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Exactly.

I've run into more jaded baby boomers than anything else. And they justify it by "well, now I have a job" or "I'm too old now" or "The Internet is over my head." Their pie is the 401(k), come what may.



"The Internet is over my head."

This one is rather important I think. More so than other generations, the baby boomers seem to embrace ignorance of all things new as a virtue.

My grandparents used to go out of their way to not admit they were confused by technology. My parents and their friends? They embrace the notion.




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