. Nautical-themed bathrooms
rshllcnsk
22. Taking terrible selfies
ravemomcon
23. Talking about what TV was like in their time
emwalrus
24. Using the cry-laugh emoji
cnrw8mn
25. Wanting to ban cellphones from concerts
stupiddlamb
26. Telling you the time they're leaving the voicemail as if your phone doesn't already do that
speakingsarcasm
27. Criticizing younger generations for buying lattes
MrsHoover11
28. Those 'Despicable Me' Minions
jessikea__
29. Nuts
AlllzzzL
30. Outdated skills like cursive
oatmilkliv
31. Sitting in booths
saintofubitches
32. Talking excessively about their ailments
1519worldpeace
33. Voice-to-text
makenamerri
34. Gross cough drops
uhlysser
35. Pot pies, according to this guy
_marcusmoorexx
Now, before you come at me with the 'Not All Boomers,' OF COURSE it's not all Boomers. It's a broad, sweeping generalization about the stereotype of Baby Boomers as a whole for entertainment.
As an older Millennial now, there were definitely some tweets that felt like an attack too, like my overuse of the cry-laughing emoji or talking about my poor, failing body. Did you have a favorite tweet on our list?
Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, and be sure to share!
Some of these jokes clearly landed harder than others.
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