"OK Boomer" Retort

ucbalumnus
Wed, 13 Nov 2019 04:36:12 +0000

Sue22:

Inter-generational strife is as old as time, as is debate about who has/had it worse. I’m in a weird spot on the cusp of the Boomer generation and Gen X so I can’t lay claim to any of the below, but I think a true Boomer might say, “Constant wars? At least you weren’t being drafted.”

However, only a minority of Boomers were at risk of military conscription in the US – men born through 1952 (the Boomer generation is conventionally defined as those born 1946-1964). Even among those, many managed to become deferred or ineligible in various ways (see https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/vietnam-draft-dodger ).