Seriously. I don’t want your opinion or your “expertise” or anything. Keep your experiences and feelings to yourself.

Let me live my life. If I want advice or help, I’ll ask people I trust.

This applies to actual boomers and online boomers, and also to people who have a boomer mindset.

  • panopticon [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    A lot of the time, people just want to feel listened to and heard, or they want to feel important.

    I have found a decent middle path by mostly engaging with people on their areas of expertise, which could be car shit, could be relationship stuff, etc. Then, people want to be listened to as well, they want to feel like they're an important part of your life, so I'll just sit there and listen to them tell (often) the same stories and give the same advice as before. Just comes with the give and take of relationships and meeting people where they're at imo.

    Sometimes, the "advice" is really a shift in perspective, which can be really helpful if you're stuck or overwhelmed. Just in my experience; everyone's life is different.

    EDIT: oh lol