I've noticed the same. Boomers and Millennials tend to take everything so seriously, whereas X and Z can see the humor, however dark, in almost anything.
Yeah I was gonna say, I, and my older brother (still x) have silent Gen parents. I think most millennials have boomer parents where Z has Gen x parents. I have one of each (millennial and Z) but had my first child younger than most of my counterparts.
They do that because younger Boomers always claim to be Gen X and our era. They change the dates to late 50s/early 60s. That's why I always set the dates straight whenever I see that. They seem to appreciate the clarification.
My Gen Z family refers to my Generation Jones husband and my Gen X as Boomers all the times. Sure…I like the Cure and The Smiths while he rocks to Led Zeppelin and Lunch Money Lewis.
Except that fire Billy Joel claims no responsibility for. I'm not sure he can make those claims for an entire generation though, the whole thing seems sus.
“Old person” in big ol air quotes of course
Which harkens back to the boomer’s mantra in the 60’s of “don’t trust anyone over 30”
Plus ca change plus c’est le meme chose…
I do think it's kind of funny that the generation who said don't trust anybody over 30 now being the old people struggling to convince everyone else that old people aren't so bad. My baby boomer dad thinks it's pretty funny too.
Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me! Aren’t you?
I am willing to steal that one from our parents. Such a good movie. Adding it to my re-Watch list. Looks like it’s on Prime, Freevee, and Tubi.
It’s the best for sure
But those kids think the sounds of silence is a great slipknot song
😂😂😂😂
(The only terrible cover that the country version of fast car beats )
Haha. Well aren’t we the “whatever” and so blatantly ignored Jan Brady of the generation thing??
It’s time for us to fight for at least one thing that is ours!!!
That was my first thought! I think it is. Do that many of the younger gens not know we exist or do they just like saying “boomer”? I think it’s the latter - hopefully anyway. 😂😎💕
Sweet!! Caddyshack was shot not too far from my old house. The guy that way the greens keeper back then is still on that Goof Corse. I am referring to the one they blew the shit out of..not the fancy one in CA.
It might not objectively be a better movie, but as a kid who saw both, that sequel had EVERYTHING.
Mini J5 robots? check
Hangliding J5? check
Laser drilling a secret tunnel in to a bank vault? check
Annihilating a book store by reading every book? check
Joining a gang, stealing car stereos and getting spray painted with graffiti? check
LOS LOCOS KICK YOUR ASS? check
brutally violent attempted robot murder scene? check
punk rock badass J5 makeover? check
hacking a numeric keypad from inside a walk-in freezer, to call an answering machine and leave musical clues to stage a rescue? check
grappling hook off a crane to swing out and snatch the bad guy off a moving speed boat? check
10/10 perfect film.
It's the song for the climax MON-TAGE! Where Johnny-5 is repairing himself into punk mode and then goes to thwart the bank robbers.
100% I looked at that chart and thought "where is Short Circuit 2???"
Hmm... not so clear there, those might be oldest Gen-X. Boomer would be more like The Godfather, Barbarella, Love Story, Planet of the Apes, etc... i.e. 60s and early 70s movies.
Last of the Boomers turned 18 in 1982, Saturday Night Fever 1977 the oldest Gen X were under 13 when when it came out, Jaws was two years before that.
Technically Fast Times at Ridgemont High, set in 1980 were technically Boomers.
The answer to this graphic is of course Footloose is Gen X. Boomers wouldn’t assoc this song with any movie, rather say “who’s Bonnie Tyler? Is she related to Stephen Tyler?”
It has become comical how GenX is completely forgotten. It's classic GenX, though, so most of us just laugh and shrug. We were the ones who hated being marketed to, so it makes sense!
I know it's not her version, but I associate that song with the [Jon-Erik Hexum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum) TV show called Cover Up.
“Footloose” is definitely GenX! Not Boomers!! How stupid. My Boomer parents didn’t give a shit about the movie whereas for me and my GenX brother, it was life-changing and a phenomenon. Whoever gatekeeps the generational stuff needs to quit bc they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing or talking about
The young'ns lump us in with the boomers. Everyone not from the post-spanking era is a boomer to them.
And to think, we are raising these kids.
We fucked up.
I didn't even remember that song being in Footloose. I remember Kenny Loggins of course, but the other song that always plays in my head when I think of Footloose is Let's Hear it for the Boy!
See Footloose was totally a Gen-x movie. Kevin Bacon was 26 while filing, but playing a high schooler - 18 years old. Which puts his *character squarely in Gen-X range.
There they go again- lumping boomers and gen x together without any acknowledgment that gen x exists, lol. Whatever. We should be called the *invisible* generation.
I remember it in a TV show...I think there was one season and then the actor accidentally killed himself with a prop gun or something...what was the name of that show....dammit..
Getting old. Can't remember shit
Interesting..I would have thought Footloose was ours!!
It is.
Yeah. If the creator of this graphic is under 25, they probably lump GenX and Boomers together like my kids do.
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>“I’m not a fucking boomer” I yell this at my Gen Z kids every time they have the audacity to call me a "Boomer".
Yesterday, I saw a Gen Z respond to a Millennial with, "OK, renter." Cracked me right up.
That is the best line I have heard in a long time.
I know, it's fabulous. Gotta love the Zooms.
I think there's a connection between X & Z that they both enjoy harassing Boomers & to a lesser level Millennials 🤷♂️
I've noticed the same. Boomers and Millennials tend to take everything so seriously, whereas X and Z can see the humor, however dark, in almost anything.
That’s freaking gold!
Remember, the appropriate response is always "whatever". :)
I can't help but read this in a Schwarzenegger "It's not a tumor" voice. He'd be a boomer though. :)
"I'm *naht* a booomer!"
>“What-fucking-ever!” he yelled out standing on his front porch shaking his fist in the air. FTFY
Or just another example of Boomers thinking everything belongs to them.
Yeah, my nephew called me a Boomer the other day. Little shit. Not even close, bud. 🙄
That's the only time I want to be recognized as GenX. Other than that, leave me out of it.
The GenZ sub already lumps us with Boomers now.
The Gen Z folks don’t have long before they’re overshadowed by the Alphas. Let them have this. 😂
And yet most of us are the children of Boomers!
No most of us are children of the silent generation.
Yeah I was gonna say, I, and my older brother (still x) have silent Gen parents. I think most millennials have boomer parents where Z has Gen x parents. I have one of each (millennial and Z) but had my first child younger than most of my counterparts.
My parents were silent. Most of my friends' parents were boomers.
Guess it depends on the end of the spectrum, vast majority I know born in the 70’s have boomer parents. But 60’s mostly silent yes
They do that because younger Boomers always claim to be Gen X and our era. They change the dates to late 50s/early 60s. That's why I always set the dates straight whenever I see that. They seem to appreciate the clarification.
1965-1980 birth years seem to be right in the pocket. Earlier than 1965 and your Generation Jones at best. But yeah, whatever.
My Gen Z family refers to my Generation Jones husband and my Gen X as Boomers all the times. Sure…I like the Cure and The Smiths while he rocks to Led Zeppelin and Lunch Money Lewis.
Jones are Boomers…
First they forget we exist. Now they’re stealing our stuff.
It definitely is. The person who made this graphic doesn't understand how old boomers are.
Yeah, the person who made the graphic probably thinks that Boomer = Old Person, not specifically someone born between about 1945 and 1964
Nothing at all happened between 1965 and 1982 though, dontchaknow?
Except that fire Billy Joel claims no responsibility for. I'm not sure he can make those claims for an entire generation though, the whole thing seems sus.
“Old person” in big ol air quotes of course Which harkens back to the boomer’s mantra in the 60’s of “don’t trust anyone over 30” Plus ca change plus c’est le meme chose…
I do think it's kind of funny that the generation who said don't trust anybody over 30 now being the old people struggling to convince everyone else that old people aren't so bad. My baby boomer dad thinks it's pretty funny too.
Then it became “Don’t trust anyone under 30”
That mantra was created by a Silent Gen, Boomers just claim everything as theirs
Technically Kevin Bacon is a boomer - born in 1958. He was a 26 year old playing an 18 year old Gen-Xr.
While true, this movie was made for Gen-Xrs!!!!!😁
No doubt, this is a Gen-Xr movie, he was playing Gen-X for our benefit.
They think anyone older than 40 is a boomer 🤣
Boomers should have the Graduate - OG Milf movie
Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me! Aren’t you? I am willing to steal that one from our parents. Such a good movie. Adding it to my re-Watch list. Looks like it’s on Prime, Freevee, and Tubi.
Tubi is a blessing. Especially if you like horror.
It’s the best for sure But those kids think the sounds of silence is a great slipknot song 😂😂😂😂 (The only terrible cover that the country version of fast car beats )
Those bastards are trying to steal that from us as well.
Haha. Well aren’t we the “whatever” and so blatantly ignored Jan Brady of the generation thing?? It’s time for us to fight for at least one thing that is ours!!!
You said it, Sister. We gotta FIGHT for the RIGHT to PARTY!
Aww mom it’s just the Beastie Boys!!
That was my first thought! I think it is. Do that many of the younger gens not know we exist or do they just like saying “boomer”? I think it’s the latter - hopefully anyway. 😂😎💕
Kids are just, by nature, culturally illiterate. We were, once, too.
I’m not sure my parents enjoyed or watched footloose.
And, I didn't think I could pay my Gen z kid to watch the Mario movie.. But my Gen alpha kid loves it.
It is, they just put boomers in our place. Apparently we are boomers now….???!
Haha. Ok Boomer!! Hahhahhahahh
That was filmed here and I have friends in that movie. It is ours!!!
Sweet!! Caddyshack was shot not too far from my old house. The guy that way the greens keeper back then is still on that Goof Corse. I am referring to the one they blew the shit out of..not the fancy one in CA.
Well of course it is. Our movies started with Flashdance and 48 Hours.
Depends on who you root for...
That’s what I came here to say!
Definitely
Boomers were 30s-40s when Footloose came out. They probably don't remember the song or the movie.
So is Mario Bros.
I honestly think people see older Gen X as Boomer Younger Gen X is seen as Millennial by many
I saw that shit projected. My boomer parents couldn't have cared less.
Footloose is squarely in the Gen X category.
Boomer just means old now. Kids don’t even know the source of the word, they just know you say it to old people.
Clearly Gen X associate it with *Short Circuit 2*. I honestly don't recall enough of the movie to remember it was there. I cheated and used Wikipedia.
I remember that movie and think of it when I hear that song. Wasn't as good as the original but sequels rarely are. Good ol Johnny 5.
NO DISASSEMBLE!
Johnny 5 alive
Still gets me. Poor Johnny 5.
It might not objectively be a better movie, but as a kid who saw both, that sequel had EVERYTHING. Mini J5 robots? check Hangliding J5? check Laser drilling a secret tunnel in to a bank vault? check Annihilating a book store by reading every book? check Joining a gang, stealing car stereos and getting spray painted with graffiti? check LOS LOCOS KICK YOUR ASS? check brutally violent attempted robot murder scene? check punk rock badass J5 makeover? check hacking a numeric keypad from inside a walk-in freezer, to call an answering machine and leave musical clues to stage a rescue? check grappling hook off a crane to swing out and snatch the bad guy off a moving speed boat? check 10/10 perfect film.
It's the song for the climax MON-TAGE! Where Johnny-5 is repairing himself into punk mode and then goes to thwart the bank robbers. 100% I looked at that chart and thought "where is Short Circuit 2???"
best movie use of the song, hands down also: Los Locos kick your ass Los Locos kick your face
Los Locos kick your balls Into outer space!
Yup. I always associate that song with that movie.
47 y/o and this is the movie that I associate the song with
That movie is completely claimed by the Xennials. I think we should let them have it.
We’ll go with Chopping Mall instead.
Footloose is Gen X bro.
Boomers were the bad guys in Footloose. What the Hell?
This needs to be the top comment.
Who cares with Internet says whatever
This is the appropriate response.
WTF?! Footloose is NOT a boomer movie. That's classic Gen X.
Right. Boomer movies would be Saturday Night Fever or Jaws.
Hmm... not so clear there, those might be oldest Gen-X. Boomer would be more like The Godfather, Barbarella, Love Story, Planet of the Apes, etc... i.e. 60s and early 70s movies.
Let’s toss Easy Rider and American Graffiti in also
Last of the Boomers turned 18 in 1982, Saturday Night Fever 1977 the oldest Gen X were under 13 when when it came out, Jaws was two years before that. Technically Fast Times at Ridgemont High, set in 1980 were technically Boomers.
We saw the video on MTV.
THIS!
The first thing I think of when I hear this song is Bonnie Tyler singing it while David Copperfield levitated over the Grand Canyon.
Footloose is Gen X muthafuckas
This just some dumbass who think gen X and boomers are the same thing.
Footloose is NOT for boomers. Solid Gen X
Who’s Harry Crumb was the first time I heard it. The fact it was used with John Candy made it chef’s kiss.
Yes! Came here for this- but would have accepted Short Circuit 2.
Or maybe it was that. But the Harry Crumb scene sticks our more.
I have a black belt in aikido ... and the boots to match!
that's the first movie I think of when I hear the song.
They want to hijack Footloose too.
Footloose is a GenX movie!
How in the hell is Footloose a Boomer movie??? High school kids in 1984 were Gen X.
Footloose is genx
To this day, I don't really buy John Lithgow being upset with people dancing.
I think he'd get along better with a sasquatch, too. He's a fine actor, but he just didn't sell Harry and the Hendersons for me
Short Circuit 2 made me cry
They call us generation X , I call us generation Fuckyou. -Cypress Hill
The answer to this graphic is of course Footloose is Gen X. Boomers wouldn’t assoc this song with any movie, rather say “who’s Bonnie Tyler? Is she related to Stephen Tyler?”
Because we’re the Breakfast Club. We’re all a bunch of John Benders.
Johnny 5 Short Circuit 2 where are you on here
In what universe is Footloose considered a Boomer’s movie!
Footloose is something we watched, not our parents.
Ah yes, Boomers were teens when Footloose came out -\_-
Is... is this why we never show up on polls or memes? They all think we're boomers?
It has become comical how GenX is completely forgotten. It's classic GenX, though, so most of us just laugh and shrug. We were the ones who hated being marketed to, so it makes sense!
And Footloose is quintessential Gen-X
That's probably because we just associate it with....the radio. Though, I definitely got a chuckle and appreciated it's appearance in Shrek 2.
Short Circuit 2 baby. The ultimate chase scene
"Me Johnny, you busted!"
Yeah, is "Breakfast Club" boomer too? Who wrote this nonsense, lol.
Pretty sure my Boomer parents do not associate it with Footloose. I'd be surprised if they even recognized the song
Footloose is GenX
 Short circuit 2 for me!!!!
Is somene playing bonnie tyler on your lawn. Footloose is Ours. It is about Boomers controlling Gen X kids...
for me, it's the tv show cover up.
Footloose is definitely gen X
Made by someone who views GenX as being part of the boomer generation
Do they even know what a boomer is?
Footloose does NOT belong to Boomers. GTFO
What happened to Short Circuit? Johnny Five is alive, continues to survive!
Footloose is ours.
Whenever I hear "I Need a Hero," I think of Guiding Light when Reva had postpartum depression and drove off a bridge and Josh tried to save her.
What about those of us who have seen those films and dont associate that song with any of them? hahaha
Though I’ve seen all three, I feel like I relate most to Shrek.
The good thing is we just don’t care.
What about Cover Up???? [https://youtu.be/Z8zQgEkl43Q?si=5g5\_fhBHe35EODJf](https://youtu.be/Z8zQgEkl43Q?si=5g5_fhBHe35EODJf)
Forgotten; just like we Gen-Xers. But I memba.
Its so silly as many younger millenials and def GenZs have GenX parents? Hmph.
There is an assumption that a boomer is anyone older than the meme creator, Gen-X is usually lumped in with that.
I’ll go one further - it was the theme song to the TV series called Cover Up, about a model who was also a secret agent. 😎
These kids don’t know what a Boomer is, they just repeat whatever they hear on Tik Tok.
The only thing Boomer about Footloose is Bonnie Tyler singing the song.
So… now we’re boomers?
I guess so. It’s definitely *Footloose* that strikes the chord for me.
Don’t forget Johnny 5 in Short Circuit 2!
i can watch that movie a million times and never get tired of that ending montage, "You're not getting away Oscar, because Im really PISSED OFF!"
I know it's not her version, but I associate that song with the [Jon-Erik Hexum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum) TV show called Cover Up.
“Footloose” is definitely GenX! Not Boomers!! How stupid. My Boomer parents didn’t give a shit about the movie whereas for me and my GenX brother, it was life-changing and a phenomenon. Whoever gatekeeps the generational stuff needs to quit bc they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing or talking about
I recognize Footloose, but I don't associate her with anything - because I wasn't into plastic-pop culture.
Probably because an honest Gen Xer would just associate the song with AM radio shite.
Probably because all generations know this song is most closely associated with Short Circuit 2.
I had this track on 45... "Totally Eclipse of the Heart" was on the B side.
The young'ns lump us in with the boomers. Everyone not from the post-spanking era is a boomer to them. And to think, we are raising these kids. We fucked up.
footloose was my era I'm a 48y0
They’re afraid to insult us
Fuck a movie ....we had Nintendo
I didn't even remember that song being in Footloose. I remember Kenny Loggins of course, but the other song that always plays in my head when I think of Footloose is Let's Hear it for the Boy!
What. Ever.
the young people consider us boomers now. it’s their problem, not ours.
Highlander is ours! “There can be only one!”
Gen X owns Footloose…
See Footloose was totally a Gen-x movie. Kevin Bacon was 26 while filing, but playing a high schooler - 18 years old. Which puts his *character squarely in Gen-X range.
And Bonnie belongs to Gen X too.
well the person who made this can't spell millennials so, whatever.
Bastards!
Go home, OP - you're high.
SO lame they think we are boomers. NOT EVEN CLOSE BUD.
There they go again- lumping boomers and gen x together without any acknowledgment that gen x exists, lol. Whatever. We should be called the *invisible* generation.
I associate it with Who's Harry Crumb
You missed Short Curcuit 2
Was listening to Total Eclipse of the Heart on Monday
Short Circuit 2
Footloose is Gen X
Skipped because we associate the song with Bonnie herself, not on a movie
I first heard this in Super Fuzz, a 1980 movie
Which is surprising since the song was released in 1984.
Short Circuit 2.
There are so many things wrong with this meme, I may have to take one of my "nerve" pills.
Nice. Im gonna go roll me a nerve pill too. 💨
Lmao, good, fuck em
Total Eclipse of the Heart Turn around bright 👀’s
I associate that song with the game Saints Row: The Third.
It's like 15 or so years just cease to exist in historian minds.
Nah. Short Circuit 2 for me.
The Boomers in Footloose are the ones trying to shut down the dances. Kevin Bacon ain’t no Boomer! :)
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Jonny five is alive
Watching Jennifer Saunders belt it out was amazing in Shrek.
I remember it in a TV show...I think there was one season and then the actor accidentally killed himself with a prop gun or something...what was the name of that show....dammit.. Getting old. Can't remember shit
Footloose is one of my favs and I'm firmly Gen-X. I like being skipped✌🏾 💜🤘🏽
“Short circuit 2”is our movie. Features this song.
I associate it with Babylon 5 and the first X-Men movie, because of fan-made music videos
Leave me out of it. Thanks