Younger Hexbears, if the spirit of boomerdom visited your household, boomer is more a state of mind than a specific birth year, so feel free to share your stories too.

There are some obviously better-known movies like Wall Street, but I remember an obscure one called "Let It Ride" that was played on tape over and over and over again so many times that it was like the theme song of the household for a while. It was a Richard Dreyfuss film about a gambling addicted asshole who seeks to triumph over his gambling problems by... gambling. Until he gets vibes about winning and then wins at gambling. galaxy-brain

As a boomer bonus it portrays The Wife as a bad person because she's... upset at the protagonist's gambling addition. Oh yeah and she suspects he's eager to commit some adultery. How dare she... the way to show her is to have a much younger love interest that is totally into the protagonist because he starts to win at gambling! morshupls

For anyone that has had gambling-addicted boomer parents, the kind that thought a fun outing for the kids was going to the racetrack, or to Vegas, you may have similar stories of poverty perpetuated because your grillman also liked to "Let It Ride."

  • MeinOnkelBuck [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    Forrest Gump. Don't question anything, America's system is the best in the world, anyone who rocks the boat (especially a woman) is an uppity slut who deserves to die of AIDS. My parents aren't even that reactionary, but they worshipped this film and still do.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      It is the film for unscratched liberals that is also compatible with scratched liberals.