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That might have been true once, but I suspect this small-sample history is now irrelevant due to shifting demographics. Only Boomers remember the Yugo. The rest
by Igelau 7y ago
That might have been true once, but I suspect this small-sample history is now irrelevant due to shifting demographics. Only Boomers remember the Yugo. The rest of us are too busy trying to afford the privilege of commuting to really care where the car came from.
- cgriswald 7y agoWhat a bizarre sentiment. If you can barely afford it you should care more. Get a reliable make and model that there are a lot of so the parts are cheap. Also, I’m not a Boomer and I remember Yugos.
- mattkrause 7y agoThe only thing I know about the Yugo is that it was awful.
- Igelau 7y agoYou're confused. The topic was generational bias over country of origin, not reliability.
- cgriswald 7y agoThe actual topic is reliability. Country-of-origin is a consideration in reliability. You can't just exclude the context of the original post. You're trying to argue that "Boomers", which I took in good faith that you were not using as an epithet, are the only ones who would consider country-of-origin. That's, simply put, wrong.
- Symbiote 7y ago> Only Boomers Why is this term suddenly popular, especially here? I'm downvoting comments using it, since it seems to be disparaging at best, if not offensive. It's also used inaccurately. The Yugo wasn't even produced until 1980.
- gambiting 7y ago>> if not offensive. It is offensive, 100%. It's grouping and stereotyping people based on age, meaning that for example my parents are subject to it, despite growing up in communist Poland and not getting any economic benefits normally attributed to "boomers". At 28, I'm probably 10x "wealthier" than they were at my age, but of course they are "boomers" by age so fuck them for ruining the economy, right?
- Igelau 7y ago> but of course they are "boomers" by age so fuck them for ruining the economy, right? If you're vicariously triggered by the word "boomer", it's because you have this attitude attached to it. As with the other commenter, I can't help you with words you're trying to put in my mouth.
- MisterTea 7y agoIt seems to have gained popularity among younger people as an insult against anyone perceived as older. I'm 39 and have been called a boomer by a teen of about 14 or 15 yo. I guess it morphed into an insult for anyone older than 30 nowadays.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoIts a mix of 4chan and reddit memes, plus deliberate attempts by bad actors to provoke intra-cultural conflict to shape consensus and rally people to respective voting blocks. There are strains of truth there -- life ain't grand for the millennial crowd -- but it's more of a meme than anything, IMO. Also rather incongruous on HN, since there is a much stronger mid-career / older crowd on HN, aka the Slashdot refugees.
- Igelau 7y agoI don't remember Slashdot being quite this salty, but it's been long time. All I said was "Boomer" and suddenly everyone's acting like they just saw the fnords.