# Baby Boomers Baby Boomers refers to the post-WWII generation born roughly between 1946 and 1964, but online the label became meme shorthand for out-of-touch parents and grandparents fumbling with social media[3]. The joke peaked in 2019 with a Facebook group where members had to post in character as a confused Boomer using the internet for the first time[2]. ## Overview Baby Boomers started as a demographic label for people born during the post-WWII birth surge from 1946 to 1964[3]. Online, the label picked up a second life as a caricature: the tech-clueless parent posting on Facebook, the retiree arguing with strangers in comment sections, the person who mistypes a Google search into their status field. Millennials and Gen Z pushed back against Boomers in op-eds and social posts, blaming them for issues like college affordability and climate policy[3]. Boomers, in turn, called younger crowds lazy and entitled[3]. That cross-generational sniping is what fed the meme, and Urban Dictionary entries around the term echoed the mocking tone, describing Boomers as materialistic and out of touch[4]. ## How It Spread The joke broke out of Facebook on June 24, 2019, when Twitter user @manhattanna[1] posted screenshots from the group with a caption about having the time of their life pretending to be a Boomer. The tweet picked up over 160,400 likes and 37,600 retweets within three days[3]. After the tweet, the pretend-Boomer bit spread past its origin group. People shared screenshots of posts about grandkids, greeting messages typed into search bars, and confused replies to a user's own status updates[1]. The format worked because it read as sincere, not exaggerated, which made the imitation feel closer to a documentary sketch than a parody. By late 2019, the wider "OK Boomer" pushback was crossing into mainstream news, and the pretend-Boomer format was one of several running bits shaping how the label was used online[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Baby Boomers? Baby Boomers is a demographic label for people born between 1946 and 1964 that became internet shorthand for out-of-touch older users, especially on Facebook[3]. ### Where did Baby Boomers come from? The term dates back to newspaper coverage of the post-war birth surge in 1951, but the meme version took off with a Facebook group created on May 12, 2019[2]. ### What does Baby Boomers mean? As a meme, it points at the stereotype of an older relative using social media awkwardly, often typing searches into status fields or signing posts with a full name[3]. ### How do you use Baby Boomers? The common convention is to post in character as a confused older user, mimicking things like unnecessary capitalization, greetings in Google search boxes, or self-replies by mistake[2]. ### Is Baby Boomers still popular? The 2019 pretend-Boomer bit is treated as a classic reference now, with the broader Millennial versus Boomer humor still active online[4]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/manhattanna]() 2. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/baby-boomers]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Baby%20Boomers]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/baby-boomers Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library