The way we use (or fail to use) our tech is a sure-fire indicator of the generations – so which “boomerisms” are you guilty of? The way we think about getting older has changed over the past few decades. New descriptors such as “ midlife ” and “ young adult ”, as well as the increased prominence of strict generational divides “ millennial ”, “ Gen Z ” and, of course, “ baby boomer ”, have changed the way we perceive our age. Endless culture war discourse, pitting young against old, has made us forget just how fluid the ageing process can be.
To give an example, the hit 1980s American sitcom The Golden Girls focused on a cast of elderly single women who were very much in their twilight years. In 2022, And Just Like That..
. , a follow-up to Sex And The City , premiered, focusing on a cast of midlife women who were still working, earning and having plenty of sex. The main characters in each series were 55, showing just how much our idea of “old” has changed.
However, there are still areas where your age can start showing if you’re not careful. We asked under-30s what they consider signs of “boomerism” and how they do things differently..
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