I made a post on Facebook today and someone replied “OK Boomer”. I was trying to come up with a retort that would not get me put in Facebook jail. I replied “Well bless your heart!” The person replied “What does that mean?” And my response was “Whatever you think it means”.
I am not yet in Facebook jail!
Or you could have replied with an emoji to be “current”.
My retort would have been: Bye, Felicia.
This is a “thing” I’ve seen on one of our neighborhood FB pages that tends to be not always be friendly. I saw it frequently the last few weeks in arguement over a school tax levy on the ballot. Rude.
@abasket It’s not friendly. I like @sushiritto’s retort. I’ll have to use that next time. “Well bless your heart” tends to be regional.
I think it’s pretty hard to get in Facebook jail! At least- judging by some of the political arguments I’ve seen! Bless Your Heart is actually a good retort! I can think of a few others that would definitely get me in CC jail if I posted them here!
Just ignore it next time. I’ll have opinions on facebook but refrain from making it personal. Trust other people reading to differentiate between the asses and the non-asses. Don’t let someone get your goat and entice you to stoop to their level.
@TomSrOfBoston I know it’s not friendly! That’s why I said it’s rude when people use it!
Nothing good comes from posting on facebook.
I think in some contexts it’s OK, like when the young New Zealand legislator used it as an off-the-cuff retort when an older legislator heckled her as she gave a speech on climate change. But as a way to avoid engaging in constructive dialog, yes, it’s rude and pointless.
I just fear someone will say it to me, not because I would care about the sentiment, but because, having been born in 1969, I’m Gen X. 
I’m not sure young people even realize we exist as a separate generation.
@FourAtShore Ah, the Lost Generation!
I wonder do Millenials realize that the Boomers were the ones who popularized the term “generation gap”.
To say “nothing good comes from posting on FB” is like saying “Ok Boomer”. It’s assuming and narrow minded to your audience.
It’s such a dismissive comment and shows ignorance at what the Boomer’s have accomplished.
I like “Bless your heart,” personally. 
Reminds me of what one of my friend’s nursing students told her when she told him he needed to be on time for class or clinics: “Well, I understand that being on time is important to your generation, but it just isn’t to us…” You can imagine how that went over, ha!
the “Boomer” in “OK Boomer” is more a state of mind than a reference to the age of the poster.
It was brilliant in that setting!
But it’s already overused. And that was quick.
Well, since Boomers have spent the last two decades taking advantage of their control of most media outlets to write article after article about how Millennials are destroying everything from toilet paper to table manners, it’s only fair that Millennials start getting their own digs back.
PS I’m technically a Boomer, but in all reality, I’m a Gen-Xer
IDK, I think it’s a pretty funny reply to the very tiresome millennial bashing I see everywhere, especially on Facebook (and I’m definitely a boomer, lol). I wouldn’t think it’s worth getting upset about.
It’s supposed to be rude.
It’s used by millenials when we’re dismissed out of hand and mocked by boomers.
It really blew up after a millenial lawmaker in NZ was given a speech about climate change and a boomer lawmaker decided to heckle her mid-speech. It was around before that.
You’ll excuse us if we’re finally snapping back after a lifetime of “millenials killed this, millenials killed that,” “millenials are lazy and don’t know what work is,” “millenials are spoiled, entitled brats.”
ESPECIALLY when boomers don’t acknowledge that they’ve left us in a position where student debt is astronomical and necessary, where we graduated into a crap economy, where climate change is scoffed at, when you’re leaving us with no retirement protection, when you’ve artificially suppressed wages, when you’ve gutted workers’ rights, the list goes on.
Plus, boomers seem to think that anyone under the age of 40 is a millenial. When you call current middle and high schoolers millenials (most millenials are past college age now), we’re going to roll our eyes since you can’t bother to learn how to properly insult us other than “those damn millenials.”
So yeah. Ok, boomers.
Well, bless your heart!
Is PERFECT.
A a retired healthcare educator, Boomer and mother of two Millenials, I love its use for students that believe punctuality is optional for any educational presentation.