"My Toaster Oven Does Not Need To Be 'Smart'": People From All Generations Are Sharing The "Boomer" Opinions They Actually Agree With

Say what you volition astir the boomer procreation — but adjacent arsenic a millennial myself, I tin admit: They mightiness conscionable beryllium close astir a happening oregon two. Redditor u/Poopooplatta69 asked, "What is your 'boomer' opinion?" — and here's immoderate of what radical said.

1. "People stock mode excessively overmuch connected societal media. You don’t request to grounds each 2nd of your life. Live successful the infinitesimal each erstwhile successful a while."

2. "Screw touchscreens. I privation carnal buttons...especially successful the car erstwhile I don’t privation to instrumentality my eyes disconnected the road. Physical buttons are much accessible for radical with disabilities, and they’re conscionable mostly much satisfying to push."

—MoarTreatsPls

3. "TV is getting excessively acheronian and excessively quiet. I curse we person to crook the measurement up doubly arsenic large arsenic we person it to ticker Yellowstone. You amended judge the commercials person plentifulness of volume, though..."

4. "I hatred going to concerts and seeing everyone with their phones up, video-recording the full thing. What's the constituent successful paying for a performance summons if you're not going to creation oregon really bask it?"

—nouminoenlluernador

5. "I volition ne'er ain an e-reader. I recognize wherefore it’s convenient to person due to the fact that you tin transportation a clump of books with you astatine each times, but thing compares to a existent insubstantial book. I particularly emotion secondhand books due to the fact that they’re pre-loved and you tin archer idiosyncratic truly enjoyed the publication if it’s a small bent and bushed up. It makes maine privation to work it more."

6. "I similar being capable to work articles online without being asked to participate an email, make an account, springiness my telephone number, etc."

—u/Ok-Pop-9457

7. "I conscionable privation to talk to a existent idiosyncratic connected the telephone erstwhile I person to telephone a business."

8. "Paying bully wealth for a merchandise that doesn't bash the happening it says connected the container until you instal their bullshit app connected your phone. This makes maine privation to commencement a fight."

—u/pipsvip

9. "Music successful bars is excessively loud! I privation to find conscionable 1 barroom wherever I tin speech to my friends without screaming."

10. "You should truly enactment your telephone down erstwhile you're retired to devour with people. Maybe it's due to the fact that I grew up with that rule, but I cognize erstwhile I'm getting luncheon with a person oregon something, I find it incredibly irritating erstwhile they're connected their phone."

—u/FirstPianist3312

11. "I similar CDs amended than integer music. I conscionable deliberation they dependable better, and they’re mode easier to play successful my car than having to screw astir with an aux cord oregon bluetooth connection."

12. "Automated menus connected lawsuit work lines are the worst. My doctor's bureau has an automated paper for scheduling appointments, which is good and dandy but for the information that it has four layers of automation earlier you get to talk to an existent person, and if you property the fig you privation excessively soon, it volition restart the full menu. Sometimes, erstwhile you're yet getting done to a existent number, the telephone rings for 45 seconds earlier automatically disconnecting, astatine which constituent you person to spell done the paper each implicit again. Screw automated menus."

—u/lexigraxe

13. "Paper menus are acold superior to QR codes. Half of the time, the paper won't adjacent load. Good god."

14. "Tell me, wherefore would anyone truly privation a astute fridge oregon toaster? I don't privation the new, shiny thing. I privation thing that works and lasts a agelong time."

—u/forever-loading

15. "Young children are genuinely spending mode excessively overmuch clip connected tablets and different devices."

16. "Children are being brainwashed by TikTok and Instagram successful the consciousness that they can't absorption connected thing for much than a fewer seconds astatine a time. And I consciousness that societal media is making them majorly desensitized to things."

—u/the_grand_troll

17. "It's bittersweet to maine that galore radical don't person friendships with oregon adjacent cognize their neighbors these days."

18. "People should beryllium wary of posting photos of their kids connected societal media. I find it truly disturbing that nowadays, determination are photos of kids connected societal media rather virtually portion they're inactive successful the womb."

—u/theorangeporridge_

19. "Just due to the fact that you tin interaction maine instantly by telephone and substance doesn’t mean I should beryllium expected to respond close distant and beryllium perpetually accessible. I miss the days erstwhile you conscionable turned connected the answering instrumentality and lived your life."

20. "Using apps for everything is annoying. I conscionable went to Disney World, and I couldn’t bash thing (including eat) unless I utilized the app."

—LizBeStressEating

21. "Picking retired a video astatine the store was amended than looking done Netflix for thing to watch."

22. "Kids request to beryllium raised to beryllium arsenic self-reliant arsenic possible. They should larn each household chores to the champion of their quality — including gait work, cooking, usage of powerfulness tools, and car maintenance."

—joeychan

23. "Five-year-olds bash not request smartphones."

24. "Instant connection astatine work. You tin Slack me, email me, telephone me, substance maine aft hours, and I volition respond astatine 8 a.m....when I log in. Thirty years ago, we did not person entree to our employees aft hours. And present that we do, it should not beryllium expected."

—ktparrish

25. "Quit being truthful large erstwhile you're successful public. Be respectful of others astir you. Don't speech loudly connected your telephone oregon play games with the dependable on. Don't usage speakerphone. Don't play euphony without earbuds. Don't blast your euphony successful a conveyance if you are successful a residential area. If you privation to perceive to large music, put successful headphones."

26. "I don’t recognize the halfway payment of 'read' oregon 'seen' successful messaging apps. Fundamentally, it conscionable seems to make an unhealthy script that puts unit connected the receiver and unhealthy expectations from the texted."

—u/Kangaroo-Suitable

What's a boomer oregon "old-timey" sentiment that you powerfully hold with? Tell america successful the comments.

Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.