Boomers: they internet good

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker) 01/21/2020 at 15:21 • Filed to: None

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Comment on the Bullitt chase scene on Facebook.

CB > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:27

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I think this man is having a stroke.

VW Max > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:29

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He’s not yelling, the uppercase letters are just easier to see because increasing text size is too hard

My bird IS the word > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:31

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All metal cars? Gm started using plastic bumpers since 1970.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > CB 01/21/2020 at 15:32

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I just really appreciate a guy having taste so nuanced that he’s really only into east coast car chase scenes. That’s snobbery I can only dream of!

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:32

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I hate it when I hear folks say, “Back then cars were made out of METAL--solid  STEEL.”

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:34

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CLEARLY HE HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED AND THE KIDNAPPERS ARE REQUIRING HIM TO USE ALL CAPS.

ME? I’M A LITTLE DEAF SO I JUST HAVE TO TALK LOUD.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:34

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The beetle was the real “all metal” star! Pretty sure this is a Karen pretending to be a boomer.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy 01/21/2020 at 15:36

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You might be maimed in a parking lot collision with those metal dashboards , but your car would be back on the road the next day!

Brickman > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:36

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I think he is high... Mr. High Mille age :D

WilliamsSW > VW Max 01/21/2020 at 15:38

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Sadly this is probably correct. 

WilliamsSW > My bird IS the word 01/21/2020 at 15:39

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ENDURA

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:42

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My penny post yesterday has been invaded by boomer burners

A n ote on the second comment, my post clearly shows that the penny in question is differently colored and sticks to a magnet

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > My bird IS the word 01/21/2020 at 15:43

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Bullitt was released in  1968..

ttyymmnn > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 15:47

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I actually wrote about that Roy Snieder East Coast car chase almost 7 years ago.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/oppositelock-movie-corner-963843951

WilliamsSW > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/21/2020 at 16:07

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Wow they must be old because clearly they grew up without punctuation 

The Ghost of Oppo > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 16:14

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They can write in cursive but they can’t type a coherent thought with punctuation.  

Textured Soy Protein > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 16:29

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Relevant story:

I’m in charge of recruiting at my company, which includes administering the recruiting database. It’s a web app, and the screen where people view resumes doesn’t work in Internet Explorer. If they click on the preview of the 1st page of the resume, it’s supposed to show them the full resume, but in IE it shows a spinning circle where the resume should be. S o I tell everyone repeatedly to not use IE when accessing this tool. Except, IT has everyone’s default browser set to IE because of other stuff we use that needs to be used in IE.

So, our COO, even though he hadn’t been doing this all the time, somewhere along the way started using IE to access the recruiting database. I know this because he went to IT, but not me, and said he had a problem where he can’t view resumes and only sees a spinning circle. IT didn’t immediately get back to him so he then added me to the email thread. I reminded him the resume viewer doesn’t work in IE so he should use a different browser like Chrome, Edge or Firefox.

His response?

“(IT Guy), what browser am I using?”

Jim Spanfeller > WilliamsSW 01/21/2020 at 16:30

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BACK IN MY DAY WE HAD TO SPELL OUT ALL OF OUR PUNCTUATION PERIOD AND WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY OF THESE NEWFANGLED LOWERCASE LETTERS EITHER EXCLAMATION POINT AND WE LIKED IT EXCLAMATION POINT YOU UNGRATEFUL KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN PERIOD

fintail > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 16:52

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I love it how generational demographics can accurately be guessed via written diction.

I bet when he writes, it is a mix of capitals and lower case, too.

WilliamsSW > Jim Spanfeller 01/21/2020 at 16:57

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*gets off lawn, immediately sticks to back on lawn and makes eye contact*

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 01/21/2020 at 17:33

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No one will ever guess my age based on my devious proper use of semicolons and other correct punctuation; my diction is confounding.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/21/2020 at 17:40

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My bitter snark easily identifies me as a late run Xer.

Jim Spanfeller > WilliamsSW 01/21/2020 at 18:46

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DANG YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER EXCLAMATION POINT

Nom De Plume > VW Max 01/21/2020 at 19:35

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Not even close. Williams SW was actually getting warmer.

Wow they must be old because clearly they grew up without punctuation

Clearly age and the restrictions placed on communication through Twitter has caused them to draw on  their once again  highly useful knowledge of how to construct and send a telegram.  STOP

phenotyp > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/21/2020 at 20:07

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Uh, so... not a fan of Bullitt, I assume? 

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > phenotyp 01/22/2020 at 10:37

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Me? Bigly fan, but I may be a bigger fan of this psychopath for the sheer absurdity.