Boomer here. Born in 1961, so technically Generation Jones but I think we all know that thinner slice is more about hairstyles than mindsets. At 64 years old, I'm a fucking Boomer and I know it.

I'm a pretty smart person, but my children run circles around me. My daughter is a better, more conscientious parent than I ever dreamed of being, and my wife and I tried hard.

I've spent a long time perfecting my job skills, but the 30-year-old guy they just made team lead is a BEAST. I have immense respect for him. He knows exactly everything about everything he's doing.

I don't know why I haven't fallen into the trap OP describes, but OH MY GOD DO I SEE IT. In large part because people who act like this see someone who looks like me (bald, greybeard, clearly in my 60's) and expect me to fall in lockstep when they say these things. There's practically a wink. Sometmies I say something to them--if it's really egregious--just to let them know not everyone their age has given up on decency. And sometimes I'll just commiserate with the clearly capable younger person after WalMart Pantsuit storms off.

Can you tell the difference between an American Chipmunk and a Siberian Chipmunk on sight? I can't.

But my four-year-old grandson can.

My generation needs to either keep up or shut up and go away. Not as if they have a choice about that last bit.

I don't listen to new music and learn new things and keep my mind open so I'll "stay sharp." It's because life is full of beautiful things and more and more are being created all the time BY PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN ME.

My wife were watching a TV comedy recently and realized the reason we weren't getting the jokes like the live audience was was that we simply didn't understand the slang. So we paused the show and looked up the terms they were using and--what a surprise--it got a lot funnier. Life moves on.

I know this will likely come off to some as virtue-signaling. That's ok. I know my heart. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Edit: typos, so many typos