• Dark ArcA
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    10 months ago

    The term boomer shooter is just … really? Like why?

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      10 months ago

      Because “Gen X shooter” doesn’t roll off the tongue in the same way, and because they had their resurgence at a time when “boomer” was coming into its own as a more generic term for “old”.

      But it’s still dumb AF.