The best thing about being a senior citizen is the DISCOUNTS. The worst thing is, well, everything else. So maybe the early bird specials are NOT worth it.
According to the internet, some senior citizens are trying to CANCEL the word “senior” because it “sounds old”, and they “don’t want to be reminded of it.”
Of course, senior citizens ARE old. But younger Boomers, the ones in their early 60s, want to separate themselves from older Boomers. Kind of like how older Millennials want to separate themselves from the younger ones.
Instead, they’re calling themselves “Generation Jones.” They don’t want to identify as Boomers, because they were a little more hip and rebellious. One person describes their youth as the “smoke dope and protest era.”
Historically, people start being called “seniors” at 55, and definitely by 65.
However, some companies and organizations targeting younger Boomers are reportedly changing “senior centers” and “senior living” to things like “community centers” and “active living.”
One TikTok’er jokeed, quote, “I have to say that phasing out the word ‘senior’ because it makes you feel old is kind of the most Boomer thing ever.”
One Generation Jones’er commented, “Older adults is preferred.”
(You can find a TikTok explaining it, here.)
@emmalinechilds Did you know that the Boomers are phasing out the word senior? Also, I had never heard of Generation Jones. I learned so much this week. #millennial #boomer #generationjones #generations #senior ♬ original sound – Emmaline Childs
