10 Boomer Pastimes That Leave Younger Generations Puzzled

As you get older and spend less time outside, it's always interesting to hear what's going on from second-hand sources. 

Neighborhood Gossiping

Technology is always getting better, and now kids as young as four know how to use cell phones.

Refusal to Learn New Technology

Younger people like to get where they want to go when they drive. They don't see the point in taking scenic roads.

Driving the scenic route

When you get to a certain age, you take particular pleasure in exposing the deaths of others.

Sharing Daily Death Details

Younger people don't understand why you need special plates that are stored away or hidden behind glass doors.

Fine China Obsessions

Young people think that grass is meant to be walked on and played on. It's not anything special, and it won't die if you walk on it.

Using the phrase “Stay off my grass.”

Younger people just think of a chair as a chair. As long as it's comfy and you can sit on it, it doesn't matter what it does.

Reclining chairs

Either you like to watch other people or you don't. But boomers are more likely to sit on their front steps and watch the day go by and what people do.

Geriatric People Watching

There is nothing modest about a boomer in a locker room.

The Use of Locker Rooms

"This is going to make some people mad, but once I hit my 50s, Bruce Springsteen's whole library became fun to listen to."

Change in Music Taste

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